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Senator Wyche Fowler addressed concerns of Houston
County residents during a fund raiser Tuesday.
Fowler holds luncheon
fund raiser for campaign
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
During a $25 a plate luncheon
held for Senator Wyche Fowler at
Houston County High School
Monday, audience members ques
tioned Fowler on his positions on
defense-related matters, economic
stimulus plans and heard Fowler
pledge support to efforts to enact
nation-wide enforcement of the
1964 Voting Rights Act or work
for the act's abolition.
The luncheon was sponsored by
Senator Sonny Perdue, Representa
tive Larry Walker and Representa
tive Jay Walker. Tickets to the
event were sold to citizens of the
county and approximately 85 peo
ple attended the event. The money
raised will be used toward Fowler's
re-election campaign.
Perdue introduced Fowler by
calling him an excellent listener and
a man who is aware of the diversity
and needs of Georgia.
Fowler thanked the audience for
their generous support of his re
election efforts.
"1 would like to talk about pol
icy rather than politics. There are a
lot of problems that I could address,
but I would rather hear what is on
your mind. Houston is a dynamic,
growing county but in many places
there is no private sector job cre
ation and we need to address that
problem. For too long the admin
istration has ignored this problem.
Last October President Bush went
on television and said there was no
recession. In February he came on
and said there was a recession but it
is over now. There are 100 many
people not only out of work but
vulnerable because when they lost
their jobs they lost their health in
surance. No matter who is presi
dent, in January health care reform
has to be the first order of
business," Fowler said.
Fowler then discussed the prob
lems with China's most favored na
tion trading status and their unwill
ingness to purchase Georgia agri
cultural products. Other areas cited
by Fowler included his opposition
to a free trade agreement with Mex
ico, the need for the Russian repub
lic to use grain credits for more
than midwestem wheat, the impor
tance of creating tax breaks and
other incentives to spur job cre
ation.
Fowler then was asked by Jack
Steed of Warner Robins if he sup
ported the sale of F-15's to Saudi
Arabia.
"While I certainly want to sell
F-15's, I don't want to see this
country fuel an arms race in the
Middle East. I think Saudi Arabia
would need a pretty strong case for
us to sell to them, they don't need
it," Fowler said.
"If we don’t sell it to them, then
France will sell them something
similar," another audience member
said.
"Thai's the argument the arms
manufacturers use, but we have
good relations with our allies and
are frequently able to persuade them
to not sell a weapons system if it is
not in the best interests of the re
gion," Fowler said.
Representative Larry Walker
spoke about the problems
reapportionment has created in
Georgia.
"We have had a difficult period
on reapportionment. Why is the
south treated differently than the
rest of the nation? Why do we need
justice department approval? Will
you work to see that the Voting
Rights Act will be applied nation
wide and the justice department be
come more even handed?" Walker
asked.
"I think that it should be
enforced nation-wide or abolished.
We could talk about injustice or
selective enforcement of civil rights
laws. With so many people moving
from one part of the country to the
other a lot has changed since 1964.
If there was ever a bill that needs to
be uniform nation-wide it is that
bill," Fowler said to wide applause
from the audience.
Fowler was then asked about de
fense cutbacks.
"I take my leadership from Sena
tor Nunn. I’m more outspoken on
reducing the over SIOO billion
spent of defending foreign nations
that have no visible threat to their
security and are able to afford to pay
for their own defense. That SIOO
billion should come home," Fowler
said.
An audience member then asked,
"With all the armed forces that
would then be called home what
does that do to the job market?"
"With a phased withdrawal and
the savings we would generate we
could shape an economy based on
our changing needs. We cannot
continue to say that the Soviet
threat still exists. Don't make Sen
ator Nunn's job more difficult by
opposing him from his own home
base, when he needs to make future
changes," Fowler said.
Fowler said he will be returning
to Houston County, "three or four
times before the November elec
tion."
Walker called the luncheon,
"Illuminating. It was candid and
that is what government is all
about. Tough questions and frank
answers.”
Farmers to
vote for
FmHa reps
"Farmers in Bibb, Crawford,
Peach or Twiggs Counties will
have an opportunity to chose one
person from among one candidate
running for the FmHA County
Committee in the July 13 elec
tion," FmHA County Supervisor
Calvin Hyer said today.
"Any person who has an interest
in a farm in the county as owner,m
tenant or sharecropper is considered
a farmer and is eligible to vote,"
Hyer said. "Spouses of eligible
farmers also are considered farmers
for voting eligibility."
Ballots for the elections were
published in recent editions of vari
ous local newspapers and also are
available in the FmHA County Of
fice at 451 College Street, Room
435 (Post Office Building) in Ma
con.
"If they can not be returned to the
county office in person ballots may
be mailed in," Hyer said. Among
other duties, County Committees
help determine whether an applicant
is eligible for an FmHA farm loan.
Two if the three members are
elected by county farmers and the
third is appointed by FmHA.
Call 987-1823
to subscribe to your
hometown newspaper
today!
Obsession is the key to ‘Unlawful Entry’
By JACKIE COOPER
HHJ Entertainment Writer
Although the movie “Unlawful
Entry” is a bit predictable at times,
it still has enough nail biting sus
pense to place it at the top of this
summer’s chiller flix. Kurt Russell,
Madeline Stowe and Ray Liotta are
in top form to bring this script
about an unholy triangle to life.
But pity the poor LA police
force! The videotaped beating of
Rodney King, plus the scourge of
the LA riots were bad enough. Now
they have to suffer the indignity of
seeing a film come to life which
has a deranged LA policeman as its
villain. And believe me Officer Pete
Davis (Liotta) is as bad as bad can
be. He lies, steals, cheats and kills
with gusto and not a trace of re
morse.
Part of the chill of watching
“Unlawful Entry” is knowing that
something like this could happen.
There could be a cop in any city
who becomes fixated on a young
woman. He could be so crazed by
his obsession with her that he
would do anything to make her his.
And anything could include killing
her husband or anyone else who
stood in his way.
That is what happens in this
film. Pete becomes so taken with
Karen Carr (Stowe) that he moves
heaven and earth to get rid of her
husband Michael (Russell). At first
he interferes with his business deal
ing but when that doesn’t work he
moves on to greater and greater
forms of harassment. And who’s to
stop him. He is, after all, the po
lice.
Liotta has a field day playing the
psycho cop. Handsome and ingrati
ating he appears to be the very
essence of goodness and safety. And
when he takes off the mask and lets
the audience see the madness be
neath the surface Liotta is still just
as believable.
Russell is also great in the less
vitriolic role. Time after lime and
movie after movie he has played the
invincible tough guy. This time
out he plays a man who is vulncra-
Flint promotes energy
management program
With the sweltering days of sum
mer upon us, Flint Electric Mem
bership Corporation is once again
promoting the Watt Wiscr campaign,
a state wide summer energy manage
ment program aimed at controlling
future power costs.
The campaign is co-sponsored by
Flint EMC and its power supplier,
Oglethorpe Power Corporation.
"The state’s power suppliers can
meet consumers' demand for elec
tricity with little difficulty," Harold
B. Smith, general manager of the
local electric cooperative, said.
"But on the hottest summer days -
especially between 3 and 9 p.m. -
high temperatures, increased use of
air conditioners and heat pumps, and
household activities combine to cre
ate a demand for electricity that is
higher than normal," he said. "We
call this peak demand."
Smith explained that if peak de
mand for electricity is consistently
greater than that availible from exist
ing power plants, then new power
plants, which often use more expen
sive fuels, must be built or power
purchased from other sources.
"Both of these are expensive alter
natives," he said. "Therefore, when
peak demand is controlled we, in
turn, have some control of future
power costs."
Talking about Flint's load man
agement programs, Smith continued,
"Switch 'n Save and WattWisersave
the Flint membership millions of
dollars in wholesale power costs an
nually.
"So Flint is once again asking Flint
EMC member-customers to listen for
Watt Wiser Alerts on radio, televi
sion and the National Weather Ser
vice," Smith said. "On especially hot
days Flint members are requested to
reduce their use of electricity. This
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Ray Liotta, right, plays a policeman who becomes ominously involved in the lives of a
young couple played by Madeline Stowe, left, and Kurt Russell after their house is
burglarized in Largo Entertainment’s suspense thriller “Unlawful Entry.”
blc, one who can be hurt and hu
miliated. It is a change of acting
pace for him but Russell keeps it
believable all the way through.
Stowe does not get to be as visi
bly dramatic as Liotta or Russell.
Instead she must be attractive and
enticing enough to be the catalyst
for the violence that ensues. Believe
me Stowe is very much up to that
requirement. She has beauty and
earth appeal to spare.
The film is rated R for violence,
profanity and nudity.
Madness, obsession and murder
are the ingredients of this film.
They are laid on with a heavy
member participation shaves the peak
power demand."
Smith emphasized that at Flint load
management is more than just a
concept. "It's a proven method of
reducing costs for the cooperative
and its members and a very important
part of running an efficient opera
tion," he said.
USDA commodity
applicants must
recertify soon
According to James Brophy, ex
ecutive director of the Middle Geor
gia Community Action Agency, Inc.,
the Perry Neighborhood Service
Center will be re-certifying USDA
Commodity Applications at the Perry
Neighborhood Service Center located
at 2010 Kings Chapel Road begin
ning July 6,1992 through August 1,
1992 from 9a.m. to 2p.m.
This re-certification is a require
ment from the USDA Commodity
Distribution Unit. In order for any
one to receive the commodities in the
month of August, re-certification is
required.
NOTE: All recipients must bring
Social Security card and proof of
address.
For further information, contact the
Perry NSC at (912) 987-3503.
Thank you to Perry Police
Dept., Officer Tim Richards,
Perry Fire Dept.,
Watson-Hunt Funeral Home,
Three Rivers, Friends,
Neighbors & Wilberta Mosser
for all the food, flowers and
acts of kindness during our
time of bereavement.
Mrs. Genivieve Burns
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1992-;
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performances and Jonathan Kaplan’s
fear inducing direction.
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advance how the movie plot is go
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