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Atlanta journal AND CONSTITl TION SUNDAY. JUNE 21, 1981, Police: Body, child cases not linked By CLEM RICHARDSON Journal Staff Wrilr Police. Saturday were awaiting autopsy results on a badly decomposed body found Thursday lying in a stream bed behind a church on Bankhead Highway in northwest Atlanta. Although special task force officers were on the scene when the body was found, police do not believe there is a connection between the body and the murdered and missing children's cases. John Feegel, associate Fulton County medical examiner, said a preliminary examination showed the body to be that of a white man in his 60s.

mm 'if. fro the great antiqu Guidestones to 'an age of reason' were chiseled out in 12 languages and even cattle can't bother them now Elbert's guidestones for future get help from a mystery man SALE! Uqvjs update 79-80 Iff mud MQMJE! 1 1 There is a barbed wire fence there now, after a year, to keep Wayne Mulli-nax's cattle away from the granite monoliths with their chiseled precepts in 12 languages. Visitors to Elbert County's biggest mystery and prime tourist attraction a Stonehenge-type circle of 16-foot granite pillars with mystifying instructions to a future world plunked down in a North Georgia cow pasture had been rankled by some natural phenomena that go with the territory. Mullinax's prized Santa Gertrudis cat- used the giant stones as scratching posts, obscuring the hewn admonitions to love reason, prize truth and shun politicians, with brownish film from their oily hides. And the curious were forced to pick their way delicately through piles of bovine byproduct to read the inscriptions.

A year after the erection of what are known as "the Georgia Guidestones," the cattle problem was solved in the same mysterious manner that created the granite monoliths a check last February or March from a cryptic donor known as "R.C. Christian." Mullinax used the donation to install barbed wire, fencing the half-acre on which the guidestones stand off from the rest of his farm, seven miles north of Elberton. It was a visit from the mysterious "Mr. Christian" (a pseudonym) in late 1979 to an Elberton banker and to the president of a granite mining and monument company that launched the Guide-stone project Wyatt Martin, president of the Granite City Bank, says "Christian" told him that he represented a group of individuals who anticipate a future nuclear, economic or social holocaust and wanted to leave "guides" for preserving humanity to coming generations. "Christian" said he chose Elberton be- cause of Georgia's temperate climate and the location there of 30 granite quarries.

Martin says he alone knows the man's true identity, and is sworn to secrecy. "Christian" also approached Joe Fend-ley president of the Elberton Granite Finishing to do the work. His firm built the monument on land deeded by Mullinax to the county. Fendley and Martin refuse to reveal how much was spent on the guidestones, though Martin acknowledges it was more than 100,000. The inscriptions on the stones are written in English, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, classical Hebrew, Swahili, Hindu and Spanish.

A capstone is inscribed with an additional message "Let these be guidestones to an age of reason" in Sanscrit, Babylonian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs and classical Greek. The dedication on a Saturday in March 1980 drew about 100 people to Mullinax's cow pasture to hear some brief remarks from 10th District Congressman Doug Barnard. Fendley was elected mayor of Elberton last winter, unseating incumbent Jack' Wheeler, but local observers said the guidestones were not an issue in the campaign. The cow pasture monoliths continue to draw crowds. Mullinax estimates at least 100 people visit the stones weekly.

But the gossip and rumor mills have cooled. Martin said restive preachers who warned of pagan ceremonies have "found something else to preach about" They defeated a referendum to allow beer sales in Elbert County (beer is sold in the city of Elberton), and they are fighting the sale of Playboy magazine in convenience stores. BILL MONTGOMERY This is our final Clearance! We must make room for new shipments! Make us an offer on our collectable antiques and you'll make the antique buy of the year. Everything must go! You could find the antique buy of the year! 'f 1 4th Street irir im mam 7 i 1 5 I lOfhStrM I "Stonehenge' has become tourist attraction in Elbert 2,000 officials meet in Savannah to talk about city role in federalism, annexation fl rmrAwnw ran cnrrL -j-i rri. 1 1 1 iLl by City Council supporting the extension of the act, which ends next Jackson, in several recent public statements, has stressed the importance of protecting the "security of the vote." During the GMA convention, resolutions will be presented calling for the extension of the act Some have argued, however, that the act is not needed now and has simply become a legal encumbrance.

Annexation or consolidation has been a hotly debated question in Atlanta and Fulton in the past and the question resurfaced again when mayoral candidate Andrew Young was questioned on the subject Gov. Busbee was said to be studying the However, across the state, consolidation of cities and counties is being looked at The possibility of Savannah consolidating with Chatham, for example, is a topic of discussion in that area. Also during the convention, workshops on Monday will include a commission on cities, constitutional revision, and a discussion of proposed block grants for the states. Tuesday the group will take up the problems of hazardous waste materials, revenue sharing, civil rights complaints and cable TV. By MORSE DIGGS Journal Stiff Wrlltr SAVANNAH Nearly 2,000 public officials and their staffs, including many from the Atlanta area, have upon Savannah this week-erjd for the 48th annual Georgia -Municipal Association Convention.

The theme of this year's three-day session is "Cities and Federalism," which organizers say is particularly appropriate as Congress considers President Reagan's proposals to transfer many federal programs back to state and local governments. Ironically, the question of renewed power for the states is going to keep Georgia's No. 1 official, Gov. George Busbee, away from the convention. Busbee, who was supposed to speak before the group of Georgians, has to be in Washington at the same time for the first meeting of the president's task force on federalism.

"As you know, the governor is ibairman of the National Governor's Association and he just couldn't miss the president's meeting," said Duane Riner, spokesman for Busbee. "It's on the same topic though, so everybody was very understanding." Still planning to address the group are Georgia Sens. Mack Mattingly and Steven Rhodes, an assistant to Reagan who acts as a liaison to city if i Mack Mattingly Mayor Jackson 'It's just a good f)lace to shop for qua-ity items at cheaper prices There's quite a savings compared to the other stores." "At Marshalls. the prices are very nice, and you do get top quality, name brand items here." Larry Kohn From our Atlanta, Ca. store "I can save a lot by coming to Marshalls.

The sale prices that I find in department stores are the regular prices at Marshalls." Jon Moss From our Atlanta. Ca. store "I like the styles that Marshalls has. the prices, the bargains that I get here The quality is very, very good. Maryann Duchesne From our Atlanta.

Ca. store Ca. Bonnie Kempton From our Atlanta, store MARSHALLS SANDY SPRINGS and county, as well as state and regional officials. Other than federalism, the extension of the Voting Rights Act and annexation or consolidation are expected to be hot topics of conversation at the convention. Last week, Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson signed a resolution approved brand names for less in three Atlanta locations 7 fS MARSHALLS ig stone mountain WEffi Update I I MARSHALLS Jfi 1 I BUrORD CLAIRMONT i 'Vi Following are changes and updates in the schedules listed in Sunday's TV WEEK.

-8 HrmA mm hi iioggBay(i SUNDAY MORNING MONDAY AFTERNOON 5:30 (5) Bewitched EVENING 8:00 (2) Brooking Away Dave meets a beautiful champion cyclist, and Cyril embarks on his writing career. 9:00 (2) Movie "A Last Cry for Help" (1981) Linda Purl, Shirley Jones. A lonely young girl's Inability to cope with everyday problems leads her to make a desperate bid for help. (R) AFTERNOON 12:30 (5) Fact th Nation. Guest Sen.

Pete Dome-nlcl of New Mexico. 1130(11) Moot ihoProu Guest; former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. 1:00 (2) Itiuitcnd Aniwori Guest: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. 2:00 (11) Sideline: Sportt Guests: Bobby Cremlns, Georgia Tech basketball coach; Fred Allman, M.D., Sports Medicine Clinic of Atlanta; Bill McDonald, head trainer, Georgia Tech. (17) Movio "Sword of Lancelot" (1963) Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace.

After King Arthur discovers a romance between Queen Guinevere and Lancelot, he banishes the knight from the kingdom. EVENING 7:00 (5) 60 MinutM Dan Rather takes a look behind the scenes at the making of one TV com- merclal; Morley Safer profiles Republican Con-gresswoman MUllcent Fenwlck; Harry Reasoner reports on a policeman's deadliest weapon, his patrol ce. mm wm i Brand Names far Less! STONE MOUNTAIN: Spnnq Mill Shopping BUFORD-CLAIRMONT MALL: SANDY SPRINGS: Roswell Rd (Rt 19). Marshalls Center. Memorial Drivo and N.

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