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Show aMb.m. ,OW, M,a7 leJ,i,,t14.E,..0.1iNiarrii 4Z24 AvN304,,,a4...,Ektr ZidolikaMMtla -- 'A;)i r ,., - rSEkET NEWS, I ,, ..., , 464 ".14 '1kt'1 I I Pk "r IL.k a 1 Zli;dthAv TUESDAY, RAY o, i v't 5 4-,-4, N rrit io,t M t tz.-- eth;;:' k 4. Nrao V Ou43stz , . By Judith Frutig The Christian S6ence Monitor OUR READERS' ACTION LINE News Service ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. The last time Ralph and Doris Mullin went camping, they packed one grandmother and two teen-ag- e daughters into tbe family van and headed south for Fort Desoto, a wilderness park. Mr. Mullin went fishing from the pier, but he caught nothing. Mrs, Mullin collected shells on the beach. Their campsite was on the beach. too, separated from their neighbors , by tropical foliage. In the evenings, they built a -- They add up to , P. 31 percent; young people 18 and under attending the city's three colleges account for 25 percent. Inside the city limits are more than 28 miles of public beaches and water sports including fishing. swimming, power and sailboating, and skin diving. Golf courses, tennis courts. lush parks, hiking and bicycle trails abound. Maggiori Lake is the largest city park, featuring ,, ,,-co- 1 V4,4,..,';.:,:'.:., St - : I - V. 4o. I 1 11 -- 4' '1" e, from,P Salt Lake City. a There's bigger problem than the washout nearihe . canyon entrance. Its a massile mudslide on thr,... switchback road just below Big Mountain. Sever4 hundred feet of road slipped into the bottom Of 1110', canyon, and there's not enough money in the maintel: naneo budget to pay for repairs, The Highway Depart went is currer,tly looking for additional money, possibly ' e federal aid secondary funds. If they get it, it will let be contract the to for bids time asked, construction to begin. Were looking for a fall openitittic the earliest. And it may be next summer before the'rolid' is restored. Of course, East Canyon Reservoir i5 accessible through Henefer. , 'it i '',..:''.;::::' still-talt- , ,ki, ' ;,' 1' N. ' ' .. f.'''',, .0 - s Refund and explanationat last .P A I bought a refrigerator from a Cedar City store liciTr November. I put frozen goods In the freezer the night ft was delivered. The next morning everything was thawed and mined. No fluid, the repairman said. The stiiie.. manager promised to reimburse me for my loss, eue,ite: never has. I've signed papers for the refund twice ait have written several letters about it Still nothing. Cali Kanarraville. you help?--E.- D., We had a rough time getting an answer, toot-Tstore didn't answer our first inquiry. Our second k'tte; drew this reply: ."Due to an error on the part of the 'A ' ' .;; 7r. !Air he s,..aUkto, , Sailboats lockey for position behind the dramatic City Pier. properWe called you and found they'd sent the money a week altAr we sent our second inquiry. Whew! tseop-- Still turning over? Ive been trying to terminate my I I retirement plan with United Trust Co., Austin, the first of the year, with no luck. Can you get thew to cancel my account and send the money due me?.S.O.II., i I Tek.-Itur- 4 I - ,.''to;,!:,:-- oo1 . 1 .w.oW ,ebat4 4 I 4.o tor :I ritylii zts,. tiFt Holden. They sent your $660.54 five days after we wrote ta them, explaining that the delay was caused by a cornplete turnover of personnel. Trouble is, they didn't tell us this and neither did you -- - until three months after that. Maybe they're still turning over. SI6,45'.,w,,'4 Don't fall apart at seams ' ,4ar .t .;?. , 1 VVe bought a new sofa a year ago, and three months Later the cushions began puffing apart at the seams. We contacted the store and they promised to get us new ones, That's all they've given us since promises. Ca you - - help?--N.P.V- - Redmond. V, apart at the seams, too. The store will replace your cushions with some out of their They said they'd ' ordered some ' from, i the manufacture t to be mailed directly to you. They didn't ' , know they hadn't arrived, they said. No call for you to fall - I stk. i 1 g !?4 ,.. ,$"i 0,p.,z;,,IS ,.,',,.,:',1',: OUR A 1'..1 S S. 4 r Cruisers form constant wake in "backyards" of waterfront homes. By Hermes serenades a small, stroller-boun- d visitor to the Museum of Fine Aits. 1,.... Boyd Hill nature wildlife sanctuary. park, very high costs. Pollution. In 1961, only Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Honolulu had cleaner air. Last year there were three "ozone alerts"; this year there has already been one. Smog comes from Tampa, but mostly from as far north as Chicago, carried south by Pinellas County has become the most densely populated area in Florida. a 210,000). Cost of living is low; housing is inexpensive; electric rates are high; there is no state income tax. City taxes are 4 percent. "Sometimes it's enough to look out the window and see the sand and the ocean," says Mr. Mullin. "But to walk in it -- - to feel the sand between that's better than your toes just about anything." This is not a city without drawbacks, however. It gets hot here and it stays hot. Spring and summer temperatures hover near 100 degrees. The humidity is oppressive. Overall population growth has been rapid, up 20 percent between 191,10 and 1970 (to Tampa-St- . Petersburg is growing twice as fast as Atlanta, and almost 60 percent as fast as Miami. As a result, problems have developed with: Water. A drought high-pressu- emergency has already been declared this year and lawn sprinkling is banned from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. If the combination of rising population and dwindling rainfall continues, the people here (and elsewhere in Florida) may have to choose between raising their famed citrus fruits, which gulp twice as much water an people do, or string-- , eat water rationing; they may even have to desalinate salt water for drinking at , This doesn't mean, of course, that the President would ever resort to such a chilling threat. But our sAurees point out that President Ford isn less in UWe of nuclear who has occupied the weapons than White House since Harry TrumAta made. the Orwe a nociear threat an:,-ina- .. weather ' - systems. 7 The city has no rapid transit system at all. "We're surrounded by ocean on three sides," said Mayor Charles Schuh. "Some cities can grow to the sub. urbs. We can't unless we go out into Tampa Bay on stilts. The only way we can go is up, and people don't want to do that." Other problems are slowly right themselves. The home building industry, which sank last year from its 1973 high, is just beginning to turn upward. The city art commission has recently begun a program to beautify the city. In late May, members voted to censor a neon advertising sign on the waterfront, and commissioned a $45,000 laser beam sculpture also for the waterfront (pending a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts). The city is largely white; only 12 percent of the popul&: tion is black. The blacks live in three relatively small and ramshackel sections of the city. A limited program of cross-distribusing is in effect. St. Petersburg's waterfront beginning to crisis develops. Diplomatic approaches are made to settle it, but the peaceful efforts fail. Then the President has the option of brandishing his nuclear weapons. He could set forth his demands. issue the nuclear ultimatum and set a deadline. If the demands were not met within the time period, he could order a tactical nuclear strike. The appropriate missile or bomber wing would receive a "LNO package," containing their instructions. This means Limited Nuclear Option. Once the President gave the green light, the nuclear blow would be delivered. In preparation for this possibility, missile and bomber crews are now practicing dozens of complicated new missions. The training is supposed to be completed by January Footnote: On ;one 20, we reported that Schlesinger had advocated the use of nuclear weapons, as an option, to repel an invasion of booth Korea. After our story appeared, he was asked about it at o press conference. Would the United States "use nuclear A 41 JACK linDERS011 fully understand that the United States must be prepared to carry it eLt. The armed forces, for their ',art, are reads,. The Strategic Air Commant'd began briefing missile and bomber wings months ago on the new Nuclear Weapons Employment Policy, or NLIWEP as the missilemen call it. During these briefings, the ptksible use of nuclear weapona in a "minor crise was specifically etiscassed. It is possible to it ly small targets with d weapons. An ell refinery or industrial complex, for example, could be leveled in one swift endear strike without doing serious dariuge to nearby population ext-eme- low-yiel- t,-.- e - heart of St. Petersburg's cultural and entertainment district, municipally owned and operated. It seats more than 2,800 in its theater and more than 8,000 in its arena. There is an $800,000 man- versity of South Florida. The Florida Gulf - coast Symphony shares a 10- concert subscription series between Tampa and St. Petersburg; this year, for its fourth season, the St. Petersburg series is sold out. 1975 The - 200 Iears rt. gor Gen. Burgoyne seeks to July "discuss the issues" with friend' Charles Lee, a former British officer, who is now one of Washington's four major Ft. 4 - ,1 ' thar . I watched the easterners come down out of the pine covered moun- tains, down the high walled canyon L2' into the high rent district of the dude ranch. ' The sage in bloom may smell like perfume to some smells it like to ranch the dude green folks, but owhers, Money in the bank. For just $56 per day and up anyone, even people from Brooklyn, can become a "rootin', tootin', ragtime And it cowboy." They can ride the trail on a could "hertz." I'm not sure about spurs, but the cash registers at the . old ranch house sure do jingle and jangle. People are flocking to these ranches to return to their rctisione homes browned by the sun. They may be darker, but their . pocketbooks are Ughter. You can tell the dudes from Nei( York from thereat cowboys. The dudes are the ones on horseback. Theseal trucks. cowboys drive can the dudes be seen heading up the Each morning, trail into the sunrise. Most of them bounce like the ball on g cartoons. The horse knows thieway those old home, but also knows where every small patch of cactus is growing within a radius. The horse usually wants to go one way, and' old Hopalong, the other. So the horse tosses him for it. It is against the law to pick cactus, or any other plants. But, most of them break the law, but not on purpose. . e know just eactly where to toss Those their riders. He helps them pick the cactus, and it takes a pair of pliers to get them out. That is one thing in favor of the truck. It won't toss You can kick itruck you off into nature's arid won't get into trouble with the Humane Society people. . Tat sure the people ift New York have tr,ore water than we westerners have. For some reason, evertime an easterner sees a pond of water, he wants to throw coins into it Now these dude ranch people weren't born yesterday. They have rigged up a spring so the dudes can get a drink the hard way. Either stooping down and drinking direct from he pond, or by cupping the hands. They have built a legend about an Indian maiden and the pecial water. Those who drink of the pond's water, whether Indian or White, will be given special powers. The dudes need special powers when they get off their mounts for the first time. Ever SPe a whole posse ofAudes standing up to an evening meal of steaks? There's another long weekend coming up around the 24th nobody works the next day. Take my alvIcs Watch the parade, attend the rodeo, if you have to sic a I horse, or a cowboy Then pitch tent in the backyard! about said radio, TO WITS END: Grandma always and I guess it goes for television too. that everytir4J you listen. you are furthering someone els,e's career! 1 le Chrtshan Science Pohi.shnso interest: A . sing-alon- Societe weapons against North Korea if they invade South Korea"? a reporter inquired. "We cannot foreclose any option," replied Schlesinger. Five days later. the same qtivstion was to President Ford. The put pohtt-blan- k nuclear option, Ford responded, would be used -- in a flexible way in our national - , '1, , . rent-a-hors- e. na, a $1 million museum of line arts, the pier, a sports arena, a downtown airport, and the campus of the Uni- tct . - option for 'minor' flareups N-ar- ms Here is a hypothetical scenario, which was presented at the briefings: policymakers is unmatched by any other city. Twenty blocks have public access. The focus is the bay-frocenter, also the .21.-5- - - in them There's eastern gold western hills. e.!! ' - Harry Jones , Deseret News staff writer 1 .4: ,"3 The armed forces are nuclear weapons if tactical use to prepared President Ford should call for them, not only to repel aggresion but also to respond to "minor incidents." In public, Defense Secretary James Schlesinger has emphasized that any use of nuclear waapors would be an "agonizing decision," which would be made only in the event of "major, major hostilities." But competent sources insist that the Pres' tent has been given the additional -option" of using tactical nukes in a mizor crisis. The new policy is intended to increase . his flexibility. If it bad been impossible to recapture the Mayaguez and rescue the crew, for example, the President could have threatened a hnuted nuelear blow to &lain the ships roes se, :7,,.E:::i it'?''t-,- 7 4) :,.r ': sporta opened?W.E.S., ,i,,..,,,,: )k 4 Junctioa. When will this;h4-- ., n Parleys-Emigratio- v0. WASHINGTON - ,,, :',..i,.,,,', o4 Ford holds tactical :- Uke boA 12F,31, the road is closed due to a washoot two miles f','.,-,,-- land-offic- 0- Mar, P 0 East Canyon has been my favorite Wang w: t.41p - But senior citizens are no longer the dominant portin of St. Petersburg's population. f! Long wait for East Canyon repairs bonfire, cooked dinner, roasted marshmallows, sang, and watchetl the city lights of St. Petershirg shimmer across the bay. They were 30 minutes from home. The park five connected islands and 884 acres of is quietude and flamingoes one of five in Pinellas County, all within 50 miles of the city. They help make St. Petersburg a very livable East Coast city that glories in its 38 miles of shoreline and its mile after mile of beaches as soft and white as sifted flour. St. Petersburg calls itself the "sunshine city." One local newspaper promises to give away its street editions every , day the sun fails to shine for at least 15 minutes; the last giveaway day was Dec. 15. Since 1910, the paper has given away only 252 editions. Summer in St. Petersburg it is the monsoon season rains nearly every day from June through September. During the winter, temperatures get down to the forties; but even during the summer the average temperature is 82 degrees (about 13 degrees cooler than Miami). St Petersburg is neither as stylish as Boca Raton, on Florida's east coast, nor as commercial as Miami Beach. It lacks the aristocracy and old money of Palm Beach or even Tampa. It is as much of an established vacation resort as Fort Lauderdale; in fact, the city's economic wellspring is tourism (2.5 million in 1974). There was a time when Pinches County was for tourists, senior citizens, and resident pelicans. This is changing, however. No longer are green benches set up for elderly people to rest on. Lawrence Welk and Liberace still do e business; local restaurants do offer "early bird specials" for the folks who prefer to retire early; "the world's largest shuffleboard and bridge club," located two blocks from City Hall, boasted 2,861 members this spring; last year Social Security checks did bring $405 million into the country. ttkit: 3 p:a! rent-a-hors- n. - I , - - ;;4, f. I |