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VALLEY TODAY acing Job Losses Man Killed in Dawson Shooting Troup Officials Seek Arsonists around one of blazes Chambers Seeks Low Rent Emergency Plan Oi of Photo by Richard Thomason Crowd A uburn to Get Tool Plan Tuskegee President Considered for Hampton Job College Column 3 Dr Larry Howard of the State Crime Lab will per form an autopsy today on Arthur Peters Route 1 who was shot in the chest three times with a 32 i caliber revolver Charged with the killing is Sammy Lee Wilson 36 407 irst Ave Wilson remained at the scene of the shooting until officers the area's businesses and industry community sup porters friends of the college alumni faculty staff and administrators The solicitation period for the drive ends March 31 dog pound has been upgraded with new concrete floors running water and adequate shelter under a city project Police Chief Mack Sanders warned that all speed limits and safety warnings will be strictly enforced at Lanett Elementary School around 3 pm when school is dismissed He said traffic conditions on irst Street have become dangerous in the afternoons Town and Country Garden Club was given permis sion to erect a sign in city park LIBERTY HILI Ga Two men in a yellow pickup truck who are believed responsible for starting six fires in this area Monday are being sought by Troup County deputies The men may also be involved in 14 set fires in the Crossroads area about two weeks ago and a dozen fires near the Pine Mountain area about a month ago Civil Defense Director Tim Duffey said MONTGOMERY Ala A Louisville Ky firm announced Monday it will build a $3 million precision cutting tool manufacturing plant in Auburn Officials1 of Vermont American Corp meeting with Gov1 George Wallace and Auburn official following a luncheon said the 60000 square Ioot plant to be located on a 17 acre tract in Auburn In dustrial Park will begin production in early 1979 he facility which will manufacture such tools as handsaws and wirecutters should generate an annual payroll of $1 million Schradder said arrived at 7:40 pm Sunday and took him to the Terrell County Jail police said estranged wife Ruby was riding in a car with Wilson when her hus band drove up and cut them off at the intersection of Cedar Hill and Stonewall streets police said Peters carried a 22 caliber revolver but Law said he did not know if the weapon had been fired Ruby Peters was question ed and released She had been married to the victim for about i6 years but they had been separated for the past year Lee Whitney the Southern Standard Codes for plumbing water electricity gas and buildings The city has been under the codes for several years City Administrator Dan Tunmire attending his first meeting reported on bids for two police cars and a pickup truck for the fire department The council approved low bids of $10540 for two cars on trade ins and $3995 for the pickup all from Valley Chevrolet Councilman Eddy Chandler reported that the city orest rangers used bulldozers trench Perry at Albany State College Wednesday The Albany legislator a former newscaster represents Albany in the Georgia General Assembly The Dennis Memorial Lecture in teacher education begins at 7:30 pm in Caroline Hall Auditorium The public is invited to attend The lecture a memoriam in the honor of the late Dr William Dennis the college's third president dates back to 1971 when Robert Simmons dean of instruction at Albany Slate College initiated the lec ture series A number of outstanding higher educa tion contemporaries have appeared on the series TUSKEGEE Ala Tuskegee Institute Vice Presi dent William Harvey is reported to be the leading contender for the presidency of Hampton Institute in Hampton Va Harvey is one of three men still being considered by a Hampton Institute search committee to replace interim President Dr Carl Hill 1 lie other men being considered for the presidency of the 11 year old predominantly black college are precell Robinson president of St College in Raleigh NC and Charles Meredith chancellor of Atlanta University Center The three candidates have been selected from a list of 14 in a year long search One of them will replace Hill the college's 11th president who was named interim president when Dr Roy Hudson resigned to return to neuro pharmacology The search committee to announce its choice to the college's Board of Trustees at a special meeting this month or at the board's regular meeting April 28 DAWSON Ga An argument over a woman apparently has spawned the first homicide of the year said Public Safety Director Phil Law Monday night the fires on Liberty Hill and Moody Bridge roads and at a public access area on the West Point Lake were Liberty Hill Volunteer ire Chief Herschel Mulkey spotted the men in the pickup only minutes before finding one of the fires to cut a Whit SGA Official Reinhold James Dooley a sophomore religion and English major from Columbus has been chosen vice president of the LaGrange College Student I Association He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bobby Dooley of Mill Branch Road and a graduate of Kendrick 1 High SchooJ where he played varsity basketball 4 Seek 2 Council Seats PINE MOUNTAIN Ga White mayo' this Harris County community for 16 years wib ji opposed in his bid for another term but four pci sons qualified before deadline for tv council seats to be filled in the March 22 election White who owns a pecan orchard served years on the city council before beginning his long tenure as mayor Incumbents Dunn a truck driver and retired insurance man and James Chamber employed by the US Postal Service will face or position from one veteran councilman and a iew comer Retired banker Louis Askew whose wife Mr is city clerk nas served several terms on the council Mrs Jarvis Shepherd who ran unsuccesslully for council last year is a school teacher ranklin a a Money Hearing Today HAMILTON Ga A public hearing on the use of 1978 federal revenue sharing money will be held at 9 am today before the regular Harris County Commis sion meeting in the county courthouse ederal law requites that public hearings be held pnder terms of the revenue sharing program even though the county commission has final say on how the money will be used Commission voted earlier this year to spend the first 1978 check totaling $33000 on roads and equip ment Harry ranklin zllbaiiy State Seeks unds ALBANY Ga The Albany State College oun dation has launched its 1978 Annual und Campaign with a targeted goal of $100900 to be raised for general scholarships at the college and to assist the institution Mrs Laura Triplett executive director of the college's foundation says this fund raising goal in support of the Albany institution will come from i By Virginia Smith Enquirer Correspondent LAAYETTE Ala Chambers County Commis sion Monday authorized Chairman Doss Leak and county Civil Defense Director Eddie Hamby to meet with Lanett city officials to discuss a possible cooperative project to use Lanett City Airport for emergency purposes Hamby said that in light of recent railroad derailments involving cars transporting toxic materials that block highways an emergency plan at the airport should be drawn up Leak said the deadline of April 1 has not beenchanged for ilf Cort Apprarers to complete and turn in two months of property reappraisals to the county tax ft ct Tax Assi sor II Gilbert expla ned this is the latest date possifi i i pri sals ire to be placed on the county fo th i cal year The commission will seek funds from East Alabama Planning Commission to replace one of two buses used to transport the elderly said the bus has traveled 79000 miles and last month made a total of 150 passenger pickups in the Valley area with a slightly lower number in the Laayette section He said the free transportation is widely used by both the elderly and handicapped to visit doctors clinics and buy groceries A public hearing on District 4 health systems will be held at Lanett City Hall Tuesday April 4 at 1 pm The district includes Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Clay Cleburne Coosa DeKalb Etowah Randolph Tallapoosa and Talladega orrester Honor Requested ENTERPRISE Ala Benjamin Abb orrester president of Enterprise State Junior College since it opened in 1965 will have the new fine arts building named for him if the state legislature responds to the request of the Enterprise State Junior College Com mittee of the Enterprise Chamber of Commerce says red Taylor chairman ori ester was honored last week with a banquet and laurels from many Wiregrass citizens including red Taylor Senator Wallace Miller Rep Jimmy Holley Mayor Don Donaldson Clayton Metcalf Ben Byrd Henderson Herbert Barr and Mrs A Cherry State Board of Education Senator Miller and Rep Holley surprised orrester when they read a bill they planned to file in the House and Senate naming the fine arts building the BA orrester Building Rep White to Lecture ALBANY Ga Georgia state Rep John White of 132nd district will be the featured lecturer for the seventh annual William Dennis Memorial Lecture Right Of Way Spat Settled 07 ARK Ala Nell Gary who sold the ire Corp much of the land included in its plant 'ia settled a right of way spat by swapping 1 res with the firm knew how the people in that area felt I knew how the Michelin people felt" she sa'd Company spokesmen were happy to proud development plans and not inconvenience ti es dents The county commission had voted to a dirt access road to the construction site on i' med of residents James Kelley Road Project Bids Awarded ATLANTA Holiday Construction Co of ville has been awarded a contract to build a Mdy rest area on 1 85 in the northbound lane east of the Chattahoochee River Tlie firm submitted a low bid of $951164 and will finish the project by the end of the year In other protects decided riday the low bid oi Trussell Pease Construction Co of Columbus rejected on widening the orrest Road bridge ovv Bull Creek in Muscogee County for $299878 Road paving in Terrell County totaling $131973 will be done by Wright Construction of Columbus About 11 miles of paving will be done on County Ronds' 64 145 and 45 miles in Bronwood and Sasser ive and six tenths miles of paving in Ch tahoochee County will be spread over county to'd" and Cusseta streets Reeves Construction Co Americus won the low bid of $81352 By Virginia Smith Enquirer Correspondent LANETT Ala City Council Monday approved a resolution to annex a square mile of property known is adjacent to the city limits Councilman Armand Crowder who introduced the resolution said the required number of electors from each or at least 60 percent of the land owners have signed the annexation petition The petition will be delivered lo Chambers County Probate Judge DeWitt Alsobrook who after cer lifying the names will call a referendum within 10 to 45 days it the petition is in order The city has tried for years to annex the area but opposition by some landowners who refused to signfhe petition held it up Lanett Mayor Pete McCoy said he has already dis cussed the project with the US Department of Hous ing and Urban Development (HUD) and will file re quests for 100 percent grants for water and sewerage lines where they do not exist in the area Councilman Mac Langley said Country Club Road extending to Phillips Road an extension of Cherry Drive containing two bridges will be widened in cooperation with Chambers County Langley said about half the road is within the city limits McCoy named Doug Rowe as revenue officer in charge of the new city department of building and nousing codes replacing the former office of building inspector The mayor expressed the appreciation to Herbert Alexander who earlier resigned as building inspector The council also approved the 1977 amendments to Lanett Approves Annexation Plan More Valley Roundup Page DPELIKAyAla Uniroyal Tire Co has begun production cutback of 7000 radial tires a day and twu week employment cutback said plant manager Worby The reduction is characterized as temporary and a result of declining new car sales produced radials are original equipment tires on oA'i and General Motors new cars The production slowdown began Wednesday United Rubber Workers Local President Jinm' Mavor agreed the cut was necessary week I more workers were laidoff permanently bringing ihe total in the last three months to he oil'' i isecause of the slack period in car mid production No one knows when it will end bm thv told us that anyone else will be jpanently laid off for awhile Worby said 258 planning and production workers ot 1225 at Uniroyal will be out of work until March 20 i LaGrange Cops' Hearing S' LAGRANGE Ga City Council will hold an appeal hearing March 21 at 10 am for two officers dismissed from the police department recently The officers Steve Cavender and Randy Dollar were named in complaints of alleged police harassment and unnecessary stopping of motorists Cavender resigned eb 17 Police Chief Ralph Scarbrough said Cavender quit because he felt publicity concerning the complaints had hampered hi ability to do his duties Cavender however si 1 he quit because Scarbrough asked him to resign Dollar was fired eb 20 by Scarbrough who said the officer refused to resign when asked Scarbrough mid he fired Dollar because he had received sevei al complaints against him over the years Hearer Dir Commission Honors Kelley OZARK Enquirer correspondent Jam i Kelley has received an award of merit from Alabama Historci Commission Kelley cited for his con to the Dale County Historical Society and Alabama Historical Commission and in particular tor his successful nomination of the Baptist Coliegi: ''e lr titute in Newton and the Claybank Church ar cemetery in Ozark to the National Register Historic Places ak Valley Roundup I Uniroyal Employees Arts Spectators crowded to get in to the new headquarters of the Chattahoochee Valley An Association Sunday in LaGrange Built as the Troup County Jail In 1892 the Romanesque structure has also housed a furniture store and printing shop The three story building was renovated through the efforts of the Callaway ounda tian Housing Sought WEST POINT Ga City Council members met in a special session Monday and authorized the West piimt Housing Authority I apply for federal funds to build extra low rent hous jng units The city is applying for 50 additional units from among 244 being made 1 available by the Depart ment of Housing and Urban Development in 88 Georgiacounties 's Joel Woods city grants I'ldieector said construction Jiof tiie units is three years 1 away if the units are apa 3 Council members also I discussed extending sewer and water lines to the site I of a proposed motel at the liriiecseclion of Georgia 18 jand 1 85 Cost was es timated at $151000 for 5 sewer lines and $58000 for i water lines 1 1 The feasibility of extend 1 ine sewage lines to Indian Hills subdivision in the same area was also dis 1 u'sed That work was es timated at $600000 Council members intend to discuss these proposals further at the regular meeting next Monday Councilman Donal nlliam said East 13lh and i streets will be resur iced 1 he police committee was authorized to seek bids for two cars for the police department Virginia nllh fat a rd 'O' I eV I i I.