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Griffin Daily News Tuesday, April IL 1972
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He Can't Sell
Rose Girdles
An enterprising Bostonian in 1948 picked up as a
bargain a boxcar full of tea rose panty girdles. He’s still
got them, he reports sadly. Why do women refuse to buy
girdles of a tea rose color? Mostly, they want white. Se
cond mostly, blue. Third mostly, yellow.
Sacrilegious drinkers, the rascals, like to point out
historical documents definitely prove that 4,000 years
before Christ there were at least 20 different kinds of
beers.
On a pay telephone in Japan, you can talk three min
utes for three cents. Thirty seconds before the limit, bing
bong goes a musical chime.
Then — click — the line is
dead.
It’s not just that gray
hair on a brunette’s head
is apt to show up better.
Said brunette tends to get
gray earlier. A British
dermatologist named H.A.
Drake proved that.
QUERY
Q. “What religion is
Sheik Mujibur Rahman,
that new boss of Bang
ladesh?”
A. Got to be Moslem.
None but the Moslem use
that title Sheik.
Only three out of 100
race horses that compete
on the track ever win back
enough money to pay for
themselves. That fact calls
to mind a remark by the
late Charlie Lindeman,
publisher. Told me once
he just invested in half a
race horse. And itemizing
the feed bills, he added
ruefully, "It was the wrong
half."
Quite clear is the natural
purpose of the cough and
the sneeze and that unlove
ly reflex called the wretch.
But am advised no medical
man yet has explained the
natural purpose, if any,
of hiccups. Curious.
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TALK
That husband who makes
a positive point to devote
a little time each evening
to quiet, earnest, private
conversation with his wife
improves his chances daily
for a happy matrimonial
career. Such is the claim
of a San Francisco spec
ialist on life among the
married. How true! Re
member that, mister.
Counsel with your lady
friend for awhile tonight,
and do it alone, even if you
have to crate the young
sters and stack them in
the closet. This advise is
offered today in place of
the usual guidance on pol
itics and religion.
At last report the suicide
attempts were outnumber
ing the actual suicides by
eight to one, please note.
More than nine out of
10 criminal cases now are
settled by handshakes in
chambers, it’s said.
Anymore, the industrial
ist use nine times as much
castor oil as the doctors
use, and I’m glad.
Address mail to I. M. Boyd,
F. O. Box 17076, Fort Worth,
7X 76102.
Copyright 1971 I. M. Boyd
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Tuesday, April 11,
the 102nd day of 1972.
The moon is between its last
quarter and new phase.
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 Aries.
New York fashion designer
Oleg Cassini was born April 11,
1913.
On this day in history:
In 1947 Jackie Robinson
became the first Negro in
major league baseball when he
played for the Brooklyn Dodg
ers against the New York
Yankees in an exhibition game.
In 1966 Guam-based 852 s
bombed Vietnam for the first
time.
In 1968 President Lyndon
Johnson ordered 24,500 military
reservists called up, half of
them for duty for Vietnam.
In 1970 the Apollo 13
spacecraft headed for the third
U.S. landing on the moon. The
attempt was aborted when a
faulty oxygen tank exploded.
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THOUGHTS
Then Solomon began to
build the house of the Lord
in Jerusalem on Mount Mo
riah, where the Lord had
appeared to David his fa
ther, at the place that David
had appointed, on the
threshing floor of Oman
the Jebusite.—ll Chron. 3:1.
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I never weary of great
churches. It is my favorite
kind of mountain scenery.
Mankind was never so hap
pily inspired as when it
made a cathedral. — Robert
Louis Stevenson, novelist.
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About missing people
There has been a rash of missing people
in the Griffin area recently, including
teenage girls.
The Griffin Daily News has published
stories about some and omitted stories
about others. The paper’s policy is this: It
wants to cooperate in every legitimate
way to help concerned families locate their
absent members. It does not, however,
desire to sensationalize and embarrass
people.
Therefore, we are glad to publish a story
*— The meat you eat
The price of food is worrying our friend
the housewife who buys most of it. She and
her husband are making more money than
ever before, but it is harder and harder to
stretch it enough to make ends meet
The fact of the matter is, the price of
nearly everything is higher, too. But she
does not purchase a car, a house, a color tv
or stereo every day, so the impact of their
higher cost is not so constantly with her,
and thus not so painful as the cost of food.
The price of meat is under particular
bombardment Perhaps that is because
the average American eats 192 pounds of
beef, pork, veal and lamb a year. This is
considerably more than the average
American’s own bodyweight, and is tough
on the pocketbook.
One reason the price of meat is so high is
that the average American is making
more money and is able to buy more of it
The more money he makes, the more meat
Youth: too set in ways?
In an interview slightly less than a
month before his fatal heart attack,
baseball great Gil Hodges made an
interesting observation on youth today. He
said, “They seem more set in their ways.
They don’t take instruction.”
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Now being rigid and set in their ways
supposedly is the province of the over-30s
Girl’s immaturity
By PAT And MARILYN DAVIS
Copley News Service
Dear Pat and Marilyn:
What can we do about our
daughter who is now 18? Since
her birthday, she feels she owes
nothing to the family. She says
that the law made her an adult
and as she put it, “her own
woman.” She will graduate
from high school in June and
she refuses to attend college.
She intends to move into an
apartment and live her own life
without any interference from
us.
The only way we’ve inter
fered so far is by paying all her
Ulla, giving her a generous al
lowance, and buying her a car.
She feels she can get a job and
make it on her own. I’m afraid
she might get into some serious
problems as she is not as ma
ture as she might think. How
can we convince her to attend a
college or acquire a skill of
some kind?
Her answer is always the
same — “Stop telling me what
to do. I want to live my own
life.”
Uptight Parent
‘Take up your cross
and follow Me’
What did Jesus mean when He said,
’Take up your cross and follow me.” L. B.
Following Christ is not too complicated
when we really make up our minds to do
so.
To follow Him means to walk as He
walked. The Bible says, “He that saith be
abideth in Him ought himself also so to
walk, even as he walked.” (I John 2:6).
ms does not imply just a cold copying or
imitation of Christ. We can only “walk as
he walked” when we are abiding (living)
in Him, and He is living is us. Too many
people have the idea that we are saved
because we behave in a certain way. The
truth is: we behave in a certain way
because we are saved.
When we “follow Christ” we are
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Quimby Melton, Jr.
Editor
Telephone 227-4334
or even a picture of a missing person AT
THE RFQIfF-ST of a member of the
immediate family, or of a proper police
official. In accordance with this policy,
Griffin Daily News reporters are
instructed to cooperate fully, but not to
pluck notices off police or sheriffs
bulletin boards in order to capitalize on
what is at best a heart-rending experience.
We may miss an occasional “news” item,
but we save a more frequent tear. This, we
believe, is the desire of the great majority
of our nearly 11,000 subscribers.
he buys, the more he buys the greater the
demand and thus the greater the drain
upon the supply. Then the old law of supply
and demand comes into play and the price
goes up. See how it works?
Oh no, we haven’t forgotten the middle
man, that much maligned individual upon
whose shoulders the blame is placed by so
many people. Certainly, he packages, it
fancily and that costs money, but the
consumer demands the fancier packaging.
And then, too, he packs it under more
expensive conditions and supervision and
pays the people who do it more money. He
has to pass all those costs along or else go
broke and get in the breadline himself. So
we can’t blame him too much for that
What’s the answer to it all? Gosh, we
don’t know. If we had the answer, we
wouldn’t be writing editorials. We’d be •
running the country, that’s what. Too bad
those who are running it don’t seem to
have the answer either.
who make up the suspect Establishment.
Is it possible that the generation that is
going to right the world’s wrongs lacks a
major tool for the task?
This is flexibility, and this does not mean
a wishy-washy attitude. As a wise
professor once said, over and over again,
“You’ve got to know the rules before you
can break them ... effectively.”
Dear Parent:
Tell your daughter that her
18th birthday did not guarantee
instant maturity.
Give her the facts of life.
Make it dear that if she moves
out she must pay ALL her own
bills. Then suggest that she
make a budget in order to know
what she must earn to survive.
She will probably be dumb
founded by what it costs to
merely exist — not to mention a
few luxuries.
Make it crystal clear that you
do not intend to finance her im
maturity, but that you do hope
to help while she furthers her
education — business college,
nursing, beauty school, etc.
Dear Pat and Marilyn:
I am a happily married wom
an and have a wonderful hus
band who would do anything for
me. But I have a problem.
I’ve had two miscarriages
during the last two years. We
both love children and want a
baby very much. Our life is
really complete except for this.
dependent upon the leadership of the Holy
Spirit. Read the life of Christ, and you will
see how often He was “led of the Spirit.”
This was true of the disciples also, and of
the apostle Paul in particular.
Wemust follow Christ also in our love for
others. He loved noblemen, and He loved
outcasts. He loved the rich, and He loved
the poor. His love went out to everyone.
Love is the badge of the Christian, but too
often we see a bitter, cantankerous spirit
among church people. When we follow
Christ, love will dominate our lives.
Then, we must follow Christ in our
loyalty to Christian principle. Sometimes
we must take a stand for Christ, regar
dless of the consequences. It may lead us
to Gethsemene and to Calvary, but we
must follow Him — even if it means a
cross.
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I live in fear because I cannot
give my husband the child he
wants so badly. I would rather
free him from the marriage
than tell him I can never bear
his child.
We have talked of adopting a
baby but my husband says he
could never feel that it was
truly his child. I know I could
love the baby as my own. Tell
me why I can’t have a. baby
when so many other women are
giving their children away.
No Name
Dear No Name:
Have you contacted a gyne
cologist in your area? You need
a specialist to advise you.
You have a great deal to be
thankful for— a husband who
loves you and an almost perfect
marriage. Surely, you would
not seriously consider leaving
your husband. You have more
happiness than some women
ever achieve. If you are unable
to have your own child, your
husband may take a different
view on adoption. In the mean
time, please let me know if you
are able to locate a specialist in
your area. He may be able to
solve your problem.
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WASHINGTON (NEA)
The battle for Bangladesh is just beginning.
Chinese-trained tribal guerrillas have been captured
in the east. There are reports more men are being trained
in northern Burma and in some areas of northeast India.
The Soviet Union is strengthening the Communist party
of Bangladesh and pushing for a united front government
which would have a representation for three minority
Communist and pro-Soviet groups far beyond their nu
merical strength in the country.
The struggle does not end there—it is spread through
West Pakistan and eastern India. In the West the pro-
Soviet wing of the National Awami party is working for
what amounts to a breakup of West Pakistan into a se
ries of smaller states held together in a loose union. This
despite the Moscow welcome recently given to the West
Pakistan head of state.
Though the Russians and their Indian allies have denied
any such intent, this plan to split West Pakistan was the
trigger that prompted President Nixon and Dr. Henry
Kissinger to become so involved in the India-Pakistan
war. The U.S. action, it is believed here, temporarily
prevented the breakup. But the evidence now is that the
pro-Russian underground is expanding its attempts at
“freeing suppressed minorities” throughout the West
Pakistan area.
By contrast, in India itself, the pro-Soviet Communist
party is working with Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s Congress party
against any split-off of the West Bengalis to join with
their East Bengali brethren in Bangladesh.
But in India’s West Bengal, the pro-Chinese Communist
party is working for “liberation” of this people and push
ing their right to separate from the New Delhi govern
ment and join Bangladesh.
What we have in the India-Pakistan-Bangladesh sub
continent today therefore is not a fight between com
munism and democracy but the age-old struggle between
two powers—the Soviet Union and China and their na
tional interests.
The battle will get worse. The followers of each side
have threatened continued violence.
This is a struggle it would be well for the United States
to keep at arm r s length, except to aid those unfortunate
people who may be homeless or starving because of these
disorders.
By stepping in, the United States can be too easily cast
as the villain by all sides concerned. But by keeping free
and waiting, Washington will give the Soviet Union time
to make those mistakes in foreign affairs for which it is
famous.
After what seems like well-planned successes. Moscow
has a propensity for bobbling, by attempting to be overly
devious, playing every nation and group involved against
the others—while endeavoring to be the confidant of all.
Recent studies indicate that however great Moscow’s
initial successes in this international intrigue, and they
have been considerable, over the years Moscow’s ten
dency toward overkill leads to a strong local reaction.
The best thing for the United States, then, is to wait,
keeping the door open for normal friendly relations with
those governments in the area while waiting for Moscow
and Peking slipups.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
No Name
TIMELY
QUOTES
By United Press International
WASHINGTON - Herbert
Alexander, author of the book
“Money in Politics,” comment
ing on a new law that requires
public disclosure of political
contributions to federal cam
paigns:
“I think there will be a
tendency to dry up certain
large contributions which have
been possible in the past where
an individual may take contri
butions in the size of 1100,000 or
$50,000.”
RALEIGH, N.C.-Richard F.
McCoy Sr., reacting to the news
that his son Richard Jr., a
Vietnam veteran, had been
charged in Utah with a $500,000
hijacking:
“I don’t see how he could do
such a thing and be consistent
with the (Mormon) church’s
teachings. But war does funny
things to people sometimes.”
DAILY
Quimby Melton,
Publisher
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GLOBAL VIEW
Moscow, Peking
Roil Bangladesh
By RAY CROMLEY
WORLD ALMANAC
FACTS
An avalanche is a rapid
ly descending mass of snow
and ice or rock and earth
usually activated when the
base of the mass is unable
to support additional weight
or is undermined by ero
sion or melting, The World
Almanac says. Avalanches
push a wall of pressurized
air before them which has
toppled railroad cars, and
the vacuum created in their
wake has pulled people out
of their homes.
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