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> — Griffin Daily News Tuesday, January 4,1977
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more than her pain
By Abigail Van Buren
® 1976 by Chicijo TrtbunrN. Y N«wi Synd Inc
DEAR ABBY: My mother always has something the
matter with her. It’s either a “splitting headache," “dizzy
spells" or eating something that didn't "agree" with her.
She eats “pain killers” like you wouldn't believe. If the
directions say to take two, she takes four. She buys every
I kind she can get without a prescription. I’ve tried to tell
her this is dangerous, but she won’t listen to me.
She reads your column faithfully and thinks you know
everything, so maybe you can straighten her out.
I’m not exaggerating, and I'm not a child. I’m a 30-year
old married woman who loves her mother and is worried
sick about her.
WITHHOLD MY NAME
DEAR WITHHOLD: Tell your mother that Abby said a
“pain” is Nature’s signal that something is wrong. And to
kill the pain and ignore the warning instead of seeing a
physician is not only foolish, it could be fatal.
DEAR ABBY: I was invited to someone's home for din
ner, and when I arrived, the stereo was blaring loudly. All
during dinner and even afterward when we were talking,
the stereo was turned up so high I could scarcely hear any
thing else, and I had to practically shout to be heard.
I Needless to say, I didn't enjoy the evening. In fact,
when I left I had a headache.
“* Don’t people realize how rude it is to have a stereo
turned on so loud that it's impossible to carry on a normal
conversation? I hope you print this.
PAT FROM PARKLAND
DEAR PAT: I'll print it for: those who aren’t aware
that loud stereo music is often more irritating than enter
taining, plus those who timidly tolerate it rather than ask
their host (or hostess) to please turn it down—a reasonable
request.
w DEAR ABBY: What do you think of a grown man who
kr cheats at cards, and when confronted, throws the cards up
ki in the air, runs to his room and broods for the rest of the
ge evening?
it, Abby, this man has a Ph. D. in nuclear physics and holds
c{ a $40,000 a year job.
fl We have been playing bridge regularly for over three
d( years. This past weekend when I caught him cheating, I
confronted him and asked for a re-deal. He literally threw
a tantrum. We're not speaking now as a result of all this.
Should I have kept my mouth shut, or was I justified in
letting him know I was on to his sleight-of hand trick?
NAMELESS, PLEASE
w DEAR NAMELESS: You should not have kept your
mouth shut. But had you waited to tell him privately in
al stead of humiliating him before the others, you could have
a avoided an ugly scene.
For Abby's new booklet, ‘‘What Teen-agers Want to
cl Know," send SI to Abigail Van Buren, 132 Lasky Dr.,
tc Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212. Please enclose a long,
R self-addressed, stamped (240 envelope.
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Water problems
CUMMING, Ga. (AP) - As if
glazed streets from freezing
rain weren’t enough to contend
with, residents of Cumming
found thousands of gallons of
water gushing onto their streets
Monday.
Connie Tatum of the city wa
ter department said a large
Guard suspended
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A
Chatham County jail guard has
been suspended temporarily
from his job after being
charged with murder in the
New Year’s Day slaying of an
other Savannah man, author
ities say.
Mercer V.P.
MACON, Ga. (AP) — Mercer
University Vice-President Wil
liam T. Haywood has been
named to the U.S. Office of
Education’s advisory council on
financial aid to students.
David Mathews, secretary of
the Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare, announced
the appointment of Haywood,
Woodruff honored
ATLANTA (AP) — Former
Coca-Cola Co. President Robert
W. Woodruff has been named to
the National Business Hall of
Fame sponsored by Junior
Achievement Inc.
Woodruff was honored “for
his role in bringing the Coca-
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out water service Monday after
a car crashed into a fire hy
drant on a main water line, let
ting the water pour out.
Water service was lost most
of the day before work crews
could repair the 12-inch main.
Ricky Blackbum, 24, was
charged in the death of Chuck
Lanier, also, 24, Chatham Coun
ty police said Monday.
Police said Lanier was shot
about 2 a.m. New Year’s Day
after an argument at a party.
Blackbum has been released on
bond.
who will serve through June 30.
The council advises the feder
al commissioner of education
on matters of general policy
concerning student loans and
assistance programs under the
Higher Education Act of 1965.
Haywood is vice president for
business and finance and also
secretary at the college.
Cola Co. to a position of lead
ership in American business,”
a J. A. spokesman said Mon
day.
Woodruff was selected by the
editors of Fortune Magazine,
who make the annual choices
for the hall of fame.
Quinlans still visit daughter
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. (AP)
— Joseph and Julia Quinlan
make daily trips to a nursing
home here where their daugh
ter, Karen Anne, is still breath
ing on her own in a coma more
than seven months after life
support systems were removed.
Miss Quinlan, 22, a patient at
the county-run Morris View
Rest Home here, was removed
from a respirator at her par
ents’ request last May, follow
ing a landmark ruling by the
state Supreme Court.
The court named Quinlan
Miller predicts ERA will pass senate
ATLANTA (AP) - Lt. Gov.
Zell Miller predicted Monday
that the state Senate will ap
prove the Equal Rights Amend
ment to the U.S. Constitution
early in the 1977 legislative ses
sion.
Miller said if the amendment
is introduced in the Senate on
the first day, as expected, he
intends to call it up for a vote
before lawmakers adjourn for
President-elect Jimmy Carter’s
inauguration in mid-January.
Family burned out
Three children escaped injury
when a heater exploded in their
trailer home on Georgia 16 near
1-75 about 2 p.m. Sunday.
Butts County fire fighters who
answered the alarm didn’t get
the names of the children or
their parents.
The children were the only
Outlived usefulness
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.
(AP) — A lot of English words
have outlived their usefulness,
as far as the Unicom Hunters <
of Lake Superior State College
are concerned.
Early each year the whimsic
al group calls for the banish
ment of certain words in an ef
fort to clean up the language.
Bill Rabe, the Unicom Hunt
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guardian of his adopted daugh
ter and authorized him to re
move the respirator.
Attorney Paul W. Armstrong,
who represented the family in
their court suit, said Sunday
that the Quinlans, who live in
nearby Mt. Arlington, visit
their daughter at least once a
day on weekends and twice
each weekday.
A spokesman at the rest
home said Sunday that Miss
Quinlan’s condition “remains
unchanged.” She is given in
travenous nourishment and is
“A number of senators who
voted against it in 1975 have
told me they are leaning to
ward supporting it now,” said
Miller.
“I think it will pass the Sen
ate, although there will be con
siderable opposition.”
There have been repeated ef
forts to pass the measure in the
Georgia Legislature since 1974.
Miller commented after a
luncheon for senators hosted by
ones at home when the fire
broke out. Their home was
destroyed.
The children and their
parents spent the night in a
nearby motel. CB radio people
in the area were attempting to
round up some clothing for the
family today.
targets include such phrases as
“perfectly candid,” which Rabe
says means, “I’ve been trapped
• into telling most of the truth.”
Also, “active possibility,”
which means, “it’s not likely to
happen,” and “new dimen
sion,” such as, “This cabinet
member will add a new dimen
sion” to whatever he’s going to
do. That means, “We don’t
know what he’s going to do,”
Rabe said.
rotated regularly to keep her
from developing bedsores.
Miss Quinlan lapsed into a
coma April 15, 1975, after inge
sting alcohol and tranquilizers,
and she was put on the respira
tor at St. Clare’s Hospital in
Den ville.
When doctors at the hospital
described her condition as
hopeless but refused to turn off
the machine, the Quinlans sued
for her right to “die with dig
nity.”
In November 1975, a Superior
Court Judge in Morristown
' three prominent legislators who
! plan to sponsor the measure
■ this year — Senate Majority
I Leader John Riley of Savannah
and Sens. Peter Banks of Barn
esville and Pierre Howard of
■ Decatur.
Guests of honor were Mary
Beth Busbee, wife of Gov.
George Busbee; Mrs. Betty
Talmadge, wife of U.S. Sen.
Herman Talmadge; Shirley
Miller, wife the lieutenant gov
ernor and Anne Cox Chambers,
board chairman of Atlanta
Newspapers Inc.
Mrs. Busbee told the senators
there are hundreds of thou
sands of women in Georgia who
must work to support their
families and who want to see
the ERA passed.
“People like this have been
drowned out by the extremists
- on both sides,” she said.
“I’m confident the legislature
will hear the calm voice of rea-
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tumed down the request. The
state’s highest court overturned
that ruling last March.
Medical testimony at the trial
showed Miss Quinlan was in a
chronic vegetative state and
would never recover.
Physicians said she would
probably die if the respirator
was removed. But when Miss
Quinlan was eased from the
respirator May 23, she contin
ued to breathe on her own.
She was transferred in June
to the home for welfare
patients here.
son and vote to ratify the
ERA.”
Mrs. Talmadge cited econom
ic reasons for approving the
ERA, saying that some organ
izations, including the Demo
cratic National Committee, are
refusing to hold their con
ventions in states which have
not ratified the ERA.
“Ratification will happen
some day with or without Geor
gia/’ she said. “But what a
plus it would be to Georgia to
lead the way in 1977. ...’’
Rosalynn Carter, wife of the
president-elect, sent a telegram
to the group saying passage of
the ERA in Georgia “is close to
my heart. It is crucial for us to
work together to pass this im
portant measure in our state.”
ERA supporters at the meet
ing said ratification by four
more states is needed for the
proposed amendment to
become law.