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ByL. M. BOYD
An ancient clay bathtub found in Greece was last used
more than 3,000 years ago. How’s that known? The science
boys with their remarkable instruments figured it out by
testing the ring around the inside of it.
An estimated 55 women each day in this country deliver
babies conceived through artificial insemination.
How do you account for the fact that doctors in general
make more money than lawyers in general? Lawyers
overall lose exactly half their cases. But doctors overall
lose all of theirs, eventually.
Latest estimate of the value of the chemicals and metals
in the average grownup human body is $lO, according to
the Manufacturing Chemists Association.
SEEDS
Q. “What are the best-selling flower seeds?”
A. In descending order, marigolds, zinnias, petunias,
astors, snapdragons and sweet peas. As for vegetable
seeds, list tomatoes, com, radishes, lettuce and carrots.
Q. “What’s the best material for making flags?”
A. Nylon, 75 percent, and wool, 25 percent, say the ex
perts. Takes the weather and keeps the color.
Aspirin tends to reduce a high temperature. But caf
feine appears to keep body heat up. So if you take aspirin
with coffee, tea or certain colas, you cancel out the es-
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JEFFERSON
Thomas Jefferson forced his daughter to study, study,
study. He believed she probably personally would have to
educate her whole family. This, because he’d calculated
mathematically that the odds ran 14 to 1 that she’d marry
a man with little schooling. In his word, a blockhead.
No telling how old the oldest icebergs are. The iceberg
longevity experts haven’t been keeping records that long.
Some are known to have been afloat for at least 225 years,
though.
L. M. Boyd, Box Ml, Weatherford, TX 76086
Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd
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Today
By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, Sept. 22,
the 285th day of 1977. There are
100 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1949, the Soviet
Union exploded its first atomic
bomb, four years after the first
American nuclear detonation.
On this date:
In 1776, Nathan Hale was
hanged by the British as a spy.
He is quoted as saying “I only
regret that I have but one life to
lose for my country” as he was
led to the gallows in New York.
In 1862, President Abraham
Lincoln issued the preliminary
Emancipation Proclamation.
In 1931, Britain abandoned the
gold standard.
In 1961, the Interstate Com
merce Commission issued rules
forbidding racial
discrimination in interstate bus
transportation.
In 1965, a cease-fire was de
clared in a war between India
and Pakistan over Kashmir.
In 1973, Henry Kissinger was
sworn in as Secretary of State,
becoming the first naturalized
citizen to gain the office.
Ten years ago: The British
liner, Queen Mary, sailed from
New York on its last trans-At
lantic voyage after more than 30
years in service.
Five years ago: The U.N.
General Assembly agreed to
discuss the problem of terror
ism despite objections by Arab
nations.
One year ago: The U.S. Vik
ing spacecraft discovered that
the planet Mars had a polar ice
cap of frozen water.
Q&A
1. What U.S. president studied
medicine under a signer of the
Declaration of Independence?
2. Frasco is the (a) capital
city of Peru (b) prime
minister of Spain (c) liquid
measure of Argentina
3. What natural resource
divides the European and
Asian sections of the USSR?
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Thoughts
“But where shall wisdom be
found? And where is the place
of understanding? Man does
not know the way to it, and it
is not found in the land of the
living.” - Job 28: 12,13.
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Viewpoint
Fairness to all
The Griffin Daily News’ policy is to be fair °P en every subscriber. Letters to the
to everyone. The editor’s opinions are editor are published every Wednesday,
confined to this page, and its column* are Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224.
Welcome home, Bert!
Bert Lance accepted the position of
director of the Office of Management and
Budget to serve his country with hard
work and top performance. Doing so, he
sacrificed wealth and laid his reputation
on the line. Little did he know that he
would be called on for greater sacrifice.
However, when the time came, he
responded with the same top level of
performance. Resigning, Lance freed his
office, his president and his country’s
A job for buzzards
Always we have admired the boxer who
when knocked to canvas gulped in the air
and with blood ringing in his ears got to his
feet before the 10-count.
Likewise we respect other athletes who
climb up and do their best even though
reeling under superior strength. And we
never had a great deal of use for anyone
yipping at the body and pawing at the head
of a fallen foe.
So we admire politicians who stand their
ground and fight it out — win, lose, or draw
— until the final bell.
All this is brought to mind by current
events, both foreign and domestic.
A real fighter is Hubert Humphrey,
grand warrior of the Democratic Party
and once its standard bearer for the
presidency. Stricken with cancer, he told a
trade union convention that despite his
illness he intends to finish his term in the
United States Senate. In addition to ad
miring him as a man, we are glad he will
continue as a senator, a body for whom our
admiration has been waning steadily as
some of its vociferous members seek to
cover their own shortcomings at the ex-
Reid Childers
County Commissioner Reid Childers
announced his resignation because of
health after the above editorial was
written.
Regrettably, he has been in declining
health for some months but has carried on
‘Take up our cross’
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: What do you
think Jesus meant when He said that we
are to take up our cross and follow him
(e.g. Luke 9:23)? Some friends of mine say
that “cross bearing means accepting
tilings that are difficult or unpleasant.-S.
C.
DEAR S. C.: I know we often say that a
person who bears some sort of personal
burden has “a heavy cross to bear,” but
this is not really the meaning of Jesus’
expression.
When Jesus spoke these words He was
very popular with many people because
He had just performed the miracle of the
feeding of the 5,000. In fact, John tells us
they wanted to make him a political king
(John 6:15). But Jesus knew they were
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government of any doubt as to its high
standards.
He made the supreme sacrifice for the
good of his country.
His resignation surprised and saddened
some, quinched blood thirsty rebel-rousers
but pleased few. He is returning to his
home in Georgia and that pleases many of
us Georgians.
Welcome home, Bert!
pense of Bert Lance who is another object
of our editorial admiration.
Instead of lying meekly upon the canvas
of the political squared-off ring, Bert
Lance came out swinging and showed the
nation the tough stuff of which he is made.
He has been forced from his job but he is a
fighter for whom the final bell has not
rung.
Finally, some new unknown has called
upon Congressman Flynt of Griffin to
resign in connection with his investigation
of the Korean bribery scandals. This is
nothing new. A sure way to get publicity
seems to be for some unknown to call upon
some office holder to resign. So what?
So we admire Hubert Humphrey as he
fights Big-C. And we admire Bert Lance as
he fights politics and the eastern establish
ment with his personal reputation at stake.
And we admire Mr. Flynt as he goes about
business as usual in the face of constant
criticism.
But never did we admire senators or
anybody else for pecking at the head of a
weakened victim that somebody else had
knocked down.
In our view that is a buzzard’s job.
as a commissioner in spite of it. Those
aware of the situation have admired him
for the way he has done this and regret
that illness has required him to withdraw
from the public arena.
We wish him well.
My Answer
only interested in their selfish needs and
desires.
The real meaning of Jesus’ words is that
we must be willing to give up our own self
centered plans and accept Jesus as Lord
and Ruler of our lives. Jesus came not only
so we could be forgiven of our sins and go
to Heaven, although that is a wonderful
part of His plan. But He also came and
“died for all that those who live should no
longer live for themselves, but for him who
died for them and was raised again” (II
Corinthians 5:15, New International
Version). To “take up our cross” means to
crucify our own plans and motives, and
follow Christ completely—even to death.
“He that hath my commandments, and
keepeth them, he it is that loveth me”
(Jojn 14:21).
I believe we need to pray daily for the
Holy Spirit’s strength, to help us follow
Christ, whatever the cost. Paul knew the
secret of this daily walk, and that is why he
could say, “I have been crucified with
Christ; and I myself no longer live, but
Christ lives in me. And the real life I now
have within this body is a result of my
trusting in the Son of God, who loved me
and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20,
Living Bible).
Cutting room
floor not for us
By BILL KNIGHT
Executive Editor
Well, the movie makers are coming to town.
And already there’s a tingle of excitement in the air.
Mayor Raymond Head was telling fellow city com
missioners what he had learned about it at a briefing with
Chamber of Commerce people.
Seems the state industry people pointed the movie
makers in this direction when they came asking for a
typical middle American town. The cinema folk came,
looked us over, and liked what they saw.
Mayor Head said he understands the film will be about a
track star. Now Griffin’s track facilities are not too hot, as
most folk around here know. But no matter. The film
makers still picked Griffin for part of their operation.
Mayor Head said he understood some of the track scenes
will be shot in Newnan where the high school has a better
track.
City Manager Roy Inman who has seen what movie
people sometimes do when they come to a community was
cautious.
“These people can be pretty demanding,” he com
mented.
But he and the commissioners promised every
cooperation.
Why, the thought of getting pictures of our town on the
movie screens across the nation was just too much to pass
up. And who knows, there might even be a Griffin face or
two to sneak into the film.
We already have some veteran bit actors. Some of our
senior citizens made daily trips to Forsyth to the court
house when a television company making “Judge Horton
and the Scottsboro Boys” shot some scenes in the court
house.
The late city commissioner, Preston Bunn, was among
those in on the act. He spotted himself when the tv film
was shown first time around.
Then the television people not so long ago came here to
shoot some scenes for a railroad special featuring Johnny
(Come Along And Ride That Train) Cash. Johnny showed
up himself, for some of the shooting. Some of the filming
was in Orchard Hill and some was in Zebulon. But for the
life of us, when we watched the finished results, we
couldn’t spot a familiar face or place.
Commissioner Bunn, Bobby Dunn and some of the other
Griffin people had donned costumes of years gone by for
some bit parts in that one.
Then there was the “Smokey and the Bandit” crew
which shot film all over this section including
McDonough, Fayetteville, and the old Lakewood
fairgrounds in Atlanta. Now those places were easily
identified in the movie which enjoyed a long run in Griffin
and other Georgia cities.
A few years ago they burned an old barn near
Williamson one night when they were making film about
liquor running. That film making caused a lot of talk
around here.
Some years ago, the Hollywood people came to Georgia
to film “I’d Climb the Highest Mountain” starring the late
Susan Haywood. She lived in Carrollton for a few years
with her husband, a businessman in that West Georgia
community.
We recall the late Ernest Rogers who used to be a
columnist for the Atlanta Journal came to Griffin to tell
about his budding movie career.
He was the son of the Rev. Wallace Rogers, a for
mer First Methodist pastor here.
Ernie put on a good show as he told about the film
making and how he was about to become a celebrity.
He was teasing, of course, but kept his audience in
stitches.
So when “I’d Climb the Highest Mountain” was
released, we rushed to the movie to see the Georgia star.
We kept our eyes fixed on that screen throughout the
movie and never did we get a glimpse of Ernie.
His worst fear had become a reality.
He had hit the cutting room floor, as they say in show
business.
We hope that will not be the case with Griffin when they
come here to shoot the track movie.
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