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tr ..,1. tt t. 7. 1 re vard Section Thursday, December 1973 4 A.s?y ,1 1 Brevard Datebook 2B HELP! Florida TODY 1 0 1 2B fcjr i i Askew Swaps Full Pardon for Church Attendance By ED PRICKETT TOOAY troll Wr.ftr By agreeing to attend church" on Sundays, a Cocoa service station manager was granted a full pardon Wednesday by Coy. Askew for a felony he was convicted of 14 years ago, Asked by the governor If he attended church, John L.

Whitney replied he manages a service station whicfi usually is open Sundays making it highly impracti cal to attend church services you assure us that while the station is closed In with' us on the energy crisis, you will go to church?" Askew queried. "Yes," said' Whitney, the weekend manager at' Stal nSkeV's Standard at' Poinsett and U.S. 1. "I believe fhave served my community well enough to qualify." "Then will recommend a full pardon," the governor said in Tallahassee during a 'I guess my mouth dropped all I could say was I didn't expect the governor to make the JOHN WHITNEY, pardoned felon state cabinet hearing which Sat as as a parole board. "I guess my mouth dropped Nopen all I could say was I didn't expect the governor to make the motion," said Whitney at his Cocoa home.

In charge of Brevard Ambulance Service since 1967, Whiteny has raked in several certificates for teaching first aid courses. Me showed! he board a book of awards stretching over a 10 year period In Which he has received praise and recommendation for his courses. Whitney was cohvicted in 195!) of possession of burglary tonls while stationed at Homestead Air Force Base In Miami andLhas been off parole '13 ears The 37 car old' plea for a fuir 'pardon carnetier the Probation and Parole Commission had recommended cfemency. The clemency recommendation would hae restored civil rights, including (he right to vote. But he asked for the full pardon because he envisions a career at Brevard Community College as a Red Cross instructor and" wishes to qualify himself as an emergency medical technician.

Commission Chairman Armond Cross, said the differ' ence In a full pardon and res toring civil rights is slight and applies only to their use by some licensing or hiring boards. Jn Florida, sonieMicensing boards require a full pardon of felons before accepting their application for a license. And that's what the governor of Florida handed Whitney Wednesday. jerry Greene TODAY COLUMNIST" Saving Energy The Hairy Way The inspiration came to Jim Foster in his bathroom, Maybe that's all great inspirations occur. Foster doesn't, know about that and he doesn't care.

All he knows is that's where he was standing when his inspiration arrived. The inspiration probably began the night before. Foster and his wife, Susan, were talking about the energy crisis between because they had the heater turned way down. "We're not going about this in the right way," said Foster, talking about America's inetitous uu ScRini! energy, cueing com fortably warm or using gasoline to travel just for pleasure not wasteful means of using energy. "There must be other ways to save energy.

There must be something else we rnnlrl mv im whirh wnnlHn'rt nthir nc uc fV'W WW.W W.J much as giving up the, heat in our homes." Foster went to bed, piled on the blankets. rgy, The ESP jP Sfffilfeff IHPH his. and kept. thinking about better idea came the next morning in i "I was shaving and I could hear the electric razor of the guy in the next apartment," said Foster. "Our wives are freezing to save energy while we stand here and spend five minutes shaving "That's when I got the idea So I put my razor down possibly for the last time and turned off the water and turned off the bathroom light.

"Look, how many adult men are there in America? Sixty million? EightyJPillion2Jf IheyalrTStopped snaving, now much energy would be saved?" Foster knows his idea may sound silly to beardless men, but he believes in it. Thatlr why he has organized H.E.L.P. America. (Help End Lost Power in America). Uncle Sam Has a Beard Presently a carpenter on Cocoa Beach, Foster is a certified high schp'ol math teacher irom West Virginia.

He and his wife were touring the country, stopped here Jor the launch of SHylab II and haven't left yet. "Now I'm devoting all my energy to H.E.L.P. AmericaV' he said. "I Want this to turrrinto aationqr campaigm" How much energy does a bearded Uncle Sam save? If American men used electric shavers, there would be savings there. The bathroom lights all over America Double Savings 'Even tiny tots are.

doubling up to conserve energy these days. Even ifit's only the energy which belongs to mom who mustshove twins Shawn and Dawn Pe TODAY SloH Pdclo ty Woll Johnion RICHARD THOMPSON, this is wrongi. jakovich' along in a stroller built for two. But Shawn and Dawn really aren't concerned as. the 5 year olds happily play and stare off into space.

Man Jailed in Attacks Suspect in Murder Cases By CHRISTINC MOORt: TODAY Stotl Writer A 20 year old unempjoyea Titusnlle man, jailed in the pistol whipping and rape attack of two female hitch-hikers, was being investigated Wednesday by sheriffs agents in the bizarre murders of two other area women, whose badly decomposed bodies were found in wooded areas of North "This guy apparently runs around getting his "kicks beat ing up women," Sheriff Leigh Wilson said. "We are nves. tigating to see if therens any connection with the two dentin." lixtept tor Nancy Gerryt an 18 year old Titusville woman whose body was discovered Ute Monday, all the victims had been hitchhikers taken to desolate areas. 7 7 Girls Listed as Missing The1 discovery of two Titusville girls, found dead within the past three weeks in deserted wooded areas has prompted concern among 1 lawmen for the safety of 11 North Brevard girls missing since" Aug. 20.

Ten of the girls are juveniles, and all were reported missing from their Titusville homes between Aug'. 20 and Dec. 10. Some lawmen fear the possibility that one or more of the missing girls may have also teen the target of foul play. "We have done everything possible to locate these persons," Police Lt.

Bert Sellers said. "If there were anything else we could do, we would have done it." Nancy Gerry, 18, was found Monday in a Mims orange grove. The body of Mrs. Paula Hamrjc, 22, was found Nov. 25 in a ditch in Scootsmoor, 12 miles north of the JMmsofange.Tgrove Shehad been missing eight days.

would run down the drain, "And don't forget the Dye or io minutes that Mlss frmS men would save each day," said Foster, 35, ndtural causes Jafler a 22 Jigures.be JaLreadyhas.wastedJJ6,500 caliber buret was fSunT minutes ofhls life shaving. "Time is ener gy, too; ybu know." He alsd I thinks every patriotic American male coulq at least try.growing.a beard this winter before he knocks it. "Why should the civilized, American male have to be clean shaven?" he asks. 'MennTiiersurprrseti becauBe a 'bearer could change their whole image. "Besides, a beard keeps your face, warm." Foster is seeking support H.E.L.P.

AmericaPolitical support would be nice if. any politician" out there (Lori Wilson and Jane Robinson: possibly excluded) would like to associate himself with Abraham Lincoln in this time of crisis And poster seeks support from anyone whothinks the idea makes sense. He can be contacted at 3333 S'. Atlantic Blvd. in Cocoa Beach or through this Column, You can be 'the first man on your block with a bumper sticker which proclaims: Tmsavmg by not shaving." lodced in her head.

Bernard Eugene Giles was arrested Tuesday at p.m. by Chief Homicide Agent Buzzy Patterson at his resid ence at 13 hibiscus st, At the time of his arrest. 2 ealiber handgun was otmd inside his car end confiscated, by sheriff's agents. Giles, however, refused to answer any questions about the two murders until he consulted an attorney. He fs being held in County Titusville, without bond on two counts of aggravated; two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and a robbery charge filed late Wednesday, Cocoa U.

Gene said Giles had been wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a young woman who accepted a ride to work Nov. 17 while walking along Forrest Avenue, The woman reported, however, that the man" turned jn jhewrong driving north on U.S. 1, pulled a gun on her and grabbed her purse containing $17, 'as "she" jumped out the door. TTre nereaive saic woman'1 had met Giles In Cocoa bar, but had not learned his nami linliLshe identified TflnvTuesday, The mustachioed, thin man, whose brown hair is tied in a pony tail, appeared before County Judge Daniel Citak for an 'initial hearing Tuesday afternoon where he was declared indigent and was appointed a public defender as counsel. Lawmen said Giles was a suspect in the murders 6fMiss Gerry and Paul Hamnc, Titusville women whoe bodies wer8 found recently.

Mrs. Hamric. a divorcee who had been last seen hitchhiking to her waitress job Nov. 17, was found ten lays later, nude and tied upw'ith a piece of r'uwhfde in a Scottsmoor ditch. AfiPnt Jim Marrhimldjald two women have identified Giles as the man.

who picked theih up Tuesday morning Continued on Page 2B FH Posts' Warnings, New Limits By SARA SCHWIEDER TODAY Slofl wmr Brevard's Florida Highway Patrol detachment will arrest violators of new 50 mile per hour speed limits posted Wednesday on county and secondary roads, an FHP spokesman said. "There will be no said Corp. G.G. Dod son. The county Wednesday finished putting up road signs with the.SO h.

limit on the county and secondary roads. State road crews are in the process of mountinc signs on state roadsand pri mary highways In accordance witn Uov. Askew's order of last Friday. The state signs are scheduled to be erected by Dec. 21 Motorists driving on the roads already posted will be responsible for the new speed limits, Dodson said.

County Commissioner Lee Winner saidjhigher speeds on state1 roads and prtmary highways are proper because they are mostly four lane roads white county and sec1 ondaiy'roads are mostly two lane. "Bsjides'H the county speed limit was 55, we wouldn't be able to say 'Be thrifty, drive Wenner joked. the new 50 speed 'limits are Ini'effect on South Tropical Trail on Merntt Is Und, from two miles north of Mathers Bridge to une, mile north of Georgiana; on Minton Road, from Palm Bay Road to Malabar Road; on Babcock Street, from Palm Bay Road to the south county line; on Barnes Boulevard In Rock ledge from Fiske Boulevard to. U.S. and on Wickham Road, from 1 95 to Lake Washington Road.

About 60 new signs have been mounted on the coupty roads, said Brevard Traffic Engineer Henry Mmneboo, reported Wednesday that 55 p.h. state signs had been posted on the Florida Turnpike from Wildwood to Orlando, on the Beeline Expressway in Orange Gounty and on SR 520 from Brevard to the Beeline. In Tallahassee, he FHP said most dnvers'are complying with the new, lower speed limit of 55 being posted on Florida's roads. "Most people seem to aware of ji Cbh rh fcre" Simmons, deputy 'director, "and mosi seem to way 10 I can't see where" we are experiencing what you would call problems." Thompson Appeal Set Friday By PATSY PALMER Altltlonl Mtlro Editor The fight of Dr. Richard Cim Thompson to be reseated on.

the Brevard Democratic Executive Committee, which a party appeals committee refused to consider in October, is coming 'to a head again Friday. This time, the slate. Democratic Central Committee, will hear the controversial Titusville political figure's argument he was ousted unjustly from his precinct seat on charges he is a convicted pornography dealer. Even if the three to four dozen party elite decide in Thompson's favor at their Tampa meetings, Jt doesn't mean necessarily he wifl Tegairrthrpbsnionhefosnir July. Such a puling only would return thrcase to.the appeals committee, hich then would decide if Thompson is to be reseated.

Should the central com Jtnttee agree with tnejjppeals committee ruling of no Jurisd iction, Thompson's only alternative will be a court case. Would 'Thompson face an expenshrecourrf raynn" which evidence would be presented to support the' county com mittee's claim he is Allen Continued on Page 2B Legislatoxs0.atJine forNext Session By.PATSY PALMER fdllor the most attention as rapid fire questioning followed legislators' capsule summaries of their goals for the next League of Women Voters spiced their stroganoff with a dash of hard political questioning Wednesday at the annual LWy luncheon for Brevard's state legislators. Five of" the county's spokesmen In Tal lahassee Reps. Bill Nelson, Jane' Robin sonr Jack Shreve and Gene Tubbs.and,Sen, Lori Wilson showed up "at the JVIelbourne meeting, OnlySen. John Vdgt and Rep.

Chester Clem were absent. nergy, environment education drew One of Tubbs' answers to the energy crisis 'also won applause from the approximated 70 men anH uinmon nmcsnt iTlni KL i. i It. 1 C.WV. IIUI anrevearew appiause wnn nis proposaitjaasnou a aeve or ts own nnn nptrnlo.

fsta rf I i wt em nAwAi nnl ninlnnn mnnmiWM. iui iimiuiiiiiig cucigy anu ciuiugy uicaauica by using heat in nuclear power plants in the desalting of watert "Then we can both conserve water have a power yice chairman of the House environmental protection committee said. "In most problems blamed on the environment, the. blame could be pointed out in the other. he said.

"We should be shown and hotust go off half cocked arid change our (environmental) laws." um distillate engine, and take the royalties and put them in the general revenue fund. Then see what Detroit will do," he said. The physician turned politician also sparked obvious dissent when he rejected, the idea Florida should buy the St. Johns River' Floodpiain as environmentally endangered land. "You'll have erased, tax revenues and hurt the, cattle industry and the cirrus Continued on Page ZB 'X i 'V' i A Jk.