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Griffin Daily News Friday, December 21,1973
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Don Quixote ’73
L M. BOYD
Rob Peter,
Pay Paul
Again am asked where we got the phrase robbing Peter to
pay Paul " English clergymen started that In 1712 They took
the bells from Westminster's Church ol St Peter to hang in the
newer St Paul's Cathedral
Clothing experts who should know contend the high-fashion
boys size down their more expensive creations in a fla tery
manner to make the ladies happy For instance, a size 12 may be
labeled size 10
Only weasel-type animal ever run over by a car is the sk ink,
please note Why is simple So many generations of skunks have
successfully defended themselves against the big beasts that
they just can't believe cars have no noses
ENGAGEMENTS
One out of three young ladies breaks two or more eng ige
ments before she weds One out of six young men does like Arise
In most jealousy killings, it's the loved one, not the r val,
who winds up dead Were you aware the cashew nut and
poison ivy belong to the same plant family? Coffee dnntcers
are even more likely to get ulcers than whiskey drinkers, it s
now claimed If you spell out the name of all 50 states, you 11
use every letter in the alphabet, except one. Which one?
Note it stated no circumstances whatsoever permit yo i to
pick youi teeth at the table That claim is wrong Not wiong
hereabouts maybe But it's quite all right at the table in Euiope
to hold a napkin to your face while you pick your teeth.
SHOTGUN
0 "What s a shotgun house?"
A That's one of those Depression-days buildings wherein
all the rooms are lined up in one row. No hall You havo to
walk through each room to get to the next. And standing in the
front, with all the doors open, you look out the back
LOVE AND WAR
Client asks our Love and War man to identify the fellow who
first said, "Love is blind " One Propertius wrote, Every! ody
in love is blind " That's close enough, is it not? Remarkable
how no two people define love similarly Plato said, "Love -
a grave mental disease "In Romans 1310: Love is the ful
filling of the law " Swedenborg said, "Love in its essence is a
spiritual hre " And how do you like Lord Dewar's definition?
He said, ’ ‘Love is an ocean of emotion, entirely surroundec by
expenses
Addini moil to t M Boyd P O Ro> 17076. fort Worth. TX 76102.
Copyright 1973 L . M. Boyd
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Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Friday, Dec. 21, the
355th day of 1973 with 10 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
new phase.
The morning stars are
Mercury and Saturn.
The evening stars are Venus,
Mars and Jupiter.
Those bom on this date in
history are under the sign of
Sagittarius.
Soviet Premier Josef Stalin
was born Dec. 21, 1879.
On this day in history:
In 1620, the Pilgrims set foot
for the first time on American
soil at Plymouth, Mass.
In 1942, the U.S. Supreme
Court upheld the validity of six
week divorces granted in
Nevada.
In 1944, horse racing was
suspended in the United States
for the duration of World War
11.
In 1968, Apollo 8 blasted off
for moon orbit carrying Frank
Borman, James Lovell and
William Anders.
THOUGHTS
“Behold, therefore, I
strike mv hands together at
the dishonest gain which you
have made, and at the blood
which has been in the midst
of you. Can your courage en
dure, or can your hands be
strong, in the days that I
shall deal with you? I the
Lord have spoken, and I w ill
do it." —Ezekiel 22-13,14.
Give us the fortitude to en
dure the things which cannot
be changed, and the courage
to change the things which
should be changed, and the
wisdom to know one from the
other. —Bishop Oliver J.
Hart.
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The new Speaker
The Georgia House has designated a new
Speaker to succeed the late George L.
Smith 11, and Tom Murphy has a big pair
of shoes to fill. He deserves a fair chance to
prove whether he can or cannot control his
temper (which he says he now can and
does), to be fair and impartial (which he
says he will) and to rise to the occasion.
As Lester Maddox’s former floor leader
The election is over
Finally the last election of the year is
over, and the voters have decided about
“pouring” licenses as well as about
package sales of liquor in Griffin and in
Spalding County.
The issues were highly important to the
community and both sides fought hard.
Now the matters have been settled by the
majority of voters who went to the polls.
There have been some bitterness, some
Random thoughts
Trouble comes from the most
unexpected sources. Who would have
thought that the country would run out of
gas?
Shortage of cemetery lots in Griffin may
be described as a grave problem.
★ -A-THIS WEEK’S SPORTS EDITORIAL* *
Wait until next year
The Atlanta Falcons just finished
another of those “wait until next year”
seasons and no one realizes it more than
the players.
The Falcons had a playoff berth within
their reach and squandered it away with
back-to-back losses to the Buffalo Bills and
St. Louis Cardinals.
Muckraking, U.S.A.
The Moultrie Observer
Corruption and misconduct in business
and politics are almost as old as man, and
muckraking has been a favorite sport of
people since it became possible to
disseminate “news” and rumors beyond
the cave entrance.
Note the word “muckrake" well,
because the Watergate case and ensuing
events have barely broken the seal on what
we may expect to hear and see within the
next few years.
If there ever was a period of sordidness
and rank muckraking, it is now.
There is a legitimate synonym which
many journalists prefer to use. It is
“crusading," a form of investigation and
reporting which is both needed and useful
in maintaining a sense of morality,
honesty and integrity in our government
and every-day dealings in life.
The sad conclusion must be reached,
however, that our nation and too many of
our people with ambition have pulled a
however, that our nation and too many of
our people with ambition have pulled a
The virgin birth
of Jesus Christ
I tend more and more to reject this
business of the virgin birth of Christ. It’s so
illogical. His life is history, but his claim of
no father is fantasy. Why persist in it?
H.T.
I would not deny that the virgin birth of
Christ is illogical. The human mind could
not have imagined it. It was conceived in
the heart of God, and Jeremiah 32:22 says
it was indeed “a new thing” in the earth.
But look! To deny His supernatural
conception involves either a denial of
Mary’s purity or the truthfulness of
Matthew’s and Luke’s narratives.
Remember also the Jewish law with
point
Quimby Melton, Jr.
Editor
Telephone 227-6336
in the House, he will have to watch his step
very carefully in order not to favor the
lieutenant governor in the political year in
which Maddox is all but certain to be
running for Governor.
Every citizen and taxpayer of the state
will be affected directly and has a lot at
stake.
hasty words. But we have observed a
number of “wet-dry” elections in other
Georgia counties and it seems to us that
there has been less fracture of
rela'tionships here than in the others.
It is to be hoped that this will continue
and that both forces (none of whose
sincerity is to be doubted) will unite now to
build a greater and a better Griffin and
Spalding.
Note from a late shopper: "Why worry?
Christmas (1974) is over 365 days away.”
True. True.
“The better a woman looks, the longer a
man does.” — L and N Magazine
Fans showed their disappointment with
the Falcons last Sunday when thousands
stayed away from Atlanta Stadium despite
the fact the Falcons were playing arch
rival New Orleans.
All the Falcons can do right now is try to
figure out what caused the slump and hope
for the best in the pro draft.
smokescreen across the horizon. Now it is
difficult to distinguish between crusading
and muckraking, so personalized have
support and opposition become.
Muckraking is quite popular. Eager
young journalists make their mark —
emblazon their bylines across the pages of
newspapers, magazines and television
screens — through digging up “dirt”.
News stories, editorials, columns and even
books are being filled with information —
right or wrong — which comes from the
boggy and seamy areas of life, and little
regard is given to the guilt or innocence of
people, or the character assassination
which might result.
A serious wildfire has been set in this
country with the matches of corruption
and muckraking. The political parties are
’ikely to conclude that what pays dividends
for the goose should also help the gander.
Next year is an election year. Expect
muckraking to reach an all-time high (or
low) during the campaign.
reference to adultery. As a bethrothed
person, Mary would have been punished
by death if found guilty.
Here’s something else. Remember
Mary’s conduct at the cross? Jesus was
crucified because He claimed to be the Son
of God. Wouldn’t Mary, as mother, have
stopped the proceedings if it were not so?
You’ll find, H.T., that to assert this birth
was not historical confronts reason with
even greater difficulties. Accept it as a
vital factor in our redemption, as the
sinless God-man came to be our substitute
— paying the price of sin which we could
never do ourselves.
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The planners and
the President
WASHINGTON (NEA)
This capital is buzzing with talk of a theoretical plan
which supposedly could induce President Nixon to resign
within a few months at most. My sources, knowledgeable
about his makeup, think it wouldn’t work.
The basic notions undergirding the plan are these:
• Leaders in the American economic community are to
tally disillusioned over the President’s prospects of govern
ing effectively in the rest of his term, want him out, and are
pressing their views heavily upon top Republicans.
• Many Republicans, in Congress, in the Governorships, in
the party organization, are not only responsive to such pres
sures but increasingly concluding on their own that the
President may be a devastating liability to the GOP’s hopes
ir both the 1974 and 1976 elections.
• No relief for Mr. Nixon which might alter these judg
ments is seen either on the Watergate front, where indict
ments and trials and further damaging disclosures seem in
escapable to many, or on such major matters in the domestic
realm as the confused energy crisis.
Given these circumstances and assumptions, the tactic in
the “plan” would be for the key Republicans to confer in
tight session, and name a small delegation or a single in
dividual to call upon the President and firmly request his
speedy resignation for the good of the nation, the party and
himself.
The man almost unanimously mentioned to carry the
message, either alone or as head of a delegation, is of course
Sen. Barry Goldwater, accepted as having maximum weight
in the party on this difficult issue.
At this point, Mr. Nixon’s cast of mind would be of crucial
concern. Up to now, he has dismissed all resignation talk,
usually letting it be known one way or another that he
viewed it as the conspiratorial conception of his “enemies.”
Obviously, against this backdrop, Goldwater’s strong
opening gambit would have to include some words like
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“Mr. President, I’m sure you understand that we make this
request not as your enemies, but as your friends.”
How would this vital plea be received? This is the judg
ment of one of my most trusted Nixon watchers:
“Right away, these ‘friends’ would become his enemies. He
would do it diplomatically, but he would refuse the request to
resign. He would walk away from the meeting as quickly as
he could.”
And, adds this source, this response would be roughly
duplicated by the President no matter what other kind of
resignation appeal were made to him from whatever
quarter.
Is this intended to suggest there are no conditions at all
under which Richard Nixon would resign?
The answer I am given is that there is one commanding set
of circumstances which could produce that result. The word:
“If impeachment proceedings in the House not only get
started but move clearly toward a negative vote for the
President, he might very well choose to halt the process by
quitting then, rather than waiting for the Senate to weigh the
charges as a jury.”
The escape hatch, of course* would be health. More than
once Mr. Nixon has said he would serve “so long as I am
physically able.” It’s plain he can use the hatch any time he
wishes, but he has no “friend” on earth who can compel him
to use it while he still controls the situation.
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TIMELY QUOTES
“We are going to have to
change many of the ways we
live, our life style, and there
is a very real danger the
economy is going to be hard
hit by this adjustment.”
— Former energy chief. John
Love, at a Denver news
conference following his
resignation, in which he
reaffirmed his belief in the
need to ration gasoline.
“I said to Nelson ‘if you
keep accounts and they’re ac
curate for two months —
without using a computer —
then I’ll raise your allowance
because I’m anxious to have
you earn extra money.' Kids
don’t learn the value of
money, how to take care of it,
so I think this is a very impor
tant thing."
—Gov. Nelson Rockefeller,
talking about the 60-cent
a-week allowance he gives
to his son. Nelson. Jr.
“The energy crisis of 1973
should become the economic
equivalent of the Sputnik
challenge of 1957. The out
come can be the same. Only
this time, the giant step for
mankind will be one that
America and its closest
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—Secretary of State Henry »
Kissinger, talking to a Bri
tish-American group in
London.
WORLD ALMANAC ‘
FACTS
There was a total of 31,947
post offices throughout the t
United States and its pos
sessions on June 30, 1972,
The World Almanac says.
• Os this number 5.162 were
First Class, 7.396 Second *
Class. 12.551 Third Class
and 6.838 Fourth Class. The
U.S. Postal Service em
ployed a total of 694.238 »
persons as of June 30, 1972,
according to the U.S. Civil
Service Commission.
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