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Show Editorial Page Feature ala Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations By UPI Fi News Analyst In New Delhi through the next Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah six Quakes All MajortoVictims Tt would not be easy to convince the unfortunate victims of last month’s earthquakes in Sicily of this, but the world continues to experience a strange holiday from great earthquakes. That holiday is now nearing the end of its fourth year, the longest such period since seismologists began recording the earth’s con- stant tremors on their sensitive instruments 70 years ago, according to earthquake experts at the Environmental Science Services Administration. A “great” earthquake is defined as one having a magnitude of 8 or higher on the scale devised by Dr. Charles Richter of California Institute of Technology. It can release more energy than the total of all the others that occur during a year. The last one was the Alaskan quake of March 27, 1964. Even “major” earthquakes — those registering 7 to 7.9 Richter —are diminishing. On the average, 16 major earthquakes occur annually. Last year, only six were recorded. TheSicilian catastrophe, terribie as it was in human suf- weeks, representatives of 132 nations will be seeking the answer to a problem which noted scientists have declared SUNDAY, FEBRUARY11, 1968 equals or transcends in impor- fering and property damage, did not rank in the “major” category. The strongest of the series of 34 shocks was only about 5.7 on the Richter scale. Seismologists don't know the tance the danger of an avomic war. It ig the growing gap between the rich and the poor nations, the danger of mass starvation Attract Little Interest It it unlikely to attract wide ¢evelopment aid at interest rates they can afford to pay popular interest which in itself is illustrative of the “apathy” of kis subject which has occupied the attention of world governments since the end of World War Il and the emer- and resulting violence and what Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economic and soci world repute, calls a “ref think of the unthinkabie ’ The meeting is called the Unite? Nations Conference on Trade and Development. It is not a glamorous meeting since it deals with the dull figures of international economics and of Starvation in terms of numbers instead of people. which the rich nations are accused. Out of it the undernations hope to obtain from the industrialized country duty-free entry of some of their manufactured goods, stabilization of prices for their raw materials and an increase in “In Case They Take MeSeriously, Keep the Motor Running.” reasons for this period of relative and the inner oceans. In the latest of the Navy’s Project Argus isolation experiments, volunteers were confined alone in this severe, of course. The deprivation experiment only accelerated reactions that could evenutally occur in the monotonous, confined environment of a submarine or spacecraft. of ying 40 volunteers, only 21 the full week. The 19 dropouts, some of whom pressed the panic button as early as two hours after the experiment began, showed stress symptoms roughly equivalent to those of soldiers under artillery fire, says Dr. Wil- in cycles, but no one has been able there isn't a day that goes by that I don’t learn something. And the schools grading system—quite the contrary. I'm a staunch supporter of their “new method” teaching and for the most part, like their system of grading. Perhaps the reason I don't understand is because it’s personal. In fact, I'll say it is and we'll go on from there. Mcanwhile, mother earth rum- bles menacingly in her “sleep,” throwing off thousands of minor quakes and tremors every year. When she shudders hard enough in a populated area, as in Sicily, it hardly matters to those involved how the scientists rate it. When I arrived home the other day after work, I walked through the family room on my way upstairs when I noticed an additioval piece of furniture in the room. Closer inspeition proved I was right and trat it was a beautiful chess table. Remembering that my number 2 son, Jeff, was taking shop at Dixon Jr, High, and that he had mentioned the possibility of making a chess table, I hurried upstairs to check with Double N. Sure enough, it was his table! She said that he had brought it home for me to look at. And look at it I did. I admired it until the buttons on my shirt popped off. It was beautiful! And to think that my mumber 2 son made it— when I hadn’t even offered the encouragement needed when he first mentioned it, (That’s another mistake I made.) oe & After more drooling and raves, it was then I learned that he had earned a B— on the table. Jeff indicated two chess squares that didn’t quite touch and thought perhaps that might be the reason for the grade, I don’t pretend to be an expert or even a knowledgable man on finished woodwork, but I’ve spent the better part of my life around a man that knows everything there is to know about woods and finished woodwork. He’s a man thet has spent his life working with woods — building bridges, homes, cabinets, furniture... you name it, he’s made it. I know, he’s my Those who stuck it out seemed to be more down-to-earth and self reliant and more likely to enter contemplative states of mind. The problem now is, how do you get these downtypes to leave the earth? GoingLike ‘60’ We weren't aware of it, but the highway patrol gentlemen aren’t the only ones who keep tab on motorists’ speeds. The Bureau of Public roads evidently has been doing it for years. It reports that Americans are traveling faster than ever on the nation’s open roads, mainly because there are more and more miles of four-lane freeways to go faster on. According to study conducted by the bureau of state highway Tronically, he says, the men most susceptible to the stress of senger cars, trucks and buses— was 58.7 miles per hour in 1966. This was nearly one mile an hour variety of stimuli, They voluntered for the experiment readily, but they also quit readily. or higher. The average speed of buses and cars was the same— 58.8 m.p.h. TodayIn Plans for New Civic Center g £ Ba-e2i ! eSsigtbli e voters on Nov. 6, 1962, that a treatmentplant be built for the reason by Mr. An derson. This proposal was soundly defeated. ‘he Central Utah Water Conservancy District has under way at present with Orem City’s cooperation, a study of the feasibility of the District treating Orem's water on a contract basis which, if feasible, would mean that Orem City would not have to make the capital outlay necessary construct a treatment plant. The leasing of city irrigation water provides a use of the water in the summer as well as funds to purchase more wat- By United Press International Today is Sunday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 1968 with 325 to follow. The moon is between its first quarter and full phase. The morning star is Venus. The evening stars are Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. On this day in history: In 1937 General Motors Corp, recognized the United Auto Workers union. In 1943 Dwight D. Eisenhower was madea full general. In 1945 President Franklin D, ston Churchill and Soviet Marshall Josef Stalin ended a week-long conference at Yalta in the Crimea. In 1965 U.S. and South Vietnamese planes staged the first bombing raids on North Vietnam in retaliation for a Viet Cong attack. A thought for the day: Thomas Edison said, “There is no substitute for hard work.” and do not re flect the views of this news | paper. * — certainly not the mostattractive part of the human anatomy — would draw the gaze of all the men around like a . I have seen the pattern many times, a cautious glance, a covert look, the uretense of pulling down the skirt — Dut not yoo quickiy — the aalt embarrassed, half coquettish 911 S19) W., Orem, wish I had time to wait for another round, for the inevitable conflict should be most interesting. Something will have to give, Almost unnoticed, another kind of social conflict has been going on, closely related than most people rea- RV TAMES O. BERRY —— % cS) Now here I must resort to sheer speculation, but I did notice that it was about the time that men began to treat women as if they were men that these various stratagms of catching men’s attention began to appear. They didn’t succeed too well. The more that was revealed the less men were interested. Modern women are learning what the courtesans knew hundreds of years ago, and played more skilifully. Women can do almost men can do, and often better, but not all of them get the same pay for the same work, Maybe they wark too hard at Deing women, and noi hard enough at being people. _——_ | By i))(I7 ed women have seldom noticed. At first, most men sulked, then accepted Ee s& 28 Legs were once a symbol of sex and fust the sight of a woman’s knee-cap Even Believed In American . water, to make needed improvements in street drainage and to solve a host of other important problems all at the same time, and without in creasing the mill levy. Russell 0. Brown a until style has completed another cycle, and bythat time I won't be around. Tf you asked me if I really ik t the mini-skirts I must tell honesty I did not. In spite of feminine pretense they are designed to be looked at, but to call attention to what used to be covered. A nice pair of feminine legs is worth looking at, though they have become so common that much of their glamor has gone, movement executed with military precision. Even General MacArthur knew when it was time to blow a retreat, and in the battle of the sexes skirts have to come No sir, in my mind he deserved better recognition than he got. But like I say,it’s a personal I'm biased because he’s my boy. But it’s still a thing of beauty and something I'll look upon the rest of my life with In my book, his work is A-OK, And when his “Pappa” (Grandfather) sees it, I know he'll give him a AAA rating. And after all, that's the most important thing anyway. Paul Harvey Lots of Jokes But Who'll Laugh Last Roosevelt, Prime Minister Win- d 8 z around. When it to attracting women had a elie ee: bethey overdid it, Men do like a bit of mystery about their women, and as legs were unblushexposed, or covered by umexciting pants the attention of men strayed to the upper regions. Sometimes even hl *GeGh gered hijttestet g The Chopping Block table, I was truly disappointed. After all, I thought, what do they expect of a 13-year-old? Something you'd find at Friel’s or Granite Furniture? History Orem City Gets Backing On isolation seem to those most likely to volunteer exploration faster than the year before. About 40 per centof the vehicles adventures — the and sensation seekers who need a wide were clocked at speeds of 60 m.p.h. believe it can be held against me. ’m not that old, and besides according to the fashion magazines they going out of style and we may not look upon them again for another or so will stand at around billion. More than four million people each year die of starvation. for the rest of m, life I hope a day NEVER goes by that I can’t learn something. Philosophy? I hope so! But just recently something came up that I doa’t understand, It's kind of a personal thing—but nonsthe-less, I still don't understand. It has to do with school grades. I'm not going to use this column as a “chopping block” for other great earthquake. Where and whenit will happen, however, is anybody's guess. liam H, Haythorn of the Naval departments, the average speed of all types of motor vehicles—pas, Medical Research Institute. a I had given up rather than out, for I could have gone on, But no place to go but home, but by sitting there I was a itor to io show in the world — people going about haktoainers oblivious to others, at 1 billion. By the year 2,000, it ‘There are sure a lot of things in this world 1 don't understand and probah!y a lot of things I don’t want to understand, But during which it is building up stresses which will result in an- - Hems Are, H-MMM’s! After millions of years, the world population in 1800 stood ! May Be Wrong, But He’s My Boy! quiet, Earthquakes seem to occur to discover a predictable pattern. But they do know that there have been quiet periods before and that they have a way of ending with a bang. For example, a quiet period in 1954-56 was foilowed in 1957 with 27 major and two great earthquakes. . The seismologists theorize that the earth is undergoing a cycle small room in complete darkness and silence, Actual conditions will never be But the figures themselves are frightening Population Explosion Bye Line by Jensen Space: For the Quiet Types The meek will not only inherit the earth; they may be the best bet for the conquest of outer space gence of newly independent nations, of the members of GATT, the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade, and of the United States which more than all others has distributed millions in foreign aid. It is not all the fault of the rich nations, since the have-nots frequently are charged with doing nothing for themselves, © 1968 by NEA, Bini “Do you have the BEST SELLER, ‘The Exhibitionist,’ or hasn't it been published yet?” Jokes travel our nation these days at the speed of light. Often the same joke has a different target in each state. I hear jokes told on the Ital- jans in New York, on the Polish in Chicago, on the Aggies in Texas — the same jokes. Only the names have been changed to make fun of some local whipping boy. In Montana, Montanans tell stories about North Dakotans: “The power failed, and it took the North Dakotan two hours to figure out how to get off the stalled escalator.” North Dakotans tell the same stories on Norwegians: “He broke his shoulder raking leaves; he fell out of the tree.” Norwegians tell the same stories another way: “Did you hear about the Canadian who went ice fishing? He came back with 50 pounds ofice.” English-speaking Canadians will advise: “Never hire a Frenchman elevator operator; he can't remember the route.” Whom do they impale on their barbed jests in upper Michian? “Tt takes three Finns to change a light bulb; one to hold the bulb and two to turn the ladder.” Where upper Michigan laughs at the expense of Finns, the De troit area makes fun of the frugality of Hollanders: “The Grand Canyon was dug by a Hollander looking for a penny.” And whom do they baste with tears of laughter in Nebraska? If you live south of Omaha you pick on the Polish (the Polock), North of Omaha the butt of the same jokes is the Bohemian (the Bohunk). “He equipped his car wtih snow tires, but when he went out the next morning they'd melted.” Pennsylvanians joke about “the Dutch,” but with an undertone of respect: “Lancaster Amishman explaining his damaged watch to the jeweler: ‘I only dropped it once, and I i it up real quick,’” When an Ohioan tells a tall tale about a West Virginian, heis less kind: “The best place to hide money from a hillbi is under the soap.” In southern Indiana they contemplate “the largest zoo in the world; we'll fence in Kentucky.” These little wars go on all over the world. In Hawaii, it’s the Portuguese who never win: “He can't make any more ice cubes; he lost the recipe.” In upstate New York it’s “the dumb Swede” who never gets a coffee break because it would take too much time to retrain him afterward.” In southern New York the butt of the same joke may be Italian or Jewish or “the guy from Brooklyn who smelled Se anoe side; he i w where to Left Guard.” = One of the wonderful things about our melting-pot nation is that all Americans are “mostly something else.” Recently Negroes have been made hypersensitive about Ne- gro jokes, but significantly Negro-white relations have not been improved by this blackout. Other American minorities suffer sometimes hurtful humor philosophically. They figure you alwaysfind the most clubs under the tree with the best apples on it, “FORUM RULES Herald welcomes ieners trem Please note these rules: |