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Griffin Daily News Thursday, April 18,1974
“I Have an Unemployment Problem, Too!”
L.M. BOYD
Disease of
Cannibals
That disease known as kuru looks something like multiple
sclerosis Hits the brain Causes hysteria, body tremor, coma
and death Only place you sand it is among the Fore tribesmen
of New Guinea They're cannibals Or were The new anti
cannibal laws thereabouts appear to be eliminating the disease
It's definitely due to diet, all right Let's not talk about it
anymore
At last report three out of every 20 people getting tattoos
were women Not a single page of Chopin's considerable mus
ical output is without the piano. Did I tell you the average
woman uses up approximately her height in lipstick every five
years? Figure |ust about 27 per cent of the available grouse are
knocked down yearly by hunters . It's a fact, too, that even
severe stammerers can swear a blue streak without missing a
syllable
COLOR VISION
"It's harder for a man to see a blonde in a red dress out
of the corner of his eye than a brunette in a white dress,'
contends old Cedric Adams His readers scoffed But the Better
Vision Institute backed him up It reported you can perceive
colors best when you look straight at them, but they don't show
up nearly as well as blacks and whites when focused off center
of the retina
Q "How frequently does one bolt of lightning hit more
than one person?''
A In three out of 10 stnkes that hit somebody, more than
one somebody gets hit each strike
O "What was the first of the household detergents?
A Dreft
AFTER THE PARTY
How do you feel about parties? That they're dandy? Like
wise But is it not true that you frequently feel a marked letdown
afterwards? Again, likewise Depression Mental experts contend
it's just about a universal experience the after-the-party blues
No doubt they're nght, because their claim |ibes with the obser
vation of E. E Strange, the sage of Waco, who has said "Any
thing that' 11 make you high will make you low
It's commonly reported that rodeo originated hereabouts
Re-originated maybe But the old Greeks, bear in mind,
competed on bucking horses, too With rope throwing and calf
wrestling and all
Experts who should know report that prostitutes in this
country earn about 10 times as much as the yearly budget of
the U S Department of Justice
Officials claim now is this is growing timber 60 per cent
faster than it's using it. Excellent, if true
Addrfii mail lo l. M, Boyd. P O Bon 17076, Fori Worth, TX 76102.
Copyright 1973 L. M Boyd
SIDE GLANCES by Gill Fox
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Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Thursday, April 18,
the 108th day of 1974 with 257 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
new phase.
The morning stars are
Mercury, Venus and Jupiter.
The evening stars are Mars
and Saturn.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Aries.
Famed symphony conductor
Leopold Stokowski was born
April 18, 1882.
On this day in history:
In 1775, American patriot
Paul Revere began his famed
ride through the Massachusetts
countryside calling out “...The
British are coming!”
In 1906, the San Francisco
earthquake began. When it was
over three days later, almost
500 persons were dead and
more than a quarter of a
million left homeless.
In 1942, Lt. Col. James
Doolittle and a squadron of 16
825 s bombed Japan for the first
time in World War 11.
In 1964, 17 servicemen were
killed when two U.S. troop
planes collided over Ohio.
BARBS
by PHIL PASTORET
A bachelor is a fellow who
has discovered that one of the
very few words rhyming with
“eupid" is “stupid
If ants are so darned in
dustrious. how come they
have so much time to go on
picnics?
Km
Considering the groom is
soon to be reigned-in. they
should call them “bridle ’
showers.
When it comes to giving
till it hurts, we have a very
low pain threshold.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN >
THOUGHTS
For a dream comes with
much business, and a fool s
voice w ith manv words. —
Eccl. 5:3.
“A man to carry on a suc
cessful business must have
imagination. He must see
things as in a vision, a dream
of the whole thing." —
Charles M. Schwab, Ameri
can industrialist.
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About those bonds
If you have questions about the proposed
school bond issue, please get them to us not
later than Wednesday which is April 24.
We will submit them to the Superin
tendent of Schools and he and his staff will
answer them. Then the paper will publish
the questions and answers for the in-
A news item from downtown Atlanta this
week told of a stolen automobile bashing in
a jewelry store window and a crowd of
onlookers thereupon looting the store.
Shopping centers
The shopping centers which Griffin has
been awaiting are realities now.
Two beautiful ones got going in a big way
this week with the opening of Eckerd’s
Drug Store in the North Gate Center on
that side of town and Roses Department
Store in the Spalding Square Center south
of Griffin. Other stores will open in them
soon. Also work is proceeding on Kroger’s
center on Taylor street just a few blocks
from downtown and on the K-Mart center
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Hearst have our
sincere sympathy.
They have suffered worry and heartache
beyond the imagination of most of parents,
and it seems that their plight grows
steadily worse.
Difficult as it is, it is only fair to withhold
judgment on their missing daughter until
more facts are known. It is not difficult,
though, to judge the so-called Symbionese
Liberation Army. Its members who
professed concern for the “poor” and
Ah, good news!
The Griffin League of Women Voters has
some good news for us.
Here, word for word, is how its April
issue of “The Voter” tells it:
“According to the Air Quality Control
Section, Environmental Protection
Division of the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources, statistics show that
the air quality situation in the Griffin area
is in good shape. Robert H. Collum, Jr.,
Chief of the Air Quality Control Section,
stated in a recent letter to Ann Bethel, EQ-
Land Use Committee member. ‘We have
had few air pollution complaints or
How can she trust
her husband?
How can I trust my husband after he has
been unfaithful to me? I have forgiven
him, but I keep thinking about it, even
though I never bring it up. Every time he is
late, I have this feeling of anxiety. I love
my husband very much. Please help me
face this situation. V.A.B.
It is only human for a past mistake to
tease your confidence and your memory.
But, if you let this haunt you, and dominate
your life, it can easily ruin your marriage,
whatever remains of it.
Faith is like good seed, it bears fruit.
Suspicion bears its fruit too. So, since you
say you love your husband, and I’m sure
you do if you have forgiven him, don’t give
him the least hint of mistrust. Another
infidelity, of course, is another matter.
It’s important that he believes and sees
frl
Quimby Melton, Jr.
Editor
Telephone 227 6336
Looting
Sympathy
point
formation of all concerned.
The election will be held on May 21, so
there is not much time left before the
voting.
You may mail your questions to the
Griffin Daily News, Post Office Box 135,
Griffin. And please do not forget the
deadline which is this coming Wednesday.
The facts themselves are a graphic
commentary upon the morality of some
people some places and require no
editorial comment to make their point.
west of town on Highway 16.
Why so many new centers all at once?
Our answer to that question is the fact
that Griffin and vicinity are unlimited in
business opportunities. This was
recognized and the centers built.
Here in and around Griffin we are living
in a dynamic growth area, and it sure
beats shriveling up on a dying vine of a
town some place else.
extorted $2-million from the Hearsts have
shown their true colors in the cruel
manner in which they have treated them.
Then one fired his gun wildly and shot
down two innocent men at the scene of
their latest flamboyance, the robbery of a
bank.
The No. 1 priority of the nation’s law
enforcement today should be tracking
down these terrorists. Like a carbuncle on
an otherwise healthy neck, they are in
festing the nation with fever.
problems in your area. The few we’ve
received have been dealt with in an ac
ceptable manner.’ Mr. Collum also sup
plied the EQ Committee with a computer
print-out sheet listing the few significant
sources of emission operating in the
Griffin area. These sources are: Stowe-
Woodward Co., Spalding Concrete Co.,
Ledbetter Bros., Inc., and Griffin Asphalt
Co. If sulfur oxides and or particulate
matter are present in the emissions of
these sources, they are, according to Mr.
Collum, ‘less than allowable’. All four
sources are in compliance with the regula
tions pertaining to emission control.”
MY
ANSWER
b'
that you have really forgiven him. Don't
forget that while you have suffered in this
experience, he has suffered also. The
guilty party bears the heavier burden —
for he not only knows your disapproval,
but his own, through a guilty conscience.
If you really want your marriage to
succeed, avoid a suspicious, con
demnatory attitude. It could only cause
further damage at this time. Jesus said
“Whatsoever ye ask” in His name, He
would do it (John 15:16). Pray specifically
for this.
You didn’t say whether you or your
husband are Christians. In the happiest
marriages, you see, God is taken into
account. Christ was interested in marri
age, and attended a wedding in Cana of
Galilee; it’s a wise couple who invites Him
into their home.
BERRY’S WORLD
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© 1974 by NEA. Inf^^V
“Hey, wow! Look at that old ‘CAMPER’!"
By Don Oakley
Despite the show-me skepticism of many people, the all
volunteer Army is working, reports Secretary of the Army
Howard H. Callaway.
When the draft ended on Dec. 31, 1972, the Army had 10
fully-formed combat divisions. Today, it has 13 such divi
sions, 10 of which are considered combat ready.
“The Army’s on board, it s more disciplined, it s a better
Army." savs Callaway.
Wliat this means is that for the first time since before
World War 11. except for a brief hiatus following the war, the
United States is not relying on conscription to fill the Army's
ranks. For the first time in a generation, young men can plan
their futures without the threat of the draft hanging over
their heads.
Actually, the development is more momentous than that.
For all of its history, until the onset of the Cold War, the
peacetime Army was a volunteer organization. But the tiny,
neglected, sometimes scorned and always poorly equipped
forces that existed between the wars hardly qualified as ar
mies. They were a nucleus only, a cadre of professionals, ex
pected to hold the line if war came, while the nation slowly
mobilized itself.
The United States will never again enjoy that kind of
leisure in the event of another major war. In this nuclear
age. the exchange of missiles would be over, and the out
come probably decided, long before the country could whip
its civilian population into a fighting force.
The Army, along with the other services, must be ready at
all times — trained, competent and equipped — to play
whatever roles they would be able to play in the ghastly
scenario of nuclear war.
As for any more so-called “limited" wars, which scarcely
seem conceivable in the light of the Vietnam experience,
here, too. it must be the job of a professional Army. Although
the draft law remains on the books, the nation is not likely
again to give a president a "blank check” to send erstwhile
civilians into dubious battle.
That the all-volunteer Army is working is the best news
that Americans have heard since No. 158 was drawn from
the lottery bowl back in 1940.
Tension as life’s elixir
This may upset a few preconceived notions about the toll
of stress and competition in the business world, but a study
by statisticians of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. indi
cates that executives who reach the highest levels in the bus
iness community have the most favorable prospects of com
pleting — or exceeding — their biblically alloted three-score
and ten.
“Captains of industry," says the report, "not only live dis
tinctly longer than white men in general, but also considera
bly longer than prominent business executives in general."
This conclusion was reached on the basis of a 16-year
follow-up study of 1,078 corporate executives of the 500 in
dustrial corporations ranked by Fortune magazine as having
had the largest sales in 1957. (The study was limited to white
men because there were very few blacks or women execu
tives in the 500 corporations. which is another story.)
What makes top executives such good life insurance
prospects?
In large measure, the statisticians believe, it reflects the
physical and emotional fitness of business executives for
positions of responsibility. Many of those who attain high
status are able to cope with and even thrive on stressful
situations by harnessing tensions for productive use.
It may well be. they add, that work satisfaction, together
with public recognition of accomplishments,>is an important
determinant of health and longevity.
iNEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN I
QUOTES
“Things are getting worse.
We are increasingly harassed
by the population and the
police. People still believe
stupid old legends about Gyp
sies being kidnappers or sor
cerers.”
— French Gypsy leader
Marco during an interview
concerning the plight of 300,-
000 Gypsies now roaming
Europe.
“There are unlimited ideas
all around you going by to
eternity. It's up to you to
grasp one of those ideas and
turn it into something useful
for civilization.”
— New England inventor
Richard Walton on the dwin
dling number of American
inventors.
“Many people are sur
prised that we offer kidnap
ping insurance but right now
we need all the time we have
just to work on the requests
we’re getting."
— Anonymous insurance
company manager discuss
ing his firm’s increase in
kidnapping insurance ap
plications.
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DAILY
Don Oakley
Professional Army
may be superior
GRIFFIN
Quimby Melton. Jr„ Editor and Publisher
Cary Reeves.
General Manager
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(Subscriptions Chance of Address form 3579) to P.O. Box 135,
L Solomon St. Griffin, Ga.
WORLD ALMANAC
FACTS
George Gershwin is known
for his many popular songs,
his epoch-making symphonic
jazz score, “Rahpsody in
Blue,” his Negro folk opera,
“Porgy and Bess,” and his “Os
Thee I Sing,” the first musi
cal comedy to win a Pulitzer
Prize, The World Almanac
recalls. Gilbert Chase in
“America's Music” stated:
“Gershwin was a composer of
the people and for the people,
and his music will be kept
alive by the people."
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
Copyright © 1974
NEWS
Bill knight.
Executive Editor
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