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L. Al. BOYD
Ideal Age to
Have a Baby
Feminine Customers repeatedly inquire as to what is the
ideal age to have a baby. Between 17 and 21. Or so says Dr. Alan
F. Duttmacher, noted expert in the matter. It’s said a woman
of 35 spends approximately four more hours of labor in her
first child-bearing session than does a woman of 20.
THAT LAND in two of our states was once ruled by Sweden
has been reported. But which
states? For that matter, land
in which four states was once
ruled by The Netherlands?
If you can’t reply in half a
flash, grade your course in
history “incomplete."
Ml IST NOW report with
profound regret that facial
massage won’t make that
handsome contenance of yours
look younger. At least, not
for long. The American Med
ical Association says there’s
no scientific data to the con
trary. Do you know what
facial massage is good for?
The nerves. It's relaxing.
REPAIRS
Predictably, you’ll need two
service calls on your color TV
set the first year you own it.
Two, the second year, also.
Three, the third. And three
more, the fourth. After eight
years, you'll turn it in for a
new model. That’s the report
from an executive with the Na
tional Appliance and Radio
TV Dealers Association after
a study of the averages. Abom
inable news, this. Sorry.
DEFINITION: First wo
man said, "My husband is a
safety engineer." And the
second woman across the table
said, “That's nice, and what
does a safety engineer do?"
First woman said, "Must say,
if you or I or any other wife
did it, they’d call it nagging."
That’s exact.
DESIRES
Said that eminent expert on
the differences between men
and women Theodor Reik:
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"Speaking of needing something to fill up your
days—have you thought of marriage? 4
"A woman is much more like
ly to imagine herself to be
the object of the amorous de
sires of all men than a man is
likely to imagine the same
thing about himself in regard
to women."
FEMALE teachers are more
friendly, stimulating and dem
ocratic. Male teachers are
more stable emotionally. Such
was one of several conclusions
from an analysis of 6,000
elementary and secondary
school teachers. Interesting.
Still. I’ve read almost identical
conclusions from studies by
family relations experts of sis
ters and brothers, wives and
husbands, mothers and
fathers.
IF YOU have never played
that game called Tom Bola,
Bolito or Housey-Housey,
madam, then you’ve never
played Bingo. Such has been
the nomenclature at one time
or another in England for that
fascinating pastime.
WHAT YOU and I are. mis
ter, more than anything else,
is water, as you probably
know. About 100 pounds of it
in the body of the average
man. And about 29 pounds of
protein, 25 pounds of fat, five
pounds of minerals, one pound
of carbohydrates, and a quar
ter ounce of vitamins. That’s
all. An unlikely vessel for
song and sorrow, what?
Addross mail to L. M. Boyd,
P ■ O. Box 1 7076, Fort Worth,
TX 76102.
Copyright 1972 L.M. Boyd
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Saturday, Nov. 18,
the 323rd day of 1972 with 43 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.
American astronaut Alan
Shepard was born Nov. 18,1923.
On this day in history:
In 1883, the United States
adopted Standard Time and set
up four zones... Eastern, Cen
tral, Mountain and Pacific.
In 1903, Panama and the
United States signed a treaty
for the building of the Panama
Canal.
In 1967, Britain devalued the
pound to make it officially
worth $2.40.
In 1969, American astronauts
Charles Conrad and Alan Bean
made man's second landing on
the moon in the lunar module
of Apollo 12.
A thought for the day: Irish
playwright George Bernard
Shaw said, “My method is to
. take the utmost trouble to find
the right thing to say, and then
to say it with the utmost
levity.”
WORLD ALMANAC
FACTS
r
Women’s liberation wasn’t
doing too well in the tiny
principality of Liechten
stein, where women pre
dominate in the population
of some 22,000. In February,
1971, the all-male electorate
narrowly voted to keep the
suffrage all to themselves,
making the world’s smallest
monarchy the only country
in Europe denying women
the vote, The World Alma
nac recalls.
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Editorials
From other newspapers
But Half Don't
The University System of
Georgia did irreparable damage
to West Georgia College this
week when they made public
some information from a survey
that indicated half the students
on that campus had or did now
smoke marijuana.
And the information on other
college campuses about the use
of marijuana was questionable
public information.
We agree that the University
System should know, and do
something about, the use of
marijuana and other drugs on
campus but we question the mass
dissemination of the findings.
In fact, we wonder what public
purpose can be served by making
this information widely known
and in such a sensational man
ner.
If the University System has
some effective means for
combatting the drug problem on
The Loser
THE WINDER NEWS
We noted with interest the following arti
cle in a utility company house organ.
“A youth was stopped for a traffic viola
tion. The officer recognized the odor in the
violator's car; the defendant had a few joints
of marijuana with him. He was convicted of
possesion, a felony, and received a suspended
sentence. Did he lose anything?”
"All he lost was the right to vote, the right
to own a gun, and the right to run for public
office. He lost the opportunity to ever be a
licensed doctor, dentist, CPA, engineer, at
torney, architect, realtor, osteopath, physical
therapist, private detective, pharmacist,
schoolteacher, barber, funeral director,
masseur or stockbroker. He can never get any
job for which he has to be bonded or licensed,
nor can he serve on a jury.”
"He can enlist in the military service, but
he will not have a choice of service. If this
happened to you, would you think you'd lost
anything?”
Aid for North Vietnam?
GEORGIAN, Carrollton, Ga.
Most every American and every
person of good will around the world
will be glad to see peace restored in
southeast Asia. The United States has
paid far more than its share in blood
and expense for this war.
Maybe peace could have been
achieved in Vietnam long ago. There
are some who argue both ways and
nobody in this world has the wisdom to
say for sure. That question has now lost
its validity and is no longer worthy of
time spent in the debate.
If all the terms of the peace
agreement have been agreed upon, as
they have been outlined, then that will
also be one of those rather bitter pills
this great nation will have to swallow
in the name of humanity.
But, it is to be hoped that the matter
of financial aid in the reconstruction of
North Vietnam is something that will
be carefully examined.
This newspaper feels that the US has
Daughter married
an alcoholic
I have a daughter who married an
alcoholic. She suspected that he drank
more than he should, but she was sure she
could change him. Things progressed
rapidly, like a couple in a canoe heading
for Niagara Falls. Today, they are nearer
the edge of catastrophe than ever before.
She can’t get him to go to church or AA.
What can we do? R. T. T.
It’s a tragic situation, and I wish I had
the magic word to help you. Alcoholism
has grown to epidemic proportions. Our
nation spends 17 billion dollars to slake our
abnormal thirst; that’s two times the
amount spent on all church activities and
welfare.
We talk about Vietnam and the lives lost
there. But how about the 50,000 lives lost on
our highways, half of them in alcohol
related accidents; what about 28,000
The Thomaston Times
campus, that should have been
part of the public news on the
survey.
This is not a defense of the
colleges where marijuana is used
but a defense of the fine, decent,
hard-working students who are in
school on parents’ hard-earned
money to get an education.
Certainly, this drug report,
based on a survey of twenty-five
percent of students on campus
rather than the entire campus
population, has cast a reflection
on the entire campus life.
Perhaps, the University
System felt they were “telling
parents” about what is going on
on campus and if that is true we
hope the public will read it that
“half the students at West
Georgia College don’t use
marijuana” and turn the phrase
for all the other campuses in
volved too.
already spent far too much in that part
of the world and it will be deeply
resented by the American taxpayer if
much more of his money is sent over
there unless it is in the form of fair
trade.
Sure, it is agreed that we have helped
in reconstruction of other nations that
have been at war with us, like Ger
many and Japan, but in all these cases
there has been a declared war and the
US and its allies have been militarily
victorious.
North Vietnam has had the resources
to wage a successful war for a long
time and has even become stronger in
the process. Surely it must have the
resources now to get along fairly well
in peace without tremendous amounts
of US aid. The same goes for South
Vietnam that has profited greatly from
US involvement. Humanitarian aid for
widows and orphans, yes, but for little
tin dictators — NO!
people who die of cirrhosis of the liver!
What’s the answer for the nine million
homes struggling with alocholism, and the
ten million other problem drinkers?
An ad on television says: “Drive
carefully. One out of fifty at five in the the
evening, driving our thruways, is drunk.”
The warden at a midwest Maximum
Security Prison says that “85 percent of all
new admissions last year committed their
crimes while under the influence of
alcohol.”
What can you do? You can pray and
reach out in understanding. Alcoholics
Anonymous recognizes that it is up to each
individual, however, to determine his own
destiny. The alcoholic will not change until
he wants to do so, and he cannot change
without the power of God. So hope, trust,
and have faith. God can help us, but only if
we receive his forgiveness and love.
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BRUCE BIOSSAT
Campaign a Waste
Os Money, Motion
By BRUCE BIOSSAT
WASHINGTON (NEA)
The presidential campaign of 1976 had better be a lot
different. The 1972 campaign was full of flaws, full of in
credible boredom, and in many ways got quite out of
hand.
Basically, this is not a piece about the candidates or
the issues. It is about the way campaigns are conducted
today—and about the political and technical assumptions
which led to that conduct.
The most sweeping thing to say is that, for the net prod
uct in provable exposure for President Nixon and Sen.
George McGovern, the 1972 thing can probably be put
down as the most colossal waste of political money in his
tory.
Never before was so much pretentious motion generated
for so little. Just the airplane activity alone was stagger
ing to the eye.
Near the close, McGovern, his staff, the newsmen and
photographers were being carried in two so-called stretch
jets (elongated 7275) and one regular 727. The logistics
involved in moving people, baggage and equipment
around, getting in and out of hotels, operating temporary
staff and press headquarters, would catch the admiration
of an army division commander.
McGovern’s running mate, Sargent Shriver, managed
to contain the whole thing in one plane, since only a rela
tive handful usually tag after the vice-presidential nomi
nees.
But Vice President Agnew, being incumbent and being
Nixon’s chief surrogate on the trail, had a two-plane en
tourage. He traveled the country with an air of high cere
mony and exaggerated tension which suggested we were
making world rounds signing peace pacts.
As everybody knows, the President himself deliberately
confined his efforts to a very few campaign forays this
year. But when he did move, he was naturally followed
by most White House press regulars and a batch of politi-*
cal reporters. He moved in Air Force One, with the usual
Air Force backup plane going along.
We traveled in a huge stretch DC-8. One night on two
short hops we all piled into a sizable fleet of military
helicopters.
What came of all this mad dashing around? Sometimes
thousands of miles produced no more than one or two
public appearances. Only the jazzy Shriver got directly
to the voters very often on a given day.
On my last day with Mr. Nixon, I saw the inside of air
craft hangars for rallies in Chicago, Tulsa, and Provi
dence. Os the three cities, only Tulsa’s skyline came into
our view.
But the rallies were noisy, colorful, spiced with some
heckling, and I collected 12 documents from the Nixon
people telling me what had happened or was going to.
A lot of this seeming inactivity was deliberate. While
reporters were logging as much as six straight pointless
hours in hotel press rooms, McGovern would be busy
taping local TV shows, talking with labor or political hot
shots, working the phone to raise money.
His whole effort was geared to doing things which would
hit two or three good “media markets” a day, meaning
things which could get McGovern on evening television
shows in key cities. Trouble was, as time passed it be
came clear that voters in countless areas were just not
paying attention to politics on the news shows.
Nothing seemed altogether without flaw. Most observ
ers today discount public crowds as artificially generated
by the candidate’s workers. McGovern’s hard-working re
searchers cranked out lengthy “position papers” on the
issues which were almost totally ignored.
Agnew’s talks, loaded with statistics, suffered the same
fate.
The whole process, from nominating battles to election,
was far too long, too artificial, too smudged up with
sabotage and deception—a frenzied, ludicrously expensive
papier mache parade.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
TIMELY QUOTES
It is ludicrous to mandate
the installation of restraint
systems—which the motor
ist has already paid for—
and not to mandate their use.
—John W. Garrett, accident
researcher with the Na
tional Safety Council, call
ing for laws making use of
lap and shoulder belts
compulsory in all automo
biles equipped with them.
Our links with this great
country, the world’s fore
most economic power, with
which eight of our countries
are united within the Atlan
tic alliance, are so close that
it would be absurd to con
ceive of a Europe con
structed in opposition to it.
—French President Pompi
dou, referring to the
United States.
We are not running out of
resources worldwide . . . We
won’t run out of energy. The
DAILY NEWS
Cary Reeves, General Manager
Bill Knight, Executive Editor
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only thing we might run out
of is imagination.
—Walter J. Hickel, former
secretary of the interior.
Paris isn’t a dead city or
a museum that needs to be
kept as it is. One cannot stay
put in the past.
—French President Georges
Pompidou, to charges that
new high-rise buildings
are destroying Paris.
THOUGHTS
And if I have prophetic
powers, and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith, so as
to remove mountains, but
have not love, I am nothing.
—I Cor. 13:2.
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The greatest happiness in
life, is the conviction that we
are loved—loved for our
selves, or rather, loved in
snite of ourselves. —V i c t o r
Hugo, French novelist.
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