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Strauss"Yesterday I read in a leading U. S.

news magazine that Franz Josef Strausscould possibly become the president ofa Un ited States of Europe if it shouldever form. Then I remembered readingthe same thing in Th e PLAIN TRUT Ha few months earlier. The PLAINTRUTH is surely ahead of all the othermagazines in reporting news accurately.So many of the things you have beenpredicting for years are now comingto pass in world news. For news in advance, I always turn to Th e PLAIN

"Please do not send me any more ofyour square trash. At first I thought itwas going to be cool. But man, it's forsquares and I am not square. I am ahippy, take drugs and have a love.child.Drugs are beautiful."

Miss Alyce W .,St. Augustine, Florida

Thanks for calling ' IS square,"Alyce. JV e believe in being "sqllarely0111 of debt," "square shooters," andalways landing right side liP. A ndyou're right - 0 1/1 Literature is anything bnt "cool" - it's more like acOJlsllmmg fire.

H ippies"I just finished reading your book on

hipp ies and it did just what it wasin tended to do - started me to thinking or should I say, 'lifted my lid.' Iam, was, or at least th ink I am a hippieand in jail at the present time for carrying a gun and possession of Y2 poundof meth . I'm 30 years old and havebeen using drugs since I was 14 sothere is veIY little anyone can tell meabout drugs, good or bad. I agree withall - most all of your books. In fact,I'm going to ask yOll to send my wifea copy and her mother one also. Mywife is a hippie and so is her mother."

Melv in D. B.,Pleasanton, California

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Associate EditorsAlbert -J. Portune David Jon HillRegional Editors: U. K. : Raymond F, I\-IcNair;Aust. : C. Wayne Cole; S. Af ric a : . Er nestW ill iams; Germany: Frank Schnee; Philippi nes:Gerald W aterhouse; Switzerland: Coli n \'Vilkins;Latin America : Enrique Ru lz,Conlributing Bditort: Gary 1. Alexander, Di barK. Apartian, Robert C. Bor aker, \'i ill iam F.Dankenbring, Cha rles V . D orothy, Jack R.Elliott, Vern L Farrow, Gun ar Preibergs,Robert E, Gen ter. Pau l WI . Kroll, Ernest LMart in Gerhard O. Marx, L Leroy N eff,Richard F. Plache, Richard H. Sedliacik. LynnE. Torrance, Eugene l-.I. \'


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October, 1969 The PLAIN TRUTH

In This Issu e:What our ReadersSa y . . . . . . . Inside Front CoverPersonal from the EditorYankees of the Orien t? 2F Ol l O 'X'IN G THE ARSON ATTEMPT'0 burn down the Al AksaMosque in Jerusalem, some care

less news dispatches have attemptedto link the suspect with AmbassadorCollege. All such stories are 100%false. There is not, and never has been,any connection whatsoever.It is appalling what irresponsible,

careless, false reporting is finding itsway into some portions of the publicpress today.Because it has come to my attentionsuch unfounded reports have appeared

in newspapers in the United States,Canada, Britain, Europe, Australia andelsewhere, even going so far as to linkmy name with the man held for thisdastardly act, I give you here the facts.I had never before heard of the

name of the suspect. There has neverbeen any connection between him andme, or any of our people associatedwith me or Ambassador College.

When Ambassador College wasfounded , in 1947, it was operated thefirst four years as an activity of theChurch of God, a non-denominational,non-proselyting church. In the spr ingof 1952 the college was separately incorporated, and has continued on itsown as a college in the Liberal Artsand Sciences ever since. Although aseparate institution from the Churchof God, with different functions, therehas remained a relationship. I wish tomake clear, however, that neither thisChurch nor Ambassador College hasany member-getting program. No oneis ever asked or urged to join. Further,admission to Ambassador College is notlimited to this or any other churchmembership, and membership is not arequirement for faculty members. Weemploy several who are not. Ambassador College is non-sectarian, a coeducational college in the liberal arts,with no discrimination as to religiousfaith.

Here are the events, as they cameto my attention :The first time any of us had heard

the name of this man Rohen (or Rohan)was when the news of the AI AksaMosque fire first broke.The news of this Mosque fire started

coming in at the Ambassador CollegeNews Bureau at Pasadena, where wemaintain the leased wire services ofAssociated Press, UPI and Reuters 24hours daily around the clock. Our NewsBureau Chief, Mr. Gene Hogberg, cameto my ollice with the Teletype bulletinlinking Rohen with the Church of God.Immediately I checked with Me. Keith

Hunter, Director of the Data ProcessingCenter on our Pasadena campus. Everymember of the Church of God, worldwide, is on file at the Center. The nameRohen was not there, or any similarname. The press release said Rohen hadcome from Sydney, Australia. ThereforeI telexed Mr. C. Wayne Cole, Managerof our Sydney office for information.His immediate Telex reply said he hadnever heard of the man, and hedefinitely was not a member of theChurch of God, in any of the Churchesin Australia or New Zealand.Through advertisements in large space

in mass-circulation magazines and newspapers all over the world, with a readership of 150 million, we invite people tosubscribe to The PLAIN TRUTH. Also onThe WORLD TOMORROW programbroadcast worldwide, with at least 50mill ion listeners, we invite subscribersto The PLAIN TRUTH. There are twomillion names on the subscription list.The records at the Data Processing

Center show a subscription to ThePLAIN TRUTH was entered December,1968 by a Denis Rohan. He had been,we found, a subscriber to the BibleCorrespondence Course mailing list. Noqualifications are requir ed , and theselessons are mailed indiscriminately to

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How to Have aHappy FamUy 5The Blazing Fury of Fire . . . . . . 9Radio Lag 15Arid Lands - Can They BeReclaimed in Time? . . . . . . . 18Grea test Storm inU. S. History . . . . . . . . . . . 24TV Lag 31The Story of Man 33Short Qu estionsfrom Our Readers 39The Modern Romans-

Part //1 . . . . . . 41Advance N ew s Reports

Come Alive Today . . . . . . . . 48

hhiJcawai ima _ Hat ima PhotoOUR COVER

The SS Tokyo Maru, first of Japan'snew line of mammoth- sized tankers,fl ies the flag of the Tokyo TankerCo. Built for abou t S12-million atthe Yokohama Shipyard of Ishikawa.jima-Harima Heavy Industries Company , she was laun ched in a recordbreaki ng 139 days. Remote controlsystems are used throughout the sh ip.From a central control room theen tire load of 1,213,000 ba rrels ofoil can be unl oaded in 20 hours.Bridge of the vessel , wh ich towersseven stories over her deck, isequi pped with an eleva tor. I f stoodon end, To kyo Maru 's length, 1,006feet (306.5 meters). wou ld almostequal the he ight of the Eiffe l Tower.Since the launch ing of the 152,000ton Tokyo Maru in 1966, Japaneseshipyard s have launched a tankertw ice its size and have at least one500,000 ton tanker in planning stage.


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YANKEES ofCan Japan remain an industrial giant, but a political andmilitary dwarf? Obvious signs of restlessness, a call to armsand power, are appearing in modern Japan . Only an uninformed idealist could expect the second-largest economy inthe non-Communist world to continue living in unarmedneutrality. For years, we have reminded our readers towatch Japan . We're still doing it. Here's why.

by Garner Ted Armstrong


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the ORIENT?Tokyo, JapanJAPAN HAS changed. I am forciblymade aware of a new mood amongJapanese people - a stronger assertion of nationalism - a growing awareness of Japanese power.

Now I know, as a white, what it mustbe like for many an American Negro towalk into a cafe or . restaurant of hisown choice and be told, " I'm sorry . . .we don't serve blacks here." While thisis largel y a thing of the past in America,there is something similar happeninghere in Japan.I'm not a Japanese citizen, but a

visitor in a foreign country, so theanalogy is only partly applicable, but onseveral occasions ] have been told, "Sosorry - j apanese only - we don 't serveAmer icans here."

Sensit ive JapaneseW ithin days, the Japanese people have

celebrated the 24th ann iversaries of the 'dropping of the first Atomic bombs,first on Hiroshima, and then on Nagasaki. It's no wonder the Japanese peop le,with the ir peace constitution and widespread pacifist sentiment, act extremelysensitive about war, and nuclear weapons in particular.But don't th ink (or a moment these

people gathered in silent ceremony atground zero in those two cit ies in soc-row and humi lity ove r the ir share inWorld War II, th ink ing thoughts ofself-recriminat ion and repentance . Theyare still painfu lly and acutely awarethose bombs were made in America.Let me illustrate. In the emotion

filled voice of poignant memory, Emperor H irohito told a large audience ofhis person al feelings since Worl d W arII. He said the memory of Japan'sdefeat is "still painfu l for me."The representatives of over 4,000

families who lost loved ones duri ng the

war wept open ly at the Emperor's highpitched , chok ing words.Subjected to the ultimate humi lity

unconditional surrender and years ofpainful military occupation - the Japanese people are beginning to face theworld with a newfound assurance andconfidence. Deep within the hearts ofthe Japanese people is an abhor rence forwar, a rejection of militaristic policies,and a desire for continuing peace andprosperity.But Japan is f inding itself in an in

creasingly difficult political climate, surrounded by increasingly difficult neighbors. Most of Japan's new predicamentis th e direct result of her industrial andeconomic resurgence.

An Economic Gian tJapan is second only to the Uni ted

States in all the non-Communistworld in total output of goods andservices - gross national pro duct $140 billion (58 .3 thousand mill ion )in 1968 as compared with $132 billion( 55 thousand million) for W est Germany and $1 10 billion (45.8 thousandmillion) for Britain,Th e economic growth rate is phenom

enal - 16% per year, and one of thehighest in the world . Japan has led theworld for the past 12 years in tonnageof shipping built , and passed WestGermany recently in automobile production , second only, now, to the UnitedStates.T he sh ipbuilders of Japan have helped

create a situation which can burst on anunsuspecting world like a bombshell ina few years . No t on ly has Japan builtitself a huge merchant marine, but ithas made shipping a major exportitem, with sales of 5.1 million tonsof ships to 60 different countries in1967, and in only two short years about

$ 1,000,000,000 worth of ships skiddingdown the ways to represent nearly 100/0of Japan's total exports.Japan's th robbing shipbuilding indus

try has bu ilt its merchant marine upto 17.5 million tons of ships, and thislarge merchant marine is the funnelthrough which all Japanese economy isfed . Fuel, raw materials, trade goodsflow in, and millions of tons of manufactured goods flow out.But this vital economy is built on a

very precarious physical base. Japanmust import nearly all her essentialraw materials. W hile she has demonstrated to the rest of the world that ahigh rate of literacy, ultra-modern technical ability, and capacity for self-sacrificing hard work can build a nation into:1 modern economic miracle - she hasnevertheless pro jected herself into analmost total dependence on the capriceof other nations, world markets, andchance military upsets.Japan , then, while rid ing the crest of

the wave of indu strial boom, and experiencing a satisfying rise in the standard nf living, is finding herself atthe mercy of world trade, subject tothe vagaries of international politicalclimates.

Japanese Dependence on T radeUn like most of the big industrialpowers, Japan must depend almost en

tirely on the flow of raw materialsfrom faraway ports. Europe, with itsmany navigable rivers and canalsand with its own extensive coal deposits, is the antithesis of Japan forphysical base of industry.

Whi le Japan does have hundreds ofhydro -electric stations dotting her rugged mou ntainous interior, and is weIlsupplied with qualified, hard -workingmanpower, she lacks the th ird major


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4element for big industry - iron, pri marily. and other raw materials to feedher industrial plants.She must import most of the zinc,

tin, bauxite and lead with which tomake alum inum ; import prodigiousquantities of iron , oil, coal, and otherraw materials. Th is demand for materials has sent thousands of well-educated,multi -lingual Japanese businessmen tothe far nooks and crannies of the worldto tie up future sou rces of supp lies.Hardly a month goes by without Tokyoannouncing another long-term contractual agreement with another farawaycountry for coal, iron ore, or oth ermaterial. And the Japanese iron andsteel makers are looking on beyond thetime when they foresee America's andWest Germany's iron ore resourcesdep leted .They are already seeing beginning

compe tition from American and German steel firms in tying up supplies fo rsteel p roduction which have alreadybeen exploited by Japan's long-termraw-material purchase departments.Japan depends on trade more than

any other country approaching her size- and her industry could grind to asilent halt far more quickly than thatof Germany or the United States, shouldthose trade sources be cut off.Japan is natura lly vitally concernedwith world conditions. She depends on

favorable trad ing climates - open sealanes. As a result , she is seeking alarger voice, and a more powerfulinfluence on world affairs.She wants a larger role in the United

Na tions, commensurate with her economic strength . The Japanese Ambassador to the UN ., Me. SenjinTsuruoka, said : "Our influence is stillthat of a middle-class power, thoughour gross national product ranks secondto Amer ica in the free world. Japan'ssay in the internat ional political arenais not yet commensurate with its economic strength."Japan obviously is vitally concerned

with international political conditions.No nat ion of such size and importancedares choose to be otherwise.Jap an's Srake in the Middle EastMuch of the oil flowing into Japan

ese industry must originate in the Mid-

The PLAIN TRUTI!dIe East. Today, Japanese businessmenare negotiating for additional interestsin rich Mideast oil fields, includ ing aslice of Red Sea offshore fields, whereJapanese investmen ts already total $83million . Japan competes with france,the Soviet Uni on and the United Statesin the race to buy and develop oil andnatural gas deposits of the AlgerianSahara .Over ninety percent of Japan 's oil

imports must come from Mideast portsth rough the narrow Strait of Malacca,between Singapore and Sumatra ( the tipof Malaysia and one of the main islandsof Indonesia) .Wi th British Forces disappearing from

Indi an Ocean areas and soon fromSingapore, and with increased Communist threats along the periphery ofSoutheast Asia, Japan cannot affordto blind herself to the obvious.P resident Nixon has said the Unit ed

States will undertake no new defensecommitments in Asia. To Japanese ears,this means Japan must protect her owninterests.

Already, Japanese admirals are asking, "Shou ld not Japan build up anaval fleet at least strong enough toprotect her merchant marine through theStrait of Malacca?''

Another school of thought within theJapanese defense establishment calls fora high ly sperialized attack force thatcould cut off any potential threat to theStrai t of Malacca at its source.By sheer size, Japanese industry has

forced some critical reevaluation ofpublic views on defen se. Despite theirstrong aversion to militarism, and stillpainful memories of defeat in WorldWar II , there is a large and growingsegment of the public which feelsJapan's own self-defense capabilitiesmust be drastically improved.

Japan cannot help wondering, in thewake of American disasters at the Bayof Pigs, the Powers incident, and thePueblo seizure, whether mighty UncleSam really wo"ld exercise his strengthto help Japan in case of another Southeast Asian fiareup which this time mightthreaten Japanese supp ly routes. IfAmeri ca could not rescue her own will she rescue her former enemies?

October, 1969The time is app roaching for another

review of the security treaty betweenJapan and the U. S. Economic leadersmay not insist the treaty be totallyscrapped, but you can look for drast icrevision. Th is may take the form of anautomatic extension of the treaty allowing Japan to continue dwellingunde r the American "nuclear umbrella"while building, at the same time, herown powerful defense force.In terestingly enough, Kazutaka Kika

wada, represent ative director of theJapan Committee fo r Economic Development said, "As a leading nation inAsia, Japan should realize its responsibility, and take over as much as possible the role of the U.S. which hasover-committed itself in this par t of theworld . . . ."For years, I have been saying on The

WORLD TOMORRO\\, broadcast thatJapan would move into any powervacuum in the East - that she was thenatural, logical, inevitable leader of EastAsia.Powerful indust rial leaders have com

plained that Japan is "only half anat ion" and remarked that, "Japan isthe world's most modernized and industrialized nation. Yet it is in a nuclearvacuum, and its defensive strength isextremely weak."The se same industrialists know that

Japan' s industry would be ground. to animmediate halt shou ld that vital conveyor belt of ships be interruptedthrough the Strait of Malacca.\Vith in the Pentagon, some voices

urge that Japan must NOT be encouragedto rearm.

But American s shall soon see theJapanese making their own decisionswithout any noticeable worry over furrowed American brows.

The Air Force RoleVisitors to a large Japanese air base

heard a general say, "Attack is the bestdefense." Perh aps this is the sort ofremark one expects from genera ls inmuch of the world. But it had suchpoignant politica l overtones in Japanthe gene ral hasti ly asked that his namebe withheld from the press.The Japanese Constitution renounces

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HOW TO HAVE A

appy amiyWhy do fam ilies fail? What makes teen-agers get involved in drugs,illicit sex and other life-wrecking situations? Here are THREE importantwa ys to prevent such a tragedy from occurring in YOUR home .by Eugene M. Wa lter and A. B. BillingsleyTE MOTHER sat looking out herfront window. It was late atnight and the neighborhood was

quiet. Th ere hadn't been any activity onthe street for some time. Yet themother sat straining her eyes and ears,looking and listening for the familiarsounds of her three children returninghome.

As she sat, occasionally dabbing ather tear-filled eyes, she wearily reflectedon the past events in her life, wondering where she had failed.

Only a few months ago her familyhad been complete. Then her older son- a youth in his middle teens-ran away from home. And just a fewdays ago, her daughter and her otherson - both barely in their teens - alsoran away from home.

To make things worse. they stole thefamily savings - several hundred dollars. Now there would not be the exciting vacation they had been lookingforward to for such a long time.

Where were her children in this hostile, dog-eat-dog world ? Were theysafe? W hat would happen to themwhen the money was spent - or stolen ?

W ith tears streaming down her faceand sobs beginning to shake her body,she cried, "Where, oh where, have Ifailed?"

Another Sad-but-Tru e StoryA few states away, another father and

mother were sitting in the loneliness oftheir home, and pondering - as theyhad many times before - where theyhad failed their children.

Their one and only son was serving a

prison sentence of possibly 42 years forbeing an accomplice to murder and kidnapping. He could have been releasedin the near future for good behavior,but he keeps getting into troub le in theprison. The parents have very littlemoney. And since the imprisoned son ismany miles away, they rarely get to seehim.Th eir daughter married a young manwho is presently in Vietnam. Prior tohis induction they obtained a divorceand the daughter came back to her parents with her two little babies. And asif this weren't enough, the parents wererecently stunned to hear that theirdaughter is now in trouble again.Because the mother's health has deteriorated rapidly, the father is havingto carry the brunt of the wholewretched mess - including the rearingof his daughter's little babies.

Just a few days ago, two officials whohad been talking to the father asked,"What kind of relationship did youhave with your childr en as they weregrowing up ? Was there affectionshown? Was there communicationwithin the family?"The father bitterly replied, "No,there was never anything like that. Mywife and I didn' t know anything aboutrearing children."

Thousands of Such CasesAre these two tru e stories just iso

lated examples ? Rare occurrences? Unusual circumstances?

Not at all!People by the untold thousands are

this very minute living examples such asthese across the length and breadth of

many lands around the globe. You personally probably know several exampleslike this if you stop to think about it. I tis even a definite possibility that yourfamily is such an example.But why? What makes families fail ?What goes wrong to cause tragedies likethis to happen ? Is there a reason ?

There is a cause for every effect - areason for every result. There are verydefinite reasons why some families failand why other families are successfuland happy.

This one short article presents threevitally important and basic principleswhich are the backbone of a stable andhappy family. Here they are.

I. Giv e YourseJf to You rFamily

"Our parents never have t ime forus," said a teen-agee who was recentlybeing interviewed on The WORLD ToMORROW broadcast. "They are alwaystoo busy doing the th ings they want todo."

How tragic - but how true !Some time ago, there was a movie in

which a father who was dying of cancerwas trying to find out why his youngestson did n't want to inherit his vastwealth. His son was drunk most of thetime, and though married to a beautifulwoman who loved him, wasn't happy.Th e father kept probing his son withquestions as he reminded him of all thegifts he had purchased for him.

Finally he struck a raw nerve and hisson brokenheartedly cried out, "True,you gave me all of these things, but Idon' t care about them . All I ever


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6wanted was the one thing you didn'tgive me - and that is your love."Hi s father replied, "W hy son, I've

never seen you cry before, and it isn'ttru e that I haven't loved you, for I havealways loved you in my own way."His son answered, "You owned us.

You were always so interested in howto make money that you never gave uswhat we really wanted, and that is, ofyourself ."Then the son asked his father what

kind of a father he had had. H is father,with a fond look of reflection on hisface, said, "You know, my dad didn'tleave me anything but an old travelingbag - but he always took me with himwherever he would go."How often this story could be te-

peated ! How many parents there arc intoday's affluent society who g ive theirchildren everything but themselves !Th ey simply don't take time for theirchild ren.Some parents do sec the importance

of spending time with their family. Butthere are far too many parents in allwalks of life who feel they are the except ion to the rule. They feel that whatthey are doing is more important thanspending time with their family .But which is worse, letting your Fam

i1y suffer physical hardships nr lettingthem suffer mentally, emotionally andspiritually by denying them those thingswhich only you as a parent can giyethem?

Private Family Act ivitiesa MustThere are many activit ies in which

the whole family can part icipate. Groupactivities such as picnics, swimming,hiking, and fishing can be g reat fun .However, group activities should

never replace private family activities.In group activities the family too oftenends up in other groups and away fromeach other. Abou t the only time they seeeach other is going to and returningfrom the group function.Time spent in priv ate with your fam

ily provides an excellent opportunity toteach them the tr ue values of life. Thereis no substitute for having such familytime - with the whole family involved.A fat her should rarely let a day go by

without seeing and being with his family - at least for a little whi le.

Th , PLAIN rnurrrWi th few except ions, there should be

a planned activity every week which involves the whole fami ly. This will oftenbe difficult. But if you make a way andpersist, it will be one of the most gra tifying experiences of your life.Take time to be with your precious

family! Make the effort to give them ofyourself !

II. Communicate withYour Fami ly

John McKee of the Dallas CrimeCommission explained to a newspaperreporter this year how 14- to 16-year-oldh igh school girl s are lured into takingdrugs by an underworld organization.Once hooked, the girl s are forced intoprostitution to financially suppo rt thehabit.Mr . McKee was asked if as a result of

his work he had learned a lesson thatother parents should know. Here is hissurPClslOg answer:"Definitely. Every one of the girls

came from a middle to upper-incomefamily. Usually with one or two chil dren. Th ey all had one thing in common : They didn't feel they could communicate with their families." In order to test this out, we inter

viewed 30 or 40 girls who had been approached by the prostitution gang in thesame method I described, but who didnot succumb. They escaped the trap .These girls felt they could talk to theirparents and commun icate with them.One, for example, said she felt free totalk to her mother about prostitutionwhen she was 9 years old" (DallasMomillg Nett's, April 18, 1969) .Yes, in too many homes there is sim

ply no communication. Any number ofexcuses can be g iven, but none isreally valid.Your Child ren Need You r HelpIn this generation especially, our ch il

dren are constantly surro unded bystrong immoral influences. l\f any oftheir friends will look on anyone whodoesn't succumb to these influences as asqua re.Today's young people need all the

help they can get. Many are crying outfor help, but there is no one who willlisten or show them the way.Read thi s pathetic letter written to us

October, 1969by Bonita W . from Baltimore, Maryland:"I am a very fr ightened and confused

gi rl of 19. I find that I just can't communicate with any of my family, andthere is really no elder I have faithenough in to talk to. The only real satisfaction I get out of my tension-filledexistence is through your radio pro grams and magazines. Thi s is why I seekyour personal assistance with my problems. My family is a major pain to me.There is no real outgoing love and compassion. Each of us is just concernedabout himself. My mother says I'm 19and should be grown enough to handlemy own problems, hut I'm not. I'mscared of I don't know what; life Iguess. I have questions that conf ront meevery day. But my mother seems afraidto stay in the same room with me longenough for me to start asking thesequestions. I tried confiding in friend s,but they know really no more than I,telling me to do 'my own thing,' stopworrying and get all the fun out of lifewhile I can. I've read your publicationson how to live, about dating, etc. andthey all make good sense. I want verymuch to do these th ings, but it' s so hardfor one person to stand alone . . . Iwant fr iends; I can't stand being aloneand defeated, and I want to be toldwhat to do. I want somebody to try_tounderstand me and give me some ad vice. You are the only one I haveenough faith in to turn to. I will tryvery hard to abide by what you tell me.Only please tell me.""Only please tell me!"How many of your children have the

same anguished, crying questions inthe ir minds - afraid to voice them forfear of perhaps the same answer s asgiven to Bonita ?What a tragedy that so many parents

never learn to communicate with theirchildren!All because many parents haven' t got

ten rid of the wrong teachings - orlack of teaching - they received fromtheir parents and others.

Don't Be N aiveDon't be so naive as to think that

your children are not exposed to justabout everything. One mother in Cali-


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October, 1969fornia said : "My daughters come homefrom school and ask me,


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IWar! Over 12,000 were killed. Multiple other thousand s were maimedscarred, burned, cripp led, disfigured

Fire is one of man's greatest servants, but it can be a vicious killerI t frequently strikes in the dead ofthe nigh t, when people are unawareasleep. I t strikes often suddenlysteal thily, seemingly silently. I t is norespecter of persons. I t has no regardfor human values or human life.

los Angeles Ci'r Fire D e ~ ' Pholo

The Frightful ScourgeFire can be a horrible enemy whenout of control , on the rampage, stirredto a frenzy by dry timber, o il-soakedrags, gasoline, a faint stirring breezeIt can kill scores at a time, devastatebuildings, desecrate forests, prairiesand grasslands, and scorch theearth with its unrelenting heat andsavage fucy.Every )'ear fire costs the Americanpeople over $2,000,000,000 loss inproperty damage.Yet, authorities state that 95 percent

A RAGING inferno in the deadof the night. Screams andwails, crying children, weepingadults, panic-stricken at the hot lashof thick smoke and sea ri ng flames.

Like a scene from Dante's inferno.

by William F. Dc nkenb ringPrepared in cooperation with thelos Angeles City Fire Department

Your ChancesYour chances of suffering from afire during the next twel ve years

are extremely high. According tofire department statis tical estimates,the "average" person is a victim offire every twelve years or [ire t imes

dur ing his lifetime! This could include fire in your home, automobile,place of business, or on a campingtrip. It may include loss of property. burns, even death!

Are you prepared for thetime fire may strike yourfamily?

In 1968, fire killedalmost as many Americans as the Vietnam

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Every year over 72,000 lives are snuffed outby fires in th e United States alone.The average person suffers from FIREevery 72 years!Here is w ha t you can doJ.yo ur family from . . ~->


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Urb an grow t ho f so lu t i o n .c oup led wi thand pr e s s u r e s in troduce new pro b le ms in needUncon t ro l le d ar s on by d i s s i d e n t gr oup s ,d i r ect a t tacks on f i remen , c annot be t o l e r a t e d .

Time l y i n f ormat i on i n t h i s a r t i c l e ca n a s s i s t a l l of u s inpr e ve n t in g f i r e and ne ed l e s s human su f f er ing .Members o f t he f i re ser v i c e wi l l in g ly d e d i c a t e t h e i r timeand l i ve s t o prev en t an d ex t i ngu i s h f i re . W , a l one , cannotdo t he j ob - and we e ar n e s t l y so l i c i t your suppor t i n r each i ng our obj ec t i ve of " f r eedom f r om th e r a v ages of f i r e . "

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l os Ange 'e s City fi re Dep t . PhotoNEEDLESS DESTRUCTION - 95% of 0 11 fires o re co use d by corele ssnessa nd a re p reventabl e.

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FIRE!of all fires could be prevented! Think ofit! Th ere is no excuse for 95 percent ofall fires ever occurring !Yet it happens. Daily. Hourly . Every

day in 1968 there were an average ofover 6,500 fires ( 2,400,000 in theyear ) . Somewhere in the Un ited States,a fire erupts int o spontaneous fury , de vour ing property, possibly life andlimb, every 13 seconds. These fires sentat least 12, I00 people to death.Fires in the U . S. cost a whopp ing $6

million every sing le day - or over$4 ,000 every minute. Millions of dollars ' worth transformed into smoke andashes, not to mention lives destroyed.And 95 percent of it could be avoided !According to the National Fire Pro

tection Association, every sing le dayfires in the United States alone claiman average of 33 human lives, 1,5 10homes, 167 apartments, 23 schoo ls, 10churches, 21 hospita ls and nur smghomes, 149 farm bui ldings, 126 industrial plan ts, and 208 stores, restaurantsand offices.That's every single day!Residenti al fires alone kill at least

6,500 people, including 2,100 child ren,one third of whom are alone or withoutproper supervision at the time of thefire.Said an article in the Chicago Trib-

Nne, "The United States has the highestdeat h rate per capita fr om fires of any ofthe world's major nations. . . ."J. Herher t Holloman , Acting Under

Secretary of Commerce, said the UnitedStates rate is twice tha t of Canada, fourtimes that of the Uni ted Kingdom,and 6 times that of Japan" ( April 6,1967) .That's noth ing to be proud of. But

regardless of where you live, fire cancatch you unawares and ho rribly mut ilate, massacre, and murder innocentpeople, includi ng young children.

Unfortu nately, most peop le dismissfires as just "bad luck" They call them"accidental."N ot at all! Fires are not unav oidable.

How "unavoidable" is smoking cigarettes ? Is "bad luck" to blame for over-

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loading electric circuits? Is a poorlymain tained heating unit or cookingequipment "accidental"?T ime \Vas \X/h en the Fireman . . .In years gone by, the fireman was

loved by children, and many youngpeople wanted to be fi remen when theygrew up. Time was when the firemanwas a much honored, respected memberof any community. But times havechanged.

What ether conclusion can one reachwhen today firemen are ofte n pel tedwith rocks, sniped at when battling ablaze, cursed or taunted, jeered andhooted by malicious, angry crowds?Firemen haven't earned that hatred!

Th ey haven't changed f rom the protectors of life and preservers ofproperty. But times have changed.Tod ay, arson is becoming more commonplace, fal se alarms are increasing .Ghet to hatred of anybody in a uniformhas grown tremendously. Tod ay, it isdangerous to be a fireman in a big cityor metropoli s like New York City,Los Angeles or Gary, Indiana. Last

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year alone New York City experienced127, 9 56 fires - an increase of 40 percent over the previous year. Since 1960in Los Angeles, fires have more thandoubled!In 1968 New York firemen ex

perienced 947 att acks and 125 firemenwere injured by ang ry people they werattemping to hel p. Three times as manyfiremen proportionately are killed in thline of duty as policemen.In large cities and especially ghetto

areas, being a fireman is fast becomingone of those " thankless jobs."Anybody wearing a badge, or toting

firehose, or wearing a uniform today issymbo l of aut hority - represents th"establishment" - and therefore seemto be "fair game" for d issidents, mobsthe disenchanted and disenfranchisedHinder ing a fireman in the perform

ance of h is duty is like cutt ing off younose to spite your face. It's comparablto smashing your fist through a windowto see if it' ll bleed.Firemen are protectors of propertand life for all segments of our POPULI


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FIRE!tion equally and certainly do not merithindrance in their humanitarian effort.

Are YOU Prepared!In 1968 in the Uni ted States alonethere were an estimated 2,400,000 fires,

costing a total of $2,180,000,000.But the stark tragedy of fires is not

revealed in mere numbers and dry statistics. It is revealed in the personal agony,anguish and suffering of flesh and bloodhuman beings like you and me.

Fire unl eashed can be a deadly foe a dangerous killer - and expensive !What can you do about it ? There arc

positive steps you can take to preventfires - to safeguard your own familyand protect your property!But the question is - are you willingto take the time to not only read whatsafety experts say, but also to implementtheir suggestions and precautions intoyour own home and fam ily life ?Or are you too calloused, too negli

gent, too unconcerned, like some, tomake the effort to prot


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LOl Ang. les (i l.- Fire Dep t. Phot oLOSS OF LIFE- Injuries and death from fi re can oft en be preventedby fami ly t ra in ing and careful planning ahead of t ime .

ized, has the explosive force of 85one-pound sticks of dynamite. Don't usegasoline fo r anything other than aninternal combusti on eng ine.

4. Fireplaces - Use a screen in f rontof the fireplace and have a sparkarrester on top of the chim ney to keepburn ing brands from coming through.(You can make a spark arrester with Y2inch wire mesh .) Bear in mind th at firecan extend th rough loose bricks orcracked masonry in the chimney.

5. FlI1e Panels - Never use overratedfuses. For regular 110 V. service use 15amp. fuses in the ligh t circuit and 20amp. fuses in the pl ug circuit. A fuseis a fire safety feat ure to prevent wiringf rom overheating. Ne ver put a coin ina fuse panel because the wiring will burnbefore the coin will ever melt. A circuitthat fr equently blows fuses is dangerously overloaded.

6. Kit ch en Store - Keep your stoveareas ( and vent ) clean. Don 't allowgrease to accumulate. Remove f rom thearea all combustibles such as towels ,mittens, curt ains, etc.Keep baking soda close at hand for

those bro iler, oven and skillet type fires.A handful of baking soda freely th rown

over flaming grease in a skillet or broilerwill generally extinguish the fire. Atight-fitting lid placed over a flamingfrying pan will also smother the fire.Caution : Many people have been severely burned while trying to carry out apan of flaming grease.

7. Combustible Storage - Clean itout ! (G arage, closets, basemen t, atti c,and backyard). Call the junkman , ifyou need to.Remember, fire prevent ion and good

housekeeping go hand in hand .Fire Fighting T ip s

"A word to the wise is su ffic ient."Are you one of the wise ?

I f you are wise, then }Oll will beprepared to FIGHT FIRE in case it doesstart in your home.A garden hose makes an excellent

and inexpensive fire-fighting tool. Tobe effective it must be maintained witha nozzle and valve hand le. It mustcover all of your prope rty, includingroofs and every room in the house. Moreth an one hose may be necessary.Baki ng soda is very handy for

kitchen type, small flammable liquidand electrical fires.

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Th ere are th ree keys to putting oufires. A fire wiJI go out if you remove ifuel, if you rob it of air, or if the buming mat erial is cooled below its combust ion point. Fuel, heat, and air aressent ial for any fire to burn . Removone of these, and the fire will die ouThere are many effective kinds of fir

extinguishers on the market, includina dry -chemical type. Th is unit, containing 2% pounds of dry chemical andselling for $10-$15, mig ht do the trickIt will extinguish flammable liquid anelectrical fires and is handy for carry inin your car, boat , or campe r, as well aaround the home. For larger fires ogreater protectio n, a IO-poun d versiocost ing between $25 and $45 wiope rate longer. Be sure any ext inguisheyou buy carr ies the seal of a recognizetesting association and is guaranteed.

Fire ABC'sThere are th ree classes or kinds o

fires - ord inary combustibles (such awood) , flammab le liquids , and electricafires. Each of these fires shou ld bfought properly, or you could makthem worse!For ord inary combustibles ("class Afires) , the key to put ting them out is tlower the temperature by using water oa water-based extinguisher. W et the firto cool it down. Soak it to stop smoldering. W ater is the best extinguisheof "Cl ass A" fires.For flammable liqu ids or "class B

fires (such as gaso line, oil, g rease, painthinner, etc.) , the key is to smother thfire by using an extinguisher blanketinand covering the whole flaming liquisurface. Recommended would be a carbon dioxide (CO, ) extinguisher ordry chemical extinguisher. Plain, ordinary baking soda could also be useon small fires of th is type.For electrical equipment fires, called

"class C" fires, it is best to use a nonconducting extinguishing agent such acarbon dioxide (CO ,) , or a dry chemical ext inguisher. Do not use wate rsod a-acid, foam or water-type extingu ishe rs until electric power has beeshut off. A non-conducting extingu ishe


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agent will prevent receiving an electricshock which could kill yOU!

Train Your FamilyMost home fires break out betweenmidnight and 6 a.m. Does you r family

- each indi vidual c--, have an escapeplan? Home fires, starting in the livingroom, kitchen or basement can extendinto hallways or stairways blocking yourescape. You shou ld have a second exitpre-planned . A window could be a lifesaver. Make sure yours open easily.(Small chi ldren need speci a l trainingin this area.)Rope ladders might be effective for

those upper stories.Remember that carbon monoxide gas

is present with the smoke and somemember of the fam ily may be renderedunconscious by its dead ly presence.W hen you discover the fire, make

noise - yell out! Alert everyone toproceed to safety. All members of yourfam ily, especia lly children, should beinstructed to meet at a pre-arrangedsafety area, so you can "count noses"making sure that they are all safe .Don't delay , call the fire department ,Firemen are dedicated professionals,tra ined and equipped to save lives and

property, but they cann ot respond untilth ey are called.Have that fire department phone

number right on your telephone.You could dial "0" but the time

spent waiting fo r the telephone ope rator could make the difference betweenlife and death .Most metropolitan fire depa rtments

will also d ispatch rescue squads carryinglife-saving oxygen for persons sufferingfrom heart and other respiratory problems.

I f Caug ht in a FireThere are several pointers you should

know in case you are caught in themiddle of a burning inferno. Be sureyour fami ly also knows.First. real ize that heat and smoke

under intense press ure may be on theother side of any door ready to rush inand kill you in seconds. Therefo re don't)'allk opell doors! Test the door first . I f

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the panel is hot to your hand , or smokeleaks around the edges, then exi t another way.Even when a door seems safe, open it

carefully, bracing yourself with yourshoulder agains t it. Keep your head toone side, ready to slam it shut if heatand smoke sta rt to pour in.

I f yOll are trapped in a room, stuffcracks with fabr ic to seal out lethalgases and keep low. Smoke and hotgases rise. You might have to crawl facedown ncar the floor to get good air tobreath e. Open ing the window at the topand bot tom will create an exchange ofair, purging some of the smoke andlethal carbon monoxide gas . Use a towelor shee t for signaling help from below.

I f you believe help is comi ng, postpone jumping from an upper story unt ilit is the only way left. But if worstcomes to worst, drop a mattress, orquilts, blankets, or anything soft whereyou want to land . Th en slide out backwards unti l you can hang by your handsfrom the window sill, push yourselfoutward slightly as you let go, aimingfor the softest spo t available - perhapsthe matt ress, or a dirt pile, lawn, orbushes - even a metal car roof is bette rthan hard concrete.

Multi-St ory Bui ldingsWhenever we go above the first floor

uf a building, the fire potentia l beginsto increase. Many of us live in apartments, work in offices , and shop or spendsome of our time in these bui ldings.Kn ow whe re the exits are located.

Thousands have perished needlessly because they didn 't know there was anexit within a very few feet of them.Many bui ldings have doors tha t lock behind you when you enter the stair shaftand some stairways dead end at the topfloor . (Th is could be a death rrap. }Know which stairways go to the roof.How about those fire exti nguis hers in

the bui lding ? Do you know how to usethem? Most peop le don 't !Read the directions on the label and

know the d ifferent types. They are putthere for the pub lic, not the fire department. Many buildings are equ ipped

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with fire hoses in cabinets. Th ese hosesare also fo r the pub lic and are intendedfor larger fires. Remember to get all ofthe hose out of the cabinet and stretch itout to remove kinks before turning onthe water or you may not get water outof the nozzle.

Plan AheadNo one knows if or when fire might

strike. It is best to be prepared for anyeventuality! Who knows? It could hap.pen to you. Don't make the mistake ofalways thinking it happens to the otherfell ow .

I f you value your life and family, youshould plan ahead what to do in case offire. It is wise to draw out a diagram ofyour home's floor plan , with everyone'ssleeping area, and select the exits f romeach room. Each bedroom should besketched in and the possible exits (twoor more exits from each room) . Go overthe diagram with your family so eachunderstands his own responsib ility andescape routes ( the ordinary preferredexits and the alternat ive exits) .

Th e best answer, of course, is to prevent the fire in the first place by makingsure your home is clean, in good repair,and all fire hazards are removed - andto teach your family to be safety conscious. cautious, and careful with anyfire. Teach your ch ild ren not to pla ywith matches, as many fires arc startedthat way. Teach them the basic pr inciples of safe ty - and be sure to pr actice them yourself !Never leave small children unatrend

ed. Too frequently, we read of individual children or entire families beingburned to deat h as a result of childrenplaying with matches. If you detectchildren playing with matches, call yourfire depar tment and let them help youcorrect the problem.

I f you are prepared, vig ilan t, alert.you diminish your risk of per ishing10 J nightma rish, hellish inferno.You will confident ly know that youhave done everything humanly possibleto prevent such an occurrence - andyou will be prepared to act in the faceof any potential sudden tragedy!


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RADIO LOGIS

MAJOR STATiO NSEas tWOR - New York - 710 kc., 11:30p.m. Sun.WHN -New Yo rk - 1050 kc., 11:30p.m. Sun .WHAM - Rochester - 1180 kc., 11:30p.m. Moo.-Fei., 10:30 a.m. Sun .WWVA - Wheeling, W. Va. - ) 170kc., 98.7 FM, 5 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.Mon- Fr!., )0 :30 a.m., 8:30 p.m. Sun .W RKO - Boston - 680 kc., 6:30a.m. Sun. (W ROR 98.5 FM, 8 a.m.Sun.)WBAL - Ba ltimore - 1090 kc., 8:30a.m. Sun.WRVA - Richmond - 1140 kc., 10p.m. Mon-Sat., 10:30 p.m. Sun.WPTF - Raleigh, N . C. - 680 kc.,94.7 FM, ) :30 & 10:30 p.m. Mon.Sat., 9 :30 a.m. Sun.\VBT - Charlo tte , N . C. - 1110 kc.,8 p.m . Mon-Pri ., 11:05 p.m. Sun .

C. ntral Stat . sWLAC - Nashville - 1510 kc., 5 a.m.Mon.-Sat., 7 p.m. daily, 6:30 a.m.Sun .W SM - Nashville - 650 kc., 9 p.m.Sun.WCKY - Cincinnati - 1530 kc., 5 a.m .Mc n- Frl ., 5:30 a.m . Sat ., 12 midnightTu es.-Sun., 7, 9:30 p.m. Sun.WLW - Cincinnati - 700 kc., 7 a.m.and 11:05 p.m. Sun .WJjD- Chicago- l160 kc., 11 a.m. Sun .WI SN - Milwaukee , W is. - 1130 kc.,10:30 p.m. Sun.-Fri., 9 a.m. Sun.,97.3 FM, 8 p.m. daily.KSTP - Minneapolis-St. Paul - 1500kc., 5 a.m. Mon-Sat ., 8 a.m. Sun.KXEL - Water loo - 1540 kc., 9:30p.m. Men-Sat . 8 p.m. Sun .KRVN - lexing ton, N ebr. - 880 kc.,3 p.m. Mon-Sat., 10:30 a.m. Sun .KX EN - St. louis - 1010 kc., 7:15a.m. & 12 noon Mon.-Sat., 10:30 a.m.

& 4 p.m. Sun.So uthKRLD - Dallas - 1080 kc., 8 : 10p.m. dai ly.WFAA - Dallas - 820 kc., 10:45 p.m.Mon.-Sat.KTRH - Houston - 740 kc., 7:30p.m. Sun .-Fri .WOAI - San Anton io - 1200 kc., 5a.m. Mon-Sar., 10:0 5 p.m. Sun .KWKH - Shreveport - 1130 kc.,1 p.m. & 9:30 p.m . Mon-F ri ., ) 1:30a.m. & 11:30 p-m- Sat ., 10:30 a.m. &9:30 p.m. Sun.W'NOE - New Orleans - 1060 kc.,9:30 a.m. Sun.KAAY - Little Rock - 1090 kc., 5:15a.m., 7:30 p.m. Mc n- Sat., 9 :30 a.m.,7:30 p.m. Sun .WGUN - Atlanta - 1010 kc., II a.m.Mon-Sat., 4 p.m. Sun.WAPI - Birmingham - 1070 kc., 10a.m. Sun .WMOO -M ob ile - 1 5 50 kc., 7 a.m.Mon-Sat., 10:30 a.m . Sun.WINQ - Tampa - 1010 kc., 12 noonMon.-Fri ., 12:10 p.m. Sat ., Sun.(CSn

*Asteri sk indicates new station or timechange.

"The WORLD TOMORROW"KRMG - Tulsa - 740 kc., 10 a .m . Sun.XEG - 1050 kc., 9:30 p.m . dai ly.

Mounta In Sta te ,KOA-Denver-8 50 kc., 9:30 a.m. Sun .KSWS - Roswell, N . Mex . - 1020 kc.,6:30 a.m. dai ly.KSl - Salt l ake Ci ry - 1160 kc.,5:30 a.m., 11:15 p -m- daily.XELO - 800 kc., 8 p.m. da ily. (MSn

West Coa stKIRO - Seat tle - 710 kc., 10:30 p.m.Mon.-Fri ., 5:30 a.m. Mon.-Sal.KRAK - Sacramento - 1140 kc., 9 p.m.daily.*KFAX - San Francisco - l i DO kc.,12:30 p.m. Mon-Sar., 10 a.m. Sun.KFI - l os Angeles - 640 kc., 9 p.m.Sun .KGBS - Los Angeles - 1020 kc., 97.0PM, 6:0 5 a.m. Mon.-Sat ., 10 a.m . Sun.XERB - Lowe r Calif. - 1090 kc., 7p.m. dai ly.

LEADING LOCAL.AREA STATiONSEa s t

WBMD - Baltimore - 750 kc., 12:30p.m. dai ly.WRCP - Philadelphia - 1540 kc.,12 noon daily.WPIT - Pittsburgh - 730 kc., 101.5FM, 12 noon Mon.Fri., 1:30 p.m .Sat., 11 a.m. Sun .WEDO - Pit tsburgh - 810 kc., 7:30a.m. Men-Sat .WHP - Harrisburg, Pa. - 580 kc., 7:30p.m. daily.WSAN - Allentown, Pa., - 1470 kc.,6:05 p.m. Mon-Prl ., 7:05 p.m. Sar.,8 :30 p.m. Sun .WSCR - Scranton, Pa. - 1320 kc.,12:30 & 6:30 p.m. dail y.WBRE - Wilkes-Bar re Pa. - 1340kc., 98. 5 FM, 12:30 p.m. daily.WCHS - Charleston , W . Vu . - 580kc., 7:00 p.m. daily.W CAW - Charleston, W . Va. - 680kc., 12 noon daily.WWHY - Huntington, W. Va. 1470 kc., 12:30 p.m. Mon-Sar., 10a.m. Sun.WTVR - Richmond, Va . - 1380 kc.,7 p.m. daily.WCYB - Bristol, Va. - 690 kc., 12:30p.m. da ily.WLOS - Ashevil le , N . C. - 1380 kc.,99.9 FM, 6:30 p.m. Mon -Sar., 12noon Sun .

WPAQ - Mount Airy , N . C. -740 kc.,1:05 p .m. Moo-Sar ., 9: 30 a.m. Sun.WFNC - Payenevitle, N . C. - 940kc., 98.1 FM, 1 p.m. dai ly.W'NCT - Greenville, N . C. - 1070kc., 9 p.m. daily.\'X'VNj - Newa rk, N . j. - 620 kc.,6 a.m. Men-Sat .W EVD - N ew " ork - 1330 kc., 97.9FM, 10 p.m. daily.WBNX - New York - 1380 kc., 9:15a.m. Sun. (i n Spanish) .WOKO - Albany, N .Y. 1460 kc.,6:30 p.m. da ily.WIBX - Utica, N . Y. - 950 kc.,7:30 p.m . da ily.

WWOl - Buffalo, N .Y. - 1120 kc.,oi p.m. Sar., 10 a.m. Sun .\X'HlD - Niagara Falls, N .Y. - 1270kc., 98. '5 FM, 12:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat.,I :30 p.m. Sun.\XWNH - Roches ter, N . H. - 930kc., 7 p.m- Moo.-Sar., 9 a.m. Sun .

\'X 'O EV- \V aterbur}, Vt.- S50 kc., 6:.10p.m. Mon .-Sat ., 8 p.m. Sun .\'( 'POR - Portland, Me. - 1490 kc., 'Ja.m. Sun .\X'CS H - Portland, Me. - 970 kc.,6:30 p.m . Mon- Sat., 7:30 p.m. Sun.W COU - Lewiston, Me. - 1240 kc.,9:30 p.m. Sun.\'('LBZ - Bangor, Me. - 620 kc.,6:3 0 p.m . Mon-Sat., 7:30 p.m. Sun .WRYT-Bos ton- 950 kc., 6 a.m. Mon.Fri ., 12:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 12 noonSun .WM AS - Springfield , Mas s. - 1450kc., 94_7 FM, 6:30 p.m. Sun.W ACE - Chicopee, Mass. - 730 kc.,12:30 p.m. dai ly.\'(' j AR - Providence, R. 1. - 920 kc.,6:30 p.m. daily.WN lC - New London, Conn. - 1510kc., 8:30 p.m. Sun .Cen t r a l

WSPD - To ledo, Ohio - 1370 kc.,9:05 p.m. Moo-Sar., 9 p.m. Sun .W ERE - Cle veland - 1300 kc., 10:30p.m. dail y.WS lR - Akron, Ohio - 1350 kc., 8p.m. dail y.W FM] - Youngstown, Oh io - 1390kc., 10:30 p.m. dai ly.W BNS - Col umbus, Ohio - 1460 kc.,8:30 p.m. dai ly.WBR] - Marlena, Ohio - 9 10 kc.12: 30 p .m. dail yWClU - Cin cinnati - [320 kc., 12noon daily.WBCK - Battl e Creek, Mi ch. - 930kc., 7 p.m. Mon.-Fri ., 12:30 p.m.Sac, Sun .WKMF - Flint , Mich. - 1470 kc.,6:30 p.m. da ily.*W BCM - Bay .City, Mich. - 1440 kc.,6:30 p.m. da llyWOBC - Escanaba, Mich . - 680 kc.,6 a.m. Mon-Sa r.W]PD- Ishpeming, Mich. - IN O kc.,6:30 p.m. dai ly.

K\'X'KY - Des Moines, Iowa - 1I 50kc., 12:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. daily.\'X'MT - Cedar Rapids - 600 kc., I I :30n.m. Sun .KMA - Shenandoah, la. - %0 kc., 8:.10p.m. daily.\XOC - Davenport, Iu. - 1420 kc., 10p.m. dail y.KGLO - Mason Ci ty, l a. - 1300 kc.,6:30 p.m. Men-Sac, 7:30 p.m. Sun .KOZN - Omaha, Nebr. - 660 kc.,12:20 p.m. Mon-Sat., 12:30 p.m.Sun.KMMj - Grand Island, Nebr. - 750kc., 4 p.m. daily.KSOO - Sioux Falls, S. Oak. - I 140kc., 6:45 p.m. daily.WNAX - Yankton, S. Oak . - 570 kc.,7:30 p.m. daily.KFYR - Bismarck, N . Dak . - 550 kc.,7 p.m. dail y.

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KFGO - Fargo, N . Da k. - 790 kc., 7p.m. Mon .-Fri., 7:10 p.m. Sat. & Sun.WEAW - Chicago - 1330 kc., 8 a.m.& 12:15 p.m. Mon-Sar., 9:30 a.m .Sun. (105.1 FM, 7 a.m . Mon-Sat.,a p.m. Sun.)WJOL - Joliet, III. - 1340 kc., 9'30p.m . daily.WXCL - Peoria c- . 1350 kc., 7;05 p.m .daily.WITY - Danville, Ill. - 980 kc., ip.m. dai ly .WWCA - Gary, I nd . - 1270 kc., 6:30p.m. Mon-Sat., 4 p.m . Sun.WSBT - South Bend - 9


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KNGS - Hanfo rd, Calif. - 620 kc.,10:30 p.m. daily.KCHJ - Delano, Calif. - 1O10 kc.,7:30 a.m. Mon-Sa r., 8 a.m. Sun.KGEE - Bake rsfield - 1230 kc., 5 p .m.da ily.KVEC - San Luis Ob ispo, Ca lif. 920 kc., 7 p.m. daily.KDB - Santa Barbar a - 1490 kc., 93.7FM, 7 p.m. daily.KRKD - Los Angeles - I 150 kc., 96.3FM, 7:05 p .m. daily, 9:30 a.m. Sun.KTYM - Inglewood - 1460 kc., 12noo n Mon.-Fri .KFOX - Lon g Beach - 1280 kc., 9p .m..Mon-Sat. , 9:35 p.m. Sun .KBI G - Los Angeles - 740 kc., 9:3 0a.rn. Sun .KACE - San Bernardino-R iversi de 1570 kc., 7:05 a.m. Mon-Sat., 9:30a.m. Sun .KCKC - San Bernard ino - 1350 kc.,9 p.m. daily o r before or after baseball.KMEN - San Bernardin o - 1290 kc.,6 a.m. Sun.KOGO - San Diego - GOO kc. 8:30p.m. Sun. .XEMO - Ti juana-8GOkc., 6 p.m. dai ly.KALI - Los Angel es - 1430 kc., 4:45p.m. Sun. ( in Spanish) .A laska & HawaII

KFQD - Anchorage, Alaska - 7 5 0 kc.,7:30 p.m. dail y.KFRB - Fairbanks - 900 kc., 6 p.m.daily.KND I - Honolulu, Hawaii - 1270 kc.,6 a.m ., 6 p.m. da ily.KTRG - Honolu lu. Hawai i - 990 kc.,5:30 p.m. Mon -Sat ., 12 noon Sun.

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Can deserts and near-deserts be reclaimedin time to prevent massive starvation in aworld threatened by population explosion?Here is a challenging, on-the-spot reportfrom an international conference on thisvital subject.by Eugene M. Waller and Gene H. HogbergTucson, ArizonaM ORE than one thi rd of the earth'sland surface is arid or semiarid . These arid lands almostequal the combined areas of the Northand South American continents.

That is a lot of land!Sand deserts alone - and they are

but one type of arid land - cover atotal area almost twice the size of theU. S. That, too, is a huge chunk of territory.

Some sixty countries - about half ofthe nations in the world - are affectedby aridity . Even in the agriculturallyrich continental American states, 32 percent of the land is arid or semiarid.

As the food and population timebomb keeps ticking away. can these aridlands be conquered and made useful toman before it is too late ?

Ge tt ing th e FactsTo bring our readers the answer

to this far-reaching question, PLAINTRUTH editors attended an internationalconference on "Arid Lands in a Changing World ." It was held on the campusof the University of Arizona here inTucson . Expert s from more than thirtycountri es around the globe, includ ingthe Soviet Union, participated in theconference. They presented some 200papers dedicated to solving a single,common problem: how to use aridlands to provide food and suitable living conditions for an exploding world wide population.

"The whole plan to utilize extensiveparts of the arid lands is presented as apossible contr ibution to the fight againstthe world hu nger problem," said an Israeli participant.

An American delegate added hope-

fu lly: "These vast, largely uninhabitedand underdeveloped areas likely willprove the pressure valve in absorbing anever-increasing world population. Andtheir cultivation may solve the criticalproblem of feeding increased billions offuture world citizens."

But can the earth's sprawling desertsbe cultivated on a large scale ? Is it possible for the arid lands to fill the growing food gap?

And what about new cities, townsand industries in desert areas? Willtoday's wastelands be the boom areas ofthe next quarter century?

Behind all the visionary statementsand the grandiose plans and schemes,what - in true perspective - are thereal problems and promises of theearth's arid lands ?

Basic Problem - W ate rTh e most basic problem of all is sim

ply a lack of water. All other prob lemsin arid regions in some way relate tothis major need . Any hope for the future development of arid lands rests onfinding an adequate supply of usablewater.

One possibility which has receivedconsiderable attention is the desalting ofseawater.

Few people realize that the earth hassome 201000 miles of desert coastline.And "it is well demonstrated that thecoastal desert areas provide one of themost desirable regions for human habitation, if the basic amenities of life canbe supplied" (A rid Lands in Perspective, p. 121 ) .

The key to supplying these basicamenities is pr imarily water . And beingon the coast, what better way could

there be to try to solve the water problem than by desalting seawater ?

But to what stage of development hadesalination progressed ?

The noted authority on deserts, Peveril Meigs, says this : "Some authoritiehave high hopes set on this system. buit is still exper imental. In the presenstage of experiment in water desalination there are many slips between thhopes and the results." (All quotefrom Meigs are from his article in A riLands in Perspective, a book publisheby the University of Arizona and rleased during the conference.)

This is not to say that desalinat ionnot already useful in a limited way.may come as a surprise that for domestuse and manufacturing, the cost of dsalting water is already below the pricof supplying natural sources of water imany arid and semiarid places.

But there is a vast difference betweeproducing suitable water for domestand industrial use and producing watein the quantity and at the cost necessarfor use in agriculture. Estimates showthat the water needed to support onworker in arid land agriculture woulnormally support sixty workers in manufacturing.

Meigs points out that several leadinauthorities admit that desalted water foagriculture is simply "too expensivenow and in the indefinite future."

On the basis of his experience, one sucauthority, Carl Hodges of the Univesity of Arizona, gives the tentative figurthat by the year 2000 A.D . the moeconomical means of desalting watewill cost twenty cents per 1,000 gallonWhi le this cost is but a fraction of whait costs to desalt water today, this pric


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Desalting tower, above, at expe rimentalproject at Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico, on aridGu lf of Ca lifornia coast. Desalted seawater is usedfor growing variety of plonts in greenhouses ofinflated plastic, opposite page.

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October, 1969is still way above what the farmer pays for irrigation water.

To this cost must be added the expense of transportingthe water to the field.

On this point N . Wollman of the University of NewMexico said in a speech at the conference : "Desalination anddelivery to point of use is likely to be too expensive in theforeseeable future to be justified for agriculture. . . ."

These statements ought to make it clear that desalinationis not the key to the reclaiming of arid lands for agriculture.Desert cities will probably continue to grow and new

cities will spring up - perhaps aided by desalination. Butvast new agricultural breadbaskets as a result of desaltingseawater?

No, this is but a dream. The race to supply food for anexploding worldwide population is a lost cause if the big hopeis desalination.

A Unique Pilot ProjectNear the Mexican desert seacoast town of Puerto Penasco)

some 160 air miles from Tucson, is a unique project whichrepresents an interesting attempt to solve the food problemsin arid lands. This experimental project, which is sponsoredby the Rockefeller Foundation and conducted jointly by theUniversities of Arizona and Sonora, Mex ico, is an integratedsystem that is designed to provide power, water and food ondesert coasts.

The authors had the opportunity to visit this projectduring the course of the Arid Lands Conference.

This is how the operation works : Waste heat fromdiesel-engine-driven electric generators is used to desalt seawater. This fresh water is piped to vegetables planted withincontrolled-environment, greenhouse-like structures of airinflated plastic. Since the air within the greenhouse is nearlysaturated, the water required by the plants is small comparedto plants grown outdoors or in a conventional greenhouse.This is important when the water being used is expensivedesalted seawater.

Finally, exhaust gases from the engines, after beingcleaned in seawater scrubbers, are used to enrich the atmosphere within the plastic hemispheres with carbon dioxide.This accelerates the growth of the plants inside.

So far some 18 kinds of vegetables have been grown Inthis manner with varying results. Certain vegetables growtwice as fast and/ or give much higher yields than thoseproduced outdoors or under normal greenhouse conditions.

Although they have been controlled to this point, diseaseproblems have occurred and are an ever-present threat becauseof the extremely moist environment. Also some varieties haveproduced abnormal growth.

Believers in the project say that all that is needed tomake this system work on a large scale is lots of lime andmoney. It is pointed out that if a mere 5 percent of the earth'sdesert coasts (some 925 miles) were developed to a depth oftwenty miles, using a system which produces food at rateswhich have already been attained, enough food for feeding


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Exterior of greenhouses at Puerto Penasco expe rimental station.Plants grow directly in sand, are supplied controlled amounts ofdesalted seawater and chemical fertilizer.

Hogberg _ Amba ss-oda r College

October. 1969one billion people could be grown(Ar;d Lands ;11 Perspectioe, page 124).On paper, such developments look

promising.Already the first large-scale tn

stallation of such a project is beingplanned in the oil-rich Arabian Gulfsheikdom of Abu Dhabi. It is approximately ten times the size of the PuertoPenasco pilot project.

But how many arid countries have thekind of money necessary to build suchhighly sophisticated proj ects on a scalethat will make asignificant contribu-tion to their foodsupp ly? Very, veryfew . The averagearid country is notan oil-rich Arabsheikdom-and theRockefeller Foundation can't supportthe world!

Fu rther. howmany arid landshave the educatedand skilled personnel necessary tosuccessfully operatesuch a sophisticated project?The answers tothese questions veryquickly bring usface to face with stark reality!

Quality the Missing IngredientThere is yet another glaring weakness

in controlled-environment projects suchas that just described.

The food plants are grown directly inbeach sand that is leached with desaltedwater. This sterile sand is sometimeslacking in the elements necessary forplant growth. It is always lacking in thehumus that should produce the microbesthat are essential for converting minerals and humus into balanced plant food.

Once the plants are growing in thesand, they are control-fed with liquidnutrient solutions made from dry commercial-grade fertilizer. The fertilizercompounds are completely water solubleand are applied through the irr igationsystem.

The PLAIN TRUTHPlants grown under these artificial

conditions look good. But the truth is,the nutrient simply cannot supp ly theplants - and ultimately the humanbody - with all that is needed for goodhealth . Yet this factor is being entirelyignored! There is apparently concernonly for the yield - the bulk - whichcan be produced .We were told that no experiments areunder way or even being planned whichwould test the nutritional effects of suchchemically grown food plants.

H ealth-g iv i ng and life-sustaining

food can come only from plants grownin balanced, "living" soil. Such foodsdo not come from plants grown on sterile sand and nourished with chemicalmixtures.

Yet, the long-range effects of a dietconsisting mainly of such types of incomplete food is not being considered.

Irrigation - and EducationAnother major hope for solving the

water problem of arid lands is irrigation. About 368 million acres arepresently being irrigated in the world.Though th is is a small percentage of thetotal agricultural land, irrigated landproduces a disproportionately large percentage of the world's food supply.Some authorities feel that by 2000A.D. the amount of irrigated acreagecould be doubled,

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haunting problems must be hurdled.First, there is the matter of money.

Like all other schemes to utilize the aridlands, it costs huge sums of money tobuild dams and to install complex irrigation equipment. But difficu lt as themoney matter may be, it is perhaps theeasiest part of the problem to solve.Far more difficult to solve is theknotty problem of finding or trainingthe skilled personnel necessary to successfully operate irrigation projects.This involves the critical factor of

education.In many arid

lands, the nation isso poor that only athird or a fourth ofthe young are receiving a primaryeducation, and onlya tenth of these goon to secondaryschool.

Further, many ofthose who do receive an educationin these lands aretrained in fieldsutterly unre lat edto the manpowerne ed s of the ircountry.

"Far too muchemphasis is put on

higher degrees when the greatest needis for middle-level persons with specialized skills," reported W. H. Walker ofthe Ford Foundation. "If educationdoes not become a major force in bringing about the necessary changes," hewarned, "we have lost the battle for'freedom from hunger' in the race withpopulation."

Another major problem is what W.E. Warne called "the social problem ofwater."

"Engineers may construct irrigationprojects," Mr. Warne reported, "butuntil the people who must usc them towater their crops are organized, theworks will not be used nor will they bemaintained." He cited as an example aproject in Afghanistan. Though tecbnically well-conceived, this particular


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ahead of educa tion and government,Mr. Warne continued, and "unless thereis some catching up done soon. the capital being invested in water-projectdevelopment in underdeveloped arid regions will resul t in many unused canalsby 2000 A.D ., and the great expectation of increasing food supplieswill be shattered."

Poli tical Clima te LackingThe hard truth is that most arid lands

today simply lack what it takes to makeirrigation successful. In fact, as anotherdelegate to the conference pointed out :"Only in Australia and the WesternUnited States is the arid area favored inits growth by a uniform culturaleconomic-political environment attunedto the conditions requisite for economicgrowth. In all other arid areas . . . severerestraints are imposed by the sociocultural-political systems . . . These aridareas start their climb not from zero,but from less than zero. . . ." ( Paper byM. M. Kelso.)D. W. Thorne, an international tech

nical advisor on irr igation, commentedthat too much attention is usually givento planning and completing the construction details on irrigation projects .At the same time, he said, far too litt leis devoted to making the projects operate as effective farming systems.What is the result of this ?The usual result is a moderately

primitive farming operation superimposed on an expensive water storageand distribution system. The farmers areunable to repay the costs of the system,and the count ry's plans and investmentsto provide increased food supplies fallfar short of the goals.But even this is not the entire story.

Given the capital, the skilled personneland a workable government, there isstill another impo rtant factor to be considered. Th at factor is the long-rangeability of desert lands to produce underirrigation systems.

T he Hazards of Irri gation"Poor drainage in the flat desert

plains under extensive irrigation th reatens eventual failure of irrigation,"

The PLAIN TRUTHwarned H. B. Peterson of the FederalWater Pollution Control Administration in Washington.He explained that desert irrigation is

caught between the twin hazards of waterlogging and salinity.Artificial drainage using mechanical

power can prevent or delay the salt hazard . But pumping grou nd-water reservoirs to relieve waterlogging can createa new hazard - overpumping . Overpumping may eventually exhaust thesesupp lies.Mr . Peterson is concerned about up

setting the sensitive desert environment."Using modern technology, much can

Wco/ter _ Ambctugdcor CcollegeClos e-up of b ean p lc nt ,s h o w in g th i n pla s t i c tubet h ro ug h wh ich wa t e r andnutri ent is dir ectly applied toplant.

be done by man to permit further utilization of the attractive desert environment," he said, "but great care andforethought are required lest utilizationbecomes exploitation and the ecologicalconsequences outweigh the benefits."Those consequences could easily be

less land producing less food than everbefore!In certain parts of the world, irriga

tion projects have yet other problems."Desert irrigation schemes in Afri ca areparticularly vulnerable to attack by thedesert locusts" said J. L. C1oudsley-

October, 1969Thompson of the University of Khartoum, the Sudan . "Desert irrigationschemes are almost certain to becomefocal centres for . . . diseases transmittedby invertebrate vectors . . . The development of man-made lakes and canalsin trop ical regions introduces manyother problems of medical entomology."Mr. C1oudsley-Thompson concluded :

"Although much could be done in thesemiarid savanna lands of Afr ica, it iswell to be realistic. It would be moreprofitab le for the world to invest inland that is already productive. Much ofthe money and technical advice supp liedto unde rdeveloped countries by nationaI and international agencies is misapplied or wasted . . . Developmentplans must be accompanied by education."

Othe r Miscel laneous SchemesThere are a number of other schemes

which are being tried and talked aboutin the effort to surmount the waterproblem of arid lands.

Now under investigation are severalmeans of collecting surface runoff. ] fthe scant rain which falls on ten acrescan be induced to trickle into a storagearea, then enough water may be available to produce food on at least a partof one acre.Another professor described his ex

periments with a process called "trickleirrigation." This method conserveswater by applying it close to the plan tsin drips only as fast as the plant can useit, thus eliminating evaporation losses.Fu rth er , beca use onl y ve ry sma llamounts of water are used, the watercan be quite saline without causingtrouble. Yields in experimental plotshave been double or better than yieldsproduced by traditional irrigation methods.In this scheme, however, he fed his

plants with water soluble fertilizers similar to the Puerto Penasco experiment .And, as in the other experiments, thenut rition factor is far down on the listof importance.

Is I t a Lost Cause?Man is trying his best to utilize the

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and economics - indeed, his very ownnature - militates against him .

Man may find short-term solutions, orsolutions which have a limited application - but he is farther than everfrom making the arid lands truly productive on a global basis.

The fact is that "historically, we havebeen more adept at making deserts thanin the successful use of those made bynature" (Ze ller) .Yes, with few except ions, land usehas been synonymous with land abuse!

And the shocking truth is that, despite his effort s at reclamation, mantoday is creating deserts far faster thanhe is reclaiming them.

Look at Africa for a moment."The agricultural outlook for the aridzones of No rth Afr ica is rather grim,"

H . N. LeHouerou of the ExpandedProgram of Technical Assistance, toldthe conference. "The pasture lands arerapidly becoming depleted and thedesert gains more than 100,000 hectares( 247,000 acres) per year on the average."In places, the desert in North Africais advancing up to 30 miles per year!

"Accord ing to the best possible hypothesis," LeHouerou continued, "onecan only hope to maintain the presentstandard of living between now and1980." That standard is a paltry $60 percapita per year for the agricultural population.

Other speakers voiced the same pessimism about Africa and stated that fur ther losses of land to the desert mustsomehow be stopped immediately.

But bou? And by whom?The Deserts Reclaimed!

Any real and permanent solution tothe problems of arid lands must includea source of usable water , an educatedpopulace, an equitable government, anda sound economic system - all on aglobal basis.The good news is that just such a solution is going to be brought about. It is

described, believe it or not, in the bookthat dares to foretell the future - theBible.

Here is the description of how theBible claims the water problem will besolved: "Even the wilderness and desertwill rejoice in those days; the desert willblossom with flowers. . . . Spr ings willburst forth in the wilderness, andstreams in the desert. The parchedground will become a pool, with springsof water in the thirsty land. \'Qheredesert jackals lived, there will be reedsand rushes" ! (I saiah 35 :1, 6, 7, LivingProphecies translation.)

Could this water come from deepaquife rs such as the "vast reservoirwhich underlies an extensive area ofthe Sahara" ? Geologists believe theseunderg round reservoirs are of such

dimensions that they are virtuallyinexhaustib le.Here is an added description: "In thedeserts will be pools of water, and riversfed by springs shall flow across the dry,parched ground. I [God} will planttrees - cedars, myrtle, olive trees, thecypress, fir and pine - on barren land"( Isaiah 41 :18-19).

Man cut down the trees and thusbegan the cycle of destruction which hascaused many of today's deserts. But inthe world tomorrow that destructivecycle will be stopped - and reversed.

It is also interesting to note that inmany desert areas there are "deep andwell-formed fossil soils, which call fornothing more for revitalization thanwater and regeneration of microorganisms" (Drouhin).Yes, in the world tomorrow the soilsof the desert will be maintained by following sound principles of agricultureWhat of the system of governmentand education necessary for this agricultural program to function?The whole story of futu re world de

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HERE IS an eyewitness reportfrom the Gulf Coast arearavaged by Hurricane Camille.Read what this disastermeans to the U.S . -and to you.

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I N DESCRIBABLE!" "Unbelievable!""Impossible - but it happened!""Unreal, man just unrea l!"Thi s was the way dazed survivors of

killer Camille described the hurricane toPL AIN TR UTH reporters on the morningafter the night of horror.They - and we - had never seen

anything like the scene of destructionnow before us. Ne ither had governmentofficials, experienced newsmen , andeven service veterans who had seen thedevastation of war.

Greatest in U. S. History"Camille was the greatest storm of

any kind that has ever affected this nation," said Dr . Robert H . Simpson,Chief of the National Hurricane Centerin Miami, as he toured the stricken area.Dr. Simpson also described the hurricane as "the greatest recorded stormever to hit a heavily popu lated area ofthe Western Hemisphere."

" It was more gruesome than anythingtelevision or newspaper picture s canshow," the hurricane expert said. "Inever saw anything like thi s."" It reminded me of the meat chopper

action of a Midwest tornado," he continued. HIt looked like two or threedozen Midwestern tornadoes had followed each other . . . The area wherethe high est winds went through leftdebris that looked like it had been putthrough a meat gri nder."

ChriJtoph. " on _ AmbOJodor Col/eg.

Th e Director of the Hurricane Centsaid the exact maximum velocity of thwinds will never be known. Butadded, HI would conservatively estimathey ranged at or above 200 miles phour" - on the th reshold of tornadinten sity.

"Hurricane Camille was a tightknotted, litt le storm," Dr. Simpson eplained, "but it was the most intenwe've ever recorded."Vice President Agn ew and Secreta

of Housing and Urban DevelopmeGeorge Romney, also expressed amazment at wha t they saw in their helicoter sweep across the battered coast."The magni tude of the sto rm w

greater than I had expected," the ViPresident said. "W hat I saw was equivlen t to 100 torn adoes. Th e damage wso high that Federal assistance will ruh igher than ever before."Secretary Romney added, "It was

though a giant hand had swept eyerthing away. . . ."

Those of US on The PLAIN TRUTstaff who toured the stricken area haseen wider areas of destruction in othstorms. \Y/e had also seen more VICIOdestruction in very small areas hittornadoes.But never before had we seen a cor

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the Western Hemisphere" lined withhomes and resort facilities - had beenbattered beyond belief by the wind andthe tidal wave.

Destruction Beyond DescriptionThe storm struck land about 10 p.m.

Sunday. It raged violen tly for aboutfour hOUfS as it passed over.The following morning, our staff wasg iven special clearance to fly by privateaircraft into the disaster area from NewOrleans. We hoped to land at Gulfport,but communications had been knockedout by the storm, and it was uncertainwhether or not this would be possible.

As we flew eastward from New Orleans, the effect of the hurricane becamemore evident. Acres of trees were bentover or broken off, looking like so muchgrass t rampled by gian t feet. Housesbegan to appear without shingles, roofs,or walls. Debris and litter were scattered seemingly everywhere.

Soon we were over the little town of\'Qavelancl , Mississipp i - or what usedto be W aveland . This little village ofsome 1, 100 people had been all butliterally wiped off the map. But th iswas just the beginning .

Ahead lay bru ised and batte red BaySt. Louis (pop . 5,000). Railroad trackshad been swept like wisps of straw offthe trestle across the Bay St. Louisbridge.

At the east end of the toll bridge overSt. Louis Bay, a scene of fantastic destruction came into view. We stared inutter disbelief at the devastation a fewhundred feet below. From the air itlooked as if someone had spilled a gianthandful of toothpicks.

In a few minutes we were over PassChristian. The center of the storm hadpassed between this little town of several thousand inhabitants and its neigh-

PATH OF CAMILLEo HARDEST IMPACTbar some five miles east, Long Beach.No t much was left of these towns,which took the brunt of the 200-mi leper-hour wind and 3D-f

plain truth 1969 (prelim no 10) oct_w

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