The Macon News from Macon, Georgia • 1

Braves beat Dodgers 4-1 Page 1C 'Psycho II' here after 22 years Page 1 WEATHER Cool tonight Sunrise 6:36 am Details on SA THE MACON NEWS Home Edition Our Beat Is the Heart of Georgia 99th Year No 159 7 Sections 76 Pages 25 Mee Tgph Ce 1IO Macon Georgia Wednesday Afternoon June 8 1 983 Reagan has new arms control plan Rose Garden The statement coincides with the resumption of strategic arms reduction talks between US and Soviet negotiators in Geneva Switserland HE SAID changes in the US proposal "offer the prospect of new progress" toward an agreement WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan today proposed a new arms control offer that emphasizes Soviet and American nuclear warhead arsenals instead of missiles and gives US negotiators more flexibility in reaching an agreement with the Kremlin the leaders of the Soviet Union I urge that this new opportunity not be lost" Reagan said in a statement in the The change is designed to move the United States and Soviet Union away from building multiwarhead missiles and toward small single-warhead missiles that would be less threatening Some details of the plan were not disclosed and will remain a secret to give the US negotiators leeway for bargaining -v- SO Macon 's first ts sj' V-i from towns up to 50 miles from Macon JE Eaton of Specialty Distributing Co estimated 5000 television sets in the Middle Georgia area had been converted to receive the new UHF channel the first in the state H' Finally on Aug' 21 1953 WETV began broadcasting at 1 -25 pm Program Director John Hicks said the station decided against having "several dignitaries appear on special opening day Instead the first day opened with a typical day's broadcasting of net- and local! I shows A dt fsi I jap BMP rw jf -vj "Vti-Ji -5 i mm 11 mmwr Z- 7: i i The new proposal calls for raising the proposed ceiling the number of land- and submarine-based missiles ea side could have The existing US proposal would set a ceiling of 850 long-range missiles on each side It also calls for a one-third cutback in warheads leaving each side with 5000 Please see ARMS CONTROL 2A Witness: Carson said 'I meant to shoot Doris' Srm itaflrasarts FORT VALLEY aunt of a 9-year-old girl shot in the head said Tuesday that former Fort Valley Mayor Rudolph Carson told her he meant to shoot the girl's grandmother instead Trade Walker who lives at the same address as the injured girl said Carson told her that he had meant to shoot Doris Jackson the grandmother shortly after Rhonda Jackson was Shot early Saturday morning The girl is listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit of the Medical Center of Central Georgia Her condition has been upgraded from critical CARSON 54 has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with the incident He was released on 35000 bond Saturday and was later admitted to Houston County Hospital where he remains Asked about Walker's statements regarding her conversation with Carson Fort Valley Police Chief John Dankel said Tuesday essentially what she told Walker said Tuesday that Carson was one of the first people she saw outside the 208 Chestnut St home immediately after the shooting "I saw Rudolph (at the) time I ran out of the Walker said "I saw Rudolph Carson he was standing at the door so I grabbed him and told him to come on so I could go get my mama He asked me was She at the hospital 1 trad him no 1 told him my niece had been WALKER SAID she added that her mother had spent the night with friends She said she got into Carson's car and they drove to the friends' house When they arrived she said her mother refused to come out Please see CARSON 2A Century-old store closes its doors By Steve Bills mkm Nm imiMM isitar Macon has lost a landmark business Brown's Book Store which has operated here since 1870 was sold piece by piece at auction Saturday The owners cited personal reasons for its dosing "We tried to sell it (as a going concern) for six or eight months and were said Tina Chapman one of two partners who owned the business since 1978 "It got to the point where we had to do IN FACT Chapman said there was a couple who had gone so for as to get approval on a bank loan to purchase the store but they had to back out at the last minute because of family illness Another prospect had sought to sublease the space In Northside Village Shopping Center and run the business but couldn't wait to see how the purchase plans worked out "It was Just kind of a comedy of errors sort of Chapman said Her partner Andgelia Wilson had received a job offer and wanted to dissolve the partnership Chapman wanted to be able to spend more time with her husband and four children and she has been working Ploaaoaoo BROWN'S 2A -gi a 1 4 i i i i i Second e( twopartt about tebvMon com-' By Daniel Baker UaMa woven iwwi ivniv Ask almost any local resident "What was the first television station in Most would know that WGXA-TV Is the newest and the appearance of WCWB-TV is still fresh in the memory of many So that leaves WMAZ-TV as the oldest right? Guess again Before channels 13 41 and 24 ever hit the airwaves a Macon television station was transmitting network and local programs to Middle Georgia It had Its beginning more than 30 yean ago when television was in its infancy The Federal Communications Commission allocated three television stations for Macon in 1452: channels 13 and 47 for commercial use channel 44 for educational use Two Macon radio stations had applied for channel 13 as their television outlet (WMAZ in 1948 WKEX In 1951) But both applications had been put pn hold during an FCC on construction of new television stations Channel 13 was more highly sought than 47 because most television sets were built to receive only channels 2 through 13 in the very high frequency (VHF) range The FCC had just opened up the ultrahign frequency (UHF) range with channels' 14 through 83 but most television sets required a special adapter to pick up UHF broadcasts WHEN IT BECAME likely the FCC would assign channel 13 to WMAZ WNEX Joined with radio station WBML to form Macon Television Co and applied for channel 47 in August 1952 Initially the FCC was concerned over two competing radio stations making a joint application for a television outlet But In February 1953 the application was granted and the state's first television station outside of Atlanta was on its way Construction began almost immediately and the studio and transmitter were completed by the end of April Each radio station owned 45 percent with Macon businessman William Fielding controlling the remaining 10 percent The station at 2411 Pro Nano Ave just north of where mart is now was described as a "modem flat-roofed brick building comprising a studio a large control room a reception room and five offices" with a stainless steel transmitting tower rising 437 feet above the building For several months before it went on the air the station transmitted test patterns and reported "perfect UNLIKE current programming which may run 24 hours a day the broadcast day for WETV ran from 3:30 pm to 11 :30 pjn The station was affiliated with NBC and ABC but used only NBC shows its first day of operations The first local program came on at 5:30 and featured Dee Lee and his Georgia Ramblers a "popular group of hillbilly They were followed by Ray Melton and his orchestra NBC provided that first night's foie with "News "The "First and "Sprats Reel" Following a local news weather and sports roundup at 10 pm WETV concluded the opening day's broadcast with a feature movie Other weekly programs scheduled Included "The Groucho Marx "Cavalcade of "Private "Judge for "Eddy "My Little Margie" "Danny and "Bob Sports fans were promised college and professional football games And Hicks said the station planned to make extensive use of filmed shows including a feature film each night About 20 local programs were planned each week including musical groups discussion panels and newscasts TOMMIE MELTON wife of former Mayor Buckner Melton worked for Channel 47 on one local program "I got the Job by she said "A friend asked me to go with her to the station to put in her job application And while she filled out the application someone Interviewed me and 1 got the job "Dave Reeves and 1 co-hosted a 'Name That Tune'-type program five nights a week Of course everything was done live and we had only one camera On the show the band played a song and the first viewer to call In with the correct title would win a Some of the prizes were very nice Mel- ft "We had a pretty good viewing audience but I was doing the show in addition to my daytime at a local bank she said "The show was a lot of fon but I felt I hod to give ft Competition in Macon increased when Channel 13 signed on as WMAZ-TV a month after WETVs arrival BOB SAGGESE worked as announcer and later as production manager for WETV "1 went to work for them after 1 got Please see WETV 3A ton said but others were a little more offbeat "My husband likes to tell the stray of how I gave away an ax she said "A local merchant had donated the handle as a consolation prize but we hadn't given it away It stayed at the station for weeks before I decided we had to be fair to the merchant and give away the prize So I did That was before Buck and I were married but he happened to watch the show that night 1 haven't been able to live down the ax handle stray She stayed at the station about a year Today Litterers beware! Fines punishment await By Bo Sammons MacM Newt Writer When discussing the legalities of litter it is first important as in all things Anyone convicted of littering must be fined at least 325 but not more than 3300 But the law also provides alternate punishment order the Htterrr 1 ftm i Speak your mind World WASHINGTON In a swiftly moving diplomatic drama marked by charges of assassination plots and spying 21 Nicaraguan diplomats are obeying US orders to close all six of their country's consulates and leave the country Page 7 A Business WASHINGTON For the first time in more than a year the government is raising the interest rate ceiling on federally insured single-family home loans officials said Tuesday Page 8B Speak your mind The Macon Newt wants to listen! Ed Corson editor of The Macon New invites you to call the reader's hot line every Wednesday from 4 to 8 pm There are no secretaries operators or answer-phones to talk to Call 744-4280 and folk to the editor for The court may to clean all the trash from a one-mila stretch of public street or highway Or the litterer may be ordered to pKk up all the trash on a public beach or park a private road or on private properly where the litterer dumped any trash IF LITTER Is dropped from a boat plane car or other vehicle the law holds the operator of the vehicle responsible The Macon city code also makes It Illegal to litter and Mates that a litterer convicted in Macon Municipal Court will be fined at least S23 but not more than 3500 A separate section of the code makes it illegal to "spit or throw hulls peelings or other litter upon sidewalks or in or upon the floors of churches public halls theaters buses or other public It's tha fowl (Help us keep you Informed Send suggest ions to Helene Lorher "It's the PO Box 4117 Macon Ga 31213 We'll pay 35 If we use your Hem of general Interest to know exactly what one is discussing For instance one might dwell upon the legalities of a batch of newborn kittens or puppies Or one could consider the legalities of a stretcher used to carry the wounded away from the battlefield But we shall turn to the Code of Georgia Annotated for both the definition and laws of litter According to state law litter "means all sand gravel slag brickbats rubbish waste material tin cans refuse garbage trash hbrls dead animals or discarded materials of every kind and For those of you who don't know and won't take a minute to peruse the dictionary: Slag is the "fused refuse separated from metal in smelling If you have some do not throw it on the ground and leave it If you aren't sure whether you possess slag take a look around the house It is easy to spot According to Webster's Dictionary slag resembles lava FURTHERMORE the dictionary defines a brickbat as a of brick used as a missile" or an unfavorable index Local Public access television the public's doorway to cable TV exposure premiers in Macon today with a program featuring Central High School ROTC Page IB Stato ATLANTA The Georgia Board of Regents told its chancellor today to "get with college presidents in setting timetables for stepping up desegregation efforts at state collrgcs and universities Page 3B Notion CH INO Calif Whoever commtttad four bmtal murders at a posh hillside home left bloody smears fingerprints clothes and partly eaten cans id food at a vacant ranch house less than 100 yards away authorities say Page 3A remark We will assume for our purposes that the code is referring to little brick missiles It is illegal the code stairs to dump deposit throw or leave Inter on any public or private properly in Georgia or any of Georgia's waters It is further illegal to cause or permit another person to do the same However la legal to dump litter on property designated for that purpose if you an authorized by the proper put Ik authority to use the property The tenant or owner of the properly la also allowed to dump Inter on Anyone with the tenant's or owner's permission may also leave litter on the Local I-4B Movies ID Nation 3-IA7A Service Directory 4A Ahhy Business Classified ads MC Comics 4D Corson Crossword Deaths Editorials Horoscope 2D MB I-4C ID 2A I -3D Sports Television Weather Wednesday WWW lieT 1 AP 1 Z-Uiuj WjS i.