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AUSTIN BURNS KILLED IN MATT ROAD SMASHUP
He Was a Passenger in the Volkswagen Driven by Granddaughter’s Husband.
County Resident Killed
In Matt Road Crash
An elderly Forsyth County
man was fatally injured and
four persons were hurt in a
wreck Monday afternoon on
Matt Road (Ga. 369) about two
miles west of U.S. 19.
Austin Anthony Burns, 68, of
Route 2, Cumming, died from
“massive head and chest in
juries” after the Volkswagen in
which he was a passenger was
struck by a pickup truck
careening sideways down the
highway.
Injured were Donny Michael
Pruitt, 19, of Route 6, Cum
ming; his wife, Teresa Beth
Pruitt, 19, Ilah Odessa Burns,
66, and James G. McGuire, 47,
of Route 3, Cumming.
Pruitt was the driver of the
compact and Mrs. Burns is the
Public to Help Plan
Future Highways
The Georgia Department of
Transportation (DOT) will hold
a public meeting in Atlanta Feb.
15 to give the general public an
opportunity to become directly
involved in future highway
planning in the State.
The meeting will be con
ducted in Room 401 of the State
Highway Building, No. 2 Capitol
Square at 7:30 p.m., by mem
bers of the Department of
Transportation, with staff of the
Atlanta Regional Commission
participating. Other such
meetings for public in
volvement in highway planning
are to be held in Augusta,
Columbus, Albany, Macon, and
Savannah.
Dr. Joel H. Braswell of DOT’S
Division of Planning and
Programming stated that the
Edible Food Waste Recycling Planned Soon
ATHENS—The problem of
food waste in America and the
damage it is causing to the
environment may have been
solved by two University of
Georgia veterinarians.
Dr. Charles N. Dobbins Jr.
and Dr. Thomas W. Powell have
developed a process for con
verting garbage (edible food
waste) info a safe, nutritious,
palatable livestock feed
ingredient. They are calling the
product “Biomeal.”
The developers say the
process will also help eliminate
sources of animal diseases—
especially hog cholera.
(Dr. Dobbins is head of the
Cooperative Extension Service
veterinary department and Dr.
Powell is Extension
veterinarian at the University’s
College of Agriculture in
Athens.)
Biomeal, derived entirely
from food waste, is high in
protein and fat and low in fiber
content.
The product’s nutritive value
has been proved in feeding
trials with poultry. Livestock,
pets and horses eat the material
straight, and Dr. Dobbins says
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victim’s widow. McGuire was
the driver of the truck.
Trooper W.C. Walraven of the
Georgia State Patrol said Pruitt
was west bound on Matt Road
with Burns riding in the front
passenger’s seat and the two
women riding in back.
McGuire, Walraven said’ was
eastbound and apparently lost
control on a curve near the
intersection of County Road 228.
The pickup truck went out of
control and slid sideways into
the oncoming lane.
Pruitt was treated for facial
cuts at Forsyth County
Hospital. His wife, who told
Walraven she is four months
pregnant, was treated for
bruises and McGuire, a farmer,
was also treated for bruises.
meeting in Atlanta and those in
other parts of Georgia are being
held in response to a Federal
Highway Administration
directive that DOT create an
Action Plan to describe the
details of the procedures
followed in the development of
highway projects.
Braswell said the Action Plan
will provide for the involvement
of the public in all facets of
planning, especially the socio
economic and environmental
phases, and that the Atlanta
meeting will ask those at
tending to give DOT their ideas
on how the public can be best
brought into the planning
processes from beginning to
end.
As to the meeting itself, he
stated that there would be a
this “pretty well proves its
palatability.”
The scientists emphasize that
Biomeal is not a complete feed
ration. Neither is it a sup
plement or a feed additive.
Instead, it is a feed ingredient,
the same as corn, soybeans and
other protein and energy
sources.
But the ecological benefits of
Biomeal—because of the unique
manufacturing process—may
outweigh its value as a livestock
feed.
The process removes a
portion of the fats and oils from
garbage, reduces moisture
content from approximately 75
percent to about 10 percent, and
kills any pathogenic organisms
which might be present. The
operation is virtually pollution
free; the only thing left is a
small amount of free water.
The process was proved
feasible and economical
through operation of a pilot
plant at the huge military
installation at Fort Benning,
near Columbus.
Necessary equipment, in
cluding office space, can be
All were released after
medical treatment.
Mrs. Burns, who is Mrs.
Pruitt’s grandmother, was
admitted to the hospital where
authorities reported her con
dition as “satisfactory.”
Both vehicles sustained heavy
damage. The front end of the
Volkswagen was crushed into
the cab and the load section of
the truck was twisted at a 45
degree angle.
Trooper Walraven said
McGuire was charged with
driving on the wrong side of the
road.
The victim was the fifth
traffic fatality in Forsyth
County thus far in 1973. Like all
the others, his seat belts were
not fastened, troopers said.
brief opening statement of
purpose, then the floor would be
opened to the audience for full
participation.
Office Park Plans Okayed
The Cumming-Forsyth
Planning and Zoning Com
mission gave its approval last
week to a proposed 137-acre
office and light industrial park
on U. S. 19 south of Cumming.
The action followed a public
hearing last month in which no
opposition to the proposal was
heard.
The tract on which the park
will be developed is situated
between U.S. 19 and Old Atlanta
Rd. north of Haw Creek Rd.
housed in a 30- x 40-foot
building.
Ten tons of food waste daily
are required for economical
operation of the plant. This
amount of garbage produces
three tons of dry Biomeal.
For every ton of dry matter
produced, there are 300 to 400
pounds of fats and oils which
may also be used in livestock
feed.
Biomeal can be produced
economically if the raw
material is picked up within a
30-mile radius. Dr. Dobbins and
Dr. Powell say food waste
recycling is more economical
than most recycling-paper,
glass, metal, etc.-provided food
waste is separated at the point
of origin.
Two men-one to drive the
collection truck and one to
supervise the plant-can handle
the operation.
Adding a second shift would
double the plant’s capacity. A
third shift would up capacity to
30 tons.
But with just a ten-ton, eight
hour daily operation, Dr.
Dobbins and Dr. Powell believe
such a plant “will pay for itself”
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1973
Cagle Death Suspect
Is Arrested in Texas
The second suspect in the
June murder of Forsyth County
storekeeper Bill Cagle has been
arrested in Texas, not far from
where police say he escaped
from a prison earlier this year.
Jerry Wayne Strong was
lodged in a Richmond, Tex., jail
awaiting extradition to Georgia,
according to authorities.
Charles Edward Conroy, 26,
was sentenced to life in prison in
December after a Forsyth
County Superior Court Jury
found him guilty of the June 22
murder of Cagle.
Strong, who reportedly will
fight extradition, is also wanted
for armed robbery in con
nection with a supermarket
holdup in Cobb County earlier in
June.
Cobb County Investigator Bill
Padgett said a sodomy warrant
has also been issued for Strong.
The latter warrant stems from
an incident shortly after Strong
and about six other men
escaped from a Texas prison
last Spring.
Cagle was shot and killed
instantly when two men entered
his auto parts store on Ga. 141
about a mile north of the Fulton
County line.
Sharp Drop Seen
In Build Permits
Building permits issued in
Forsyth County during January
fell to their lowest dollar value
in more than a year, according
to G.W. “Joe” Blair of the
Cumming Forsyth Building and
Zoning office.
Blair said the low $495,800
figure for the month was
probably caused by inclement
Weather which delayed building
starts.
Forsyth County averaged
more than sl-million in new
home construction per month
during all of 1972 but the value
of new homes for Which permits
were issued in January was
$449,000.
about one mile south of the city
limits. It will have frontage on
both sides of Ga. 400, the limited
access highway which, when
completed, will link Atlanta and
the Georgia mountains.
The developer, Stewart Aaron
Associates of Atlanta, has said
that the park will consist of
office space, distribution
warehouses and light industrial
plants. Covenants will keep out
heavy industry.
The planning board voted
in three years.
The process is presently
designed to utilize food waste
from any type of mass feeding
military posts, government
installations, schools, hospitals
or restaurants. The developers
say it may be adapted later for
use in apartment buildings and
individual homes.
Dr. Dobbins and Dr. Powell
have developed a unique
collection system which they
believe is the key to their
process.
By utilizing an odorless,
sanitary container, garbage
may be accumulated for an
extended period of time. The
container, which holds) three to
five cubic yards, may be
modified to drain off excess
water into the sewer and thus
increase storage capacity.
A positive air pressure flow
system helps empty the con
tainer, and one man can load
five cubic yards of garbage in
five minutes simply by con
necting a pipe and pushing a
button. The container over
comes the cost of daily garbage
pickup, according to Dr.
Dobbins and Dr. Powell.
Three witnesses at the death
scene told police that the ap
parent bandits asked about
some auto parts and then began
shooting.
Cagle, who was 46, was shot
three times and died from a
chest wound, authorities
reported.
The two men fled in a 1968
Chevrolet which was later
determined to have been stolen
in Atlanta the previous night.
The car was found by police
minutes later along the For
syth-Fulton County line but the
suspects had fled in a second
vehicle. An intense manhunt
which included bloodhounds
failed to turn up any clues.
Conroy was arrested a month
later by Georgia Division of
Investigation (DOI) agents who
received a tip from an informer.
Agents arrested Conroy as he
walked down a driveway in a
Sandy Springs apartment
complex.
His arrest was kept secret for
several days as DOI agents
hoped for a second arrest in
quick order.
Cobb County Investigator
Permits were issued for 16
new homes compared to 29
during the same month of 1972.
Seven other construction
permits were issued during the
month including one for a store,
one for a service station, one for
additions and alteration and one
in the miscellaneous category.
Blair’s office issued 26 per
mits for mobile homes in
January including six in trailer
parks and 20 on other locations.
The January 1972 total of 25
mobile homes included 7 in
parks and 18 elsewhere.
Blair said he expects the
building rate to “pick up
shortly.”
unanimously to approve the
change in zoning from
residential use to the planned
use. The ultimate decision on
the zoning change is up to the
Board of Commissioners.
G. W. Joe Blair of the County
Building and Zoning office said
the zoning change is expected to
be brought before the county
Commission at 7 p.m. Tuesday
when the commissioners meet
at the library.
Padgett said a third suspect in
the case who is wanted on a
conspiracy count was held by
authorities in Louisiana.
Forsyth County Sheriff B.
Donald Pirkle expressed no
knowledge of a third suspect.
Conroy, who agents claim
Georgia Power Grows
The Georgia Power Company
invested some $474.4 million in
new construction in 1972 to meet
expanding customer demand,
which grew nearly 10 percent
during the year.
Edwin I. Hatch, company
president, cited the figures this
week in a year-end report. He
said total territorial sales
were up 9.48 percent over 1971,
to 34.6 billion kilowatt-hours
(kwh).
“Comparable growth has
been occurring year after year
on company lines as Georgians
have gained new industries,
increased their income and
improved their standards of
living,” Hatch said. “This
growth points up the reason for
Georgia Power’s expensive and
continuing construction
program to build the facilities
necessary to meet this rising
consumer demand.”
Hatch said that of the $474.4
million spent on construction
during 1972, some SSO million
went toward environmental
protection and enhancement.
He said that part of this money
was for installation of ad
ditional underground
distribution lines.
The Georgia Power president
said the the company now has
approximately 3,400 miles of
underground distribution cables
serving some 140,000
customers. He added that 30,000
more customers are scheduled
to receive underground service
this year.
Hatch said the construction
program “also underscores the
company’s need for rates that
will produce revenues adequate
to attract needed capital.
Illustrative of the growing
demand for electric energy in
Georgia is the fact that more
than 26,000 customers joined
company lines in 1972, bringing
the total served to more than
one million.”
The power company chief
executive noted that of this
number, approximately 872,000
are residential customers,
whose annual consumption last
year averaged 9,395 kwh, a 2.72
percent gain over 1971. This
consumption, he said, is more
than 22 percent greater than the
national average.
The traditional method of
disposing of garbage—feeding it
to swine—became illegal in
Georgia on January 1.
Disposals serve only to
relocate garbage and further
clog already overtaxed sewer
systems.
Sanitary landfills offer only a
temporary answer at best.
Besides being expensive and
consuming valuable land,
landfills may contribute to
pollution of surface and sub
surface water. Some have been
found to work like trench silos,
preserving food wastes for
years and compounding fly,
roach and rat problems.
Dr. Dobbins and Dr. Powell
felt that a process whereby food
waste could be economically
changed into a feed ingredient
for recycling through livestock
and poultry would relieve some
of the pressure.
They began their work more
than three years ago, using
their wives’ kitchen stoves and
ovens for laboratories. “All we
came up with was a glob,
justo greasy gunk,” said Dr.
Powell, “and a lot of ‘no’ an
swers.”
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committed the murder, entered
a plea of innocent but was found
guilty by the jury. In addition to
the life sentence, Conroy
received a ten-vear sentence for
theft.
According to the Forsyth
County Sheriff office authorities
“Despite this increase in the
use of electricity in Georgia
homes,” Hatch said, “the
average price paid per kwh in
1972 averaged 1.9 cents, 17.4
percent below the national
average of 2.3 cents per kwh.
During 1972, Georgia Power
continued construction on its
nuclear-fueled generating
station near Baxley, on the
700,000-kilowatt expansion of
Plant Yates near Newnan and
on Plant Wansley, a 1,760,000-
kilowatt facility in Heard
County.
Placed in operation during
the year was the 700,000-
kilowatt second unit of Plant
Bowen near Cartersville. The
plant will have a total of four
units with a combined capacity
of 3,160,000 kilowatts when
completed in 1975.
The company energized 498
Fair Trade Hearing
Draws No Complaints
A two hour public hearing of
the Fair Trade Practices
Committee of the Georgia In
dustrial Loan Association
resulted in no complaints being
lodged against the small loan
industry in this area.
Ben Nuckolls, of Gainesville,
chairman of the Fair Trade
Practices Committee for this
district, presided at an open
hearing for two hours yester
day.
And, during that time, there
were no members of the general
public who came forward to
lodge a complaint against any
of the small loan companies.
The meeting here was one of
11 being held throughout the
state in order to give any citizen
an opportunity to appear before
the committee.
If there are any problems in
our industry, we certainly want
to know about them and we are
willing to see that they are
corrected, Nuckolls declared.
The Fair Trade Practices
Committee was set up some
four years ago and holds two
From the kitchen the
veterinarians moved to Central
State Hospital at Milledgeville
where they used an old aban
doned abbattoir and continued
their work in cooperation with
the State Health Department.
Here they came up with more
“no” answers and learned
among other things, that nor
mal rendering techniques serve
only to homogenize the fat in
edible food waste.
With approval of the Pen
tagon, they began putting their
pilot plant together at Fort
Benning a little more than a
year ago. Here they further
developed the recycling project
which takes edible food waste
and converts it into a valuable
feed ingredient.
Although they did much of the
initial work at home on
weekends, Dr. Dobbins and Dr.
Powell’s work has been a
Cooperative Extension Service
activity from the beginning. A
small grant from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture to
the Georgia Extension Service
aided the project.
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are hoping to return Strong to
Georgia to stand trial in the
March Term of Court.
A sheriff’s spokesman said
Cobb authorities have ex
pressed a desire to assist in
returning the suspect to this
state.
miles of new and rebuilt
transmission lines and 614 miles
of new and rebuilt distribution
lines during the year.
Work on the 324,000-kilowatt
Wallace Dam near Eatonton
was suspended late in 1972 after
an unfavorable ruling on a
request for an increase in rates
left the company in serious
financial condition. Early in
1973 the company announced
further curtailments in con
struction because of a continued
bleak financial picture.
“Completion of work on the
second unit at the company’s
nuclear plant near Baxley has
been rescheduled from 1976 to
1978. The completion date of the
1,100,000-kilowatt first unit of
the Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear
Plant in Burke County has been
changed from 1978 to 1980.
public hearings a year in 11
selected areas, covering the
entire state.
J. Ralph Matthews, president
of the Georgia Industrial Loan
Association, commented that
this is an example of an in
dustry wide program which can
and will investigate any wrong
doing on the part of any com
pany in the industry.
Puckett Hurt
In Bus Crash
A Forsyth County man
escaped serious injury last
week when his car collided with
a wayward school bus.
Jerry Puckett of Cumming
was released after treatment at
Forsyth County Hospital. Ac
cording to investigators,
Puckett’s 1970 Ford collided
with a school bus Thursday at
the intersection of U.S. 19 and
Ga. 306.
Officers said the brakes on
the school bus failed. There
were several school children
aboard the bus but only Puckett
was injured.
The USDA dehydration
facility at the Coastal Plain
Experiment Station at Tifton
was used throughout the
development period. The Soil
Testing and Plant Analysis
laboratory on the University of
Georgia campus analyzed
numerous samples for the
researchers, and feeding trials
were conducted at College of
Agriculture Experiment
Stations.
The animal health division of
USDA, the State Department of
Agriculture, the State Health
Department, as well as other
units of the University of
Georgia, also cooperated
throughout the three-year
development period.
Plans now are to license the
process to private industry or
municipalities which in turn
will produce and install a
packaged system to meet the
needs of a county or area.
Dr. Dobbins and Dr. Powell
presented the food waste
recycling project to the
University of Georgia Patent
Committee, and the process has
been developed in accordance
with University regulations.