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L M BOYD
Murder Is
A Mistake
"Murder is always a mistake; one should never do any
thing that one cannot talk about after dinner.”
Oscar Wilde
HE STUDIED 588 murder cases, did Dr. Marvin E. Wolf
gang of the University of Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia, it
was. And he concluded after lengthy consideration that about
one out of every four murder victims brought the killing on
himself What looks like murder, he said, oftentimes is just a
sort of suicide Interesting But suppose it s no news to report
the penitentiaries are cluttered with killers who did not mean
it, would not want to. could not help themselves.
ONLY COLOR that stirs up
little babies, say the child
psychologists, is red.
AM ASKED why the oran
gutan was so named That
was a Malay word meaning
"man of the woods."
AND NO MEMBER of the
Woman s Lib should forget
the old Japanese proverb:
"It's a sorry household where
the hen announces the
dawn
AS TO THOSE professional
working girls known as ladies
of the night, their average
age in New York City is 20.
In Miami, it's 18. Or so re
port the police statisticians.
NOTE IT repeatedly stat
ed that animal with the big
gest eyes is the blue whale
That's wrong Some squid
have eyes as big as dinner
plates. Almost a foot in di
ameter
QUERIES
Q. "What proportion of the
world s Protestants are Luth
erans?"
A. About a third.
Q. “HOW LONG will ol
ives keep in the refrigera
tor?"
A Probably about a year.
Q. “HAS NANCY SINA
TRA had a nose job? "
A. She has said so.
“A FELLOW has asked me
to marry him He does not
know that I have false teeth
Shall I tell him ’" Such was
SIDE GLANCES by Gill Fox
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“Phase 1 was over before I figured out who the
good guys were!”
the query a feminine sub
scriber years ago put to the
great lovelorn advicegiver
Dorothy Dix Replied Doro
thy: "Keep your mouth
shut." Do you agree with this
counsel'’ I don't. In such a
romantic circumstance, a
girl ought not hide what can't
be hidden forever. Now as to
her past romantic entangle
ments, that's different.
TALLULAH
Girls named "Tallulah"
like to think their moniker
comes from a Cherokee word
meaning "love maiden."
That's a myth. The language
boys say it comes from a
Cherokee word meaning
"terrible."
GAME OF CHESS was
once thought to be a great
memory developer. Particu
larly in India, this was. So in
as-much as pharmacists
there were thought to need
superb memories, students
of same were required to
take up chess as part of their
training
WHICH CAME FIRST, col
or movies or sound mov
ies'.’ Wait, don't be too swift.
First color film was "Toll of
the Sea" in 1922. First full
length sound film was "The
Jazz Singer" in 1927. You can
win bets with this question.
Address mail to L. M. Boyd.
P. O. Box 17076, Fort Worth,
TX 76102.
Copyright 1971 I. M. Boyd
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Monday, Dec. 20,
the 354th day of 1971.
The moon is between its new
phase and first quarter.
The morning stars are
Mercury and Jupiter.
The evening stars are Venus,
Mars and Saturn.
Those born on this day are
under the sign of Sagittarius.
Harvey Firestone of tire
manufacturing fame was born
Dec. 20, 1868.
On this day in history:
In 1803 the U.S. government
officially took over from
France territory acquired in
the Louisiana Purchase.
In 1864 Union Gen. William
Sherman completed his “March
to the Sea” and arrived at
Savannah, Ga.
In 1922 the 14 Russian
republics combined to form the
Union of Soviet Socialist Repub
lics.
In 1952 a U.S. Air Force
Globemaster plane crashed at
Moses Lake in Washington
state, killing 87 servicemen.
A thought for today: Ameri
can poet Walt Whitman said,
“Once fully enslaved, no nation,
state, city of this earth, ever
afterward resumes its liberty.”
today's FUNKY
RACE TRACK
BET: HORSE-
PLAY
© 1972 by NEA, Inc..
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Thonx to
Paul R. Lease
Oreon, Wis.
THOUGHTS
"Let him take his rod
away from me, and let not
dread of him terrify me.
Then I would speak without
fear of him. for 1 am not so
in myself.”—Job 9:34, 35.
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When you're afraid, keep
your mind on what you have
to do. And if you have been
thoroughly prepared, you
will not be afraid. —Dale
Carnegie .
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Wonderful news
There was a wonderful piece of news in
the paper the other evening. It was an
announcement that the state will no longer
require children to have vaccinations
against smallpox before they enter school.
The announcement from the Health
Department said there just is no more
smallpox.
Now that is wonderful news.
The killer claimed millions of lives and
Women beware
This is a warning to women, to all escaped an attempted molester.
women who drive their cars alone. . The Weekly Advertiser of McDonough
Two have now been tricked on 1-75 in reported the incidents thus:
nearby Henry County. Fortunately, both
A Jones County woman was
tricked Into pulling off Interstate
75 this week and threatened with
molestation——the second time
an incident of this type has hap
pened in recent weeks.
The description she gave in
vestigating officers of her at
tempted-assailant creates the
likelihood the man Is the same
one who tried to molest a Louis
ville, Kentucky woman in
November.
The pattern in both cases was
similar. A man in a large two
tone blue car began blowing his
horn and motioning, pointing to
the ground as if something were
wrong with a tire.
This time when the lady pulled
off on the Interstate apron and
stopped, the man raised the hood
You and your money
Money is remarkable. With a small
piece of paper, one can purchase and own
distant tracts of land, steamships, air
planes, almost anything. It is one of the
ingenious conveniences which man has
devised to serve him. Its intrinsic value is
almost nothing, so it has to stand for
something.
Mostly, United States money is based
upon the value of gold. The price per ounce
is set at a specific number of dollars. The
higher the number of dollars required to
purchase an ounce, the lower the value of
the dollar. Thus the President’s decision to
devalue the dollar means the price of gold
will go up, and the value of the dollar
down.
What, though, does this mean to us? It
should not mean much at all to most
people. There should be no impact on the
Double wedding
By RIV TOBIN
Copley News Service
Dear Mrs. Tobin: You
recently had a question about
double weddings. My question
is: should the brides be dressed
alike? They are sisters but not
twins. — Mother of Two
Dear Mother of Two: Os
course the choice is up to the
brides, but I would opt for “no”
unless the sisters particularly
wish to dress alike. Even if they
were twins, they could choose
individual gowns since adult
twins seldom wear identical
clothes.
Dear Mrs. Tobin: I received
a business letter from a woman
who holds a high office in a
national organization. The
return address showed her
name (made up) as “Jane D.
Doe” and that is the way she
signed the letter. How should I
address the reply? — Mrs.
Frank L. Davis
Dear Mrs. Davis: Without
the title “Mrs.” I would assume
This 16-year-old AN sw Eß f*}|
experimented with pot
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I have a sixtcen-year-old who, like many
of his buddies has experimented with pot.
He argues that the adult generation gets
drunk on alcohol, and the kids get high on
pot — “What’s the difference?” What
answer do you give to that, Dr. Graham? I
would really like to know. F.R.
Your child is right to a degree. Many
adults rant and rave about pot when they
over-imbibe alcohol. This, of course is
inconsistent. The real point is: it’s wrong
to get drunk on anything, pot, alcohol, or
LSD. The Bible says, (and it’s been a
workable moral teacher for centuries)
“Be not drunk (or high).” There is really
no point in blowing your mind with any
sort of alcoholic stimulant. God has so
was a scourge of mankind until vac
cination all but wiped it out. Since its
discovery various other immunizations
have been developed, perhaps the most
dramatic fairly recent one being that
against infantile paralysis.
Not only is each one of them good news
in itself, but each is proof of the ability of
man to conquer his problems.
ADVICE:
DON’T STOP
ON ROAD
Police officers urge
women traveling alone
to use caution in stop
ping on the highway.
It is best to stop only
at busy well lighted
places if at all pos
sible. Officers advise
not stopping on the In
terstate unless ab
solutely necessary.
of his own automobile and pro
duced a rifle. He demanded that
his captive go into the woods.
Shortly after producing the gun,
value of the home you own, or the bank
account in which you keep your funds, or
the value as expressed in dollars of
whatever else you own. It will, however,
mean a great deal abroad.
It will take more dollars to buy goods in
other nations such as Japan, Germany,
England, Italy and others which revalue
their own currency. This means that it will
cost more to buy imports in this country,
but less to buy American-made things
abroad. The idea is to place the United
States in a good competitive postition in
foreign trade. That is good.
This is not to say that the buying-power
of the dollar will be stabilized by devaluing
the dollar. Inflation prevents that. Our
money keeps right on rotting away here at
home. Our government is fighting it hard,
but it remains one of our most severe
problems.
the writer was single and ad
dress the letter to Miss Jane D.
Doe. The salutation would be
“Dear Miss Doe.”
Dear Mrs. Tobin: Who ex
tends his hand first in a
greeting, the man or the
woman? — Cathy C.
Dear Cathy: The woman
should make the first gesture
but she would not refuse the
greeting if the man offered his
first. Usually the courtesy is
given simultaneously.
Dear Mrs. Tobin: My
husband and I are having a
terrible argument. I want to
send out a Christmas
newsletter about our family’s
doings this last year and he
wants the traditional Merry
Christmas and Happy New
Year greeting. Which type do
you recommend? — Battling
Near Boston
Dear Boston Battlers: I
recommend the newsletter for
all the friends and family
members who would be sin-
constructed us that when we live as we
ought, and obey the moral laws, life can be
filled with exhilaration, excitement, and
fun. But, when we sear our consciences with
sin, transgress the moral code, and get all
mired down in guilt, then, and only then,
do we have to resort to artificial
stimulants. I know people who have never
smoked pot, or ingested alcohol, who are
on a “high”. Life is exciting to them be
cause they have found happiness within
foe bounds of propriety, and God’s laws.
Drunkenness is wrong. More people
were killed in alcohol related accidents
last year than the total number of our
armed services killed in Vietnam. Getting
“high” on pot is just as wrong. Except, it
has the added stigma of being illegal.
however, acarpulledoffthehigh
way to investigate and the man
leaped back into his automobile
and fled North.
The description given by the
woman, who was almost paralyz
ed with fright seemed to indicate
it was the same man who used
the trick the previous week in
stopping the Kentucky woman.
In the latest incident, the
woman traveling North followed
by the man in the large blue
car from some point North of
Locust Grove to the place South
of McDonough where she was
tricked into stopping her car.
The first lady reports a man
traveling North began following
her for some distance before
motioning to indicate car trouble.
cerely interested in what you
and yours have been doing in
1971. The traditional greeting
would be suitable for casual
friends or business acquain
tances who may not even know
you have children.
Dear Mrs. Tobin: Most of the
clergy of our Episcopal church
call the rector by his first
name. How should he be in
troduced to outsiders? —
Secretary of the Guild
Dear Madame Secretary:
Whether the “outsiders” are
Episcopalians, Baptists or
what-have-you, your rector
should be introduced as the
Reverend Mr. Hart. Os course,
if he holds a doctorate degree,
the introduction would be
“Doctor Hart.” The reply to the
introduction would be, “How do
you do, Mr. (or Dr.) Hart?”
Questions on etiquette may
be mailed to Riv Tobin, Copley
News Service, P. 0. Box 190,
San Diego, Calif. 92112.
BERRY'S WORLD
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"We all know these are times of economic uncertainty,
but you just HAVE to project a more confident
'Ho! Ho! Ho!'"
GLOBAL VIEW
Soviet Achilles
Heel in Mideast
By RAY CROMLEY
WASHINGTON (NEA)
Up to now, the Soviet Union has rather successfully
promoted its own interests in the world’s trouble spots
by backing whichever party in a revolution or war was
best suited to assist Soviet ambitions:
• The Arabs against Israel, and the revolutionaries in
Yemen, for access to oil, and for influence in the Medi
terranean, Suez, Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
• India against Pakistan for influence in the Indian
subcontinent and in the Indian Ocean area to advance
Moscow’s programs for the encirclement of mainland
China.
• North Korea against South Korea to open up secure
shipping and naval access and exit routes for its Siberian
ports, and to bring pressures on Japan.
There are signs that this Soviet policy of working
through “client states” or “proxies” may now come a
cropper—of all places, in the Middle East where Moscow
has been particularly successful these past several years.
The Russians may have been too clever.
It may seem quixotic to talk of Russian failure in an
area where Moscow policymakers seem to hold most of
the high cards and seem consistently to take the big
poker pots.
But buried in a study made for the Pentagon by the
Research Analysis Corporation is an analysis of the very
difficult problems the Soviet Union now faces in the Per
sian Gulf-Middle East area, precisely as a result of its
successes.
As this analysis notes:
“The numerous disputes of the Gulf area present a
political quagmire for Soviet policymakers. The British
presence kept these conflicts local and prevented the
intrusion of larger powers, but the removal of that pres
ence opens the door to any number of conflicts ...”
“Saudi Arabia opposes the spread of Arab nationalism
under the control and direction of Cairo ...” Moscow
could get caught in this crossfire.
Antagonisms between Egypt and Iran over the expan
sion of Iranian influence in the Persian Gulf “might force
the Soviet Union to take sides to the detriment of its re
lations with one or both states ...”
The Persian Gulf is “balkanized.” Fratricidal and tribal
rivalries “offer innumerable opportunities for Soviet ex
ploitation and gain. But these opportunities are offset by
the fluid nature of the situation and the prospect of be
coming involved in small conflicts that would erase any
Soviet gains in the area. The greater the degree of in
volvement of the Soviet Union in the various disputes . . .
the greater the risk of incurring diminishing political
returns . . .”
“Whichever choices the Soviet Union makes, which
ever side or sides it chooses in the Persian Gulf, it does
so realizing that it stands to undermine its policy in other
areas of the Middle East ...”
The report notes that in 1961 the Soviets “were caught
in the middle of the Nasser-Qasim (Egypt-Iraq) feud
and only the untimely disposition of Qasim avoided fur
ther problems with Nasser who was disturbed over the
Soviet backing of Qasim’s regime.”
To date, the Soviet Union has moved quite cautiously
among the maze of Arab problems, ambitions, counter
ambitions and conflicts in the hope of preventing the for
mation of anti-Soviet blocs. But the Soviet Union can
“get away” with this just so long. Soviet flexibility in
considerable measure becomes less as its power in the
region grows and Moscow is pressured by each Arab
ally to back that particular ally’s position against all
rivals. The Soviet Union then will not be able to be all
things to all Arabs.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
TIMELY
QUOTES
By United Press International
LANSING, Mich.—State Sen.
Coleman Young, after the
passage of his bill to give
SIO,OOO to a man wrongfully
imprisoned in his state for 30
years:
“It’s impossible to repay a
man for 30 years lost from his
life. There’s no way we can
begin to make it up to him. You
can’t put a price tag on 30
years.”
DECATUR, Ga.-E.J. Parker
describing his neighbor, Bobby
Wayne, Mendenhall, who shot
two persons to death Tuesday
and wounded another over a
zoning dispute:
“He was the nicest fellow. He
just went flip, that’s all.”
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