9 a local news updates coming up and a look at weather. WGS T meteorologist Joea. Dennis Doler is here on the sports desk. He has an update for us in just about five minutes. Now, let's get a world news update. Tom Croby is standing by in Washington at 3 o'clock. Good morning from Atlanta's news station. Supers filled in for thousands of striking Detroit City workers and negotiators from the city and the striking unions worked late into the nights trying to reach a settlement. Mayor Coleman Young maintains the city is absolutely broke and called on the strikers not to try and bring the government of the nation's third largest city to its knees. Strrs Sa he could find the money and Paul Dickerson of the American Federation of State County and Mu employees says the mayor is probably worried about the upcoming Republican convention. In that city, there's no doubt, I think the convention will help with the timing of it being only two weeks away. hopefully they won't make us stay out for the four two weeks. I understand for each day we stay out taking the for to nickel in our increase. so that may be Coleman's and the nation's copper industry as that it stands still as 39000 workers walked off the job and city lawyers in New York went to court to try and stop the Thursday walk out by police firefighters and other uniform city employees. The Senate approved a compromise Tuesday night that scraps a proposed $25000 man cut in the all volunteer army and approved spending $91 million on a replacement for the aging B52 bomber. There's a new study out that It's the most comprehensive study of the views of Vietnam veterans It finds 30% of those who fought would refuse to fight asked again. President Carter makes an official Bill sign a bill ordering 19 and 20 year old men to register for the military draft later this month. I'm Tom Crosby in Washington. Good morning, It's 301. I'm Mike Lawwing a WGST where Atlanta's New station and our metro weatherath meteorologist show zone on the WGST weather Center. mostly clear tonight. More temperatures in the upper. 60s to near 70, partly sunny and more humid day is ahead. slight chance of an afternoon or evening thunder shower and a high temperature in the low to mid90s. mostly clear this evening, low temperature 70 to 75, and partly to mostly sunny and humid on Thursday. It'll be high temperature around 90 or so. fair skies in 77 at Hartsfield Airport now,74 degrees downtown yesterday's high temperature,90 degrees, no rain during the past 24 hours. Our relative humidity,67% the windsor from the south southeast to 8 miles an hour. The barometer study at 30.11. Now, here's what's happening at 30. In metro at, de cab police have identified the man wounded in a convenience store robbery attempt last night. he's identified his 34 year old Charles Robins of an unknown address. Robbins is in critical condition at northside Hospital this morning with gunshot wounds received when he allegedly attempted an armed robbery at the magic market store 1366 dressed and drive about9 o'clock last night. Police tell WgST Robbins allegedly entered the store demanding money waving a weapon in the air he took a swing at the clerk the store clerk produced a weapon of his own and shot the would be robb Robins will be. Charged with criminal intent to commit armed robbery, the stores our store clerk's name is being withheld pending a further investigation. police have filed no charges against the clerk. Nearly one and a half billion dollars is up for grabs as the nation gears to find suitable synthetic fuel by 1990. Georgia Tech research engineer Dr. Steve Beaummar says his school is after some of that money We generally try to stay away of the government's plans the kinds of things they want to do and then we write a technical proposal that proposes a body of work and tells them what we think it's going to cost and so forth and then if we're fortunate they will accept our proposal and give us a contract and we get underway with the work nearlyly $25 billion is earmark for the search for a practical synthetic fuel Georgia Tech is already involved in such research the goal of the new program is to provide the equivalent of two million barrels a day of synthetic fuel. By 1990. policeolice officer T R. Gobers friends and relatives, including police from around the metro area, bitted their friend the Bon farewell in a packed chapel yesterday. Gober was killed in the line of duty on Saturday night while investigating a burglary and progress. The major candidates running for Senator Herman Talmdge's job indicated broad general agreement yesterday with the US Supreme Court ruling that upheld a ban on federal funding of Medicaid abortions. Lieutenant Governor Ze Miller, former F judge Norman Underwood and Congressman Austin Mais all said they would support the Hyde amendment in future federal budgets. an aide dealmage also said the senior Georgia Senator has voted consistently for the Hy position. A 25 year old man survived a fall of 200 to 300 feet in his truck in Tula Gorge yesterday, Aberham County officers identified the victim as John Vcherri of Shambly. These reported in serious condition in the bank's county hospital at Com. Abberson Haberham, a deputy sheriff Ken High Towerow, says witnesses saw Vincherri's pickup truck go off a road running alongside the top of the gorge. The truck with Vincherri pinned in was found about noon yesterday. by Haberham as Bank's County rescue units. The injured man was pulled out of the truck and rushed to a hospital. I tower says at the point where the truck started down the gorge. It side sloped. the vehicle was slowed by a small scrub pine and some other. Growth as high tower put it if he'd missed one tree, he would have landed 4 to 500 feet further down into Lula Gorge. Hello, Min and Grand. The first day of the day before my party Maroom Walter came for dinner. And we forgot to shut the door properly. Of the summer house. And. Aoon came that night. Anques. Duck' nose and the crack. and then he opened the door, and momma had bought the cake and the beans and everything from my party. And he ate up the cake. Yeah, too. Pieces of span. Two cakes. A sponge cake. And one fruit cake. And then momma to get Vicky brought us back some more. Then. From my present. I got three bagss. I got. A snoopy bag. Then I got. A handbag. And I got. One with wooden hand handles. It had things like lovable. And. All those kind of words. And thank you for the share in the necklace. The shirt I wore when we went out to dinner, but I'm going to keep it for best. And the necklace I started wearing, but then when I had to go the movies and I couldn't get it on. I forgot about Manhattan. I had 20 kids at my party. We headed it at the poll. And. There was one girl there. couldn't swimwar Ja and. She was the only black girl there, and she couldn't swim, and she went down the slide, and she started drowning, and my mum had a run in. She saw her from the bathroom. Jamatolin's mother couldn't swim. So Jamatolin's mother. Didn't know what they would do, so my mom jumped in with her clothes on and her shoes on. And they always that laughing. And. My watch, it's been so fun to have a watch in class. From bounty IU, didn't it like. It's so fun without having to a look at the school clock and you know what time it is all the time and when you're going home and when you're having lunch. And when you're having all the different things. And I skate that mum bought me. I play with with. With Maitland. And mum got some from Ma London, so we skated for around a week. 6 days. When. And then we start skating for a long time. We were skating up and down the streets and we had skate zone for breakfast and we had skate zone for dinner. And because of that, when it was dinner time. My brother, he was sitting up there and they went to get up. And he skated in his chair felony almost felt the drink, his dinner and his drink all over the place. At my party, we had a lolllly scramble. Which nobody knew what it was. So we had to explain. The whole thing to everybody there. And then they said, oh, candy scramble. And. So Jaitlin got around seven pieces of candy from a bagful that mum threw out and so her mother. K five for and gave away the rest. To somebody. And. We played a game of soccer. With the soccerer ball with bare feet and everyone's feet were her stranded. Let's go. Myty. At school. My principal wants us. To read. 47 books. Almers. Not 47, but. Almost 50 books. Exactly 51 books. And my brother has to read 20 books of the summer. And I mumd me a reading lamp to do it. With and I read one book. You still got to read now, but that will help you. I got one book down, which was called Chali and. Chocolate battery. Which that was an exciting book. Now, I'm Mon Charliell in the Great glasss elevator, which isn't as exciting. I have missus Hory to do next. I've had the book for a week now. Not a weak bit, a little over a week. Bunty is for the gifted. On program. It was the middle school. I'm studying human kindness now, watches. Humanity. Which is what I didn't ask for, except for the first. Two weeks. They give you anything. You'll be lucky if you make it into what you chose for the first week. And we have been swimming a lot. Lately in the pool and yesterday we went to Marita. To swarm until 6 o'clock while mum and dad were and then came home and had another dip in our pool. And now I've learnt to dive by jumping up real high on the in like mum does Jackni. And. I don't have much else tell you about. I've told you about swimming the reading lamp and bounty. And. And. I hope it's not too cold down there. In New Zealand, but it's been very hot here. And in Dallas, people are dying like flies. Because it's 1018. It's just nice here if it is a little hot. And. I wish it would get a little colder. And. There's not much else I could tell you about it. Bye N and granddad. I'm going to bounty now. I love you. Okay, well, there's Rachel. Now, you will notice how her speech has slowed down to a southern draw, but it was extremely slow this morning because she had just gotten out of bed. So she was a little slower than normal. but you' notice a distinct change, I should think in this day. The better news that was on beforehand, well that was just one lucky redneck, I would say that was hanging on by the end of his rifle probably that was hanging on the back of a pickup truck. . Well, I started recording to you last evening, but I went through your tapes because I figured that I had missed a few things. one of the earlier tapes you had mentioned the Christmas stockings, the children just loved them. They were terrific. Now, I've got a list of things here that I must cover. th the Rachel party. And, of course, the raoon old Alexander came out the next morning and he said, oh, you go watch those coons. He said, you make sure you clean up to night and you lock that door. He said, those coons will be back to night. And they'll bring their uncles and their cousin. And he said those coons, they don't forget where they got food from. But Rachel had a lovely birthday party, and she thoroughly enjoyed it. And a drowning incident really did happen. But she was trying to save Jimmyitland when I died done together her Rachel was spouting water when I saw her. And I thought she was drowning in nowhere. Anyway, the Emory clinic, I still have not gotten around to calling them. I don't know whether you're still getting bills. I must do that today. I know Elsie and Ridge you've gone to Australia by now. and I'm sure I enjoying hot weather again. I thoroughly enjoyed your letter about the Olympic Games. What a Shamal all told us, but. I guess if we're going to have democratic countries, we can't stop giving the people visas, but I would say that the whole thing will come to an end I doubt very much whether your teams will get away, do you really. Mamad had the flu in that letter, which I was sorry to hear about. I hope that she's back on deck now. There's nothing worse Actually, Marcisha has not been very well. She had stripped throat and an infection. and goodness knows what. And she hasn't been too good at all. She's been sick for at least 10 days, that she should be coming right now, I should think. Spike Milligan, yes, that must have been a really good shock because he's not really known here, but at last they have got to know Dudley Moore since Boderrick and T came out and so everybody's talking about Dudley more like he's just something new. I think we'll have to stop calling David the poo pilot. and we'll call him the aristocratic aviationist. seems more to the dashing clothes that he's now wearing our gather and hot footnot around the countryside to meetings and so on. And I'm sure he's very happy with his new job and congratulations. Now, mum, you gave us your list of. Today in history, we have a programme on for your May list of what happens of May to our family. We have a radio station here in the mornings in93. and there's two guys on there. And they have a thing every day they have today in history. And they have a guy comes in. And his name is professorfe very geriatric. So should you need a job. I'm sure that you could take over from professors geriatric at any time with your today in history listing. I got the clippings about the air crash. And it really was probably all. Pretty much decided before we got that, that's what had happened. It's terrible tragedy and. Part of era is almost to the point of embarrassment. I think that in New Zealand, it'll be interesting to know whether that they actually do suffer from. People flying on other airlines because I got the New Zealand Bullton the other day. And I see that the American airlines are now going to be go to fly into Wellington and Christchurch.Consequently, and New Zealand will be flying into more airports here also, but it'll be interesting to know whether people book with them or with somebody else instead of, By the way, the chicken was 39 cents a pound. not 29. but you can see that that is about all we eat one gets chicken if it comes out of ears and hamburger, Of course, I can get hamburger for a dollar 29 a pound on very, very special. And it's not the best at what they call white hamburger. But you know, it's not too bad. I had a lot of prices recently. Mary Mcgiligot loves out of paraphpherram and she. Me the cap and Man news or whatever they used to call it a sort of a Christmas edition or New Year summer edition thing. And it had a lot of news all about the museum that that guy's put at. you know, the I can't think what his name is about a Para. I mean, Tony, And he's opened that car museum at Para now and so on. But every page it had goodbye Gold Coast welcomee capity or something like that. Have they changed the name of the coast there.. You'll have had the children's examination papers by now and well I seen that they both did pretty well we're pretty pleased with them I had a letter from R the other day jumping around a bit here had a letter from R the other day and she said in the last paragraph it was that she had just seen on television that tattooing of teeth had become very popular in the United States that just everybody was getting their teeth tattoo and I had to read that to Sunny during next door and Sunny said why sure you just heard row but just everyone was having that teeth tattoo and she said in fact you either have your teeth. Or you go directly back to New Zealand. You have the choice. All ofmamoa trees are out at the moment and looking very beautiful. They're all out across the along the river. Actually, Suszy's part of the river or the creek, you know, out front of the house. It looks the prettiest right now. You mentioned the cost of movies, movies here are 375 now, but we do have twilight sessions at 530 at some theatres or your first mate of the day will be half price for adults. Children are always the same and they're while half price. . So, you know, you can save it but there, the clippings that you mentioned that like that you were all reading and that David had, were they the ones that I sent by sea, quite a little stack of them. I hope they were if they were. they got there relatively quickly. At the moment where I think I definitely have made a tape to you since Margaret Sparrow was here, have I not that was like just after my birthday and you know we obviously have received since Rachel's birthday present and we have whacked through the $60 with the watch for Rachel on the skate and so on and so forth. We've been going to the chaing you know concerts every week and they've been just terrific thoroughly enjoyable. we've had no rain out so far and the weather's been real good. . What have we got here. Oh, we had a real interesting evening a little while ago. The Fox Theatre, the old theatre downtown that has been restored, has been saved. You, they're gonna to save the Fox thing going. And they have a summer film festival with all the old and golden old age, you know, goneump the wind, Chicago and Oklahoma and fiddler on the roof and so on. They're about every two weeks and they had one Saturday them one Monday night showing. They only charge 250, and which is you know, very inexpensive, but you don't get a seat. You just have to fight for where you set. Well, We decided we just had to see go with the wind. and I had seen. Before, but John had not, So we got the tickets and we bowled down at started at 730, but we went down at6 because the doors opened at quarter 7 in order to get a decent seat. Well, it must have been 95 degrees outside. and we got down there at six. and we were in the foyer of the theatre, which is very large and there were people shoulder to shoulder. I mean, we were just like sardines and a turn. And it had to be a hundred and 20 degrees in that fo. I mean, it was just unbelievable that your hair was weak your face was dropping. everything was dropping and to add insult to injury.11 live television news was there It's just filming to see whether perhapss anybody passed out and died. You know, they like gory scenes on TV here, I think they were just sort waiting for some little was to open somebody be trampled to death. But some guys turned around to me, how do you stay up so cold And. I said, well, frankly, it's just dropping down my leg,. But so we finally got, and I thought that the. until an evening there with that heat would have been that we got inside and found the air conditioning wasn't working, but one would have experienced what it was like to learn on later in those days. But seeing on with the wind there is really something else. The theater itself is extremely old. and it's Egyptian sort of looking. And inside the theatre, there's a big stone wall around the edge of it. you know, and there's lights and things. And there's a sky. you know, like one of the theatres in New Zealand. I can't remember in Auckland or somewhere. but the stars all over the roof. But what they had at this theatre when it was originally built, nobody knew 40 years that there had been a thing put on it, the sun rises and set. and no one had knew it was there and somebody one day flicked the switch and discovered that they had this wondrous thing. and they had it on. At night that we went Well they'd had it on the Saturday, we went on the Monday, but time since about 1935 or whatever So everybody Yahoed and rawed and they've got a well they don't yahoo and raw here, they Eha. Which Maitland does extremely well. But we. They have a very large organ there, which comes up out of the floor. and they played their organ. And then they had to sing along with the words on the spring, which was a hoot. You know, the boys upstairs and the girls downstairs and all that stuff. And then they had the pink pant the cartoon. And then they had the main movie, which was just terrific. And thoroughly enjoyed that. I don't know that I've told you about that before or not. But anyway, I didn't get out after midnight. And I had a headache. I've been baing my eyes were stinging and goodness nice what. But wonderful. It was just tremendous to see a movie in Atlanta because they get all the audience get real carried away And they screw and bloody Yankees. and you know, they really get quite excited. Because you know, the Southernists believe that they're just regrouping, ready to fight back. Well, wait Rachel, wait, Rachel has just walked in the door from bounty. So Ill just get the kids some lunch, and then I'll get back to the. Well, this just has not seemed to be my day. I just don't say you have to get it together. I had to carpool this morning and take the children down to bounty and then I went to the way and did my exercises and ran a couple of miles of Allison. And I got home, and I just couldn't seem to get it together on the way down there this morning. I take Matthew from next door and a little boy called Er Greenberg and Aaron, I think I mentioned before is very good at that, and he does some. His father was the architect of the Esson's house and of course they're Jewish and on the way down, I wasn't really noticing what they were talking about and Rachel was reading something to me and all of a sudden the boys were on the back and they were talking Ma them was there I was taking him to swimming lessons afterwards he's been taking a course of swimming lessons and they had been looking at some New Zealand money the other night and he said to the boys I heard him say,Oh do you know what New Zealand money looks like and Aaron reply to that was well what do we care you know which wasn't. But I didn't know worry about that and Mael's retaliation was what do we care about Jewish Well I nearly died, I couldn't believe that he would have said such a thing so and I very nearly said well you know will we care a lot about Jewish but I didn't the way he said it, you know I knew he didn't know what the F he was talking about. But I thought well I'd leave it. So when they got out of the car I talked to mate London, he really got quite upset about it and everything and was very sorry because he really is very fond of Er Aaron in his class in school, but he's in the gifted program but I dwelt on the stand thing and I got sort of all stewed up about it So I decided that I would ring Er his mother and she she works. She's got a place called the Cook works at that Le up square and down in the omni that sell cookies and she has a dried fruit and nu store next to that and they' typical Jewish they' earn very well and. I decided to call her and explain what had happened to see whether or not Er would have been upset by such a comment and that she could handle it whatever way she thought. I had thought about leaving it, but I thought, well, you know, she should be. she should find out that he'd said that or something here. I didn't know how you and feel anyway. So I called her, and she sort of seemed a little strange this morning. And finally, she just said oh, heavens about that. just boys talk And I said, well I sort of felt that too and explained that obviously Maitland did not appreciate. he was sort of retaliating against you know, sort of a patriotism thing but did not realize what the Jewish that it was a religion. You know, anyway, she was perfectlyly happy about it. You know, she was very nice. said oh don't worry but she would speak to Er and so on and if he was upset she didn't think he would be, she said he was very fixed and I sort have said well you know felt like in this country that he probably wouldn't have any problem with that anyway and then she said well I had to get in touch with you anyway because I won't go to carol on Monday and said his father died last night well I thought so awful landing this thing on her and just the whole situation seemed to go from bed to worse so I then volunteered any assistance that I could have and you know. and I would be only too happy to take the children and so because she had to go to New York, her mother has already died and now it's a father, but oh, what a situation on them this afternoon. I got organized because we were going to chtain tonight. We go Wednesdays and Fridays and may we. Took the children over the manion because Susie and Ed are away with the boys are back And Harry was going out. So Ruth said she would babysit and just bring the kids over and put them up. you know, Louis's bedroom to watch television to get over there, get all organized, get up to chest. the one Wednesday that there is not a concert. So here I am back home again. I thought, well, there's one thing I can get the damn tape finish. I just don't send to get back to it. I mentioned Marcia and Walter by the way, Marcia gave Rachel a gorgeous manicure set for her birthday. It couldn't be an nice present for a little girl of her age. And she said, well, I don't know whether she's ready for it. But she said, Walter found it. And he just. To have it and it's a leather one and I mean I had said to Rachel this will last you a lifetime and she said, what do you mean it'll last me a lifetime, but it's just such a nice little manicure set that it really will be with her forever, it's pink and it's beautiful. So that was that what else did she get for her birthday. Everyone was just wonderful too, Of course, Beverly, you know, keeps giving us clothes. I mean, she keeps us in clothes. We never, we have not bought anything since we left New Zealand, but Beverly she had us over on the afternoon one of the days near Rachel's birthday there out west at the moment on a tour, Of course. And she had us over for afternoon tea and made chocolate chip cookies and we all sit outside and watched Jack throw Javelin and God knows what And finally we and goes goldles thought anyway, So that was Beverly and Jack there away. She finally Beverly's alwaysulcerated. You never think she's going get away. But Marsha's been going through this for years. And she said they'll get away don't worry. anyway, I don't, I mentioned to you all said that Rachel had a very nice church service us the last week where she got. ss to wear. And also I want her to ring Miedus to tell her that she has got that beautiful cross. That really is very, very nice. We were thrilled with it. and she will be able to wear that to church also a powerhe they have abalone here, which is a similar sort of thing but it's nowhere near as far as powerless She and Powerhell is something that always looks very nice set in silver anyway. but that particular service I dinner with it I've told you thishow to repeat to repeat the priest that day said that the jogging service would be starting for summer and his nationally known jogging service. I nearly went up to him said, well, it's internationally known because I told my mother and I'm sure she's called here minister down there in New Zealand and anyway so. Oh gosh well I have this English friend here and we went on a picnic one day and she had things like sausage rolls and I just couldn't believe my little eyeballs, but also one time you mentioned fish and chips which sent us all into convulsions. Well, you mentioned that you'd seen the FA cup on television Well we don't get the well I don't think we get the f cup here. but you know, we don't have television. So we're sort of just we only watch it when we're up at the mansion. We find we don't do a whole lot when we were up at the mansion. Wed just take life real easy and have a great time. in the summer now that were staying up there quite a lot. We tend to stay down in the summer house Most of the time and the other night. we had a big barbecue for 20 people last Saturday night. And I ended up just sleeping at the summer house with the children and John went up to the mansion and slept the rest of the night. It was three in the morning mindji before he really went home. So he just went up with a few hours up there to make sure the alarm was okay and everything. And. You know, we stay down at the pool the whole time. It's just wonderful. Oh dear. That's just something I haven't noted here. Webster's dictionary there was a big write up the paper you may have read it but in Webster's dictionary, they have made the an enormous popr. they had everything ready for printing and well after the election but the dictionaries ran out so they put the printing ahead of time and somebody forgot to change who the 40th prison of the United States wasn't they head down Reagan, which has been quite funny a few things that are happening here, youve probably read, I'm sure it's got to be in Time magazine on Newweek about guy called Jack Pos, who was supposed to die. E chair on I mean the guys down that right murderer. he's just done some terrible things. He has in the meantime, we've had day to day description of his rebirth into the Catholic Catholicism. Then he decided at the very 11th hour that he did not want to die in the electric chair At first he had sacked his lawyers and everything and said that he wanted to die and you know to leave him alone so finally they said they would leave him alone and they were going to electric kid in fourth June. June and he then at the very 11 hours that he didn't want to be so then he said he won a love so they gave him an appeal and then that went on again then they set the data again for the oh next week sometime, I don't know July something. And. Anyway, I was telling you about Jack Po. And so then he said he wanted to die in. They didn't want any lawyers but we've had this, know, civil rights outfit or fighting for his life that he doesn't want. And they're going to fight till the Dy end. And they sure are. And then he decided to of a sudden again that he wanted to live again. So they gave him another stay of execution. And then this very week, I mean, I think if I can damn trouble with me reading the newspapers in the morning is that I can't cut them out until of course John's rhythm at night and already, you know, mean alight when you've read the newspaper before them, it's in a mess. But if I start clipping it, he'll do his block, I'm sure So I was to clip the next day. And I want to clip out something. But now his old one of the reasons that he finally wanted to live again was that an. girlfriendirlfriend has had gotten in touch with him again and told him, you know sort of restored his faith and everything and anyhow now this very week she has decided that they want to get married and the Catholic Church have said since he has turned to Catholicism but there's going to be you a lot of paperwork for the hierarchy I don't know that they do have paperwork up in heaven but I gather that maybe they send messages through computers I have no idea how we get in touch with the Lord but anyway they said that they can't imagine at the only time that anyone has ever married on in prison and nobody's ever tried to marry when they've been on death row but in prison is when they've left woman that I. And so on, and they have had the odd prisoner as allowed to marry unwed mothers. About this guy now. And she has left a husband. Her mother was killed. if you would believe all this. Her mother was killed in a car accident and said do, She left her husband Monday. And he's throwing his way around the newspaper saying that he just loves the ground she walks on and he wants to save his marriage. but he doesn't want to save his marriage at the expense of the other man being electrocuted. if you. I mean, we have long since forgotten what this man did or why he's in there. And they've even started interviewing the family now of the. The guard that was murdered. I mean, it's just come in that family must be going through health too. So now God knows they think that it could take. now that he's had this final stay of execution. It could take two years. now that he's got this marriage thing. You know, he has become a star over, it is suckening. absolutely suckening. That jackpot I really don't even want to talk about hum. AndWellington you said David had mentioned Wellington was a mess at the moment and I had had a photo of the old where the ANZ used to be The price of gas and home you said was 237 we're paying around $120 I use unleaded gasoline and it's around a20 maybe a30 because our prices vary considerably from place to place and that self service while you pay another 1015 cents for full service which of course I never use something I thought you might be interested in was that you know the cottage is very small of course and we don't have any air conditioning we do have central heating which is gas the stove is gas. We got electric light really but we're using a fan most of the time now but our electricity bill for the last two months has been $27 each month but the same amount for two months but it is midum after all so we don't have a whole lot of electricity well mind you the gas the gas will be onto that so the power bill electricity is probably around $27 a month all year but the gas right now is 7 so you know I would think that even though this is very small. Ctage and nowhere near is the biggest, for instance, freetop lane, that that is our cost of our energy, which I think is still relatively inexpensive. Now, oh, there's another big thing that the riots in Florida that you mentioned. those four cops. Now, I don't know. I was not on the jury, and I don't know all the factss, of course, but those four cops fear beat that guy to death. I mean, it just seemed like they shouldn't have got off to me. It just I'm sure you would have read about it in the international magazines. You know, it was definitely a racial thing. And but anyway and it caused a great deal of trouble, but it seems to be back under control. I mean, there's so many things going on here with the Cubans the Cuban's rioting, if you please. And so. That one wonders really where it's all going to, oh God, we went to see the Kingston trio last Wednesday night and there was the little joke that I thought that Daddy wouldn't enjoy. They told many jokes they were really quite funny. People around here were a little disappointed and them a very, very full amtheatre at Chas A to see them. there's a plane going over him with Mcang going you'll be lucky to hear any of us, but they said that they were talking about someone that had just had an operation that the same one that Teddy Kennedy had just had it was a charisma bypass operation. I'm sure you've heard about Richard Pryor and the terrible thing that happened to him, we got sort of hourly reports as to just what he'd been doing whether there was sluffing cocaine and burning up with ether or what one we'll never know, I've just got no idea that he was amiss but you know that guy seems like he's going to love and I would have thought that at first I thought heavens said' been better off dead because not only does he have to cope with all those burns and things but he's very famous here I really didn't know all that well but he's got to cope with life mentally which I would would think will be even worse than what he's already had and it was well known that he had had drug problems. seen, in fact, an interview with Barbara Walters whom I still cannot understand why is the most highly paid interview in the country, but she is as we know, and he had discussed his drug problems and I mean he was on the hard stuff with her he was very open about it and so on. . I'm just going back over my notes, just to go back over to Rachel's party in that raoon, I'll tell you I was just so pleased we had had Vicky, my friend Vicky's lovely girl staying the night that night and we were up at the house and I cleaned up in the morning and other things around there and I because I can't let them go down to the pool you know until I'm ready. Anyway, about a few minutes before I went down, I said that they could go on down while they went down, They came running back and said, oh, this cake everywhere. And I said, what so I went down Well push you can imagine the miss. I mean, that raccoon had fair been into. I had put shopping bags up on top of the refrigerator was full so Id had to leave like the stuff he ate was the sponge cake that I was going to make the cake out of, which was the soccer cake again, because a lot of the girls that came to party with a soccer team. And I just joined all these horrible kroger bought sponges together and they didn't make sponge like they doing in New Zealand. And they call it pound cake, you know, and put them all together and then I hadn't done it because I wouldn't have done it till the day. and had eaten that, but he only ate twots or threequarter of the fruit cake. So he obviously was fussy. but what worried me down at full house. It's really nice. You know, there's a beautiful cane sweet and beautiful coverings on everything that. Matches in the pool house and out around the pool. There's cushions for all the black furniture, which is just lovely. It's a real weird pool. It's a black pool, which everybody gets a bit of a shock at. but we used to it now I really like it. It's a bit different. like most of this house bit different. And this wreckoon could have gone bananas. I mean, they've got they've got lots of crystals down there. you know, natural from the ground and stuff on little stands. and just sort of an outdoorsy area. They've got two beautiful China, handmade fish, really big a butterfish and porcupine fish or some down thing. huge things that sit on the coffee table, great big coffee table. And there's interesting things in the room, but all sorts of little pit but and pieces that one collects, you know, lot of plants and stuff. And they've got fossils and things that are in glass cases that type of thing collect. Out there We' put that raccoon could have just sent everything. But flying. I mean, he did no damage at all. He was the tariest raccoon that' ever come to of anybody. He really could have thought the Ehel car, to say the least. M, your printing's fantastic. I think they maybe it' slow, but sure, it looks real nice. And, you know, you'll pick up your own little style after a while and sort of do things the way you find it quickest to do. Well, now, what else have we been doing, John actually went down the Chaauga, which is the the real river that Bt Reynolds goes down in the movie deliverance. And they left it all four in the morning, and they got back about 10 night. Actually, I had Walter Marsha for dinner that night. So he came back kind of at the end of that, But they did not have a lot of. we were staying at the house and I wanted them to see it and stuff. So it was a convenient night and. But he came back with just one little. Cut on his elbow. You know, I think they really thought they might meet up with some hell bellies and have the odd air on the back or something. but he had a really good time. It's quite a thrill. And what else have we been doing. we've had quite a lot of been entertaining quite a bit because when they're a town, we might as well make the most of it. We only entertain tan down at the pool. So but you know, there's a demo set for about 2524 place settings of everything. And there's a dishwasher and an ice maker and refrigerator and a gas stove and a gas barbecue outside. So it's really very convenient for barbecuing. And I can also just do the shopping and drive up to the summer house and put all in I even bother going up to the mansion at the moment. We've had quite a lot of people and really, and it's just been wonderful having the pool because you know, the heat is terrific but being able to pull off in the pool is great. and we've had barbecues at Vicky's house and we've been out and about and what would be Che A and film festivals, but last Saturday night we had all these people on you know it was was really a nice party and but they didn't go to a terribly late well the next morning I got up and some more people came for lunch that day, well the children were swimming in the pool and we were just about to sit down neat and the adults and all of a sudden it started to rain where you know how those thunderstorms come over terribly suddenly here. Quite often, it usually goes dark. but this didn't really go dark. And then all of a sudden, the rain really came down. The children got terribly excited because the rain on the water. You know, all of a sudden, we just sort of thought, gosh, you know, and we said, come on kids get out of the pool where they would just getting out of the pool And a big tree fell down right and just didn't go into the pool, but fell down right beside it while it really gave us all a fright. I thought'd been struck by lightning. You know, that's why, of course you always get out of a pool here because there was massive of lightning, as you know, And anyway, the tree fell. Well, the kids all ran into the summer house and Maitland was just absolutely beside himself he was I didn't want to die yet. I didn't want to die yet. And we started cuddling them and I told them all to get under. Couch because we just didn't know. And they came it was not a tornado, but it was one gigantic thunderstorm real freakish, you know, turbulence. It just happened so suddenly. And then it lasted all of about 15 seconds as my friend that was here. one of the Roy Johnson's partners, Don and his wife were here. And she said, my God, It was so quick. I didn't even she was eating it dinnerish. I didn't even miss a mouthful. it lasted about 15 seconds,3 minutes the whole thing. I would say, well, there was, you wouldn't believe it, I mean, there's 3 inches of pan cons all at the tennis court. The place isn't a sham books. And there was several trees on the property. you know, not necessarily we didn't lose any. uge big trees that needed major, you know work that John couldn't do. We did although Charles arrived home and went banana school and the three men and everything. But we went sightseeing in the afternoon. there was a tree right across Valley Road. So, of course, the alarm went off and everything happened. And So we fixed all that up. And then of course, youve got to watch the house because there was no power. there was no power away after midnight that night. we went down the road and we were sightseeing And this Jewish woman down the road who's just moved into a new house there and she was out there must have been about2 that had happened. God, she was still out there at 9 o'clock at night. John said, I think it's the best you know most exciting thing happened her in a good while. and she was taking photographs for insurance because they can claim. A loss of on the property, you know, with income tax. Anyway, she was real excited, but it's quite funny. I've told you before about the house down the road that it has 24 hour security and a big high brick worn and everything. And the man's name is Mr. Barswell. And just recently, it was only about two weeks ago, my friend Becky, her parents live in Miami. But they have a house in Highlands. which is a very elite area up in the mountains here. And they have a friend in Atlanta here who they come to visit. and she has a friend, have you still with me, She has a friend that lives next door us Mr. Barswell that has all the security. And when they moved in, she went over. and you know, with a pot of tea or whatever and said, well, welcome and how nice it. Have them in the neighbour and hoped they could be friends and everything. And Mr. Boswell turned round and said to her that he did not appreciate one, but her coming knocking at the door. and he would appreciate Does she never set foot on his property again while she really had a peacocke either knocked out a joint. And you know, most of the people on Valley Roder and to politics are fairly social and they don't really tend to speak like that. So he obviously is. But of a hermit man. Well, the funny thing was that the tree fell not far from his house and this lady was out there. And she was, you know, rushing around with the camera and everything. And she said it was really funny because it was the power and everything went these tree. You know, you know, how tall our about 70 feet tall that went clean across the road took litter boxes everything. Fortunatelyly, not a single soul was hurt. You know, hit the same area that had hit with that big tornado that took the roof off the governor's mansion some years ago. And so people but you know, weary of these things was so sudden. got of it. Of now there would have been nothing left. I'm telling you it was just unbelievable The damage that it did. And it was just in a radius of just a couple of miles square. must be just sort of where we situated or something the ones are there. anyway, Mr. Barswell came down. this lady it up. We were talking to the Jewish lady. She had come out and they were about to go somewhere and so they had opened their garage door with the automatic, you know, think of me. And fortunately, And then when it rained, they thought, oh, I'd wait a minute. And so when it was all over their cars, were able to be got there and they were able to go out, but. Mr. Barswell's great big flesh house up on the hill is so far from his big electric gates and stone wars and everything that he didn't have time to do there. And he came down on his car, and he apparently stood there for a fair half hour pressing on his button to make his remote control with it just wouldn't. And she said there was just the funniest thing. Here was Mr. Barswell. absolutely enclosed on his concrete castle. and unable to get out. And he probably was still there As far as I know the power came back gone very late in the evening. But it was funny the day before on the Saturday.. Had been at the Paul house and the phone had gone on a man said, Mr. Robinson, the pilot here. is Charles there. And I said, no, I didn't know, I'm doubt Paul I going't check and see if John seen him. And I went down, and John said, oh, yeah, Charles was just gone to the airport. And so I went back and told Mr. Robinson. he said, oh, I'm waiting for him. when I told John that he said, yeah, he saw Ruth was trying to raresle them around. Come on, Charles, youre late the planes waiting for you. you know, And he turned around said to Charles, he, they waiting for me. you know, there was no doubt about who was waiting for who. Anyway, Charles was just unbelievable. He's 2021. He's the one that's at Harvard. And he's real stature. you know, even little Harry said, you know, there's no fun on Charles, he's home from school, but boys tos into the box. and he was very that glasses and hes not very outdoors or anything. Well, he came home on the Sunday, they went to Memphis with the parents. It was Mr.son's parents, the ones that were in New Zealand. there 45th wedding out of Israel they had an enormous party in Memphis, which apparently was just wonderful, Harry said, and the boys flew back in the private plane on the Sunday. And when Charles got home he just flew on to an absolute, you know, number one son had to take over command of the ship while daddy was away. He rang Alexander four times, and he rang Ruth and Garley panicked and carried on. And Ruth thought she was coming out to a major disaster because you know, the way he was carried on He called the tree man. AndAnd Harry, you call Georgia Power on the other telephone line. You know, there's two phone lines. And Harry said Charles,1 thousand people are going to be calling Georgia Power. You call Georgia Po, tell them what's happened. And Harry said, you know, I said, it was he he as he paranoid Harry. And he said, oh, he said, I don't know. he said, he's just got no common sense. anyway, well, he was dashing around the garden, taking a look at everything. And you know, really didnt carry away. And John said, you know, he'd be able to get all under control. It was messy, you know, there was pine cones everywhere had blown a lot of leaves around the summer house taught me all day the next day, clean it out and so on and around the pole and Pauls full of lumps of trees and got the nice what. But all the next day, Charles was rushing around the garden. You know, of then a shirt And you'd think, you know, he't got a tie on, but he might as well heavy his surgery stamp, so. Anyway, Ruth came out later in the morning. She said to me, oh that Charles, he's just a wer. And I said, well Ruth, you know, he doesn't want John to touch anything. He told me in one breath that he didn't want anything touched till's mother came home. And you know, in the next breath. he's worried sir, but it's not going to be organized very quickly because Charles, when he came home. two weeks ago, he decided he's going to have a big party. Well, we got the invitation there that I not to it just showing one. you know, John's offered to be Bamin. He said, which like a bar and. Charles, he was wandering around the garden with a paired and pin taking notes. And he's condo this for two weeks. I mean, just one absolutely paranoid. John said Charles, you like me to be. oh yes, that'll be just. Mr. Wal said be just super. So John said it's fine. And anyway, it's called an immense party And it's. Six boys are involved and they're all, you know, goldsmith and Goldstone and Greenberg and so on, and they're all ha kids coming. And he's invited 200 people to her. Well, and this's going to be down and old garden,, well, he is just so worried that this garden is not going to be back into order before then. And it's two weeks from now. And he was kept calling Alexander. Do you think you Mr. water screen, you've ever get that garden organized And the tree that's been chopped the one that fell near the pool. Well it was really not a very strong tree It wasn't a very large tree but it had wisteria growing around it and the wster had to be the vine itself was like about two inches in diameter. So it was kind of holding the tree out. Well John chopped it off where it broke, which was a little way up the tree, which made me think that had been hit like by lightning, but we don't really know whether it was. And it still looks very pretty you because wister is growing around it And it still about 8 f high, And it's some he left the leaves of the. te on there. so it really it looks quite pretty, but it does leave a little bit of a gap between the pool and the house. And oh, he wants it chopped off at the base, which will just look awful. I mean, it looks really quite attractive the way it is. but always worrying about that And Johnson's well there just no way that I am chopping that another inch of that tray. It looks perfectly nice and it could come away again. you know, the wstereo well anyway. Anyhow, so then he didn't want anything to touch because his mother might want insurance on it. But then at the same time, he wants it all back together again. Well, Ruth came out. She that child, she said to tell John to just go on with, you know, exactly what he would. She said, just listen to him. And then when he's gone, just do what you want to do. you know, you never worry about Charles Mrss El knows he's a wer and that he's like But So don't worry about it. But she said, oh that boy, She said that child. she didn' he did not want her to take Harry to something on you know, missed a particular day what was it Monday. And she said to came out like her to say to Charles I'm going to the store now, Charles, when she got back, shed told. she'd taken Harry, they sneak off. you know, he's sort of funny out't they anyhow, on the Sunday night because the power was off and everything. And Ruth had was going be coming out on Sunday night to take care of the boys and get breakfast and dinner for them. And Charles had called her and said. all this had happened not to come. And so she said was no use of coming out with that power and she will not stay in the house by herself anyway, let alone without that power. And so she didn't come Sunday night. and she came out really early Monday morning because she thought she had disasters to coat were and anyhow, about 10 o'clock just after our friends had gone, we were still down the pool and we finally room and put darkness down there So we came back here because the power was on on a circle. Actually, we we lost a lovely tree out the front. it was uprooted. And in fact, we lost the weoo tree over here then on the other property, although the rollllins lost a lot of big ones. And so we came back over here and the phone, went about 10 minutes. and it was little Harry. And he said, oh I'm going to stay the night at Chuck's house. He said, and he gave me Chuck's phone number. So I knew where he was everything. And he said now, Charles made me synchronise watches with him. He said, when we went out. He said at 5 o'clock or something and was synchronized watches to be home at land 30. And he said, I was there. but Charles did not turn out and I said, O, So John went over to babysit the house because, you know, the alarm had gone off and there was no, no alarm. So you have to take good care of it. no instance, So John went over. To babysit the house and Charles didn't get home for life to midnight. I mean, you know, I don't know what the hley was thinking of. He's just away with the theories. anyway, so when he came home, he wanted to stay by himself from the house. So he stayed there and John came on home And anyway, then next what was I going to say, oh, well, anyway, Ruth comes out and she said, oh boy, you know, he's just unbelievable, I really thought he was going to call London because Susie and Ed left Memphis and P to London And she said, I really thought he was going to call London And you know if he had described to her what he described to Ruth on the phone. Mrus. Eton would have probably flying home on the next plane. shed have been so upset about her house. Anyway, but she finally persuaded him that it really was absolutely useless calling his mother as they could find her that was. Anyway, she said that boy has never taken any interest in the garden whatsoever. she said this is Miss Suie's garden. nobody else takes any interest is they're very indoorsy people. you know, they're just not outdoors types Mr. Es has a lump and I don't know why. but he you know does have one. and so obviously is not terribly athletic and I guess has to spend most of his time making his nexts menu. but anyway, she said, but the only reason that Charles is out in this garden is because of his party. he has just got so uptight about the. I don't know if they'll ever get get to it. I mean, you know, even I get into a flat the day of a party naturally, you know, with 100 people coming. you get into bits about it. but he's not a month before. What's the point anyway, But Susie and Ed they left on on Friday. And I was out by the pool. and Susie came out and she said, oh, she was with an electric atian that was fixing one of the floodlights had gone out and they couldn't find where that much power at that house to tell you, I didn't know how they find any damn views or why takes them a while quite often. And this guy was trying to find where the floodlight was coming from anyway. And she said, oh, I just go and get you theinerary. She said. You all have a really enjoyable time with the pool on that while we are away you know the boys will be here during the week but she said they'll be away they're applying off to Savannah tomorrow that's Thursday and of course Fridays the 4 of July so that's a big day and she said you just have a really nice time around the pool now but you know that's all pretty sweet of it to say we would anyway but you know it's nice to say that and anyway she I'll just go and get you my itinerary because we're sure he's like to tell us where they're going and who they're going with and what they're doing in case somebody important calls anyway. She comes out and family me outinary, I didn't really look at it too closely. And when when I took another book began going to visit the king of Morocco, I couldn't believe her audience and visit with the king. So it's actually some international Jewish or consciencehe or some damn things, so they're meeting with Muslims and Arabs and God knows world so I don't know what's going on, he's obviously very important in the American Jewish community here. So anyway, all day Monday consequently, was been cleaning up. And you know, really, little Harry, obviously hardly has any money because he said to me, Ruth came out and told me to this too, And then later it was something funny happened. And Harry had gone with Charles in the morning to get something and they had to get parking. and and Harry said I used all my money to pay for the parking. And Charles won't give me any money to get the movies and Harry likes to go to movies is offensive movies. Ruth drives him down me. and he won't give me any money to go the movies unless I worked in the garden this afternoon, which really amused me, you know, and. So Chris Ch has never been known to lift the finger. I mean, you want to see it when those boys are out their bedrooms are just a state that clothes everywhere. I mean, it's just unbelievable. Anyway, So Harry we had the tractor and he was tearing up and down picking up big pieces of tree. and goodness knows as well. Anyway, today, Ruth called me, she said, oh, could I go down to Buck whether and'm forget one of the cars and I said, oh yes, she I'm taking Harry of the movies I want you to bring back Mrus Eson's car. Well I get, she said which card do you want to drive and I' thought I don' care. she said, oh well, I'd rather you drive the other one. So we get to the Mercedes place. They've got the three Mercedes. 1 with a hard roof, a sport with a hard roof and there's one sport,280 S E, but it's very old. It's almost vintage Joe would say, and it's convertible. And this was the1 I had to pick up. And it's a black one. And so I get down there. And she said she's all nervous about driving it. She said I'm not nervous of the car. I'm nervous of the person that own that apparently he just loves this car and he will not part with it. And you, he's real concerned about It' the one car that the boys do not generally use. However, there away. So Louis has got apparently got a heavy date tonight so. Told Ruth brought to a house with a friend he's got staying from out of town, all got dressed and I went to that room tonight because really if the children they had a babysittting and then ended up coming back and there was just a shamalel I couldn't believe it there was just clothes everywhere. So I picked up, went to the Mercedes Place to pick it up, and I couldn't drive the damn thing it was a sporter manic, and I couldn't get it into gear. And a man came over to me and he said it was the boss. He said, oh, his car is there And I said oh it Mr Elsons And he said, oh, I thought so. And you I just sort of wondered if he was chicken up on me because I was on my running shorts and everything. And Maitlin was sitting up like the king in the front. Anyhow, he finally gave me a driving lesson. He said, oh he said, give my regards to E he said, you know, I want to buy this car off and he won't sell it to me. And that's the boss of the Mercedes place So I guess that something real special about this car. So I very carefully drive home. I didn't dare put it in the garage getting it through the courtyard was sufficient for me. I drove home as carefully as anything a maintenance' said to me. You're nervous. I really was. Something fun the kids did the other week was I was trying to get rid of them so I could do bit of painting and they've been driving me bonks all morning. And you know, you always end up doing every down think for them. but they love to dress out and say they would dressing up as clowns and they look real cute with taking some photographs. and I'm going to get some copies for you and we should happen fairly soon. And I have another stack of photos of the winter series. And on through that I want to send to you which Im still getting around to getting reference and anyway dressed them up as clowns they baggy pants and they had red plastic noses and they had American hats and they had flags and they look really cute and we made a big poster board for each side of Maitland and John was working on the bridge so he took him down to the valley road and they had lemonade and fudge and they had all little bags and Ho hell and they started selling well that's a very busy road know and of course it's the most elite street town pretty well and the first person to come along with Mr. Rolands cigar that lives next door from the alarm place and he said he would had one little miserable glass of lemonbanade that was 10 cents and he gave them 50 cents John if they got enormous tus from people. And two boys came running along the road, and they were saying, oh, we're so thirsty. We're so thirsty. Oh my goodness, I would just love some lemonade. And then they said, a mirage, a mirage. I see a mirage, lemonade. And the kids went into a stirics. But then when the kids came home, they said to me said to me. Yes, who came by when we were down selling lemonade on Valley Road. King Fisal. I mean, they're mixing on the right circles down there with their lemonade. But everyone just thinks they're so cute, you know that they buy all the Ruddy fudge and lemonade. they made $5 that day. Happier Cla they were Anyway, Maitland had not been. I don't know what was wrong in them. The heat maram and getting term him. But Rachel told me that he was dragging all day. just wasn't, you know, himself. He was dragging. Anyway, what else. Oh another time. I don't know whether I told you I was doing a lunch and for Suie, you know, and because I was working there while Ruth was in hospital on there and she had all these ladies there from the mental health Association, there was10 of them and they were in the main lounge and the children came over to see me and theyd dressed up in their. Halloween costumes, and they ran past the window of the lounge. Much to my disgust that Susie was just delightedlight. She came out to me and she said, oh, the children was sick Keith, they came running past the window. and the hall costumes. I on earth of the ladies think you live on 10 acres't you've got Halloween, you know, the ma was is the alien. And Rachel' was Ca for the damn ghost flyingly past the wooden notice they must think it really is a wanted mansion. last Friday night, we went to see Theodore bacal at Cheine Park. And we've been taking the children this year because, you know,7 $5 a ticket. and it's even cheap that every season tickets. And it's almost as expensive for us to get a baby. So we've been taking the children. Subtly introducing Rachel to the, you know orchestra. So anyway, Rachel was really impressed with Theodore because. you know, he he was he was the feddler I can't think of his name and feddler on the roof. And it all but the Greek. And oh, he was apparently in the African queen. I can't remember the part that he played in that. But anyway, he's obviously very famous. And he sang very well. And Rachel was very impressed with him. And, you know, she went down and got his autograph which she is treasure. And so I'm going to get her an autograph, because she should go able to get some pretty important autographs around here. You know, you never know when you're gonna to meet up with somebody. And that's her really first famous autograph. And she was delighted. And when she came back to John, was she had gone down at halftime, first of all because she wanted to see who played the harp And she went down a man must have seen her standing there and he lifted her up onto to the stage and the lady was practicing and the orchestra and she came back. She showed me exactly how you play a ha and how you puck at little springs And she was really excited about that. And she wanted to go back and get her autograph. And I said, well, you know you can get that next week because the same lady will be there. The orchestras there every week. So she's going to do that on Friday night. It'll be 4 July. And the big concert. But after the show, she went down to get Theodore Viqueel. And they finally got backstage. And when she came back, she was so excited. And I said, oh, Walter does he looked like he does in the picture. Rachel. And she said, yes, he does. But he was all wet because, you know, Theodore Vaqueel was run over our car in Hollywood 9 weeks ago. And he was singing in a wheelchair with his Legar in the cast. I'm in a poor man not most uncomfortable. And he would have it was hot anyway. And down on the stage you't see hot because in the bowl of the ammpphitheatre must be real hot down there sitting in a wheelchair with a car singing kind of Russian folk songs that he does It, you know, it must have been just hell. Anyway, what else can I tell you, I finally found a hairstyle that I can use on Rachel, but it's, you know, we braided it. and she just looks like Bo derics I call him I 10 and a half. And she looks really cute. It's really.