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VENIN VT
By Quimby Melton
“Good News of Great Joy” is
the title of this week’s Interna
tional Sunday School lesson.
Background Scripture is Luke
1:26-38; 2:1-20.
The Memory Selection is
“The angel said unto them,
Fear not; for, behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people. For
unto you is born this day in the
city of David a Savior, which is
Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:10-22)
In this “sophisticated age”
there are those who demand
“scientific proof” of all things.
They say they want “facts not
fiction’ ’. They hold the only true
way of knowing the difference is
to “feed facts, the facts of
history, into computers”, which
then will grind out “true facts”.
These should guide mankind on
what he should do and how he
should do it, they maintain.
Even the severest critics of
the Bible cannot deny that a
man named Luke once lived.
Secular history tells of him. So
in admitting that Luke lived
they should also admit that
Luke was in a position to “keep
a diary” if he wished. And he
did, we find this in the Gospel of
Luke and in the Book of Acts.
Now, turn to the opening
chapters of Like: Notice how
Luke “pinjoints” the birth of
Jesus. Luke does not say “once
ipon a time” as fairy stories
are wont to do. Instead, Luke
reports that Jesus Christ was
born during the reign of
Augustus Caesar and to further
pinpoint the time, adds that
Quirinus was the governor of
Syria.
The most cynical critics of the
Bible have to admit that a man
named Luke did write about
something that happened that
Christmas Eve some 2,000 years
ago. They do not deny a child
named Jesus was born, all they
can do is to argue why He was
born.
These cynics maintain His
birthday had no special impor
tance. Millions of others know
His birth was the most impor
tant event that has happened
ance God created the world and
the fullness thereof.
Let’s think a bit about the title
of our lesson — “Good News of
Great Joy” — Can anyone
imagine any greater Joy than
that which comes to one who
fully realizes “God so loved the
world. . . (John 3:16).
And let’s look at the Memory
Selection: Here we are told the
angel said the “good tidings of
great joy” came to all people
not just to a few — to all nations
and races not just to Israel and
its people. Certainly not just to
America but to all nations of to
day.
With a “song in our hearts”,
may we this Christmas join the
chorus of the angels in giving
praise and thanks to our
Heavenly Father and observe
Christmas with the sincerity
that behoves us and determine
to carry on the spirit of Christ
mas all through the coming
days and years.
“There’s a Song in the Air”
let’s all join in the chorus.
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Fourth, fifth and sixth graders and special education students at Jackson Road elementary
elected not to exchange gifts with each other this year and give their school a Christmas present
Weather
CLEAR
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
68, low today SI, high yesterday
81, low yesterday 51. Total
rainfall .23 of an inch. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:38, sunset
tomorrow 5:30.
Indians
coming
back
MACON, Ga. (UPI) — The
Indians are caning back to
Macon.
An agreement was reached
Thursday between the chief of
the Creek Indian Nation and lo
cal Chamber of Commerce offi
cials for members of the tribe
to return to their native grounds
of Macon.
The Creeks from Oklahoma
will serve as guides at the Oc
mulgee National Monument as
well as operate a trading post
and shop.
The idea was originated by
Macon Chamber President
elect Charles H. Jones, who also
serves on the advisory board
for the national monument. The
monument is operated by the
National Park Service.
Health board eyes assembly
in fight against Venable
ATLANTA (UPI) — The
State Board of Health, whose
efforts to oust Health Director
Dr. John Venable have been
thwarted by Gov. Jimmy Car
ter, will ask the General Assem
bly to change the law so the
board could fire Venable with
out Carter’s approval.
In another development re
lated to the sued with Carter
and Venable, the board Thurs
day rejected or only partially
implemented several requests
for changes made by the gov
ernor through Venable.
The board, which has asked
Venable to resign twice in the
past month, voted Thursday to
ask the General Assembly to
amend the state health code so
the board alone can hire and
fire a director by a two-thirds
vote. At present a firing needs
the approval of the governor.
Carter has asked Venable to
stay on to help implement the
governor’s proposed reorganiza
tion of the Health Department,
under which the health board
would be abolished.
Venable, who has been at
odds with the board for some
time over the bounds of the
board’s authority and the im
plementation of certain pro
grams, said Thursday he has
no intention of resigning now.
“My answer to them, the
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DACCA—Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora (1) chief of staff of the Indian army, and Lt Gen. Asan
Ali Khan Niazi of the Pakistani army, sign surrender papers ending the war between the
two countries on the eastern front The ceremony was held at Dacca’s race track (UPI)
board, was no and it will con
tinue to be no until information
reaches me that I am no longer
useful,” he said. “They did not
convince me it was in the best
interest of the department for
me to accept.”
The rift between Venable and
the board came out into the
open only after Carter an
nounced his plans to merge the
health department into a new
departmentof human resources.
The board has vowed to fight
Carter’s proposals and was re
luctant Thursday to go along
with current requests of the
governor.
Carter had asked the board to
have an independent accounting
firm or the office of Legislative
i-pn
“Now is the time you used to
wish it was.”
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, Dec. 17, 1971
Budget Analyst Pete Hackney
•evaluate a project of the Medi
cal Care Foundation and that a
$15,000 a month contract with
the firm be renewed for only
three months beginning Jan. 1.
The board voted, however, to
renew the contract for six
months if the $90,000 necessary
to finance it can be found, and
Dr. B. W. Forester, board
chairman, appointed a four-man
committee of board members to
do the evaluation.
The foundation, under its con
tract with the health depart
ment, reviews Medicaid claims
of doctors, hospitals and
nursing homes and makes
recommendations for their pay
ment or rejection.
Carter also asked the board
to raise montly nursing home
payments for the poor by about
18 per cent to $330.
The board, instead, voted to
limit the raises to 6 per cent
because members said the fed
eral Price Board has placed a
general limit of that amount on
increases for hospital payments.
The governor requested that
the women’s prison facility at
Central State Hospital in Mil
ledgeville be taken out of the
control of the Health Depart
ment but the board delayed ac-
instead. Students raised some S6O and purchased three trees for the grounds. Shown checking out
one of the trees is Supt D. B. Christie. He commended the students on their project
tion on it until next month.
Carter also asked the board
to begin a public dental care
program and he said he would
provide $200,000 in emergency
funds to help implement it.
The board said it decided last
month to begin such a program
and voted Thursday to seek a
$48,841 supplemental appropria
tion from the General Assembly
to begin it and a $623,682 bud
get for its operation in fiscal
1973.
In another move Thursday,
Forester directed a study of the
possibility of having three sep
arate directors in the depart
ment — one for physical health,
another for mental health and
a third for administration.
Venable branded it as “a
move to strip me of my autho
rity.”
On still another matter, For
ester said he would not accept
reappointment to the board af
ter his term runs out next June
but he said he would not resign
before then.
In a final action, the board
voted to remove smallpox from
the list of diseases requiring
mandatory vaccination for
school children.
Vol. 99 No. 298
By United Press International
President Agha Mohammad
Hayha Khan of Pakistan bowed
today to an ultimatum from
Indian Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi and agreed to her call
for a cease-fire on the western
front, thus apparently ending
the third India-Pakistan war in
24 years. East Pakistan surren
dered Thursday.
Heavy fighting was reported
today 40 miles inside West
Pakistan near the Kashmir
border, with both sides report
ing the other suffering heavy
losses before the 9:30 a.m. EST
cease-fire. Pakistan also report
ed an Indian bombing attack on
the big city of Lahore today.
Mrs. Gandhi told parliament
Thursday East Pakistan had
surrendered unconditionally and
that Dacca had become the
capital of a free state. She
followed this an hour later with
a unilateral declaration of a
cease-fire on the western front.
Today she told Pakistan that
its military leaders—meaning
Yahya Khan—would be respon
sible for the consequences if
they spumed her offer of a
cease-fire. Shortly afterwards
Yahya Khan, speaking on
Pakistan radio, accepted the
offer.
Although the war was over to
all intents and purposes the
worldwide repercussions re
mained and Mrs. Gandhi told
the Indian parliament today
that India must remain vigilant
“since in today’s world things
tend to get complicated.”
Complications Arise
One possible complication
came today from Singapore
where military sources said a
Russian task force including an
aircraft carrier and at least one
nuclear submarine passed
through the Strait of Malacca
three days after a U.S. 7th
Fleet task force entered the
Bay of Bengal.
Another came from Commu
nist China which accused India
Thursday of sending armed
reconnaissance patrols into
Chinese territory—a charge
similar to those which preceded
the Sino-Indian border war of
1962.
Another repercussion was the
deteriorating relations between
the United States and India.
Washington put most of the
blame for the war on India, and
Mrs. Gandhi in a letter to
President Nixon said the United
States could have prevented it.
Diplomats said the upshot
was that the Soviets had
strengthened its position on the
Indian subcontinent in relation
to the United States and China.
India emerged as the dominant
power in that area, Pakistan
was vastly reduced in strength.
WASHINGTON—Vice President and Mrs. Spiro Agnew stand
with Interior Secretary Rogers C. B. Morton after the vice
president lit the National Christmas tree in Washington.,
(UPI)
Agnew prays
for POJFs
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
annual lighting of the national
Christmas tree this year was
accompanied by a prayer from
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
for release of American war
prisoners.
Agnew, standing in for
President Nixon at the tradi
tional ceremony, pointed out a
lone, smaller tree standing in
front of the 63-foot Fraser fir
which is the nation’s official
tree. He said it was dedicated
to the POWs and servicemen
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SHOPPING DAYS
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Warm spell sets
new records here
Several high temperature records have been set this
week but the warm spell that caused old records to fall is
just about over.
The forecast for tonight and tomorrow calls for clearing
skies and much lower temperatures.
The records started falling last Saturday when a 73
degree high broke the record for Dec. 11.
Another record was broken Sunday, the high Monday
came close to the record for Dec. 13 and Tuesday’s 73 set a
new mark for that date.
The mercury climbed to 73 degrees again Wednesday,
setting still another record.
The temperature reached 81 degrees here yesterday,
breaking the all-time record for Dec. 16.
“That’s the highest temperature I can remember this
late in December,’’ Horace Westbrooks, Griffin’s official
weather observer said.
“1 checked back a few years and couldn’t find a higher
December temperature. The 81 may not be an all-time
December record but it probably is a modern day
record,” he said.
The current warm spell has upped December’s average
temperature to 4.5 degrees above normal.
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Doctor
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missing in Southeast Asia,
adding:
“We pray for their well-being
and safe return to their
families.
“I hope also that the light
from this tree and others like it
will show the way for those who
wander among us without goals
or conviction —those for whom
the bright hours are gone —
those who feel that their last
happy smile has been smiled
and that they no longer care in
which direction the road of life
winds.
“May this season of Christ
mas help to restore their
impoverished souls and convert
their apathy to positive love in
the spirit of Christ,” he said.
He then chose Gary Morris,
7, a black orphan from the
District of Columbia, to come
on stage and help flip the
switch that electrified the big
tree from North Carolina’s
Pisgah National Forest.
A small band of youths stood
on the outside of the crowd of
10,000 shouting “peace now”
but they apparently were
beyond Agnew’s earshot.