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. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Georgia, July 6 1972
Ikard Predicts Severe
Energy Problems
ATLANTA (PRN) - The
president of the American
Petroleum Institute told
members of the Democratic
platform committee that
Americans must recognize the
“severity” of this country’s
energy supply problems.
Appearing before the
Democratic platform
committee at their hearings on
June 20 in Denver, Frank N.
Ikard said that “for the first
time in our history the United
States is no longer a land of
plenty with regard to most
natural resources. This is true
of iron ore and copper. It is
true of gold, silver and other
hard minerals. It is especially
true of proved reserves of oil
and natural gas.
“As a nation, we are - in
short - no longer self-sufficient
in energy. In fact, we face an
energy supply crisis of acute
dimensions.”
Ikard was addressing the
Technology, Resources and
Environmental Subcommittee
of the Democratic platform
committee. He spoke on
behalf of the Institute, the
Mid-Continent Oil & Gas
Association and the Western
Oil & Gas Association.
He emphasized that an
energy crisis need not come.
“According to scientific
experts, there is more oil and
BLACKSPOT
Blackspot, a troublesome
rose disease, is caused by a
fungus that lives from year to
year in dead, fallen leaves and
stems. Control measures for
this disease should include a
good program of sanitation,
including disposal by burning
of fallen leaves and proper
pruning of stems. Efficient
control of blackspot requires
repeated applications of an
effective fungicide every seven
days throughout the growing
season.
gas still remaining to be found
in the U.S. than we have
produced and used in the
entire time-span of our
country,” he said.
Concerning the efficient use
of energy, Ikard stated:
“From now on we will all have
to learn to be close-fisted
about our use of energy in
everything from home
air-conditioning units to the
operation of our cars. I can
assure you that the petroleum
industry endorses and is
actively supporting this kind
of conservation-mindedness.”
But he also cautioned that
“we cannot agree with those
who entertain the dream that
somehow America can go back
to life as it was when the word
‘horsepower’ really meant
horsepower.
“As far as energy utilization
is concerned, Americans could
not return to a muscle-power
economy even if a majority of
our people really wanted to. A
population of 200 million plus
cannot be sustained with the
woodshed technology that
enabled 23 million Artiericans
to scratch out a living in the
1850’s - working 12-hour days
and wearing out from
exhaustion by age 35.”
Ikard declared that the
search for domestic oil and
natural gas must go on. The
alternative would be
GRAZING VALUE
Georgia cattlemen and dairy
men annually plant more than
one million acres of temporary
summer and winter grazing
crops. These crops, say
Cooperative Extension Service
agronomists, are capable of
producing 2.5 tons of dry
matter per acre. This is equal
to 3,500 pounds of total
digestible nutrients (TDN).
And it will produce about
7 ,000 pounds of milk or 600
Piunds of beef.
SIO,OOO
REWARD
for information leading to conviction
of person(s) unlawfully sabotaging property
of Georgia Power Company.
Vital electric service has been interrupted at several locations in the
past week, due to malicious damage to company substations. This
willful sabotage by high-powered rifle fire endangers the lives and safety
of many people, and is a threat to the general public. Also, shots have
been fired at unarmed personnel working at company substations.
A hospital near Atlanta had to resort to emergency power genera
tion when the substation supplying it was hit by gunfire. Damage from
high-powered rifle fire shut off electric service to a nursing home in
Conyers. Georgia Power and Civil Defense workers cooperated to pro
vide temporary power desperately needed in the care of sick and
elderly patients.
Still other attacks on substations forced police and fire stations to
use emergency generators. Large numbers of local motorists were incon
venienced and endangered because traffic signals were not operating.
Information regarding suspicious incidents on company property
may be furnished to any law enforcement agency of the State of Geor
gia or of the Federal Government, or to the sheriff of any county, the
police of any municipality or other subdivision of government, or to
any person in charge of any office of Georgia Power Company or
otherwise representing the company. Identity of persons furnishing
information will be kept strictly confidential, if requested.
Georgia Power limits the total of the reward hereby offered to
not more than SIO,OOO and reserves the right to determine the person
or persons entitled to such reward and the proportionate share to which
each is entitled in each conviction.
Information may be furnished to the company
by calling 404-521-3400
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“excessive dependence on
foreign oil.”
And he pointed out that the
bulk of an increased flow of
imports would have to come
from the “unstable” Middle
East and North Africa.
He said the petroleum
industry is very much aware of
the people’s concern about
environmental problems
connected with the
development of energy
resources.
“No one,” he emphasized,
“wishes more than members
of the petroleum industry that
oil and gas could be found in
more convenient locations.
Unfortunately, drilling for
these resources must go on in
areas where the geology
indicates they might be found,
whether onshore or in deep
water.
“If the nation were not
threatened with an energy
shortage, marine operations
and drilling in other
environmentally sensitive areas
could perhaps be postponed.
But the petroleum industry
has a twofold responsibility
and it must recognize both of
them. We are compelled by
the necessity of the times to
balance protection of the
environment with the
corresponding need to meet
the energy requirements of the
American people.”
WHICH IS WHICH?
Overweight? Or obese?
Which is which? Miss Martha
Johnson, Extension home
economist - nutrition, says the
term “overweight” is usually
applied to people who are 10
to 20 percent above their
desirable weight. “Obesity” is
applied to persons who are 20
percent or more over their
desired weight.
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“AIN’T HAY!”
Georgia hay crops, according
to the Cooperative Extension
Service agronomy department,
can easily produce six tons of
hay to the acre. This hay, say
the agronomists, is equal to
6,000 pounds of total digest
ible nutrients (TDN) and is
capable of producing 12,000
pounds of milk or 900 pounds
of beef.
THE
Social Security
News
“ How much can a person
earn each year and still re
ceive his or her social se
curity benefits? This is a
question often asked of the
Waycross Social Security
office,” O.L Pope, District
Manager, said when interview"
ed recently.
Pope explained that under the
present social security retire*
ment test a person who does
not earn over SI6BO in a cal
endar year can receive all of
his social security checks for
that year. If a beneficiary
earns between SI6BO and S2BBO
in a year, $1 will be withheld
from his checks for every $2
he earns over SI6BO. When
annual earnings go over S2BBO
benefits are reduced $1 for each
$1 of earnings over S2BBO.
“ But, there are a couple of
important exceptions to this
rule,” Pope added, “ A bene,
ficiary can receive his check
for any month in which he does
not earn over $l4O or perform
substantial work in self-em.
We like being No.l
so much we decided
to do it again.
The brand-new Datsun Pickup. In just 13 years the Datsun Pickup
has become the No. 1 selling import truck in America. Our new Li'l Hustler
Bis designed to carry on the tradition.
It's a sensational-looking vehicle. There's the roomier,
full-vinyl cab with contoured seat, restyled instruments and
new power-flow ventilation system. There's a new two-stage
suspension, engineered to deliver a smooth ride whether light
or loaded. Best of all, there are new power-assist brakes.
From Li'l Hustler we carry over all the things that
made us No. 1 in the first place. Overhead cam engine that
delivers up to 25 miles per gallon. 6-foot all-steel load bed
with tie-down hooks. Rugged 4-speed fully-synchronized stick
shift. 6-ply-rated whitewalls, 5 including spare.
Drive the all-new Li'l Hustler today. It's a whole lot of
little truck, from the people who should know.
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FROM NISSAN WITH PRIDE
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Meet
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ployment. Also, after age 72
a person may earn any amount
and still receive all of his su
cial security benefits.”
To prevent any possible loss
of benefits, Pope urged every
person to claim their social
security benefits no later than
the month before the month
they retire or become 65. Even
if retirement is not planned un
til after age 65, each person
should get in touch with so
cial security about the Modi,
care program three or four
m onths before their 65th birth
day, Pope cautioned.
Pope urges anyone with ques
tions about the retirement test
or any phase of the Social Se
curity and Medicare programs
to talk with him or one of the
representatives in the Way.
cross District office. Almost
all social security business
can now be done by phone;
call before you come in,. The
phone number cf the Waycross
office is 283-3404.
Photographed at Plant Bowen near Carteraville
We don’t build power plants
to run electric toothbrushes.
We have to build them to supply our customers’
air-conditioning demands.
Our peak load, or heaviest use of electricity,
comes during hot, humid weather. When everyone
is trying desperately to keep cool. And air condi
tioners are running full-blast. There must be enough
capacity on our system to meet this seasonal peak.
Enough to operate your work-saving appliances,
too. Power modern hospitals and schools, as well as
industries that provide jobs. Light up traffic signals
and darkened streets. For the hundreds of vital tasks
you could list after thinking awhile.
To supply all the clean, reliable electric power
you need, it’s necessary to build. Construction will
cost $457‘/i million this year. And that doesn’t even
include operating expenses or the high interest on
borrowed money.
You wouldn’t invest all those millions of dollars
just to run an electric toothbrush.
And neither would we.
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