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No-fault: good or bad?
Many think it could be made better:
legislature may make some changes
Some state and local officials,
legislators and insurance agents feel
no-fault insurance laws should be
strengthened for the benefit of the
driving public.
Basically, they are recommending
the mandatory portion of the law be
enforced and the threshhold be raised
to what they are calling reasonable
limits.
C. B. McCrory of the claims and
investigations division of the office of
State Comptroller General Johnnie
Caldwell says overall the no-fault in
surance program is working good for
the purpose for which it is intended.
However, he says there is a general
misunderstanding by the public that the
no-fault insurance covers property
damage as well as medical payments
and payments for loss of salary.
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CLAYSVILLE, Pa. — Bessie Morris of near Claysville, Pa., can laugh at the
winter weather with her supply of wood. She and her husband spent two weeks
cutting wood for their Washington County home.
Home decorations
can cut yule costs
By LOUISE COOK
Associated Press Writer
Consumers who complain about the
commercialization of Christmas can
cut costs and boost sentiment with
homemade decorations of natural
materials.
It’s not too early to start planning for
the holiday. Search country roads,
Jaycees
make plans
for ‘stocking’
The Griffin Jaycees will begin taking
applications for Empty Stocking help
Nov. 18 and 19 at the Bramblett
Building of First Baptist Church.
Applicants for help through the
program may go there 4-7 p.m. on Nov.
18 or 9 a.m. till 1 p.m. Nov. 19.
Bill Repzynski will be general
chairman of the program.
He said the general drive for funds
this year would be Dec. 4. Repzynski
said $4,500 is needed to finance the
program.
He said any organizations or in
dividuals who wished to help with the
fund raising could contact him. Last
year some 50 members of the Griffin
High ROTC helped raise money,
Repzynski said.
He said he hopes the ROTC will help
again this year.
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COMPLAINTS
“This is where we receive most of our
complaints. We attempt to explain and
handle the problem. We feel the in
surance agent should adequately ex
plain no-fault insurance to his customer
when a policy is sold,” he said.
McCrory also said it is felt the no
fault insurance program is being en
forced by the State Patrol through the
back door.
“The State Patrol is enforcing the law
after an accident has happened and this
is not the way it was intended to be,” he
said.
He suggested insurance policy
holders be required to present a policy
when purchasing a tag for an
automobile.
PROOFNEEDED
“As it is now, an automobile owner
wooded areas and city parks for pine
cones, acorns, nuts, seed pods and
branches to trim the tree, decorate the
front door and adorn the dinner table.
Always collect more than you think
you’ll need. It takes a lot of cones, nuts
and seeds to make each item.
When you bring your harvest home,
put all the dry material in a low oven —
150 degrees Fahrenheit —for about 15
to 30 minutes in order to kill any insects
that may be present. Finished
decorations should be stored from year
to year in a plastic bag with a few moth
balls.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
has prepared a fact sheet with direc
tions for wreaths and centerpieces. It is
available, at no charge, from the
Consumer Information Center, Pueblo,
Colo., 81009. Ask for “Christmas
Decorations Made with Plant
Materials.”
You will need a few store-bought
materials. Frames for wreaths can be
made of wood or wire. You can buy a
ready-made wire form at the florist or
can simply bend a wire coat hanger into
a circle. Make sure the frame you
choose will support the weight of the
plants.
Florist’s wire is the easiest to use
when linking materials together and
attaching them to the frame. It is most
economical when bought in rolls. If
your florist doesn’t carry the rolls,
check a craft shop or hardware store.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday Afternoon, November 14,1977
can list the name of an insurance
company, or in some cases the name of
an agent, on a tag form and get a tag for
his car. Everyone should be made to
show proof of insurance.
“At first, people would buy insurance
policies for 90 days and cancel them
after purchasing their tag. Now, they
don’t even do that. They just list the
name of any company or agent that
comes to mind while they are on their
way to get a tag,” McCrory said.
The threshhold is the limit above
which a person can file suit in court to
recover medical expenses. The current
threshhold in Georgia is SSOO.
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"This amount does not necessarily
constitute a serious injury anymore. A
person can go to the emergency room
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Chase injures deputies,
damages patrol cars
Three Spalding Sheriff’s Department
patrol cars were damaged and two
deputies slightly injured in a high speed
chase which began Sunday night on Ga.
16 at East Mclntosh Road.
Ronald Braxton Hall, 33, of Spring
Creek Circle, was taken into custody
after the incident and has been charged
with some 10 violations.
According to the Sheriff’s office, Hall
was a passenger in an auto which was
stopped at Crane’s Service Station on
Ga. 16 for a traffic violation.
He was in the back seat and pulled a
gun on Deputy John Johnson who had
stopped the car, officers said. Hall then
got into the driver’s seat and drove
away.
Johnson radioed for help and several
other lawmen joined the chase. A
roadblock near Jackson Road
Elementary School failed to stop the car
which continued down Broadway and
under the railroad underpass at Fourth
Street to the Sheriff’s Department
where Hall was placed under arrest.
Patrol cars driven by Deputy Jep
Childs and Investigator David Head
were damaged in a rear end collision
during the chase, as was a car driven
by Deputy Tony Maddox.
Maddox suffered a minor injury when
his car skirted a ditch at the roadblock.
He was checked in the hospital
emergency room, along with
Investigator Head who suffered a slight
neck injury.
Hall also was accused of pointing a
gun at Investigator Lee Oxford earlier
Sunday when Oxford went to Spring
Creek Circle to answer a complaint
about a man with a gun.
Carter quietly raised White House staffers
He’s getting ready to chisel budget askings
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jimmy
Carter, who has quietly given White
House aides pay raises of more than 7
percent, is expected to put the
presidential chisel to budget requests
from other agencies.
Carter is meeting with his top ad
visers today in the first of three
sessions this week to consider money
requests for the next fiscal year from
seven departments and agencies.
As a candidate, Carter pledged to
balance the budget during his first
term. He is expected to trim the
requests if possible.
The president set aside most of the
afternoon for the budget meeting after
an Oval Office visit from his cousin,
Georgia state Sen. Hugh Carter Sr., and
his wife. Their son, Hugh Carter Jr., is
special assistant to the president for
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Most of these had some sort of no-fault coverages involved before they ended up on wreck heaps.
Ten charges have been placed
against Hall, including making
terroristic threats, pointing a gun at
another, failure to stop for police,
reckless conduct with a motor vehicle,
driving under the influence, speeding
and criminal damage to property.
He was being held in the county jail
under bonds totaling several thousand
dollars.
“More women should be
executives — men shouldn’t
have to make all the mistakes.”
People
••• and things
Three firemen enjoying sunshine in
shirtsleeve weather Sunday afternoon
at city hall station, but keeping within
jumping distance of station just in case
an alarm sounded.
Youngster commenting on
decorations appearing already, “I can’t
really get into Christmas until about
December 5.”
Businessman, buying appointments
book for 1978, wondering aloud, “Where
did 1977 go?”
administration.
Special assistant Carter, whose job is
to cut White House waste; budget aide
Richard M. Harden, and other senior
assistants convinced the president to
give pay raises of 7.05 percent to aides
making less than $47,-500 a year, it was
learned Sunday night. Carter set the
$47,500 ceiling on the raises.
Aides approaching that salary get
only as much as it takes to put them at
$47,500, even if it’s less than 7.05 per
cent.
The raises went into effect Oct. 9
without public announcement by the
White House.
Last April, Carter gave his White
House staff raises of up to 25 percent.
They were authorized by Congrez
under the Federal Pay Comparability
Act, which enabled Carter to give in
creases to other government employes
Vol. 105 No. 269
MANILA, Philippines (AP) —
Recovery teams pulled 42 bodies from
the burned-out shell of the Hotel
Filipinas in downtown Manila today,
and one of the dead was identified as an
American. Fire Marshal Francisco
Agudon predicted a death toll of at least
50.
The Red Cross said the dead
American was Kenneth Charles
Eccleston of Riverdale, Md.
Recovery efforts, Ike the battle
against the fire itself, were hampered
by rains brought in by Typhoon Kim,
which was passing north of Manila as
the early morning fire broke out.
Firemen fought winds of up to 50 mph to
keep the blaze from spreading to nearby
hotels, restaurants, airline offices and
shops.
The Red Cross identified four other
bodies as those of Ruth Lovelack, an
Australian; Romeo Miamoto, a
Japanese; and Mary Jane Buhatin and
Mary Ann Rufino. Their nationalities
were not immediately known.
Lt. Col. Agudon, the metropolitan
Manila fire marshal, said firefighters
as well.
The act says federal salaries should
compare with private pay.
Then the president announced Aug. 30
he was giving non-White House white
collar workers and military personnel a
7.05 percent pay raise Oct. 1. It was
authorized by Congress, under the
same act.
Associate Press Secretary Claudia
Townsend said Sunday night that
Carter subsequently agreed with Hugh
Carter Jr., Harden and the senior
assistants it would be only fair for the
White House staff to get the same raise.
No figures were immediately
available on how many persons got the
raise or how much it cost. But records
showed a score of White House staffers
already making $40,000 were eligible
for the increase. Dozens more earn less
In /Manila
Typhoon hotel fire
toll may reach 50
Weather
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA —
Fair and not so cold tonight with lows In
mid 30s. Sunny and little warmer
Tuesday with highs in the low 60s.
LOCAL WEATHER — Low this
morning at the Spalding Forestry Unit
28, high Sunday 54.
had seen more bodies in the ruins of the
hotel.
The seven-story hotel on Roxas
Football
bowl parade
Tuesday
The Griffin-Spalding County
Recreation Department will
hold its annual Youth Football
Bowl Parade Tuesday evening.
The parade begins at 6 p.m.
from the A&P parking lot.
The parade will include 24
youth football teams, 18
cheerleader teams, the Griffin
High and Junior High bands,
ROTC unit, clown corps,
Recreation Department Board,
City and County Commissioners
and Volunteer Coaches
Association.
The Youth Football Bowl will
be played Saturday at
Memorial Stadium.
than $40,000 a year and were eligible,
too.
The raise did not go to top staffers
like presidential assistants Hamilton
Jordan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Midge
Costanza, Stuart Eizenstat, Frank
Moore or Jack Watson. They and Press
Secretary Jody Powell already make
$56,000 under the April raise.
Nor was it available to Ms. Townsend
and a handful of other aides recently
promoted into jobs with higher salaries.
The budget sessions this week reflect
concentration on departments, in
cluding Labor, Interior, Housing and
Urban Development and Agriculture,
as well as agencies that include the
Army Corps of Engineers, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
and the Environmental Protection
Agency.