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Show Kebnun i: l'Cli Till'. I1KKM 1. Ptovo. 21 I'tah-Pa- ge The Lighter Side Picture This: Red Tape Along the Nile - ,4Vx 1 J V Let's use as a case in point the Great Pyramid erected at Giza as a tomb for the late King Khufu. It took 400.000 peasants 20 years to complete the structure, which included two million stone blocks each weighing more than Some research tUPIi projects that are otherwise soundly conceived may pursue the wrong objectives. Such a flaw is evident in the basic concept that has prompted a Japanese university to undertake the erection of a new pvramid in Egypt. "The university wants to test theories of how the original pyramids were built some 4,500 years ago. A more relevant test, I submit, "would be a project to determine whether the pyramids could have been built under conditions that exist today. WASHINGTON 1 two tons. Okay. If current conditions were made retroactive, the first step in Khufu's entombment would have been the preparation of an environmental impact statement. A number of questions would need answering, such as: would a stone polyhedron with a polygonal base and triangular faces meeting in a common vertex 481 feet in the ai; pose a menace to aviation'1 Or. suiting the question to the tunes, was there a danger that Ra. the Egyptian sun god, might snag the top of the pyramid with the wheels of his fiery chariot? And what of the ibis and other birds native to the area'' Were they in danger of colliding with the pyramid the way American birds keep banging into the Empire State Building'1 If ecological questions could be answered to the satisfaction of environmentalists, work might commence. But ere the first layer of stones could be placed it might be discovered site was the sole breeding that the ground of the Egyptian sand flea. would then be halted pending determine whether the fleas could be trained to breed in another part of the desert Construction a study to Once work resumed, the premises undoubtedly would be visited by inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Ad- ministration. ZIZTZ r TOM GILMORE is currently trying to win work releases for as many of his inmates as possible. He says his stark prison is not solving the problem of local crime. Shepherds Flock Unarmed Sheriff Gives Law New Look in Alabama .j BUDGET STORE i - - - tm& By TOM TIEDE most of the blacks here in the 1960s, Tom Gilmore had little use for Greene County Sheriff "Big" Bill Lee. The latter had a reputation for cracking the heads of Negroes who got out of line. He once hit Tom Gilmore with a cane, for example, during a voting rights demonstration. Unlike most of the blacks here, however, Gilmore decided to do something about the sheriff. What he did was take his job. Gilmore beat Lee by 100 votes, in 1970, to become the county's first black sheriff. That election changed the face of the law in this community, and just about everything else as well. Gone are the days when the sight of a police car chilled the hearts of area blacks. Gilmore wears no imposing uniform, he carries no weapon, he doesn't even display a badge. He says he upholds the law with reason and good feeling, where possible ; he believes there is good in everyone, even in criminals. EUTAW, Gilmore's election and gentle service have been felt everywhere here. Blacks, who once were not permitted to vote, now dominate the elections and the power structure. The county commissioners are all Slack, as is the probate judge. Racial tension has been broken. Gilmore says equality has come at last. Some say the rapid changes have been almost supernatural. And that figures. Besides being sheriff, Gilmore is also a Baptist minister. Six days a week he tries to keep peace in the people's streets, as he says, on the seventh he tries to keep it in their hearts. The work, he adds, is the same both places. Gilmore comes by his convictions appropriately. He says Martin Luther King, Jr., taught him to live without hatred. "I'm troubled by the things people du," he says, "but I don't hate them for it." Big Bill Lee might scoff, but the reverend sheriff says understanding has more clout than a nightstick: "You don't have L be violent to persuade people. When I arrest someone, I believe my approach is more important than my authority. I never insult a suspect, I never threaten him. If he's in a crowd, I'll call him out of it. I let him keep his manhood, his self respect. Usually, I have no trouble." Occasionally, Gilmore admits, his best intentions fail. For example, he once was confronted by a mentally disturbed felon. Then there have been drunks and the insistently combative. At such times Gilmore must wrestle with the opposition ; at 6 foot 1, he says, "I can take care of myself if necessary." Exceptions aside, though, the reverend sheriff practices what he preaches. He visits his jail as he would a hospital ward, to cheer up the res'dents. He calls the inmates by first names. He counsels them in quiet corners. Though responsible for their lockup, he often joins their fight for freedom. Currently, Gilmore is trying to win work releases for as many of his inmates as possible. He says his stark orison is not solving the problem of local crime. One young man is in for killing a girl in an automobile accident, he explains: "He's not a real criminal ; what good is it to let him rot here?" The jail depresses Gilmore. He is happier and more optimistic outside, driving a patrol car along the roads of his boyhood. He was born in a shack on the edge of a cotton field. The shack is still here, and so is his grandmother, now 74, who introduced him to God through the pages of a family Bible. Now 37, Gilmore teaches the Bible to others. He also tutors on the law. As such he embodies the two n authority. It's a heavy figures of traditional scutfc-rmeets it by being fair, and iie he says, rewnsibility, In Iulk3 ," he by ';cing kind, by being "interected savs it's the politics of brotherhood. Not everyone is taken with Gilmore's politics. Greene County is still 25 percent white, and a few in that category resent the changes the sheriff has brought. One shop keeper refers to Gilmore as "nigwould ger Tom." A few others continue to boast they never allow themselves to be arrested by a colored boy. The sheriff says the peckerwoods do not bother him. Rather than dwell on the few bigots, he prefers to talk about the many whites whose attitudes have changed. He says everybody competes for the same opportunities now, and roots for the same teams ; often, as for Hubert Humphrey, they even mourn the same dead. Gilmore says it's not always easy to be encouraged and all by the people. He points out that his church other churches in the county are still segregated. 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