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Griffin Daily News Friday, November 30,1973
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L M. BOYD
Wives Get
Homesick
Our Love and War man has been digging into surveys ot
matrimonial mates again, the rascal He says they show wives
are just about twice as likely to get homesick for their parents
as are husbands But more husbands than wives think their
spouses families strengthen the wedding bonds This appears to
indicate that numerous husbands are glad their wives have some
place to run home to, occasionally Interesting
The gentleman hereabouts today weighs seven pounds more
than did his counterpart 50 years ago Studies show that But it s
not because the old boy now puts away more calories On the
contrary This latterday lack of exercise is blamed
There are more chickens on earth than any other sort of
bird, so it's not likely they'll become extinct Still, once there
were more passenger pigeons on earth than any other sort of
bird, and they're now extinct Never can tell
NIECE
If you're thinking about marrying your niece, mister, better
go to Pennsylvania Understand that's the only state that will
allow it under the law.
Yogurt will restore a balding man s hair No, I don't believe
that But the Persians believed it For centuries If the bride
is a teenager, her chances of being divorced run 36 out of 100
Still find it fascinating that cookbooks outsell sex books three to
one For religious reasons, numerous souls in Polynesia sleep
nightly with their heads toward the east Am asked how that
penitentiary known as Sing Sing got its name Came from an In
dian word for a ' 'stony place
TEETH
Medical researches in Great Britain recently examined an
enormous batch of personnel records Besides a lot of other tech
nical data, they turned up one perfectly reasonable finding The
group of employees whose teeth appeared to be in the worst con
dition was the same group of employees who almost never took
tune off their jobs
Certainly, it's a fact younger women get more headaches
generally than do older women But nobody yet has explained
why older women are more apt to wake up with headaches
Can you? It's true
Typical hurricane expends more energy in one minute than
this country uses up in electricity during a half a century Or
so contend the weather boys Remarkable, if true
True, the female dog is more likely to bite than the male But
the male makes the best guard dog, no doubt about that The
biting female tends to snap without warmng The male is a
little more inclined to growl a signal Erst Or so says an authority
on the matter
Addrea moil to L M Boyd P O Bom 17076 Fort Worth TX 76102
Copyright 1973 L M Boyd
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Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Friday, Nov. 30, the
334th day of 1973 with 31 to
follow.
The moon is between the new
phase and first quarter.
The morning stars are
Mercury and Saturn.
The evening stars are Venus,
Mars and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Sagittarius.
American author Mark Twain
(Samuel Clemens) was born
Nov. 30,1853.
On this day in history:
In 1782, preliminary peace
articles ending the Revolution
ary War were signed in Paris.
In 1874, Winston Churchill
was born. He was destined to
become Britain’s prime minis
ter twice and be knighted as Sir
Winston. He died in 1965.
In 1939, the Russo-Finnish
war started after the Soviet
Union failed to obtain territori
al concessions from Finland.
In 1962, U Thant of Burma
was elected secretary general
of the United Nations.
BARBS
by PHIL PASTORET
The surgeon general has
warned that cigarette smok
ing is dangerous to your
health. It’s not exactly
healthful for your pocket
book, either.
Some nights, the most in
teresting thing on TV is the
sign-off test pattern.
Money mentioned for you
unexpectedly in a will is a
sort of Santa clause.
Heard a lecture the other
dav on how to lead a good life
on S2O a week. What OTHER
kind can you live on that
amount?
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
THOUGHTS
“And in the last days it
shall be, God declares, that 1
will pour out my Spirit upon
all flesh, and your sons and
your daughters shall
prophesy, and your young
men shall see visions, and
your old men shall dream
dreams;” — Acts 2:17.
Keep true to the dreams of
thy youth. — Johann Schiller,
German poet.
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view
The big parade
The annual Christmas Parade has
become a strong tradition in Griffin and
attracts thousands of people from all
around to its streets.
Last night’s was no exception. It and
brisk weather combined to usher in the
holiday season officially, and it seemed to
Service station operators took their case
against self service pumps to the City
Commission this week. There was a lot of
talk but no conclusive action and the
commissioners said they would like to
hear what the public thinks about the
matter.
So okay, let’em know what you think and
maybe they will pay some attention to you.
The service station people think the
pumps are hazardous, and we recall
legislative hearings about the same thing
several years ago in which it was brought
out that some people really did not know a
gas tank from a radiator and actually put
gas in one and water in the other at a self
service place. Then there is the fire
hazard. No survey is required to know the
The 1974 Georgia Newspaper Directory
is in print and shows that the Griffin Daily
News now is the fifth largest home-owned,
non-chain daily in the state.
Others larger than it are the Albany
Herald with 35,217 circulation, the
Gainesville Times with 17,856, the Rome
News Tribune with 16,400, and the
Brunswick News with 12,556. The Griffin
Daily News has 12,000.
Random thoughts
An old timer recalls the good old days
when people could live on $lO a week. Only
trouble, he says, was that they earned $7 a
week. — Minneapolis (Minn.) Star
The trouble with Peace is, we have to
fight for it. — Hope (Ark.) Star
★ ★THIS WEEK’S SPORTS EDITORIAL★ ★
It’s working
The 500 square inches of fluorescent
orange material hunters are required to
wear above the waist is a life saver.
Each year, the State Game and Fish
Division of the Department of Natural
Resources tabulates the number of deer
and hunters killed.
They will do it again soon.
The deer harvest is expected to be about
Seminary student
denies Christ’s deity
As a seminary student, I have advanced
to the point where I no longer believe in the
deity of Christ. After all, isn’t it possible to
be a disciple of Christ without acknowledg
ing His deity? W.E.B.
There are several inconsistencies in
your question. First, you say you have
“advanced” in your learning. How can you
call it that when you know and believe less
than you once did? I would call it an in
tellectual retreat, not an advance.
Secondly, you make the mistake of all
those who cast the Word of God aside as
their authority— you are floundering in
uncertainty. That is evidenced by your
question to me, and you will be in this
predicament as long as you harbor such
doubts.
Can a person be a Christian and reject
Quimby Melton, Jr.
Editor
Telephone 227-6334
Fill ’er up
Fifth largest
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us that it was the biggest and the best
parade of its type in the long series of
them.
“Children of all ages”, as the
ringmaster at the circus used to address
up, appreciate the big parade and thank its
sponsors and participants.
carelessness of some people, and their
danger to others.
Somebody said that gas at self service
pumps is about five cents a gallon less than
at service stations. We do not dispute that,
but the nickel’s difference pays for a lot of
other stuff. Who checks the oil, fills the
radiator (with water, not gasoline!),
pumps up the tires, and wipes the
windshield at the self service place? That
nickel’s worth of service goes a long way
and is, in fact, the difference between a
“service station” and a “filling station”.
Whatever the city finally does decide
about the matter will not rock the world,
but we believe that most motorists will
continue to expect service along with their
petrol and that they are willing to pay for
it.
The growth of the Griffin Daily News is a
reflection of that of the community which
it serves, and the support which it receives
from readers and advertisers. The paper
appreciates this support and thanks you
for it. In turn, we attempt sincerely to
publish the very best paper we possibly
can, one in which you can take pride and
one whose standards are such that you will
welcome it into your home. We will
continue our efforts to do these things.
The popularity of patched, threadbare
jeans and ragged shirts and jackets among
so many young people these days leaves
one to conclude they are striving to make it
from riches to rags. And judging by the
fancy cars they’re driving, they want to
make the journey in style. — Florence
(S.C.) Morning News
the same as last year when an estimated
35,000 were legally taken.
The amazing statistic so far is that not
one hunter has been killed.
Game and Fish officials attribute the
safe hunting to the wearing of the
fluorescent orange material.
We commend the department for
adopting the new safety regulation.
MY
ANSWER
the deity of Christ? Absolutely not! It is a
contradiction in terms, and the Bible gives
a clear answer: “God declares that Jesus
is His Son. All who believe this know in
their hearts that it is true. If anyone
doesn’t believe this, he is actually calling
God a liar.” (I John 5:9, 10.)
I thank God for higher education and for
the varied kinds of theological training
available today. We need, however,
always to guard against theoretical and
philosophical gymnastics which exalt
human speculation, and minimize divine
reveleation.
If Christ isn’t deity, then the Gospel has
made a mockery of us all. I can tell you,
however, on the basis of changed lives
which I have observed around the world,
He is God all right, and willing to prove it
in every believing heart.
BERRYS WORLD
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c 1973 by NEA, Inc
“My Gosh! Are you still crying over the royal wed
ding?"
WASHINGTON — (NEA)
Secretary of State Dean Acheson once told this reporter
the security of West Europe was so vital to U.S. defense that
all else paled beside it.
We could afford, he said, to give way reluctantly in South-
East and Southern Asia, in Latin America and Africa if need
be, but our existence would be endangered if we did not hold
to Europe and Europe to us and if the European Allies did
not stand firmly together.
This belief led indirectly to the Vietnam war. For it was
the firmness of this conviction which caused Acheson to give
way to French insistence that they stay in Indochina and that
we back them in that stand. “I talk and talk to them but I
make no headway,” Acheson told me at the time. He was
then, a quarter century ago, firmly convinced the French
should go and the Indochinese be allowed to take over the
government of that area from South to North. If Acheson had
had his way, of course, there would have been no dividing
lines and therefore no war to involve us. Acheson, in these
sessions, was clearly unburdening himself, airing his inner
doubts as to the wisdom of his course. But, valuing the
alliances with France and Europe as he did, this craggy
hawk saw no other way out but with Paris.
Today, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger holds the same
belief about Europe.
Listen now to Kissinger, the strategist, a number of years
back:
Were “the impotence of NATO to be demonstrated, all
other areas would fall to the Soviet Union almost by default.
Whatever their moral preferences, consideration of national
interest would impel them to seek the best terms available. If
Europe should prove unable to resist Soviet pressure and if
United States support should appear unavailing or unsuited
to the nature of the threat, it would be futile to challenge any
further demonstrations of Soviet power...”
This conviction explains Kissinger’s strong reaction when
key West European nations seemed to collapse before Arab
pressure.
It wasn’t the lack of cooperation with Washington that
caused the greatest consternation here. For it could be said
these Allies see things differently than Kissinger, the White
House and the Pentagon. The West Germans, the French and
the British could argue the Mideast war was a local skirmish
not worth their taking a stand, that this was no moral nor
strategic Munich.
What bothered Kissinger was that the Allies at the start of
the crisis showed themselves divided and unable or unwill
ing effectively to help themselves and each other. When the
threat first descended they were not able to agree on effec
tive action to counter the Arab oil embargo. Only two had
complete ration systems ready to go plus 65-day reserve
stocks of oil. Some were reluctant to participate in any
emergency sharing program. Nor could they at the first mo
ment of truth agree on how to assist the Netherlands, a
special Arab target.
But the latest news reports tell a different story. After ini
tial dawdling, the European parliament of the nine nations
of the Common Market recommended to their European
Council of Ministers a strong common energy policy — shar
ing of scarce supplies, diversification of resources, con
sideration of economic countermeasures.
If the Acheson-Kissinger thesis on the necessity of a strong
and united Europe is correct, such concerted action, if car
ried through, will mean a major strengthening of U.S. secu
rity more potent than added weapons.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.'
QUOTES
We now have an option we
didn't have. It doesn't have to
be you or me; it doesn't have
to be yours or mine. It is
possible to take care of all the
needs of all the people at a
higher standard then ever
before.
— Dr. R. Buckminister, at a
University of Pennsyl
vania panel in which he
told the audience that a
peaceful world is possible
today for the first time in
history.
Europe has become self
confident and independent
enough to regard itself as an
equal partner in this relation
ship, and it is as such that it
must be accepted. Partner
ship cannot mean subordina
tion.
-Chancellor Willy Brandt of
West Germany, demand
ing that the U.S. treat the
European Common
Market as an equal
partner.
DAILY
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Europe regroups
After the embargo
WORLD ALMANAC
FACTS
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Modern concert halls
usually need electronic appa
ratus to make a program
audible. An open-air theater,
built about 330 8.C., in Epi
daurus, Greece, is still used
for dramatic presentations
because of its splendid
acoustics. The World Almanac
notes that conversation by
persons on the stage can be
plainly heard from the high
est row of seats, 193 feet
from the stage and 73 feet
above it.
Copyright 1973
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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