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Show Gallons of the World SUNDAY HERALD No. 5 femen Currency Weighs Heayily But People See Livile of It virtually every Yemeni male from the age of six upwards for the mildly narcotic effect Even these crops are fading. v The country's income 'from all sources was estimated in 1960 (there are no later figures) -- at about $4 million. ' Nations of the World No. 5 (EDITOR'S NOTE In Yemen, the currency Is so heavy ; that It ., takes three men to carry $509. But it's not much of a problem to the . natives for this is one of the poorest . countries In the world.' This is another of ' the profiles of countries written by United Press International reporters living or working In , involved with . Saudi Arabia which in centuries, is jeven lower. anIs' Yemen it accuses of backing supporters of The currency Is of the imam in the continuing It anachronisms. other of still the old Maria Theresa thaler (worth roughly; 80 cents U.S.) dating back to the time of the n empire ; at the close of., the 18th Century. The" coins," with their:.' original 1780 date, are! still minted in Europe especially for the Yemeni market They: make ' banking , something to see The only bank in a Yemen still is of necessity Saudi Arabian one. It became established under the imams and continues to operate even' though the new Yemen regime is bitterly j Austro-Hungaria- -- - A skilled Yemeni worker today earns between $15 land $20 a One of ; the first acts of month. - ' . them.) the new republican regime last fall was to raise the pay of MOLONEY army privates from $5 to $15 a By RAYMOND J. month. The incomes of farmefs United Press International with their poor crops, struggling SANA'A Yemen JUPD-- A visit raised by methods little changed xo. zemen is a vish oacK m nine. A British diplomat newly posted to the country a few years ago summed it up neatly when he wrote home that he found himself In a land "being dragged kicking and screaming into the 15th v " civil war. Yemen ' has two capitals but few teleSana'a and Taiz radio station, weak one phones, no i railways and onl four real roads. One of the roads, built with a loan from Red China. is a tarred surface one running 200 miles from the port ofHodeida to Sana'a. The port itself, on the Red Sea, is the work of Soviet engineers. In a fine demonstration of positive neutrality ,t w o other of Yemen's roads are the work of U.S. engineers under an t Utah County. outright American foreign aid gift, .'These run!313 miles from the port of Mocha to Taiz, and then on up to Sana'a. The fourth road joins Taiz with Aden. (The American engineers made h6 Yemenis most unhappy when they insisted the roads they were building would have a gravel sur face. The Yeminis wanted a tar surface matching the Chinese- made road that was completed two "years ago. But now the Chi nese road ; already is becoming dapy more scarred with and the Yemenis are beginning to think the Americans may have been right after all.) pot-hol- 7A mm UUU SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1X3 es Utah Police Welfare Departments To Work Together :; : CITY " HOTEL ROBERTS, PROVO StrannkUitJon Can Occur At Any Tim. With , An Improperly Held; Hernia , to yourself to Investigate , PNEUMATIC-SUSPENSIOYou it with torsion action. tit way to a more active and useunder any normal condition. This ad worth ful life with freedom from rupture miseries. Worn $1.00 off on a pneumatic-suspensio- n, In the' bath and swlmmlnjt. You are protected. NO OBLIGATION TO BUY. ot ' Commission Chairman Lamont Gunderson and Police Chief Ralph Knudson agreed that the police department would notify the wel fare department of all persons ar rested who are on the welfare rolls. ' .. r- N, 1 are arrested. j. U REE DEMONSTRATION the scientific control for reof NO STRAPS ducible inguinal hernia. NO BELTS NO WATERPROOF and RUSTPROOF, worn and BUCKLES approved by doctors. ONE DAY ONLY, MONDAY, APRIL 29th. PNEUMATIC-SUSPENSIO- (UPD The Utah Welfare Commission and Salt. Lake Police Department have agreed to a program of close con trol over welfare" recipients who SALT LAKE mm 1 L" . N MONDAY, APItl jhotel 29th. Roberts; provo 10 A.M. tll 8 P.M. IIOjCRS Abbott Surreal Appliance Co. 127 N. Dearborn. Suite 611, Chicago 2. 11L Phono 726-38- 23 - Century." This is , an agricultural country of 75,000 square nfiles in which some 4.5 million people no one knows Just how many because live there's never been a census condi most under the primitive tions left, in the Middle East. Its backwardness is no accident. The country was kept deliberately in : Its primitive state by its hereditary, rulers, the imamas who o 1' 1 claimed to trace their ancestry back directly to the Himyarite dynasty founded in the 2nd Cen,. r tury, B.C. 1 ':': new is being Last in Yemen.. September tried a group of young army officers,' fired by the winds of change Ab-dblowing through Arabia from Gamal ' Nasser's Cairo, revolted and sent the imam fleeing. Their battle is not' $et won for th Imam rallied loyal tribes men as he fled and he, still fights In tne eastern hills. ,. Yemen Is no great prize except If perhaps in the battle of ideas.over too moved quickly your eye the map you'd miss, this little nestled just above the . country central eastern coast of Africa and south of Saudi Arabia. This is a land with no university , and few schools exceptLa for the religious classes conducted Moslem mosques. Literacy can only be guessed at for there are no official figures but, it probably is no higher , than 15 per cent, if -- :; : that. There is virtually no industry and the , country's economy . is based almost entirely on agriculture. Despite a fine, climate with Now something el , " . ' " mi Lj w m. m? aa ..... m m ,wji'.'aw.iw." ..xrrm wi .11. f - TDMES ' '. Lr- - - THAT 1 mm mlim . ' ' " ' ; ' ' ' ' PEKFECir. . ; '. ,: - a temperate summer, cool A win-- ters and an adequate, rainfall, it is a poor agriculture, dependent Your LOT Can Be mainly on two crops, coffee and qat. Qat is a bush whose leaves and green shoots are chewed by Your DOWN PAYMENT Corps Lauds Utah Gift ( " ! t S ivt it SOD A Carpeting -- Living .... I I' I !i f 1 I-!- '' ! r (s i t , I , i r About 4 million Americans in mobile-hom- e 16,000 live parks across the nation report housing authori- ties. 7 .."i J -- Room-Bedroo- LOT at the store of your choice . . . l m - Appliances that which pleases you... - 1. mm 0 back-and-for- th r " u & PURCHASE or . . . - project." Peak said the' continuing aspect of the project would be the re- communication and citizens of Ankara between sponse Lake Salt' and City. He said the have sent gifts of Ankara doctors and to local doctors' Lake's to Salt In addiCommerce. of Chambers have of scrolls appreciation tion, civic Ankara from received been of officials transporand leaders tation agencies. The Salt Lake chairman said the committee has also received .the thanks of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, the honorary Turkish General Consul and a gift for the commander of Ft. Douglas was received from the commander of tie Ankara Garrison of the Turkish Army. Peak said the committee still had to collect $900 to pay for the artificial- kidney machine. He said professional groups were asking their members to contribute and that public donations were v$till arriving. He said any extra funds collected would be used to buy plastic surgery instruments for Turkish doctors, who need them. , pldi CAH ON C furnishings For Your New Home YOU CHOOSE y!UJ. on home financing O A homo investment is a hedge against inflation O Interest paid is tax deductable (Limited Time Only) To Turkey SALT LAKE CITY (UPD The U.S, Peace Corps toiday offered its "heartiest .congratulations and support" to a committee of Salt Lake City volunteers who presented an artificial kidney to Ankara, ": ' ;' . key. Acting Director Bill Moyers wrote jfrom Washington that ; he was sure Peace Corps volunteers in Turkey appreciated "such a major home front effort, Jo build friendship between Turkey and the United States." The committee collected dona tions to purchase the $2,000 artificial kidney and Chairman Dale Peak and his wife took it, a "friendship chest" and medical supplies' to Ankara. The committee, Citizens for Contact with Ankara, sprang up after 97 persons were killed .and nearly 100 more injured in an airplane 'collision over the Turkish city. Moyers said the participation of churches, schools, civic organizations, professional and labor groups was impressive. The acting director said his attention was called to the project by the Presr ' ident.' The Peace Corps official asked that the committee keep him informed of "the progress of the As Interest Rates Low as 1 i Platted Area Make Your r APPR0X. 2700 NORTH and 10th EAST BUY HERE . . . 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