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What's going on in the world? Well, gentle reader, among other things that need immediate comment: An Arkansas town school superintendent, refusing a request that foreign languages be taught in high school, said: "'If English was good enough for Jesus, it is good enough for you." And remember, also, that bobby sex were good enough for Mary. Buckminster Fuller, the inventor of the geodesic dome and principal advocate of "doing more with less," recently remarked during a discussion of energy: "At any one time in North America there are two million automobiles idling at red lights. At an average of 100 horsepower per car, that's equivalent to 200,000,000 horses jumping up and down all the time, going nowhere." He also says: "There isn't any energy crisis. It's simply a crisis of ignorance." Two young women in Seattle's University District answered a knock at their apartment door recently and were told by the male rapper: "I am General Richard N. Mussolini and am under orders to search your apartment for General McCoy and David Eisenhower." Police were summoned and reported that he became arrogant and continued to talk of being under presidential orders. He was arrested. If he has any smarts at all, he will claim he thought he was in Watergate, performing his patriotic duty. Rusty, a two-year-old yellow Labrador, lost his job as drug sniffer at London's Heathrow Airport when he failed to detect nearly half a million dollars worth of marijuana inside a cargo of yams. One lousy mistake and it's back to a civilian dog's life. A California weekly newspaper publisher was cited for contempt of court for an editorial criticizing a judge's involvement in a dognapping case. He wrote: "We have the ludicrous situation where the judge deliberately had a neighbor's dog trapped, then hauled the dog owner into his court, set the bail and then tried to sit in judgment of the case." "l'h~' IG.gl~tt'r and TrLhu ne .~ mhcatc l "You are typical American housewives...Do you think food prices are too high?" m Editor, The Journal: "The federal government has programs to combat at the same time the separate states allow 18-year-olds to situation is like watching someone fight a forest fire while is allowed to be careless with matches." That is the way Howard Pyle, president of the Council, compares the federal government's spending millionS~ on drunken driver rehabilitation while the individual states pass legislation allowing 18-year-olds to buy and drink all alcoholic beverages. January 1, 1972, was the effective date when permitted 18-year-olds to drink alcoholic beverages. The statistics are quoted from the Michigan Department of Highway Safety Systems Unit. Reported for the first nine (9)months of 1971 and 1972: D.U.I.L. - 18 to 20 yrs.1971 1972 Increase Persons Killed 82 116 34 Persons Injured 1,982 3,945 1,963 Persons Arrested: Male 942 2,143 1,219 Female 25 108 83 I'm certain you will agree that our young people are verY Michigan youth. Do we want to be responsible for that fatality and injury in Washington'? If the legislature lowers the: it will place itself in direct responsibility for the legal resultant increase in Washington record. It has been stated frequently that "we cannot legislate contend that every bill the legislature votes is a moral issue. or "bad" for someone or group. Laws cannot change an values or personal identity, but law can place legal individual's social behavior. We must urge the legislature to: 1. Vote to sustain a youth's right to those three years ofl given legal sanction to drink. 2. Vote NO on any attempt to lower the Washington. 3. Take a moral and ethical stand for the life and who will be the victims if given legal sanction by the /s/Lester A. Alcohol Problems Some editorial writers are just born nitpickers. The California secretary of state reports that Carroll O'Conner, who portrays archconservative Archie Bunker on television, contributed $1,000 to George McGovern's presidential campaign last fall. Is nothing sacred in this permissive society? A man whose nude body was shown on a television newscast for nine-tenths of a second last March has been awarded $15,000 damages in a Boise, Idaho, court from the station which shot and broadcast the film. The film pictured him in a side-rear view as police pulled him from a house naked after breaking down the door. He was arrested, tried and convicted on a charge of recklessly endangering the life of another. A fast computation shows that unwilling display of your bare bottom is worth $60,000,000 an hour in Idaho, a not inconsiderable figure for the wages of skin. lit*** The $1,000,000 Phase I of Holyland, USA, a proposed $50,000,000 Biblical "'Disney-type theme park" is underway on the Alabama Gulf Coast. The promoter, who promised investors in the project they will "make a profit and give the glory to God," placed the following help-wanted ads in Variety, the show business newspaper: "Roman chariots and drivers for Ben Hur-type chariot races daily (miniature chariots for kiddy rides)." "Someone to design and build 100-foot replica of Jonah's whale with safety seats inside." "'Designer and builder for Tower of Babel." "One snake charmer, three acrobats, one magician, one jester and one lion with no teeth or claws." "Designer and builder of Herod's Palace, Wailing Wall, a Red Sea actually dividing, Golden Calf, Solomon's Temple, Roman Catacombs, inn and stable." "Swords, shields, costumers, properties for daily gladiator fights." "Designer and builder for actual trip through heaven and hell." "Midget to play David and giant to play Goliath." "If you come up with other suitable attractions we missed, let us know." How about a 600-foot statue in living color of one of the meek who shall inherit the earth? By HARRIET BARNETTE Born in March? Pisces people have so many talents, their big job is concentrating on one. Good reading." THE TONTINE fold). Awarding-winning houseguests: Those who announce tentative departure time when they arrive. Those who say, "Take the day off - I'm buying and preparing dinner." Pretty taps. Pulling the hair will make a bad hair cut grow out faster. Good souffle: Try adding chunks of canned whole green sweet peppers. Charting the market') A service called the CONCENSUS OF INSIDERS {P.O. Box 10247, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33305) does the work ]or you lor $ 72 a year: trial subscription $5 for four issues. Mark ]'wain said, "Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest." By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS There were 39 counties in this state at the start of this year, and there probably will .be 39 on December 31, though attempts are being made in this legislature to add two more. King County, largest in the state and the only one with AA classification, is the target of both efforts. A bill in the Senate, SB 2271, sponsored by Martin Durkan, lssaquah, would chop off a substantial portion of the eastern sector and form a new county to be known as Cascade. It would be a third class county. An identical bill in the House is sponsored by Democrats Art Clemente, Bothell, and Eleanor Fortson, Pebble Beach. Another Senate bill, SB 2499, and an identical measure in the House, HB 521, would form a new county to be known as Evergreen out of a southern portion of King County. SB 2499 is sponsored by Gordon Herr, Democrat, Seattle. HB 52 1 has bipartisan sponsorship. Democrats include Robert Gaines and Frank Warnke, both Auburn, and Georgette Valle, Seattle. Republicans are Paul Barden, Seattle, and John E. Cunningham, Zenith. Evergreen would have an estimated population of 200,000, which would make it a first class county, and another 10,000 would make it an A class county. Temporarily Stymied All four measures currently repose in the Local Government Committees of their respective houses. All are technically "dead" for this session, because they missed the cutoff date for each house to consider its own bills. But they will gain new life when they, along with all other bills which failed to pass, are reintroduced by joint resolution at the start of the special session. This doesn't mean there will be any visible signs of the life they have regained. Soul Searching Next It invariably takes more than one session to pass legislation of this nature, and in this case petitions are also needed. There would be plenty of time to gather signatures before the 1974 session, but there could be considerable soul searching meantime as to the costs involved. Those seceding from King County still would be liable for their share of:~all outstanding indebtedness of King County; also of Metro, and of the Port of Seattle. In addition, they would have to incur additional bonded indebtedness to finance construction of a courthouse and other needed facilities. They also would need an expert analysis to determine if their assessed valuation, along with the various state revenue they would receive, would support the services they would have to provide. Credit Side On the credit side, they would divest themselves of the extra sales tax now being levied countywide to help finance the Metro Transit System, and any, new taxes which might be levied by Metro. According to the way the legislation were drawn, they also could secede from the Port of Seattle, and be free of the property tax millage levied by the port. During the last election campaign, the most severe criticism of the State's liquor monopoly was leveled at its inconvenience. Nearly 45 per cent of those casting ballots voted for Initiative 261 which would have taken the state out of the liquor business, and the Liquor Control Board has taken heed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mack McGinnis' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~H~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our neighbor insists he invested almost all of his income in mutual funds last year, but that really is not a proper name for a joint bank account. (Bob Gold in Washngton Post) Doyle Jones Jr. reports on the very shy, timid and young bridegroom who was at the lingerie counter purchasing a wispy, filmy gown for his bride. The experience was getting the better of him. Self-conscious in the extreme and blushing a pretty scarlet, he turned to a fellow sufferer and exclaimed, "Before I go through this again, she'll have to sleep naked." (Leo Aikman in Atlanta Constitution) Then there's the man who wouldn't reveal his age at his recent birthday party, but he did admit to living through three revivals of the wide necktie. (Belleville Recorder) A minister-friend reports that when he looks at the collection plate, he deduces that some members of his congregation think churches are coin-operated. (Ashley Cooper in Charleston News and Courier) At the board's request, a bill has been introduced in the jSenate which would authoriee it to establish agencies for the sale of liquor in any area it wishes. The present law doesn't permit the board to establish a liquor vending agency in any city, town or community which has a state liquor store. Conceivably, such agencies could sell liquor during hours when regular state liquor stores are closed. As they usually are operated as a sideline in a drug store or similar retail outlet, they also could be located conveniently in neighborhood shopping centers where it would be unprofitable to operate a full-blown state store. Park Your Child Another change in the state liquor laws is being sought by Representative William Polk, Republican, Mercer Island. He would amend a 1947 act which makes it a gross misdemeanor for adults to leave children in a parked automobile while the adults are in a tavern. It was prompted by a custom which became prevalent during the post-World War II period, with parents leaving children in a car for hours while they were drinking in a tavern. It was a hot issue in the 1947 session, which might be described as a "liquor reform" session, and was enacted into law only after much heated debate in both houses. Polk would change the law to exempt persons who leave their children in the car only long enough for them to make package purchases for off-premise consumption. There could be danger from abuses if the law were liberalized, however, and it could provoke some lively debate if the measure reaches the floor. By STEVE ERICKSON I may never forgive the Toastmasters for reluctant slug from my mouth and replacing it tongue. Because of that years-ago transplant 1 was able to hold a seventh-grade class spellbound while unforgettable tales of the journalistic dodge. So spellbound, in fact, that in awakened and without so much as a "Where am she got up, ambled over to the bulletin board, reading the school lunch menu. Aloud. Very loud. All student attention shifted focus, if that's the word, to her sparkling She was sternly re-seated by the teacher to a of heartfelt applause. My spiel was nothing more than a Career which anybody who works for a living and who caO is trapped into every time a teacher forgets to class plan, agenda, scope-out or scheme. But these kids were hardly captivated by eager young reporter pounding a beat, printer's heroically through veins already swelled by 90-pt They couldn't have cared less about the hallowed Five W's, Horace Greeley and Clark for that matter, me. They did, however, appreciate the opportunity forty winks. I doubt they dreamed of attention was in overset, their hellboxes ranneth Later they wrote their thanks. Apparently again showed up without a game plan. The letterS: with unbridled praise and gratitude, l think. "I'm glad that you came over to our school," fan, "even though you didn't say nothing." Another devotee thought I should be rele journalism graveyard: "You are a pretty good reporter," he should apply for a position with the Saturday of Life." One worldly lass admired the tone, if not the like your voice," she said, "you remind me know." But she doubted my credentials. "I think," "that you don't work there." My editor feels A boy named Jim felt I had a future as a elected elite. "You should be an editor," he counseled, your opinion about politics. You should cut ther My dad hates politicians." i And one kid who must have noticed the tongue made in my cheek noted that "You have of humor." That helps sometimes. Founded 1886 by Grant C. Angle Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wa. 98584 Published at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, MasOn Washington 98584, weekly. Second-class postage paid at Shelton Member of National Editorial Association Member of Washington Newspaper Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $5.50 per year in Masort ( tn advance -- Outside Mason County EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ..................... Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 1, 1973