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"Tis the holiday season. 'Tis. "ris time to banish the usual
gloom and doom from this column and bring you the good
news of this Christmastime. Here goes:
Euell Gibbons is resting comfortably in a New England
hospital after successfully digesting three holly wreaths and a
12-foot fir tree. The two doctors and a horticulturist who
attended him said it wasn't the foliage that put him near
death's door, but the three coat hangers to which the holly
was wired.
Resort operators at Vail, Colorado, report they have
constructed a special ski slope that will prevent President
Gerald Ford from falling and hurting himself during his
holiday vacation there. Ford will be supported in a stationary
sling while the snow moves under his skis on a belt at sixty
miles per hour.
Commenting, "Someone has to have the guts to break
new ground," country and western singer Farklin Musket has
released a record titled "1 Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus."
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A news release from the Internal Revenue Service points
out that unlike Joseph, who had to take his pregnant wife to
Bethlehem to make his yearly tax payment, you have only to
fill out a form and send it to Ogden, Utah. No fuss, no muss,
no manger.
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Resort operators at Vail, Colorado, report they have
constructed a special ski run for Ronald Reagan, should he
decide to vacation there. The brand-new course starts on
Suicide Mountain, runs through Avalanche Canyon and ends
in Boulder Valley.
There were no shepherds in the Christmas pageant of a
Basque Sunday school in Nevada this year. None of the kids
owned a robe.
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A West Virginina man who had walked out of the house
and disappeared on Christmas Eve in 1922, returned home
this week. After a tearful reunion, his wife, who had left the
Christmas tree standing for 53 years, gave him the present she
had left on a needleless branch, it was a one-way bus ticket
to Escondido, California.
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A Seattle hospital guild reports that the hottest item at
its craft store this Christmas season is neckties guild members
have made from old quilts.
In a burst of Christmas charity, a St. Louis judge
dismissed charges of shoplifting against his wife. She was
arrested at a shopping center last July.
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Resort operators atVail, Colorado, have accepted a gift
from Henry Kissinger to be used in case Ronald Reagan falls
and hurts himself on the run from Suicide Mountain to
Boulder Valley. It is a team of six Doberman pinschers with
brandy casks attached to their collars.
To help us better understand how some bureaucrats come
up with mumbo-jumbo that describes their work, the
Stewards News of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union has
published a handy "do it yourself system."
The "Systematic Buzz Phrase Projector" was devised by
Philip Groughton, an employee of the U.S. Public Health
Service.
From each column, starting with column 1, pick a digit
from each and look up the corresponding word. 8-9-4, for
example, would be "compatible policy mobility."
Presto! Instant mumbo-jumbo.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
O. integrated management options
1. total organizational flexibility
2. systematized monitored capability
3. parallel reciprocal mobility
4. functional digital programming
5. responsive logistical concept
6. optional transitional time-phase
7. synchronized incremental projection
8. compatible third generationhardware
9. balanced policy contingency
Numbers 4-8-8 means "the toilet works."
- from The Washington Teamster
McGinnis'
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"When i was born, ! was so ugly the doctor ,tapped my mother," says
Phyllis Diller.
(Omaha World-Herald)
Cad Brown reports that a man was so immersed in his cups that he saw
I)isneyland three years before it was built.
(Hugh Park in Atlanta Journal)
Tom Hansbury is worried about his bank. The man in line ahead of him
asked for change for a 20 and the teller asked if that was the smallest he
had.
(Bill Copeland in Sarasota Journal)
Freudian Slip honors go to Hubert Horatio Humphrey. Describing the
wmute of the LBJ administration to Tom Snyder on the "Tomorrow"
, how, o1' Hube mid, "'At least WE didn't wash our"dirty Lyndon in
public!"
(Herb ('aen in San Francisco Chronicle)
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Greeting drawn by
Rita Murray
6th grade, Bordeaux
AI Ford
Jan Danford
Steve Patch
Barbara Nelson
Jim Jenner
Sandy Anseth
Lou Donnell
Carol Wentlandt
Sandy Field
Julie Orme
Joan Bennett
Lee Doyle
Betty Pearson
Bobbie Wilson
Becky Rosin
Adella Dwyer
Vivian Linn
Jim Shrum
Tom Myers
Cliff Cowling
Gregg HasBrouck
Larry Knowels
Carmen Yates
Dora Hearing
Dolores Drake
Eleanora Fedenk
Lennia Cates
Dorothy Tobey
Ann Westberg
Leo Livingston
Margaret Livingston
Rena Bray
Inga Marie St. Clair
Thelma Floor
Karen James
Casey Caughie
Sheila Coben
Delbert Gibson
Judy Gibson
Tami Ford
Trudy Lindberg
Barb Morrow
Erin Gilman
Margie Morkert
Rick Munoz
Tom Blackstad
Vincent Beerbower
Henry Gay
i
By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
A minor round of musical
chairs has taken place in the
Legislature prior to the special
session convening next month.
Though miniscule compared with
what usually precedes a regular
session, some of the changes are
significant.
The Senate and House each
will have a new committee head,
brought about by some changes in
the membership of the majority
leadership.
In the Senate, AI Henry
(D-White Salmon) is scheduled to
become chairman of the
Transportation and Utilities
Committee, succeeding Gordon
Walgren (D-Bremerton) who has
been elected majority leader to
succeed August P. Mardesich
(D-Everett).
Henry To Wear Two Hats
Walgren will take Henry's
place on Rules Committee, but
Henry will continue as president
pro tempore of the Senate. There
isn't any rule against a committee
chairman being president pro tern.
Henry, who has been president
pro tern since 1961, held the
position when he was chairman of
the State Government
Committee.
R. Ted ik)ttiger (D-Tacoma)
has been interested in becoming
chairman of the Transportation
Committee, but Henry apparently
has the votes, and also far
outdistances Bottiger on
seniority.
His service in the ttousc dates
back to 1941, and he has served
25. 1975
continuously in the Senate since
1957. Bottiger, who served four
terms in the House, currently is
completing his first term in the
Senate.
Environmentalist For Ecology
In the House, Georgette Valle
(D-Seattle) a six-year member of
the Washington Environmental
Council, has been appointed
chairwoman of the Ecology
Committee.
She succeeds Ed Luders
(D-Spokane), who was elected
earlier as majority whip, but who
has been serving as Ecology
chairman during the interim. Mrs.
Valle previously was vice
chairwoman of the committee.
Luders was elected whip to
succeed Paul Conner (D-Sequim)
when the latter was elected
majority caucus chairman, after
William Chatalas (D-Seattle)
resigned from the Legislature to
take a position with the
Department of Natural Resources.
Insurance Bill Bounces
A catastrophic health care
insurance bill, HB 549, an
executive request measure which
was introduced last February I0,
has, in effect, been bounced back
to the Governor's office.
Physically, the bill still is in
the House Financial Institutions
and Insurance Committee, which
has had it under study since it was
introduced.
But the committee has
decided against doing anything
more with the measure until the
executive branch comes up with a
plan for funding it.
(The chairman of the
committee's subcommittee on
insurance happens to be John
Bagnariol (D-Renton), who also is
chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee).
No Visible Ceiling
While most of the preliminary
costs would be borne by
employers, the measure has a
potential multi-million-dollar
impact on the state's coffers.
Each employer of five or more
persons Would be required to
offer a "qualified" health services
plan to employees, and pay at
least 25 percent of the premium
costs.
But the state would be
required to provide eligible
persons with health benefits once
a family had incurred annual
medical expenses exceeding a
threshold to be determined by a
specified graduated schedule.
The state also would be
required to provide a health care
program for indigents, and the
income eligibility standards for
medical indigents would be
increased by 130 percent.
More Work To Do
Legislation establishing a
mandatory automobile liability
insurance plan, HB 648, requires
more work before the House
Financial Institutions and
Insurance Committee will release
it. The committee has made
numerous changes in the measure
since it was first introduced last
February 17.
Originally it would have
required proof of financial
t
responsibility as a prerequisite to
obtaining a driver's license. This
has been changed to make it a
prerequisite to registering a motor
vehicle and obtaining license
plates.
This is one of the major
amendments, but there are others,
and more are contemplated.
No Hurry
Another meeting is planned to
complete work on the measure
before the January session
convenes, but there really isn't
that much hurry.
The bill originally called for a
1976 effective date, but one of
the major changes alters this to
January I, 1977, to conform with
the date when the new staggered
system of renewing motor vehicle
registrations becomes effective.
There remains the possibility
that the bill could lose some
support in the meantime. Because
latest Department of Motor
Vehicles accident statistics show a
7.5 percent decrease in the
involvement of uninsured
motorists, SOme lawmakers are
beginning !o Wonder whether the
legislation ~s needed.
Still Shy On Bills
Though 2,230 bills - 987 in
the Senate and 1243 in the
House- have been introduced in
the 44th Legislature since it
convened last January, it seems
there still aren't enough.
This despite the fact that
scores of bills were, as usual,
introduced by title only, lbr use if
needed.
Editor, The Journal:
As a family which has lost
two pets to daytime hit-and-run
drivers, we would appreciate it if
you could find space for this
article from the Seattle Times.
Brian Kenny family
Route 1, Shelton
DRIVERS CAN
BE HELD LIABLE
IN DOG DEATHS
Eyewitnesses agreed the
terrier was standing motionless in
the street plainly unaware of the
approaching automobile.
They also agreed the driver
had plenty of time to sound his
horn, swing to one side or at least
slow down.
But he did none of these
things. Result: another canine
casualty.
Under these circumstances,
could the owner of the terrier
hold the motorist liable for
damages?
Indeed he could, a judge ruled
later. The negligent destruction of
a dog, said the judge, is no more
justified than the negligent
destruction of any other personal
property.
Nowadays this is the usual
attitude of the courts. No longer
does the law look upon dogs (as it
once did) as creatures of no value.
Nevertheless, in most cases,
the owner cannot hold the driver
liable because he cannot prove
negligence. Thus:
A motorist was returning
home one evening when a
neighbor's dog suddenly
front of his car. Although
was killed, a court ruled
motorist was not
The court said he
have foreseen that a dog
leap from the curb
darkness into his path.
Furthermore, the
make due allowance
necessities of traffic.
One case involved a
who hit a turkey that
into the highway. The
seeking damages, said
motorist should have
down when he saw the
the roadside - just in case.
But the court said that
be showing too much
to turkeys.
"Their rights
said the court, must give
the superior right of the
public to pass with
freedom and rational
Highways are not built
to stray in.
Editor, The Journal:
I am writing this
the person or persons who
my husband's cedar have a
Merry Christmas and
needed the money bad,
was our Christmas and ther
three kids here who won't
heck of a lot. God bless you.
Pat
Editor, The Journal:
I am seeking men and officers
who served aboard the mighty
aircraft carrier, the U.S.S.
Ticonderoga. Every man wlao ever
served on this free ship is entitled
to join our group. We will be
having our next annual reunion
this coming May at Ticonderoga,
New York. If interested
more details, write me,
your rate/rank, the division
group, and year(s) on board.
Big "T" Veterans'
So. Berwick,
By NICHOLAS VON HOFFMAN
The Federal Reserve Board is more powerful
CIA and less well known. Over the last several years a
of CIA people have defected over to the side of
human decency. No one has ever defected from the
Reserve System over to the side of the people.
The Fed is a uniquely scandalous institution of
unnecessary but successfully devious complexity that it
days even to understand its table of organization. But,
down to the essentials, the Fed is controlled by
many of their principal borrowers. It is the Fed which
up the money that the bankers lend to prop up such
enterprises as the Chrysler Corporation, TWA, and
Central, or so we surmise.
Nobody knows for sure except the Fed. Altho
Fed is a Government agency, created by act of
escapes ever having to go to Congress to ask for an
appropriation. The Fed has never been given an outside
That also is unique among Government agencies. A
require outside auditing is running into heavy
resistance. Representative Wright Patman of Texas has
the House that officers from such corporations as
Crown Zellerbach, and Dresser Industries are embarked
furious letter-writing effort to stop the audit.
Even more interesting is the letter opposing the audit
Patman got from Allen P. Stults, former head of
American Bankers Association and now president
American National Bank and Trust Company of
Stults wrote, "I would be deeply concerned
possibility of public confidence in our central
perhaps in our entire financial system being
result of more public information being made available
at present."
If the president of my bank said anything like that
my money out of it, but perhaps Stults is merely
facility of expression and he really meant
alarming. In any event, it is outrageous that bankers
fight auditing - not only fight it themselves but get
borrowers to fight it, and even mobilize the hack
to whom they throw consultant fees to fight it also. The
must have something to hide.
- from The
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