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L. M. BOYD
Feminine
Proposal
Young lady, if you intend to suggest marnage to a man,
better pick one with a college education. Studies show those
college boys are far less likely to get irritated by a feminine
proposal. Men with no college generally tend to resent such for
ward performances by females, evidently Or so our Love and
War man contends He gets his data from a report by a team of
psychology scholars who thought a study on the matter worth
while
Only one obese teenager in 28 ever slims down to normal
weight Understand there's an Eskimo language edition of the
Sherlock Holmes stories Approximately 27 per cent of the
citizens hereabouts can claim hazel, gray or green eyes
So few realize that the word 'green'' means both "pleasantly
alluring" and "marked by a sickly appearance ". . Also note,
please, the typical wife fixes her husband 40 meals at home
for every one meal he buys her in restaurants
LICENSES
Was none other than that savant Leo Davids who predicted
that less than one third of the future marriages will produce
children He's the prognosticator who contended matrimonial
mates will need government licenses to become parents And
he said we could expect an end to divorce after tnal marriages
get underway
Statistically, the man whose father died at age 80 or older
can expect to live just about 10 years longer than the man whose
father died before the age of 50
Closer you get to the equator, the more kinds of evergreens
you find
MARIJUANA
The medical boys are trying to figure out away to experi
ment legally with marijuana in the hope that it can treat glau
coma by reducing pressure in the eyes Unfortunately, govern
ment regulations inhibit The research scientist with a beaker of
marijuana today is like yesteryear's surgeon with a skeleton in
his closet Too bad
Q "Do US presidents live longer or shorter than their
normal life expectancy?"
A Depends Before 1850, the presidents outlived their
longevity expectations at the tune of taking office by an average
of 2.9 years Between 1850 and 1900, the presidents fell short
of their longevity expectations by an average of 2.9 years In
this century, they've lived an average of 11 years less than their
expectations But the assassinations of McKinley and Kennedy
plus the deaths m office of Harding and Franklin Roosevelt
have gummed up the statistics
Q "The blondes outnumber the redheads, do they not?"
A Slightly Figure 8 per cent are blondes, 7 per cent are
redheads
Address moil to I 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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"Stop feeding him all the time, Mom! He never sees me
except through a fork!”
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Saturday, Dec. 15,
the 349th day of 1973 with 16 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 born on this date are
under the sign of Sagittarius.
Alexandre Eiffel, French
engineer who built the Paris
tower which bears his name,
was born Dec. 15, 1832.
On this day in history:
In 1791, the U.S. Bill of
Rights, comprised of the first
10 amendments to the Constitu
tion, went into effect following
ratification by the state of
Virginia.
In 1944, U.S. forces led by
Gen. Douglas MacArthur land
ed at Mindoro in the Philippine
Islands.
In 1961, a special Jewish
tribunal sentenced Adolf Eich
mann to death for his role in
causing the deaths of millions
of Jews during World War 11.
WORLD ALMANAC
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When a tennis player s
score is zero, it’s called
“love.” The source of the
term is believed to have its
origin in France in the early
1700 s. Zero in tennis was
called by the French word
I’oeuf. meaning egg. which
resembles a zero. The World
Almanac says. When tennis
was introduced into Britain,
I’oeuf was changed to the
similar-sounding love.
Copyright 1973
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
THOUGHTS
I can do all things in him
who strengthens me. Yet it
was kind of you to share my
trouble. — Philippians 4:13,-
14.
The strength of a country is
the strength of its religious
convictions. —Calvin
Coolidge, 30th U.S. President.
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Editorials
From other newspapers
Gasoline Distribution Should Be Fair
The Daily Sun, Warner Robins
In an effort to avoid rationing of gasoline the Nixon
Administration is considering an increase in the tax from four
cents a gallon to 30 or 40 cents a gallon.
This would make gasoline prices soar to such high prices
that many people would cut back on their purchases.
Clearly, what it would do is price gasoline out of the reach of
poor people ... and make it readily available to the rich and
wealthy!
We abhor the thought of rationing.
But we do not believe that gasoline should be available only
to the people who have the most money, either.
Everyone has a right to an equal share . . . rich and poor
alike . . . and anything that is done which creates a situation
where everyone is not treated equal is wrong, in our opinion.
Gas rationing? Certainly not, if it can be avoided . But
certainly yes rather than an unfair and inequitable distribution
through restrictively high prices.
Quiet And Effective
The Moultrie Observer
In the death this week of George L.
Smith, 61, speaker of the State House of
Representatives and an Emanuel county
attorney, Georgia has lost the leadership
and counsel of one of the knowledgeable
and effective political figures in recent
years.
A quiet man who used his knowledge
and information wisely, Speaker SYnith
had won both friendship and high respect
from both sides of the political scene in
Atlanta—-and that is no small ac
complishment.
George L. Smith did not run about
Georgia kissing babies, offering all kinds
How's That, Governor?
The Thomaston Times
On October 1 Governor Jimmy Carter
recommended that the federal government not
build the Spewrell Bluff Dam ignoring the fact
that the hydro-electric aspect of that project was
vital to a growing energy shortage in this nation.
President Nixon came before the nation on
November 7 and outlined the energy emergency
pointing out that it could affect the nation’s
health and economy. He called for drastic
measures to conserve energy on the one hand
and to produce more energy on the other.
Governor Carter came back on November 8
and declared he believed the energy crisis was
more grave than President Nixon had said.
Now we are confused.
President Nixon had included funds in his
budget to get on with the business of building a
hydro-electric dam at Spewrell Bluff.
Governor Carter has temporarily stopped
this project.
President Nixon has called for legislation to
overcome the energy crisis.
And Governor Carter says he didn’t go far
enough.
We recall, however, it was Governor Carter
who said several weeks ago that he believed
President Nixon has “taken leave of his senses.”
You be the judge.
This teenager
gets depressed
Although I’m just a teenager, I get
depressed frequently. Thus far, a bit of
drinking and some sexual excursions have
helped a little. But when I try to pray, I feel
there’s a wall between God and myself.
What can I do? P.Y.
One phrase in your letter capsulized the
problem quite well, “I believe in God,
however. . . ” You are like many people,
who want to have faith, but other things —
in your case, alcohol and sex are given
priority.
It’s not strange that that wall seems to
block God out. The Bible would say your
sins have shut out the faith of God. Until
of advice and performing stunts to win
votes and notoriety. Instead, he did most
of his work for Georgia in council
chambers or on the floor of the House—
where it counted most.
Georgia has lost an outstanding
leader—one who might have given this
state just the gubernatorial leadership it
needed.
The greatest tribute which can be paid
now to the life and leadership of George
L. Smith in politics is to challenge every
man who aspires to political position to
“go thou and do as Speaker Smith did.’’
MY BBS
ANSWER ■LJT
you really turn your life over to Christ,
that wall is impenetrable.
Until the main focus of your life is
Christ, you’ll go from one super despon
dency to another. When Jesus taught His
disciples, He stressed the doing of God’s
will. That means the determination to turn
from old ways, and by God’s Spirit, be
converted to a new way of life.
Solomon, the wisest man in the world,
gave good advice. According to Ec
clesiastes 12:1, he said: “Don’t let the
excitement of being young cause you to
forget about your Creator. Honor Him in
your youth before the evil years come —
when you’ll no longer enjoy living.”
BEBRTS MM
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“Who do I see around here about buyin’ one of those
unfilled diplomat positions?"
85
PEOPLE REMEMBER experiencing relief —and some hope
—at the end of the decade of the 19605.
That was a period characterized by rioting and burning in
our cities, by lawless demonstrations in the streets and by
student unrest and violence on campuses across the country.
That was a decade of social disot der.
We have almost completed three years of a new decade.
The beginning has not been very promising. Thus far, we
appear to be heading toward a decade of economic disorder.
♦ * ♦
THE NATION still suffers from severe crime and social
problems. Citizens are tortured by Watergate and related
scandals that have seriously strained government credibility
and leadership.
Yet, above all this the American people rank the economy
as their number one problem. This is an issue that affects
everyone, in one way or another. It hits people in the pocket
books and jeopardizes their very livelihood.
To working people, it means loss of earnings and purchasing
power to inflation. To the poor and the elderly, it is most
cruel because they must struggle to make both ends meet on
fixed incomes like Social Security and retirement benefits.
Seeds of inflation that were sown over the past 25 years
are coming into full bloom. We are confronted by a national
debt approaching almost SSOO billion. The American dollar
is no longer preeminent in the world. In fact, the reverse is
true, considering that it has been devalued on several oc
casions in the past two years.
We continue to mount multibillion dollar deficits in our
balance of payments, because of excessive foreign spending
that has put the United States in the position of trying to play
policeman, banker, and Santa Claus for the whole world.
We suffer trade deficits because other nations out-trade and
out-negotiate us at every turn.
To put the situation in terms more meaningful to the
average American family, bread costs more because of the
Russian wheat deal and we are presently in the midst of an
energy crisis because of lack of foresight. We ve been shipping
fuel oil overseas while our own supply became short, and
there has been a deplorable lack of planning to develop new
sources of energy.
♦ ♦ ♦
INSTEAD OF REACTING to crisis after crisis, there
ought to be more positive action to prevent these crises from
occurring and growing worse year after year. Such action is
needed on the economic front if our nation is to regain its
strength and vitality as a world leader.
■■ .. Jy
Don Oakley
Rocky acres
up for shale
One of the resources mentioned by President Nixon in his
call for a crash program to achieve energy independence
by 1980 was the vast oil shale deposits in the western part of
the United States.
Estimates of how much oil is locked in the rocks of Col
orado, Utah and Wyoming range from three to eight trillion
barrels. The Department of the Interior estimates that
there are 1.8 trillion barrels of oil in rock that yields at least
15 barrels a ton when the hydrocarbons it contains are
heated and converted into crude oil. Another 600 billion
barrels may be in richer veins that yield at least 25 barrels
a ton.
Unlike coal, oil shale yields a “clean” product which
would aid in the fight against air pollution. Because of
price increases imposed by the oil-producing countries of
the Middle East, oil shale products are now becoming com
petitive with conventional oil products.
Several extraction techniques have been tested, but only
one has been announced ready for commercial application
— the TOSCO II process developed by The Oil Shale Cor
poration.
Up to now, the federal government, which owns 80 per
cent of the oil shale deposits, has pursued a go-slow policy.
But it is now preparing to offer leases on six tracts in the
three-state area for oil shale development.
The Department of the Interior, which will administer
the program, has established strict procedures to insure
protection of the environment.
According to Interior, production of one million barrels a
day of shale oil should be attainable by the mid-1980s, with
a potential output of several million barrels a day.
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