The Atlanta Journal du lieu suivant : Atlanta, Georgia • 51

MetroState SECTION Atlanta Saurnal the Atlanta constitution SATURDAY APRIL 22 1989 Gwinnett Cobb May Join Phosphate Detergent Ban By Douglas Lavin Staff Writer C' Gwinnett and Cobb County offi cials said riday they are ready to follow ulton lead and ban 1 the sale of laundry detergents laden with phosphorus in an effort to im prove metro area water quality DeKalb and Douglas County of ficials are also considering enacting bans which environmental experts say could cut phosphorus pollution endangering the Chattahoochee River and West Point Lake Geor dirtiest reservoir Advocates say the ban is an in expensive way to improve water quality But one critic said the ban would mean trading slightly dirtier clothes for slightly cleaner water Gwinnett commissioners will vote early next month on whether to institute a ban on the sale of deter gent with high levels of phosphorus said Commission Chairman Lillian Webb on riday two days after the ulton County Commission passed such a ban Three out of five com missioners have already said they support the ban Harry Ingram manager of the Cobb County water system said his county will likely enact a similar or dinance to reduce the phosphorus in its wastewater Uniform restric tions on phosphorus in the metro area make things easier on the consumers and on the manufac Mr Ingram said look at the laws and get to that not now but in the very near said DeKalb Chief Ex ecutive Officer Manuel Maloof Douglas County Commissioner Steve arris said the county is to look into a phosphate ban since ulton Mr arris said the phosphorus waste issue will be discussed at the commis May 2 meeting ulton Gwinnett Cobb DeKalb and Douglas are the only five metro counties that dump wastewater into the Chattahoochee River Each of the counties except DeKalb which sends its Chattahoochee bound sewage through Atlanta AREA Continued on 2D Removal Is Sought By Elizabeth Coady Staff Writer commission chairman said riday he will seek to oust the appointed head of the county tax office because he com 7 piled a list of taxpayers to be ex fempted from automatic property know what the list is know how it was generated how it was created its purpose understand it at said 'Commission Chairman Dal Turner attorneys are in the process now of researching any possibility of removing Mr Lee Roy Smith from his position If we can find a way he will be Mr Smith chairman of the board of tax assessors has been roundly criticized for author izing a list of 250 individuals or businesses whose properties were automatically passed over by a com puter for reassessment Mr Smith strongly denied any wrongdoing and claimed he is the target of a political by Mr Turner and his administration He charged Mr Turner wants to re place him with his own man have taken it upon them selves to try to persecute Mr Smith said Thursday have referred to me as a good boy a redneck and a Charley Gris well man I intend to quit step down or walk away without a Mr Griswell is the former chairman of the Clayton County Commission No property owners benefited from being on the list because no new reassessments have been per formed since it was prepared The list already has been eliminated of ficials said think the county has lost any revenue from any property on that said Charles Work man the chief appraiser CLAYTON Continued on 5D M5SSL" KS Mar i area I iSl 3 I ar Wf 1 jiLra A Students Take Steps to ight Drugs In ifth Annual Say No' March JJ 'M ziA' i i 7 5 4 VO VO Atlanta public school stu dents got the day off riday to march in the fifth annual Say walk About 4000 students carrying signs balloons aid posters halted noontime traffic (above) in their trek from At lanta ulton County Stadi um to the Capitol the ul ton County administration building and City Hall Right Atlanta Officer Steve Johns introduces pupils to a a drug sniffing police dog on the steps of the state Capitol At left an enthusiastic pupil waves her anti drug sign Organizers thanked school Superintendent Jerome Harris for allowing students to take the day off to march if their principals approved a a 1 Staff Photos by Nick Arroyo Ga Dome Talks Hit A Snag Housing und Has All Sides at Odds By Jim Newton StaffWriter A compromise proposal to break the deadlock on the Georgia Dome negotiations collapsed riday and representatives of Atlanta ulton County and the state bitterly blamed each other awfully said Councilwoman Myrtle Davis who chairs the negotiating group that met at City Hall to discuss the plan for a $10 million housing trust fund Differences remain between the state and local governments on nearly a dozen issues most notably the trust fund which would target money for housing construction and rehabilitation in Vine City and Lightning two communities that would be affected by the dome Last week there appeared to be movement toward compromise on the fund when Councilman Bill Campbell proposed that the city county Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) and Atlanta Conven tion and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) share in paying for it Previously council members had insisted that the city pay no part of the fund But when the negotiating subcommittee returned with its proposal riday it was rejected by every council member present including Mr Campbell am he said In par ticular Mr Campbell angrily noted that he and other council members want $10 million in in vestment but the proposal suggests just half that In addition to the $5 million ini tial investment another $53 million would filter into the affected com munities through tax abatements which the city and county would DOME Continued on 5D we realize we are on a very serious mission to show good will to you Soviets Have Another Georgia On Their Minds By Lorri Denise Booker StaffWriter Helen Supatashvili sat on a bus with her eyes half closed as a delegation of Soviet Geor gians toured the Atlanta University Center this week The bus hit a bump in the road and her eyes opened to the sight of a bronze statue of Dr Martin Luther King Jr have a Ms Supatashvili ex claimed excitedly jerking forward in her seat and pointing at the figure The 18 year old has good reason to be fa miliar with Dr King since she studies Atlanta and Afro American culture back home in Tbi lisi sister city in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Georgia But even without an academic grounding dreams and freedom were very much on the minds of Ms Supatashvili and other members of a delegation that came to Atlanta just days af ter after a nationalist riot back home left 19 people dead wanted to leave our city be cause of the riots but we realize we are on a very serious mission to show good will to said Vaso Kacharava an American history TBILISI Continued on SD we! 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The Associated Press Nina Nakashidze an English teacher in Soviet Georgia talks with George Brown a professor of English at Agnes Scott College in Decatur House ire Arson Is Blamed in Abandoned Dwelling Adjoined Likely Dome Site By Bill Montgomery StaffWriter An early morning fire that killed two men and a woman in an abandoned house near the site of the proposed Georgia Dome was de liberately set Atlanta ire Chief TM Perrin said riday Chief Perrin said it was unlikely the victims all unidentified va grants set the fire that killed them feel strongly that dealing with a homicide at this point we know the fire was set but we have no have no suspects and no the'chief said inves tigation will An autopsy revealed that the badly burned victims all had high concentrations of alcohol in their blood and died of smoke inhalation Gerald Gowitt assistant ulton County medical examiner said They were believed to be transients living in the abandoned building may never be identified if they are street Atlanta police homicide Sgt Tom King said Dr Gowitt said one of the men and the woman were in their early 40s the other man in his 50s The fire at 282 Haynes St NW was reported to Atlanta firefighters at about 12:30 am riday Chief Perrin said arson investigators found that an accelerant had been poured at three points around the abandoned build ing Samples have been sent to the State Crime Lab for analysis Arson squad Lt TW Moon said the area of abandoned dwellings within sight of The Omni and the World Congress Center is a haven for drug peddlers and a refuge for the homeless The house its roof burned away INVESTIGATORS Continued on 5D Judge Orders Release of 500 ulton Inmates By David Corvette Staff Writer A federal judge riday ordered the release of some 500 ulton County Jail inmates in an emergen cy plan to ease crowding The action which will clear beds for about 400 inmates who have been sleeping on mattresses on the floor follows a highly critical report issued by a court appointed jail monitor last week In a 15 page brief explaining his order US District Judge Owen orrester called the jail tionably because of crowding poor medical services and unsanitary conditions are being required to live and sleep in and around seep ing sewerage and in warm dark places which are not regularly and adequately cleaned lit or he wrote only remedy that the court sees to this immediate crisis is the issu ance of what is ordinarily termed a release orrester order Every other means to reduce the population which anyone has been able to think of has been tried and they have The order requires Sheriff Richard Lankford to release a sufficient number of prisoners by 6 pm April 28 to reduce the inmate count to 1781 1616 male inmates and 165 female in the four detention facilities Total in mate population this week hovered near 2300 The releases are to be repeated each week the population exceeds 1781 until the new county jail is fully opened this summer All re leased inmates will be freed on their own recognizance According to Judge order each Wednesday the sheriff shall submit to the chief judges of ulton Superior and State courts and to the district and so RELEASE Continued on 3D 1.