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— Griffin Daily News Wednesday, January 12,1977
Christmas Seal i
drive still
joing strong
Pepper Rodgers, 1976
jhristmas Seal Chairman for
| Georgia, reports that Christmas
| Seal contributions for Spalding
k'ounty have reached 77.7
ipercent so far this year of their
total 1975 contributions.
I “With another reminder in
| the mails and the closing of the
I Campaign on March 31 we are
[confident of not only reaching
I last year’s total but of
Surpassing it,” the Georgia
■Tech coach said.
1 I>ast year the Christmas Seal
contribution amounted to
$706,000. The money is used in
Georgia for professional 1
education, research and
treatment of lung disease and
their causes, particularly, TB,
emphysema, bronchitis, and
asthma, air pollution and
smoking.
Might escort
CHICAGO (AP) - Former
policeman Mike Chiappetta
says some women are hiring
him as an armed bodyguard to
accompany them on trips to
stores and restaurants.
Chiappetta, 32, head of a
small security agency, says
women ‘‘call me up, and I’ll ac
company them to Bonwit Teller
or Saks — places like that.
“A few nights ago I accom
panied a woman to Chez Paul
for dinner. I’m not one of those
escort guys. I’m acting strictly
as a bodyguard. If they want me
armed, I come armed.”
Fees range from $5 to $22.50
an hour, “depending on how
broke I am,” he added.
. Women’s justice
< LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -
< Women's justice was the first
< issue raised on the opening day
* of the Nebraska Legislature.
’ State Supreme Court Chief
\ Justice Paul White asked the
, “gentlemen” to raise their
. hands and and take the legisla
tive oath of office.
“Sir, sir, me too?” asked Sen.
Shirley Marsh of Lincoln.
White apparently didn’t hear
and administered the oath to the
men and Sens. Marsh, Jo Aim
Maxey and Bernice Labedz.
After the oath, Sen. Marsh
asked White to include a call for
females in future swearingin
ceremonies. He assented.
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The Hospital Auxiliary held
its quarterly meeting and
luncheon at noon today in the
hospital’s cafeteria.
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Serenity
Increased oil traffic
means more spills
By JOHN LENGEL
Associated Press Writer I
WASHINGTON (AP) - The (
senator presiding over hearings ;
examining the rash of tanker |
accidents and oil spills says the i
environmental threat posed by
the big ships is going to get ;
worse.
Sen. Warren Magnuson, i
chairman of the Senate Com
merce Committee, says the
traffic in bulk oil carriers in
creases daily in coastal waters,
harbors — and inland water
ways, which are already con
gested and crowded.
“Those of us who have studied
this area feel the worse is yet to
come,” said the Democrat from
Washington state.
“This country has just wit
nessed the worst rash of tanker
accidents ever, and on top of
that last year was the worst in
history for tanker losses,” said
Magnuson in a statement pre
ared for the opening of hearings
today aimed at making oil
tankers more safe.
Fifteen tankers were lost last
year. Since Dec. 15 when the
Argo Merchant hit a shoal off
SAPELO ISLAND, Ga.—A lone beachcomber gazes
seaward from a perch provided by a dead oak tree on
Cabretta Beach. Georgia is famous for its miles of wild,
undeveloped coastline and one of the finest examples Is
Sapelo Island, maintained by the Georgia Dept, of Natural
Resources. (AP)
Nantucket, nine oil carriers
have either run aground, sank,
or were lost at sea. The latest
sinking occurred Monday when
the empty American tanker
Chester A. Poling broke up in a
winter storm off Massachu
setts.
Scheduled witnesses include
top Coast Guard officers and
federal transportation and en
viromental protection officials.
The hearings are set to ex
plore what safety standards
may be set for foreign-regis
tered vessels which carrv 95
percent of the oil to the United
States. Eight of the 10 tanker
incidents since Dec. 15 have in
volved vessels of foreign
registry.
Maritime specialists say sev
eral foreign nations have rela
tively loose shipping regu
lations and that some vessels
are registered in those coun
tries to avoid complying with
stiffer rules elsewhere.
Another aim of the hearings is
to gather testimony on pros
pective legislation to increase
the liability of ship owners for
oil spill damage.
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About books
English are still producing winners
D
Capsule reviews prepared by the
American Library Assn.
By Carol Felsenthal
The English novel has a
tradition of greatness —
Dickens, Eliot, Austen were
all 19th century virtuosos. The
20th century finds that tradi
tion nobly upheld — some of
the best novels being written
today are English exports.
Between her birth in
England in 1912 and her death
in 1975, Elizabeth Taylor
What Americans are reading
Based on most requested books from the shelves of libraries in 150
cities around the country, compiled by the American Library
Association. (Distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)
Fiction
Thi . Last Weeks
Week Week On List
1 TRINITY, 2 4 °
by Leon 'Uris (Doubleday, $10.95.)
2. TOUCH NOT THE CAT, 1 20
by Mary Stewart (Morrow, $8.95.)
3. DOLORES, 3 22
by Jacqueline Susann (Morrow, $6.95.)
4. SLEEPING MURDER, 4 11
by Agatha Christie (Dodd, Mead, $7.95.)
5. ORDINARY PEOPLE, 5 13
by Judith Guest (Viking, $7.95.)
6. CEREMONY OF THE INNOCENT, 7 6
by Taylor Caldwell (Doubleday, $10.95.)
7. LONELY LADY, 8 27
by Harold Robbins (Simon & Schuster, $9.95.)
8. STORM WARNING, 10 7
by Jack Higgins (Simon & Schuster. $9.95.)
9. WEDNESDAY THE RABBI GOT WET, • 1
by Harry Kemelman (Morrow, $8.95.)
10. SLAPSTICK, “ 1
by Kurt Vonnegut (Delacrote. $7.95.)
Non-Fiction
rh/s Last Weeks
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1. PASSAGES, 1 24
by Gail Sheehy (Dutton, $10.95.)
2. ROOTS, 2 12
by Alex Haley (Doubleday, $12.50.)
3. YOUR ERRONEOUS ZONES, 4 11
by Wayne W. Dyer (Funk & Wagnails. $6.95.)
4. BLIND AMBITION, 3 8
by John Dean (Simon & Schuster, $11.95.)
5. THE RIGHT AND THE POWER, 5 11
by Leon Jaworski (Reader's Digest Press/Gulf
Publishing Co., $9.95.)
6. THE FINAL DAYS, 7 37
by Woodward & Bernstein (Simon & Schuster,
$12.50.)
7. BLOOD A MONEY, 8 8
by Thomas Thompson (Doubleday, $10.95.)
8. THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER OVER 8 8
THE SEPTIC TANK,
by Erma Bombeck (McGraw Hill, $6.95.)
9. ADOLPH HITLER, 8 8
by John Toland (Doubleday, $14.95.)
10. A MAN CALLED INTREPID: THE SECRET 10 29
WAR
by William Stevenson (Harcourt, Brace,
Jovanovich, $12.95.)
BLAMING by Elizabeth Taylor (Viking, 190 pages, $7.95)
REMEMBER ME by Fay Weldon (Random House, 248 pages.
$7 95)
A DREAM JOURNEY by James Hanley (Horizon Press. 368 pages,
$8.95)
wrote 17 novels and short
story collections. Her books
inspired lavish praise from
critics but little interest from
the public, particularly
Americans.
Taylor's last novel should at
least bring her posthumous
TAYLORS
last novel, “Blaming,”
published posthumously,
should bring her work to the
attention of the public.
praise. “Blaming” is at once
a comedy of manners, a
serious exploration of
character and an absorbing
story. It is old fashioned and
unfashionable in its adherence
to straightforward plotting
and unpretentious prose aid
its avoidance of convoluted
description and obscure sym-
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However, “Remember
Me,” although an admirably
ambitious novel, is not totally
successful. Weldon attempts
to explore the gamut of
human concerns — birth,
death, love, hate,
materialism, spiritualism,
husbands, children, mothers,
sex, selfishness, selflessness
and more. By novel’s center,
both the reader and the plot
are staggering. By novel’s
close, the reader is numbed
and the plot is limping to an
ineffectual conclusion.
Like Taylor, James Hanley
is a novelist who is praised by
critics as consistently as he’s
ignored by the public.
Now 75, his writing career
spans 40 years and 26 novels —
most of which are out of print,
even in his native England.
Discouraged by public
neglect, he briefly turned to
playwriting in the early 60s.
Fortunately, he has turned
back to the novel and created
“A Dream Journey,” a
pulsating powerhouse of a
book.
Hanley’s style is unrelen
ting realism. His persistent
probing of the relationship
between a deteriorating cou
ple living in a deteriorating
London neighborhood
produces an emotionally ex
hausting and wrenching novel.
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