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"You can go home now--and maybe the cast will be off
by election day!”
I. M. BOYD
Soldiers of
Switzerland
Client asks how Switzerland trains its army. Every
man there has to take four months of military basic at the
age of 20, then serve three weeks a year until age 32.
two weeks a year until age 42, and finally remain in the
reserves thereafter. Nobody is exempt except for med
ical reasons, and even such patients pay a special tax
each year in lieu of service.
REMEMBER, Israel offered Arab women the right
to vote even before any Arab country did likewise .
PRETTY WELL preserved, that Venus de Milo, consid
ering she's 2,076 years old . . . IHE DRAGONFLY S eye
sight is so sharp it can spot a flying gnat 18 feet
away . . . YOU AI.READY knew that Rock Hudson’s
real name was Roy Scherer, didn't you . . . NO I ALL
BUT many dentists say that round toothpicks are better
than flat ones.
ANTIQUE
Q. “I’ve heard repeatedly that no piece of furniture
should be described as an antique unless it was made
before 1830. Why that date?
A. Because that was the year mass production fac
tory methods were introduced in the furniture business.
Earlier articles all were made by hand. Don't believe the
notion holds, however, that nothing manufactured subse
quently can be described as antique.
AM ASKED WHY matrimonial partners never walk
side by side in New Guinea. Any display of affection
is frowned upon there. That's why. To be seen kissing or
holding hands, of course, would be an outrage. But even
a stroll together down the jungle trail would be too apt
to betray some feelings of fondness.
GRAPE JUICE
You start out as grape juice. Whether you turn into
vinegar or wine is somewhat up to you. Who originated
that trite old notion? Nobody recent, clearly. It has been
around a long time.
ONLY PROFESSIONAL golfer to give away all of
the winner's purse is Gary Player. In 1965, remember
that? After taking the U. S. Open. He donated S2O.IXX)
to junior golf in this country, and $5,000 to cancer
research, a tribute to his mother.
Address mo,I to I. M. Boyd. P. O. Box 17076. Fort Worth. TX 76102.
Copyright 1974 L. M. Boyd
SIDE GLANCES by Gill Fox
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Almanac
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Today
By United Press International
Today is Friday, Sept. 6, the
249th day of 1974 with 116 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
last quarter.
The morning stars are Venus
and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mer
cury, Mars and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Virgo.
American social worker Jane
Addams was born Sept. 6, 1860.
On this day in history:
In 1620, 149 Pilgrims set sail
from England for the “New
World.”
In 1901, President William
McKinley was shot and critical
ly wounded in Buffalo, N.Y. He
died eight days later.
In 1909, word was received
that Adm. Robert Peary had
discovered the North Pole five
months earlier, on April 6,1909.
BARBS
By PHIL PASTORET
We never take chances —
someone always socks us a
buck apiece for ’em.
Why do YOUR kids always
take the courses requiring
the most expensive texts?
Most elderly people are
living on retirement outgo,
rather than income.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
THOUGHTS
Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live: and so the
Lord, the God of hosts, will
be with you. as you have
said. Hate evil, and love
good, and establish justice in
the gate; it may be that the
Lord, the God of hosts, will
be gracious to the remnant of
Joseph. — Amos 5:14,15.
“A hundred years hence
what difference will it make
whether you were rich or
poor, a peer or a peasant? But
what difference may it not
make whether you did what
was right or what was
wrong?" — John Lubbock,
English astronomer.
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Quimby Melton, Jr.
Editor
Telephone 227-4336
Fairness to all
The Griffin Daily News’ policy is to be fair to everyone. The editor’s opinions are confined
to this page, and its columns are open to every subscriber. Letters to the editor are
published every Wednesday.
What would you do?
What would you do if you had just won
the Democratic nomination for Governor
of Georgia and were practically assured of
winning the General Election in
November?
George Busbee has announced that he
will make a quick tour of the state and
thank the people. Also he has made it clear
that he would like the help and support of
those who favored his opponents, as well
as those who voted for him. He thus has
left no doubts that he wants to be Governor
of every Georgian. So he already has done
the first two things I would like to do if I
stood in his shoes.
Next I would make the top item on my
Someone has suggested that if Uncle
Sam grants amnesty to deserters and draft
The sooner the better
JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS
Newt Gingrich, Republican candidate
for the 6th District House seat held by John
J. Flynt, Jr. of Griffin, has challenged
Cong. Flynt to a series of 23 “town hall”
meetings. Mr. Flynt has rightfully
refused, for an incumbent congressman
with Congress in session has no time to
appear on that many forums. On the other
hand, however, we sincerely trust that Mr.
Flynt will recognize the validity of Mr.
★ * THIS WEEK’S SPORTS EDITORIAL* *
Good luck, Bears
The Griffin Bears will play Central of
Macon here tonight and many fans think
the game will be the start of a good season
for Coach Max Dowis’ team.
Coach Dowis feels the Bears have a fine
team. However, he points out that Griffin’s
overall record will depend largely on how
good the opposition is.
The word around Region 6-AAA is that it
may be one of the strongest triple-A
leagues in Georgia.
Right now, five or six teams are rated
region title contenders.
Coach Dowis doesn’t expect a 6-AAA
team to go unbeaten because of the
strength of the region.
Griffin is listed among the best teams in
6-AAA.
The Bears face a stem test tonight at
Memorial Stadium.
Central of Macon brings a class team to
Young man claims
to see into future
My seventeen year old nephew claims to
see things in the past as well as the future.
He tells us about the sex of babies to be
born, forecasts dangerous things to come,
and even sees his own funeral this year.
What can it all mean? Are they warnings,
or is he possessed by a demon? D.B.
You have not indicated whether these
things your nephew sees come in the form
of a nighttime dream or daytime visions
and hallucinations. Furthermore, you
didn’t tell me the measure of success his
predictions enjoy.
In any case, both dreams and visions
have their basis in a distorted image
making process.
Now the Bible, contrary to popular
opinion, attaches little religious
significance to dreams and visions. Oc
casionally, of course, God did com-
schedule a statewide fight against drug
traffic and other crimes. It would take
some stepping on of some toes, some
changes in police powers, a substantial
increase in the number of Georgia Bureau
of Investigation agents, and the authority
for them to go into any city or county of the
state with or without the cooperation of
local officials. Drug abuse and other
crimes do not stop at city limits signs or at
county lines, and law enforcement
authorities should not be stopped at them
either.
Then I would place kindergartens as the
top item in my program for education.
What would you do?
Pardon
dodgers, it ought also to Pardon William
Calley. Now that is food for thought.
Gingrich’s challenge to a reasonable
number of debates, forums, town halls or
whatever one chooses to call the ap
pearance of the two candidates and that he
will accept say two or three such meetings.
Twenty-three is a ridiculous number, yet
to decline all offers for face-to-face meet
ings is also absurd. We expect the two
candidates to eventually share the same
platform or podium, and the sooner the
better.
Griffin. It’s big and it’s experienced. The
Chargers have a winning tradition, with
only one loss and a tie to mar a three
season regular record.
Coach Dowis is a firm believer in a
winning tradition and Griffin has
established itself as a triple-A power over
the last three years.
The pre-season football forecasters rate
Central a state title contender. Those same
forecasters rate Griffin in the top 10.
One thing is sure. Fans at Memorial
Stadium tonight will see two talented and
well coached teams in action.
We welcome the Chargers, their
coaches, fans and cheerleaders to Griffin.
We hope their visit here is a nice one.
As for the game, we are 100 percent for
the Bears and hope they win and then add
many more victories to their record before
the 1974 prep season becomes history.
municate through dreams, but it was the
unusual method. (See Deuteronomy 13:1-
5.)
Now in the New Testament there’s even
less reference to dreams — and all of them
are in Matthew. Jesus nowhere refers to
dreams.
We can certainly say that there is no
authority for the one having dreams or
visions to impose such revelations on
others. It is a personal matter. The Bible
contains all the information we need, and
Hebrews, chapter one says that whereas
“In the past God spoke to the prophets...
in various ways, in these last days, has
spoken to us by His Son.”
While I suppose the source of dreams
and visions could be Satan, don’t try to
make a judgment on that now. Treat your
nephew with love, hear him out but help
him to relate his “foretelling” to the facts
of the Scripture.
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© 1974 Dy NEA. Inc
“You've been around the President for a long
time - what does that mean?"
L 40*1
Ray Cromley
Rocky moves in
on Teddy’s turf
By Ray Cromley
WASHINGTON — (NEA) — President Ford has stolen the
ground from Ted Kennedy for 1976.
The partial amnesty proposal was a starter.
The nomination of Nelson Rockefeller for vice president
was the coup de grace.
Theodore White in his 1968 book on “The Making of the
President” recalls that some of Robert Kennedy’s most ar
dent supporters, including a major Kennedy California
organizer, moved into the Rockefeller camp when Kennedy
was assassinated. White relates in detail the way in which
the ex-Kennedy youth mobbed Rockefeller with their cheers
and banners — ‘ r ßocky is Zap,” “Go, Go Go with Rocky” and
“Rock, Rock, Rock, with Rocky.” Other reporters noted that
some of Rockefeller’s speeches at that time echoed Bobby,
using virtually the same phrases.
Some careful political analysts (perhaps prejudiced) be
lieve Rockefeller could have defeated John Kennedy in 1960
if he could have been nominated.
Now for the Kennedy issues.
Nelson Rockefeller’s great grandfather ran an Ohio sta
tion in the underground before the Civil War, helping runa
way slaves escape to Canada. The Rockefellers have do
nated heavily to Martin Luther King and his Southern
Leadership Christian Conference and secured low-cost loans
for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. They
have over the years been major donors to black colleges.
Nelson Rockefeller has carried on the family tradition.
There is no suspicion here as with Kennedy, that this concern
for civil rights may be political. For it was a part of
Rockefeller s life long before he ran for office. So much for
Robert Kennedy’s hold on the black vote.
Rockefeller has staked out a record in urban renewal,
transportation, pollution control, medical assistance, aid for
education and scholarships that will win a Ford-Rockefeller
team votes with traditional Kennedy issues and in the heart
of traditional Kennedy strongholds in the big cities. He has
pushed for gun control and compulsory health insurance. It
is powerful political medicine when you can say as governor
you put these concepts into effect rather than lobbied for
them as a legislator.
Kennedy was counting on a hefty percentage of labor.
Rockefeller has AFL-CIO chief George Meany as a friend.
He has won the approval of most major unions in New York.
And so it goes with the Spanish speaking, the youth, indepen
dents, the poor. His works in Latin America are legion. He has
argued with strength the poor should have a greater voice in
welfare, else these programs are doomed to fail.
Worse yet for Kennedy (and any other opponent for that
matter) he is a dangerous campaigner. His managers are the
best that money and a skilled judge of men can employ. He
loves to pin his opponent on issues, leaving him explaining
for days, weeks and months after. He is willing to spend mil
lions on research to make points that will stick. In battle he
presses so vigorously that even those who defeat him find,
more often than not that they have been mortally wounded in
the process. Goldwater and Nixon will attest to this.
There is, perhaps, one fly in the ointment. Larry King in
Harpers Magazine for February 196« quotes Rockefeller,
standing on the White House grounds, as saying: “I think
there are a lot of things I could do here, a lot of things I want
to do, but I just don’t have the drive anymore.”
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
QUOTES
British writer Lytton Strach
ey said, “Perhaps of all the
creations of man language is
the most astonishing.”
Sigmund Freud, Austrian
founder of psychosnalysis, said,
“Being entirely honest with
oneself is good exercise.”
American novelist F. Scott
Fitzgerald said: “The test of a
first-rate intelligence is the
ability to hold two opposed ideas
in the mind at the same time,
and still retain the ability to
function.”
British Actor Cooley Cibber
said, “Oh, how many torments
lie in the small circle of a
wedding ring.”
British wartime Prime
Minister Winston Churchill told
the House of Commons, . I
have nothing to offer but blood,
toil, sweat and tears.”
GRIFFIN
Quimby Melton, Jr, Editor and Publisher
Cary Reeves,
General Manager
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FACTS
Successive efforts of Brit
ish and Australian yachts
men have failed to win the
“America’s Cup” trophy from
the United States. The race is
open to all classes of yachts
from all over the world and
covers a 60-mile course
around the Isle of Wight. It is
known as “America s Cup
because it was first won by
the U.S. yacht “America
during the first yachting
championship which was
part of the London Exposition
of 1851, The World Alamanac
says.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.I
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Executive Editor
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