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Endorses Sales Tax Hike
The State Board dr Education
at its December meeting
endorsed an increase of one
percent in the Georgia sales
tax.
A resolution passed by the bo
ard stated that the application
of a statewide increase of one
percent in sales tax would raise
an estimated $l4O to $145 mil
lion annually beginning in fiscal
1973 and that such revenue
should first and foremost be
used by the state toward meet
ing the needs of public elemen
tary and secondary education.
Needs spelled out in the re
solution were teacher salary in
creases, the establishment of a
statewide kindergarten pro
gram, the expansion and im
provement of vocational edu
cation and the full implemen
tation of a special education
program.
In an attempt to give guid
ance to local boards in setting
policy concerning married stu
dents, the State Board passed
a resolution requesting that
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visions be made available for
the education of all citizens of
school age, married or unmar
ried, and that the State Board
of Education requests that any
policies promulgated by local
boards of education be based
upon the educational needs of
all citizens of Georgia, and that
policies promulgated set forth
all possible opportunities for
citizens to obtain the needed
educational background for ful
fillment of a good life.”
In similar action, the board
adopted a resolution calling for
local boards either to re-study
its present policy or to adopt
a new policy regulating the att
endance of pregnant students in
the public schools of Georgia.
The resolution directed that
policy adopted by the local
system should where possible
include adequate provisions for
the education of the pregnant
student and that any constraints
imposed upon the student be
based upon health and edu
cational factors rather than be
of a punitive nature.
A policy pertaining to the
release of data from the newly
established Statewide Testing
Program was adopted by the
board. This policy states that
district and statewide test re
sults may be released to the
public only with a statement of
limitations.
Approval was given by the St
ate Board to a $2,500 teacher
fellowship program to be spon
sored by the Georgia Jaycees
and the Georgia Consumer Fin
ance Association. Five SSOO
awards will be given to teachers
to enable them to broaden their
education in economics.
HOUSEWIVES’ PENSION PLAN
In recognition of our nation’s hard-working housewives who
toil daily to maintain their homes and families, Georgia Fifth
District Congressman, Fletcher Thompson has sponsored leg
islation along with 39 fellow Congressmen, that would provide
every housewife an opportunity for her own pension plan.
The Atlanta-area Congressman declared that, "In order
to render justice to the American housewife, I have co-sponsored
legislation that will afford these forgotten workers the right to
their own pension. The plan I am sponsoring,” Thompson
continued, "would give these working Americans a chance to
save for their later years, just as any other self-employed
American would be permitted to do.”
In further elaborating on the bill, the Republican Congressman
stated, “The American housewife is not covered by existing
minimum wage and hour laws; yet, her services are essential
to the well being of our nation’s homes, families and our
society. I believe that the American housewife should be fin
ancially secure in her later years, and this plan would provide
for this security,” Thompson added.
Under Thompson sponsored bill, every housewife, whether
married or single, would be eligible to deposit in a bank or
invest a sum of money up to $25 per week. “This maximum of
$1,250 per year,” Thompson explained, "could be invested
until retirement at the age of 59 1/2. At that time, the house
wife would draw upon this sum as a pension until her death.
This fund,” Thompson pointed out, “could take the form of
trust, an annuity, or a custodial account.”
Thompson emphasized that the money would not be subject
to taxation until withdrawn from the fund upon the retirement
of the individual. He further indicated that the $25 maximum per
week was designated to prevent the retirement fund from be
coming an income averaging plan in which the wealthy could
put away money to prevent its being taxed at the present rate.
"While the proposal does not liberate our women from the
kitchen, or any of the other household chores, it is a start
toward s recognizing their work as legitimate employment,”
Thompson stated. He concluded by saying, "Being a housewife
is a vocation, an occupation, and most definitely employment.
This plan would provide the housewife an equal opportunity for
retirement income.”
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CHRISTMAS COOKIES
Reginald Holmes
We know it’s almost Christmas
And it’s cookie-baking time
For Mother’s in the kitchen
And the fragrance is sublime.
First she mixes up the batter,
Full of sugar and of spice
And upon the kitchen table
Rolls it out so flat and nice.
She takes the cookie cutters
And before our very eyes
We see both stars and animals
Of every shape and size . .
A Christmas tree and angels
And old Santa with a sleigh;
Birds that look so natural
That they almost fly away.
For cookies are a specialty
That Mother loves to bake.
She covers them with icing
Just like a birthday cake.
We always claim that Mother
Is a cook who can’t be beat. .
Her Christmas cookies always
Make our holiday complete.
Admire a picture on a
Russian’s wall—and he may
take it down and give it to
you! And pity the poor Fiji
Islander—at certain times of
the year, he must give a
neighbor anything the man
asks for.
Among primitive New
Guinea residents, where
fishing is all-important, a gift
of netting catches compli
ments, while in America you
can can give socks, ties, even
an electric toothbrush and
still net yourself hearty
thanks.
The official patron saint of
generosity, “St. Nick,” is
based on the real-life Saint
Nicholas, bishop of Myra in
Turkey in the 4th century.
Legendary even in his own
time for his generosity, he is
said to have gone on many a
mysterious journey carrying
secret gifts to the poor. On
one of these expeditions, so
the story goes, he dropped a
bag of gold down a chimney.
It fell by accident into a
stocking hung up to dry by
the fire—and prompted
Newfoundland fishermen on
Christmas day. Generous as
this may be, it can’t hold a
candle to the gifts of
Mongolian tribesmen.
Believing that any male
stranger who wanders into
their camp may be a god in
disguise, they not only give
him anything he wants—they
parade before him all their
worldly goods, inviting him
generations of hopeful chil
dren to hang up theirs as well.
Christmas, the season of
love and charity, has always
Safety Hints
Automobile headlights made
of iodine-quartz will likely re
place the standard sealed beam
on many U. S. cars within
the next few years. lodine
quartz headlights, which are
much brighter than sealed
beams, are used extensively in
Europe, but have been banned
in the U. S. on the premise
that the brighter light will
"blind” oncoming drivers.
Tests show this isn’t true and
that the stronger light focused
on the road is especially val
uable at faster driving speeds.
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GIFT-GIVING AROUND THE WORLD
fostered giving to the poor. In
England, on the day after
Christmas, clergymen used to
open the church alms-boxes
of money on that day to
people who had worked for
them during the year.
December 26 is still known as
Boxing Day in Britain.
For unusual gifts, take
note of the barrels and barrels
of fish given to churches by
to choose whatever he
desires!
The Halloween custom of
“trick or treat” dates back to
a medieval English custom
called “going a-souling.” Ac
cording to the distributors of
Mateus Rose from Portugal,
the most popular imported
wine in the U.S., men and
women went from house to
house chanting, “A soul cake,
a soul cake/A penny or a soul
cake.” The ladies leaned from
their kitchen windows to give
little pastries; in return for
the gifts, the people said
prayers for souls of the de
parted relatives of the
housewives.
Lords and princes of the
Middle Ages gave saddles,
swords and horses to their
faithful knights, while noble
ladies gave their men ker
chiefs to affix to their lances
or helmet—in the hopes that
the banners would bring good
luck.
Queen Elizabeth of
England, during the 1600 s,
fostered the custom of
Christmas gift giving by re
quiring her courtiers to
deliver presents before the
throne. Woe betide those who
didn’t produce! To forestall
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her royal wrath, one arch
bishop gave her S2OO every
Yule to replenish her ward
robe. Court ladies presented
her with the first silk
stockings made in Europe.
One distinctly American
gift growing in popularity to
day is a bottle of I.W. Harper
Bourbon. It is receiving a
warm reception this time of
the year and is especially
appreciated by hosts who in
vite guests to their homes.
Returning to relative anti
quity, in pre-war China, aged
parents received birthday
gifts of “longevity robes”
from their dutiful children,
who revered old age.
Thinking in more earthly
terms, Charlemagne, Bth
century emperor of France,
gave his generals all the land
they could walk around from
sunup to sundown.
Perhaps because he
thought generosity was a
jewel of a trait, Emperor
Nero of Rome used to throw
parties during which gems
would be showered upon the
guests from special baskets on
the ceiling.
Most insistent on giving?
Perhaps the Berbers of North
Africa take this award. Since
the dawn of time, they have
believed that milk is “full of
holiness.” For that reason,
most nomad Arabs in Africa
will urge a traveler to help
himself to a drink of milk.
But if the traveler offers to
buy it from them, they fly
into a wild rage!
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Few Americans today
realize that the world’s first'
secretaries were men!
In 325 8.C., during the
time of Alexander the Great,'
a secretary (scribe) had to
answer the call to arms,
hacking away at the enemy
with a sword by day and
hacking away with a stylus at‘<
a stone tablet by night.
Sword or stylus, it was a pres
tigious job—but dangerous.
Alexander lost 43 secretaries
during the Asian campaign
alone.
At the time of Napoleon,
history records the first
female secretaries. Napoleon
brought one along on each of
his campaigns to record
details of his battles. He hired,
a different secretary for each,
campaign. Josephine stoutly
denounced her husbandjs
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radical practice, adding
“. . . young girls are not used
to the rigors of a long
campaign.”
The employer of today,
who wants to show apprecia
tion for loyalty and hard
work, supplies his secretary
with the ultimate, the new
IBM "Selectric” II Type
writer. Among the unique
features of this machine is a
dual-pitch mechanism en
abling the typist to switch
from 10-pitch (ten characters
per inch) to 12-pitch (12
characters per inch) simply
by moving a lever. Another is
the IBM Tech 111 Ribbon en
closed in a snap-in, snap-out
cartridge which needs to be
changed only about five times
a year with average use.
Today, more than ever,
the modern secretary is pre
pared for her many
responsibilities.
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