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Show qOO by Pamela Swift No Jail Rap in Canada The practice of jailing marijuana users, especially young ones, for simple possession of "pot, is apparently on the way out in Canada. Three months ago a commission, studying the nonmedical use of drugs, agreed that criminal prosecutions for simple possession of marijuana might eventually prove more harmful to the possessor than the drug's known effects. five-memb- er CONCERT: (L-RINGO STARR, GEORGE HARRISON, BOB DYLAN, LEON RUSSELL. ON STAGE AT BANGLADESH See Europe in Style Fund-Rais- er For many young Americans, a summer trip to Europe represents freedom from parental and t academic restrictions, an opportunity to drop out and turn on, to go bearded, bedraggled and barefoot for three adventurous months. At least 6000 young U.S. : high-schooler- days down at the beach with all your Fun-fille- d friends thats what summer is. And freedom the freedom you get with Tampax tampons. They let you be as active as you like, swim whenever you want, wear whatever you please. All because Tampax tampons are worn internally: no more bulky pads, no odor to form, no discomfort. Just freedom to enjoy all the fun at the beach. Our only interest is protecting you. MADE ONLY BY TAMPAX INCORPORATED, PALMER, MASS s, however, are seeing Europe this summer in coat and tie, shoes and stockings, chaperoned and carefully tutored in cultural appreciation. They are this year's enrollees in the Foreign Study League, the largest and oldest study program for high school students summering in Europe. Founded by the Latter-DaSaints (Mormons) and now owned by Transamerica Corp., One of the greatest of all time is George Harrison, the gentle Beatle. Last summer Harrison conceived and masterminded an concert in New York City in orraise money for the starving to der children of Bangladesh. Combined total of the concert admissions, recordings and 61ms now comes to $15 million. Not bad for one man's contribution to charity. The Bangladesh certainly need it. Sheik Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister of the impoverished country, revealed recently that of the 200,000 Bengali girls raped by the Pakistan army, 79,000 became pregnant. insure that no hippie-type- s in slip inadvertently, FSL requires personal references, including one from the student's political, or racial beliefs. The stu- dents began to inundate the heads of state of each of the countries in- volved with letters. At thq same time they wrote to the families of the prisoners, asking them what they could do to be of help. One boy raised over $100 in one week by sell- ing pretzels to his schoolmates in order to meet one family's requests for medical and school supplies. Recently we learned that the prisoner from Sierra Leone was While we don't know that it was our efforts which were respon- sible for his freedom, we are fairly certain that our display of interest provoked the officials there to take action, which otherwise they might have avoided. hope," continues Mr. Blue, that the students will start similar groups on college campuses when they graduate, but even if they be- come involved in other activities, the personal contact which they have had with men who have dared to be dissident has taught them an invaluable lesson in human rights. The U S headquarters for Am- nesty International is located at 200 West 72nd Street, New York, N.Y. all-st- recruits students by appealto ing their parents in the following way: "If your teenager is pestering you to go abroad this vacasummer, a student-styltion, in Europe or elsewhere, won't have to mean leading a hippie life, sleeping in the streets or bathing in public fountains." What it does mean, is morning classes, afternoon field trips, and proper attire for dinner coat and tie, dress and hose. The students are closely supervised by counselors, and strict rules of conduct forbid e FSL-styl- e, drugs and liquor. The cost of an FSL tour runs about $1000 for six weeks in Europe, somewhat more for similar tours to Japan, Africa, and the Middle East. ar To high school counselor. Political Prisoners , Not the Prom y FSL George fund-raise- rs Some 40 students at Northport High School on Long Island. N.Y., are busy raising money and writing letters, but not for the benefit of the yearbook or the senior prom. They are seeking the release of political prisoners. The students comprise the first high school chapter of a London-base- d organization called which began International, Amnesty 11 years ago but today has some 1500 affiliates throughout the world, with 19 in the U.S. "The idea to form our own chapter was explains the group sponsor, Howard Blue, a teacher of European cultural studies at Northport High. "In January we were assigned three prisoners one from the Soviet Union, one from Spain, and one from Sierra Leone All of these men were imprisoned for holding independent religious, non-profi- student-initiate- d, 18 t, ItjWMffWUPWl A, i- - i r t I i I 10023. : t i ; f i pu'ade: ri ' ai icust u nr: |