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'You Probably Won’t Believe This, But...
I Didn’t Do It.’
LM. BOYD
Three Tunes
For a Strip
That titillating nightclub performance known as the strip
tease is properly danced to three tunes. They're called trailers.
First is slow Second is medium. Third is fast A professional
striptease artist writes to report that She says a single strip
should take about eight minutes.
A medical expert contends the only normal swimming stroke
for the human being is the dog paddle He’s the same fellow
who claimed baseball pitchers go through motions completely
unnatural for their bodies However, he says football running
backs do move in a manner appropriate for their physiques.
COMEDIES
Q. "I'm 36, and my dad tells me I was born in the year of
the great screen comedies What comedies 7 ''
A Believe he's got that right The year 1937 produced "It
Happened One Night,'' ‘ 'My Man Godfrey,' ' ‘The Awful
Truth," "Nothing Sacred" and "Mr Deeds Goes to Town
Now ask your dad where we came up with the word pixilated
Q "What proportion of those husbands and wives, who
divorce and then remarry each other, wind up so miserable that
they get divorced all over again?"
A About 35 per cent, I'm told. And our Love and War man
says another 15 per cent say they wish they'd stayed divorced.
Preferred pronunciation of ‘ 'Caribbean,'' remember, puts
the emphasis on the "be " Lot of argument over that Inciden
tally, I know the Caribbean got its name from the Carib natives
who lived thereabouts, but how did the natives come by that
name?
TO THE LADIES
I have teased the ladies too much in this column. It's an
ungallant habit that dates all the way back to the days when a
bashful schoolboy dipped pigtails in inkwells because he
admired the girls, but didn't know how to talk to them That was
long ago and far away, and this is a different climate, and women
write me now they don’t want to be provoked with this hollow
humor, but rather respected, and I don’t blame them. It isn't
right that a lad should constantly pull loose their ribbons,
just because he wants to kiss them. My cap is in my hand
Apologies
Quick, name the first fruit that pops into your mind If
you didn't say apple, you are in the minority among those so
swiftly queried in this matter. Or such be indicated by numerous
tests in universities
Exactly 18 per cent of the men and 17 per cent of the women
tell pollsters they get up at 6 am. weekdays But they don't
say why
Don't forget, all porpoises are born breech, as it were, tail
first
Address mod Io I. M. Boyd, P. O. Box 17076, Fort Worth, TX 76102.
Copyright 1973 I. M. Boyd
SIDE GLANCES by Gill Fox
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"It says, ‘Playing tennis. Bread in breadbox. I opened the
peanut butter jar for you'!"
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 7,
the 311th day of 1973 with 54 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
full phase.
The morning star is Saturn.
The evening stars are Mer
cury, Mars, Venus and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Scorpio.
Evangelist Billy Graham was
born Nov. 7, 1918.
On this day in history:
In 1805, the Lewis and Clark
expedition sighted the Pacific
Ocean at the mouth of the
Columbia River.
In 1874, the first cartoon
depicting the elephant as the
symbol of the Republican Party
was printed in Harper’s Week
ly-
In 1916, Republican Jeannette
Rankin of Montana became the
first woman elected to the U.S.
House of Representatives.
In 1972, President Richard
Nixon was re-elected to a
second term by a landslide
vote, defeating Democrat
George S. McGovern.
BARBS
by PHIL PASTORET
Why do you always spill
the cup of coffee AFTER the
report is typed and ready for
the Old Man?
How stupid can you get?
Just ask the boss.
Yes, Gwendolyn, you
might say that tailors are
men of the press.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
THOUGHTS
For some one will say,
“You have faith and I have
works. Show me your faith
apart from your works, and I
by my works will show you
my faith.” — James 2:18.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
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Were
Listening
Dear Quimby: I have been intending to
write to you for some time to tell you how
valuable your “We’re Listening” section
of The Griffin Daily News is to our
community. Please do not limit the space
devoted to this feature.
The Transcript of Meeting of the Corps
of Engineers on the proposed Sprewell
Bluff Dam contains a number of ideas and
statistics that should be considered.
The three volumes containing the
transcript and exhibits of the public
meeting on the proposed Sprewell Bluff
Lake are available to anyone in the library
of the Griffin-Area Chapter of the Georgia
Conservancy. This report contains a
number of ideas and statistics that have
not been reported to the general public.
The most interesting and attractive are
those expressed by Mr. Joe Tanner,
Commissioner of the Department of
Natural Resources of the State of Georgia.
Mr. Tanner outlined the plan, developed
by his department, to utilize the Flint
River from the highway 18 bridge to the
route 36 bridge as a State Park. He stated
that the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation has
estimated user days could easily amount
to 1,275,000 annually. This would be done
making provisions for fishing, canoeing,
rafting, hiking, horseback riding, hunting,
and camping, as well as conventional park
activities and adequate access facilities to
insure these resources are available to the
people. We need to consider the economic
benefits of this plan as compared to those
provided by construction of the Sprewell
Bluff Dam.
The Corps of Engineers in its Summary
of Environmental Impacts lists 12
“detrimental” effects of the proposed dam
as compared to 9 “beneficial” effects.
"Diey do not list the use of the lake as a
water source for area communities as a
benefit. This to me is the only justification
for the dam that has some sound economic
facts behind it. I understand why the City
of Griffin supports the dam for this reason.
We certainly are not justified, however, in
spending S2OO million of the taxpayers
money to provide ourselves with water.
Many of the figures supporting the Corps
of Engineers “benefits” have been
questioned by the General Accounting
Office study recently completed. One of
the purposes of the GAO is to make
independent examinations of the way in
which Government agencies are
discharging their financial res
ponsibilities. According to this report,
recreation benefits were overstated,
power benefits were marginal, flood
control benefits were minimal, and area
redevelopment benefits were overstated.
In addition the Corps did not consider one
very significant contribution of the land of
the area that would be flooded by the
proposed lake. The forest industry has
estimated that raw timber eliminated by
the project and cleared is worth SIBO,OOO in
generated income before production. This
same timber, after processing of the final
potential products, such as paper, is worth
an estimated sl2 million in annual cash
flow to the Georgia economy.
At a time when we are all concerned
about using the taxpayers’ money wisely,
does it make sense to spend S2OO million on
a highly questionable project? Perhaps a
smaller dam will be advisable later if this
is necessary to supply Spalding County
with water. There are other alternatives to
even this more modest project, however,
which should be carefully examined before
any dam is constructed on the Flint River.
Sincerely, (Signed) Grover Sowell, Jr.,
Route 2, Box 600
When a society
is on the skids
Does God condone advertising, movies
and men’s magazines, displaying the
bodies of women for the sexual stimulation
of men? I’m a young woman myself, and I
resent this, as I feel there is a greater
purpose for our existence. M. D. J.
One of the great needs today is to return
to the concept of the human body as a thing
of spiritual significance in the plan of God.
Whenever a society is on the skids, the
value of life declines and the emphasis on
the flesh increases.
Contrary to Greek philosophy, the Bible
nowhere teaches that the body is
necessarily evil. It is rather pictured with
a dignity originally conferred upon it by
the Creator. Paul makes it clear, of
course, that the body has become polluted
‘The voice
of Griffin ’
Dear Mr. Melton: On Monday, October
29, the Utility Club came to our school with
their performance of “Mary Popcorn and
the Fiddle Faddies.” We want to let them
know through your column just how much
we enjoyed their wonderful production. It
was very interesting and very nice of them
to present it to us. We are sure the other
schools will enjoy it also.
We feel we are fortunate to have the
Utility Club take an interest in our schools.
We are looking forward to next year’s
presentation. Sincerely, (Signed) Mrs.
Jeanell Greene’s English Classes, Fourth
Ward Elementary School
Dear Quimby: It has been suggested in
the halls of the Capitol that some real
consideration be given to changing the
days for voting to Sundays rather than
falling on week days. Os course elections
for President of the United States would
have to conform with the federal day for
voting, however, all other elections could
be held on Sundays.
The apathetic attitude of voters in that
such a small number generally take the
trouble to vote is a severe indictment on
the electoral process.
I do think that our current laws often
make voting a real chore for the people by
the various inconveniences. Making it
difficult to vote, I suspect is one of the
pertinent reasons that so many fail to go to
the ballot box.
Those who work find the hours difficult
to arrange to vote; this is particularly true
in our larger cities.
It may be proposed in the 1974 General
Assembly that we change our voting to
Sundays so that people in the majority will
not be working and can conveniently
arrange to go to the polling places.
I am naturally curious as to the opinion
of your readers, so I hope you may run this
letter to the editor for a response through
your paper or directly to me if preferable.
I would really like to know the feelings of
the people. Sincerely, (Signed) Clayton
Brown, Jr., Representative, 550 South Hill
street, Griffin.
Dear Sir: From time to time I have a few
minutes of quiet and undisturbed thought
and at these times, I like to relax and jot
down any thoughts that seem to be
sensible. This is my hobby, or means of
relaxation. But, to get to the point. I am
sending you a few of my thoughts and you
may use them to any means you see fit, if
any at all. In any case, they are yours and I
give them willingly and freely. I only hope,
that they will be of help to you in some
way. The title of this group of thoughts is
“Six Modem Rules to Live By.” Thank
you. (Signed) Reba Cheryl Gibson, 332
North 17th street
1. Let him who is blind to himself see not
what others might do.
2. He that demands respect, let him also
meet demands of respect from others.
3. He that wants not criticism, let him
not criticism give.
4. He who wants not to have others live
his life, let him not others, lives try to live.
5. Let not him who finds fault with others
speak it, lest fault be found and spoken of
him.
6. Let not anyone wage war against
others lest war be waged against them.
by sin, but this was not God’s intention.
Notwithstanding the findings of the
President’s Commission on Pornography,
I believe there is a definite connection
between sensuous photographs and im
moral, illegal acts. When either women or
men become objects to be used, God not
only fails to condone this — He condemns
it. (Romans 1.)
Only when we see the body as (1) the
temporary home of the soul; (2) the
temple of God’s Holy Spirit for the
believer; and (3) the instrument through
which a Christian can show love to the
world — does it assume its proper place.
All of this is not to set aside sex as
wrong, but to place it in perspective where
it is subservient to the higher purposes of
the glory of God and the service of
mankind.
MY
ANSWER
BERRY’S WORLD
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"What do dudes like you prefer to be called, ‘Liberal
Establishment' or 'Radical Chic'?"
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Ray Cromley
President is not
Pressure proof
WASHINGTON (NEA)
Having released the Watergate tapes, President Nixon
will be forced, in the end, to give up all other documents
and tapes the courts from time to time may request in the
future on matters seeming to involve the President and his
staff with criminal activities.
Nixon may raise objections. There may be initial refusals
and lengthy negotiations. But the courts and Congress will
get their way.
The President’s opponents have now learned for certain
what they have suspected for some time — that Nixon suc
cumbs, finally, to extreme pressure. He puts up a strong
facade, but succumbs. The pressure will be mounted,
therefore, whenever it is needed. This is a fact of politics.
Some time ago a friend who spends much of his time
studying chief executives, past and present, noted that this
sort of pressure would never have fazed President Truman.
His opponents and his friends knew he could not be budged.
They never were able to get Truman on the run despite evi
dence of heavy corruption among his close associates. Nix
on is a different type. He cannot stand confrontations.
This is not to imply that every prosecutor or defendant in
any court action involving some decisions made at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue will be able to secure a new opening
of White House file cabinets. But the President’s action in
regard to the tapes does mean that Nixon will not be able to
seal off any evidence of crime the Sirica court believes to
be connected with the President himself, with present or
former members of his immediate staff or with others
closely associated with the White House.
There is much concern in some quarters whether Assis
tant Attorney General Henry E. Peterson will conduct
future investigations with the determination showed by
Archibald Cox. This concern seems unfounded. As one at
torney experienced in such matters told this writer “Judge
Sirica has a sense of history,” by which he meant the judge
will not let up or allow the grand jury to let up.
Investigations of the type required to dig into the Water
gate and associated matters take money —a lot of money.
But the mood in Congress, among both Democrats and
Republicans in both the House and Senate seems to insure
that all the funds necessary to carry out these investiga
tions to their ultimate conclusion will be voted.
It would seem to this reporter the creation of a special
prosecutor responsible to the grand jury and to the court,
independent of both a partisan Congress and partisan
White House, is an essential. Though eminent legal
authorities, for whom this writer has great respect, believe
a new independent special prosecutor could be set up
under the Department of Justice, it would seem that this
system, tried in this instance with Cox, is inherently un
workable. There is a conflict of interest and of authority
that carries within it its own seeds of destruction.
Something’s cooking in Scotland
A pilot project in the small locality of Westfield, Scot
land, may help American housewives cook their meals in
the future.
A Scottish subsidiary of Continental Oil Company will
operate a demonstration plant in Westfield to test the com
mercial feasibility of upgrading the heating power of gas
made from coal to about the equivalent of natural gas.
The project is being funded by a group of U.S. companies
headed by Continental, in association with British Gas. If
successful, it will provide the last “missing link” in the
commercial chain of processes necessary to convert
America’s huge coal reserves to gas.
Coal gassification is not new, but producing large quan
tities that will burn with the heat of natural gas will be
something new. Up to now, it has been done only on a small
scale in laboratories.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
QUOTES
American humorist, writer
and artist James Thurber said:
“You might as well fall flat on
your face as lean over too far
backward.”
American playwright George
M. Cohan said, “No matter
what may happen, whatever
may befall, I only know that I’m
mighty glad to be living,
.that’s all.”
Irish poet Oscar Wilde said,
“The only way to get rid of a
temptation is to yield to it.”
Abraham Lincoln said: “The
ballot is stronger than the
bullet.”
GRIFFIN
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