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T1IC ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, April 28, 1971 10 VS. SENATE School Employes Facie Job Losses In DeKalb' Hugh Carter Not in Race DeKalb Registration. DeKalb county residents have until p.m. Wednesday to register to vote in the May 18 school tax referendum. 1- Residents already registered need not register again.

To be eligible to register, a prospective voter must have lived in Georgia for one year and DeKalb County for six months prior to the time of the election- Mlf4 A I jS By BILLSHIPP Constitution Political Editor State Sen. Hugh Carter of Plains, who had all but announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate next year, said Tuesday that he has changed his mind because he can't find enough big financial backers to make the race. Carter, who is a cousin of Gov. Jimmy Carter and helped direct the governor's campaign, said he decided to bow out after talking with a number of would-be backers that he became acquainted with during the campaign.

Hugh Carter said he would need a minimum of $250,000 to make the race. By RICHARD MILES DeKalb County school Supt. Jim Cherry is calling the system's 6,000 employes together Wednesday to tell them that some of them may be without jobs next year if a five-mill property tax increase is not approved. Work contracts that cover most employes and are usually signed in late April are being held up until after the May 18 school referendum. Cherry said if the millage increase from 20 to 25 is not okayed, staff and other cuts will have to be made.

The only possible way the county system can get additional funds if the referendum is turned down is to use a state constitutional provision allowing systems to levy a county wide 2-mill tax on property owners. However, some DeKalb legislators have called such a move "ready-made litigation" because they say it can only be levied to fund vocational schools. half and then say later that I am not going to run." Hugh Carter had expressed public disappointment at Gov. Carter's decision to appoint David Gambrell to replace the late Sen. Richard B.

Russell and said he was thinking of seeking the seat himself next year. Carter's decision to drop out takes the governor off the hook. With Carter in the race, it would have been difficult for Gov. Carter to oppose his own cousin by supporting his appointee, Gambrell. Gov.

Carter said Tuesday that Hugh Carter did not consult with him before announcing that he did not plan to be a senatorial candidate. He also indicated that his role in next year's Senate race would be a minor one. While Cherry says a local tax increase is the only answer to the county system's expected $2.5 million deficit, the chairman of the House Education Committee says the county can struggle through another year. State Rep. Robert Farrar of DeKalb said the figures used to project the $2.5 million deficit are not representative of conditions he and DeKalb's eight other Democratic legislators believe to be correct.

The 77th District representative said that with DeKalb's Rose Bowl Award for Georgia Sweepstakes Trophy is the highest award presented by the Tournament of Roses and goes to the most beautiful non-commercial float. (Associated Press Photo) Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, right, receives a large picture of Georgia's entry in the Rose Bowl Parade last year from Virgil White, president of the Tournament of Roses. The recent growth the tax digest Legal Aid Likely for Housing Crime Reporl should be greater than anticipated and thus reduce Cherry's expected deficit to about $1,000,000 or less. Cherry said the only thing he could rely on is the figure the tax assessors office uses and that shows a probable $2.5, million deficit.

91 PER CENT Calling the situation an "extreme crisis," Cherry said if the increase from 20 to 25 mills is not allowed, it would put the school system on the edge of destruction." And if it comes to cutting costs, he added, that means cutting personnel since 91 per cent of the county's $51 million education budget goes for salaries. If the millage increase does not pass, Cherry also predicted, the system's budget in 1972 could show a deficit as high as $4 million or $5 million. Cherry explained that the five-mill increase could be an interim measure to give the legislature time to act on providing local taxation powers "without destroying the schools." STATEMENT ISSUED In a joint statement issued by the nine-man DeKalb Democratic legislative delegation, the group said they would push in the 1972 General Assembly for local power to levy sales and income taxes to provide school funds. At present, the state constitution allows school funds to be raised only through property taxation. Cherry will explain the school system's plight to the 6,000 employes at a 4 p.m.

meeting at DeKalb Junior Colleges' Memorial Stadium. The following serious crimes were reported by Atlanta police in the 24 hours ended at noon Tuesday. Serious crimes include burglaries of more than $100 or of public facilities, assaults resulting in injuries requiring medical treatment and robberies of more than $100 or those involving personal injury "Right now, I'm saying no. But I don't want to close the door completely. If I could get a financial base, I would take another look at this thing," he said.

"This race is going to be a race of millionaires. And I'm not a millionaire. I believe it will take $500,000 to $1 million to run, and I just don't have that. "I think that the minimum that a candidate ought to have in this race to start with is $250,000. He ought to have that much pledged or know that he can get his hands on it.

I can't find anybody that wants to pledge over $1,000. There might be those kind of people somewhere. But if they are, I don't find them," he said. Carter said "hundreds" of persons had called on him to run for S2nate. "The reason I'm saying no now is because I don't think it is fair to them to let them work on my be or use of weapon.

ASAAiTirrn the "red tape" involved in securing HUD funding, Moore declared, and could work with church groups or other non profit organizations that want to start multi-housing projects but know little about it. Moore said the ABA program has had "varying success" in the five cities in which it currently operates but that Atlanta has more housing under way than most cities and should be a prime candidate for success. Planning commission member Al-ford Wall, noting criticisms of other legal aid programs, was assured that the proposed office would not work with private clients or indigents. John Moore, a member of the ABA special committee on housing and urban development, told the ARMPC members the bar association would raise the local share itself. He said the program could begin by late summer or early fall.

The office would include three attorneys and secretarial help, Moore said, stressing that the attorneys would not serve private clients. They would, instead, work with other lawyers who are trying to start new housing programs or "get going" ones that have "stalled." The attorneys would be expert in By BILL SEDDON Atlanta may become the sixth major city in the nation to open a legal aid office to work specifically on housing projects. The office would be funded for two years on a matching basis, with the Department of Housing and Urban Development paying $60,000 a year and local sources contributig $30,000. The Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission (ARMPC) agreed this week to act as the local sponsor in applying for HUD funding for the project, which has been developed nationwide by the American Bar Association. era valued at $613 from the home Eddie Jackson at 2073 Snow IRoad SW.

Portable color TV valued at $300 from the home of William I. Northing at 300 Home Park Drive NW. Apt. 302. Portable TV, clothing, shoes, jewelry valued at $300 from a car belonging to Harvey Posner of 3700 Bufnrd Highway, At.

51, while the car was parked at 1182 West Peachtree St. Watch, jewelry, mink coat valued at $4,785, from the home of Mrs. Israel D. Shapiro at 2575 Peachtree Road NE. Apt.

24 A. Tape plaver. tapes valued at $234 from a car belonging to William L. Cole at 45 LaRue Place NW. Radio-record player, tools, saw.

coat valued ai $235 from a truck belonging to T. V. Hill at 100 Branham St. NE. Obediah Burgess Reaves of 995 Forest Decatur, died at Grady Hns- Rital Monday from a gunshot wound in is head.

Witnesses told police Reaves was shot after he jumped a Runman who was trying to rob the Star Loan Co. on Mitchell St. Betty Hall of 2008 Meadow Lane SE was treated at Grady Hospital Tuesday for a stab wound in her hip and lacerations over her eye. Police charged Fred Brunner with aggravated assault. Russell B.

Smith of 578 East Ave. NE was treated at Grady Hospital Monday for gunshot wounds in his legs. Smith told police he was shot on Houston Street. ROBBERIES The University Cleaners Laundry at 1019 Fair St. SW was robbed by two men with pistols Monday.

Grandma's Biscuits at 385 Hill St. SE wns robbed of cash Tuesday bv BLENDED WH'SKEV 86 PROOF' 65' GPAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS ift 1971 CALVERT DIST. CO tOUISVIUE. KY. two men with pistols.

Leslie Radford of 2001 Sylvan Road SW was robbed Tuesday by two men with a shotgun on Crown Road. 6TOLEN AUTOS Nathaniel J. Brown of 1521 Capitol Ave. SW, Ant. 640, reported a 1959 Ford.

LCV 659, stolen from 1653 Pryor Road SW Monday. Lincoln Carter of 940 HlghtnwerNW. Apt. 3. reported a 1965 Pontiac GTO stolen Tuesday.

John Dawson of 1983 Gordon Road SW reported a 1965 Ford LTD, KCG 980, stolen from 186 McDonough Blvd. SB Monday. James T. Robert of 718 Lexington St. SE reported a 1964 Oldsmobile, 1A31185.

stolen (rom 835 Gordon St. SW Monday. Henry A. Reid of 1619 Paxton St. SE reported a 1964 Pontiac Catalina, LGH 476, stolen from 460 Edgewood Ave.

NE Monday. 11. r. wason oi i i. luKusune Place NE.

reported a 1963 Chevrolet. eaa 969. sto en trom iimi ronce ae Leon Monday. Marion J. cook oi siy wnne vuia Rica, reported a 1970 Ford Ranger pickup truck, RX 4778.

Carroll County, stolen from 901 Chattahoochee Ave. NW. Monday. w. K.

Hunter xwi anin nuroara NW, reported a 1961 Chevrolet Impair-LCD 912, stolen from 992 Hemphill Ave. NW. Ray GuUlanl of 841 Fowler NW a 19(53 Chevrolet Impala, 4 6520. New York, stolen Monday. John Foley of 186 Raymond St.

SW reported a 1966 Ford Mustang. BAM 61 Blacks Quit School At Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla. (UPI) -Sixteen per cent of the University of Florida's 380 black students had withdrawn by Tuesday in protest of refusals by the administration to grant amnesty to suspended stu-dents. Black leaders had said Monday all the Negro students would pull out of school, but by Tuesday only 61 had completed all the steps necessary for formal withdrawal, a university spokesman said. The spokesman also said none of the school's 33 black faculty members had resigned.

The black students are demanding amnesty for 7 students who were suspended during a sit-in earlier this month calling for more black students and faculty members and a black cultural center. Despite repeated meetings and demands by the students, University President Stephen F. O'Connell refused to grant amnesty. 888, stolen Monday. Ceraldine B.

Roberts of 821 Durrant Place NE, Apt. 2, reported a 1946 Ford rea womnie ot oif iyier c. rtw re- Krted a 1955 Chevrolet, ECI 708, stolen im Butler and Gilmer St. SE Tues- IY. Portable color TV valued at S30O from the home of Roena Bell at 537 Forest Road NE.

uuuoiu, S4U6 casn irom me nome oi Mrs. Alma Fuller at 67 Waddell St. NE, Apt, 1. rive aresses vaiuea ai iw, casn (mm the home of Bertha Anthony at 419 Ar'an Road SW. AM-r radio-reoora Player, scales MM 11m valued at $144 from the home of Susan Hanur at 2030 reacniree au nw.

api. 804. Tape piayer, tapes, radio, cam- wajfeijSs SM Pets Cost Money HARROGATE, England (AP) Britons spent $264 million buying and caring for pets in 1970, a pet industry official estimated. "dthi xn3n(t dkijwnii cnim amir ipcnMim r. About a decade ago, we made a promise to remove our cars from the air pollution problem.

Today we're making good. We're almost there. 1971 Chevrolets emit 80 less hydrocarbons Devices'that prevent the escape of raw gasoline vapors. We've even had to invent instruments sophisticated enough to measure the effectiveness of these devices. The goal and reward When the going gets hard, the whiskey should be soft.

Calvert ExtraThe Soft Whiskey. than typical cars of roughly ten years ago. And about less carbon monoxide. Best of all, we're testing devices that can reach control levels as high as 95. But it hasn't been easy.

We've had to develop devices that muzzle and reburn exhaust fumes. Devices that check wayward gases around the crankcase vent. have been one and the same cleaner air. Estimates are that if all U.S. industry could make similar strides, and all cars on the road today were emission controlled like 71 Chevrolets, we'd be breathing 1940 air.

You might call that a great step backward. A step we've been proud to take. wm mm gains MM.