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Diamond Men
Face Danger
On the list of most dangerous jobs, please include
that of the traveling diamond salesman. I mean any of
the numerous fellows who operate worldwide out of New
York City's 47th Street, the nation’s diamond center.
They travel in secret, under assumed names frequently,
sometimes switching from plane to train to car to shake
off possible followers. They carry hundreds of thousands
of dollars worth of unset stones on their persons. And
every so often one of these undercover jewelry agents
disappears. Sometime back, murderers killed three within
three months in different cities, stripping them of almost
a million dollars in gems.
JELLYFISH
Remember, even a dried out jellyfish dead for months
can sting you badly, if you walk over it with bare feet.
IT HAS LONG been said that low-flying swallows
are a sign of impending bad weather. Quite so. Insects
fly low in a humid atmosphere. The swallows swoop to the
insects, that’s all.
SIR. IS your memory still as good as ever? If not,
that’s natural, evidently. Recent studies show that thing
called the "short term memory lapse” tends to crop up at
two stages in life, one around age 40 and the other
around age 60.
Q. "HOW CAN you tell whether an egg is fresh
without breaking the shell.’’’
A. Pul it in a pan of cool salty water. It it sinks,
it's infant new. If it hovers, it’s middle-aged. If it rises,
it's old before its time.
GRAPE
Here’s to Ethiam Bull — clink! — the fellow who
perfected the Concord grape. And where did he do this?
In Concord, Mass., unsurprisingly. In 1853. Ten years
earlier, Ethiam planted the seeds of every known wild
grape. That deep purple grape was by far the most suc
cessful, so he named it after his hometown. Unfortunate
ly. Ethiam didn’t know much about marketing his mer
chandise. His tombstone reads: "He sowed, others
reaped."
CERTAINLY you know that Texas was one of the
only two states which once were independent republics.
But can you name the other? Vermont. It went inde
pendent in 1777 under the name of New Connecticut.
Addresi mail 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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“Wait tiM you hear about Eileen’s vacation! She had her purse
snatched, her watch swiped and her face lifted!"
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Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Monday, Sept. 9, the
252nd day of 1974 with 113 to
follow.
The moon is in its last
quarter.
The morning stars are Venus
and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mercy,
Mars and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Virgo.
American scientist Joseph
Leidy was born Sept. 9, 1823.
On this day in history:
In 1776, the second Continen
tal Congress officially changed
the American nation’s name
from “United Colonies” to
“United States.”
In 1943, American and British
troops from North Africa
invaded Italy at Salerno.
In 1969, 83 persons were
killed when a jetliner and a
small plane collided in flight
near Indianapolis, Ind. In 1971,
more than 1,000 convicts took
over the state prison at Attica,
N.Y., and held 35 convicts
hostage. Four days later, 28
convicts and nine hostages
were killed as state police re
took the prison.
BARBS
By PHIL PASTORET
Got a couple gorgeous new
secretaries and the men are
relearning their ABSees.
Why does steak always
taste better when someone
else picks up the check?
No, Gwendolyn, “going out
for track" doesn't mean your
nephew is going to steal the
railroad right-of-way.
Marry in haste and keep
up with the rest of the
crowd.
Fellow next door is way
ahead of the energy engi
neers: He’s had "son power”
running his mow er for years.
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THOUGHTS
Do not cast me off in the
time of old age; forsake me
not when my strength is
spent. — Psalm 71:9.
“To know how to grow old
is the master work of wisdom,
and one of the most difficult
chapters in the great art of
living.” — Henry Frederic
Amiel, Swiss philosopher.
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Editor
Telephone 227-6336
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.
Growth in our future
The get-together this week of cities south
of Atlanta is a good idea. The big city will
continue to stretch this way, and orderly
development will require cooperation and
planning.
There is no stopping the growth of
Griffin which will bring great advantages
and great problems. So the best thing to do
is to get ready.
Os all the places in the area, none has a
brighter growth picture than Griffin. We
are located centrally in the “Golden
Triangle” of Georgia whose end points are
| Inflation
Inflation, inflation! It makes men tear :•:
their hair out even as the price of wigs goes £
up-
Coach Max Dowis of Griffin High said
that Macon Central had such a heavy
football team that when its players ran on
the field the gridiron would tilt.
Well, they ran on Lighfoot Field (which
is the old name for Griffin High’s
Memorial Stadium) and it did tilt to the
tune of 28 to 6.
Macon Central has a great team and we
congratulate it on its victory over Griffin
High which has a much better team than
An editors’ editor
Foy Evans founder “The Sun” in 1949 in
Warner Robins when the town had a
population of about 5,000. Now 25 years
later the town has become the eighth
largest city in Georgia, and “The Sun” one
of the states finest newspapers.
During that period Editor Evans and his
newspaper have led the parade of growth
and improvement of the Central Georgia
city. He has become one of his town’s
strongest men an an outstanding and
respected leader in Georgia newspaper
circles. Just this summer he completed a
term as President of the Georgia Press
Association in which capacity he earned
and received a standing ovation from the
people outside his family who know him
best, the newspaper men and women of
Georgia.
How will we live
through these things?
Recently, you and other Christian
leaders have been saying that persecution
and rough days could well be ahead. I
know the Bible calls it “perilous times.”
But Mr. Graham, I’m afraid —for myself
and my children. How will we live through
these things? N.B.
If by perilous times, you refer to the
Tribulation period, some Bible scholars
see the Christians as going through it,
while others say the church will escape it.
jftight now, of course, in some parts of the
world, Christians are suffering for their
faith. Even in America, there’s evidence of
this. Whatever view the Christians holds,
he should always be ready for adversity.
The Bible promises no immunity from
trouble.
Atlanta, Macon and Columbus. All three
are growing steadily, and while we are
closer to Atlanta than to the others, we are
not much further from Macon and
Columbus is not to far away.
It has been speculated that Atlanta will
be the largest city in the world by the turn
of the century. Some people caught in its
rush hour traffic say it already seems to
be, but whatever its size there is no doubt
that it will continue to grow, and that we
will grow with it.
Tilt!
the score of the season opener indicates.
This week Griffin will play Rockdale
there. Next week the Bears return to the
tilted field at home which should have
gotten back on an even keel by then and
play Covington.
Some poet said that a single robin does
not make spring. Likewise, a single loss
does not make or break a football season.
We expect the Bears to do well this year.
They deserve support.
About a year and a half ago Editor
Evans sold “The Daily Sun” to Roy H.
Park of Ithaca, N. Y., and remained with
the paper during a period of transition
which the other day he announced is now
complete. So, he wrote, “This seems an
appropriate time to step out of the pic
ture.” Also, he wrote, “Warner Robins has
been good to me. I hope that I have been
good for Warner Robins.”
Indeed he has. And by setting high
standards and through personal leader
ship he has been good for the newspapers
of Georgia as well.
Foy Evans did not announce his future
plans, but we hope that he will remain in
Georgia and continue in the newspaper
business. He is too good a man to lose and
too young to rock on a porch for long.
On the inside, however, in the well
spring of the soul, there can be peace and
assurance. Again and again the Lord kept
saying to His disciples “Fear not,” and
this was in the face of severe threats and
abusive tactics.
Fear, of course, is a natural feeling,
arising in the anticipation of danger. But
did you know that the fear of God, which
means reverence and awe, can deliver you
from the fear of man and evil? See
Numbers 14:9 and Psalms 23:4.
Just take heart that 1. Christ is the
ultimate victor and soon-coming King of
Kings; 2. that nothing will try you beyond
what you can stand (1 Corinthians 10:13);
3. that your suffering only parallels
Christ’s (Matthew 10:24); and 4. that
anything suffered here means all the more
glory over there (2 Corinthians 4:17).
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“How come they have a swimming pool and we
don't?"
| Ray Cromley
Is Rocky too strong
to stay number two?
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By Ray Cromley
WASHINGTON — (NEA) - Norman Mailer saw it a
decade ago, writing of Nelson Rockefeller at the 1964 Repub
lican National Convention:
“He had a strong decent face and something tough as the
rubber in a handball to his makeup, but his eyes had been
punched out a long time ago - they had the distant lunar
glow of the small sad eyes you see in a caged chimpanzee or
a gorilla. Even when hearty he gave an impression the pri
vate man was remote as an astronaut on a lost orbit. ’
That same look which divides off the inner Nelson
Rockefeller from the public politician was evident when
President Ford announced his nomination as vice president.
Unless Mr. Ford can penetrate this mask and come to
some accommodation with the Rockefeller inside, the Ford
administration and the Ford candidacy for president in 1976
mav well come a cropper.
For Mr. Rockefeller, with all his success as governor, has
been notoriously unsuccessful as a number two, three or four
in coming to terms with the men he works for or through.
He quit the Eisenhower administration in strong disagree
ment over policy and proceeded to blast the Eisenhower ap
proach in a series of documented public statements. He re
fused Ike’s help in his gubernatorial campaign.
His first period of high office in the Department of State
ended when Secretary Jimmy Byrnes told President Tru
man either Rockefeller must go or Byrnes would.
In his maneuvering at the San Francisco United Nations
charter sessions, he was so uncooperative with other mem
bers of the delegation he made an enemy of John Foster
Dulles, who feared Rockefeller would wreck the UN aborn
ing. In succession he feuded with Cordell Hull, Herbert
Hoover Jr. and Averell Harriman.
For Nelson Rockefeller is not only high principled but as
toundingly stubborn. Single handedly he forced the adoption
of his civil rights and strong military defense beliefs on the
1960 Republican National Convention. And without notice
able stress (some say with considerable enjoyment) he per
sisted on the platform of the 1964 Republican National Con
vention when the vitriolic anger and violent heckling from
the balconies in that convention would have driven most
men from the stage.
If President Ford can win the inner Rockefeller and bring
him into hand as a complete team player, the Rockefeller
asset will be great indeed.
He is a top-flight administrator (where Mr. Ford has little
experience), a first-rate attracter of able men (a Ford weak
ness), a proven performer on domestic problems (where
some give Mr. Ford low marks) and has close ties with labor
and civil rights leaders (whose suspicions of the President
are well known).
Rockefeller delights in complex problems, in negotiations
with difficult men and groups (he believes this is his strong
point), and has a track record in practical finance, business
and economic management, plus enormous private in
fluence (aided by a family resources estimated at between $3
and $6 billion).
His “liberal" reputation in education, pollution abatement
and aid for the poor will be a major asset when he and Presi
dent Ford slash federal domestic spending, take hard looks
at the way this nation's welfare and domestic assistance pro
grams are run and concurrently push for strong national de
fenses, matters on which the two are in close agreement.
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TIMELY QUOTES
“Women who were willing
out of patriotism to come into
the armed forces became
suspect. We've spent 30 years
trying to reverse this.”
—U.S. Army Brig. Gen.
Mildred C. Bailey on
women's opportunities in the
military.
“Today man seems to be
competing with volcanoes to
see who can produce the most
dust. Many scientists believe
that repeated periods of
glaciation on the earth were
connected with increased
volcanic activity which was
attended by vast quantities of
smoke and ashes into sur
rounding space ... the effects
of dust on the climate are yet
(unknown).”
—Soviet scientist Mikhail
Budyko on changing cli
mates.
“The question of a former
president being behind bars
is personally repugnant to me
but I’m also caught with the
problem that no man should
be above the law.”
—Sen. Lloyd Ventsen (D-
Tex.) regarding the future of
Richard Nixon.
“The man has been
punished and for God’s sake,
GRIFFIN
Quimby Melton, Jr., Editor and Publisher
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— Sen. Hugh Scott (R-
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of the former President.
WORLD ALMANAC ’’
FACTS
RAII, a papyrus reed boat, .
made a 57-day, 3,200-mile ’
journey from Morocco to the
Barbados, West Indies, dur
ing 1970. By successfully t
completing this voyage, Thor « ’
Heyerdahl and his seven
man crew demonstrated
their theory that early Egyp
tians could have reached this, •
hemisphere thousands of
years Before Columbus and
may have founded the Aztec
or Inca cultures, The World .
Almanac says. *
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Bill Knight,
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