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W Free Press-News & Farmer, Thurs., Dec. 28, 1967
—E;ptists Answer: What's Wrong With Gambling?
Approximately 50-million Americans
gamble. That means one out of four.
They wager an estimated SSO-billion
annually—more than is spent on educa
tion, religion, or medical care.
The annual profit of professional
gamblers is estimated to be greater than
the combined profit of the 100 largest
corporations in America.
Behind the bright lights of the na
tion's gambling centers, hidden care
fully away from public gaze, is the cor
ruption which gambling brings to in
dividuals and to society. Gambling’s
danger is compounded because it is not
only harmful but also alluring.
Gambling Violates Biblical Principles
While the Bible contains no “thou
shalt not” in regard to gambling, it does
contain many insights and principles
which indicate that gambling is wrong.
The Bible emphasizes the sovereignty
of God in the direction of human
events (Matt. 10:29-30); gambling looks
to chance and luck.
The Bible indicates that man is to
work creatively and use his possessions
for the good of others (Eph. 4:28);
gambling fosters a something-for-noth
ing attitude and a poor stewardship of
possessions.
God’s Word condemns covetousness
and materialism (Matt. 6:24-34); both
are at the heart of the gambling process.
The central moral thrust of the Bible
is love for God and neighbor (Matt.
22:37-40); gambling seeks personal
gain and pleasure at another man’s loss
and pain.
Gambling Contributes to Crime
Nevada, considered the gambling
capital of the nation, has a per capita
crime rate double and a suicide rate
triple the national average . . .
Nevada is not the only place in which
gambling breeds crime. The per capita
crime rate is twice as high for states
with legalized gambling as for states
with no legalized gambling.
Profits from gambling go to support
the many interests of America’s under
world. Narcotic addiction, prostitution,
raurder, intimidation, and bribery go
hand in hand with gambling.
The report on gambling and organ
ized crime of the Senate Committee on
Government Operations stated that “the
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chief source of revenue for organized
crime is illegal gambling” and that “the
huge profits from illegal gambling were
the primary source of funds to finance
other activities of organized crime.”
Gambling Corrupts Government
Officials
Milton R. Wessel, a lawyer who head
ed a special government study on or
ganized crime, declared, “Fully half of
the syndicates’ income from gambling is
earmarked for protection money paid
to police and politicians.”
Approximately 4.5 billion dollars an
nually goes from gamblers to public of
ficials as bribes, All careful studies on
gambling point out frequent incidents
of political corruption related to gam
bling.
The Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee under thée chairmanship of the
late Senator Estes Kefauver comment
ed: “In states where gambling is illegal,
this alliance of gamblers, gangsters, and
government will yield to the spotlight
of publicity and the pressure of public
opinion, but where gambling receives a
cloak of respectability through legaliza
tion, there is no weapon which can be
used to keep the gamblers and their
money out of politics.”
Gambling Disrupts the Economy
Most successful efforts to eliminate
gambling from communities have been
led by business and labor leaders. They
realize that gambling is bad for the
economy ...
Along with an increase in gambling
goes an increase in unpaid bills, embez
zlement, bankruptcy, and absenteeism
from jobs. Gambling centers ofter have
difficulty attracting large industries.
In Britain, after legalization of betting
st.ops, bad debts increased as much as
20 per cent.
The general manager of one of Los
Angeles’ largest department stores re
ported “that receipts of bad checks
doubled during racing season, that ab
senteeism increased, and that time pay
ments fell off as much as 30 per cent.”
Issues and Answers Series published
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Plan to spend this week-end at Georgia's
complete year ‘round resort—Callaway Gar
dens at Pine Mountain, Ga.
Dine in the atmosphere of elegant surround
ings and to the music of the GENE KOCIAN
BAND from 8 p.m. ‘til midnight Saturday
night, Dec. 30.
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“Civilization 1s communication of ideas
without violence —''
Gambling Wrecks Lives
Gambling corrupts people in many
ways. The something-for-nothing crave
which gambling stimulates tends to
undermine character. The hope of win
ning a fortune causes some to steal for
a gambling stake.
Professional gamblers bribe police
n:en, public officials, athletes and ref
erees. Irresponsibility, child neglect, di
vorce, and delinquency all seem to go
hand in hand with gambling.
Gambling appeals to the weaknesses
of a man’s character, develops poor
traits—recklessness, callousness, covet
ousness, and stunts spiritual growth.
Some people become addicted to gam
bling. They cannot stop wagering and
begin a headlong plunge into personal
catastrophe.
Gambling Hurts Innocent Persons
Gambling harms not only those di
rectly involved but innocent persons as
well. All the members of a community
stand to suffer from gambling.
Especially vulnerable are members of
the gambler’s family. Gambling creates
financial problems and tensions in the
home . . . Innocent persons—some
times children—suffer maiming and
death when criminal elements collide in
gambling disputes.
Gambling Defies Justification
Among the arguments advanced to
justify gambling is the one which says
that all of life is a gamble or a risk. But
risk-taking in gambling is different from
the risks involved in the normal routine
of life.
The risks in gambling are artificially
created. In other ventures, the risk is
part of the creative process.
For example, the contractor risks
labor and capital to make a profit and
build a house. Unlike the gambler, he
relies on more than chance to make a
profit and assumes a risk necessary to
our economic life.
It is also argued that some people like
to spend their recreation money betting
on horses or playing the slots, just as
others prefer to spend theirs for a round
of golf or a movie.
Gambling may be fun, but the cost to
individuals, families, the economy, and
society is too high to justify it.
Story of Two
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Christmases
This is a story of two
Christmases. And a prison
term between them.
This wasn’t an expensive
Christmas for Sue M. — no
lavish parties, no fancy
decorations, no extravagant
gifts. But it was the best
Christmas in a long time.
Because Sue is out of
prison and has her daughter
back.
She spent six months in
the Colony Farms Prison for
Women at Milledgeville this
year. She’s free now, her
debt to society paid. But
that’s not all.
She will never go back be
hind bars. For the first
time in her life, there’s no
reason to go to prison.
Sue is a 30-year-old di
vorcee, a high school and
business school graduate,
neat, intelligent, articulate.
Her 13-year-old daughter is
the most important thing in
her life.
She had good jobs before
going to prison — reception
ist, secretary bookkeeper,
IBM operator and analysis
clerk. She was liked and ac
cepted by her co-workers.
But there were bills. Too
many to pay on her meager
salary which never came
close to SIOO a week. So Sue
began passing bad checks.
She got caught.
She was passing them last
Christmas to buy presents
for her daughter, knowing
she would get caught even
tually. It was just a matter
of waiting for the knock on
the door, holding her breath
every time she saw a police
man.
It wasn’t a good Christ
mas.
She was sentenced in Feb
ruary to 12 months in Col
ony Farms. Her daughter
went out of state to live with
relatives. Sue didn’t know if
she could ever regain cus
tody.
She was a model prisoner
at Colony Farms, but she
wondered how long it would
be before she was back. How
could an ex-convict make
enough money to support
herself and her child . . .
without passing more bad
checks?
Then good things began to
happen. She was told she
would be released six months
early for good behavior.
Then she was selected as
one of the first cases of the
Georgia Department of La
bor’s newly organized Jobs
~for Released prisoners pro
gram. -
A Task Force contacted
her a month before her re
lease and compiled a file on
her. It was the first ray of
hope.
Sue was released in Au
gust and when she got home
that afternoon there was a
message from the Georgia
Department of Labor. A job
interview had been arranged
for the next morning.
She got the job — book
keeper — at $125 a week,
more than she ever had
made and more than she
had ever hoped to make.
You can guess the rest.
There was money for an
apartment, she regained
custody of her daughter,
there is money in the bank
to pay the bills . . . with a
little left over for Christ
mas.
Sue M. is a statistic, one of
nearly 200 released prisongrs
placed in a job by the still
new Labor Department pro
gram. Her story isn’t special.
It is a happy story. but not
unique.
Normally, it takes more
than a day for a released
prisoner to find a job. And
they don't always make
more money than they did
before they went to prison.
And occasionally they get
into trouble and go back to
prison.
But Sue won't. She won't
have to. This happy Christ
mas is only the first of
many for her and her
ASH ST. BAPTIST CHURCH
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JOE MOORE, Minister of Music and Youth
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Soil Conservafion Activities
By TOM COLE
WINTER — 1967 started
December 22nd. The weather
was below freezing which is
true to form. Farmers coop
erating with the Upper Oc
mulgee River District in
Clayton County are pre
pared many ways. They have
acres of pasture that have a
complete cover over the soil
to prevent soil losses to ero
sion. Coastal bermuda grass
on the farms of W. 5. and
Clifford Turner near Love
joy has returned a good
harvest of hay this year
with a good cover still on the
land.
In talking with Mrs. E. R.
Bonds, she stated that she
caught two big mouth black
bass from her two acre pond
located on Flint River Road
near Jonesboro Thanksgiv
ing Day. “They weighed
three and three-quarters
and five and one-quarter
pounds,” she said. Mrs.
Bonds takes pride in giving
her pond proper mainte
nance by fertilizing as need
ing and controlling pond
weeds. She said, “I plan to
fish on Christmas Day this
year”. The watershed of her
pond is well protected with
grass. A nice “ROCK GAR
DEN” was’ developed with
her efforts in the upper end
of the pond, which is quite
attractive to people driving
along Flint River Road.
Harvesting being com
pleted by most farmers and
landowners in spite of the
excess rains shows their in
terest in working with the
land instead of against it.
Noted, John Harris on Jod
eco Road has plowed one
field this Fall following soy
beans. This leaves the soil
open to absorb more water
from the rains with less soil
loss to erosion. Freezing and
thaws help to improve the
structure along with decom
position of organic matter.
R. O. White can be com
mended in the good stand
and growth of fescue-clover
along Jodeco Road where he
daughter.
Through the maze of red
tape and paperwork of a
state government, someone
took the time to find Sue a
job . . . and change her life.
For Sue M. — ex-convict- -
Christmas was better than
the last one.
The Jobs for Released
Prisoners program was initi
ated by Commissioner of
Labor Sam Caldwell to assist
prisoners in finding employ
ment through pre-release
testing, job training and
orientation at the time of
release and additional coun
seling after placement.
removed bushes from the old
road bed and back slope,
graded and shaped last year
for beautification and con
servation practice.
GRILLIOTS WIN
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follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Powers,
203 Wendy Jean Drive; Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle McConnell,
1848 Carla Drive; Mr. and
Mrs. H. S. Denney, Wendy
Jean Drive; Mr. and Mrs.
Wendell Watterson Jr., 1859
Lake Harbin Street, Morrow;
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Draughn
Jr., 6518 Peacock Boulevard,
Morrow; Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Bell, 827 Lake Harbin Road,
Morrow.
The judges were: Miss
Lorela Nichols, Assistant
County Extension Home
Economist, Jonesboro, Ga.;
Mrs. Gretchen Barbee, Art
Consultant for Clayton
County schools, and Mrs.
Loran Cash, florist, Ellen
wood, Ga.
Congratulations to each
one.
KIWANIS INSTALL :
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Henry, Rudolph Johnson,
John Lord, Ronald Shaw, H.
Thomas Ward, and R. W.
(Ward) Watkins was pre
sented with distinguished
service awards.
The club was also hon
ored to have as its guests,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cheaves
at their Ladies’ Night event.
Mr. Cheaves, who is the Lt.
Governor for the 12th Divi
sion of the Georgia District
installed the officers for the
coming year. Mr. James O.
Fleming, President; Mr.
Harold Green, Vice-Presi
dent; Mr. John Black, Sec
retary; Mr. H. Thomas
Ward, Treasurer, and Mis
ters Ward Watkins, Rudolph
Johnson, James Henry, Jul
ian Butler, John Lord, and
F. S. (Buck) Martin as the
board of directors for 1968.
Be yourself and take the
consequences if you can
afford it, morally or finan
cially.
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YOU ARE INVITED
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Meeting at Kiwanis Youth Center '
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DAVID MACY, Evangelist . . . . 478-5287
Notes On
Veterans
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Activities
Veterans of the Viet-Nam
era, who served after August
4, 1964, are being discharged
from active duty at the rate
of 67,000 a month, according
to the Veterans Administra
tion.
Three quarters of a mil
lion veterans receive hos
pital treatment each year in
the 166 Veterans Admini
stration Hospitals.
Veterans on the VA pen
sion rolls who are so serious
ly disabled that they need
regular aid and attendance
are eligible to receive SIOO a
month in addition to their
pension, according to the
Veterans Administration.
Widows on the VA pension
rolls who are so seriously
disabled that they need reg
ular aid and attendance may
receive SSO a month in addi
tion to their pension, ac
cording to the Veterans Ad
ministration.
Widows of deceased vet
erans now qualify for pen
sions from the Veterans Ad
| ministration if their mar
riage had a duration of one
year, or if a child was born
to the couple, the Veterans
Administration announces.
There was a record 26 mil
lion veterans in civil life in
the United States at the end
of 1967, the Veterans Ad
ministration announced.
Veterans and their surviv
ors received a total of $4.4
billion in compensation and
pension checks during 1967,
the Veterans Administration
estimates.
The Veterans Administra
tion plans to provide inten
sive care units for critically
ill patients in more VA hos
pitals. This includes special
facilities in private rooms
for cardiac patients.
During 1967 veterans made
an estimated 6,435,000 visits
to VA clinics and to private
physicians on an approved
fee basis for outpatient med
ical care, according to the
Veterans Administration.
This was a record number
of treatments for a single
year,
During 1967 Servicemen’s
Group Life Insurance ad
ministered by commercial
insurance companies sup
plied $36 billion worth of life
insurance protection to 3.6
million servicemen at min
imal cost, according to the
Veterans Administration.
The U. S. Government paid
the cost of the extra hazar
dous risk. :
The 166 Veterans. Admin
istration hospitals are affil
fated with 76 of the nation’s
88 medical schools in a part
nership that provides better
medical care for veterans
and helps to train half the
nation’s new doctors in 20
fields of medicine.
World War II veterans
who have not already used
their eligibility for G. I.
loans and whose individual
eligibility has not expired
| are reminded that the final
cut-off date for their par
ticipation in the G. I. loan
program has been extended
until June 25, 1970.