The Macon News from Macon, Georgia • 9

THE MACON NEWS Section Saturday Aft moon May 13 1972 PAGE 1 Critic of Vice Squad Says He Has Facts About two monthi ago Tho Nows ran an article outlining tho now provisions of tho draft law Could you send mo a copy of that paper? BILLY BALDWIN Macon cannot send it to you but you may check through copies of the paper at Washington Memorial Library Library has microfilm copies of all Macon Telegraph and Macon News editions Once found article you want circulation department at paper will be able to locate a copy of edition which you may buy at a nominal price Mayor Pro-Tem Sydney Pyles in a letter to Mayor Bonnie Thompson Friday said he has submitted "concrete" concerning the "poor of the vice squad which the police department leadership has made no attempt to disprove "I understand through the news media that you have again requested that I up or shut up with reference to accusations made against the Macon Police Pyles wrote "First let me remind you that the only accusation that I have made is that the vice squad has in my opinion a poor record and consequently Did Jon Voight make movie before "Midnight V6 Mo- Jon started at the top "Midnight was his first film and he won New York film Critics' "best actor of award for iL Jon was born in Yonkers NY He wanted to become a golf pro like his dad but the drama priest at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains steer- VOIGHT ed him to the stage He was graduated from Catholic University in 1960 Since then bitten dust on and sung in Robins Getting Ready for Move Can you tell me whore each ef the state flags? I've sJv! seem to get them anywhere NN Write HE Karris Company Boston Mass 02117 at 645 Summer 6L A set of stamps will cost you 25 cents M- Sr bl Dm AnwM Fight Council Pushes Its Drug Since we didn't have much of a winter dawn here I was apposing a friend's view that winters will be longer and coldor with late springs He said he'd read about a professor who predicted this was going to happen Will it affect us? HH Macon According to a geologist Dr Maynard Miller of Michigan State University been enjoying warm winters for about 80-odd years He predicts weather by studying movement of glaciers in Alaska and discovered powerful electrical discharges from sun (sun spots) and warmer drier weather coincide with 90 year warming trend when glaciers melt Glaciers advance and retreat in 90-year cycles Colder weather and longer winters (about a month longer) can be expected until the year 2000 at least according to Hiller hibit of the Middle Georgia Council on Drugs which outlines the efforts in the fight on drugs Mrs Fleetwood Maddox of Macon takes time out from the convention of the Medical Association of Georgia and Auxuiliary to study the ex are not qualified to staff or administer the operation of the narcotics unit "At a police and traffic committee meeting held approximately two weeks ago and during a subsequent meeting of same committee you and other invited guests I submitted concrete facts that the records can not deny that I feel more than justify my position "inasmuch as the entire leadership of our police department was in attendance at both of the above mentioned meetings and no attempt was made to disprove any of the facts I feel that it is time to same department leadership personnel to up or Shut up' "I was amused at the suggestion made that should we have any information or suggestions with reference to the operation of the police department to please bring same before the committee ami they would be bandied I need to remind you sure that the two most important decisions made since the present committee has been formed were made without the knowledge ot the committee other than the chairman One of these decisions was in direct opposition to the committee's recommendation "Let me take this opportunity to reassure our police department that they have my support We have many dedicated officers However I will never condone what I know to be poor performance by a small group within the department Let me say further that I am not charging the many new officers recently added to the vice squad with poor performance This would be grossly unfair as they have not had time or experience to learn their job and the function of their department "Hr Mayor I am concerned most over the fact that the facts have not been disproved and I feel will never be and yet we as elected officials fail to make necessary corrections "The taxpayer the citizen the people that elected us our only reason to existing are the ones that are being Alderman Keith Stringfel-low who joined Pyles in criticism of the police department but was not invited by Mayor Thompson to the meeting referred to by Pyles said Friday "If the citizens of this city want the same conditions to exist then they can remain but he expressed confidence that they and policemen who have complaints will not "stand idly Alderman Tom Ivey meanwhile said he was "surprised and by Pyles and Stringfellow He said ths meeting described by Pyles was "a secret and added surprised that this was held back from the public" Beer and Politics Mix As One Exhibit Shows What is the purpose ef the rod and yellow bands on the telephone Macon Bed bands are placed by Macon Electrical Department to indicate poles which have police or fire call boxes attached yellow bands are placed by telephone company to indicate a buried line and the one foot wide bands painted on poles indicate bus stops week "He was highlighting the deficiencies in the Beckmann said However Beckmann did not know whether the penalty situation in relation to foe delay was being worked out and he had no idea when final accept ance of the building would come Beckmann added that the final acceptance should come before the city council Cost of the building is $16 million and it is financed by a $2 million bond issue Although the office i is nearing completion none id the officials has any idea when the auditorium section will be complete A representative from the architectural firm of Miditower and Patterson is expected in the city early next week to inspeetthe building for acceptance city has sown grass in much id the land around the building and sodding operations begin Friday in special sections Grass was sodded in areas to keep the water from eroding the earth near foe office section of the complex and the shoulder of the road (XPUUKI ar aWMIHil Indian Stickball Part of Festival BALL GROUND Ga (UPI) Cherokee Indian teams from Wolftown and Birdtown in North Carolina will stage a stickball game as a highlight of Ball first annual spring festival Saturday The Cherokees used to gather in the area to such matches before they were moved off to reservations more than 100 years ago and gave this small foothills town its name Jeff Grant a festival sponsor said that stickball is the forerunner of the modern game id LaCrosse and the Indians play the game Twenty five floats depicting foe Indian heritage will be included inaparade which has as its grand marshal LL Gov Lester Maddox mo I am pregnant new and want to name my sen after my husband Can I put the II (second) after our sen's name instead ef Junior and still be It 0 Warner Robins You can but it be correct The II is correctly used only when a boy has the same name as an unde older cousin or grandfather (assuming the name is different) If the name is the same his then Junior is normally used Why do returning Russian space ships land on land and US space ships land on water? ROCK Macon NASA started out bringing space ships back for landings on the water and been so successful continued doing so Water landings also a void the possibility of hitting a populated area Russians have a large and sparsely populated land area to pick landings and their lack of naval forces make landings on terra flrma easier for them Eventually the US hopes to develop craft capable of landing like an airplane then ground landings will be as just as practicaL By HOWARD COLEY Nmrs Staff Writer If colorful and informative exhibits contribute to the success of a convention the 118th annual gathering of the Medical Association of Georgia should end satisfactorily Sunday afternoon The convention halls of the Macon Hilton contain no fewer than 41 six of which are scien-tific and educational The commercial exhibits are manned bypromotersof everything from life insurance and savings accounts to Coca-Cola and machines that will issue and seal ready to mailing a toll within a few seconds Six others promote either theories time-proven health facts or plain life-saving advice which if taken seriously and practiced religiously would help us live longer One of these "Case Vignetts from a Community shows in color how various di-s a affect body organs bones tissue and human flesh The photos of actual extrac-tions and amputations are part of the Medical Center of Central uniL Another arranged by Drs James Becton and Joe Christian Jr of the division of orthopedic surgery at the Medical College of Georgia illustrates a the designers call the proper way to examine the hand Drs William Logan Jr and Eduarod Verzosa of the Atlanta Heart and Lung Clinic illustrate surgery in coronary artery diseases and the state Department of Human Resources and Georgia Heart Association teamed to print out some facts on "Fat in the Diet The totter tells why obesity is so easy to acquire which foods have varing amounts of fat content how simple it is to trim body weight and what it is likely to do at an earlier age if one stop carrying it around Dangers of drugs have not been overlooked The Middle Georgia Council on Drugs exhibit is manned voluntarily by members of its member organizations and groups Besides its informative 1 i a-ture it includes a luggage-size kit displaying samples ranging from a leaf from a growing marijuana plant to heroin and hallucinogens Perhaps the most controversial exhibitisDr Richard Torpin's "Phytogeny of Mammals Based Upon the Intrauterine Site and Activity of foe Embryonic "Nature's First Manned Space Dr i an author of medical subjects was head of Medical College of Department of obstetrics and gynecology until his i e-ment in 1968 His exhibit graphically traces reproductive devetop-m from pre-historic amphibians to the human and animals of today He said he began research in the subject of Us exhibit in 1931 and continues to pursue it aggressively Then there is the small commercial- educational-political exhibit sponsored by GAM-PAC the Georgia Medical Political Action Committee While promoting an expanded political knowledge among medical professional and pro- New NmnSmi Cavafy Bylaw WARNEB ROBINS City officials-have set another date when they hope to move into the new municipal complex which was originally scheduled to occupancy last fall Next Friday Is the targeted moving date and city officials believe it will be two weeks at the most before they finish moving into the new offices The lobby floor of the office section is scheduled to either Monday or Tuesday and drapes probably will be hung by Wednesday Councilman Bob Beckmann said Friday that one of the ar-chltects was in town this Bennett Coney I I Seek Approval Of Merger Two of Bibb County's state representatives Tom Bennett and Dekle Coney have issued statements urging voters to approve the consolidation charter for the city and county governments in next referendum Both Bennett and Coney charged opponents of consoli-d a tio with distortions and misrepresentations concerning the charter Bennett said the charter would establish separation of powers in the new government and that it is "the only way to prevent ad valorem taxes from running keep and maintain our present archaic inefficient and multiple governments leads me only to believe we can expect another 10 years of steadily increasing taxes continuing inefficiency and sluggish Bennett said Coney predicted that taxes will go higher unless the consolidation charter is approved and he said this would cause Macon and Bibb County to lose population between now and 1980 "If the people learn foe true a on consolidation they will vote lot Coney said remind all citizens that this may be their last opportunity to force any level of government to live within its budget and I urge all voters to vote to consolidation of Macon and Bibb Peace Officers Plan Service WARNER ROBINS State and local officials will be on hand to the Peace Officers memorial service next Thursday at the Warner Robins Recreation Center Gov Jimmy Carter and LL Gov Lester Maddox are expected to attend The service will be from 1-5 pm Next week is Peace Officers Memorial week and the Peace Officers Association of Georgia will hold its annual meeting in Warner Robins this year A fish fry also is planned to the group May 17 The Rev Jimmy Waters the POAG chaplain will conduct the memorial services Entertainment also win be provided by the Robins Air Force Base Band Fishing Causes Big ENFIELD Conn (AP) not often that a fisherman causes such a commotion that the police are called out But th a what happened when a Simsbury phamradst John Kevohian decided to do some shad fishing from his red seaplane With the Connecticut River near flood stage Kevorhian flew the plane to the Spring-field Mass area landed on I can get postage stamps with heard these exist but caimet Macon To Trade Tradition tury-old trade day Persons from throughout the area descend on the town to swap and sell such things as coon dogs antiques and outright junk Are there any hints you can give me on catching fish? I haven't fished much mainly because I don't catch anything but I new live near a lake and want help RR Macon You can subscribeto magazines visit library to check on books and write Natural Resources Department Information and Education 270 Washington SW Atlanta 30334 Department (used to be Game A Fish) has a "Guide to Great Georgia which lists fish camps and saltwater fishing in Georgia brief description with picture of fish and other sneaky hints mi fishing You can also send $1 to a subscription to their Game and or $2JS0 for three years Magazine might change name in near future since departments are being reorganized but subscription fee will be 4 i I Sr a r- fc ww I Two Indicted in Rape Of 15-Year-Old Girl same Jerry Lowe Willie Yancey and Carl Kitchens were indicted for robbery at a Handy Andy Food Store at 689 Emery Highway and an attempted robbery at Davis Grocery and Market on Jan 8 viding them with "an effective mechanism to concerted political the booth contained refreshing samples of a popular beer dispensed by a man who said: "Can you think of a better way to mix politics?" Profession Under Attack Doctors Told Speaking at the annual session of the Medical Association of Georgia at the Hilton Hotel MAG president-elect Dr Dowda warned Friday that government controlled medicine will become a reality unless members of the medical profession stand firm in the face of the state and federal encroachments practice is under attack as never before" Dowda noted as he pointed out that federal legislation establishing Health Maintenance Organizations throughout the country made no provision for the private practice of medicine Dowda expressed opposition to efforts to establish licensing oa a yearly basis Instead of non-medical surveil-lance Dowda endorsed the concept of in which members of the medical profession would examine and review their own activities Improvement of communi-cations among association members through an expanded budget and resolving existing inequities in fees which he said were too a 1 1 to the services rendered were listed as goals for foe future by Dowda Dowda added that the association will work to improve its political position especially with representation in the General Assembly Mountain Lion Wired for Sound CHATSWORTH Calif (UPI) mountain lion wto wandered out of the hills to pay a visit to civil- iton has been wired to sound A suburban homeowner was startled earlier this week when he went out to water his town and discovered the 93-pound female cougar in his yard The tog cat was knocked unconscious by a tranquilizer-filled dart fired by an animal control officer Officials of the State Department of Fish and Game attached a radio transmitter to a collar placed around the drugged mountain lion's neck Wednesday and set off by truck for the High Sierra of Northern California where she was to be turned loose Officials will use the radio to track her and study her movement and feeding and mating habits in the wild Q-We read in TV Guide that Star Trek will be on the air again seen and also that there are Star Trek T-shirts available Where can we get T-shirts? Macon No definite plans yet to continue Star Trek which went off the air in 1969 Order T-shirts for $3 from Albert Schuster Box 95 Old Chelsea Station New York NY 10011 Mr Spock posters cost $2 and fluorescent decals $1 -v-: ACTION LINS soloes problems and cuts red tape Call any i ay between noon and I am next day or write Action Line The Macon Newt Box 4167 Macon Go S1208 AH questions possible will be answered in this column or in Sports or Action line in The Macon News Send no valuable documents MERGER FACTS UNC The Bibb County grand jury Friday indicted two young men on charges of rape of a 15-year-old girl April 7 after the girl and her boy friend were abducted near Wesleyan College Alfred and Charles Solomon both 18 and both of G-3 Enterprise Homes were indicted to rape two counts of and armed robbery A 16-year-old boy Phillip Wynes Of 16-C Randall Apartments in Elberta also was ar-rested on the rape charge Thursday but be was not named in the indictment Judge Othniel McGehee of Bibb Juvenile Court authorized release of name and he reportedly will be given a hearing in that court later The grand jury also indicted Eddie Lee Johnson and Troy Scott on two counts of murder resulting from what police described as an attempted robbery of Jessie Howard at his cafe on Sixth Street April 1L Howard and Alfred Williams were fatally injured in an exchange of gunfire police said Commotion the river and let the plane drift while he dragged his line It wasn't long before Enfield police telephones were ringing off their hooks with calls from residents reporting a 1 a drifting toward Enfield dam Police dispatched five patrol cars to the scene and the Tire Department sent emergency vehicles to the bank They all then watched as foe plane lifted from the water and flew away Can residents ef that part of Me can which lias hi Janes County veto in next Wednesday's referendum an the censeli- datien charter? JP A Yes There are 18 residents of the City of Macon and Jones County who are registered with the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections They have been notified that they may vote in the consolidation referendum on paper ballots at the board of elections office in the Grand Building Their votes will be added to the totals for the City of Macon but not of course to the Bibb County totals If the charter is approved and becomes effective the areas in Jaws County now in the City of Macon will not be a part of foe new unified Straight Out of Storyland Alabama Town Clings SCOTTSBORO Ala (UPI) small north Alabama town still clings to one of foe oldest traditions On the first Monday of each month the locals stage a cen- Students in the language arts classes at Tinsley School were busy Friday explaining to all who would listen various books they had studied Small groups made exhibits and dressed as characters from books they chose to represent In the Heidi booth at the Book Fair were from left Caroline Herring seated Sharon Bogardus Laura Millikan and Laurie Lanier seated in the wheel chair.