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Vol. 101 No. 30 ACTION LINE m 987-1823 Write P.O. Drawer M Perry, Georgia, 31069 Our church group would like to open a clothes bank for anyone who needs them. The generosity of people in donating clothing and other articles has been gratifying, but we have been unable to locate a rent-free building for storage and distribution. Can Action Line help? We’re giving a name, address and phone number in case any of your readers can help. Mrs. R. F. Lowe 1219 Sunset Ave., Perry Phone 987-1804 Action Line is printing your request and adding our appeal to anyone who can help with this worthwhile project to contact your represen tative. Good Luck. Instead of Perry getting so many more ham burger places - we’ve heard another one besides the new MacDonald’s is coming why don’t we get a pizza place? It would probably get more business than another hamburger place. D. J. Perry Since we live in a free enterprise system D. J., people who operate different kinds of hamburger places often build close together in good business spots and depend on good advertising and word-of mouth to try to get the most customers. Action Line would like to have a pizza place here, too, but it’s up to some individual to either build an in dependent one or get a franchise from a chain, and we haven’t heard of anyone who is working on that. Maybe if folks let us know their reaction to the idea of a pizza place here and enough were interested, the right person would build one. I’ve heard that plastics are not suitable for sanitary landfills such as we have in Houston County because they aren’t biodegradable. Is this true? M.H. Perry Not true. As a matter of fact, there are several plastics that do degrade, and polymer chemists are busy making more if they are needed. There is even a plastic that will dissolve and disappear in water, such as the plastic bag of pre-measured soap or bleach that the housewife drops into the washing machine, bag and all. Non-degradable plastics make a very stable material for a landfill operation because they do not break down and pollute the water table with decaying matter or chemical residues. Also, they do not continue to settle over the years, and a landfill with mostly plastics in it would be turned into reclaimed land area quickly. What is meant by the term "The Wicked Bible?” 5.8., PERRY In a 1631 edition of the Bible there was an error in Exodus 29:14 so that it read "Thou shalt commit adultery.” The publisher was fined three hundred English pounds for this mistake. Isn’t it true that anyone charged with a crime can get a lawyer without having to pay a fee? I’ve been told this is not the truth. Well it’s not exactly. The U.S. Supreme Court has declared that any defendant in a criminal case facing a jail term is entitled to appointed counsel. Thus, defendants in all State and local courts, if indigent, must be afforded free legal counsel if a jail term could be imposed. So, it is not true that anyone charged with a crime gets free legal assistance. Can Action Line tell me if there is such a thing as giant frogs. A friend told me he knew of a pond near Perry where there are gigantic frogs living. Is he putting me on? N . s „ perry We think your friend is putting you on but we would like to visit the pond with our camera. Actually a giant variety of frog native to West Africa, grows to a length of a foot and weighs as much as a small dog. The Houston Home Journal The Perry Area’s Favorite Newspaper For The Past 100 Years PAGE 1-A -¥■ Perry Plant Moves Towards Expansion * Pabst Nets Record Earnings Pabst Brewing Company posted record earnings, sales and shipments during the first 6 months of 1972 it was announced this week by James C. Windham, chairman and president of Pabst, Net income for the 6 months period ended June 30, at $13,156,000 or $1.38 a share, a 17 per cent increase over income of $11,243,000 or sl.lß a share for the same period last year. Sales for the first half of 1972 reached an all time high of $226,820,000 up more than 10 percent from 1971 first half sales of $205,452,000, Windham said. During the first 6 months of 1972, Pabst shipments totaled 6,362,000 barrels of beer compared with ship ments of 5,838,000 barrels for the same period last year. This is an increase of 9 per cent. Windham stated that in furtherance of the President’s economic gSM James Windham Ambulance Service Here Looms In Face Os Heavy List Os Restrictions By Bobby Branch In the near future, if a current proposal by the Houston County Hospital Authority and the County Commissioners is ever adopted, the people of Houston County will witness a two-eyed mon ster with one huge rear door and a long list of extras, answering the call for help within the county. These monsters are appearing in more and more sections of the state as a result of a recent Georgia Health Dept, ruling on ambulance equipment and attendants. The funeral homes in Houston County have told the County Commissioners they will no longer be able to provide ambulance service here after December 1, of this year. The funeral home operators have long complained that operating an ambulance service is a losing proposition and when the new list of requirements came out recently for ambulance services, the funeral home directors issued an ultimatum. They say there is no way to meet the requirements and buy the new ambulances and equipment and for them to even reach near a profit The Houston County Hospital Authority is pondering the question right now and it is believed they will be the body that finally has to initiate the ambulance service operating from the hospitals in the County and perhaps other strategic locations. W hatever the final decision, the county really doesn t have any choice. Ambulance service anywhere shows a profit or even breaks even. That’s the main reason both the Hospital Authority and the County Commissioners are looking into every angle of the service before recommending a program. PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1972 stabilization program Pabst has not increased prices since August 15,1971. He said that the improvement in sales and earnings was achieved in the face of substantially increased costs for packaging supplies, labor and other expenses. Earlier this year Windham announced that Pabst is increasing the annual brewing capacity of its Pabst, Georgia, plant near Perry from 1.7 million barrels to 4.5 million barrels annually. The plant will have a 2.5 million barrel capacity by early 1973 and will reach the. 4.5 million barrel capacity during 1974, Win dham said. Nunn Rally Plans Set The Perry rally for U.S. Senatorial candidate Sam Nunn will be held at 6 p.m. on August 7, on the vacant lot behind the Nunn headquarters on Main Street. The rally has been changed from a breakfast to a barbecue meeting. Tickets I that have already been sold to the breakfast are good for * the barbecue rally and they I can be purchased for $5.00 I each at the headquarters. I Co-chairman of the Perry a rally are Ervin Goodroe and I E. H. Cheek. Cheek, who is I famous for his preparation I and putting on of barbecues | in the area, is in charge of ■ the barbecue. Perry Student Takes Top State Forestry Award At Tifton Tim Lewis was awarded a placque and SSO savings bond as first place winner in the field of Forestry at the Natural Resources Conservation Workshop held in Tifton in June. Presenting the The regulations, spelled out by the National Highway Safety Act and adopted by the County, endorse only three types of vehicles. They are: the carry-all, which is a raised roof version of a carryall-type body; a van, a basically unchanged forward control delivery van body; or a demounted medical package, which is a specifically constructed medical body mounted on a light truck cab-chassis body. The act spells out in four legal size, typewritten pages the minimum requirements for each type vehicle. The vehicles, which must be white with an orange stripe on each side, must have 54 inches of headroom in the center of the patient com partment and 60 inches is recommended. The regulations state, “Any fractional inch less will not be accepted.” It must have at least 100 inches of space from the partition behind the driver to the rear door and 116 inches is recommended. The vehicle must be powered by at least a 300 cubic inch v-8 engine with a 70 amp battery, power disc brakes, heavy duty springs, and an approved gyro safety control device to keep the vehicle level. “ECNALUBMA”, which is ambulance spelled backwards, must be painted on the nose of the vehicle (in orange) so it can be recognized easily in a rear view mirror. Two revolving or flashing red lights must be mounted atop the vehicle along with a siren. The electronic type is suggested. The vehicle must be equipped with a two way radio with a “roof top antenna complete with coaxial cable.” The list of extras seemingly goes on and on. The placque is Cohen Walker, District Supervisor, Ocmulgee Soil and Water Conservation District, which co-sponsored Tim with the First National Bank and The Bank of Perry, and Drew Bynum, District Conservationist. vehicle must be equipped with hanging hardware for two overhead stretchers with a minimum weight of 150 pounds. It must also be equipped with two aluminum folding cots, a Ferno cot, a removable squad bench, and a “comfortable” attendant seat. An approved bag type mask resuscitator, built in oxygen equipment, and a portable oxygen system must also be installed in the vehicle. The specifications state, the inside of the vehicle must be “constructed of heavy duty material that would tend to decrease noise and yet stand up under heavy duty use ... easy to clean and has a nice appearance.” The list also states that cabinets capable of holding all the equipment required must be in stalled inside the ambulance in such a manner that the attendant can reach anything even with the ambulance fully loaded with injured persons. The requirements also include a list of medical supplies such as splints, pillows, pumps, catheters, and a portable first aid kit containing 96 items. It must also be equipped with an emergency childbirth kit, an emesis basin, a bed pan, a urinal duct, a poison kit, a blood pressure meter with a cuff and a stethoscope. An emergency rescue kit must be stowed in the vehicle containing a hacksaw with 12 wire (car bide) blades, a 36 inch pinch point crowbar, a one and a half ton hydraulic jack, a 49 inch shovel with a pointed blade, and two 50 feet lengths of three quarter inch manila rope. And the list goes on and on. 2 Sections 32 Pages