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Lamkin said nearly all parts of metro Atlanta were affected, including Gwinnett County, and DeKalb County. Some 1,500 Georgia Power customers in Woodstock lost electric service for about an hour when a tree limb snapped a power line. Two downed power circuits in Roswell left nearly 3,000 homes there without service, while a broken circuit in the Powers Ferry area deprived 1,500 other customers of power, Lamkin said. She said another 1,000 to 2,000 customers also were without power at some time during the night. See WEATHER, Page'lS-A By Pamela Fine StH Writw Thousands of metro Atlanta homes lost electric power Tuesday night when wind gusts of up to 50 mph snapped power lines and knocked over trees.

The strong winds were due to a cold front that also brought snow flurries to parts of north metro Atlanta for the first time this winter, almost one year after a major snow and ice storm paralyzed the area. is the first anniversary of the so-called Snowjam '82, a storm that shut down nearly all of Atlanta's streets and 200 miles of interstate highway. Tuesday, however, the ground temperature was too Atlanta looked a lot different one year ago. For some warm memories from "Snowjam '82'," see Page 1-B. warm for the flurries to stick, said National Weather Service forecaster Bill Lerner.

The flurries were reported in Marietta, Doraville and Alpharetta. A year ago Tuesday, the temperature was 5 below zero Atlanta's coldest temperature of the century. Tuesday night's strong winds, which at times gusted to gale force, caused an estimated 8,000 homes to lose electrical power, said Gerogia Power Co. spokeswoman Leslie Larrikin. Sunny and cold Wednesday in metro Atlanta should be sunny and cold.

High in the low 40s. Low in the mid 20s. Details, 22-C. I in in ii. i Tn i Schweiker resigns as U.S.

health secretary Tm pleased; Cap did UP Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger recommended Tuesday an $11.3 billion cut in proposed military budget authority next year. Declared President Reagan: "I'm pleased Cap did it!" Story, 2-A. ft. U' i 'C to businessmen American Bell has promised to help give American business a much-needed shot in the arm. Archie McGill, in charge of developing and marketing American Bell communications services and hardware to business customers, is out to deliver on that promise.

Story, 1-D. ft From Frtu Dtepatdm WASHINGTON Secretary of Health and Human Services Richard Schweiker has resigned to take a job with the American Council on Life Insurance, an industry trade association, the White House announced Tuesday night. Formal letters of resignation from Schweiker and acceptance by Reagan are to be made public Wednesday, a White House official said. Schweiker is the fourth Reagan, administration Cabinet member to resign. Margaret Heckler, a Republican member of Congress from Massachusetts who was defeated in her re-election bid last November, is expected to be nominated to replace Schweiker, said administration officials who declined to be identified.

In an unrelated personnel move Tuesday, the Reagan administration fired the government's top energy conservation expert, Maxine Savitz, on one hour's notice. White House officials said Tuesday night Schweiker had not left for policy reasons. One official said Schweiker was accepting a lucrative offer as president of the trade association, which is based here. Administration officials said Schweiker told President Reagan last Friday he had an "irresistible offer" to become president of the council, a lobbying group. The meeting was a "pleasant one," officials said.

Schweiker himself said in an interview outside his McLean, Va. home: 'Tm going to have a press conference and make a statement tomorrow and I'm going to rest on that Anything that is happening or that will happen tomorrow has nothing to do with the budget or personalities. "It was an independent series of events and I will explain tomorrow. enjoyed my service these 22 years in the House and Senate and the Cabinet, and See SCHWEIKER, Page 7-A CALVIN CRUCEStaff Justice George T. Smith swears in Joe Frank Harris as Georgia's 78th governor at Tuesday's ceremony Harris vows to run tight ship Prime rate falls to 11 The nation's major, banks dropped their prime lending rate to 1 1 percent from 1 1.5 percent Tuesday, the lowest level since August 1980.

The prime rate has not been in single digits since October 1978. Story, 1-D. By Prentice Palmer Staff Wrlttr Joe Frank Harris, highlighting his hopes and dreams for the future, stressed his determination to run a tight ship of state as he was sworn in just before noon Tuesday as Georgia's 78th governor. Calling for the "advice, criticism and prayers" of all Georgians, the 46-year-old Cartersville businessman took just 16 minutes to outline his goals and concerns for the state over the next four A crowd estimated at 10,000 gathered in front of the' Capitol to watch the first outdoor inauguration of a Georgia governor in 12 years. Despite a chilling breeze, First Lady Elizabeth Harris got her wish for fair weather.

In introducing Mrs. Harris, House Speaker Tom Murphy glanced at the sunshine-bathed blue sky Text of Harris' inaugural address, Page 10-A. and called her the lady "whose prayers have been answered." Harris misplaced the last part of his printed speech, but appeared calm and forceful as he outlined a tightfisted government for Georgia while holding out hopes and expectations for a better tomorrow. Overall, it was a low-key inaugural address that underscored the new governor's major campaign promises to operate state government without a tax increase while making progress in education, transportation and industrial development through the use of businesslike management techniques. He was interrupted twice by applause.

1 See HARRIS, Page 11-A I liVul tjt -r The battleship Iowa 'was mothballud after the Korean War, Now rriothballo-d sclbra 3,700 retired saits, evoraga to 43 have t-. lured to vo'univcr for sea duty sboard the Iowa, due to re-join t'ie fleet two years from now. Story, 2-A. Paulding lets Klan use school facility: California president of NOW held on 1 965 murder charge President picks PIK President Reagan has announced that he wilt begin a crop-swap program to distribute surplus commodities to farmers in exchange for holding land out of production. The program is pegged PIK, for payment-in-kind.

Story, 5-A. 4 peat his allegations against her in court Ms. Foat, elected president of NQWs state' chapter in 1981 and its first full-time, paid was arrested peacefully at Hollywood-Bur-bank Airport by two detectives who followed her from her home in the Silverlake area of Log Angeles, police said. She was dropping off a friend at the airport Ms. Foat was held without bail at Sybil Brand jail and scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Los Angeles on the fugitive warrant from Louisiana.

See SLAYING, Page 7-A United Prtu Inttrotlontl LOS ANGELES The president of the Cali-fornia chapter of the National Organization for Women was arrested Tuesday on a fugitive war-; rant charging her with the 1965 robbery and tire-iron slaying of a South American businessman. California NOW President Ginny Foat, 41, also was implicated by her ex-husband in the 1965 shooting death of a San Francisco man in Nevada, court documents showed. She was arrested in that killing in 1977, but charges later were dropped because her ex-husband, who confessed to the killing, refused to re Index LINKED TO 2nd DEATH Ginny Foat Rather than face a costly legal battle with the American Civil Liberties the Paulding County board of education: agreed Tuesday night to let the Ku Klux Klan rent the county high school cafeteria for an afternoon rally Jan. 29. The board made the decision after meeting Friday and conferring with county attorney Kenneth Vinson, who informed the board members of a recent federal court ruling requiring a i Louisville, school board to permit the Klan use of school facilities.

2 In a prepared statement Tuesday night board chairman Ned Cooper said the board did not necessarily condone the Klan or its actions, but wished to avoid the costs, of taking the matter to court ACLU attorney Michael Hauptmari asked that the rally be held from 1-4 p.m; and the board approved the request. The board also changed the site oft the rally from the school gymnasium to the cafete-, ria, saying that the gym was being repoK ished. The rally was originally approved Jfoc October, but the school scheduled a sock hop in its place after the Klan was late in submitting a $50 gym rental fee. When the Klan asked for use of the gym in December, the request was denied I- A I .1 1 Workers lacking 9tk grade skills, study finds Abby 2B Grizzard 2A Bridge 4B Horoscope 4B Business 1D Jumble 4B CityState 8A Movies 5B Classifieds 8C Newsmakers 3A Comics 4B Sibley 1B Cr6ssword 4B Sports. 1C Deaths 7C.2D TVToday 7B Editorials 16A Weather 22C medial training, millions of dollars are lost due to employee errors in inventory control, accounting and correspondence, according to Susan Ueber Raymond, director of the study.

Dr. Raymond said the results of a survey of 184 businesses, 10 labor unions and 123 public school systems throughout the country underscore the need for corporations to be directly involved in high school education. The majority of jobs 80 percent come from the private sector, making businesses the largest consumer of By Jane O. Hansen SMI WrlHf A survey of 184 corporations, includ-' ing 15 in Georgia, shows an estimated S15 billion is spent annually to teach employees skills they should have -learned in the ninth grade. A national study by the New York-based Center for Public Resources shows that a significant number of employees lack the basic skills necessary for their jobs.

In addition to mpney spent for re high school graduates, the survey says. Fifteen Georgia companies and seven of the state's school systems participated in the study. Although Dr. Raymond said the Atlanta public school district was among the respondents, she would not reveal the names of the others, saying they had been promised confidentiality. The study shows a marked disparity in how corporations and school systems perceive basic skills.

For instance, more than half of the responding companies said See SKILLS, Page 12-A 'A uii Kiuuuua wai vuc gjrui was iiui Udumuil- ally used for rallies. Mark Platte To subscribe call 522-4141 1 -It.