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Fat Folks
Earn Less
People who are overweight don't earn as much money as
people who aren't How's that for a blunt generality 7 Comes
from a personnel expert who analyzed the weights and wages of
a batch of executives. Among men in the $25,000-to-$50,000
category, says he, only about 10 per cent are carrying too
much heft But among men in the SIO,OOO-to-$20,000 range,
40 per cent weigh in much too heavy. Job discrimination,
he calls it
Do you realize a baleen whale has to strain about 5,000
tons of sea water just to get 10 pounds of plankton?
If you want to feel a little older today, consider the fact
that it has been 24 years since Christine Jorgensen's first
name was George
Lady client says she's embarrassed to admit her husband
collects dolls Tut tut, my dear, think nothing of it. Back in
the 1500 s, King Henry IV of France did likewise. Pretty little
things all dressed in silk
SUGAR
Q ''Where in the Bible does it mention sugar?''
A Nowhere Nor does it mention sugar in the Talmud or
the Koran Were you aware neither the ancient Greeks nor
Romans ever knew anything about sugar? They knew all about
honey, though.
Q "What kind of pay did the Japanese solider get during
World War II?’ 1
A Ten yen a month. Equivalent to $2 36 Os that, $1.89
was automatically sent home And 38 cents was deducted for
compulsory savings The other 9 cents was spending money
Q "What the commonest mistake people make on their
income tax returns 7 ’'
A That No 1 error is failure to include all W-2 forms,
I'm told
HYSTERIA
Mass hysteria has been offered as another explanation of
that phenomenon known as streaking Peculiar contagion, that
mass hysteria It cropped up in Africa's Uganda 11 years ago
Almost 1,000 people, each with a white chicken tucked under the
arm, started running around madly Kept at it until they dropped
from exhaustion Nobody seemed to know why Then there was
the situation last spring in a school at Berry, Ala. Reportedly,
about 125 students plus a few teachers all began to cry,
complaining they itched in some places and were numb in others,
and much vomiting ensued, forgive me Nobody could explain
that, either And way back in the 1830 s, the nuns in a French
convent for no comprehensible reason suddenly chose to gather
for several hours daily to meow like cats. Each of the fore
going is said to be a classic case of mass hysteria.
Address mad to L M. Boyd. P. O Box 1 7076 Fort Worth, TX 76102.
Copyright 1973 I. M. Boyd
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Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Tuesday, April 16,
the 106th day of 1974 with 259 to
follow.
The moon is between its last
quarter and new phase.
The morning stars are
Mercury, Venus and Jupiter.
The evening stars are Mars
and Saturn.
Those bom this date are
under the sign of Aries.
Wilbur Wright, American
inventor of the airplane, was
born April 16,1867.
On this day in history:
In 1862, Congress abolished
slavery in the District of
Columbia.
In 1947, more than 500
persons were killed when a
French frigate carrying ni
trates exploded at the dock in
Texas City, Tex.
In 1968, novelist Edna Ferber
died in New York City at the
age of 82.
In 1972, Apollo 16 blasted off
for the moon with three
American astronauts aboard.
Also that day, U.S. planes
raided the North Vietnam
capital of Hanoi.
BARBS
By PHIL PASTORET
For one of our colleagues,
the daily grind consists of
using the pencil sharpener.
Think how much hotter
summer would be if most of
the hot air wasn't located
over Washington.
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Guess why they call a
transcontinental trip a
“cross”-country one?
Diplomatic ties are like
kids’ shoelaces — one jerk
and they come apart.
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Copyright ©1974
THOUGHTS
And in the morning, a
great while before day, he
rose and went out to a lonely
place, and there he prayed.
— Mark 1:35.
“Get away from the crowd
when you can. Keep yourself
to yourself, if only for a few
hours daily.” — Arthur
Brisbane. American jour
nalist.
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Editor
Telephone 227 4334
Decency is the victim
Modem vandals get their name from the
Vandals who sacked Rome in the fifth
century. Presumably the savage tribes did
not know any better when they destroyed
so much of the ancient city’s art,
literature and monuments. Today’s have
no such excuse.
One need not go to New York or even to
Atlanta to see results of their work. Right
here in Griffin, even on the “better”
streets we too often see profane words
spray-gunned on traffic signs, even stop
signs knocked down or tom up thus en
dangering life and limb of innocent people.
Schools here in Griffin have been sacked,
cemetery markers broken and defaced.
No, we need not leave town to know about
vandals. Nor can one escape vandalism by
leaving here.
In New York, for example, the Bronx
Society of Arts and Sciences has asked the
city’s parks department to bar the public
from the cottage in which Edgar Allan Poe
lived in the 1840 s and where he wrote some
of his memorable poems. The cottage has
been a continual target of vandals, who
A safe city
Congratulations to Albany, Georgia.
That Southwest Georgia city of 90,000
population has been rated in a new book
based on 1972 crime statistics as the 17th
No longer sweet
A couple of letters to the editor have
criticized fund raising drives, and they are
but tips of icebergs of resentment.
Both letters criticized the drives on the
ground that they, the letter writer, could
not get financial help when they felt that
they needed it. One criticized the Histori
cal Society’s restoration of an old house.
While we sympathize with those in need,
several points need clarification.
First of all, the government has gone in
so heavily for welfare and taxes are so
high to support what once was known as
“sweet charity” that the public’s response
has suffered. In other words, much volun
teer charity has disappeared in the face of
that enforced by government.
Second, there are entirely too many
fund-raising drives here in Griffin and
elsewhere. The Community Chest was
supposed to roll them into one, but it has
flopped at least in that.
One out of four
Here is a shocker gleaned from the grist
of the news:
“Unless food prices stabilize before July
4,1976, an estimated 60 million Americans
— more than one in four — might be
eligible for food stamps at some time
19-year-old girl ANSWER
has a problem
I am a 19-year-old girl with a problem.
I’ve been trying to find myself, and yes,
I’ve committed some sins — sex, lying,
etc. I asked God to forgive me, and help
me change my ways. I feel as though I
have changed, but how do I know God is
the reason for my change in behavior? B.
J.
For age 19, you have a lot of wisdom.
Some don’t even recognize their problems;
and many, if they do, fail to come to Christ
for the answer.
Here’s several facts to consider. First,
we can’t even know our need without the
help of God. John 16:8 says that’s part of
the assignment of the Holy Spirit — to
have not only stolen numerous Poe
mementoes but have tried to set the
building on fire from time to time.
South of the Bronx, in New York’s
Central Park, it’s said that there is not a
statue or monument that has not been
covered with spray-painted grafitti.
The problem is hardly unique to New
York. At a high school in Lakewood, Ohio,
the other day, the famed Cleveland or
chestra was forced to cut short a concert
because it was bombarded with slingshot
fired paper clips from the student
audience. It was the second time this had
happened, and each time it was a case of
the ignorant, undisciplined few spoiling
something for the many — as it is
everywhere vandals strike.
Society today is not only being held
hostage by the political terrorists who
kidnap and bomb and extort. More and
more, the great mass of decent, law
abiding citizens, along with the cultural
artifacts that are the visible heritage of
civilization, are at the mercy of the bar
barians among us who deface, destroy,
wreck and ruin.
safest in the U.S.A. It was the only one in
Georgia or surrounding states to make the
safest 50.
Third, people are entitled to spend what
money they have left over after taxes and
other legal obligations on whatever
projects they wish. Restoration of the old
house in Griffin is being done mostly at
private expense as a historic place. People
who give to it have a right to do so. Ex
penditure of public funds on such projects
is another matter and addresses itself to
government appropriations.
Fourth, not many people would go back
to the days of strictly private charity. Too
many folks in dire need were overlooked.
But most thinking people certainly would
improve the welfare program and
eliminate its abuses. For too many of us
both on and off welfare have "The World
Owes Me A Living” as a theme song.
Consequently, sweet charity has turned
bitter on the taste buds of many a tax
payer.
during the nation’s bicentennial year,”
Congress person Martha W. Griffiths, D-
Mich., said in commenting on a study by
the Senate House Economic Committee.
Think of it. One out of four!
show us our sins. Evidently, that has
happened to you.
Secondly, if your request for forgiveness
was accompanied by a step of faith in
Christ, that prayer was heard and im
mediately answered. Forgiveness, you
see, is only one side of the coin of con
version. We speak of salvation’s formula
as both repentance and faith.
Thirdly, any changes for the better in
your life are definitely the work of the
Lord. Oh, I know the devil can imitate God
sometimes, and Scripture says he is oc
casionally an angel of light. (2 Corinthians
11:14.) But whatever is of lasting good is of
God.
It seems to me you’re on the way. God
bless you.
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© 1974 by NEA. Inc
“Man, THAT SAYS IT ALL! You know?"
CZj David Poling, D.D.
J° y * hope ancJ trust —
IfF? the vocabulary of faith
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By David Poling (NEA)
“I think the birth of my first child, more than anything
else was the miracle that woke me up to the idea of
God ...”
Every once in a while a true literary event comes to pass.
It happens when personalities, filled with truth, have just
the right moment to express and exchange conviction about
life and death and eternity. Often such encounters are
unplanned and more frequently they occur in our world but
pass unnoticed for lack of recording and revelation. We are
surrounded by many brilliant philosophers and theologians
- but often unaware of their vision and understanding.
Not so with Ernest Becker and Sam Keen, editor of Psy
chology Today. For the April edition of that journal
faithfully records the remarkable and profound insights of
Ernest Becker, scholar, professor, searcher for the union of
science and religion, and now confronting the final stage of
terminal cancer.
Dr. Becker rocketed to fame as the popular lecturer at
Berkeley in the field of sociology and anthropology. In the
mid 1960 s he spoke to overflow audiences in San Francisco
and later moved to Simon Fraser University in Vancouver,
Canada. Again and again his lectures and books (eight)
moved to the center of psychology and religion. His pursuit
, of knowledge was autobiographical, for he was seeking God.
In the closing period of Becker s young life - (49) - Sam
Keen decided to interview him in his hospital room. For a
solid afternoon they discussed, probed, and questioned the
terms of human existence .... it was a “day of loving com
bat” in the words of Karl Jaspers.
One theme that intrigued Becker was the absence of hero
ism in the 20th century. This great lack, in the experience of
modern man, is possible to recover, (though Reinhold
Niebuhr might have challenged that statement), noted
Becker:
“To be a hero means to leave behind something that
heightens life and testifies to the worthwhileness of ex
istence. Making a beautiful cabinet can be heroic
but 1 don’t think that one can be a hero in any really
elevating sense without some transcendental referent,
like being a hero for God, for the creative powers of
the universe."
In considering his own end, and the trail of suffering and
sickness that had been a steady companion during these
days, Becker remarked,
“To be used for divine purposes, however we may be
misused, this is the thing that consoles. I think of
Calvin when he says, ‘Lord, thou bruises me, but since
it is You, it is all right’. I think one does, or should try
to just hand over one’s life, the meaning of it, the
value of it, the end of it. This has been very important
to me. I think it is very hard for secular men to die
The winter afternoon was closing for Becker and his edi
tor-seeker and questioner, Sam Keen. In his approach to
death, Becker gave some sterling clues to life: “At the very
highest point of faith there is joy because one understands
that it is God’s world, and since everything is in His hands,
what right have we to be sad?"
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QUOTES
“I am convinced that histo
ry will judge the House by
what it does, not by what the
President and his spokesmen
say.”
—Speaker of the House Carl
Albert. (D-Okla.), reject
ing a suggestion that the
House Judiciary Commit
tee seek equal broadcast
time to answer White
House criticisms of its im
peachment inquiry.
“If we attempt to
blackmail each other or deal
with each other from a strong
position, then there can be no
peace among ourselves or in
the world.”
-Secretary of State Henry
A. Kissinger to Soviet
leader Leonid I. Breznev
in Moscow.
“I don’t know how he could
have contrived a more un
satisfactory method of han
dling it.”
—Sen. Howard Baker (R-
Tenn.) discussing Presi
dent Nixon’s role in the
Watergate scandal.
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FACTS
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Congress recently passed a
three-year bill which will in
itially provide S2OO million
for city bus aid from road
funds starting July 1, 1974.
Beginning July 1, 1975, some
SBOO million of highway funds
will be used for buses, rail
systems and subways. Com
munities can get immediate
aid for mass transit by giving
up highway projects and
using the money for bus or
rail projects. The World
Almanac notes.
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