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Page 6 — Griffin Daiiy News Monday, October 24, 1977 Ron Nessen WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) - Ron Nessen, a former presidential press secretary and NBC television reporter, says broadcast journalism is “shallow and simplistic.” Nessen, former President Ford’s press aide, told a con ference this weekend at Whitman College: “Television cannot deal in a serious way with complex issues that we all face daily. It does not deal well with abstract ideas, long-term social trends or even the language.” However, he said television does well in portraying conflict, staged or dramatic events. The power of newspapers, television and radio to ignore an issue or personality was greater than their focusing on persons or events, Nessen said. “What we see on the ‘tube’ is what we know of the world,” he said. “If we don’t see it on television, it doesn’t exist.” Ford-Humphrey MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former President Ford’s “Republican conservatism” turned out to be not quite conservative enough in a wager with Sen. Hubert Hum phrey, D-Minn. Humphrey said Sunday that Ford telephoned him on Friday to make a bet on the football game between Minnesota and No. 1-ranked Michigan. At first, Humphrey said Ford offered to give him 14 points. Virginia Tech researchers uncover mysterious ‘coastal disease’ organism BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech researchers say they have found an organism that is believed responsible for the mysterious “coastal dis ease." The disease is a tuberculosis type ailment — mycobacte riosis — to which three-fourths of the coastal residents from Virginia to Texas may have been exposed, the researchers said. Hew Image Styling Center is happy to announce that Rita Goodman and w Becky Sanders r Have Joined Our Staff. Please call Becky, Rita or one of our other stylists for your hair care needs. ; < TDKihnvte Company i 107 so.th Hill St. Griffin, Sa. $7 EC 14/ SAlf 20% On All Pieces i ' ! ChMtt frrai FrtKlMtM mh» PM*' Wootrwtrs pattttM, Mk hurt Rom, Floral, Naetooit Yellow, Hielola 6r»«o, Pebble Beech, tri Mrierie. Oee week eely, October 24-31. Limited QteeHHee. People Organisms called Battey bac teria have been found in three out of four water samples taken from the James River between Hopewell and Hampton Roads, the scientists said. Tech biology professors Bruce Parker and Joseph O. Falkinham 111 are searching in Virginia’s Tidewater region for the source of those bacteria. And they say they suspect that the source is farm animals and “I called that Republican conservativism and said I wouldn’t settle for any less than three touchdowns,” said Humphrey. They compromised on a 20-point edge for Michigan in the $5 wager. Humphrey won, as Minnesota stunned Michigan 16-0. Humphry called Ford after the game, and the senator said: “I told him, ‘Mr. President, send the check.’ I gave him two or three addresses where he can send it so I’d be sure to get it.” Tiny Tim CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — The marriage of Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki, which began before millions on a late night television show in 1969, may end in a courtroom. A divorce hearing was scheduled for today after a lawyer for Tiny Tim told a judge last week that the falsetto singer was on a concert tour in Florida, and unavailable for divorce proceedings. “He’s accountable to this court first, not to his en tertainment calendar,” replied Superior Court Judge Paul Lowengrub. Miss Vicki, the former Victoria Budinger of Had donfield, N.J., filed for divorce in 1975. The couple separated in December 1973. She is not seeking alimony. A lawyer for the singer said his client would fight the di vorce and seek custody of his daughter, Tulip, 6. “He believes strongly that what God hath joined, no man shall put asunder,” said the lawyer, Philip Paley. farms. The bacteria cause myco bacteriosis, a lung disease re- ] sistant to common drugs that ( can be fatal if contracted while , the victim is weakened by an- ( other disease, they said. ( Falkinham and Parker said laboratory tests show the bac- , teria thrive at temperatures found in warm-blooded ani mals. And they say another clue to the source of the disease is that often it’s found near or down stream from centers of live stock and poultry production. Symptoms of the disease in clude a low-grade fever, blood in sputum, chest pains and coughing blood, the researchers say. “This disease is not as deadly and contagious as swine flu, but it is an opportunist,” Parker said. “It seems to go to people who are already ill or run down. It finishes them off, so to speak.” Falkinham said there are about 35,000 cases of tubercu losis reported annually in the United States, resulting in more than 3,000 deaths. “I would say that if we have 100 cases of TB in an area, par ticularly in the deep South, there is a good possibility that we have 20 cases caused by these related organisms,” he said. Falkinham and Parker said little is known about the source of the disease because it rarely kills by itself. They also said that the disease doesn’t appear to contagious., One base for their research was a study of some 275,000 Navy recruits from all over the United States. The study was conducted in the late 1950 s and early 19605. The men, who always had lived in the same counties, were given a test similar to that used to detect exposure to tuber culosis. The researchers said the tests showed that more than 70 per cent of the men from southern coastal areas had been infected with the organism at some point in their lives. The men had not shown clinical symptoms of the disease. Parker said the disease doesn’t respond to drugs used to treat tuberculosis, but that an effective drug can be found more easily once the source of 1 the bacteria is discovered. The Tech scientists are coop erating with Howard Gruft of ! the New York State Health De ’ partment in a two-year study of 1 the origin of the disease. That study is supported by a $120,323 r grant from the National In ! stitute of Health. Dole critical of canal treaties ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) - Pres ident Carter’s proposed Pan ama Canal treaties and several of his foreign policy stands have drawn fire from three leading Republicans. Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas, the GOP’s vice presidential candidate last year, said the canal treaties are ”a triumph of style over substance.” House Republican Leader John Rhodes of Arizona said the proposed canal treaties are “a great step backward.” Senate Minority Leader How ard Baker of Tennessee said he had not decided his position on the canal question, but warned that the Senate would require a more formal clarification of U.S. rights under the treaties than the “simple joint commu nique not signed by the heads of state" offered by the admin istration last week. ffiSliP STURDY STEEL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED ON YOUR LOT Bldgs, make great storage for lawn mower, garden tools, bicycles, etc. Includes bklg., foundation and all labor. $279.00 WEST BUILDING MATERIALS CENTER 1303 North Expressway . 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Raines said Georgians who need treatment are fortunate because “all of the metropolitan areas have these resources, either public clinics or private practices. CARLYLE PORTRAIT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A portrait by James Abbott McNeil Whistler of the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle has been acquired by the Vir ginia Museum. The museum says the por trait was painted from life in 1872, and was a study for Whis tler’s large painting “Arrange ment in Grey and Black No. 2.” Community Friendship Day. Mrs. Demeritt and 17 other area senior citizens were invited to the school to reminisce about the good old days with the students. (AP) 927 South HID Street 226-6396 HOME OF THE WEEK » FULL BASEMENT -for the busy family. 3 bedrooms, 2% butts. Quality area of fine homes, 2 miles S. of By- Pass. 352,500 Joan Montgomery 228-8069 — Robert Weeks • 228-2960 June Weeks-228-2966-Mickey Clart-227-7972 "WE AIM TO PLEASE"
