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L M. BOYD
A Premarital
Petting Poll
Consider that romantic practice known as premarital
petting. The surveytakers asked a group of women from
18 to 34 years old whether they favored or frowned upon
same. About 44 percent favored and 45 per cent frowned.
The other II per cent said that depends, or some such.
Our Love and War man finds these figures surprising
He had not thought the liberals and the conservatives were
so evenly divided. If a referendum were held today on
premarital petting, it is obvious that no clear majority
of the electorate would either outlaw it or vote it into
national policy.
JAPANESE
Q. “I know the Japanese like baseball, but how
about football?''
A. Lootball just flatout hasn't made it there, regret
to report. Promoters introduced it 39 years ago. But the
fans shrugged. General criticism was that the huddle
between each play wasted too much time.
MEN WHO graduate from high school tend to reach
their highest incomes between the ages ot 45 and 54. But
men who don’t gel beyond elementary school are inclined
to get their peak earnings between the ages ot 35 and
44 Or so a Census Bureau study indicates.
DID I TELL you the Corset and Brassiere Associa
tion predicts that within the next 30 years the average
female hip measurement w ill be 40 inches.
GHOSI WALKS
You don't hear it much anymore, but time was when
payday was generally referred to as the day the ghost
walks. Our Language man traces that saying back to
William Shakespeare. He not only wrote "Hamlet," but
played the part of the ghost in that theatrical master
piece. And he also served as the company’s paymaster.
When the ghost walked then, that troupe of actors got
their wages.
DON’T SUPPOSE you'd believe it if 1 told you the
giant tree frog draws in its eyeballs to help push food
down its own throat.
THE REAL MEAI in a typical frozen TV dinner
actually costs you about $lO per pound. Or so say the
experts who've thawed, weighed and calculated such grub.
YOU ALSO CAN while away some time at stoplights
thinking up words wherein the letters fall in alphabetical
order. Like “floor," "ghost" and "chilly."
Address mail to L M. Boyd, P. O Box 17076, Fort Worth. TX 76102.
Copyright 1974 L. B. Boyd
SIDE GLANCES by Gill Fox
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"The President lives in Washington, Junior. It's Santa Claus
who lives at tlfe North Pole!”
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Saturday, Sept. 7,
the 250th day of 1974 with 115 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 novelist James
Fenimore Cooper was born
On this day in history:
In 1813, the nickname “Uncle
Sam” was coined by a writer
for the Troy, N.Y., Post as a
symbolic reference to the
United States.
In 1940, the German Nazis
began the London air blitz that
Hitler expected to soften
Britain for an invasion that
never materialized.
In 1965, Hurricane Betsy
swept into Florida. It left 75
dead.
In 1969, Illinois Republican
Senator Everett Dirksen died at
the age of 73.
WORLD ALMANAC
FACTS
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The first Olympiad in 776
B.C. is said to have consisted
merely of a 200-yard foot
race near the small city of
Olympia but the games
gaineci in scope and became
demonstrations of national
pride, The World Almanac
notes. Winners received
laurel, wild olive and palm
wreaths and were accorded
many special privileges.
Under the Roman emperors,
the games deteriorated into
professional carnivals and
circuses.
THOUGHTS
The shatterer has come up
against you. Man the ram
parts; watch the road; gird
your loins; collect all your
strength. — Nahum 2:1.
“Make preparations in ad
vance. You never have trou
ble if you are prepared for
it” — Theodore Roosevelt,
26th U.S. President.
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Editorials
From other newspapers
Revamping The Army
Valdosta Daily Times
A startling report tells of the readiness
and preparedness of our armed forces in
Western Europe. A Brookings Institution
study indicates this country is not
prepared to meet a short, intense effort by
the Soviet Union.
The report contends U.S. ground forces,
and supporting tactical air forces, are
poorly structured to deal with what the
report feels is the main Soviet threat—a
short, intense war in which Russia would
throw massive forces aimed at swift
conquest of Western Europe.
UNDER THE proposed plan the Army
would change from 13 and one-third
regular divisions and eight in the National
Guard to eight regular divisions and 13
others composed of mixtures of regular
To Debate
Or Not
Thomaston Free Press
Television debate in a political campaign
has again proven that it proves nothing.
In fact, the television debates we have
witnessed have been generally contests of
showmanship.
And the best showman is not necessarily the
best person for the office.
But the people who put on these debates feel
that the maximum viewer interest can be ob
tained only if the debaters get in a shouting
match, get mad hurl and dodge charges.
Generally, the issues are lost or the can
didate makes an unwise answer in haste.
While adults get further confused or
disgusted, we fear for the younger people who
are already hearing that “politics is a dirty
business.”
If television debates are to be believed then
that dirty business crack could be right.
But we don’t believe that politics is a “dirty
business” anymore than we believe that
television debating accomplishes anything for
candidates or viewers.
There is some argument that a candidate
who can “keep his cool” in the heat of a debate
and is fast with the answers would also
demonstrate these traits as a public official. And
there is valid argument there although we would
also point out that we know many people who
“freeze up” before a camera or microphone and
they would also make outstanding public of
ficials.
We are trespassing on the electronic media’s
rights if we advocate banning television debates
but it is the printed media’s right to say we don’t
like them and wish they would be discontinued.
The Promise of Autumn
At the sound of the word, “Autumn,”
the mind is stirred to many thoughts: the
crunch of dry leaves underfoot, the
crooked grin of a jack-o-latern, frosty
evenings and youngsters trudging to
school, swapping tall tales of summer
exploits.
On September 23, Autumn will of
ficially arrive. The golden days of
summer fading into the mellow harvest
His wife sleeps
with the child
For many years now, my wife has slept
with the youngest child and I sleep on the
davenport. Obviously, our sex life is
practically nil. This has depressed me and
I’ve come pretty close to committing
adultery, or even taking my life. Please
give me a practical answer, not one of
those “you must have faith” answers.
B.G.K.
I want all of my “answers” to be
practical, and I make no apology for in
cluding faith in that category.
First, I would do an inspection of myself.
Surely, there was some reason why this
sleeping arrangement came about. Be
sure that there’s no unpleasant charac
teristic you have now that alienates her.
Secondly, make an appointment with a
and reserve troops with readiness goals of
varying lengths
If we are going to continue keeping
troops in Western Europe they should be
more than cannon fodder while they are
there.
One area not explored by the story is
how much of the defense of Western
Europe should fall on the shoulders of this
country.
LIKE SO many other things, what
started out as a temporary measure has
now become permanent. Obviously, this
country has an interest in Western Europe
and the balance of power there.
But we also need a little more support
from those nations which have enjoyed
our police force for many years.
Vidalia Advance
season naturally turn one’s thinking to
the passage of time and how precious
every moment is. Life can be rich and
full of meaning for even the poorest
man, if he will but use his time wisely.
Therefore, with the promise of a new
season before us, it is up to each in
dividual to see that he or she is all that
they can be. Only in that way will the
potential of the people and the United
Slates be fully realized.
competent couselor, and tell your wife that
she’s joining you for those visits. You’ll
certainly need help in uncovering the
things that have alienated you over these
20 years.
Thirdly, arrange that your youngest
child have a single bed only.
Fourthly, start to praise your wife for
what she does well-which your letter says
is cooking, housekeeping and looking after
the children. Try kindness and try love.
Fifthly, learn how to sublimate your
sexual drive when necessary-that is to
redirect that energy into other endeavors.
And lastly, and the most practical, is to
cultivate your spiritual life-by Bible
reading and prayer-that you’ll have God
given power to handle this problem,
however slow its solution ( 1 Corinthians
10:13).
MY
ANSWER
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Don Oakley
A hymn to city life
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Despite the fact that churchgoers in America are over
whelmingly urbanites, the hymns they sing each Sunday
morning that have environmental references are mostly ■
rural in nature, according to Dr. Stephen Stephan, professor
emeritus of sociology at the University of Arkansas.
Analyzing hymns from several books used by different
denominations, he found that the verses are “replete with /
rural thought forms and imagery."
For example, of 72 hymns in The Methodist Hymnal that
contain environmental references. 66 are rural in nature and
only six urban. Much the same ratio is found in the 1956 hym
nal of the Southern Presbyterian and (Northern) United ’
Presbvterian Churches. Even in the hymn book used by
many Unitarian churches, the rural emphasis is pronounced.
Stephan’s research showed that “the more fundamen
talists and ‘old timey’ the hymn books are, the more rural is •"
the imagery”. He po'ints out that many urban worshippers,
particularly in fundamentalist faiths, have been uprooted
from rural heritages in recent years. The hymns may
assuage their feelings of alienation and loneliness. J .
Another reason for the emphasis on rural themes is a bias
against city and urban life growing from the early-day asso
ciation of rural areas with “the good life” and of cities with
that which is bad — sin, vice, poverty, crime and the more
recent ills of pollution, noise, waste and ugliness.
Hymns are more than just the music of the church, says
Stephan. Rather, they reinforce what he terms “the teaching
ministry.” He suggests that the ecological movement could
benefit from new hymns that are “relevant to modern urban , •
man.”
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or conceive in his mind he
can accomplish. Impossibles
are impossible as thinking
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Kaiser, American in
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Bill Knight,
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