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Griffin Daily News Wednesday, October 25, 1972
Some suggest political
spying is very common
By NORMAN KEMPSTER
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Backstairs at the White
House:
The administration is trying to minimize the charges of
spying and sabotage leveled in the wake of the Watergate
raid as the sort of thing that happens in politics all the
time.
This approach may keep the case from becoming a
major issue in the Nov. 7 election. But it also could make it
more difficult for President Nixon to govern if it erodes
public confidence in the government and if he wins the
four more years he seeks.
Democrats and others have accused Republicans of
wiretapping, espionage, surveillance of individuals and of
efforts to destroy Democratic candidates by issuing bogus
news releases, making malicious telephone calls to voters
in the middle of the night and inventing incidents of racial
bigotry.
The administration’s first line of defense has been to
refuse to “dignify” the charges with a reply coupled with
an occasional blanket denial. That’s fair enough although
an effort to meet the charges head on and disprove them
might be more effective.
Practical Joker
As a fallback position, the President and his aides both
in the White House and in the Committee for Re-election of
the President have suggested that such things are
common in politics and are engaged in by both sides.
The American political system has produced its share of
corruption and unethical campaigning. But such scandals
also sometimes have led to the repudiation of the people
responsible.
John D. Ehrlichman, Nixon’s top domestic adviser,
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recently compared the charges of sabotage to “political
pranks.” By implication, he equated the use of
undercover agents provocateur with the capers of Dick
Tuck, a Democratic practical joker who has bedeviled
Republicans for years.
White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler
responded to questions about the allegations: "It goes
without saying that the administration does not condone
sabotage or espionage or surveillance of individuals or
preparing dossiers on them... None of these elements has
a place in the political process.
Public Not Convinced
“Neither does the shouting down of speakers at political
events have a place in the political process. Shouting ob
scenities to disrupt a meeting has no place in the political
process.”
When Nixon was asked at a news conference in
September about a General Accounting Office report
pointing to possible violations by his campaign of the new
contribution reporting law, the President replied that
there were “technical violations” on both sides.
The public seems to agree. A recent Louis Harris poll
showed that a majority of the voters considers the various
charges against the Nixon administration and the GOP
campaign organization to be “just politics.”
But some serious students of the political system are
concerned over possible implications for the future. Their
thesis is that if the public decides it can’t trust any
politicians, then it may decide it can’t trust Nixon.
They argue that such a widening of the credibility gap
could make it difficult for the President to rally broad
support for needed national and international programs in
a second term.
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DR. LAWRENCE E. LAMB
Most last about a year
Viruses cause
common warts
By Lawrence Lamb, M.D.
Dear Dr. Lamb —Did you
once comment on warts
caused by a virus? One
mother whose child has
warts laughed at the idea. I
must have mislaid the article
so could you please tell me
if this is correct?
Dear Reader — You can
have the last laugh on your
friend. Any competent der
matologist will tell you that
all common warts are caused
by a virus. They probably
belong to a single species
of viruses called the papo
vavirus.
This doesn’t mean they
are contagious or will spread
from one child to another
so don’t worry about that.
Most of the common warts
that appear on the hands
and arms and sometimes the
face will have a normal life
span of about one year. This
is an important thought to
keep in mind in evaluating
any form of treatment. There
are several different forms
of treatments that doctors
use, but usually this is not
simply cutting them out.
That can cause infections
and since the wart is a virus
infection this usually means
it comes right back. For this
reason doctors often use liq
uid nitrogen to freeze the
wart and then lift it out or
electrodissection or other
measures.
Dear Dr. Lamb — Why is
sugar so detrimental to
weight loss? I am an English
mother visiting her daugh
ter. My stay has been pro
longed by various health
problems and 1 am no longer
young. A cup of tea means
so much to me. Having tried
various sweeteners on the
market with tea, I would
rather go without. I have
failed in so many attempts
to lose weight.
Dear Reader — One level
teaspoon of sugar contains
about 16 calories and only
enough energy to walk about
a quarter of a mile. The rea
son people have difficulty
losing weight isn’t because
they use sugar, eat bread
or fat meat, but because
they eat too much of every
thing. Sugar does have a
lot of calories per weight
because it contains little
water and no roughage.
If you want to lose weight,
though, you should follow
a consistent pattern for
months directed toward cut
ting down on excess fats,
foods containing flour and
sweets or sugar. This helps
get rid of the foods that are
the richest in calories and
lowest in bulk. For a person
whose weight is stable a
reasonable decrease in cal
ories followed regularly will
usually do the trick. Most
people tire of their diets and
don't stay on them long
enough to get effective re
sults, or they go on crash
diets that their health can’t
tolerate any great length of
time.
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Send your questions to Dr. Lamb,
in core of this newspaper, P.O. Box
1551, Radio City Station, New York,
N.Y. 10019. For a copy of Dr. Lamb's
booklet on blood sugar send 50
cents to the same address and ask
for "Blood Sugar" booklet.
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Burglary
Home security
can be costly
Editor’s Note: This is the
last of a series examining the
rising incidence of home bur
glaries in the United States.
By DIANE CLARK
Copley News Service
Any number of systems are
on the market for burglar
proofing a home. Security de
vices range from the $2.50
sliding glass door lock to the
$2,500 communications sys
tem wired to an alarm com
pany’s receiving center.
It is up to the consumer to
decide how much and what
type of system he needs,
based on what he can afford
and upon the advice of a “rep
utable’’ alarm dealer.
A good lock system is what
police recommend when they
lecture on home security.
“TTiat’s enough to discourage
most amateur burglars,” they
say.
There are far more sophis
ticated devices than locks,
however.
There are electrically wired
floor mats which, when
stepped on, emit an alarm;
custom-made screens woven
with electronic devices that
screech if removed, cut or
broken (about SIOO each), and
portable systems disguised as
encyclopedias which are
merely plugged into the wall.
A local alarm system (one
ringing only at the home)
ranges from about SIOO to
SI,OOO and a communications
system starts at SSOO and can
go up to $5,000 in the movie
star Beverly Hills bracket.
These ring at a central alarm
receiving unit operated by the
company or at a police de
partment.
One decision an alarm pur
chaser must make is whether
he wants a perimeter alarm
system (one protecting win
dows and doors) or a space
alarm which protects an area
and acts as a burglar trap
zone, say near a safe or in a
hallway the prowler would be
likely to walk through.
An electronically wired mat
hidden under a rug is one type
of space alarm. A plug-in
microwave unit which can be
hidden in a closet or cupboard
and protects a 900-square-foot
area is another.
The microwavk unit costs
about S3OO but for less than
half that price is an ultrasonic
plug-in unit, which cannot be
hidden, that emits a cone
shaped beam reaching out 25
feet.
The plug-in units, disguised
as books and stereo speakers,
are especially practical for
persons staying in hotels or
renting small apartments
where a complex central sys
tem is unfeasible. Triggering
the alarm lights a 300-watt
light, followed in 15 seconds
by loud shrieking, like a police
siren.
Also available for apart
ments is a “pick-proof” lock
alarm system in which a siren
powered by a battery-oper
ated transistor sounds when
the lock is tampered with.
A type of perimeter system
other than sensitive and ex
pensive screens consists of
plastic magnetic devices at
tached to windows and doors
and hooked to a central bell
system. When the windows or
doors are budged more than a
fraction, the prowler is in for
a loud surprise. A good
perimeter system might cost
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SSOO or S6OO.
Any combination of
perimeter and space systems
at almost any price is avail
able.
A person can have numer
ous panic buttons installed
throughout his house to keep
help at his fingertips or a
woman can purchase an inex
pensive shrieking device the
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side strolls.
Because installation and
upkeep of the systems are
critical, careful selection of
the company providing secu
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Many are “fly-by-night” op
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but gone tomorrow when a
malfunction develops. A quick
call to companies listed in the
Yellow Pages elicits many re
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In choosing a company,
check to see bow long it has
been in the area and insist
that satisfactory answers are
given to your questions.
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