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— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, Novembers, 1977
By Roll Call Report
WAHSINGTON—Here’s how
area members of Congress
were recorded on major roll call
votes October 27 through
November 2.
HOUSE
PANAMA CANAL—rejected,
188 for and 215 against, an
amendment seeking to impede
U.S. financial assistance to
Panama. It sought to require
congressional approval of the
Overseas Private Investment
Corp. (OPIC) guaranteeing S2O
million in loans to Panama’s
national development bank.
Members voting “yea” were
expressing their dislike of the
Panama Canal treaties.
Reps. Dawson Mathis (D-2),
John Flynt (D-6) and Lawrence
McDonald (D-7) voted “yea.”
Reps Bo Ginn (D-l), Jack
Brinkley (D-3), Elliot
(D-4), Wyche Fowler (D-5), Ed
Jenkins (D-9) and Doug Bar
nard (D-10) voted “nay.”
Rep. Billy Evans (D-8)
did not vote.
HOUSE TV-adopted, 342 for
and 44 against, a resolution (H
Res 866) in favor of moving
ahead with the plan for live,
nationwide broadcast coverage
of floor proceedings. This vote
directed in part that closed
circuit TV coverage of the floor
be viewed in all committees and
members’ offices and at
selected other outlets, as a
prelude to coverage that
eventually will be watched daily
by the population at large.
Members voting “yea”
generally favored live broad
cast coverage of the House
floor.
Ginn, Brinkley, Levitas,
Flynt, Evans and Jenkins voted
“yea.”
McDonald voted "nay.”
Mathis and Barnard did not
vote.
SOCIAL SECURlTY—pass
ed, 275 for and 146 against, a
bill (HR 9346) to strengthen the
shaky financial condition of the
Social Security trust fund and
make other improvements in
the government-run retirement
Ceres Club
lists officers
Members of the Ceres Club
met at the home of Mrs. Joan
Cummins for their November
meeting. Louise Flora was co
hostess.
Nancy Duncan and Nancy
Moon were welcomed as new
members.
The Christmas dinner will be
held at the Holiday Inn, Dec. 3,
7:30 p.m.
New officers of the club are:
Jane Miller, president; Louise
Flora, vice president, Joan
Dixie Sisk,
treasurer; June Smith and Joan
Bums, yearbook and hostess
committee; Marguerite Reid,
scrapbook and Lilia Van
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system. It was sent to the
Senate. In order to raise an
additional $214 billion for the
trust fund over the next 10
years. The wage base upon
which payroll taxes are levied
was raised by the bill; also
raised were the rates at which
employers and employees are
taxed. Under another major
provision, for the first time in
its 42-year life, the Social
Security system may turn to
general Treasury funds if trust
fund reserves run perilously
low.
Members voting “yea”
favored passage of the bill.
Ginn, Mathis, Brinkley,
Levitas, Flynt, Jenkins and
Barnard voted “yea.”
McDonald and Evans voted
“nay.”
SENATE
ENERGY-adopted, 51 for
and 37 against, an amendment
to levy a user’s tax on oil and
natural gas to encourage in
dustries and utilities to convert
to coal. The amendment was
attached to HR 5263, the
taxation segment of the
Administration legislation to
establish a national energy
policy. The bill was later passed
and sent to conference with the
House. The tax approved by this
vote would apply, with ex
ceptions, to existing boilers
capable of being converted to
coal, as well as to virtually all
new boilers built by industries
and utilities. The tax would
begin at 60 cents per gallon and
rise gradually to $6.00 per
gallon.
Senators voting “yea”
favored the oil and gas users’
tax.
Sen. Sam Nunn (D) voted
"yea” and Sen. Herman
Talmadge (D) voted “nay.”
THE OTHER BUSlNG
eliminated, 43 for and 42 against
a proposed tax credit for the
inter-city bus industry. The
energy taxation bill (HR 5263,
see above vote) had called for
S2OO million annually in tax
credits to the industry, in hopes
of making bus travel more
attractive and this saving the
nation energy. This vote killed
that language. The two
conglomerates of which
Greyhound and Trailways are a
part account for 75 to 80 percent
of all inter-city passenger miles
and revenues, it was stated in
floor debate.
Senators voting “yea” were
opposed to the tax credit for
inter-city buses.
Nunn and Talmadge voted
“nay.”
SOCIAL SECURITY—tabled,
74 for and 16 against, an attempt
to shore up the Scoial Security
trust fund with general
Treasury revenues. The vote
came during consideration of
the Social Security Amend
ments of 1977 (HR 9346), a
measure headed for final
passage and conference with
the House. The bill would, in
part, increase payroll taxes on
employers and employees in
order to raise revenue
necessary for the trust fund to
meet its obligations. This vote
in effect killed a proposal that at
least four percent of the ad
ditional money to be raised by
HR 9346 come from general
revenues rather than higher
payroll taxes. However, the
House has voted to allow
general revenues to bolster the
trust fund, and the issue will be
decided in conference.
Senators voting “yea” were
opposed to letting general
revenues bolster the Social
I Security trust fund.
Nunn and Talmadge voted
“yea.”
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Educators
The Young Alumni Council of the University of Georgia
Alumni Society recognizes four outstanding students each
year, two juniors and two seniors, who receive “The
Jasper Dorsey Outstanding Student Awards.” The
students are chosen as a result of both academic and
extracurricular achievements. Selected as 1977 award
recipients are Margena L. Hinely, Mark E. Young, Leigh
Langston and Robert D. Sinyard, Jr. Pictured are (1-r,
bottom) David Muschamp, Young Alumni Council
president, and Mark E. Young, Outstanding Junior Man;
(second row) Leigh Langston, Outstanding Senior
Woman; Robert D. Sinyard, Jr., Outstanding Senior Man;
(top row) University of Georgia President Fred Davison
and Jasper Dorsey, vice president and chief officer of
Southern Bell’s Georgia operations, for whom the
awards are named. Margena L. Hinely, Outstanding
Junior Woman, was not present when the picture was
made.
Dear Abby
Husband’s trips
make her jealous
By Abigail Van Buren
1977 by The Chicago Tribune N Y News Synd Inc
DEAR ABBY: My husband is a very attractive
middle-aged man who has never fooled around as far as I
know.
The company he works for sends him and a professional
female co-worker out of town together (just the two of
them) on business trips for several days’ duration.
It seems to me that since it wouldn’t be proper for just
the two of them to have dinner together here in our home
city, it’s hardly fair for the company to send them out of
town together.
My husband says it’s strictly a business relationship, and
I believe him. But she’s pretty, young and single, and being
only human, all that togetherness away from home could
hatch a problem that’s bigger than both of them.
How should I handle this?
JUST PLAIN JEALOUS
DEAR JEALOUS: What's to handle? Say nothing.
Continue to trust him; expect the best and you’ll probably
get it. Any other action on your part would be unwise.
DEAR ABBY: Our son and his fiancee are being married
soon. Our names were not included on the wedding
invitations. When we asked our son about this, he said it
was strictly up to the bride, and she selected the form that
omitted the names of the bridegroom’s parents.
Our friends and relatives disagree. They say that it is a
slap in the face and a snub to us, and if we had an ounce of
pride, we would not attend our son's wedding. After all, he
wasn’t laid on a log and hatched by the sun!
Who is right, Abby? What would you do?
HURT IN PENNA.
DEAR HURT: The standard American wedding
invitation does not include the name of the groom’s
parents, so the bride should not be faulted for having
selected that style. I would go to the wedding and bear no
grudge.
DEAR ABBY: This is in response to the article about
the girl who wore braces on her teeth. She said her
boyfriend also wore braces, and when they kissed it was
like running into a barbed wire fence, and it hurt.
Well. I’m a 22-year-old guy who’s been wearing braces
for three years, and I know exactly how she felt. When I
used to kiss a girl with braces, it was like two freight trains
colliding head on!
Braces have improved my kissing. I now kiss very
slowly, gently and tenderly. I get compliments on my
kisses all the time. I’m sure if it weren't for my braces I
never would have learned how to be such a neat kisser.
BETTER THAN EVER
If you feel left out and lonely, or wish you knew how to
get people to like you, my new booklet, “How To Be
Popular; You’re Never Too Young or Too Old,” is for you.
Send $1 along with a long, self-addressed, stamped (24
cents) envelope to Abby, 132 Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills,
Calif. 90212.
Capitol ideas
Biddle confident
of Senate approval
By DONALD M. ROTHBERG
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - When
Livingston Biddle appeared be
fore the Senate Human Re
sources Committee for a hear
ing on his nomination to head
the National Endowment for the
Arts, he had every reason to
expect a friendly reception.
After all, Biddle could cite,
among his qualifications, the
fact that he had helped draft the
legislation that created the
endowment, which distributes
funds for artistic groups
throughout the nation.
And Biddle was still an em
ployee of the committee that
would recommend to the Senate
whether to approve the appoint
ment.
Predictably, every member
of the committee had high
praise for Biddle and he was
confirmed.
Sen. Jennings Randolph, D-
W.Va., presided and praised the
nominee. In return, Biddle
allowed that “certainly, West
Virginia has taken a leadership
role in the arts.”
Sen. John Chafee, R-R.1.,
loted that Biddle has written
several books.
“I have read none of them,”
admitted the senator “but I will
rush out and get them.”
Biddle was so confident that
at one point in the hearing, he
may have set some kind of
record when he declared his
willingness to serve a second
four-year term at the endow
ment before the committee or
the Senate had approved him
for an initial term.
Sen. John Sparkman, D-Ala.,
the chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
was growing uneasy. Senators
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came to tne committee meet
ing, some stayed, some left, but
rarely did the number reach
nine, the majority needed to
transact business.
Several members wanted to
vote on a measure involving
United States participation in
international monetary in
stitutions. But unless nine
members were present, any ac
tion might be challenged by an
opponent who could claim a
quorum was not present as re
quired by Senate rules.
Finally, Sparkman glanced at
the wall clock. It was nearly
11:30.
He looked at Sen. Frank
Church, D-Idaho, seated at his
left.
“We had a quorum,” said
Sparkman “but it’s gone now.
We need two more. Let me say
one thing, I’m going to leave in
seven minutes.”
About five minutes later, two
more committee members were
found and the vote was taken
before anyone else wandered
off.
Les Goldman, a top aide to
Energy Secretary James R.
Schlesinger, rushed from the
conference committee meeting
where members of the House
and Senate were working on the
administration’s energy
package.
Out the door of the Rayburn
House Office Building sped
Goldman, who then quickly
climbed into a waiting lim
ousine.
A moment later, Goldman,
looking a little flustered,
emerged from the limousine.
He’d leaped into the wrong ve
hicle. Waiting to take Goldman
back to the Department of
Energy was a far more modest
car.
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Honored
Educational leaders from Griffin-Spalding joined some
800 other teachers and administrators Oct. 29 to develop
legislative priorities for the Georgia Association of
Educators to recommend to the General Association of
convenes in January. They are (1-r) David Dunham and
Chuck Mobley.
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