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THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION Monday, November 24, 1986 2. Racial epithets painted on home shock couple Dogs involved in attacks often male with 'macho' owners, authorities say Thanksgiving. "In big, black, bold letters the words 'No niggers' had been spray-! painted across the length of the house," Mrs. Hurley said. Hurley also discovered, painted beside the garage door, "No niggers.

We want whites." The epithets had been covered over with a layer of. of f-white paint, which Mrs. Hurley suspected had been done by the contractors. Hurleys alerted Gwinnett County police of the vandalism Saturday morning, and police told them (hat no similar incidents had Occurred in the area, Hurley said. Hurley suspected the incident took place around Halloween and most likely was the work of teenage; pranksters.

1 "I was very angry and very upset," Said Mrs. Hurley, an X-ray technician. "I don't know if we should consider it a warning or an isolated incident. was not going to move into the house if this is what my neighbors are going to be like." Hurley, however, said. he would not be dissuaded from moving to the house, which is larger than their current Norcross residence.

Church prepares food boxes The Rev. Quincy Lavelle Carswell (left), pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, greets Patsy Tarpley Sunday after she receives a box of food, which the Rev. Alphonso Scott is holding. The food was donated by church members and various businesses. He was being held Sunday in the DeKalb County Jajl, charged with two counts of simple battery after he allegedly attacked WSB-TV re- porter James Schuler and cameraman Anthony Light as they were shooting footage near his home, said Jennifer Olson, a DeKalb County spokeswoman.

Pearson said DeKalb County is working on a new ordinance concerning vicious dogs that would give animal control authorities more enforcement power. But, he said, "We're closing the barn door after the horse done got out" According to Dr. John C. Wright of Mercer University in Macon, an animal behavorial consultant, dog owners tend to be much more reluctant to have male dogs surgically altered than female dogs. "It might be some sort of macho syndrome, it might be that if you have a female and she happens to get out, you have to put up with a litter of puppies," Wright said.

"If someone has one pit bull, spayed or neutered, well-trained and taken care of on a leash, they generally will not have any trouble," Garrett said. "But if you have three, you're asking for it. State Sen. Roy Barnes (D-Cobb), who co-sponsored legislation; three years ago that made dog owners liable for attacks by their animals, said Sunday that current laws are sufficient "I think a surgical alteration law would be near impossible to enforce in the state. What are you going to do, have dog patrols go say, 'Let's see if your dog's been neutered?" Barnes said.

"I think it's a question of enforcement now more than anything else." call for calm, unity after pnncipaPs slaying By Larry Copeland Staff Writer Dogs Involved in attacks such as the one that killed a 4-year-old boy Friday are most often animals whose owners refuse to have them neutered, animal authorities said 'Sunday. And because of the "macho atti- tude" of the dogs' owners, there is little chance that any law will be enacted to require neutering of the pets, those authorities said. "In 70 percent or more of the you'll find that either a dominant male did it or led the at- 'tack," said Bill Garrett, executive director of the Atlanta Humane Society. Dogs that have been surgically altered are generally much less aggressive and less likely to attack without provocation, Garrett said. "If you have the dog (neutered or spayed, it takes away the biological urge to establish territorial dominance, the need for roaming and searching," he explained.

Billy Gordon Jr. of 1708 Penn-. ington Place S.E, was attacked and killed by three pit bulldogs as he and a cousin were walking through a neighbor's back yard Friday eve-ning, DeKalb County police said. None of the dogs had been neutered spayed, said Sgt H.L.; Pearson, chief of the DeKalb Police Bureau's control detail i i The three dogs, two males and a female, were being held Sunday at the DeKalb Animal Shelter Pearson said he will seek a court order Monday to have the animals destroyed. The owner of the dogs, Hayward Turnipseed of 1908 Lomita Road S.E., was charged with violating an ordinance that prohibits letting animals run free without a license.

Of the 28 Democratic committee members contacted, six said they wanted the convention held in Atlanta, one was leaning toward Atlanta, two said they were leaning toward Kansas City and one picked Washington. The other 18 either said they had no clear preference or declined to state one. Atlanta's main flaw has been the seating capacity at the Omni, the-: proposed convention hall" City officials have determined that the Omni will hold no more than 15,000 people at a political convention. The Democrats want 20,000 seats, and the Republicans requested 17,000. Nevertheless, the six Democrats who preferred Atlanta said they were swayed by several factors: the importance of the South to the party, Wyche Fowler's victory in Georgia's U.S.

Senate campaign, attractions such as the Carter Center and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and the presence of Mayor Andrew Young. "Atlanta looks hot," said Ellen Sulzberger Straus of New York City, 4' I NICK ARROYOStaff accused. The Rev. Joseph Lpwerypresf- dent of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, clarified an earlier statement that the SCLGv would investigate the incident, say-, ing he just wanted to assure that, justice is served.

It is our hopes that the 13-year-old lad would be tried as a 13-year-old lad." Piedmont Circuit District ney Tim Madison said he plans to ask a judge to move the case to Superior Court so the teenager can be tried as an adult Democrats who preferred Atlanta were swayed by Wyche Fowler's recent victory in the VS. Senate race. asked for a postponement, saying they needed more time to work out their financial proposal to the Democrats, and no new date has been set In addition, several Democratic panel members last week expressed concern about projecting a bon Street" image to the electorate. THROUGH 11-29-86 office. y.

Kennedy was white and his accused killer, fifth-grader Keyvin Lyle Jones, 13, is black. Rumors, have circulated in the black community, that Ku Klux Klan might march or retaliate against, black citizens, Said, Johnny Smith, president of the Winder chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -The group that met Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, where the Kennedy family are members, expressed sympathy for the families of both the victim and the Convention From Page 1-B "The Omni is a beautiful facility, and the hotel situation is Atlanta is one of the best I've seen. And the hospitality was warm and gracious." GOP committee member Carl. "Gillis Jrrof Adrian, said Atlanta is his first and he thinks there are at least two other committee members who agree with him.

Some of the GOP committee members'iaid. they" liked' Kansas City because it is the only city they have visited that, has a Republican mayor. In addition, Missouri's two U.S. senators are Republican, as is the state's governor. The GOP committee is scheduled to meet Dec.

11-12 in Washington to narrow its convention site list to two or three finalists. A final recommendation will be made to the Republican National Committee in January. The Democratic committee members who were interviewed also cited New Orleans' financial troubles. The Democratic panel was supposed to visit New Orleans in early December. But city officials PRICES GOOD a member of the Democratic committee.

"Atlanta is certainly still in the running." Houston, like New Orleans, is feeling the economic pinch of declining oil prices. But its main drawback in the convention selection process, according to Democrats interviewed last week, is the political atmosphere in Texas with the defeat of Democratic Gov. Mark White by former Republican Gov. William Clements. Democratic panel member Christopher Scott of Raleigh, N.C., said he "absolutely" would oppose going', to Texas because "Texas elected oi 'the meanest, low-down governors in the history of.

the United States." The two Democrats leaning toward Kansas City said they were impressed by the enthusiasm of city officials, including Republican Mayor Richard Berkley, "He should change parties," said one Democrat "He acted like one of us." The Democrats, like the Republicans, are expected to make then-final choice in January. By ReneeD. Turner Staff Writer Edgar Hurley thought he had left the bitterness of bigotry behind when he left Albany, at age 17 and moved to the North. But te was "shocked" this weekend to discover that racial epithets had been painted across his new Lawrenceville home. "I was really shocked," the 41-year-old auto bos? technician said Sunday.1 "I thought I left here the South and left all of this behind me.

And I came back here and it hits me in the face." Hurley said he was alerted to the vandalism at the home he has under contract to buy in the Hunter's Station subdivision when his wife, Brenda, called him Friday. The Hurleys back to Georgia fpom Washington state about a year ago. I She had gone to inspect work done to the two-story frame house in the north Lawrenceville subdivision, where houses sell for an average of $100,000. The Hurleys and their 3-year-old daughter, Jasmine, were to move into the house after Barrow leaders By ReneeD. Turner Staff Writer In an effort to reduce the potential for racial turmoil following the stabbing death of a school principal last week, a group of about 25 Barrow County religious, political and civic leaders voiced unity arid called for calm Sunday.

"We will as a community continue to respect and obey the law and we will protect the rights of all of our citizens," the Rey. Richard Troost of First Presbyterian Church of Winder read from a pre Howard From Page 1-B he did not have to report any of the consulting income until after he completed his work and received a full accounting of payments from McMahan. "All they can ask me is did I earn the money?" Howard said. "Yeah. Why didn't I file it? I was changing to a procedure where I filed at a laterate, and that's not But the? government will iry -to'" show that Howard had no intention of reporting the consulting income until forced to do so by the newspaper stories.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Cowen has subpoenaed minutes and tape recordings of an April 27, 1982, Zoning Committee meeting that was mentioned in the original newspaper story. During that meeting, Howard told fellow council members he was going to advise McMahan on minority participation in the office project, but gave no indication he would be making a profit. "If I have any out-of-pocket expenses, -I may be reimbursed," he said at the time. At Reaencv.

we've been earning our stripes for more than 10 years with fine clothing foe tall and big men. Like colorful rugby shirts from Gant, Campus LeTigre, Canterbury, Enro and Plying Scotsman. Akere Mill Square Cobb Parkway 953-1444 pared statement issued, by the i group at a meeting Sunday! "What has happened is a single and unfortunate incident in our school system," he said during a press conference before about 200 citizens. "We commit ourselves! with confidence and support to the Barrow County school system and are willing to help it continue to work in an orderly fashion on behalf of all of our citizens." Sunday's meeting occurred four days after Bethlehem Elementary School Principal Murray 0. Kennedy was stabbed to death in his Two years later, Howard told reporters he already had earned the consulting fees but had "not yet" received any payments.

However, McMahan said he had made "five or six different" consulting payments to Howard. The government also expects testimony to reveal that Howard asked McMahan to pay him; in cash; on certain occasions because he did not have a checking account, court documents state. Although Sinkfield has asked the court, to delete from the indictment of vthe'; consulting agreement, the prosecutors maintain it will assist the jury in determining if the amended return was a good-faith effort to correct an inadvertent omission, or instead "was part of a continuing effort to mislead the IRS." Howard maintains that he didn't intend to deceive the IRS because he later reported the income in question and paid back taxes on it "The law says you have to have criminal intent," Howard said. "I never had criminal intent to do anything. I can decide not to file some money, but I may decide to file it at another date.

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