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Show Page 64—THE HERALD,Provo, Utah, Sunday, April 1, 1979 by Roger Bollen FUNNY BUSINESS Tell Me Why CAPTAIN EASY Interesting People— T. Aquinas iT WORRYING! YOU'RE NOT THE FIRSTGy TO HWE HS DeNER'S LICENSE EXPIRE / ON THE OTHER HAN’ ACTUALLY SAW THEM STUFF THIS \F YOU'RE NOTIN ON HIS CRAZY PLOT, MISTER. THEN TELL ME..15 THERE ANY CHANCE THIS MADMAN 1S BLUFFING F VEST WITH EXPLOSIVE OR RIS THE DETONATOR: a By A. LEOKUM Win four “Tell Me Why” book,s (1,500 questions answered.I!lustrated). Send Include Zip Code. in case of duplicate questions the author will decide the winner. Thomas Aquinas, who lived from 1225 to 1274, was one of the greatest philosophers and theologians of the Roman Catholic Church. He taught that philosophyis based on reason, and that theology is based on revelation and faith. He felt that the twofields must be studied together, for reason provesthe truths accepted byfaith Thomas was bern in Italy and was related to the royal houses of France Aragon, and Sicily. 210m oy nea me HEY, WINTHROP! DID | | KNOW WHAT TM GOING YOU TELL ROBBIE || DO? I’M GOINGTO... THAT TM SIMPLE-MINDED?/| | OH, T ALMOST FORGOT. u He wanted to become a priest but his family objected strongly. So they kept him cap- eva Mes ne Tu neo US OO tive in the familycastle for almost two I_FLUNKED MY FINAL EXAM. IMNEW AROUND HERE --- HOW WOULD YOU LIKE A MOVIE \ years. But during this time he studied to prepare for religiouslife. When he was freed, he joined the DominicanorJer of priests. During his education before he became priest the other stuc-nts thought he wasdull This was because of his humiltiy and quietness. But his teacher, the great scholar Albertus Magnus, said that even though they called him a ‘‘dumb ox" his voice someday would be heard throughout the world. Aquinas lectured and taught pees in many cities of Europe. le refused an offer to be Abbot at Monte Cassino,and he also refused an offer to become Cardinal Archbishopof Naples. His time was devoted to teaching and writing. His greatest work, ‘‘Summa Theologica,” is still widely used and praised. It is both a summary of RomanCatholic teaching about God, and the basis of a system of philosophy. Thomas Aquinas was declared a saint in 1323 eee SPEED LIMIT 55 MINIMUM 45 AVERAGE 75 “ THAVES 3-3) J By Alfred Andriola OH, LE I NEVER SAW HOMER ACT SO STRANGE, LEFTY! ACTUALLY, HE'S. A HEALTH FOOD PERSON! HE CAN'T STAND IT BECAUSE] GTi SMOKE Jal FUN TIME I'LL HAVE The Chuckle Box Sue: My father spent three months shooting tigers in Brazil. Dick: There are no tigers in Brazil Sue: Of course not, he shot them all see Waiter: These are the best eggs we've had in years. Diner: Bring me two you haven't had so long. TO THINK ABOUT IT S,, By Al Vermeer MY OL? BOYFRIEND ? THE ONE I REJECTED TO MARRY YOU? THE ONE WHO WAS ALWAYS JEALOUS OF Your WHYWESAYIT HE SND THE ONE WHO SAID HE'D NEVER FORGET “HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!) |] we BUGGS BUNNY By Heimdah! & Stoffel TIME T’ PUT ON TH’ GLOVES AN’ GET UP T’_J STOP SHAKIN’! TH’ CLUCK YER FIGHTIN’S ONLY GOT TWO ARMS AN’ LEGS, OY me S uy “erea;puaseunieas pemun6264 Mr \4 | Comets often havelong “‘tails.”” The word “comet” comes from the Greek word ‘kometes,” meaning “wearing long hair.” What looks to us like a “tail’’ looked to the ancient Greeks like “long hair.”” Win a “Tell Me Why” book. (Hundreds of questions answered. Illustrated). Send your riddles, jokes to “‘RIDDLES, JOKES , TELL ME WHY." Include Zip Code. THIS HERE'S A PHOTYGRAPH OF MUH WIFE ON OUR WEDDING DAY HEY! somesopy DREW A MUSTACHE NO THEY DIDN'T ON HER ! This Day In History YER GONNA PAY FER TH’ DAMAGE T’ THIS YO DOOR, WISE GUY! ByUnited Press International Todayis Sunday, April 1, the 91st day of 1977 with 274 to follow. This is April Fool's Day. The moon is moving towarditsfirst HOW DID YOU UKE MY FOLKS 2 YOU HAVENT ON THE DRIVE BACK sai! TO JENNINGS, DAPHNE 15 STRANGELY SILENT THEY SEEM LIKE NICE, HARDWORKING ff quarter The morning stars are Mercury. Venus and Mars. The evening stars are Jupiter and Saturn Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff was born April 1, 1873 On this day in history: In 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio, began paying the fire department a e331 ‘ALLEY OOP By Dave Grave C'MON , FOOZY! IF WE CAN GET OL’ HOOK-TOOTHS ATTENTION, OOP MAY BE ABLE T'SLIP BY HIM! regular salary. Ordinary firemen drew $60 a year. In 1918, the Royal Air Force was founded and two months later Britain began bombing industrial targets in Germanyfrom French bases in World DON'T WORRY, ALFIE BABY! «5 A CUP OF JAIL HOUSE COFFEE | WILL CLEAR YOUR HEAD / THEN YOU CAN TELL’ THE COPS ALL ABOUT YOUR LOST FORTUNE! WarI In 1931, Virne “Jackie” Mitchell, 19 becamethefirst womantosign with an all-male baseball team. She joined the Chattanooga. Tenn. club. In 1975, Communist troops from the north swept into South Vietnam towns on the central coast and it was feared an attack oa Saigon was imminent. A thought for the day: German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche said, “Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better of their blunders.’ Book Award NEWYORK(UPI) - A novel about twogirls caught in the Nazi invasion of Vienna has won the 36th annual Children’s Book Award of the Child Study Children’s Book Committee “The Devil in Vienna” by Doris Orgel (Dial Press $7.95) tells how thegirls, one Jewish, the other, Catholic, defy Nazi propaganda and brutality, with the help of a courageous priest. The author was born in Vienna, andlived there with her family when the Nazi invasion of Austria began Cg THE BORN LOSER Faar's wma THs."HES. HONE. 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