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Ask meaning
of the name
Am advised the best way to remember the name of
someone you've just met is to ask said party what the
name means. If the name is Tischler, for instance, that’s
tablemaker in German. If it’s Yeager, that’s hunter. It’s
the old word-association game. But my informant, a
politician of lengthy experience, says no technique works
better to stick the moniker into memory.
A starfish has no brain, please note.
The term “hobby horse’’ is a cut-down version of the
original phrase "hobbled horse.”
A pain in the elbow is identified with tennis players, that
you knew. But were you aware that the professional most
likely to suffer a pain just below the elbow is the band
drummer?
SPAGHETTI
Q. “Quick, Ixtuie, how many feet of spaghetti in a
pound?”
A. Figure 320 feet, standard size.
Q. “Can hyenas be tamed and trained?”
A. Evidently. The record at hand indicates the ancient
Egyptians used them in the manner of today’s hunting
dogs.
Q. "How long has it been since anybody in this country
was branded with a hot iron for a crime?”
A. Just 133 years. Fellow named Jonathan Walker was
scarred in the palm of his right hand at Pensacola,
Territory of Florida, with the letters “SS” to mean “slave
stealer.” He’d tried to help seven slaves escape to the
Bahamas.
“You stated Portland cement got its name from its
similarity to rock found at Portland, England. Baloney! It
derived its name from the place where it originated,
Portland, Ohio, now known as Sandusky. I grew up
there.” Signed: Bruce L. Holly Sr., Naples, Fla.
OLD LAW
An old Maine law permits a wife there to sue to recover
money her husband loses in a poker game. So reports a
client. Yes, I’ve heard that. Still, it’s not news. With few
exceptions, anybody can sue anybody for anything. There
are cases on the record where a farmer sued a bus driver
for horn honking, where a mother sued a butcher for
giving a wiener to her son, and where a greenhouse
operator sued an outdoor advertising company for failure
at dusk to turn out neon signs that allegedly kept the
plants awake.
There was a time, you know, when beaver flesh was
classified as fish, so could be eaten by the devout on fast
days when other meat was not allowed.
At any given moment, one out of every 10 hairs on your
head, if any, is just sitting there. The rest are growing.
A recent poll among college men shows their notion of
the ideal coed is a girl who stand 5-feet-5 and
tapemeasures 34-24-34.
Address mail to L.M. Boyd, P.O. Box 681,
Weatherford, Tx. 76086
Copyright 1977 L.M. Boyd
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By. L. M. Boyd
Today
By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, March 26,
the 85th day of 1977. There are
280 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1953, a new
vaccine to immunize against
polio was announced by Dr.
Jonas Salk.
On this date:
In 1793, the Holy Roman Em
pire declared war on France.
In 1804, land acquired in the
Louisiana Purchase was di
vided into the Territory of Or
leans and the Territory of Loui
siana.
In 1837, the composer, Ludwig
Van Beethoven, died.
In 1913, more than 1,400
people perished in floods in
Ohio, Indiana and Texas.
In 1918, Marshal Ferdinand
Foch of France was named
commander of Allied armies in
World War I.
In 1965, the United States re
jected a Soviet note accusing
U.S. forces of using poisonous
gases in South Vietnam.
Ten years ago: Vice Presi
dent Hubert H. Humphrey left
for Europe on a two-week mis
sion to boost American policies
and try to improve relations
with European Allies.
Five years ago: Malta and
Britain signed an agreement
keeping the Mediterranean for
tress island of Malta within the
Western defense system.
One year ago: The United
States and Turkey agreed on a
four-year accord under which
American military installations
would be reopened in Turkey in
exchange for monetary assist
ance.
Q&A
1. Only about one-eighth of the
Fiji Islands are inhabited.
True-False.
2. The leading producer of
natural rubber in the world is:
(a) Tropical America (b)
Africa (c) Far East.
3. The domestic cat is as fast
as the grizzly bear. True-
False.
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Thoughts
“Who among all these does
not know that the hand of the
Lord has done this? In his
hand is the life of every living
thing and the breath of all
mankind.” — Job 12:9,10.
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confined to this page, and its columns are
Macon Telegraph-News
The Food and Drug Administration’s
decision to outlaw saccharin sales has
soured the lives of many dieters and
diabetics who must not eat natural sugar.
Beyond that, this ban of the last artificial
sweetener on the market prompts serious
questions about the government’s power to
protect us from ourselves.
The FDA announced the ban March 9, on
the basis of Canadian experiments which
linked heavy dosages of saccharin to
bladder cancer in rats. Four months from
now, the sweetener must be off the
shelves, both in the pure form sold as a
sugar substitute and as an ingredient in
such food as low-calorie soft drinks. The
possibility of saccharin sales by
prescription reportedly is under
consideration.
Just as they did when cyclamate was
banned seven years ago, persons on
restricted diets are buying up the
remaining saccharin stocks. Prescription
The flush index
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Many years ago a newspaper discovered
that the municipal water pressure dropped
considerably when television commercials
were aired between programs. It became
known as “the flush index.” But the tv
industry has scoffed at this unscientific
survey indicating millions of viewers do
not see the commercials.
Federal control
Fayette County News
Something like 75 federal agencies today
have power to regulate the lives of the
American people and to virtually dictate
the affairs of private business and
industry.
In 1975, these departments, agencies,
and advisory groups issued 10,245 new
regulations, on top of 60,000 pages of
existing regulations. The rate at which
these agencies have been multiplying has
been growing every year. Three-fourths of
them have been created since 1960.
A recent report stated that many
government agencies “combine under one
institutional roof the functions of
Mr. Answer
‘We can be born again’
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: A friend of mine
recently scoffed at me when I told him I
have been born again. He said the real
meaning of the term “born again” is our
life in heaven, and that we are never born
again until we die. Is this true?—G.R.W.
DEAR G.R.W.: No, your friend has
misunderstood the meaning of this term.
Frankly I have never before heard anyone
suggest that the term could mean what he
suggests. I think it is clear that the Bible
tells us we can undergo a spiritual rebirth
right now, if we turn to Christ in
repentance and faith.
The term “bom again” is acturally
found in two places in the New Testament.
The first is the familiar story of Jesus and
Billy
Graham
Viewpoint
Fairness to all
Saccharin
open to every subscriber. Letters to the
editor are published every Wednesday.
Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224.
sales, should they come to pass, will be no
boon; in all likelihood saccharin by
prescription will be much more costly than
the over-the-counter variety.
Until a completely safe sugar substitute
is developed — 10 years hence, some
experts say — the best course is the
suggestion of Dr. Herbert L. Ley, a former
FDA commissioner. Ley proposes that the
government determine which of the three
existing artificial sweetners is the least
hazardous, and allow sales of it alone. A
warning label could be affixed to the
product.
A warning to the ignorant is needed —
but no more. At some point, the
government must allow citizens to decide
for themselves what risks to their own
health they will take. It did so with the sale
of tobacco, recognized as a far greater
threat to human health than saccharin. It
should allow citizens the same prerogative
with regard to the artificial sweetener.
Validity is given that original “index”
by new evidence from Saskatoon, Sask.,
Canada. The local water treatment plant
revealed that at the conclusion of the
televised version of “Gone With the Wind”
recently water usage increased to 13
million gallons, an increase of 100 percent
over the 6.5 million gallons used 15 minutes
earlier.
policemen , prosecutors, judges and
juries” and “have at times distorted the
intent of their creators.” The federal
bureaucracy has virtually become a fourth
branch of government.
While a reasonable degree of regulation
is necessary to protect the public interest,
there is almost unanimous agreement that
government regulation has become just
too much. Excessive regulation extracts a
high price from the American economy in
terms of higher consumer prices and
fewer jobs. It has led to a frightening maze
of red tape and wasteful government
spending.
the Jewish religious leader, Nicodemus
(John 3:1-21). This man was deeply
religious and moral, but Jesus told him he
needed a spiritual rebirth. In this passage,
being bom again is also called being “bom
of the Spirit” (John 3:8). This was
undoubtedly what Paul had in mind when
he wrote about Christians in Corinith, “But
you were washed, you were sanctified, you
were justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God”
(I Corinthians 6:11, New International
Version). Note that he uses the past tense.
The other place the term is found is in 1
peter 1:23, and again the past tense is
used: “For you have been bora again, not
of perishable seed, but of imperishable,
through the living and enduring word of
God” (New International Version).
It is a wonderful truth that we don’t have
to wait to get to heaven before we can
begin to enjoy God’s salvation. We can be
born again right now, by accepting Christ
into our hearts, “Therefore, if any man be
in Christ, he is a new creature: old things
are passed away; behold, all things are
become new” (II Corinthians 5:17).
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"Listen! I LIKE being eccentric. If you don’t like it
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Socialized health
cause for worry
By Don Oakley
There can be little doubt that Medicare, the federally
operated health insurance program for the elderly and disabl
ed. has been good for what ails people — especially people who
happen to be members of the medical establishment.
The Department of Health. Education and Welfare reports
that 1,752 medical groups and clinics. 58 laboratories and 409
"solo practitioners" collected SIOO,OOO or more in Medicare
funds during 1975. Three solo practitioners were listed as hav
ing earned more than $300,000 each and 26 others more than
$200,000.
Total Medicare payments to doctors and health care in
stitutions came to $4.7 billion in the last fiscal year, more than
a seven-fold increase over the $644 million paid out in 1965
when Medicare was initiated.
The department hastens to caution that those receiving
large payments have not necessarily been milking Medicare,
although a program as large as this one has inevitably had its
share of abuses.
Fortunately, Medicare seems to be better run than the com
panion sls-billion Medicaid program, which a Senate com
mittee last year found guilty of "abysmal” administration
and widespread fraud.
Nor, of course, do the figures necessarily represent pure
profit to the recipients. If their incomes are large, so are their
expenses.
But the steady growth in both Medicare and Medicaid ought
to prompt taxpayers to view proposals for comprehensive
federal health insurance for all Americans with a high degree
of skepticism. Experience shows that programs like these, no
matter how modestly begun, have away of taking on ever
expanding lives of their own
National health insurance may be just what the social doc
tors order, but even the most cautious estimates of its poten
tial cost and potential scope for waste make the programs we
now have look like peanuts.
Sales report on new CBs
Last year, manufacturers of Citizens Band radios were
worried about how they were going to unload all the 23-channel
models that would still be in the pipeline when the new 40-
channel models went on the market on Jan. 1.
The report from the field, however, is that the 23s are still
selling well and the 40s not so well, or at least not as well as
predicted Rather than phasing out the 235, some companies
have stepped up production of them to meet the demand.
One of the reasons is the price differential between the two
types. The 40-channel sets run 10 to 15 per cent higher than the
235. But another reason seems to be the belief held by many
CBers and would-be CBers that the new radios are not as good
as the old Rumors abound that they don’t have as much
power.
Not so. says the industry. William A. Thomas, president of
one of the leading CB manufacturers (Pacel. points out that
not only do the 40-channel radios have the same power and
modulation characteristics as the 23-channel type, but they
offer greater range and flexibility in the upper 17 channels
because of less interference
Another plus is new circuitry designed to cut down in
terference with TV and hi-fi equipment. This has been a major
source of complaint from the non-CB public.
Well, our free advice to the industry is to hang in there The
new models have only been available for three months, and if
the Citizen Band boom is more than just a fad — and experts
agree it is only the beginning of a revolution in personal com
munications — sales of the 40-channel radios have nowhere to
go but up.
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