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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, Jan. 20, 1972
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L M BOYD
Rich Girls,
Poor Girls
“I wish I were rich enough to be confident
or poor enough to be desperate, so I could do
something worthwhile, like find a man.”
Emily Arnold
The wealthy woman believes she is most attractive
at age 35. The not so well-to-do girl thinks she looks
best at age 25. The wealthy woman feels she is most
confident at age 38. The not so well-to-do girl is under
the impression she is most confident at age 35. Such
were the findings of Professor Ernest Burgess of the
University of Chicago after a 10-year study of the matter.
DID I TELL you more
than half the world's
motion picture houses
are in the Soviet Union?
THE SUPERMARKET
boys say the average
woman spends 40 cents
for every minute she’s
in the store.
ONLY ONE girl in
every 19 is a true red
head, don’t forget.
ELEPHANT
Upon command, a good
domesticated Asian ele
phant by age 25 ought
to understand 24 separate
orders. That’s not counting
the special kicks in the
ribs from the rider. Said
elephant also ought to
be able to pick up from
the ground on order these
five things: A machete,
an axe, a hobble chain,
a coil of rope and a stick.
This is an Asian elephant,
remember. An African
elephant is rarely trained
for chores.
IF AND WHEN you’re
feeling miserable, consider
this. Most anybody's
suffering, contends one
theorist, is caused by
one of four things:
1. Pain. 2. Fear. 3. Guilt.
4. Loneliness. Can you
think of any of your
woes not covered by one
of these?
QUERIES
Q. ‘"ls Arthur Godfrey
conceited?"
A. Cant say, wouldn't
know. Have noted on
his TV commercials.
SIDE GLANCES by Gill Fox
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“When I grow up, I'm going to refuse to pay that
portion of my income tax that goes to subsidize
spinach farming
however, that he strolls
down lovers’ lane by
himself.
Q. “SAY, chief, were
you aware that nobody
knows how April got
its name?”
A. THAT RIGHT?
Heard it came from a
word meaning ‘to open."
You know, like to open
buds into blossoms.
FIRE
Any experienced woods
man will tell you, if the
fire is for cooking only,
it ought not be bigger
than the skillet. Bonfires
are for Boy Scouts, pep
rallies and East Indian
funerals.
WHAT TO DO with the
old car’s beat-up radiator,
that's the question. Why
not make a whiskey still
out of it? That's what most
moonshiners use. Wait,
check that. It's illegal.
The foregoing facts
explain why so much un
licensed white lightning
is contaminated with
lead.
THAT WAS no asp that
bit Cleopatra. Were no
asps thereabouts. Must
have been an Egyptian
cobra. A parking lot
ticket-taker, who studied
the matter, told me that.
Address mail to L. M. Boyd,
P. O. Box 17076. Fort Worth,
IX 76102.
Copyright 1971 L. M. Boyd
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Thursday, Jan. 20,
the 20th day of 1972.
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 Aquarius.
American figure skater Carol
Heiss was born Jan. 20, 1940.
On this day in history:
In 1892 students at the
Springfield Mass., YMCA
played the first official basket
ball game.
In 1936 King George V of
Britain died.
In 1969 Richard Nixon was
inaugurated as the 37th pres
ident of the United States.
In 1970 the United States and
Red China resumed the War
saw talks.
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THOUGHTS
"Thus says the Lord of
hosts. Render true judg
ments, show kindness and
mercy each to his brother,
do not oppress the widow,
the fatherless, the sojourner,
or the poor; and let none of
you devise evil against his
brother in your heart.”—
Zechariah 7:9. 10.
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Kindness is the golden
chain by which society is
bound tog e t h e r.—Johann
Goethe, German dramatist.
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Street work overdue
If paving plans announced by the city of
Griffin for this year and next, the city
streets should be much improved.
The work can’t be done too fast to suit
most Griffinites.
The condition of city streets has been
deteriorating at an accelerated pace
during the past few years.
Street lights needed
Mayor Louis Goldstein announced this
week he would push for a program of
getting more mercury lights installed in
the community.
This aspiration is commendable.
A recent national magazine survey said
A joke is what it is
The girl who was nominated for appointment to the U.S.
Naval Academy said the whole thing started out as a joke. g
We hope it ends that way.
It should. g
'Viva Mexico'
While Americans have been preoccupied with cold wars
in Europe and hot wars in Asia and the Middle East, with
a Communist takeover in Cuba and military coups in
South America, with monetary crises abroad and an eco
nomic slump at home, with internal dissent and national
self-doubt as a result of the endless Vietnam conflict, a
quiet and almost unheralded revolution has been taking
place right next door.
Mexico is knocking on that door and saying, ‘‘Hey! Look
at me!”
We are so used to associating instability with Latin
America nations that it comes as some surprise to realize
that Mexico is enjoying the longest period of steady,
peaceful and impressive economic and political growth in
its history, a period that began in the 19305.
On the economic side, Mexico has registered a 7 per
cent annual rate of growth in real terms for the past two
decades. This is second only to that of Japan.
The importance of this phenomenon to the U.S. economy
lies in the fact that 70 per cent of Mexico’s exports go to
the United States and about the same percentage of its
imports come from the United States.
The Mexican peso is ranked by international bankers
as one of the strongest currencies in the world. Actively
seeking foreign investment, Mexico pays the highest in
terest rates in the world.
On the political side there has been not only stability
but a steady strengthening and broadening of democracy
in Mexico. This has been especially true under the leader
ship of President Luis Echeverria, now in the second year
of his six-year, nonrepeatable term.
Government is taking on an increasingly youthful aspect
in a nation where half the population is under 21 years of
age and 70 per cent is under 30.
Mexico preceded the United States by almost two years
in lowering the voting age to 18. In late 1971, under Eche
verria’s initiative, a constitutional amendment was
adopted by Mexico’s congress to lower the minimum age
for election to its House of Deputies from 25 to 21 and for
election to its Senate from 35 to 30. (In the United States,
current minimum ages are 25 for the House of Represen
tatives and 30 for the Senate.)
Another constitutional reform eases representation re
quirements for minority parties in the House of Deputies.
A sweeping fiscal reform bill is aimed at achieving a
more equal distribution of wealth, which remains Mexico’s
chief unfinished business.
In accompaniment with this internal progress, relations
between the 29 United States of Mexico and the 50 United
States of America “are at a peak,” says Mexican Foreign
Minister Emilio O. Rabasa.
There are points of friction, as exist between the best of
neighbors. One in particular is the salinity of Colorado
River water which the United States delivers to Mexico.
Others are the problem of migratory workers and drug
traffic across the border.
It is significant, however, that “Operation Intercept,” a
heavy-handed U.S. attempt to curb the flow of drugs, has
been replaced by “Operation Cooperation.”
Also significant, in view of the constant barrage from
the left about U.S. “economic imperialism,” is the fact
that Mexico neither feels smothered by its giant neighbor
to the north nor does it ask for special treatment.
“We realize,” says Rabasa, “that the future of Mexico
is up to Mexicans.”
There are now 50 million Mexicans, and their future is
bright. No longer is the stereotyped image true, if it ever
was true, of Mexico as a guy resting beneath a sombrero.
The midday siesta break is a thing of the past in the coun
try’s accelerating business and industrial life.
“Manana”—tomorrow—has become today in modern
Mexico.
She should try
to make marriage work
My daughter married a man she was not
in love with, because he offered security.
Should she get a divorce? B.D.
When your daughter stood at the altar of
God and took the marriage vows she was
obviously aware that she didn’t love this
man. The mistake was made in giving
consent to marry a man for the mercenary
cause of personal security.
She should pray, not to be released from
her vows which were taken before God, but
Commissioners who were aware of the
problem—they have to ride on the bumps
and hit the potholes, too—wanted to do
something about it but were limited
because of lack of money.
(Where have we heard that before?)
Now with some state road bond money,
it looks like work finally will begin on a
program that is long overdue.
that the number one worry on the minds of
most Americans was that of crime in the
streets.
Well lighted streets are not conducive to
crime.
We applaude the idea of more mercury
lights.
MY fMh
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tha t love will be given her for this man who
loves her. Your daughter has committed
two sins. First, deception, because she
took a vow she didn’t mean, and second, in
marrying for such a low reason. She has
sinned against this good man, and has
sinned against herself. Since no Biblical
cause for divorce is present, she has no
right to even think of divorce. Her only
hope is to pray for forgiveness, and that
God will give her as much love for this
man as she has had for herself.
BERRY'S WORLD
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"There must be some mistake. My schedule indicates
that I am to be meeting with a spokesman of the 'Ripon
Society'—not the 'Rip-OFF Society’!"
BRUCE BIOSSAT
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N. Viet Bombed
To Bolster Saigon
President Nixon’s newest flurry of heavy bombing raids
upon North Vietnam reflects, among other things, a bal
ancing of domestic political risk.
They bring the war back to public consciousness at a
time when it has faded from the nation’s front pages and
television screens. On the surface, this would seem a
dangerous gamble. Polls show the American people have
lost all patience with Vietnam.
As an offset, however, the President knows there has
been no lasting impact on the public mind from previous
large “pre-emptive” strikes against North Vietnam this
year and last. They were quickly over. They did not ap
pear to upset the general impression that the war is wind
ing down.
Still, the risk is there. And, in theory at least, the
chance exists that this kind of thing could sour the cli
mate for the President’s February trip to Peking.
On this point, the fact Mr. Nixon chooses to hit Hanoi’s
soil suggests he believes that China has compelling rea
sons—most particularly its difficulties with the Soviet
Union —for wanting the President’s visit to come off as
planned. The air strikes also suggest the President does
not expect even a minor substantive agreement over
Indochina to emerge from the Peking talks.
Yet, the question has to be: Why, at this relatively calm
turn in America’s foreign affairs, take any risk at all?
The answer is that there is another risk Nixon wishes
to avoid—and thinks he can at low cost of himself politic
ally. That is the prospect that Hanoi this winter could
mount some kind of offensive within South Vietnam which
might start the process of Saigon’s downfall many months
before the U.S. presidential election next November.
The President has understood all along that his “Viet
namization” program contained no built-in guarantees of
success. Though never publicly acknowledged, the admin
istration’s concern always has been that any deterior
ation in South Vietnam’s independent position not be seen
as the direct and immediate result of our troop with
drawals.
Early in Nixon’s term, though, a high official said
the President felt no obligation to “stay in Vietnam for
ever” to secure South Vietnam from Hanoi’s aggression.
Obviously, the President would like to prevent Saigon’s
collapse. But, if it is going to occur, he would like, ideally,
to prevent it from happening while he is in the White
House. And, next best, to prevent any clear downslide
before the next election.
Most guessers have been saying that this latter pros
pect was a pretty good bet, but not a sure one. It has
been recognized that some parts of South Vietnam are
vulnerable to fairly limited North Vietnam assault.
The worst danger spot is Military Region Two, a lightly
populated highland sector well below the DMZ, where
Viet Cong elements have remained in strength and infil
tration of North Vietnamese regulars coming down the
Ho Chi Minh Trail is easy.
As a separate piece of real estate, Region Two is not
worth much. The lurking fear is that, first, its fall to
Hanoi would be played big here and abroad, and, second,
its loss would allow Hanoi to flank other more valuable
areas and thus open the way to larger disaster.
All the justifying language from defense secretary Mel
vin R. Laird and others comes down to one thing—an ef
fort on a massive scale to prevent the kind of dry-period
build-up right now which would encourage Hanoi to under
take a disruptive assault.
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QUOTES
When the sun is shining it
is difficult to sell umbrellas
for the next rain shower.
—Adolf von Thadden, form
er chairman of Germany’s
National Democratic party,
on the decline of the neo-
Nazi organization.
Why should we play with
secrecy? Why should we not
let American scientists know
the facts of which Russian
scientists are well aware?
Why should we not publish
papers before they are
stolen?
—Nuclear physicist Edward
Teller, on government
secrecy.
The Japanese see them
selves as weak and poor and
us as rich and powerful,
while we see the Japanese as
prosperous 10-foot giants.
—Marshall Green, assistant
secretary of state for east
Asia and Pacific affairs.
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FACTS
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
created the famous detec
tive Sherlock Holmes in “A
Study in Scarlet,” pub
lished in Beeton’s Christ
mas Annual, in 1887, The
World Almanac says. Doyle
received a medical degree
in 1881, but abandoned his
medical practice in 1890 to
devote his time to writing.
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