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DAILY NEWS
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38 Departed
391,004 (Roman)
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clothes on the
person
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with malt
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22 Inundations
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seepage
27 Enraptured
28 Golfirfc aids
29 Adam’s son
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31 Merganser
Quimby Melton,
Publisher
‘Quotes’
By United Press International
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (UPI)
—Young John Murray, who with
his brother found 9-year-old
Helen Miller’s body at the
bottom of a ravine where they
were playing:
“At first I thought it was a
dummy, but then I saw the
blood and ran.”
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPD—
Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who
performed the world’s first
human heart transplant opera
tion, telling why he wanted to
meet President Johnson:
“I admire him and I think
he’s a great man.”
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPD—
Rep. Clement Zablocki, D-Wis.,
cautioning against extending the
Vietnam war into Cambodia:
“Only if (President) Sihanouk
refuses to act and only because
it is absolutely necessary from
a military standpoint, should
the United States permit our
forces to enter Cambodia.”
DETROIT (UPI) — Clare
O’Conner, president of Team
sters Local 372, after the local
turned down a new contract
that would have put Detroit’s
regular daily newspapers back
in circulation:
“I hope we’ll come close to
settling as near February as
possible, otherwise I’m afraid
things will drag on as they are
until spring.”
Almanac
For
Todav
By United Press International
Today is Saturday, Dec. 30,
the 364th day of 1967 with one to
follow.
The moon is between its last
quarter and the new phase.
Tlie morning stars are Venus
and Jupiter.
The evening stars are Mars
and Saturn.
On this day in history:
In 1853, the United States
purchased the land south of the
Gila River in what is now
southern Arizona and New
Mexico, paying Mexico $lO
million for the 45,000 square
miles in what became known as
the Gadsden Purchase.
In 1903, 588 persons were
killed when fire swept the
Iroquois theater in Chicago.
In 1947, King Michael of
Rumania abdicated, claiming he
was forced out by local
Communists aided by the
Russians.
In 1959, President Eisenhower
called off the ban on American
nuclear tests.
GRIFFIN
Cary Reeves, General Manager
Bill Knight, Executive Editor
EDITORIALS KS
Editorial Roundup
Four-Year Terms
For Legislature?
One of many issues which will come before this year s
session of the Georgia Legislature is whether or not to ex
tend Legislators’ terms of office from two years to four.
At present, both Representatives and Senators run every
other year, in the even numbered years.
As with every debatable issue, there are good arguments
both for and against changing to longer terms in office.
Newspapers throughout the state have commented, some
for the change and others against it. Below we are reprint
ing an editorial from The Atlanta Journal which is the
strongest we have seen against four year terms, and one
from the Waycross Journal Herald which favors them.
The Legislature itself will not finally decide the matter.
Its vote will be merely whether to submit the question to
the people for approval or rejection. A change in the state
constitution would be necessary to extend the terms, so the
final decision will lie exactly where it should, in the hands
of the people of the state. If the Legislature does vote to
submit the idea to them, the voters decide it.
The editorial opposed to changing terms appeared under
the heading “Keep Them Humble.” Here it is:
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL
There seems to be even more foolishness than usual
coming from the State Capitol building this year.
For instance, there is the proposal to give legislators
four-year terms instead of the traditional two.
If you are in favor of making it easier for the legislator,
four years is all right. This means they will have to run
half as often.
Unfortunately, it also will mean they will be half as re
sponsive to your wishes, and there are times when they
don’t seem responsive as it is.
Our founding fathers in their wisdom saw to it that
members of the House of Representatives in Washington
would stay close to the people by means of two-year terms.
Senators, of course, serve six years up there.
If we want to transfer Washington’s system to Atlanta,
let’s give the senators longer terms, but keep lower house
members responsive to the people by means of frequent
elections.
Four-year terms will be easier on our legislators, sure,
but might make things even tougher for the people. As it
is, there are times the General Assembly acts like it owns
the state anyhow, instead of the other way around.
The editorial favoring four-year terms appeared under
the heading “Stronger Case For 4-Year Terms”. Here it
is:
WAYCROSS JOURNAL - HERALD
Legislative reapportionment has strengthened the case
for extending terms of General Assembly members from
two to four years.
The concept of two-year terms was based on keeping
the lawmakers close to the people. In the U. S. Congress,
House members serve short terms which is supposed to
make them responsive to shifts in public opinion.
But, as the U. S. Supreme Court pointed out in its
historic “one-man, one-vote” decision, state legislatures
cannot be compared to the Congress. Counties, unlike
states, have no claim to sovereignty, but are in fact creat
ions of the state itself.
As long as Georgia legislators ran from their home
counties or under the old Senate rotation system, two-year
terms seemed quite reasonable.
In most cases, members of the Senate lost their seats
anyway when the post rotated to another county in the
senatorial district.
But now under reapportionment, many members of
both the House and Senate must run at-large from multi
county districts. This entails considerable personal expense
and changes the complexion of offering for the legislature.
It could become very difficult to persuade good candid
ates to seek office in sizeable districts knowing that election
gave them only two years in Atlanta.
The proposal to change the terms from two to four years
will be presented to the voters next year. Support seems
to be growing for it.
Quimby Melton, Jr.
Editor
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BERRY'S WORLD
“I’d like you to meet a
really unusual guy — he
doesn’t show any signs of
post-holiday letdown I”
MY A
ANSWER O
Authority
What, In your estimation, is
the biggest question in the theo
logical world today? It seems to
me that Christian theologians
disagree on many points, but
what do you consider the crux
of theological argument today?
Y.A.
The big question being raised
by many so-called theologians to
day is the authority of the Scrip
tures. Since I am not a theolo
gian (just a student of the Sc
riptures) I have never had any
difficulty at this point. The
“authority of the Word of God”,
has been no problem to me.
Like others, I had to face it sq
uarely, and when I did I settled
it once and for all that the Sc
riptures are the Word of God,
plus nothing and minus nothing.
I accept the Scriptures — all of
them. I accept the portions I un
derstand with my mind, and the
rest with my heart —by faith.
They are the only real author
ity we have, and the only auth
ority we need. From the begin
ning of man’s history on this
planet Earth, Satan has tried to
drive a wedge of doubt in men’s
minds regarding the Word of
God. I’ve never had a single dou
bt since I made my decsion to
“let God be true, and every man
(who defies Tih World) a liar.”
I'm like the Gloucester captain
of a fishing schooner who said,
“I ain’t read many books, per
haps you might say I don't know
much. But I comprehend a lot.”
I am no authority, but my tr
ust is in One who is!
Mmfß
FOR TODAY FROM WVJ
Cbe Upper Roomofri
Nations shall come to your
light, and kings to the brightness
of your rising. (Isaiah 60:3,
BSV)
PRAYER: O Thou who art the
Light of the world, help us to
find Thee in the sunlight of sav
ing faith. Help us, we pray
Thee, to follow Thy star, as did
wise men so long ago. Grant
that we may have a spirit like
Thine as we live in our new
and exciting world of space. In
Thy name we pray as Thou
hast taught us, “Our Father who
art in heaven. . . . Amen.”
Thought For Today
A thought for the day—
American Poet Ralph Waldo
Emerson once said, ‘‘Every
hero becomes a bore at last.”
WORLD ALMANAC
FACTS
/N \ Jh 111
Pluto is the ninth and
most distant planet in the
solar system, being a mean
3,666,000,000 miles from the
sun and requiring about
248 years to complete an
orbit, says The World Al
manac. Dr. Clyde Tom
baugh discovered Pluto in
1930, at the Lowell Observa
tory near Flagstaff, Ariz.,
completing the search initi
ated by Dr. Percival Lowell
some 25 years before.
Copyright © 1967,
_ Newspaper Enterprise Assn. ,
Sat. & Sun., Dec. 30-31, 1967 Griffin Daily News
Religion Today
Some Thoughts
About Time
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press International
The approach of a new year
prompts reflection on the
strange dimension of existence
called time.
Poets and other wise men
have always recognized that
time is both a bane and a
blessing.
John Milton called time “the
subtle thief of youth.”
That description requires no
explanation to anyone over 21.
It has a double meaning for
middle aged parents, who have
learned that time turns children
into teen-agers, and teen-agers
into young adults who go away
to attend college or marry or
serve in Vietnam.
And it all happens so quickly,
“his golden locks time had to
silver turned,” wrote George
Peele in the 16th century. “0
time too swift! O swiftness
never ceasing!”
Moves Slowly
But time does not move
swiftly for everyone. As William
Shakespeare noted, it “moves in
diverse paces with diverse
persons.” For some it ambles,
for some it trots, for some it
gallops, and for some it seems
to stand still. Those for whom it
gallops may rue, with George
Burns, the fact that "no man
can tether time or tide.” But
QUICK QUIZ
Q—What fish is known as a
renowned land traveler?
A—The climbing perch, a
native of Asia and Africa. It
possesses special breathing
equipment which permits it to
leave the water and journey
overland in quest of a new
place to live. To move about,
the fish has unusual gill cov
ers, which it uses much like
crutches.
Q—What honor did Calig
ula, the mad emperor of
Rome, bestow on his horse?
A—He declared his horse,
Incitatus, to be a consul.
Q —How accurate is the
Carbon-14 method of dating?
A—Accuracy is within 1 to
10 per cent.
Q — How much of the
United States was covered by
trees when the Pilgrims
landed?
A—There were 937 million
acres of superb virgin forest,
including all territory except
the Great Plains and some
western desert areas.
Q—Why are helicopters,
first called “whirlybirds,”
now called “choppers”?
A—The “chopper” label
comes from the noise made
by the rotors— an irritating
and very loud “chop-chop”
sound.
Q—What animals come
down trees head first?
A— Squirrels, chipmunks
and similar light-bodied ar*
boreal rodents.
Q—Why is the number 13
universally regarded as un
lucky?
A—This superstition is
said to have had its origin in
the fact that Christ and his
disciples made a total of 13
and that he was betrayed by
one of them.
Q—What is a distinctive
feature of snowflakes?
A— Snow forms crystals
which always have six rays,-
but the designs are always
different. No two snowflakes
have ever been found to be
exactly alike.
, Q—Which planet of the
solar system is not directly
named after a Greek or Ro
man deity?
A—Earth.
time is most burdensome to
those who find it lying heavy on
their hands, and are constantly
seeking ways to “kill” it.
There are also good things to
be said about time.
As Hippocrates pointed out 24
centuries ago, time is a great
healer of wounds—emotional as
well as physical ones. It puts in
perspective many problems and
hardships which on first view
seem insupportable. It teaches
us lessons about ourselves,
about others and about life. And
even though it does not always
make us wise, it enables us to
outgrow at least some of our
follies. “Time,” said Cardinal
Newman, “hath a taming
hand.”
The most important fact
about time, from the human
viewpoint, is that it is limited.
At first glance, this might seem
to belong on the debit side. But
many thoughtful people have
come to see it as a blessing.
Days Are Numbered
It is the very fact that our
days are numbered—that we
have a finite period of time in
which to do whatever we’re
going to do in this world—that
gives urgency to our choices,
dignity to our sacrifices, and
meaning to our Ilves. In other
words, it is death that makes
life precious.
Most people don’t like to think
about death. And of course it
isn’t a good idea to become
morbidly preoccupied with it.
But a healthy awareness of our
mortality can help us to savor
each day with the delight and
gratitude appropriate to the
knowledge that we had no right
to count on reaching it and
cannot be absolutely sure of
seeing another.
Much fuzzy thinking about
time stems from a misunder
standing of the eternal life which
is promised in the Bible to those
who love the Lord and serve
mankind.
Eternal life is not a synonym
for endless time. As used in the
scriptures, it signifies a transi
tion, the nature of which human
imagination cannot encompass,
from time-conditioned existence
in the world of nature to a
realm beyond time and space
which is the habitation of the
God who was and is, and ever
shall be.
For those who believe the
promise, this is the ultimate
fact about time: We shall not
always be chained to it.
Smokey Says:
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destroy a forest!
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