- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporter Jim Whipkey reporting on Attorney General Arthur Bolton's report into misconduct on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 December 5
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Whipkey, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1967-12-05
- Subject:
- Attorneys general opinions--Georgia
Parole boards--Government employees
Parole boards--Corrupt practices
Pardon--Georgia
Parole--Georgia
Attorneys general--Georgia
Prisoners--Georgia
Bribery--Georgia
Georgia--Officials and employees - People:
- Bolton, Arthur K. (Arthur Key), 1922-
Claxton, J. W. (Joseph Wilbur), 1911-1986
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this WSB-TV newsfilm clip from Atlanta, Georgia on December 5, 1967, reporter Jim Whipkey reports on Attorney General Arthur Bolton's report into misconduct on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.
The clip opens with a shot of the Judicial Building in Atlanta. It pans down to Jim Whipkey as he delivers his report, which is transcribed in full below.
"Seven months of intensive investigation by the Attorney General's Office will be condensed in a report sometime next week. Since last May 9th, the staff of Arthur Bolton has been investigating the Pardon and Parole department. It started when the Governor asked the Attorney General to look into the affairs of the Pardon and Parole Board and report on its conduct. Since the investigation started, all three members of the Board have given extensive testimony, and Bolton has tried unsuccessfully to subpoena the financial records of Board member J. W. Claxton. The investigation has involved literally hundreds of people, employees of the office, and former convicts and their families. Attorney General Bolton says his report will contain recommendations for changes in the Pardon and Parole department. Bolton will not talk publicly about the changes, but there is likely to be a surprise or two in store. In the midst of the investigation there have been charges of influence peddling, payoffs, and all sorts of wrongdoing. Nothing has been proven and it seems unlikely that the Attorney General's report is going to offer any proof. It does seem pretty certain, however, that the long awaited report will have some suggestions to prevent the ugly rumors from cropping up again. From the State Capitol, Jim Whipkey, WSB News."
Reporter: Whipkey, Jim
Title supplied by cataloger. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn52490
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn52490
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn52490
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn52490/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn52490, WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporter Jim Whipkey reporting on Attorney General Arthur Bolton's report into misconduct on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 December 5, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1423, 28:02/29:22, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 20 secs.): color, sound ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
