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A leading plumbing supply manufacturer has come out
with an intriguing king-sized box in which you can sun
bathe, enjoy spring showers, experience jungle steam,
feel the tropical rains, or let your hair waft in gentle
breezes. Assume you can take a bath in the thing,too, but
that’s a guess. It measures 6-feet-10-inches by 3-feet-2-
inches. And it costs $9,900. Computerized controls let you
mix up the weather in there any way you want it.
Don’t recall its whereabouts, but there’s said to be a
bunkhouse on an Old West cattle ranch—it dates back to
the 1880 s—which has 3,620 bullet holes in its ceiling.
Cowhands therein reportedly made bets with one another
on their abilities to shoot flies in the air.
First Model T Fords came out in 1908 at SBSO each, and
then the price eventually dropped to S2OO each.
Remarkable! Cost of cars once dropped!
LOVE AND WAR
Item No. 13-C in our Love and War man’s file labeled
"Petting” is this observation from Madame Dariaux:
"Although a dog never tires of being scratched behind the
ears, men become irritated by too much petting, and very
often this web of attention woven around them like a cage
gives them a feeling of claustrophia.”
Lot of land developers are selling scenic lots on
mountain-sides. What they don’t tell their buyers, though,
is that in the event of a forest fire, a house on a 30-percent
slope will go up in smoke twice as quickly as a house on
level ground.
St. Veran is a tiny French Alpine village. Natives there
for generations have believed that the Devil lurks in 90-
degree corners. None of the log and stone houses built long
ago have any true right angles in them.
MATTRESSES
The harder the mattress, the more frequently the
sleeper turns over during the night. Hard mattress, a
turn-over every eight minutes. Medium mattress, a turn
over every 10 minutes. Soft mattress, a turn-over every 12
minutes. That’s typical.
Statistics indicate that the retired army officers who
graduated from West Point have lived on the average
about five years longer than other retired officers. Please
note, these numbers aren’t affected by combat fatalities.
They deal only with the already retired. So what’s the
explanation? Shrug.
If the Bell Telephone Company hadn’t installed dial
telephones, that firm would need to hire almost all the
grown women in this country by now to handle the 500
million daily calls.
Among all those people who choose to commit suicide,
no other place in the Western World is so compellingly
attractive as is San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
Address mail to L.M. Boyd
P.O. Box 681, Weatherford, Tx 76086
Copyright 1977 L.M. Boyd
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Today
By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, April 30,
the 120th day of 1977. There are
245 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1789, George
Washington was inaugurated as
the first President of the United
States. He was sworn in on the
balcony of Federal Hall in New
York City.
On this date:
In 1798, the Navy Department
was created by an act of Con
gress.
In 1803, the Louisiana Pur
chase was made from Trance
for sls million.
In 1812, Louisiana was admit
ted to the Union as the 18th
state.
In 1900, Casey Jones, the
famed engineer who inspired an
American folk song, was killed
in a train wreck at Vaughan,
Miss.
In 1915, wireless commu
nication was established be
tween the District of Columbia
and the Panama Canal Zone.
In 1970, then-President Rich
ard M. Nixon announced that
American troops had crossed
into Cambodia to attack Com
munist sanctuaries considered
to be a threat in the Vietnamese
War.
Ten years ago: At least 12
people were killed and 100 in
jured as tornadoes swept south
ern Minnesota.
Five years ago: India and
Pakistan agreed to a summit
meeting as a step toward
reaching a peace settlement.
One year ago: The Italian
government led by the Christian
Democrats resigned, opening
the way for general elections.
Today’s birthdays: Queen Ju
liana of the Netherlands is 68.
Conductor Robert Shaw is 61.
Q&A
1. The 16-pound hammer
throw field event in the Olym
pics involves hurling a 16-
pound hammer. True-False.
2. On the average, which bear
lives longest? (a) black bear
(b) grizzly bear (c) polar bear
3. Which nation has 2
monetary units of currency?
(a) San Marino (b) Italy (c)
Sao Tome and Principe.
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Thoughts
And he said to them, "The
sabbath was made for man,
not man for the sabbath; so
the Son of man is lord even of
the sabbath.” — Mark 2:27.
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Griffin Daily News Saturday, April 30; 1977
Viewpoint
The Griffin Daily News’ policy is to be fair
to everyone. The editor’s opinions are
confined to this page, and its columns are
A few bad apples
There’s always been a lot of hootin’ and
tootin’ about the young people being on
drugs, having no morals, being involved in
crimes and generally being bad.
There are drug problems, morals
problems and crime involving youth.
Taking a look at the other side of the
coin, there generally are more youths
doing good for themselves and their
community than there are involved in drug
and crimes.
Coach Paul Dietzel once said that 95
percent of the youth in America are good,
meaning only five persent fit into the bad
category. He said the 95 percent are
having a hard time overriding the name
being given them by the five percent.
We agree.
Donor is the key
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be in Griffin Monday and every
resident of Griffin and Spalding County
who is eligible should give a pint. The goal
for the visit is 300 pints.
Even if the goal is reached, there is
never enough fresh blood to meet the
demands.
We encourage every person who is
eligible to participate in the blood
program. One never knows when his or her
Our fair share
Paving machinery is running in the city
of Griffin and those streets in the worst
state of repair are getting a new coat of
asphalt. Many others in the city and
county are in need of repair and
resurfacing and no doubt many of them
will be looking like new before the end of
the summer.
The past winter was rough on the roads
Lost energy
Several months ago there were
occasions when oil tankers lost part of
their loads at sea or in rivers. Some lost
their entire cargos. Now, there is a
“blowout” at an offshore well in the North
Sea that is dumping thousands of gallons of
oil an hour in the sea.
This is lost energy.
There is yet to be developed a system for
recovery of oil from the sea and the rivers.
President Carter has proposed that the
American people be taxed to help conserve
the energy supply. We, as we feel other
believe, do not feel taxation of the
Most sins
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I have been told
that wilful sin cannot be forgiven. I was
guilty of such a sin and thought I had been
forgiven, but now I am worried. Can you
please advise?-H. M.
DEAR H. M.: Most sins that we know
about in our lives have been wilfully
committed. We may commit some sins in
ignorance, not realizing that what we are
doing is wrong. But all too often when we
do wrong, we know we are sinning, and
therefore we perform an act of the will.
There is only one unforgivable sin and
that is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
“All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost shall not be
BiUy
Graham
Fairness to all
open to every subscriber. Letters to the
editor are published every Wednesday.
Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224.
My Answer
How about the adults. Wouldn’t it be a
happy work if only five percent of our lot
were considered bad.
Here, too, we agree with Coach Dietzel
that a few bad apples do not mean the
whole barrel is spoiled.
The youth of our country are our future
leaders. We can only hope they will come
from the 95 percent and not the five per
cent considered to be bad.
We feel the youths of Griffin and
Spalding County can be proud of them
selves and their actions. They are not
having to defend their position. Those
considered bad are having to fend for
themselves to try to keep up with good the
youths of the community are doing.
family will need blood and it would be good
to know there is enough on hand to meet
the need when it arises.
The visit Monday is sponsored by the
Griffin Pilot Club. Other organizations in
Griffin sponsor visits at various times
during the year. They are to be com
mended for their splendid efforts toward
providing an adequate supply of blood.
No matter what their efforts, though, the
donor remains the key of success.
of the state and S4O million in funds have
been allocated by the General Assembly
and the Department of Transportation for
the upgrading of the roads.
It is our hope that Griffin and Spalding •
County will receive a fair share of the state
funds for the improvement of streets and
roads.
American public will be the solution to the
energy crisis.
More people are going to drive more
automobiles, require more heat and
cooling energy and in general just use
more. It’s simple.
We suggest President Carter and
Congress take a look at the oil industry and
consider fines against those companies
whose ships lose oil at sea or in rivers or
whose wells have “blowouts.” This too
would not be a solution to the problem, but
it might help to get more energy to the
people.
are wilful
forgiven unto men” (Matthew 12:31). This
blasphemy amounts to a complete
rejection of the Spirit’s work of conviction
in our lives, with the result that we refuse
to admit that we are sinners in need of a
Saviour.
Once you have repented of the sin to
which you refer and have confessed it in
prayer to God and asked for His
forgiveness, you have God’s certain
promise: “If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (I
John 1:9).
The important thing is to realize is that
when you doubt that God has forgiven you,
you disbelieve the truth of God’s promise
and such disbelief is sin. You must confess
that sin of disbelief to God and ask Him to
help you to accept His Word. Once this is
done, you can continue your life without
any feeling of guilt in this matter, and with
the firm resolution that with Christ’s help
you will never commit that sin again. You
must accept forgiveness in the spirit in
which Christ gives it: “Go, and sin no
more” (John 8:11).
"I have just faced up to reality, and NOW I know
what I HAVE to do — sail away to Tahiti!"
Mighty hunters
on the prowl
By GERARD C. McLAURIN
The mid-day sun was beating down on the backs of the
hunters. The April air was humid from springtime rains
and seemed to hang about the heavy undergrowth. The
tense hunters, anxiously stalked their prey, hoping to get
a sighting before the darkness of approaching dusk en
veloped the preserve.
As they crept through thick foliage they stopped as if
frozen by the sounds of the beast. Lion!
The hunters prepared themselves; the sounds were
unmistakeable.
“There, behind that bush! ” one of them half-whispered,
half-shouted in his excitement.
They carefully set themselves, and with pounding
hearts, aimed. The sound of the high powered rifles broke
the stillness of the mid-Georgia air with resounding
bursts.
The lion cub was knocked off its feet by the shots,
jerked and died.
The mighty hunters, employes of Kingdom 3, found
their young prey, both of them, and snuffed away their
lives with their artillery.
The two cubs had escaped from the Clayton County
amusement park during the night of April 18 after
reportedly being frightened by a thunderstorm. They
were loose in an area of wild growth where the nearest
housing is so far away the animals presented no im
mediate threat to residents.
Atlanta Humane Society officials and an Emory
University veterinarian have testified there was no ap
parent reason for killing the lion cubs. They could have
been tranquilized or captured, but no effort was made to
do so. The reasons for not doing so are obvious—a savings
in time and work and a lack of sensitivity.
This sort of wanton killing of animals seems to be
characteristic of the so-called amusement parks which
house live animals. Last March this same park became
embroiled in controversy about their methods of disposing
animal carcasses. Animal remains were found decom
posing above ground in the open air of the area.
Similar atrocities have occured at parks in California.
The obvious conclusion drawn from such instances is
that those involved in running the parks have no regard
for the animals they house nor for the asthetic enjoyment
they peddle. Their prime concern must be the money the
animals afford them. They have prostituted the love and
interest which you and I share for the animals.
Officials say new management at the park is interested
in improving conditions for the animals. Let’s hope so.
However, I think my chances would be better facing one
of their full-grown lions unarmed than if my life depended
on the sudden transformation of the wild animal
amusement park gang.
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