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MILITARY POLICE TAKE NOTES ON HELICOPTER CRASH THAT HURT THREE
It Was First of Two Crashes Monday Between Hunter and Pembroke
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wree Hurt; Separate Incidents
Three Army fliers were in-
Jured Monday in one of two
helicopter crashes that oc
curred within about 12 miles
of each other in an area west
of Savannah.
Two of three Hunter Army
Airfield crewmen who went
down in the first crash, about
11:30 a.m. of Ga. Highway
204, were reported seriously
injured.
No one was reported in
jured in the second crash
about 4:12 p.m. near the Lan
ier community seven miles
east of Pembroke on U.S. 280,
Both helicopters were flying
training missions out of Huni
er,
‘We’re Going Down’
Hunter Army spokesmen
said the post had radio con
tact with the first helicopter
that crashed up until the mo
ment of trouble, when the pil
ot messaged, “We’re going
down” from an altitude of 400
feet.
'"llffi'e trouble spot was n-t
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CITY OF PEMBROKE
Comparison of Receipts and Expenditures
‘ JANUARY 10, 1968 TO JANUARY 14, 1969
RECEIPTS:
Water oL L e -$ 21,992.53
e e 9,841.26
License Lo e ‘ 1,932.09
Police Fines and Forfeitures . Ll nae 20915 00
Fronchise Tax ... b e 3,395.45
e ... S 112.50
P e . o g 21.00
Water Deposit _________ L e e 10.00
Wes . s e oerlo 1579000
Ohne Qvent .. .. .. Sel 10,940.86
Cemetery lots L ey 105.00
IOIAL RECEISE == e o el $ 66,945.69
DISBURSEMENTS:
ow WNpawawer o oo 0 L 8 akead |
Street Department . S, e 010,800,086
Police Department __ L e '
eVe . . o o i 1,601.46
N e e e 579.80
GOl leetewiens . o i 12,030.71
Seebe Cainlenly - oT g 1,500.00
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eey . daiww TR
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS ____ L $ 60,564.74
RECEIPTS IN EXCESS OF DISBURSEMENTS 6,380.95
pinpointed, but the wreckage
was found in a wooded area
off Highway 204 and abou
four miles west of U.S. 17 aft
er one of the injured crew
men was spotted sitting be
side Ga. 204, his hands
cupped to his chest.
Tim Ragan, 24, of 12816
Canterbury Rd., who spotted
the aviator, was told there
had been a crash and rushed
to the wreckage. He foud
one man lying next to the hel
icopter and the third crew
man pinned against a tree by
a portion of the aircraft.
More Help Arrives
William Love, 45, of 447-A
Ft. Argyle Road arrived on
the scene moments later.
Both attempted to free the
irapped man but, because
both of his legs were caught
under the wreckage, they
were reluctant to move him.
Ragan notified the Chatham
Love said the trapped sol“
dier asked for something to
relieve the pain. He said
searched the medicine kit in
the aircraft but could not find
anything. The soldier was
quoted as saying, “There is
nothing you can do for me.”
County Mosquito Control Com
mission about the crash and
the message was relayed to
the county police. Love said
searched the aircraft for sig
nal flares to draw the atten
tion of other aircraft but was
unable to find any. An uni
dentified man went to a
clearing about a quarter mile
from the crash scene and
waved down an army helicip
ter searching the area.
Crew Identified
A medical unit from Hunter
arrived on the scene and ad
ministered first aid to the
three men. The soldiers were
rushed to Hunter Army Hospi
tal.
They were identified as :
—Warrant Officer Candidate
John C. Vogel of Chicago, 111,
loss of his left foot and facial
lacerations. His condition was
serious.
—Chief Warrant Officer Wil
liam D. Mason, instructor pil
ot, fractured leg and possible
spinal injuries. His condition
was serious.
—Warrant Officer Candidate
Richard J. Oliva of Chicago,
111, cuts and minor injuries.
He was listed in good condi
tion.
The second crash took place
near the town of Lanier.
The cause of the second ac
cident had not been deter
mined but the helicopter was
reportedly in flames as it spi
raled down.
The aircraft was a total
loss.
The names of the meén in
volved in the crash at Lanier
were not available immediate
ly.
Accident investigation
boards were convened to de-
termine the causes of both
crashes.
Fired
Veteran Highway
Engineer Charged
By Atty. General
By 808 COHN
NEWS ATLANTA BUREAU
ATLANTA — Veteran state
highway maintenance engi
neetr Johnniie Cowart was
fired Monday after Atty. Gen.
‘Arthur K. Bolton charged him
with using state-paid labor
in his private concrete busi
ness,
Cowart, who works out of
the department’s sth division
headquarters at Jesup, said
he would fight his dismissal
through the state’s merit sys
tem,
“They just accepted some
drunken knucklehead’s word,”
said Cowart of the charges
contained in a lengthly report
prepared by Bolton at the re
quest of ‘Gov. Lester Maddox.
“They just went down one
side of the story,” he contin
ued, “and I feel like I've
been trampled on.”
The Attorney General said
his investigation shows “that
the taxpayers of Georgia
were subsidizing Mr. Cowart
in the operation of his private
business and have been doing
so for the past several years
or more."”
Cowart operates a concrete
business in Pembroke. .
He sold these products to
various federal agencies, in
cluding Hunter Air Force
Base and Fort Stewart but no
evidence was uncovered by
Bolton that anything was ever
sold to the state.
Formal Report Charges
Bolton did charge in his for
mal report to the governor
thats =
Cowart used “on the job”
employes to work on the pri
vate property of John 0. Ba
con, who is highway mainte
nance engineer for the entire
state. He said this occured on
at least orte occasion,
Cowart keeps an unmarked
‘highway department boat and
motor at his private residence
-and that in 1968 a case was
made against him for com
mercial fishing without a li
cense while using the state
owned boat.
The investigation revealed
other irregularities such as
the use of spare gasoling
tanks on Cowart’s state-owned
pick-up when Cowart was
able to get gas for the truck
at any state pump in the 28-
county district; the fulltime
use of a state-owned pickup
by Cowart’s 19-year-old son, a
department employe; and the
use by Cowart in his private
business of state-owned equip
ment that had never been
used by the state.
After reading the compre
hensive report over the week
end, Maddox told newsmen
Monday “This is wrong. In
‘promising to stop the illegal
expenditure of ‘‘millions of
dollars” before his adminis
tration ends, Maddox said
there’s so much crookedness
in state government today
“you just wouldn’t believe it.”
In his testimony, Cowart
admits that he used depart
ment employes in his private
business, but said he did it
only when the employes were
on annual leave or had time
off coming to them because
of overtime worked.
Bolton countered that Cow
“t's testimony “is simply not
borne out by the factual evid
ence,”” adding, “indeed, quite
othe contrary appeared to be
the rule.
Japan turns down Soviet loan
request.
FOR SALE
Horses — Ponies
Horse Feed & Tack
Call- or See
Pembroke, Ga.
Phone 653-4402
Will Fight
Dismissal
ATLANTA. Ga. AP)-A
veteran maintenance engineer
with the State Highway De
partment who was fired fol
lowing charges he used state
employes in hic private busi
‘ness says he will fight his dis
missal.
“I feel like I've been
‘tramped on,” said Johnnie
‘Cowart of Lanier, an employe
of the department for more
than 17 vears.
“That’s a one-sided affair.
They came down here and
took the word of a knuckle
head that we had to release.
There was no investigation to
it,” he said.
Plans Appeal
Cowart was maintenance
engineer of the 28-county fifth
division. He said he will ap
peal through the state merit
system.
Department officials said
Cowart was dismissed Mon
day because charges of irreg
ularities &against him were
‘“‘very conclusive.”
Charges against Cowart
were brought in a report by
Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton, who
investigated Cowart’s activi
ties at the request of Gov.
Lester Maddox.
Bolton said the probe re
vealed ‘‘that the taxpayers of
Georgia were subsidizing Mr.
Cowart in the operation of his
private business and had been
doing so ‘or the past several
years or mere.”
State Approves
-
Sale Os Mansion
For SIOO,OOO
ATLANTA, (GPS) — Even
a group of retired people who
live in the Ansley Park area of
Atlanta were launching a cam
paign to save the old Gover
nor’s Mansion, announcement
was made that the state has
agreed to sell the historic prop
erty to Atlanta lawyer David J.
Harris for SIOO,OOO.
Harris said he would raze the
mansion and build a new home
on the site after selling part of
its 2.76 acres.
Harris, with an original of
fer of $76,520, submitted the
higher of two bids to the State
Properties Control Commission.
The only other bidder was Rich
ard B. Harding, also of Atlanta,
who offered $75,051.
The commission, taking the
average of three professional
appraisals, offered to sell the
property to the Ansley Park
Civic Association for $170,000,
but the association said it could
not pay that much.
Harris appeared before the
commission the other day, and
when asked if he would increase
his bid to SIOO,OOO, agreed to
do so, The commission then ap
proved the offer, as it is legally
empowered to do.
Secretary of State Ben W,
Fortson, Jr., a member of the
commission and official custo
dian of both the old and the
new $3-million mansion on
West Paces Ferry Road, said
the offer “was just as good as
we would have gotten if we had
put it up for auction.
I don’t like to sell state
property, but with the problems
out there, it was the easiest
way out of a perplexing situa
tion. It was costing the state
$20,000 a year to maintain it.”
Thus, the campaign of the
Peachtree-Piedmont Chapter of
the American Association of
Retired Persons to save the old
mansion never got off the
ground,
Price paid to farmers rose
4 per cent in May.
‘LOAN CLERK (TYPIST)
Min, age 22 & 1 yr. office
exp. Credit Union, Ft. Stew
art, Ga., 767-4456.
RN
Edéen, Georgia
Phone 748-7128
“If you have Septic
Tank trouble call us”
REASONABLE RATES
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, July 31, 1969
Brotherhood
To Meet
The regular monthly meeting
of the Brotherhood of Blitch
ton Baptist Church will be held
August 5, 1969 at B:00 p.m.
. James Stewart
Church Publicity
Chairman.
Mr. and Mrs. Hannie Burn
sed and sons, Johnny and Joey
spent a few days at Hilton
Head Island, S. C.
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A slowdown in spendihk is
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WANTED TO BUY
USED CARS
Contact:
Elzie Bryant
Tel. 653-2526
Pembroke, Georgia