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— Griffin Daily News Friday, December 14,1973
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t. M. BOYD
Voice Is
Giveaway
Those mental experts who study such matters contend they
can read a person's frame of mind far more readily by the sound
of said citizen's voice than by the look on that party's face. Hap
piness, sorrow, worry, rage, frustration, whatever, these affect
the vocal cords more than the facial muscles And it is easier,
they say, to fake the looks than the vocal tones
What's wrong with those thick-soled platform shoes 9 Mainly,
they won't let the foot bend normally, contend the medicoes. This
puts extraordinary strain on the ankle, the leg, the hip, even so
much so as to break bones occasionally.
Statistically, young lady, odds are two to one against the pos
sibility that you’ll ever get more than one proposal of marriage,
regret to report
PREDATORS
Q ’ 'That fish preyed upon most is said to be the herring,
Louie But can you name which mammal is most frequently de
voured by the predators 9 ''
A The field mouse, I'd say After that, the rabbit, maybe
Ever notice that the weaker of the creatures seems to be those that
multiply most rapidly 9 Have to, if they're to survive
Contends a medical man who specializes in liquor diseases:
‘T’ve never met an alcoholic who didn’t have an alcoholic par
ent, grandparent or great grandparent .''
In war now, odds run 20 to one a soldier won't be hit. But if
hit, odds run four out of five he won't be killed
SLEEPING BAG
Always go nude when spending the night in a sleeping bag.
That's the advice of a woodsman of lengthy experience. Any
clothing at all, he says, will get damp with perspiration, so be
come too cold to wear come morning He suggests the daylight
costume be stored outside, then brought into the bag for a half
hour before get-up time
About one out of every 10 Air Force cadets gets airsick
sometime during his first save flights . . Stargazers contend the
lucky number of the Anes citizen is nine while the lucky color is
crimson . First city in the country to assign women police
officers to patrol duty was Indianapolis.
Was once the law in Maryland that a wife could write to a
bartender in any one of save counties thereabouts to demand
that no more intoxicating drinks be served to her husband. Then
if said bartender failed to honor her order, he could be fined up
to SI,OOO and even jailed, too
The Indian word ’’arathcone’' means "the washer," which
is where the raccoon, which always washes its food, got its
name
Did I tell you the earth weighs 6.6 thousand billion billion
tons 9
Address mod to t. M. Boyd, P. O. Box 1 7076, Fort Worth, TX 76102.
Copyright 1973 I. M. Boyd
SIDE GLANCES by Gill Fox
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"This is George's Camp David, where he goes to worry
over next month’s bills!"
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Friday, Dec. 14, the
348th day of 1973 with 17 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
last quarter.
The morning stars are
Mercury and Saturn.
The evening stars are Venus,
Mars and Jupiter.
Those bom on this date are
under the sign of Sagittarius.
James “Jimmy” Doolittle,
American hero flyer of World
War 11, was born Dec. 14,1896.
On this day in history:
In 1799, George Washington,
first president of the United
States, died at his Mount
Vernon home after asking his
doctors to “let me go off
quietly.”
In 1819, Alabama was admit
ted to the Union as the 22nd
state.
In 1911, Norwegian explorer
Roald Amundsen discovered the
South Pole.
In 1972, Apollo 11 astronauts
Gene Cernan and Harrison
Schmitt blasted off the moon
for the return trip to death.
BARBS
by PHIL PASTORET
Just think —a whole new
year upcoming to get further
behind in the bills.
There's an awful lot of hot
air about the energy shor
tage. Why can’t we harness
it?
Standing on one's dignity
can be a mighty small plat
form.
When they say “give till it
hurts,” we have a very low
pain threshold.
Little kids never sound out
of tune singing yuletide
carols.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
THOUGHTS
I look to the right and
watch, but there is none.who
takes notice of me; no refuge
remains to me. no man cares
for me. —Psalm 142:4.
Some people are always
grumbling; if they had been
born in the Garden of Eden,
they would have found much
to complain of. Others are
happy anywhere; they see
beauties and blessings all
around them. —John Lub
bock, English astronomer.
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Signs of the times
From time to time the City Commission
does something that deserves support.
Such is the case with its offer of SIOO
rewards for catching vandals who shoot
out street lights.
Also the commission is reported to be
considering rewards to catch people who
Tough all over
A truck driver’s life is not an easy one.
For them, the old saying about time being
money is especially true.
Highway speed restrictions and fuel
shortages, which necessitate more
frequent refueling stops, along with higher
prices for fuel when they can get it, have
cut into their paychecks. Most people
except possibly those motorists who have
been stalled for hours on Interstates
because of trucker blockades, sympathize >
with their plight.
Yet all of us, even if the more
pessimistic predictions about the extent of
the energy crisis don’t come true, are
going to feel the pinch. All of us are going
to have to change our habits and ways of
doing things, and all of us are going to be
hit in our pocketbooks. The truckers just
happen to have been the first to feel the
impact.
It’s too late to wish we had adopted the
Give them a chance
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Talking the other day about Gordon
Junior College’s Developmental program,
its President Jerry Williamson said that
the idea is to give students a chance.
Gordon requires that those who make
650 or less on the Student Aptitude Test
(SAT) take the program before beginning
regular college work because scores in
that range indicate deficiencies in reading
and writing, and thus the background to do
college work.
After a full quarter, some of the students
have improved so much that they will
enter regular college programs in
January. Others will continue for another
quarter or more. Then there are those who
just can not make it and will discontinue. A
★ ★THIS WEEK’S SPORTS EDITORIAL★ ★
Bears can compete
Coach Frank Hinson said before the
1973-74 basketball season started that
Region 6-AAA was one of the strongest in
Georgia.
He was right.
He also felt his Bears were among the
best teams in the league.
He was correct on that also.
Fans, who haven’t seen the Bears play,
have missed a treat.
Griffin has won six of eight games.
The losses were to LaGrange and Forest
Here is a story
from Okinawa
A contradiction bothers me. The Bible is
supposed to say that God started the
church, but the way that ministers of some
denominations push it, it looks like there is
little divine power behind it. Frankly, it
bugs me. B.A.R.
Listen to this story! It comes from the
island of Okinawa.
In 1945, when a war correspondent
named Clarence Hall followed the troops
into a tiny village, they found a society that
evidenced unbelievably high standards of
health and happiness. The people were
gentle, and their houses clean.
When the military intelligence toured
deface signs. This, too, would deserve
support.
Vandalism is expensive to everyone who
pays taxes which go to replace defaced
and destroyed property, plus the fact that
it endangers the lives which lights and
street signs are erected to protect.
system they have in South Africa, where
all intercity freight is carried by rail and
truck deliveries are limited to 30-mile
ranges.
If truckers are allowed to shut down
such a vital part of the nation’s
transportation system, as a lot of them are
threatening to do, what about workers
whose earnings may be reduced, or jobs
eliminated entirely, because of shortages
of power of petrochemical raw materials?
If the protesting truckers get their way
and are permitted to traved at 65 miles an
hour (and there are conflicting arguments
about whether diesel engines are more
efficient at high speed), what about the
salesman who must drive at 50 or 55 and to
whom time is also money?
It’s tough being a trucker. But it’s tough
all over, and likely will be for a long time
to come.
few in this last group, Dr. Williamson said,
“just did not try.”
Too bad for them. They have had every
chance. Taxpayers have footed their bills
through 12 years of public education then
subsidized a quarter in college. The people
of Georgia thus have given them every
opportunity, gone the second mile. Sooner
or later every individual must stand upon
his own two feet and succeed or fail on his
own. Others can not and should not carry
mentally and physically normal people
forever.
The Gordon policy seems correct: give
everyone a fair chance, but do not waste
time or money on those who will not at
least try.
Park, the only unbeaten teams in 6-AAA.
LaGrange had a tough time beating the
Bears by only two points.
Forest Park stopped the local eagers by
six. However, the game was closer than
that. The Panthers cashed in a few free
shots in the final seconds to increase their
lead to six.
Griffin has proven it has a talented
basketball team.
The experience and improvement it will
gain the the next few weeks should make it
even better.
MY
ANSWER
the village they were hard pressed to
explain the phenomenon until old Shoesei
took down a dog-eared Bible.
It seems that 30 years before, one
American missionary, bound for Japan,
stopped just long enough in that village of
Shimabuku to make two converts and
leave that old Bible. God and His Word did
the rest — without, I repeat, without the
help of clergy or the organized church.
Now I believe God has provided the local
church, the ministry and denominational
fellowship for our instruction and help.
But, in no way is Biblical faith credited to
them. Said Paul in 2 Timothy 3:15, “The
sacred writings — able to instruct you for
salvation in Christ Jesus.”
BERRY’S WORLD
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“Excuse me! Is this the line for mailing Christmas
packages?"
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We shall all go through a great deal more suffering than »
necessary from fuel shortages in the months ahead because
of frivolous human bottlenecks and vanities.
A highly-placed scientist in a key agency submitting an
urgent energy report to his top boss was asked only one t
question “Will this program bring me the most publicity?”
A White House insider admits to programs being held up
by battles over whose empire will be expanded.
A government official investigating the reason several
major companies were stalling on adopting proven *
methods of fuel saving found the managers were afraid
that taking action at this time would leave them open to
charges of previous inefficiency.
One technical man reports so many industrial managers •
have regularly refused to deal with energy-saving innova
tions that American inventors have been forced to go to
Europe to get their ideas marketed.
An engineer official reports that an inter-agency meet- ,
ing on the energy problem he attended recently bogged
down so heavily in ideological discussions nothing could be
accomplished. He came away with the conviction some of
ficials are more interested in agonizing over philosophy
than in attacking the technical problems. They just won! •
leave policy to the President and congress, he complains.
Other officials tell me that they’ve found some bureau
crats so rabidly anti-Nixon they’re fighting any energy
ideas from the White House. On the opposite side of the ,
fence, some Nixon appointees blindly oppose any ideas
which don’t serve political ends.
A Congressman says that eager-beaver senators and rep
resentatives have put 300 to 400 energy bills in the hopper
to get in on this crisis bandwagon. Few of these men, he ,
says, really understand fuel-energy business. Their self
serving bills only add to the confusion and delay. But their
activity brings favorable letters from constituents back
home.
A confirmed environmentalist told his colleagues at a ‘
discussion this reporter attended, that Congressmen at
tempting to jump on the environmental bandwagon and
those submitting to the pressure of strong anti-pollution
groups have voted for laws which are indefensible from *
any scientific standpoint, laws which severely handicap at
tempts at conserving energy and increasing fuel produc
tion.
A bureaucrat fumes at agencies which resist energy-sav- 4
ing and production-incentive programs which call for
redefinitions of their objectives, even when the proposals
would strongly benefit the nation in this crisis — exceptions
to the anti-trust laws which would make possible joint in
dustry funding and cooperation in energy savings and
energy increasing programs, expansion of rapid tax wri
teoff systems and tax exemption programs to encourage
more fuel economy and fuel substitution innovations,
allocation of scarce materials to assist those industries
which take high-risk gambles in fuel production and fuel
efficiency, and government testing of new technology to
reduce somewhat the industrial risks involved.
Says one scientist-official: we must face the fact that
throughout much of American industry and government
there has been for some time an increasing reluctance by
high officials to stake their careers on high-risk ventures,
whether in energy or anything else.
Pre-fabricated nostalgia
A Chicago mail order house has taken the nostalgia craze .
a step forward, or backward, by offering a genuine orange
crate scooter — well, a reasonable fascimile thereof, any
way.
For sl2, you can get a pre-assembled scooter made of
real orange crate wood, with ballbearing skate wheels and
a handlebar. All a kid, or a nostalgic adult, has to do is at
tach the crate to the runner (with bolts provided) and take
off on a journey into those wonderful days of yesteryear
when life was simpler and presumably better.
Twelve dollars? That’s as much as a man earned in a
week back in the good old days when oranges came in
wooden crates. If he had a job at all, that is.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSNJ <
QUOTES
Seeing a federal charge
repulsed at Fredericksburg,
Va., Southern Gen. Robert E.
Lee said: "It is well that war is
so terrible, or we should get too
fond of it.”
American poet Henry Wads
worth Longfellow said, “The
grave is but a covered bridge
leading from light to light,
through a brief darkness.”
Poet John Greenleaf Whittier
said “Search thine own heart
What paineth thee in others, in
thyself may be.”
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Crisis fuels power
fights in capitol
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