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• 118 — 122 PACE STREET, COVINGTON. GA. — 30209 Z
Z I BELMONT DENNIS
Z I Editor and Publisher
3 LEO S. MALLARD
3 Assistant to Publisher
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"Voter’s Certificate” Explanation
Newton County voters were presented with a
“VOTER’S CERTIFICATE” at the polls when they
came to vote in the Democratic Primary on Sept
ember 14, 1966. Voters were asked to sign this
certificate before they voted.
The certificate stated; I hereby certify that I
am qualified to vote in the DEMOCRATIC PARTY
PRIMARY held on September 14, 1966, and that I
have not and will not vote elsewhere in this pri
mary.”
“I do pledge myself, by voting in this Primary,
to support all the candidates nominated by the
Democratic Party in this primary, or in any run
off or special primary, in the General Election
to be held in November, 1966.”
Newton County Ordinary Donald Stephenson said
that this “VOTER’SCERTIFICATE” was presented
at the polls in order to give “information to the
voters as to what the party rule was” according
to the Rules and Regulations of the State De
mocratic Executive Committee of Georgia Govern
ing Democratic Primary Elections, adopted May 19,'
1966.
This rule, which dates back for many years in
the Democratic booklet, states in Section two; “In
addition to being a qualified and registered voter
according to law and in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the Party, a voter must pledge
himself or herself to support in the general
election to be held in November, 1966, all can
didates nominated by the Democratic Party of
Georgia in this primary, or in any run-off or
special primary held in Georgia by said Party,
for the nomination of county, district, or state
United Fund Is The Wise Way To Give
In Newton County, as in more than 2,000 other
communities in the United States and Canada,
charitable gifts are doing what the donors want
them to do. The method employed is called
the United Fund.
Whether the drive for money is called the
United Fund, Community Chest or United Appeal,
the idea is the same, one gift to help as many
people as possible.
The United Fund assures that no one is for
gotten; the sick little girl wasting away with a
mysterious illness; the aging person who fears
that life has passed him by; the troubled teen
ager striking out blindly against society; families
in trouble and facing all kinds of need—-these and
many more.
Who will help all of them? Are our hearts and our
hands big enough to find room for all? With a United
Fund gift or volunteering to serve, our efforts
are as big as the entire county. We can have faith
that no one is forgotten. . .regardless of race or
creed, age or affliction.
Importantly, the United Fund covers vital needs.
There are many worthy causes which seek help.
Among them are; Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Georgia
Sheriffs Boys’ Ranch, Plantation Manor, Newton
County Mental Health Association, Salvation Army,
State Y.M.C.A. of Georgia, Newton County Heart,
Cancer and Emergency Relief Fund, Red Cross,
U. S. 0., Georgia Industrial Home, Empty Stocking
Fund and Georgia Chapter Arthritis Foundation.
The United Fund helps important national ser
vices such as disaster relief or medical research,
as well as serving local and county day-to-day
hometown health agencies.
This one gift concept provides funds for im-
September 24-October 1 is National 4-H Club
Week, and 158,556 members in Georgia and ap
proximately two and a quarter million throughout
the rest of the nation are telling their story to
friends and supporters and to anyone else who
will read or listen.
We are happy to help these outstanding boys and
girls tell their story because we think it is an
important one--both to them and to all the rest
of us. And we think it is an important story both
now and for the future. “Learning for Living’’
is the theme for this year’s National 4-H Week
observance, and this seems to us to be a mighty
good definition of what 4-H is all about.
You seldom hear of a 4-H Club member getting
into trouble. When the 4-H Report-to-the-Nation
team visited Atlanta recently, one businessman at
the luncheon asked the reporters why so few 4-H
boys have Beatle haircuts. One of the visiting
4-H’ers, a girl from West Virginia, answered
immediately; “Because 4-H boys earn enough
money on their projects to afford haircuts.”
We aren’t saying that long hair and trouble go
together. But we are saying that 4-H members—
especially those who have stuck with their pro
jects and climbed pretty far up the 4-H ladder of
success-look and act differently.
Four-H and idleness have very little in common,
and this perhaps is the reason the vast majority
of 4-H boys and girls stay out of trouble. These
There are a lot of automobiles and houses that
aren’t being sold these days—to mention just two
commodities—because would-be buyers have found
that money is hard to get. Even at record-high
interest rates, it often isn’t to be had.
This is puzzling to many people who had become
accustomed to buying on credit, whether they wanted
a summer cottage, some new’ bedroom furniture
or a seven-course dinner at Chez Louis. Where
did all the money go?
The fact is that, so far as credit is concerned,
we probably had too much of a good thing. Even
conceding that a large part of today’s business
in this country must be done “on time.” it was
becoming too easy for too many people to buy
too much. Some curtailment was in order.
So the government stepped in. A “tight money
policy” was established to put a brake on a lot
of needless spending. This, it was felt, would
ease inflationary pressures. People wouldn’t be
competing so strongly for goods, thus forcing prices
up.
BuL as so often happens, the planners got some
results they hadn’t counted on. An unsold house
^oesn’t penalize just the owner and the real estate
■broker selling it. As long as it remains unsold
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offices, preceding the general election aforesaid,
and does by voting in said primary so pledge him
self or herself.”
“The County Executive Committee of the Party
holding the primary in each County and/or the
Managers in charge of the primary are hereby
empowered to decide whether or not a person
offering to vote is qualified under the provisions
of this section.”
Mr. Stephenson said that no person was re
fused the right to vote in last Wednesday’s pri
mary because they refused to sign the “VOTER’S
CERTIFICATE”, or if they crossed out any part
of the certificate before signing it.
“I feel that the intention of the VOTER’S CER
TIFICATE was misunderstood and I am sorry now
that it was even presented to the voters at the
polls. It will not be presented for voters to sign
in the Democratic Primary Run-Off on September
28, 1966, nor in the General Election on Novem
ber 8, 1966.”
The VOTER’S CERTIFICATE, if signed, is
neither valid nor binding in the Democratic Pri
mary Run-Off on September 28, or the General
Election on November 8.
This newspaper regrets that the confusion over
the VOTER’S CERTIFICATE exists, and we hope
that this explanation will help to clear up the
misunderstanding. We feel that the right to vote
is a sacred right of free people and we do not
condone the misleading and confusing of voters at
the polls under any circumstances, whether it be
a Democratic or Republican Primary.
portant community activities which the local and
area people enjoy every day—Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts for instance.
The United Fund way of giving is fair. The
campaign is guided by men and women whose judg
ment and honesty are well established. These
leaders determine where each dollar is needed
most and they watch to see that the funds are spent
wisely.
United Fund makes sure that no important need
is passed over. No one special appeal gets fa
vored treatment at the expense of others.
By putting many appeals together in one United
Fund campaign, fund raising costs are kept down.
UF campaigns cost less; in fact, less than half
what most “one-at-a-time” drives cost. And a
UF campaign makes the best use of the valuable
time and effort of the men and women who work
as volunteers.
It has been said that “the United Fund makes
the head help the heart.” Some examples of what
is accomplished by giving; a heartwarming sight
of a child getting well, a boy learning the self
reliant principles of good citizenship, an emotion
ally disturbed mother rejoining her family; a ser
viceman away from home being entertained and
made to feel welcome in a strange community.
“What better way”, local United Fund President
Ed Robinson said recently, “to experience the
good feeling of satisfaction and pride in knowing that
your gift was given wisely and well.”
The United Fund is such a wise way to give
help to others that millions of citizens freely
spend their time, effort and money every year to
make the United Fund work.
kids are busy investing their time and energy
in constructive endeavors that build better farms,
homes and communities—and individuals.
Last year, for example, Georgia 4-H’ers were
enrolled in 528,609 educational learn-by-doingpro
jects, and these projects were valued at more
than $lO million.
One reason for the records and demonstrations
is the competitive spirit of 4-H. Most members
hope someday to earn a state 4-H project champion
ship and the right to represent Georgia at the Na
tional 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Os course,
the number of 4-H’ers who fail to reach this goal
is much greater than those who achieve it. This
year, for instance, approximately 6,000 county
champions came to R ock Eagle to try for district
honors. Os this group, only about 250 wound up
in Atlanta to vie for state honors at 4-H Congress.
Only 49 of the 250 were named state winners, and
only 35 of these are assured of trips to Chicago.
Four-H is the educational youth program of the
Cooperative Extension Service, University of Geor
gia College of Agriculture. It is supervised
locally by County Agents and County Extension
Home Economists, with the help of approximately
16,000 adult volunteer leaders. In addition to state
money, the program is financed in part by federal
funds -- through the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture — and by the counties.
there is no need for carpenters, painters, plumb
ers, electricians and others to construct other
houses. Not to mention the slackening in the need
for building materials. And while brisk demand
isn’t there to force up the price of that house,
or others, a growing population needs places to
live, so there’s pressure on rental housing, which
means higher rents.
Little wonder that there has been a growing
chorus of complaints against certain aspects of
the tight money policy, particularly since many
people think that our political leaders are setting
a poor example. The President, for instance,
has made it clear that he has no intention of
sacrificing any of the features of his extravagant
Great Society, which is about as inflationary a
brainstorm as was ever conceived. And if you
look at other facets of government, you will find
a similar cynical attitude. The Tennessee Valley
Authority, for example, with the blessing of the
President, has just been authorized to borrow one
billion dollars to expand its electric generating
capacity—while private industry is being ordered
to cut back.
It’s a tight money policy all right, but not for the
bureaucrats and other fat cats.
EVERYBODY
with SAFETY
Drive Carefully—
Ol R WEEKLY LESSON FORzl
Sunday School $
Christ’s New Commandment
Devotional Reading: I Cor
inthians 13:4-10.
Memory Selection: A new
commandment. I give to you, that
you love one another; even as I
have loved you, that you also
love one another. John 13:34.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
A New Commandment.
Young People - Adult Topic:
The Law of Love.
This is the concluding lesson
in the series dealing with the
Ten Commandments. No stu
dies such as these are com
plete without a consideration of
“the eleventh commandment”
that is found among the teachings
of Jesus.
The Decalogue, as we know, is
found in the Old Testament, but
the so-called “eleventh com
mandment” Is found in the New.
Jesus’ law of love gives us the
opportunity to summarize the
relationship between the Old
Testament moral law and Jesus’
acceptance of it. The Master
took the old covenant and deepen
ed its meaning in such away
that we can say that God’s law
and Christ’s grace constitute the
Christian way of life.
Love is the uniting thread that
gives a wider scope to the Ten
Commandments.
Jesus indicated that there is
something different in “the new
commandment”, and he gives us
the power of a new motive. He
shows us that when men live by
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Gov. Carl E. Sanders
AS a candidate for the office
of Governor four years ago, I
promised the people of Georgia
that, if elected, Georgia would
move ahead in the construction
of roads and highways, that we
would no longer be content with
a second-best highway and rural
road system for the largest State
east of the Mississippi, and that
this progress would be accom
plished by the reorganization of
the State Highway Department.
The promised reorganization
has taken place. A constitutional
ten-man highway board now di
rects the policies of the Depart
ment, along with the State High
way Director. Two new divisions
have been created within the
Highway Department. Many
major steps have been taken in
policy, organization, planning,
contract administration, and fi
nancial administration.
More than 800 employees have
been re-classified and placed
under the State Merit System.
During the Sanders Admini
stration, a total of nearly 750-
million dollars has been invest
ed in highway construction in
Georgia with more thanl63-mil
lion dollars invested during this
year alone.
During this same period, we
will have begun construction on
some 325 miles of interstate
highways. We will have opened
300 miles of these super-high
ways to traffic.
These modern highways link
Georgia to her neighbors on all
sides. An interchange now open
in Atlanta makes our Capital
City’ the hub of road commerce
for the Southeast.
During the Sanders Admini
stration, we also have let con
tracts for 1-16 through Chat
ham County and 1-20 through
Richmond County. We have let
the first three contracts on 1-95
along our coast, and we have
completed location studies for
all 1,105 miles of our Inter
state routes.
In today’s hurried life, by
passes around central business
districts have proved of great
value in promoting growth and
vitality of our communities. Work
on by-passes is now underway at
Athens, Augusta, Columbus,
Gainesville, Monroe, and Savan
nah.
While we have been planning
and building these magnificent
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the law of love they are im
pelled by it. The Christian is
enabled to keep God’s law, not by
fear of the consequences if
he does not obey, but by love
for God, who has redeemed us
through his Son Jesus Christ.
Lest anyone should misunder
stand Jesus, he said, “Think not
that I am come to destroy the law,
or the prophets.” He stated in
language that all could under
stand, “I am not come to destroy,
but to fulfil.”
The law had meaning for Jesus,
and he took occasion to state his
purpose concerning it. This pur
pose was set forth in what is
known as the Sermon on the
Mount. Great multitudes were
following him (5:1). His popu
larity was growing. Men found
in him away of life which was
satisfying, for he taught them,
not as the scribes and Phari
sees, but with an authority which
made them pause and take notice.
Consequently Jesus found it
necessary to instruct his dis
ciples concerning his philosophy
of religion. Ultimately it was they
who would have to carry on his
work. They needed early, there
fore, to learn the basic principles
that would govern their thoughts
and actions.
It was imperative that Jesus
point out that he had not come
to destroy the teachings of the
Old Testament. Those who cane
under the influence of his mini
stry found themselves on the
new highways, our secondary
road program has not been for
gotten. Many miles of improve
ments and construction have been
let on these roads during this Ad
ministration.
Safety and beautification of our
roads and highways have received
a renewed attention. The first
landscaping projects along our
Interstates have been put into
operation, and significant safety
measures have been introduced.
I am pleased to report to you
of the progress that has been
made in this vital area of high
way construction during this Ad
ministration. A few weeks ago
when a new industry announced
plans to come to Georgia, it
cited our highways as a major
reason. I believe that more and
more we will hear our highways
cited as an invaluable asset for
industry.
This week, September 18-24,
I have set aside as HIGHWAY
WEEK in Georgia, and I en
courage all Georgians to reflect
upon the importance of highways
in the American way of life.
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Covington, Ga.
September 15, 1966
Dear Editor,
There is a saying, that most
people see only the bad, but never
the good. Well, I want to say
that our County Fair last year
was very good, compared to some
of the former years, especially
on “School Days.”
It is almost time for our fair
again, and I hope that we have
a good one this year. I know that
we can if our city officials and
everyone else will co-operate,
we will have the best ever!
Our exhibits have always been
good, but the livestock barn is
never filled any more. I hope
this year it will be filled!
Several years, previous to last
year, our fair was very much
criticized, not only by me, but
by hundreds of our county people
and outside counties also. Visi
tors were disappointed at the
amount of time allowed on the
rides, and also the several af
ternoons that the fair wasn’t In
operation. Some parents want to
take their children in the after
noon because the nights are al
ways cold during Fair Week, or
maybe raining; but they didn’t
have any choice. Ads in the
paper on the time will help a
lot.
I will be one of the first
to say that our fair last year
was greatly improved; the school
day rides were more lengthy,
and a crowd attended on Sat
urday night and even the grown
ups enjoyed the rides and every
body commented on the improve
ments. It seemed like old times.
T^e Legion Auxiliary Conces
sion Stand is very good, the food
is fine; but the stand is not nearly
big enough for the fair crowd,
because most everyone wants to
eat there, and you have to wait
so long to get waited on. They
could sure use more space and
more help, their service is pleas
ant and food very good.
Thanks to American Legion
Post 32 for a “Fairer Fair”
in 1965 and hope that this 1966
will be even better!
Mrs. Lola Lawson
threshold of something new.
Nevertheless, Jesus taught a
complete acceptance of the old
religion. There could be no
sharp contrast between the old
and the new, for Jesus came
to conserve the old and to build
upon it. Therefore the Master
accepted the Old Testament law
in principle and assumed that it
was a permanently binding re
velation of God.
Jesus had been brought up as
a lad and young man on the teach
ings of the Old Testament law.
His own faith had been fed by
the traditions of the Hebrew re
ligion.
Jesus would have us see that
his purpose was to involve men
in a new view of the law as
stated in the Decalogue. He was
the pioneer in a new way of life.
His opponents realized that his
teachings endangered their po
sition, and thus he aroused Jew
ish fears concerning him. He
therefore had to state his po
sition clearly: “Think not that
I am come to destroy.” It was
the last thing in his mind to
undermine the teachings of God
as set forth in the law of Moses.
“I am come,” a phrase used by
our Lord and recorded in se
veral Gospels, would Indicate
to his listeners that he had the
purpose to fulfill the law, not
to destroy it.
Jesus had a high regard for
the law of Moses. He looked
upon it as unchangeable, and his
view concerning the law was ex
pressed as he said, “Till heaven
and earth pass, one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass from
the law, till all be fulfiUed.” To
break this law meant to forfeit
a man’s position in the kingdom
of God. In like manner, accord
ing to Jesus, “whosoever shall
do and teach them (the command
ments), the same shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.”
The Master taught that anyone
who “relaxes” (R.S.V.)oneofthe
least commandments, and who in
turn teaches men to do so, shall
be the least in the kingdom.
HERMAN TALMADGE
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IT IS INDEED unfortunate
that Atlanta has now joined a
long line of American cities
which have been torn by racial
agitation and violence. The re
cent riot there was another
sad example of a growing dis
respect for law and order.
The Atlanta riot bore the
same brand of
lawlessness as
we have wit
nessed all
summer in a
number of
cities through
out the coun
try. It was the
kind of mob
action that can only lead to
anarchy and chaos unless it is
checked and steps are taken to
restore respect for authority.
And. as in the other cities,
the rioting in Atlanta must be
laid at the feet of irrespon
sible leaders of militant pres
sure groups who have gone
about the nation preaching dis
respect for the law and calling
mobs into the streets, with no
other purpose than to create
strife and racial discord.
The commendable manner in
which Mayor Allen, city police,
and responsible Negro leader
ship acted to disperse the riot
ers is to the great credit of
Atlanta and Georgia.
* * *
AS A RESULT of the vio
lence in Atlanta, many voices
have been raised in denuncia
tion of taking the law into
one’s own hands. This action
was rightly condemned for
what it is—just plain lawless
ness at the hands of hoodlums.
More voices need to be
heard, in my opinion, and from
the highest places. Back in
A. J. Bruyere, pastor
Julia A. Porter Memorial
Methodist Church
Scripture Text: - Philippians
4:1-6
I am having a good time bring
ing what I feel are, timely mess
ages on prayer to my people.
Several things that I have
uncovered, although they actually
have been known for a long time,
have excited me and I would like
to pass on just a few, to you, at
this time.
The first thought is that
“Prayer is not the exclusive right
of the NICE people. If the Bible
were to be given an adjective to
describe it, perhaps a good one
would be “brutally frank”. Be
cause it is it often pulls aside the
thin veneer of “respectability”
from many of its main charac
ters showing them to be char
latans. Such a character would
be Jacob. Yet, do we not thrill
at the answer to prayer that he
received when he wrestled with
the angel of the Lord? The Bible
tells ALL men to pray without
ceasing.
Secondly, I have been re
minded, “True prayer is not
making a BARGAIN with God,
but it is making a COVENANT
between God and man. Paul, on
the Damascus Road, made such
a covenant with God. There were
no “where as-es’ , “there
fores”, or any other legal term
connected with this covenant. All
Paul asked of God was to have
strength to withstand the fiery
trials he knew were to be a part
and parcel of his life from that
moment on. In our extremities
we call upon God for His help,
Science
^-Topics
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A SMOKELESS Incinerator
may help solve two partlculary
serious urban problems --air
pollution and the growing moun
tains of bulky refuse produced in
American cities. A large ex
perimental model developed by
a New York University engineer
was tested in a year of full
scale operation at the Jersey
City, N. J. incineration plant
and proved able to burn large
quantities of bulk refuse without
contaminating the atmosphere.
WARTS, which are harmless,
benign, virus - induced tumors,
are giving medical scientists new
information on cancer--malig
nant virus-induced tumors. How
a wart is formed is one subject
under study in a University of
Wisconsin project designed to
give scientists more knowledge
about the growth mechanism of
virus-induced tumors.
WITHIN the next decade 50
per cent of the steel produced
in America will be made by the
basic oxygen technique, predicts
Charles J. Haines, chairman of
Chemetron Corporation, Chi
cago. At present only 17 per
cent of Ingots poured In the U.S.
are produced by this method.
He also reports that within 10
years other industrial uses such
as air enrichment, copper re
fining, partial oxidation pro
cesses and production of various
Thursday, September 22, 1966
July. I addressed the Senate
and urged the President to
give this matter his personal
and immediate attention. I
declared:
“I hope he will not mince
words and that those who
have preached disrespect
for law’ and order will be
called down from their
soapboxes and made to ac
count for the lawlessness
and turmoil which now
grips America.”
I maintained then - and do
now that this appalling situa
tion demands firm and positive
i action and, w’here necessary,
force must be met by force.
Moreover, the time is long
overdue for laws against insur
rection and inciting to -riot,
both federal and state, to be
enforced, swiftly and vigorous
ly. For too long now the disci
ples of hate and disorder have
roamed the country with im
punity.
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UNLESS ACTION is taken
and unless the people of Amer
ica demand strict and even
handed enforcement of the
law, we can expect more of the
same, and ultimately moboc
racy will be the order of the
■ day.
It is shocking indeed to think
that in our great nation—more
free than any other in the his
tory of mankind where oppor
tunity for all abounds—should
, be subjected to revolutionary
[ action such as that we would
. expect in strong-arm republics
or totalitarian regimes.
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but so many times we ruin our
prayers by “haggling” over the
outcome. Listen to the Lord,
as He prayed in the Garden
of Gethsemane. ..“nevertheless,
not My will, but Thine be done!”
The third thought I would like
to share with you is this: - “True
prayer is frequently HARD
WORK!’ Perhaps you may doubt
this, at first, but if you do I
would not hesitate to say that you
have been “piddling around’ in
your prayer life. When Jesus
prayed the Bible records these
words, “And being in agony He
prayed more earnestly: and His
sweat was as it were great drops
of blood falling down to the
ground”. This, of course, is
prayer at its zenith. Think back
to the bedside of a loved one
who hovered near death. Was
your prayer for unconditional
Immediate healing or did you
agonize and say, “We want him
to live. . .nevertheless, not our
will, but Thine be done!” This,
my friend, If really and truly
meant, is HARD WORK. Someone
I talked to awhile ago said, “I’ll
tithe to the church. . .IF God
helps me pay the bills I owe
now.” In other words (I may be
exaggerating a trifle. . .but only
a trifle) about 99-44/100% of our
praying, today, seems to be the
type of “horse-trading” that Ja
cob tried to do with God in Gen
sis 28; 20-22, “If God will be
with me. . will be with me in
the way I go. . .will give me bread
to eat and clothing to wear. . .
that I come again to my father’s
house in peace. . .THEN. . .’
May God forbid that this should
be a stereotype of our prayer
Hfet
chemicals may be using large
volumes of oxygen, equal, indeed,
to today’s requirements of the
steel industry.
WASHDAY produces whiter
white but it may also be helping
to turn rivers and streams green
with algae, reports Georgia Tech.
The amount of phosphorus avail
able to support algal growth has
been fairly small but is increas
ing. The rising use of synthetic
detergents as cleaning agents
has Increased the quantities of
phosphorus discharged from
waste treatment plants. The net
result has been that in some
places algae have become such a
problem that they are described
as a green tide.
THE RISK of tetanus increases
with the coming of spring and a
return to gardening and other
out-of-doors activites, warns
the American Medical Associa
tion. Tetanus spores can be
found in the cultivated soils of
most areas of the U. S. and may
be picked up by plants or animals.
They can be introduced into a vic
tim ’s body by something as in
consequential as the scratch from
a thorn or an insect bite. While
millions have been inoculated
against tetanus, the AMA says
the protection wears off after a
few years and must be re-es
tablished by booster shots.