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PAGE 5-A v A jackhkrsjw Special Report from Washington I the NIXON VEEP GAME WASHING TON—The Dump Agnew Movement is picking up steam-apparently with the blessing of President Nixon himself. Deliberately hedging, the President said last month that he would announce his deci sion about his 1972 running mate sometime before the Re Where To Go - V What To See - In Georgia July 28 - Callaway Gardens Flower Arranging Workshop - Lenox Square, Atlanta. Project Education Theater presents “Cinderella” - Bell Auditorium, Augusta. Plantation Supper - Oceanview Grove, Sea Island. Concert, Band of Atlanta - Lenox Square, Atlanta. Rock and Roll Revival - Civic Center, Savannah. Concert, Summer Music Festival - Emory University, Atlanta. 28 & 29 - Square Dance, Golden Isles Swingers, Aquarama, Jekyll Island. 29 - Country Music Show - Lanierland Country Music Park, Gumming. 29 & 30 - Southeastern Lightning Invitational Yachting Regatta - Wilmington River, Savannah. 30 - Snipe Fleet Sailing - Frederica River, St Simons Island. Auto Race - Forsyth County Speedway, Gumming. 31 - Savannah Southland Invitational Tennis Championship - New Chatham Tennis Club, Savannah. Virginia Slims Women’s Tennis Tournament, Country Club, Columbus. AUGUST 1-3 - Savannah Southland Invitational Tennis Championship - New Chatham Tennis Club, Sav. 1-6 - Art Exhibit - Drawings by New York Artists - Ga. Museum of Art, Athens. Theater of the Stars presents “Sound of Music”, starring Barbara Eden - Civic Center, Atlanta. 1-25 - Tobacco Auctions Hazelhurst. 1-26 Performances by LaGrange College Summer Theater - Callaway Gardens. 1-31- Tarpon Derby - Coastal Area, Brunswick. Water Ski Shows, daily except Friday - Callaway Gardens. 3- Golden Isles Invitational Swim Meet - Casino Pool, St. Simons Island. 4- - Georgia Mountain Fair- Towns County High School, Hiawassee. 5 - Jackson Five Show - Civic Center, Savannah 6 - Auto Race, Forsyth Co., Speedway, - Gum ming. Snipe Fleet Sailing, Frederica River - St. Simons Island Strikes Hurt Country Most Americans - including a large majority of union members themselves - feel that strikes and labor disputes have seriously hurt the country. This was the major finding of a recent survey by Opinion Research Corp. of Princeton, N. J. The survey cutting across population subgroups (age, race, region, education, etc.) was one of a con tinuing series of inquiries into public thinking on unions and labor legislation sponsored by the Labor Law Study Committee. In this latest survey, a key question was: “In your opinion, have recent strikes and labor trouble seriously hurt the country as a whole, or haven’t they had that much effect?” Os the general public, 68 per cent said that strikes have hurt, 20 per cent believed that they have not and 12 per cent had no opinion. Among union members, 61 per cent felt that strikes have hurt. The Labor Law Study Committee notes that at each interval since this question was first asked in 1967, there have been increases in the proportion of people who feel that strikes are harmful. The 68 per cent figure represents a 4 per cent increase since 1970, This does not necessarily indicate a growing “anti-union” bias in America. On the contrary, it could mean that unionism has proved itself and has won its biggest fight and that in a time of inflation coupled with high unemployment, and especially in the face of rising foreign com petition, more and more people are coming to believe that there must be a better way to solve labor disputes and achieve economic gains than through strikes. _ The LaGrange (Ga.) Daily News PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1972 publican convention next month. In the meantime, he has done nothing to dis courage rumors that he might dump Spiro Agnew. As the President continues to deliberate, operatives for John Connally, Nelson Rocke feller, and Ronald Reagan have been busy wooing the inner White House circle. At this point, the favorite among the three to replace Agnew is the former governor of Texas and Secretary of the Treasury, John Connally. The President himself has been dropping hints that he would like Connally as his running mate. Nixon has worked hard to keep Connal ly’s name in the news. While Connally was Secretary of the Treasury, the President gave his favorite Democrat full ex posure. to the media. When Connally quit the Treasury, the President sent him on a trip around the world as his personal ambassador. The President continually brings up Connally’s name in interviews. At his last live, televised press conference, Nixon went so far as to refer to Connally as the Vice Presi dent. The mistake caused a stir among newspapermen, but drew only an enigmatic smile from the President. The latest boost for Connal ly came after the Democrats named George McGovern as their presidential candidate. The next morning, it was Connally— not Agnew —who was photographed at the Pres ident’s side. Not surprisingly, such re buffs have caused rumblings from Agnew's camp that the Vice President may not want to run again in 1972. Does all this add up to a dramatic change in the Repub lican ticket this August? Per haps so. But more likely, the President is merely trying to stimulate interest in what would otherwise be a dull week of sunbathing at Miami Beach. Meanwhile, President Nixon is working hard to take votes away from George McGovern among union members. The labor vote has tradi tionally been Democratic. But crusty old George Meany. The AFL-CIO chief, has an anti pathy for McGovern. This stems originally from McGov ern's support of Right-To- Work laws, which the unions oppose. The Republicans have also supported Right-To-Work laws. But President Nixon is seriously considering a dra matic reversal. As a bid for the support of organized labor, he may soon come out against Right-To-Work laws. Narcotics Gateway- Beautiful Vancouver boasts that it is Canada’s gateway to the Orient. It contains one of the largest Chinese popula tions of any city in the world outside of Asia, Now, a secret report prepared by federal intelligence and narcotics agents reveals that Vancouver is rapidly become one of the major narcotics centers of North America. According to the secret report, Chinese heroin dealers are worming their way into Vancouver's ethnic Chinese community. We have learned that many of these drug dealers are Chi nese seamen who jump ship. They strap packets of heroin around their waists and thighs and slip into Vancouver as virtual one-man heroin centers. The heroin —which is 90 per cent pure—is then shipped from Vancouver across the border into the state of Wash ington. From there, it goes to major cities in the United States including Seattle. Port land. San Francisco. Chicago and New York. Zippies Zap Yippies Last week, we reported that Miami Beach police have been in close contact with Yippie leaders Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman in an effort to avoid violence at the Republican convention next month. Now we learn that the au thorities may be talking with the wrong leaders. Younger, more radical dissidents are trying to push Hoffman and Rubin aside. Radicals in the new, so called Zippie movement are claiming that Rubin and Hoff man are more interested in digging up material for a forthcoming book about the conventions than in heading a radical insurrection. The Zip pies have a point. Rubin and Hoffman are among the high- est paid correspondents at the Democratic convention, thanks to a $33,000 book advance. Washington Whirl- Even in Braille —We dropped by the Library of Congress the other day to check on the services offered to blind Americans. We dis covered that the Library not only translates books but also magazines for the blind. The magazine most frequently re quested in braille: Playboy. Flag Wavers—We are al ways looking for those rare souls in government who do more than merely shuffle pa pers, We have uncovered a number of ordinary folks with extraordinary jobs. This week, we salute James Reed, a mar ried man with three children. Heed's job is to haul hundreds of flags up and down flag poles on the roof of the U.S. Capitol. This permits congressmen to send their constituents flags that —at least technically have been flown over the Capi tol. Reed and his colleagues flew 27,659 flags last year. “When 1 get going," he told us, “I’ll be running them up and down every three minutes." Sharing A. Rev. Dick Reese jßgl Crossroads Methodist Church 4fe jHHi “Then Jesus told his disciples, if any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” (Matthew 16:24) What is the cost of following Christ? It is to deny ourselves, take up a cross and go after him. Discipleship demands these things. In our day we have tried to rewrite these words of Jesus to read, “Come follow me and you will have smooth sailing.” But Jesus never said it would be easy to follow him. He did say we must be obedient, even to the point of taking up a cross. The meaning of taking up a cross in our day may be somewhat different than in the day of Jesus, but the commitment and obedience needed to do so is the same. We will very probaly never be called upon to bear a wooden cross upon which we will be crucified, but we may be called upon to hear other crosses that are very dif ficult to carry. In the statement of Jesus from Matthew chapter 16 we find him calling upon his followers to deny them selves. This is difficult in the day in which we live. Every way we turn, people are thinking only of themselves. It may be necessary to remind ourselves of a teaching many of us learned as children, that we should think of God first, others second, and ourselves last. This kind of thinking and living could well change the world in which we live today, if we were willing to let it start with us. Jesus moves on from the Tim Houston Home Journal The Houston Home Journal is published every Thursday by The Houston Home Journal, Inc. Entered at the Post Office at Perry, Georgia, as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1«79. Second class postage is paid at Perry, Ga. The Houston Home Journal is located at 1010 Carroll St., P.O. Drawer M, Perry, Ga., 310*9. The Houston Home Journal is the official legal organ of Houston County and Perry, Georgia. Subscription rates: Houston and adjoining counties $5.00 a year; 2 years $0.50; 3 years $11.50. Everywhere else $4.00 a year; 2 years $10.00; 3 years $14.00 Servicemen $2.00 anywhere; College students $2.00 for 9 months. The Houston Home Journal is a member of The Georgia Press Association and The National Newspaper Association. *ywp uk£. t> a urrU 1 statement that we should deny ourselves to the next point that we should take up our cross and follow him. Just to deny ourselves and sit down to wait for the Kingdom of God to come is take time to Wt SAVE ( i|| and SAVE on HR a beautiful HMm New Clock! flHht Take the time to save at '' Security Federal save, too, on a beautiful new cluck when you *' open or add to your ~ N account with the •■'"’'A I amounts shown below O ne Clock Per Customer, Please! 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A thorn in the flesh is some affliction which some of us must bear. There is no way to get out of carrying burdens or suffering the thorn in the flesh except to share the load with Christ. But we must always deal with these. To carry a cross is something different. W. M. Clow has written: “the cross is not universal, and the cross can be escaped. Many men and women never bear a cross at a11... Your cross is something which you can take or refuse.” A cross then is not some heavy duty you must face or some temptation you must endure, but a cross, is something you deliberately take up for the sake of Christ and something which you could avoid if you did not wish to put Christ first in your life. When you oppose evil knowing full-well that you may be criticized or disliked for it, that’s taking up a cross. When we witness for Christ in an unfriendly sitaution, this is taking up a cross. When you stop doing things primarily for self and start doing them for Christ, this is taking up a cross. There is no discipleship without cross bearing. This is demanding, but it is also rewarding. Jesus reminded us that “Whosoever will save his life will lose it; but whosoever will lose his life for my sake and the Kingdom will find it.” This is both the cost and the reward of being a Christian. READ THE WANT ADS