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These kittens are up for adoption by the Forsyth County
Humane Society. They are about seven weeks old and there
are lots more where they came from. The kittens come with a
spay-neuter certificate upon adoption. For more informa
tion, call 887-7021 or 887-6480. Because June is Adopt-A-Cat
month, the local humane society is encouraging the adoption
of its cat and kittens. With each feline that is adopted this
Bill Seeks Cap On Benefits
Sen. Mack Mattingly, R-
Ga., has introduced legis
lation to place a cap on the
amount of pay a retired fed
eral employee or elected of
ficial can receive.
Because there is no limit
on the amount of annuities
that can be received by re
tired Congressmen and bu
reaucrats, 3,700 retired
federal employees are re
ceiving more retirement pay
than they would be getting in
salaries if they still held
their former jobs.
Because of twice-a-year
cost of living increases in
retirement benefits, 17 in the
last 10 years, some retired
federal employees are re
ceiving over $60,000 in annui
ties. High level government
employees cannot make
more than $50,112 a year.
Pierce Gets
DOR Position
David C. Evans, commis
sioner, Georgia Department
of Offender Rehabilitation
(DOR), has announced the
appointment of Larry J.
Pierce as director of the Fa
cilities Engineering Unit
within the General Services
Division.
Pierce, a native of Copper
hill, Tenn., has been em
ployed with DOR since June,
1975. Pierce has been active
in alternative en
ergy- systems at DOR Cor
rectional facilities
throughout the state. He was
instrumental in developing
the solar energy system at
Lee C. 1., Leesburg, the bio-
Inass wood boiler under con
sturction at Dodge C. 1.,
Chester, and a similar sys
tem at Walker C. 1., La
fayette. He has also been
involved in designing the
ethynol operation at Lee C.I.
which was made possible by
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Up For Adoption
The legislation introduced
by Sen. Mattingly would put
a cap on federal annuities,
prohibiting a former em
ployee from receiving any
more retirement pay than
the current salary level of
his former job.
“The savings estimated
from this legislation, rela
tive to persons who retired
prior to March 1,1981, would
range between $5 million and
$lO million a year,” Mat
tingly said in a prepared
statement from the floor of
the Senate.
“If the cap had been in
effect since Oct. 1, 1978,”
Mattingly said, “the savings
for fiscal year 1980 would
have been $26.4 million. For
fiscal year 1981 they would
have been $91.2 million. And
for fiscal year 1982, the sav-
a $50,000.00 grant from the
Department of Energy.
He has a B.A. Degree in
Architectural Engineering
for Southern Tech, Marietta,
and an M.P.A. degree in
Public Administration from
Georgia State University,
Atlanta.
Pierce, 33, has served as
departmental engineer and
as engineering services
manager.
GEORGIA COTTON
Georgia’s 1981 cotton crop
is off to a fairly good start,
according to Cooperative
Extension Service special
ists. They say recent show
ers over much of the state
and warm nights have
helped cotton considerably.
Older cotton is fruiting well,
young cotton has started to
grow, and late planted fields
are coming up to good
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month, the society is offering a free gift “graduation”
package, compliments of Nine-Lives Cat Food. The package
includes an official “pet degree,” the Morris Method book of
cat care, a “paw-to-graph” of Morris and free cat food
coupons. National Adopt-A-Cat month is sponsored by Nine-
Lives for the American Humane Association.
ings would have approached federal retirement fund bur
-1200 million.” dening American taxpayers
According to Mattingly, has grown to $42 billion in the
the unfunded liability of the last five years.
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Vets Urged To Check
Against Agent Orange
ATLANTA Georgia vet
erans who served in Vietnam
are being urged to find out if
their health may have been
impaired as a result of their
exposure to the chemical de
foliant known as Agent
Orange.
The controversial chemi
cal was used extensively in
the Vietnam War to uncover
enemy hiding places and to
destroy his food crops. The
chemical compound got its
name from the bright orange
stripes that marked the 55-
gallon drums in which it was
shipped to the war zone.
Millions of gallons of
Agent Orange were sprayed
over some 5 million acres of
Vietnam between 1962 and
1970 at which time spraying
missions were halted.
While the powerful chemi
cal did its job of foiling am
bushes, providing open fields
of fire, thus saving many
American lives and holding
down casualties, there is
now the ironic possibility
that its use may be causing
the list of war casualties to
grow years after the last
drop of the dioxin-bearing
defoliant fell into the hot,
steamy jungles of Southeast
Asia.
Georgia Commissioner of
Veterans Affairs Pete
Wheeler said the controver
sial chemical has been a
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health concern for several
years among many veterans
who feel that exposure to it
had resulted in a variety of
maladies ranging from
headaches to cancer and
brith defects.
For several years the Vet
eran’s Administration, the
Air Force, the Center for
Disease Control, and the Na
tional Cancer Institute, to
name just a few, have been
conducting scientific tests.
So far, they maintain that
their continuing research
has not produced an abso
lute, definite, unquestiona-
Jenkins To Be
On TV Sunday
Congressman Ed Jenkins
will be the featured guest on
WAGA’s “Georgians Speak”
on Sunday, June 28, at 1 p.m.
Jenkins, a key member of
the House Ways and Means
Committee, is currently in
volved with the comprehen
sive income tax measures
pending in the Congress. He
is also a member of the
Southern Democratic Forum
in the House.
He will be interviewed by
Mary Stimmel, Public Serv
ice/Editorial Director of
WAGA, which can be viewed
locally on Channel 5.
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from some ailment which he
feels could be related in any
way with his exposre to the
chemical defoliants while
serving in Vietnam.