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— Griffin Daily News Friday, March 18,1977
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A lot of single
girls in Miami
By L.M. Boyd
Q. “I’ve read that in Miami, the young women out
number the young men by seven to one. How come?”
A. If true, can only guess it’s due to a lot of airline
stewardesses in training thereabouts.
Question arises as to which can drink the most water at
one time, an elephant or a camel. Average elephant is
known to drink up to 15 gallons of water in a single session.
But camels have been seen to quaff down as many as 30
gallons in 10 minutes. Did you know the one
humped camels outnumber the two-humped camels by
three to one? Also, the two-humped camel is not a
dromedary as commonly believed. A dromedary is a one
huinped racing camel.
Q. “How come our hour is divided into 60 minutes and
our minute into 60 seconds instead of a metric division?”
A. Because the Sumerians, who lived before 3,000 8.C.,
counted by 60s instead of by 100 s.
SUICIDAL WIFE
The so-called housewife who’s not on any sort of payroll
is nine times more likely to try suicide than is a woman in
any other occupation.
Q. “What in the world is responsible for this situation in
which a woman offers through a newsletter to sell herself
as a wife for $10,000?”
A. Inflation, no doubt.
Soviet scientists contend it’s easier to wake up a
hibernating bear than some sleeping fish, and certain
American marine biologists confirm the claim.
Q. “I note President Jimmy Carter says he’s taking
speed reading lessons. Who was the fastest reader among
all our presidents?”
A. Teddy Roosevelt, possibly. It’s said he could read a
page in the time it would take most to read a sentence, and
reportedly he sometimes read two or three books in an
evening.
BOYS NAMED JEFF
Sixth most popular moniker among 5-year-old boys in
this country now is some variation of the name Jeff.
Address mail to L. M. Boyd, P. O. Box 681, Weatherford,
Tx. 76086
Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd
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By The Associated Press
Today is Friday, March 18th,
the 77th day of 1977. There are
288 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1776, during
the American Revolution,
George Washington took over
control of Boston after evac
uation of the British.
On this date:
In 1837, Grover Cleveland,
who held office as the 22nd and
the 24th U.S. Presidents, was
born in Caldwell, N.J.
In 1937, a gas explosion in a
school in New Ixmdon, Texas
killed more than 400 people,
mostly children.
In 1962, a cease-fire in the Al
gerian War was signed by
French authorities and Alge
rian rebel delegates in Evian
les-Bains, France.
In 1965, a Soviet cosmonaut
became the first man to leave
an orbiting spacecraft and float
in space.
Also in 1965, exiled King Fa
rouk of Egypt died in Rome.
In 1970, Cambodia’s Prince
Norodom Sihanouk was deposed
as Chief of State while on a visit
to Moscow.
Ten years ago: President
Lyndon B. Johnson left for
Guam for a meeting on the
Vietnam War with American
and Allied officials.
Q&A
1. The first U.S president
born in the 20th century was
2. George Sand was the pen
name of which French
author? (a) Francois Arouet
<b) Lucile Dupin (c) Georges
Sandrieux
3. The five permanent
member nations of the United
Nations Security Council are
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In a controversy they shall
act as judges, and they shall
judge it according to my
judgments. They shall keep
my laws and my statutes in all
my appointed feasts, and they
shall keep my sabbaths holy.
— Ezekiel 44:24.
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There for the taking
For some weeks now we have been
beating the editorial drums happily about
the Star Students in Griffin and other
places in this part of the state. It has been
appropriate comment on the good news of
scholastic achievement.
Now for the bad:
A report from the State Department of
Education discloses that over half of the
Georgia students who took a standard test
for college admission scored less than the
national average. A total of 32,519 Georgia
high school students took it and 53 percent
of them failed to match the national
average in both verbal and mathematical
skills.
The biggest gap was in the verbal part
Local sales tax update
Since Griffin and Spalding are upon the
verge of voting on a school bond issue, this
is a good time to consider alternative
methods of raising the money. One way
would be a local option sales tax, and we
submit the following article from the
Georgia Municipal Journal for
consideration only, neither as
endorsement nor in opposition thereto.
Georgia Municipal Journal
Perhaps some of the best arguments in
favor of the local option sales tax are
coming out of the communities collecting
it. Here are some examples that should be
interesting to city officials looking for
arguments for the tax. The city of Jackson
in Butts County was able to reduce its ad
valorem rates by 50 percent or some 5
mills. The City of Savannah in Chatham
County will collect almost three million
dollars and should be able to reduce its
millage rate by over 50 percent to the tune
of 17 mills. The City of West Point has a per
Griffin Bears
Griffin High football fans can get a
sneak preview of what to expect next fall
tonight when Coach Max Dowis sends his
Bears against Woodward Academy.
The game ends three weeks of spring
practice.
Fans who miss tonight’s game still can
get a look at the 1977 edition of the Bears
next Thursday when Griffin plays its
The family of God
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: What is the
meaning of Matthew chapter 23, verse 9,
which states: “Call no man your father
upon the earth: for one is your Father,
which is in heaven”? — F.B.
DEAR F. 8.: When Jesus prayed He
referred to God as “Father.” When He
taught His disciples to pray, Jesus told
them to call God “Our Father.” In each
case the word used for father is the
Aramaic word “Abba” which is similar to
our word “Daddy.” The use of this word
depicts the wonderful family relationship
into which Christ brings us. “Behold, what
manner of love the Father hath bestowed
upon us, that we should be called the sons
of God” H John 3:1).
Billy W
Graham
Viewpoint
Fairness to all
Sports Editorial
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open to every subscriber. Letters to the
editor are published every Wednesday.
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where the average in Georgia was 393 and
the national average 431. Our students did
better in math with a state average of 424
but the national average was 472.
Assistant State School Superintendent H.
Titus Singletary commented, “My best
guess for the decline in Georgia and
nationwide is the absence of rigorous
individual study.”
He probably is right. Griffin High and
other schools produce such outstanding
scholars that the schools must have what it
takes. But students have to make
individual efforts to take it. After all, one
can’t pick an apple from the top of a tree
without getting up there to pluck it.
capita figure of 6.66 since it is the only city
in the two counties it touches that voted on
and collects the tax.
The local option sales tax seems to be
gaining favor with Georgia voters as 53
municipalities in 22 counties are now
collecting the taxes. Soon many of these
municipalities will roll back their property
taxes. In addition to being able to roll back
these taxes these communities have also
expanded their tax base which will grow
with the economy.
The local option sales tax not only
provides relief to the working property
owner, but to the retired as well. The
rollback of these taxes will help many of
those property owners who are retired and
on fixed incomes.
As local economies grow so do the tax
monies derived from the local option sales
tax. This broader tax base will provide
increased revenues for the cities and
prevent the necessity for increases in local
taxes or decreases in services....
annual intra-squad game, ending spring
drills.
The Bears are the defending 6-AAA and
North Georgia champions.
Coach Dowis and his staff have built a
winning tradition at the school.
The two spring games should give fans
and idea of whether or not the Bears can
maintain it.
This family relationship with God makes
the human family a very important entity.
J very home that contains a father and
children imitates the relationship
Christians have with God. This is why
Satan is so busy trying to break up
families, to make children disobedient to
their parents and parents uncaring for
their children. In this way the picture of
the family of God is distorted and spoiled.
The world gets a wrong idea of what it
means for someone to have a heavenly
Father.
Because the human family is a picture of
the heavenly family, it is perfectly in order
for us to keep that idea alive by calling our
earthly parent “father.” The passage in
Matthew that you quote in no way forbids
the use of this term in our homes. There is
a difference between praying to God as our
Father, or Daddy, and referring to Him by
the title of heavenly Father.
The important thing is to make sure you
have been received into the family of God.
Only Jesus Christ can bring us into that
relationship. “Ye also may have
fellowship with us: and truly our fellow
ship is with the Father, and with his Son
Jesus Christ” (I John 1:3).
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"Sorry, Mayor Beame! No new Howard Hughes ,
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Is America due
boom in babies?
By Don Oakley
The United States is due for another baby boom, thinks one
observer — the Pill, more women working and concern over
population control notwithstanding.
The very fact that the birth rate has fallen to 1.8 children per
woman, less than replacement level, almost insures it will
happen, says University of Michigan economist and
demographer Prof. Donald D Lee.
“Today’s children will comprise a relatively small age >
group when they become young adults during the 1980 s and
19905. ” he says. “As a result, their job and income prospects
will be improved. Feeling more prosperous, they will marry
earlier and have more children. Families of three or more (
children will become common again "
He notes that during the Depression of the 19305. the birth
rate dipped to about 2.1 children per woman, exactly replace
ment level Because there were so few children in that age ,
group, they fared better with jobs and income when they
reached maturity.
These young adults gave birth to more children during the
postwar years. When the baby-boom children in turn began
coming of age during the 1960 s and 19705, this much larger
population found itself faring worse economically and because
of it elected to have fewer children.
As further evidence of the powerful influence of economics
on the birth rate, Lee points out that the Depression-era figure
of 2.1 was achieved long before many contraceptives used to
day were invented. The birth rate peaked in 1957 at 3.7. and
then began a steady fall to the current 1.8 more than a decade
before the environmental and women's liberation movements. ,
It isn’t absolute income that affects a generation’s birth
rate, however, but how income compares with expectations.
Because they are both fewer in number and are growing up in
an era of economic uncertainty. Lee believes today’s children ,
will find themselves in better economic circumstances than
they expect and will thus repeat the reproductive perfor
mance of the children of the 30s.
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It’s lucky that winter comes but once a year, and luckier yet
that winters like the current one blow in maybe once or twice
a century.
According to the U.S. Commerce Department. January’s
severe cold was chiefly responsible for a record monthly trade
deficit and the biggest drop in the nation’s economic in
dicators since the 1974-75 recession
Due to weather-caused plant shutdowns and transportation
' tie-ups, exports declined 7.8 per cent during the month to give *
the United States a deficit of nearly $1.7 billion in its foreign
trade balance. A 1.2 per cent decline in the composite index of
leading economic indicators (jobs, building permits, orders
for new goods, etc.) was the first decline in four months and. <■
temporarily at least, put the nation s economic recovery on
hold
About the only thing that went up was oil imports, which in
creased 5 per cent in January. f
That's only part of Old Man Winter's bill. Winter damage to
roads and bridges is expected to add up to a cool $2.8 billion in
21 eastern and midwestern states, says The Road Information
Program (TRIP), a highway industry research and informa- ,
tion agency
This is in addition to the cost of filling an estimated 55
million potholes and resurfacing pavement with minor
damage, and doesn’t include another $270 million for snow
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It could be worse. Think what it would be like if the United
States wasn’t in the “Temperate Zone.”
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