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Thais Tattoo
Their Teeth
In Thailand, there still occasionally can be seen some
elderly citizens whose front teeth are finely tattooed with
the likenesses of Charlie Chaplin, Mickey Mouse and Dan
Cupid. Such was a cosmetic custom there some years ago.
Another fairly common tattoo for the four front teeth
called for a spade, a heart, a diamond and a club.
DON’T RECALL at the moment who that mathe -
matical genius was who first defined a straight line as the
shortest distance between two points. But can tell you it
was Mae West who defined a curved line as the loveliest
distance between two points. •
JUSTICE
Q. “Who was the youngest man ever appointed to the
U.S. Supreme Court?"
A. William Johnson of South Carolina was only 32
when he got that job in 1804.
Q. “LOUIE, did I understand you to say that you
gave up public speaking because you couldn't stand to see
the people in the audience look at their watches?"
A. No, because I couldn't stand to see them shake
their watches.
Q. “HOW TALL is that cartoon character named
Andy Capp?"
A. Just 5 feet 4, says his creator Reg Smythe.
WASHINGTON
Imagine you've read that George Washington was
somewhat shy of cash about the time he was inaugurated
as president. It's said that if there had been motels in those
days, Washington would have been a lot richer. Weren't
any, though. Nor hardly any inns. Numerous travelers
stopped off at Washington's place to spend the night and
eat. And they lingered, too. As a gentleman, he couldn't
charge them nor could he refuse them.
MISTER, DO you get 12 new ties a year? Neither do
I. But the statisticians say that’s typical of the average
American man. Incidentally, they also say that three out
of four Father's Day gifts are ties.
IT’S REPORTED that more than 10,000 marriages
a year now are directly traceable to romances which begin
during coffee breaks.
PUT THAT hot cake pan on a damp cloth for a few
seconds if you want the cake to come out easily.
WHY DO YOU suppose it's illegal in Los Angeles to
complain through the mails that a hotel has cockroaches?
Address mail to L. M. Boyd, P.O Box 17076, Fort Worth, TX 76102.
Copyright 1975 I. M. Boyd
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By United Press International
Today is Wednesday, April 2,
the 92nd day of 1975 with 273 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
last quarter.
The morning stars are
Mercury, Mars and Jupiter.
The evening stars are Venus
and Saturn.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Aries.
French novelist Emile Zola
was bom April 2,1840.
On this day in history:
In 1792, Congress passed
legislation authorizing the mint
to coin money, all to be
inscribed with the latin words
“E Pluribus Unum.”... a motto
meaning “Out of Many, One.”
In 1917, President Woodrow
Wilson asked Congress for a
declaration of war against
Germany.
In 1932, Charles Lindbergh
left $50,000 in bills in a New
York City cemetery in hopes of
regaining his kidnaped child.
Bruno Hauptmann subsequently
was found guilty of kidnaping
and murdering the Lindbergh
child. He was executed.
Only the
Newspaper j
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Neither one is ready — to absorb
the news, entertainment, or fea
tures. But the newspaper will wait.
Thoughts
“And behold, I have appointed
with him Oholiab, the son of
Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan;
and I have given to all able men
ability, that they may make all
that I have commanded you;”
— Exodus 3L:6.
by Gill Fox
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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.
Dear Mr. Melton: The students of
Spalding Junior High Unit 111 would like to
express their enjoyment of the Utility
Club’s coming over and taking their time
and effort to put on their play for us. We
can not begin to name all of our favorite
characters because they all did so well!
Again we’d like to thank the Utility Club.
We enjoyed the play more than we can
ever express, and we thank you very
much. Sincerely, (Signed) Tammy Smith,
For the Students of Spalding Jr. High Unit
111
Dear Mr. Melton: I have just run into a
situation that alarms me and I feel needs
public attention.
Recently, during a bout with flu, our
doctor prescribed, among other things, a
cough syrup for my son. The trouble was,
only once could we get the lid off the bottle,
try as hard as we would. This was a safety
lid, required by law. Fortunately, my son
didn’t develop much of a cough but later
another person did, so today I tried to open
the bottle for her.
Now I am neither sick nor weak, but
most people taking medication of this type
have flu. Also these bottle caps are used
for all kinds of medications, regardless of
how old, weak, sick or infirm the people
taking them might be.
I followed the instructions of pressing
down on the bottle cap while unscrewing
the lid, with no luck. After trying for some
time, I had two more people in my home
try it. We finally gave up and I took it back
to the pharmacy to see if they could open
it. All the clerks had a try at it, plus the
pharmacist’s wife. Everyone gave up.
Now, I ask you, is this a safety cap? No! It
is the most dangerous type of cap I have
ever seen. Anyone needing medicine in a
hurry could well die before getting the
“safety cap” off the bottle. The phar
macist explained that the sugar solution
was partly responsible for the difficulty,
but most medicines have a sugar base.
The pharmacist suggested I write my
congressman, or complain in any way I
could, as he had no control over which type
of safety caps he received and had) take
whatever the manufacturer sent him.
One is supposed to be able to get a
regular screwcap, if he presents a request
with each prescription or refill (written
request, that is), but the catch there is, the
druggists have a hard time getting regular
screw caps, as they are no longer made,
since the safety cap law went into effect.
This is not to say I do not believe in
safety caps. It’s this particular one I object
to. Those that have an obstruction at the
point they open and one can’t unscrew
them any further, are fine, as are the
squeeze type, though I feel any of these
might be difficult for some, and perhaps
unnecessary for others. The kind I’m
writing of is the kind you press and it keeps
unscrewing with no indication of when it is
ready to open. This type is dangerous, in
these examples as well as many more:
1. The patient is too weak or otherwise
unable to open the bottle and doesn’t take
necessary medication.
2. The patient breaks the bottle trying to
get it open, but because of the high cost of
medicine, tries to retrieve and take as
much of the medicine as he can save,
running the risk of glass and con
tamination.
3. The patient manages to open the
bottle, then transfers it to another bottle
that will be easier to open but has different
instructions, then if she takes several
medications, she gets confused as to what
they are and how and when to take them,
thereby running into real trouble.
These examples, plus more, were
‘Lead us not
into temptation’
I always read your column with profit.
Something I’ve often wondered about is
why, in the Lord’s prayer, it says in
Matthew 6:13, “Lead us not into tempta
tion; but in a recent “My Answer”
column, you said God would never lead us
wrong. R.E.M.
This part of the Lord’s prayer reflects
the deep sense of our personal weakness
against the powers of evil. The subsequent
phrase “deliver us” is not merely to be
thought of as preserving or guarding, but
the idea of actually rescuing us when
temptation confronts us.
But you are right. God never leads us
wrongly — certainly never into tempta-
‘The voice
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related to me at my pharmacy.
Let’s all write our congressman and see
if we can’t put more safety in our “safety
caps”. Thank you, (Signed) Marjorie
Harrison, 1116 Skyline Drive
Dear Quimby: On behalf of the Griffin
Rotary Club I wish to thank you for the
nice publicity which the Interact Club has
received in the recent issues of your paper.
An error appeared in a recent article.
The paper stated that the members of the
Interact are children of Rotary Club
members. It is true that eligible children
of Rotarians are invited to join Interact.
However, many of the members are not
children of Rotarians. Members are
selected from the three classes of Griffin
High School by a process of nomination by
former members of Interact. Children of
Rotarians are invited to join if they meet
certain qualifications. Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Jud Cheves, 744 East College
Street
RESPONSE: Sorry about the error.
Glad to make this correction.
NOTE TO D.P.: We have your letter, but
you failed to give an address or phone
number. There is no phone listed in the
new directory under the name you signed,
and you are not listed in the city directory.
Under these circumstances we cannot
publish your criticisms. In fairness, we
must have identifiable and authentic
signatures.
Dear Sir: The purpose of this letter is to
clarify the position of the American
Business Club in the recreation program in
Griffin and Spalding County — past,
present and future. American Business
Club members think a statement to clarify
the club’s position is in order because of
recent reports that the club had declined a
request of the County Commissioners to
work with the county in the operation of
Patrick Park.
Several years ago members of the
American Business Club conceived the
idea of developing the East Griffin Park.
Full cooperation of Dundee Mills, other
civic groups, much work by the American
Business Club members and grading work
and other contributions by the county
made development of the park possible.
Estimated value of the improvements
made at the park now are approximately
$90,000. The American Business Club takes
much pride in this accomplishment.
The position taken at the present time by
the American Business Club is simply that
we prefer to defer a commitment until the
city and county have reached a final
conclusion on the future structure of
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tion. That’s the work of Satan, the enemy
of our souls. And he often finds us easy
prey for the lures he provides because of
the weakness of the flesh.
This prayer request can’t always be
granted — since in exceptional cases it
may be part of the permission given Satan
as prince of this world. So it was, you
remember, with the Lord.
The Lord’s business is to battle against
the devil. That war has been won, of
course, because of Calvary and the empty
tomb, but skirmishes continue. This
prayer solicits the Father’s help in
acquiring the victorious life. We should
pray for it constanty.
Berry’s World
© 1975 by NEA. inc *“ V
“My wife is in to terrariums!”
Ray Cromley
Criminal ring around
the (white) collar
By Ray Cromley
WASHINGTON — (NEA) — A man who walks into a bank,
holds up a teller and is convicted, is four times as likely to go to
prison as a bank embezzler.
Yet the embezzler’s take may be many times as great. It’s es
timated that bank frauds and such cost us four to six times more
each year than bank robberies.
The average man found guilty of interstate theft has a 50 per
cent greater chance of being sent behind bars than his cousin
found guilty of bribing a public official.
Statistics being what they are, these reports are undoubtedly
imprecise. But they’re close enough to the mark to point up a
moral of sorts.
By and large, it would seem that the man who commits an
economic crime is treated much more leniently than the man
who breaks a shop window and steals a TV or mugs a passerby.
But the statistics indicate most of us may suffer a great deal
more from the stock manipulator, the sleazy home repair man,
the dishonest mechanic, the seller of worthless land or the
embezzler.
It is estimated, in fact, that white collar crime costs the nation
$42 billion a year, perhaps enough to make the difference between
a recession and moderate prosperity if pumped through normal
channels. That $42 billion figures out at about SBOO a year — tax
free —for every family in the United States.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates that half, or about
S2O billion, is in consumer fraud and similar deceptive practices.
Payoffs, kickbacks and bribery nick us of $3 billion a year. The
theft of securities and other stock frauds add up to more than $4
billion. Then there’s pilferage, embezzlement, and on.
All this makes for higher prices. It is the root of a great deal of
our official corruption, for much of this economic crime is possi
ble only through the above mentioned kickbacks, bribery and
payoffs.
Yet except for the flurry at Watergate, and an occasional
headline over some multimillion dollar scandal, we have little
stomach for the day-to-day detective work done nationally if we
are to make a dent in this problem.
We forget Watergate was more the rule than the exception.
We forget too, that much of our violent and other physical
crime is sponsored by the economic or white collar variety.
Dealers in stolen goods all too frequently have regular customers
who place orders in advance for so many dozen of these or so
many cartons of that required in their business. We do little or
nothing about these fences or the dishonest businessmen who use
them.
Now the frauds we are talking about are not limited to big
business or small, to the rich or the poor. We have the door-to
door home repair fraud, and we have the big business price-fixing
and phony warranty frauds. A well-to-do physician in
Philadelphia has been sentenced to 60 days, SIO,OOO and three
years probationary service and rehabilitation work for Medicare
frauds. A computerized welfare fraud detection system has
resulted in a significant caseload reduction where employed.
Much of the meager effort directed at economic crime is
wasted. We catch the men involved after they have bilked us out
of thousands or millions and the money dissipated. This is failure.
What’s needed is more of an effort to catch these bilking
operations in their first bloom, before much damage is done. The
National District Attorneys Association began an earnest effort
along these lines about a year and a half ago. But it’s like sweep
ing back the sea with a broom.
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recreation in the city and county.
American Business Club has every in
tention to continue its interest in the future
of Patrick Park. We have confidence our
public officials are capable and will
ultimately reach a conclusion which will
best serve all concerned.
As a civic club we do not take any
position pro or con in the current problems
confronting the two governments. We hope
the ultimate conclusion will in no way
affect American Business Club’s efforts to
continue to develop Patrick Park. Our
desire is to serve our community in any
way we can. When any final conclusion is
reached we stand ready to consider any
proposal which will help further our goal of
community service. (Signed) Recreation
Committee of the American Business
Club: Ed Whatley, J. W. Roberts, Clifford
Hutson, A. H. Caldwell, Kip Wise
RESPONSE: The community ap
preciates and applauds what you have
done at Patrick Park, along with your
other outstanding work.
DAI LY
Quimby Melton, Jr., Editor and Publisher
Cary Reeves,
General Manager
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