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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, November 16,1972
"Oh— That's Just the Cost of
Electing a President!"
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L. M. BOYD
The President
With a Ph.D.
Ask the brightest boy at the dinner table to name the only
Ph.D. ever elected president of the United States. If he doesn’t
say Woodrow Wilson, dock him dessert.
CLIENT wants to know whether a telephone’s busy signal
will turn into a ring if you wait long enough on the line. Can’t
happen. Ever. Circuits won’t reconsider. Need to break the con
nection, dial again, always.
BUG EXPERTS contend
mosquitoes are attracted by
heat, carbon dioxide and es
trogens. Therefore, it is theor
ized by some men of science,
that person most likely to be
bitten by a mosquito is a hot
blooded heavy-breating fe
male. If you are acquainted
with any such, please query
her on this matter. Further re
search would be useful.
QUERIES
Q. "What did the old
Egyptians make their mummy
coffins out of?"
A. Cypress, mostly. Quite
wise. Don't know of any wood
that lasts longer. Even dead
cypress logs underwater for
years are made into lumber.
Q. “WHAT’S the difference
between a crane and the her
on?"
A. Too many differences to
enumerate. Main one, probab
ly, is cranes are good to eat,
but herons taste like bad
bony fish.
IF YOU’RE going to in
sist that bananas, tomatoes
and peas can indeed suffer
strokes, heart attacks and
clots in their veins, don't quote
me. Quote Dr. Mark A. Staah
mann and Dr. J. C. Walker of
the University of Wisconsin.
They said that.
WRITING
That professional man said
to write most legibly is the
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“Gentlemen, we've reached the point of no return,
it says: ‘By the year 2002, the USA will be one
big parking lot!"
architect. The doctor, still,
most illegibly. Common
knowledge, this. But research
ers who confirmed it say their
studies also show the more
successful the business man,
the less likely he is to write
readable script. Among busi
ness women, however, the
more successful they are, the
more distinctive their hand
writing appears to be.
IN A LOT of places around
here, if you’re deaf, you can't
legally driVfe a car unless it
has outer rearview mirrors on
both sides. All states license
deaf drivers, though. Every
one.
AM ASKED WHAT, if any
thing, might most definitely
cut back that anti-social phe
nomenon known as juvenile
delinquency. Pleased to ex
pound on this. Apprentice
ship, I think. Rewrite the
child labor laws. So young
sters can turn into skilled
specialists early. Do you real
ize that generations ago some
of the world’s best glassblow
ers, weavers, silversmiths,
so on, were teenagers? No,
don't recommend sweat shops.
But early work cures much.
Intend to write a long ram
blingessay on this matter. But
not soon.
Addrns mail Io I. M. Boyd,
P. O. Box 17076, Fori Worth,
TX 76102.
Cop t .ghl 1972 I.M. Boyd
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Thursday, Nov. 16,
the 321st day of 1972 with 45 to
follow.
The moon is between its first
quarter and full phase.
The morning stars are Venus,
Mars and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mercu
ry and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Scorpio.
Famed American Negro com
poser W. C. Handy, known as
the “Father of the Blues,” was
born Nov. 16, 1873.
On this day in history:
In 1907, Oklahoma became
the 46th state to enter the
Union.
In 1933, the United States and
the Soviet Union established
diplomatic relations.
In 1966, Dr. Sam Sheppard
was acquitted of the 1954
slaying of his wife. He had
served more than 10 years on
the original conviction.
In 1968, the Soviet Union
orbited a 17-ton scientific
satellite.
A thought for the day:
Scottish novelist Robert Louis
Stevenson said, “Mankind was
never so happily inspired as
when it made a cathedral.”
WORLD ALMANAC
FACTS
During his fourth inaug
ural address President
Franklin D. Roosevelt ex
claimed: “We have learned
that we cannot live alone,
at peace; that our well-be
ing is dependent on the
well-being of other nations,
far away. We have learned
that we'must live as men,
and not ostriches . . . We
have learned to be citizens
of the world, members of
the human community,”
The World Almanac notes.
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Drink more water
The City of Griffin has reduced its water
rate 10 percent, which is good news for
consumers when just about everything
else we buy goes up-up-up and away.
Also the other day the city set its tax rate
at the same amount as last year, and made
it applicable to the unfactored digest.
That, too, was good news. As everyone
knows, it is mighty hard to hold the line
these days.
And at the City Commission meeting this
week the suggestion was made that Griffin
adopt a year-round electric rate instead of
having a higher one in the summer, as it
now has. This sounds like a good plan
because then everybody would have a
better idea of what it costs instead of
Common criminals
The bizarre hijacking of the Southern
Airlines plane emphasizes again the
necessity of eliminating terrorism in the
air, just as the robbery of a federal judge
near Atlanta Stadium emphasizes the
same need on the ground.
One thing about the hijacking: Cuba
cooperated with the airline and announced
that the terrorists would spend the rest of
their days “in boxes 4 by 4 by 4 feet.” If all
nations would arrest and return sky
Today’s quote
“Life is a grindstone, and whether it
grinds a man down or polishes him up
depends on the stuff he’s made of.”
Football capital
Griffin will be football capital of this
part of the state the weekend after
Thanksgiving when the Bears play the
winner of theLakeside-Henderson game in
the first rounds of the North Georgia AAA
championship.
School officials in Griffin expect a crowd
of 8,000 and will move temporary stands to
Memorial Stadium to provide as many
seats as possible.
Don’t be a sucker
The holiday season is near, and because
of warm hearts and generous spirits which
are more prevalent then than at other
times, charitable organizations will be
asking for gifts.
Most of the groups are worthy, but some
are questionable at best and fraudulent at
worst. Here are some tips from the White
House Office of Consumer Affairs: being a
sucker:
1. Don’t give until you know the facts.
Ask the solicitor; write the national
headquarters of the organization. Or you
can contact the Council of Better Business
Bureaus, 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20036. For information (
on local organizations, call the Chamber of
Commerce.
2. Get a receipt. This is especially
important if you give cash, but it would
be better to pay by check.
3. Know if you are buying or giving.
Some ask that you buy greeting cards or
something like that. According to federal
How can one know an(vverQ|
he is a Christian? V
Can you please tell me how I can really
know that I am a Christian? N.C.
The Bible suggests ways in which we can
have the assurance of our salvation.
We know, because of a change that takes
places. The Bible says: “Therefore if any
man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old
things are passed away; behold, all things
are become new.”
We know by the presence of God’s Spirit
in our lives. “Hereby we know that we
dwell in Him, and He in us, because He
hath given us of His Spirit.”
getting mad with a higher rate every
summer and pleased with a lower one
every winter. It would be easier to budget
too.
There can be no doubt that the City of
Griffin gets much of its income from the
electric franchise which it operates. Also,
the federal government has voted a
revenue sharing plan for cities and
counties throughout the nation. Griffin is
expected to receive $211,919 this year, and
Spalding County $420,096. These are large
sums of money, but they are not free gifts
from Uncle. They come from federal
taxes, and do you know anybody around
here who does not pay federal as well as
state and local taxes, licenses or fees?
pirates, hijacking would cease and all then
would be safe from this scourge.
And one thing about the robbery of the
federal judge: the Atlanta Police
Department has beefed up its patrols at
the stadium. If robbers were caught and
locked up, this scourge would end also.
In the meantime, too much of the world’s
air and earth are at the mercy of common
criminals who give no breaks or second
chances to their victims.
Anonymous, quoted by Julia Dyar in the
Georgia Press Association Bulletin.
The winner (Griffin we hope!) will play
the victor of the Douglas County (SAAA) -
Avondale (7AAA) game for the North
Georgia Championship. Similar playoffs
will be underway in South Georgia, and
North and South will play for the State
AAA crown. So there is a lot of good high
school football left in Georgia this season,
and isn’t it great that the Bears are among
the champions?
tax laws you can deduct from income tax
only gifts, not purchases of goods or
services.
3. Know your rights. If you get an item
by mail which you did not order you can
keep it without paying for it. Under federal
law, such unasked things sent by mail are
considered gifts to you. Or you can keep it
and send a donation if you wish. If you
decide not to contribute, you are under no
obligation to return the item, regardless of
instructions which accompany it.
4. Question telephone solicitors. Ask if
the organization is non-profit and request
the name and address of its national
headquarters.
To these four tips, we add our own word
of caution. Every holiday season the paper
has one or more reports of some con artist
slim-slamming elderly or other people. The
method usually involves offering
something for nothing. Just remember,
there is no free lunch!
W'e know we are Christians if love is the
dominating force in our lives. “Beloved,
let us love one another; for love is of God,
and every one that loveth is born of God,
and knoweth God... for God is love.”
We know we are Christians when we find
it in our hearts to obey God. “And hereby
we do know that we know Him, if we keep
His commandments.”
And last but not least, we know because
we receive Christ. “As many as received
Him, to them gave He power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on
His name.”
BERRY’S WORLD
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"Henry Kissinger, on behalf of the team, I would like
to present you with the 'game ball'!"
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BRUCE BIOSSAT
We're in Trouble
With Each Other
WASHINGTON (NEA)
You can’t travel this country for two years from ocean
to ocean, as I have done, and not conclude there is some
thing gravely lacking in the tone and spirit and substance
of American life today.
I’ve written of this before, but I must have one more go
at it. The lack surely is not yet so broad and deep as to
make one despondent for the future of the country. Like
anyone else who travels widely, I personally encounter
hundreds of talented, good-spirited, hard-working people
who are aiming high and bent devotedly toward getting
there. Some young folk, especially, are astonishing in the
breadth of their interests and their driving pursuit of
these things.
Still, the lack is serious and at times disheartening. The
impressions gathered are inevitably scattered and frag
mentary, but no less strong for all of that.
Many New York City people today are virtually obsessed
with the problem of their physical security, by day now
as well as night. An observer just back from there told
me he found his friends and acquaintances talking of lit
tle else —even at the height of business hours.
On my now infrequent visits to downtown Washington
at night, I am always freshly shocked at its emptiness.
This place never was a bustling cultural capital alive with
throngs until past midnight. But nowadays its center is
nearly dead.
As I have noted before, touring among the nation’s
older established cities, mostly those in the eastern tier,
it is a distressing experience. Vast areas seem in the grip
of decay, almost beyond recall. Shining new skyscrapers
visible close by seem like fantasies painted on glass.
The newer growing cities of the west and the Pacific
slope are, to be sure, less afflicted. One prominent sena
tor told me the other day how refreshed he was after
visiting some of these cities and talking to people whose
dominant mood was still an open cheerfulness.
It is hard to find the right words to describe the down
beat mood visible in the attitude and performance of so
many Americans.
There is a terrible lack of caring among many in this
society. It has been growing for years and years. Count
less among our mounting numbers do not appear to care
whether they do well or behave well. In thousands of little
ways, reflected often in both major slights and minor dis
courtesies, they show an absence of concern for other
humans.
Some, sadly, may cloak this emptiness with grandstand
displays of passion for “humanity” at a distance, or in
the abstract. A man may fret impressively over the plight
of disadvantaged grape-pickers in California, but think
nothing of drowning his neighbors in the sound of a grossly
amplified electric guitar pouring from an open window.
As there is too often less caring from individual to indi
vidual, so is there from group to group. I have mentioned
this before. No one has put it better than did Garry Willis,
the columnist, when he spoke of the broken bonds of
“social affection.”
We will not begin to move back, in the full sense, to
ward our greatness as a people until we recover our wish
to care, to do well, and to behave well. We have a long
way to go. With people poisoning candy and planting razor
blades in apples, we have even robbed Halloween of its
playfulness.
How will recovery start? Clearly we need leaders who
can really touch us, in our inner selves, with appeals to
be better than our best, to reach out with renewed affec
tion toward others.
Will we respond? With our abrasive numbers growing,
we do not have much time to save ourselves by turning
about.
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Q —Where did America’s
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caravan begin?
A—Washington, D.C., in
1919.
Q —What university in the
United States was chartered
by a Pope?
A—Catholic University of
America in Washington, by
Leo XIII in 1889.
Q — At what velocity does
a windstorm become a hur
ricane?
A —W hen it passes 74
miles an hour.
Q —What is a fireball?
A—A meteor bright
enough to cast a shadow.
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Q — W ha t U.S. president
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A —Andrew Johnson.
THOUGHTS
“In all things I have
shown you that by so toiling
one must help the weak, re
membering the words of our
Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘lt
is more blessed to give than
to receive.'” —Acts 20:35.
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man; but to relieve it is
Godlike. —Horace Mann.
American educator.
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