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Provided as a service to growers and gardeners in this area by
this newspaper, the Georgia Extension Service and the
National Weather Service
ATHENS—More rain show
ers should bring some relief
to the very dry farming areas
of Central and South Georgia
during May.
Above average rainfall is
expected for the next 30 days
following a dry April. How
ever, most precipitation will
come from afternoon thun
dershowers.
A drier-than-usual April
has made it difficult to get
good stands of record crop
planting.
Farm activities for the next
30 days—re-planting, side
dressing, cultivating and
spraying and dusting-should
proceed on schedule. But in
creased shower activity may
hinder hay cutting and cur
ing.
Temperatures will continue
to climb during May. By the
end of the month most parts
of Georgia will have after-
Safflower Oil
Safflower oil is pressed
from the seeds of a plant
that is grown on the West
Coast and some Pacific Is
lands. Refined safflower oil
is bland in flavor and almost
colorless. It may be used as
a salad or cooking oil. Pro
duction is limited and thus
it is more expensive than
other vegetable oils.
News ffom
your
Pharmacist
. Measles are pretty com
mon, but their scientific
name is not —Rubeola. So
now you know—in case
anyone ever asks if you had
Rubeola. And, if you are like
a majority of the adults in the
world, you can answer in the
affirmative. Measles is a
communicable disease,
which is usually contracted
during childhood.
However, this disease is
not limited to children.
Adults are susceptible to
measles if exposed properly
under crowded conditions.
Measles are easily spread—
and this is the reason that
there is usually a fairly large
outbreak of the disease when
it starts circulating.
Most times, parents are not
aware that their child has
contracted measles until the
child has already passed
through the contagious
stages. The first symptoms
are similar to an ordinary
cold, accompanied by cough
ing and running eyes. Later,
red spots appear on the
upper parts of the body and
then spread over the entire
body. Usually it takes the
disease about two weeks to
run its full course.
We don’t wish to infect you
with the measles, but we feel
that the good will and
courteous service you find
here are generally conta
gious. spreading from cust
omer to customer. Let us
serve your every pharma
ceutical need. We compound
prescriptions accurately and
swiftly.
PHONE 775-7124
PARRISH
DRUG CO.
JACKSON, GA.
noon temperatures in the mid
to upper 80’s. Overnight lows
should be in the 60’s.
Poultrymen can expect
heat stress to be a factor
during May even though
temperatures are expected to
average below normal.
Additional plantings of
corn, cotton, peanuts, vege
tables and soybeans should
encounter favorable soil
temperatures during the next
30 days.
A spokesperson for the
National Weather Service in
Auburn, Alabama, reminds
readers that the 30-day out
look is not a forecast in the
usual sense. It is an estimate
of the average temperature
and rainfall during the next
30 days.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS. JACKSON, GEORGIA
Herman Talmadge
PRESIDENT CARTER is to be applauded for coming
out with necessarily strong measures in his energy message
last week. His demands for energy consumption reductions,
oil and petroleum import reductions, domestic production
concentration, and increased energy conservation constitute
what I hope is a major step toward developing an energy
policy for the United States.
The importation of petroleum and natural gas will cost
the consumers of this country about $45 billion this year.
There is absolutely no way that we can continue to pay this
amount without going bankrupt, and I am confident that
the President’s bill will help to reverse the trend toward
ever-increasing national fuel bills.
Under one part of the Administration’s proposal, every
year for the next 10 years that gasoline consumption
exceeds a set limit, a 5c per gallon tax would be imposed.
That means the government could drive up the price of
gasoline 50c in the next decade.
THE TAX ON GASOLINE is one of the most
controversial portions df the energy bill. I am opposed to it.
We live in a very mobile society in America today. Mass
transit has made tremendous advances in the past ten years,
yet there are still many millions of working people who are
not able to take advantage of it. Many of these commuters
must drive 50 or even 100 miles a day in order to reach their
jobs.
The end result will be to force workers to pay an
additional S2OO to S3OO a year in fuel taxes alone. Working
people who are not able to take advantage of public
transportation should not have to bear the heaviest brunt of
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1977
Leatrile As
Cancer Cure
Is Questionable
Laetrile, a substance made
from ground up apricot pits,
has been promoted as a cure
for cancer for 25 years.
Today, the Laetrile pro
moters are more vocal and
better organized than ever
before. Especially trouble
some to FDA is the fact that
the claims for Laetrile now
have been expanded to
include a preventive role.
For example, a recent
television film sponsored and
widely shown by Laetrile
promoters contained this
claim:
gasoline conservation efforts.
THE POINT IS that a gasoline tax will not conserve
fuel. The only result will be to place a heavy financial
burden on working people who have to drive. It is obvious
that the tax will not affect the rich. To those who can afford
it, and who want to drive somewhere in their car, the cost is
inconsequential.
Some method must be found to place the burden on
those who continue to waste gasoline on non-essential
driving. I support efforts to encourage energy conservation
and automobile fuel efficiency, even if it takes limiting the
hours of operation of gas stations or placing a tax on gas
guzzling cars. But it is absolutely useless to tax gasoline in
the manner that has been proposed. It would only penalize
middle and low income working people, and not save any
significant amount of fuel.
"Of those with early
diagnosed cancer, at least
eighty per cent will be saved
by vitamin < Laetrile) ther
apy.
"And of those who present
ly are healthy with no clinical
cancer to begin with, close to
one hundred per cent can
expect to be free from cancer
as long as they routinely
obtain adequate amounts of
vitamin B-17 (Laetrile).”
More than 40 drugs are now
available to help cancer
victims. All have been
proved effective under the
strict scientific standards
laid down by the Food, Drug
and Cosmetic Act. Laetrile is
not among these drugs
despite the fact that it is the
most tested of cancer
'•cures.'’ Every one of the
scientific tests conducted it -
five studies by the National
Cancer Institute alone -- has
shown that Laetrile has no
effect whatsoever against
cancer.
The Food and Drug
Administration, the National
Cancer Institute, the Ameri
can Medical Association and
the American Cancer So
ciety. among others, believe
that cancer victims who rely
on Laetrile are wasting their
money and that, if they rely
on the substance instead of
established treatment, they
may be endangering their
live's.
The December 1976-Jan
uary 1977 issue of FDA
Consumer magazine carries
an article on La.etrile, what it
is. and how it is being used.
Single copies of the article
are available free from.the
Consumer Information Cen
ter. Dept. 644 E. Pueblo,
Colorado 81009.
Laetrile (free) is one of
more than 200 Federal
publications of consumer
interest listed in the Spring
edition of the catalog.
Consumer Information-
Published quarterly by the
Consumer Information Cen
ter of the General Services
Administration, the catalog
is free. Just send a postcard
to the Consumer Information
Center. Pueblo. Colorado
81009.
Tax Exemptions
Many states have granted
sales and use tax exemp
tions for sales and uses of
food and drugs. Whiie 45
states and the District of
Columbia impose the tax
with rates ranging from two
to seven per cent, but cer
tain states have exempted at
least part of the levy on food,
food products and some
drugs. _
tCHIRO-
INFORMER
The most valuable advice
you can receive, following a
fall or accident, is to “have a
Chiropractice check-up
immediately!”
So many patients enter our
offices in days, weeks, or
years after a jolting fall or
auto accident, which trigger
ed serious health problems.
We see children with prob
lems traceable to incidents of
growing up. An upset child
needs attention and correct
tion to help ensure normal
development.
Improved Chiropractic
methods are least expensive
to keep well, give LIFE to
years, and YEARS to life.
For Health, phone 775-7193,
after 1 P.M. daily, (exc.
Wed.) for Dr. R. J.
Cartwright at 540 W 7 est Third
Street