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VOLUME 56
Foma o p P
Members of New
Peace Offiters
Board Sworn In
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In the absence of Gov. Les- |
ter G. Maddox, who was in {
Georgia Baptist Hospital re- |
cuperating from a kidney stone |
operation, his executive secre- }
tary, Zell Miller, swore in |
members of the newly-created !
Georgia Peace Officers Stand- |
ards and Training Council at :
the State Capitol. i
Immediately following the |
ceremonies, the councii mem- I
bers journeyed to nearby State !
Patrol Headquarters for their |
organizational meeting. !
Officers elected were Bibb !
County Sheriff Jimmy E. |
Bloodworth of Macon, chair- |
man; Robert Lane, superin- ,
tendent of the Atlanta Police |
Department’s Training Divis- ’
ion, vice chairman, and Frank |
Hitt, agent in charge of the |
Atlanta FBI office, secretary- |
treasurer. 5
At the same time, the coun- !
cil named State Patrol Corp. |
K. D. Rearden as its executive
director. |
The new council, created by |
the 1970 General Assembly,
will be the administrative and |
policy body for a mandated |
training program which re- |
quires every city and county |
police officer coming into the
profession after July 1 to un- |
dergo 114 hours of basic police |
officer training before he can |
legally hold the position of ;
law enforcement officer. {
After being hired as a police |
officer, the training must be |
completed within 12 months. i
In addition to keeping rec- |
ords, files and issuing certifi- l
cates for course completion, ;
the council must ascertain that |
the officers receive the re- |
quired training within the first l
12 months of employment. I
Other Maddox . appointed !
members of the council are: (
Cedartown Police Chief W. M. |
Moss; Dade County Commiss- |
ioner Dan O. Hall of Trenton; !
Mayor Howard F. Royal of !
Newnan; Capt. Lawrence E. |
Mahaney of Savannah; Jones- |
boro Police Chief Howard |
Smith; Chatham County Sher- |
iff Carl Griffin of Savannah; |
Howard Atherton of Marietta;
Trammell Carmichael of Can- |
ton, and State Patrol Corp. |
Dave Higginbotham, president |
of the Peace Officers Associa- |
tion of Georgia. {
Revival At Union
Primitive Baptist |
Begins June 30 ;
Union Primitive Baptist |
Church located five miles
southwest of Alamo, on Spring
hill road will begin their an
nual revival on Tuesday night, |
June 30, and contirnue through
Sunday, July 5.
Morning services will be at |
11:00 o'clock and the evening |
services will begin at 8:00 o’- !
clock. |
Elder W. Howard Cox of |
Brooklet. will be the guest ;
minister. The public is cordial- |
ly invited to attend each serv
ice. i
Albert P. Hopkins
Nomed To Dean'’s
List At Ga. Southern
Albetr P. Hopkins, Jr., son
of Mrs. A. P. Hopkins of Ala
mo, was named to the 1970
Spring Quarter Dean’s List at
Georgia Southern.
A junior mathematics major
he had a grade point average
ors 3.66.
Library Schedule
Wednesday. July 1. i
Harden's Store 8:45-9:00
Lowery (Old school) 9:15-
9:40 i
Bethel Church 9:50-10:20
Glenwood (Uptown) 10:30-
11:30
Shiloh (at church) 1:15-
1:40
Springhill Community House
1:50-2:15
Butler’s Stores 2:45-3:00 :
Wheeler County Eagle
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Jim Langford, center, a senior at Calhoun High
School, is presented the 1970 Jack McDonough Edi
torial Award plaque by Paul E. Duke, manager of
the Georgia Power Company’s Athens division. Look
ing on is Mrs. James Hobgood, faculty advisor to
Calhoun High'’s school newspaper, The Cherokee
Phoenix. The award also includes a scholarship to
the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School
of Journalism and an electric typewriter. Georgia
Power gives the award each year at the Georgia
Scholastic Press Assn. meeting in Athens. It is pre
sented for the best editorial on free enterprise in
America, written by a Georgia high school junior or
senior and published in his high school newspaper.
Bentley Authorizes ]
enliey Auinorizes ilnsurance
Fair Plan For High-Risk P
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rair Plan ror dign-hisk Froperty
! “At long last, our schools,
. our hard-core poverty areas,
| our coastal communities, and
l the property in the hippie-in
. fested pockets will once more
E be eligible for badly-needed in
| surance coverage.”
| With these words, Comptrol
' ler General James L. Bentley
T today signed an order initiat
. ing the FAIR (Fair Access to
. Insurance Requirements) Plan
' in Georgia, and announced it
will be available throughout
' the State, starting June 27,
-~ 1970.
: Bentley, also Georgia’'s In
.’ surance Commissioner, said
| “The FAIR Plan idea was in
' itiated during my term as
. President of the National As
| sociation of Insurance Com
. missioners, and was designed
E to meet the problems of un
~insurability caused by the out
break of property damage dur
ing the riots throughout the
' country.
| “Rather than let innocent
_ property owners in vulnerable
areas be penalized by mass
cancellations, we worked for
a union of the Federal gov
. ernment, the insurance indus
_ try, and the individual state to
~ provide for a ‘reinsurance’ pool
to operate when policies were
~ terminated. The FAIR Plan is
. the result.”
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BACK IN SCHOOL is C. Peter McColough,
president of Xerox Corporation. The classroom he
visited was part of a large display designed to show
shareholders at the company’s annual meeting that
Xerox has products and technology in many areas of
information communications, not just copying
machines. The first-graders with McColough are par
ticipating in a course called ‘“Science — A Process
Approach,”” marketed by Xerox through its
: Education Group. s
Bentley pointed out the
“Riot-stricken areas are no
longer the sole areas of con- |
cern for the Plan’s administra- {
tion, although the recent Au
| gusta holocaust clearly shows |
| the continuing need.
| “For example, individual
{ school systems are having dis- |
ficulty getting insurance due to |
the horrendous vandalism and |
thievery. The FAIR Plan will |
! prevent our schools from be- |
| ing left defenseless. i
“Also, our coastal communi- |
| ties have faced increasing in- |
‘ surance problems due to the ‘
} continuous threat of wind |
storm damage. The FAIR Plan |
( will no longer allow these |
| homeowners to be defenseless.” |
} The Commissioner cited At- |
| lanta's “Hippie District” as an- |
] other place where building
| owners will once again be |
available for coverage. “The |
Tenth Street Section has been |
virtually uninsurable, with the |
highest crime and destruction :
rate in the state. The owners |
in the area have been defense- |
less, unwitting victims of the |
youths and criminals now in |
the area. But through the FAIR ’
Plan, their structures can be ‘
| eligible for reinsurance . . . a I
i small step back towards solid
| community standards.” i
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Mental Health
%&K ; g
i Plan Approved
i;fz?; = |
:j}j Gov. Lester G. Maddox has %
} announced the approval of a |
:.}{“526,70? federal Fant for the ‘
'{. development of a mental |
: %lhealthf‘progranf to serve 12 !
0 ;:";North' Georgia counties. Head- l
o~ quarters for this program will |
:::*’.'be located in the Hamilton !
T Memorial Hospital in Dalton. !
1§ Tentative plans call for a |
1 Community Health Center to ‘
| operate as a component of the
'} 150-bed general hospital. Coun
-1 ties involved in this project |
| are Bartow, Chattooga, Fan- |
4 nin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, |
{ Murray, Paulding, Pickens, |
| Polk and Whitfield. 1
; The grant was made under |
| Section 202 of the Appalachian !
} Regional Development Act :
| which authorizes the Appa- |
| lachian Health Demonstration |
| program. The local sponsor for |
{ the Appalachian health project l
| in this area is the Northwest !
| Georgia Regional Health Ad- i
| visory Council. §
7 Total cost of the project is |
| $35,564 with the Appalachian |
| Regional Commission provid- |
| ing 75 per cent. The remain- I
| ing $8,857 will be provided by !
| the Dalton-Whitfield County |
| Hospital Authority. I
| This application was pro- |
| cessed through the State Plan- i
' ning Bureau directed by H. |
! Oliver Welch, i
Local Conservation |
| Officials Attend l
. Society Meeting !
; Arthur Walden, Brown Nev- ;
| els, and George Norris all of
| Soperton and Jimmy James of !
| Alamo, all Soil Conservation |
| Service members of the Staff :
. of the Tri-County RC&D Proj- |
ect attended the Fourteenth |
Annual meeting of the Georgia ‘
Chapter, Soil Conservation So- [
. ciety of America at Jekyll Is- |
land last week. The theme for i
i the meeting was Turning |
I Points in Time—A Quality En- |
| vironment. |
Professional conservationists !
! from various agencies made ex- I
| cellent presentations on how |
their agencies or their work |
| affected a quality environment. |
George Norris discussed, with |
| the use of slides for illustra- '
tions, how the Tri-County |
RC&D Project affects its en- i
| vironment and people. |
State Representative Paul i
. Neesmith of Statesboro, dis- !
' cussed How the Conservation |
program on his farm affects E
i the environment; Representa- |
i tive Reid Harris of Brunswick, :
discussed the recently enacted |
| Marshlands Protection Law I
! and its value to a quality en
| vironment. ,
i Speaker for the banquet on
. Friday night was G. Ross Free- |
man, Pastor, First United !
| ‘Methodist Church, Stateshoro. |
' Reverend Freeman, also Chap- |
. lain of Georgia Association of i
| Conservation Distriets, com
| mended the Society for being |
! a balancing force in today’s
i favorite topic; that of improv- |
' ing the environment. |
L. R. Payne, Soil Conserva- |
' tion Service Area Conserva- |
tionist and Second Vice-Pres
| ident for the Georgia Chapter |
i presided at the opening session |
on Friday morning. i
i The families of Messrs. Nor- |
ris, Walden, Nevels and James, !
accompanied their husbands |
and fathers to Jekyll and par- |
| ticipated in the family activi- |
ties of the meeting. On Satur- |
day morning the ladies and f
! children enjoyed a tour of
Jekyll Island and St. Simons !
Island and the many points of
i interest in the area. The tour |
| was sponsord jointly by the |
Georgia Chapter and the
Brunswick Chamber of Com
| merce.
! R, L. Carter ofsTifton is
| President of the Georgia Chap
ter. Max Flanders of Waycross
| was in charge of local arrange- |
| ments for the meeting.
! Contentment is about eight |
' parts laziness
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1970
j Georgia State Patrol To Stage
Massive Safety Drive July 4th
| Avother big “Holiday’ week
| end ‘is coming@¥y ;ffié;i‘ih,"“- i
Fourth of July (& Holidey com.
| o ek §*
| erce on July. 4l i Geor~
| gia and throughbuf America
| Independence Day s a legal
| holidwylat AR S
. During thisiilng Week end,.
' which traditionally, tshers in |
e xEe P NIRRT i )
the su ‘%fi cation : season,
people - everywhete @re in a
| jovaus -j;-@;wd%;ggflly
| thousands will be traveling by
| ear on the highways in antici
| pation of a pleasant respite
} from the doldrums of day-to
i day living. But for many who
E anticipate a week end of gaiety
| the whole thing will end in
! tragedy.
: In Georgia, for example, the
| State Patrol predicts that 24
| persons will be killed and an
| other 374 injured in a total of
E 1,276 traffic accidents occurring
i between 6 p.m. Thursday, July
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' (a. Cities To Get
' Flood Relief Aid
! Decatur and Columbus resi
| dents will be eligible for gov
| ernment subsidized financial
i relief from floods beginning
i July 19, U. S. Senators Herman
’ E. Talmadge and Richard B.
‘ Russell announced. |
! They said owners of one to
| four-family residences and
i small businesses will be able
| to buy the insurance from lo
| cal insurance agencies at low
| subsidized rates.
l Decatur and Columbus be
came eligible when the city
! governments agreed to adopt
‘i land use and control measures
i that minimize flood damage to !
‘ future construction.
! Gary H. Adams
' Named On Dean's
|
i List At Middle Ga.
{ Dr. Joseph P. Vidosic, Dean
. of Middle Georgia College, has
E announced that one student
| from Glenwood made the
] Dean’s List for the Spring
. Quarter.
v To attain the Dean’s List, a
| student must attain an average
i of 3.2 or better.
| Student carrying a full aca
: demic load (15 quarter hours) |
;f who made the Dean’s List is |
. Gary H. Adams. i
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Safety Lesson
In recognition of National Safe Boating Week, June
28-July 4, Roy Turner, Georgia Power Company safety
engineer and former president of the National Water |
Safety Congress, instructs Lyric Padovani in basic safety
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rules as she prepares for an outing on the utility’s Lake
Jackson. Mr. Turner emphasizes that all boaters should
wear life jackets, never stand in a boat, watch for the |
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safety of others and keep a paddle handy in case of en- |
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gine trouble. !
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18 a&“%%ht Sunday, July
gßy /t%myly designated 78-
»’Mu;l':ffii?‘f holi.uy period.
1 é“eh}w n attempt to cope with
| the heavy tratfic on Georgia's
| highways and keep the predic
“{fi:f%s% oming a reality,
B N
{* Col. ‘Rs H. Burson, state pub
-1 i ‘{‘f ;;}'3‘;%‘ /. director, said “the
&&‘fif; most con
fifim’v ¢ enforcement op
-1 eration in the state’s history
{ will be carried out.
- He warned motorists that it |
will be a “no-holds-barred” l
crackdown on law violators.
State patrolmen have strict or
ders to “get tough” if need be,
he said. With the recent ad
dition of 26 highly trained
troopers, the patrol’'s uniform
division force now stands at
625, its highest ever.
Maj. Porter Weaver, the pa
trol's commanding officer, said
troopers from all patrol posts
in the statewide system, as
well as Atlanta headquarters
personnel and GBI agents, will
be on active duty throughout
the campaign. All week end
passes have been cancelled for
the period.
In addition, agents from oth
er state enforcement agencies
will be utilized as “spotters”,
both from the ground and in
aircraft. When they observe an
obvious traffic violation, these
“spotters” immediately relay
| the information via radio to
unformed patrolmen who go
into action in running down
the suspected, Maj. Weaver ex
plained.
“We’ll use more people, more
patrol cars and more speed
timer devices, including our
many Vascar units and radar
machines. In an effort to main
tain safety on the roads and
save people from being killed”
he said.
“We'll concentrate on the
more heavily traveled inter
state and main U. S. highways,
with road checks at odd hours
and at unannounced places on
an around-the-clock basis. Oth
er of our troopers, particularly
those comprising our tactical
squad, will be just about any
where and everywhere we
think they can do the most
good in getting the job done.”
Col. Burson; Lt Col. 1o &
Bell, deputy safety director,
and Maj. Weaver will travel
over the state directing strate
gic maneuvers.
In announcing plans for the
i gigantic traffic enforcement
operation, Col. Burson ap-
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pealed to all drivers, local and
county law enforcement offi
cers, the press, radio and tele
vision stations and various
safety organizations to coop
erate in helping to make the
I safety drive a success.
Another Nature
I Trail Opened In
' Blackburn Park
State Parks Director John L.
Gordon has officially opened
the second of 11 new state
park nature trails in historic
Blackburn State Park, located
seven miles southwest of Dah
lonega.
Appropriately named “Pie
neer Trail” after the early
prospectors who in years gone
by sought gold in the area, the
trail follows an old road for
merly used by the gold miners
and loops through tree-shaded
slopes and along damp stream
banks rich in ferns and wood
land flowers.
Although the park is not yet
fully developed (many future
facilities are now under de
velopment or in the planning
stages), Blackburn State Park
currently is attracting visitors
who wish to see the park's
gold mine, to actually try their
hand at panning for gold, ar
to camp amidst the scenic
woodlands of the 231-acre state
park, Gordon said.
Wheeler Advises
Reserves About
Special Benefits
Inasmuch as now is the time
of year when National Guards
men and Armed Forces Re
servists are undergoing active
1 duty for training purpeoses,
Georgia Veterans Service Di
rector Pete Wheeler advises
that there are certain VA ben
efits available to them in the
event of disabilities caused by
injury or disease.
One important benefit is
compensation from the VA for
injuries sustained during train
ing or while traveling to and
from the training location. “Na
minimum time of service is re
quired in order to receive com
pensation for disabiilties re
sulting from injuries,” says
- Wheeler, “but to receive com
i pensation for disabilities in
‘ curred by diseases, guardsmen
- must have been on active duty
1 for a period exceeding 38
days.” Wheeler added that to
. receive any of these benefits,
’ a guardsman must file a claim
with the Veterans Administra
~ tion establishing a service-con
nection for the disability.
Other benefits provided
guardsmen and reservists in
clude guarantees against loss
of their jobs, accrued vacation
time and certain other employ
ment rights. Employers are re
quired to permit the reservists
to fulfill their training obliga
tions. To be entitled to em
ployment benefit protection,
however, the reservists must
report back to their jobs on the
first scheduled working day
following completion of their
training.
Additional information re
garding benefits for guards
men and reservists as well as
assistance in filing claims for
benefits may be obtained from
any office of the Georgia De
partment of Veterans Service.
PLANT MILDEW
Troy Keeble, horticulturist
with the University of Geargia
Extension Service, says home
gardeners should be looking
for a thin coat of moldy white
substance on the leaves, stems
and flower buds of their plants.
It is mildew and local county
Extension agents can recom
mend control materials.