The Macon Telegraph from Macon, Georgia (2024)

December 23, 1993

Publication:

The Macon Telegraphi

Location:

Macon, Georgia

Issue Date:

Thursday, December 23, 1993

Page:

11

Extracted Article Text (OCR)

SljeMacon (Telqjrapli L0C8llStat6 Local state 2B Obituaries 3B Crime bulletin Thursday 4 Nation 4B 2B4 Dec 23 1993 ID Actor who played Michael Jackson in TV movie dies from leukemia By Stephen Elkins The Macon Telegraph WARNER ROBINS Wylie Draper Jr a former Warner Robins resident who played Mi chael Jackson in a television movie died Monday night in a Burbank Calif hospital The father Wylie Drap er Sr said his son died from leu kemia complicated by a recent bout with pneumonia Draper 24 played the adult Mi chael Jackson in the ABC movie Jacksons An American which aired in Novem ber 1992 was getting ready to jump (into father said Wednesday Re cords wanted him to perform Then he got Draper was diagnosed as hav ing leukemia in March In Sep tember doctors told the family Please see ACTOR 2B 4 Wylie Draper Jr 1 Hr fl GOP senators propose ending tax on food instead of state income tax cut By Nancy Badertscher The Macon Telegraph ATLANTA The Senate Republican Caucus on Wednesday unveiled a legislative agenda that rejects the call for an income tax cut and instead advocates using the surplus revenues to phase out the sales tax on food Minority' Leader Arthur Edge IV of Newnan said Senate Republicans believe the public would be better served by carrying out Zell 1990 cam paign promise to eliminate the sales tax on food feel that would do more to put the money in the hands of the Edge said at a Capitol news con ference He said Miller has a and history begin ning when he was lieutenant governor that makes his call for an income tax cut little suspect" Late last week Miller announced that he would rec ommend a tax cut that would save a family with two children earning $30000 a year about $120 a year in taxes believe more of a campaign slogan than something sincere said Edge who was Please see GOP 2B 4 Maryann BatesTlic Macon Telegraph JjV m' Ml LA I il I I Hr 1 uY I X'vMtlv" A ML JHBEstL x3IHB Christmas giving Beverly Reese above selects Christmas toys for her children during the Salvation Army toy giveaway held Wednesday in Ma con Hundreds of people turned out to select free toys clothes and food for Christmas compliments of the Salvation Army At right are boxes of filled stockings waiting to be given away 'fwi 'WwWo' Ly wiwfcS A'ldKW TT Monroe board to apologize for school paddling Policy also will be changed By Nancy Badertscher The Macon Telegraph The Monroe County Board of Ed ucation will change its policy and issue a public apology to tlie nintli grader who was paddled last month for being late to school because of a appointment the board chairman said Wednesday having the superinten dent draw up a letter stating that we realize when we adopted the policy some of its ramifica board chairman James Wat kins said sorry about tine way it all turned out" he said Paul Gillespie complained to the school board earlier this month about a policy at Mary7 Persons High School in orsyth that al lowed school administrators to pad dle his 14 year old son Joshua The policy stated that a student will be disciplined after being tardy to school foui' times regardless of tine circ*mstances Joshua was paddled Nov 17 when he arrived late to school with a note from his orthodontist He had been late three other times be cause of similar appointments his father said He was given the option of being paddled being placed on in school suspension or being sent to after school detention Joshua accepted a paddling from Assistant Principal Ron Sharpley Joshua's father complained that students should not be penalized for keeping medical appointments He said he was told the policy was de veloped because lot of parents oversleep and get their chil dren to school on Watkins said board members agreed at their meeting Tuesday night that tire policy should have been written to allow for excep tions "We just think about tills situation We think he said our liindsight is tet ter than our Gillespie said Wednesday he be lieves Watkins has dealt fairly with his complaint am very appreciative of his ef he said think going to get justice for Josh and what Convicted WR officials lose another sentence delay bid By Eric Velasco The Macon Telegraph ATLANTA Warner convicted mayor and two former police officials lost a second bid Wednesday to delay their sentences from the city's sex tape scandal In a one sentence order the lltli US Circuit Court of Appeals de nied appeals bonds Wednesday for Mayor Ed Martin former Police Chief George Johnson and fomier police Maj Gary rost The men had asked the court to postpone their Jan 5 reporting date to begin solving sentences in the 1991 attempted extortion of Councilman Bill Douglas a chief political rival of Martin and Johnson were sen tenced to 51 months or more than four years in prison rost's sen tence was 33 months or less than three years The three defendants next may ask the US Supreme Court to in tervene An emergency request is under consideration defense attor neys said The 11th Circuit ruling capped a Hurry of activity Tuesday and Ed Martin George Johnson ni" 41 Hl zjx Kgifr' Wednesday by both the delense and government Defense attorneys Halt Almand Charles Enon and George Willkuns filed an emergen cy request for bond along with an inch tliick stack of supporting documents with the Atlanta based federal appeals court Tues day The US office re sponded Wednesday morning and the court ruled about mid afteriuxm This is tlie second request for a delay in Martin's Johnson's and date to report to prison US District Judge Wilbur Ow ens Jr turned down a similar Please see CONVICTED 2B 4 Putnam approves paying employees for unused vacation time By Cheryl incher The Macon Telegraph During a closed meeting Tuesday Putnam County commissioners agreed to pay about 50 Sheriffs Department employees for unused vacation time a practice tliat apjiarently has been going on informally for 18 years The decision comes with a price tag of $23 (XX) over the department's 1993 budget The employees were paid Wednesday froht the county's contingency fund County Manager rank Brantley said Brantley stiid the matter will be handled tlirough a budget adjustment to be voted on by the full boaiti ear ly next year Commission Chairman Donald Ridley said the vole willfprobably be taken in ebruary i During a closed meeting Tuesday Putnam County commissioners ap proved the payments a practice that apparently has been going on informal ly for 18 years Although Ridley and the four commissioners said the decision was not a formal one the issue and vote should have been discussed in public said David Hud son legal counsel for the Georgia Press Association Georgia law saysthat ('losing a meeting to discuss pci'SOiinel matters everything from a hir ing to' dlscipliiiftry action may be done behind closed doom to protect the person's reputation But an across the board pay policy and any related action should have been discussed anil voted on in a public meeting he said "What they did is illegal and someone could challenge the decision and ask the court to set it aside" Hudson said Commissioner Bob Poole said he heard ayes and nays on the pay issue during die closed session but he said he think the employees were going to get paid until he found out they were on Wednesday He said "I don't like surprises like this I suggested we get with the sheriftand talk about Commissioner Steve Layson agreed saying that Sheriff Gene Ressgau needs a personnel policy Some times he chooses tu follow county policy Layson said and sometimes he follows a kind of unwritten sheriffs department policy Resseau said he has always had a policy and he pledged to get something in writing to tlie commission ere by the first of the year He defended the practice of paying employees for unused vacation time "We work 21 hours a day and if someone takes a vacation 1 have to call someone in to take their place" the sheriff said "They do this to oblige me by working instead of taking vacation That's actually cheaper for the county than paying 1 le also defended going over budget this year saying operation of the new jail was more costly than expec ted particularly since the county did not get a contract to house federal prisoners as had been hoped for year was unusual Next year understand if they Resseau said "The job of the Sheriffs De partment is not to make money My job is to protect best 1 the and provide sei vices I do 11.

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