Jacksonville Pollution May 21,1969
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Fort Walton Beach, Fla.,
Wednesday Morning.
May 21, 1969
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Mclaughlin, Rigdon, Palmer, Guidry win
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GATOR PROTECTION BILL TALLAHASSEE. Fla. (AP)—The Senate approved a bill Tuesday that could send alligator butchers to jail for up to five years, while a House committee okayed a measure providing for a 10-day prison term for convicted poachers. The Senate poacher penalty proposal would up the fine from $1,000 to $5.000. Besides calling for a jail sentence of at least 10 days, the House Conservation Committee's bill would authorize rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of alligator poachers. KIRK INGORES PROTESTORS TALLAHASSEE (AP'- Some 300 youths marched on the state Capitol Tuesday and demanded Gov Claude Kirk come forth to talk with them about what they called repression at Florida State Universil>The demonstrators sat for two hours in the hot sun without as much as a glimpse of the governor.. A spokesman for the group rejected K i r k s offer to meet with one-of the crowd and hear grievances.
CITY CANDIDATES:
Some new faces, butsameanswers
By CHARLES BRADY The person who took a definite stand at election headquarters Tuesday night was Kathy Poulsen, 13^ of Bayou Trails Girl Scout Pack 122". "I'm for Joe Guidry," Kathy said, "because I know him." The s e c o n d most definite stand was taken by Kathy's girl friend Patty Ameel, 12, who said she also was for Joe Guidry. Patty said she didn't know Joe but was for him because Kathy was. Of the nine candidates only Ray Jones was missing from the scene. But for quoting purposes he wasn't missed because the eight candidates present gave the same answers to the same questions. Asked to comment on the large voter turnout Maurice McLaughlin said: Wonderful," Harry Harris said .-"Fine," Bull Rigdon said: "Real Good," George Palmer said: "Delighted." Joe Guidry said: "Wonderful." And "wonderful" which was the most popular adjective was also said by Elbert Davis. "Great," was the word used by outgoing Mayor H. French Brown while Sill Rogers was: "Very, very happy." The candidates said the large voter turnout was due to interest in the campaign which figured, but attorney Erwin Fleet, a non-candidate, said the large turnout was due to the "beautiful weather." The first break in the unanimity came after the results were announced because now the candidates were no longer candidates but winners and losers. Said the losers: Harry Harris, "Next time it's going to be better." Sill Rogers, "I'm happy the people turned out in record numbers." Elbert Davis, "The people made their choice." Said the winners: Bull Rigdon, "It shows the See COMMENTS, Page 2
No runoff as King concedes to Guidry
By BILL TENNIS Funeral director Muurico McLaughlin was elected mayor of Fort Walton Beach Tuesday defeating realtor Elbcrt Davis by a vote of 1.584 to 722. Incumbent City Councilman C.H. Rigdon defeated Sill L. Rogers, George A. Palmer defeated Harry G. Harris and builder Jack King conceded victory to incumbent Joe Guidry after winning a spot against him in a run off runoff election t h a t would have been held June :!. In making his surprise statement that he would concede the election to Guidry, King said he would make a full statement today as to why he would not run but t h a t he was very pleased with the number of people t h a t turned out for the election and t h a t the people had gotten what they wanted. A record 2,327 votes were cast in the largest t u r n o u t of voters in the city's history. Some 45 absentee votes still remain to be counted, but will not affect the outcome of the race. In defeating former mayor E 1 b e r t Davis, McLaughlin polled the highest number of votes of any candidate in the race. The unofficial tally showed McLaughlin with 1584 compared to 722 for Davis. In the Group One race for city council, building trades executive George A. Palmer reSee ELECTION, Page 2
Gulf Federal breaks ground
jp MlC6Vill6 By EMMA GOGGIN NICEVILLE —Ground w a s broken Tuesday afternoon for a new branch office for Gulf Federal Saving and Loan Association on a Niceville site fronting the John C. Sims Parkway and the head of Boggy Bayou. The 2 p.m. groundbreaking ceremonies were conducted by the association's board of directors: Hervis Ward, president; Wilson Minger, vice-president; Kenneth Boles, executive vicepresident; John Brooks, secretary-treasurer; Randall P. Roberts and Dr. Andrew F. Giesen. The permanent local branch building which will replace the present facility at 72 John C. Sims Pkwy. in Valpariso, will be of brick veneer construction. It will contain 1,541 feet of floor space and will offer a drive-in window and night depository. Costing. approximately $49,000, the building is being constructed by Quails Construction Co. of Fort Walton Beach and is expected to be ready for occupancy on or about Sept 15. It was designed by Lewis C. Medlin, Jacksonville architect.
JACKSONVILLE POLLUTION JACKSONVILLE ( A P > — A pollution expert charged Tuesday that the state is prosecuting only the "little fellow" under new pollution laws and letting the big offenders continue to evade regulation. Reid Diggs. who has 25 years experience in the field and is a member of Jacksonville Mayor Hans Tanzler's advisory committee on water pollution, made the charge while testifying before the City Council Health and Welfare Committee. "For 25 years we had no enforcement agency in Jacksonville." Diggs said. Under new state antipollution laws, "they're tending to interfere with the little f e ll o w —the little fellow; not the big fellow—-and they're picking on him. "The big fellow can get away with things the little fellow can't." Diggs said. He said one paper company, which wasn't identified, is polluting the St. Johns River as much as a city with 1.4 million people would. "Baptist Hospital — Lord knows how much corruption goes in from there," Diggs said. STATE COURT CHANGE TALLAHASSEE (AP)— The Florida House Tuesday approved by a 77-34 margin a proposed constitutionai amendment to streamline the state's court system. The compromise resolution, similar to one alreadyapproved by the Senate, provides for two trial courts in counties with populations of more than 100,000.
CHERRY DAHNKE—Cherry Dahnke, 17, a j u n i o r at Choctawhatehoo High School is a contestant for the Miss Billy Bowlogs title. Cherry is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Dahnke Jr., 224 Crewilla Drive.
Physical checkup precedes Apollo 10 inspection of moon
By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL Associated Press Writer SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — The Apollo 10 astronauts got a physical checkup across 200,000 miles of space Tuesday with only hours separating them from their hazardous inspection of the moon—tugging ever harder at their tiny craft. "Right now the moon looks as big as earth," said Navy Cmdr. John Young as the astronauts got their first view of both heavenly bodies at the same time. They were less than 50,000 miles from their destination. Air Force Col. Thomas P. Stafford, Navy Cmdr. Eugene Cernan and Young were scheduled to be asleep as the spacecraft entered the mysterious and unfelt twilight zone where the pull of earth gravity wanes and the moon's begins. At 4:45 p.m., EOT, Wednesday, they arrive at the point where they fire their engine— out of sight and hearing of e a r t h —and go into moon orbit leading to Thursday's separation of the bug-like lunar lander and its climactic dip to within 9.3 miles of the lunar surface. Stafford and Cernan will be aboard the LEM. Young, alone in the command module and maintaining the 70-mile-high lunar orbit, will be available to come to their rescue. Dr. Charles Berry, the astronauts' chief physician, held a conversation—not carried to news media—with the spacemen for reassurance that they were physically up to the 2>/2 day trial ahead. See APOLLO, Page 2
Reinke asks injunction against school board
B.v MARILYN PASSELL F o r m e r Okaloosu C o u n t y Commissioner R. J. Reinke has filed an i n j u n c t i o n against the Okaloosa County School Board seeking to prevent the school board from using general tax monies to pay off bonded indebtedness of the special tax districts established in the southern part of the county. Reinke's a t t o r n e y . Ferrin Campbell, said the i n j u n c t i o n was basically designed to restrict the school board from using general school board funds to pay off (he bonds of the special tax districts which were approved by the freeholders of the district several years agoCampbell said the d i s t r i c t was designed to provide money for buildings, improvements. ,md c a p i t a l o u t l a y in the tax districts. The board, according to Campbell, is using general f u n d monies, created by mill levy on the entire county, to p a r l i a l l v support the special district. No date has been'set for a hearing on the in.junetion said Campbell, and no answer has vet been filed by the School Board. School Superintendent Max Bruner. Jr. said Tuesday t h a i the i n j u n c t i o n was an a t t e m p t by Mr. Rernke to make the School Board increase the milSee REINKE, Page 2
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BUENOS AIRES (AP> — Driving his bus back to the garage for repairs, driver Enrique Pascua was hailed by seven youths who explained they were in a hurry to get to a friend's wedding. When he told them he couldn't pick them up, they stormed onto the bus and beat him up, he told police from his hospital bed. LUSAKA, Zambia ( A P > — Finger means yes and foot means no. For the benefit of illiterate voters, the symbols of a finger and a foot will appear on paper ballots June 17 in a referendum on proposed constitutional changes. BAGUIO, Philippines ( A P ) — In a plea to burglars who ransacked his home, Gov. Alfredo G. Lamen said he would let them keep the valuables they took if. they returned one item— a colorful loin cloth, still worn by many natives in the province. JAKARTA, Indonesia ( A P ) — An elderly woman was shot dead and dragged through the streets of her village by a soldier who claimed she was a witch who killed his 9-year-old son with black magic, police said. The boy's illness had been diagnosed by doctors as brain cancer.
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No danger of says Taylor
By CHARLES BRADY Brooks Taylor, Crestview attorney, said Tuesday that he is in no danger of being disbarred. " I don't l i k e t h e word disbarred," Taylor said. Taylor has pleaded guilty to a contempt of court charge and a newspaper article cited speculation by legal experts that Taylor's career is in jeapordy. Taylor cited law which states In affect that an attorney punished by court action may not be disbarred for the same action. Taylor is free on $10,000 bond for the contempt charge. The charge arose after Taylor failed to show up on numerous occasions to defend one of his clients, Billy Sanders, of Milton. The two finally made it to court Friday in Pensacola and Sanders pleaded guilty to a perjury charge. He will be sentenced June 20. Sometime after that date Taylor will be sentenced for the contempt charge. The embattled attorney is also under a federal indictment by a Tampa grand jury for his alleged part in selling moonshine liquor to federal agents. The moonshine turned out to be water. Taylor is free on $5,000 bond from that charge. He made the statement on t h e heels of a Sl.<>98 fine slapped on him Monday by the Court of Record in Pensacola. The penalty was for a contempt charge to which Taylor plead •guilty.
I shop cleared; back in business
Officials of Phase I, a poster and mod clothes shop on Main Street, were told Tuesday afternoon by city attorney Walter J. Smith t h a t the shop could reopen immediately. The officials voluntarily relinquished t h e i r license last Thursday. Attorney Robert Tongue represented the Phase I corporation in a brief meeting with city officials at city hall. After the meeting Smith released the following statement: "After city officials conferred with the owners of Phase I and their attorney with regard to return of the occupational license which was voluntarily relinquished to the city, the city agreed to return the license since it was in no position to charge any violation of city ordinances or state laws." The shop is housed in quarters leased from Ron Getz, owner of the neighboring Jackie's House of Diamonds. An official of the Phase I corporation said his group is interested in purchasing a building at the corner of Main and Perry Streets to house a coffee shop. The site is the old Rhodes Furniture store which is presently being used to house the Billy Bowlegs Art exhibition. However, unless church backing could be secured, the official said, his corporation would definitely not go ahead with the idea.
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A h u s b a n d can't consider himself henpecked until he has to wash and iron his own aprons.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER—City council candidate Jack King puts a loving hand on his daughter, Kay's shoulder as he listens to the results of the election race Tuesday night. King and Joe Guidry ended in a runoff for the council seat, but King conceded Tuesday night after the election.
PHASE II?—Owner of Phase I, Major Paul Martel, ( l e f t ) talks over plans to open a church endorsed coffee shop with Rick Bartron, one of his corporation officers. The businessmen are considering as a site for the coffee shop the old Rhodes F u r n i t u r e building at the corner of Main and Perry Streets.
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These PGDN election pictures prove that the EYES have it
Tartly c l o u il y and warm through Thursday. Hi^h today Sunrise o:49: sunset 7:35. High tide 2:09 p.m.: low tido u. mHI\KK K
Dear A l > h > KdiloriuU
ObiluurifN Sport*
B •!
'-i ."i~6
Jim % oodruff Dam
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52.5
Broad
23rd Year
No. 74
12 Pages
Fort Walton Beach, Fla.,
Wednesday Morning.
May 21, 1969
Single Copy 10 Cents
Mclaughlin, Rigdon, Palmer, Guidry win
Around Florida
GATOR PROTECTION BILL TALLAHASSEE. Fla. (AP)—The Senate approved a bill Tuesday that could send alligator butchers to jail for up to five years, while a House committee okayed a measure providing for a 10-day prison term for convicted poachers. The Senate poacher penalty proposal would up the fine from $1,000 to $5.000. Besides calling for a jail sentence of at least 10 days, the House Conservation Committee's bill would authorize rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of alligator poachers. KIRK INGORES PROTESTORS TALLAHASSEE (AP'- Some 300 youths marched on the state Capitol Tuesday and demanded Gov Claude Kirk come forth to talk with them about what they called repression at Florida State Universil>The demonstrators sat for two hours in the hot sun without as much as a glimpse of the governor.. A spokesman for the group rejected K i r k s offer to meet with one-of the crowd and hear grievances.
CITY CANDIDATES:
Some new faces, butsameanswers
By CHARLES BRADY The person who took a definite stand at election headquarters Tuesday night was Kathy Poulsen, 13^ of Bayou Trails Girl Scout Pack 122". "I'm for Joe Guidry," Kathy said, "because I know him." The s e c o n d most definite stand was taken by Kathy's girl friend Patty Ameel, 12, who said she also was for Joe Guidry. Patty said she didn't know Joe but was for him because Kathy was. Of the nine candidates only Ray Jones was missing from the scene. But for quoting purposes he wasn't missed because the eight candidates present gave the same answers to the same questions. Asked to comment on the large voter turnout Maurice McLaughlin said: Wonderful," Harry Harris said .-"Fine," Bull Rigdon said: "Real Good," George Palmer said: "Delighted." Joe Guidry said: "Wonderful." And "wonderful" which was the most popular adjective was also said by Elbert Davis. "Great," was the word used by outgoing Mayor H. French Brown while Sill Rogers was: "Very, very happy." The candidates said the large voter turnout was due to interest in the campaign which figured, but attorney Erwin Fleet, a non-candidate, said the large turnout was due to the "beautiful weather." The first break in the unanimity came after the results were announced because now the candidates were no longer candidates but winners and losers. Said the losers: Harry Harris, "Next time it's going to be better." Sill Rogers, "I'm happy the people turned out in record numbers." Elbert Davis, "The people made their choice." Said the winners: Bull Rigdon, "It shows the See COMMENTS, Page 2
No runoff as King concedes to Guidry
By BILL TENNIS Funeral director Muurico McLaughlin was elected mayor of Fort Walton Beach Tuesday defeating realtor Elbcrt Davis by a vote of 1.584 to 722. Incumbent City Councilman C.H. Rigdon defeated Sill L. Rogers, George A. Palmer defeated Harry G. Harris and builder Jack King conceded victory to incumbent Joe Guidry after winning a spot against him in a run off runoff election t h a t would have been held June :!. In making his surprise statement that he would concede the election to Guidry, King said he would make a full statement today as to why he would not run but t h a t he was very pleased with the number of people t h a t turned out for the election and t h a t the people had gotten what they wanted. A record 2,327 votes were cast in the largest t u r n o u t of voters in the city's history. Some 45 absentee votes still remain to be counted, but will not affect the outcome of the race. In defeating former mayor E 1 b e r t Davis, McLaughlin polled the highest number of votes of any candidate in the race. The unofficial tally showed McLaughlin with 1584 compared to 722 for Davis. In the Group One race for city council, building trades executive George A. Palmer reSee ELECTION, Page 2
Gulf Federal breaks ground
jp MlC6Vill6 By EMMA GOGGIN NICEVILLE —Ground w a s broken Tuesday afternoon for a new branch office for Gulf Federal Saving and Loan Association on a Niceville site fronting the John C. Sims Parkway and the head of Boggy Bayou. The 2 p.m. groundbreaking ceremonies were conducted by the association's board of directors: Hervis Ward, president; Wilson Minger, vice-president; Kenneth Boles, executive vicepresident; John Brooks, secretary-treasurer; Randall P. Roberts and Dr. Andrew F. Giesen. The permanent local branch building which will replace the present facility at 72 John C. Sims Pkwy. in Valpariso, will be of brick veneer construction. It will contain 1,541 feet of floor space and will offer a drive-in window and night depository. Costing. approximately $49,000, the building is being constructed by Quails Construction Co. of Fort Walton Beach and is expected to be ready for occupancy on or about Sept 15. It was designed by Lewis C. Medlin, Jacksonville architect.
JACKSONVILLE POLLUTION JACKSONVILLE ( A P > — A pollution expert charged Tuesday that the state is prosecuting only the "little fellow" under new pollution laws and letting the big offenders continue to evade regulation. Reid Diggs. who has 25 years experience in the field and is a member of Jacksonville Mayor Hans Tanzler's advisory committee on water pollution, made the charge while testifying before the City Council Health and Welfare Committee. "For 25 years we had no enforcement agency in Jacksonville." Diggs said. Under new state antipollution laws, "they're tending to interfere with the little f e ll o w —the little fellow; not the big fellow—-and they're picking on him. "The big fellow can get away with things the little fellow can't." Diggs said. He said one paper company, which wasn't identified, is polluting the St. Johns River as much as a city with 1.4 million people would. "Baptist Hospital — Lord knows how much corruption goes in from there," Diggs said. STATE COURT CHANGE TALLAHASSEE (AP)— The Florida House Tuesday approved by a 77-34 margin a proposed constitutionai amendment to streamline the state's court system. The compromise resolution, similar to one alreadyapproved by the Senate, provides for two trial courts in counties with populations of more than 100,000.
CHERRY DAHNKE—Cherry Dahnke, 17, a j u n i o r at Choctawhatehoo High School is a contestant for the Miss Billy Bowlogs title. Cherry is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Dahnke Jr., 224 Crewilla Drive.
Physical checkup precedes Apollo 10 inspection of moon
By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL Associated Press Writer SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — The Apollo 10 astronauts got a physical checkup across 200,000 miles of space Tuesday with only hours separating them from their hazardous inspection of the moon—tugging ever harder at their tiny craft. "Right now the moon looks as big as earth," said Navy Cmdr. John Young as the astronauts got their first view of both heavenly bodies at the same time. They were less than 50,000 miles from their destination. Air Force Col. Thomas P. Stafford, Navy Cmdr. Eugene Cernan and Young were scheduled to be asleep as the spacecraft entered the mysterious and unfelt twilight zone where the pull of earth gravity wanes and the moon's begins. At 4:45 p.m., EOT, Wednesday, they arrive at the point where they fire their engine— out of sight and hearing of e a r t h —and go into moon orbit leading to Thursday's separation of the bug-like lunar lander and its climactic dip to within 9.3 miles of the lunar surface. Stafford and Cernan will be aboard the LEM. Young, alone in the command module and maintaining the 70-mile-high lunar orbit, will be available to come to their rescue. Dr. Charles Berry, the astronauts' chief physician, held a conversation—not carried to news media—with the spacemen for reassurance that they were physically up to the 2>/2 day trial ahead. See APOLLO, Page 2
Reinke asks injunction against school board
B.v MARILYN PASSELL F o r m e r Okaloosu C o u n t y Commissioner R. J. Reinke has filed an i n j u n c t i o n against the Okaloosa County School Board seeking to prevent the school board from using general tax monies to pay off bonded indebtedness of the special tax districts established in the southern part of the county. Reinke's a t t o r n e y . Ferrin Campbell, said the i n j u n c t i o n was basically designed to restrict the school board from using general school board funds to pay off (he bonds of the special tax districts which were approved by the freeholders of the district several years agoCampbell said the d i s t r i c t was designed to provide money for buildings, improvements. ,md c a p i t a l o u t l a y in the tax districts. The board, according to Campbell, is using general f u n d monies, created by mill levy on the entire county, to p a r l i a l l v support the special district. No date has been'set for a hearing on the in.junetion said Campbell, and no answer has vet been filed by the School Board. School Superintendent Max Bruner. Jr. said Tuesday t h a i the i n j u n c t i o n was an a t t e m p t by Mr. Rernke to make the School Board increase the milSee REINKE, Page 2
World briefs
BUENOS AIRES (AP> — Driving his bus back to the garage for repairs, driver Enrique Pascua was hailed by seven youths who explained they were in a hurry to get to a friend's wedding. When he told them he couldn't pick them up, they stormed onto the bus and beat him up, he told police from his hospital bed. LUSAKA, Zambia ( A P > — Finger means yes and foot means no. For the benefit of illiterate voters, the symbols of a finger and a foot will appear on paper ballots June 17 in a referendum on proposed constitutional changes. BAGUIO, Philippines ( A P ) — In a plea to burglars who ransacked his home, Gov. Alfredo G. Lamen said he would let them keep the valuables they took if. they returned one item— a colorful loin cloth, still worn by many natives in the province. JAKARTA, Indonesia ( A P ) — An elderly woman was shot dead and dragged through the streets of her village by a soldier who claimed she was a witch who killed his 9-year-old son with black magic, police said. The boy's illness had been diagnosed by doctors as brain cancer.
Photo ti> Marilyn Taiwoll
No danger of says Taylor
By CHARLES BRADY Brooks Taylor, Crestview attorney, said Tuesday that he is in no danger of being disbarred. " I don't l i k e t h e word disbarred," Taylor said. Taylor has pleaded guilty to a contempt of court charge and a newspaper article cited speculation by legal experts that Taylor's career is in jeapordy. Taylor cited law which states In affect that an attorney punished by court action may not be disbarred for the same action. Taylor is free on $10,000 bond for the contempt charge. The charge arose after Taylor failed to show up on numerous occasions to defend one of his clients, Billy Sanders, of Milton. The two finally made it to court Friday in Pensacola and Sanders pleaded guilty to a perjury charge. He will be sentenced June 20. Sometime after that date Taylor will be sentenced for the contempt charge. The embattled attorney is also under a federal indictment by a Tampa grand jury for his alleged part in selling moonshine liquor to federal agents. The moonshine turned out to be water. Taylor is free on $5,000 bond from that charge. He made the statement on t h e heels of a Sl.<>98 fine slapped on him Monday by the Court of Record in Pensacola. The penalty was for a contempt charge to which Taylor plead •guilty.
I shop cleared; back in business
Officials of Phase I, a poster and mod clothes shop on Main Street, were told Tuesday afternoon by city attorney Walter J. Smith t h a t the shop could reopen immediately. The officials voluntarily relinquished t h e i r license last Thursday. Attorney Robert Tongue represented the Phase I corporation in a brief meeting with city officials at city hall. After the meeting Smith released the following statement: "After city officials conferred with the owners of Phase I and their attorney with regard to return of the occupational license which was voluntarily relinquished to the city, the city agreed to return the license since it was in no position to charge any violation of city ordinances or state laws." The shop is housed in quarters leased from Ron Getz, owner of the neighboring Jackie's House of Diamonds. An official of the Phase I corporation said his group is interested in purchasing a building at the corner of Main and Perry Streets to house a coffee shop. The site is the old Rhodes Furniture store which is presently being used to house the Billy Bowlegs Art exhibition. However, unless church backing could be secured, the official said, his corporation would definitely not go ahead with the idea.
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A h u s b a n d can't consider himself henpecked until he has to wash and iron his own aprons.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER—City council candidate Jack King puts a loving hand on his daughter, Kay's shoulder as he listens to the results of the election race Tuesday night. King and Joe Guidry ended in a runoff for the council seat, but King conceded Tuesday night after the election.
PHASE II?—Owner of Phase I, Major Paul Martel, ( l e f t ) talks over plans to open a church endorsed coffee shop with Rick Bartron, one of his corporation officers. The businessmen are considering as a site for the coffee shop the old Rhodes F u r n i t u r e building at the corner of Main and Perry Streets.
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