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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, January 29, 1971
Washington Report
— By —
CONGRESSMAN WALTER B. JONES
The 92nd Congress convened
at twelve noon on Thursday,
January 21. The Democratic
members of the House returned
to Washington early in the week
and spent 2'/2 days in causus
nominating the Speaker,
Majority Leader, and other
empioyees of the House. The
causus also considered changes
in rules of the House but no
major changes were adopted.
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for you. Outdoor portraits,
for instance, are best taken
under a hazy or overcast
sky. Not only do people
squint in strong sunlight,
but the glare washes out
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Textured surfaces like
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The week produced some
surprises, perhaps most notable
being the defeat of Senator Ted
Kennedy as Floor Leader of the
Senate by Senator Robert C.
Byrd, of West Virginia. Most
[wlitical experts consider this a
hnal blow to any presidential
aspirations that Senator
Kennedy might have had for
1972.
The Capital was saddened by
the death of Senator Richard
Russell, of Georgia, a veteran of
38 years service. Senator
Russell was one of the most
highly respected members of
the United States Senate.
A numerical analysis of the
92nd Congress shows that there
are 56 new Members, a few of
whom took the oath of office in
the closing days of Uie 9lst
Congress. Of the 56 Members, 33
are Democrats and 23 are
Republicans. Of the total
number, 12 are women and, also
the 92nd Congress has 12
members of the black race.
One thing that contributes to
the length of the congressional
sessions is that each Congress
begins anew. All committee
chairmen and committees must
be re-appointed, and any bill
introduced and not acted upon
in the previous Congress must
be reintroduced and travel and
same legislative route.
Several bills were introduced
on opening day of the Congress,
many of which I co-sponsored.
Among these are; a bill to
provide all Americans medical
expense aid; a bill to
require that imported meat and
meat food products, made in
whole or in part of imported
meat, be labeled “import^” at
all stages of distribution until
delivery to the ultimate
consumer; a bUl to extend to all
unmarried individuals the full
tax benefits of income-splitting
now enjoyed by married
individuals filing joint returns;
a biU calling for a meaningful
investigation by a Special
Committee of the activities of
Associate Justice William O.
Douglas; a bill to create a
Select Committee on Aging in
the House of Representatives; a
bill proposing a Constitutional
Amendment that will provide
for the full enfranchisement of
the 18-year-old voter; and a bill
which would require a
serviceman returning from
actual combat duty to be
assigned to a base near his
home, if he so requests.
The highlight of the week was
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FOR SALE . . . This fire truck, shown in a scene from the
movie, “In Old Chicago,” is one of some 1,000 select 20th Cen
tury-Fox properties to he sold at auction February 25-28 at
Sotheby, Parke-Bernet, Los Angeles. Other movie memorabilia
includes Marilyn Monroe’s bed from “Let’s Make Love,” and Yul
Brynner’s throne from “The King and I.” Real boats, airplanes
and other properties no longer used for production will also
be sold.
MIRROR MORSELS
Life is as tedious as a twice-
told tale, vexing the dull ear of a
drowsy man.--William
Shakespeare.
Poetry comes fine spun from
a mind at peace.-Ovid.
In the parliament of the
present man represents a
constituency of the past.-Keats.
A great bad man is worse
than one of less talents, for he
has the extended capability of
doing harm.-George P. R.
James.
Go where he will the wise man
is at home, his hearth the earth,
his hall the azure dome.-Henry
Ellis.
There is no finer investment
for any community than putting
milk into babies.-Charles
Churchill.
The fine arts, once divorcing
themselves from truth are quite
certain to fall mad, if they do
not die.-Thomas Carlyle.
Life is my college. May I
graduate well, and earn some
honors.-Louisa May Alcott.
Life is very short, and verv
uncertain; let us spend it as well
as we can.-Samuel Johnson.
I saw old Autumn in the misty
mom stand shadowless like
silence, listening to silence.-
Thomas Hood.
She would have made a
splendid wife, for crying only
made her eyes more bright.-O.
Henry.
I leave to children
exclusively, but only for the life
of their childhood, all and every
the dandelions of the fields, and
the daisies thereof, with the the
right to play among them
freely.-Williston Fish.
Ill habits gather by unseen
degrees, as brooks make
rivers, rivers run to seas.-John
President Nixon’s State of the
Union message delivered at the
unusual hour of 9 p. m. Friday
night, January 22. His
recommendations were
received with mixed reactions
from members of both the
House and Senate, and certainly
some of his proposals will
encounter much difficulty in
being approved by both the
House and Senate. We will
discuss some of these in more
detail in a later column.
Dry den.
You shall judge of a man by
his foes as well as by his
friends.-Joseph Conrad.
No government can remain
stable in an unstable society
and an unstable world.-Leon
Blum.
I shall endeavor to enliven
morality with wit, and to
temper wit with morality.-
Joseph Addison.
Men are polished, through act
and speech, each by each, as
pebbles are smoothed on the
rolling beach.-John Townsend
Trowbridge.
MIRROR MIRTH
A beautiful woman’s face is
her fortune, and it runs into a
handsome figure.
Cultivate vices when you are
young, and when you are old
they will not forsake you.
Right is might, but a good left
never hurt a fighter.
Man is the only animal that
can be skinned more than once.
A pretty secretary may not be
able to add, but she can
certainly distract.
Love may be blind, but people
in love always see much more in
each other than other people do.
The best thing about tody’s
popular songs is they aren’t
popular very long.
A mother-in-law is another
mouth to heed.
A man who moralizes is
usually a hypocrite, and a
woman who moralizes is always
homely.
The sad part about education
is that some of the final
examinations are final.
It’s hard to decide which is
worst, entertaining a pest who
says nothing, or listening to a
bore who does all the talking.
Praise is what you get after
you’re dead. Most students
major in alibiology.
Fishing is eternal expectation
and perpetual disappointment.
The only thing bad weather is
good for is conversation.
A night club is a place where
the tables are reserved and the
guests aren’t.
Think twice before you buy a
four-poster bed. It’s a lot of
bunk. The reason some people
Auto Expense Tax
Deductions Are Increased
G reensboro — H ere’s some
good news for federal
taxpayers who qualify for
automobile expense de
ductions on their 1970
returns.
The deduction for business
use of your automobile has
been- increased to 12c per
mile for the first 16,000 miles
and 9c per mile for each mile
thereafter. The previous al
lowance was 10c per mile for
the first 15,000 miles and 7c
per mile thereafter. Tax
payers retain the right to
deduct actual automobile
operating expenses in lieu of
the mileage rate.
Also, the allowance for use
of your car in rendering
gratuitous service for a tax
exempt organization, or for
medical travel, has been in
creased from 5c per mile to
6c per mile.
drink liquor is they don’t know
what else to do with it.
Turkey gobblers would strut
less if ^ey could see into the
future.
Money talks, especially hush
money.
A narrow-minded man is one
who can look through a keyhole
with both eyes.
People who live in glass
houses should undress in the
dark.
High heels were invented by a
woman who had been kissed on
the forehead.
Bridge players learn to take it
on the shin.
A clever wife is one that gets
around her husband by hugging
him.
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