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Show SOME of our good Republican friends are asking this question: ques-tion: "How can Rush Holt be a 'polecat' 'pole-cat' and a 'Jackass' at the same time?" .They are, of course, referring to the description of the Republican gubernatorial candidate given by U.S. Senator Mansfield Neely. Here's the answer to this query: Rush Dew Holt once ran on the Democratic ticket. He then Jumped over, when he could not dictate the policies of this great party, to the Republican pasture. Remember that story about a certain , man-Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde who was two men in one, a split personality? He was one kind of a human being at times, one who was kind. Considerate, and lovable. Again he was a murderer, a rapist, and many times a criminal crim-inal of various kinds. So. we believe, Rush Holt can be a "polecat", and a "jackass" as well 83 that fellow could be a Dr. Jekyll and a Mr. Hyde. Mason County (W.Va.) News. The Department of Industrial Relations warns farmers that when schools open next month, the "three R's." will come first and cotton picking second for Alabama children under 16 years of age. Eufaula (Ala.) Tribune. ' . The recent drought In the Southeastern South-eastern states and in New England gives Americans new cause to be thankful for its great area and its flexible and highly productive agricultural agri-cultural system. The drought has A meant disaster to manv farmers. but the probability Is that It hardly will be noticed by consumers. In contrast to conditions in the drought-stricken areas, bumper crops are in prospect In other large areas and food and feed production still may bo at close to record levels. Natchitochea (La.) Enterprise. Enter-prise. This will bo a year of traitors and converts one political party will blast their bolting voters as traitors and the other party will bless them as converts. The Mason County News, New Haven, W. Va. . . Men's first flight to the moon isn't going to be as easy as some of the comic book writers and others have led us to believe, according to Dr. Clayton S. White, research director of the Lovelace Clinic In Albuquerque, New Mexico. The doctor points out that oxygen begins to run out at about ten thousand feet, and there isn't any at all above 60 thousand feet. In addition, at 22 thousand feet the barometric pressure is down to a point that decompression sickness affects the pilot's blood and lungs. Also at about 60 thousand feet there is a poisonous concentration of ozone, and above that is intensive in-tensive ultraviolet light And, of course, Dr. White calls attention to the fact that once the pilot leaves the earth's amosphere, he must look out for speeding meteors and . other flying bodies. But the research director agrees that getting a rocket ship into the upper atmosphere is feasible! The Phoenls (Arls.) Home News. |