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Show f O V rp iuIbj PABAOE'S SPECIAL by LLOYD SHEARER BECAUSE OF VOLUME OF MAIL U.S. Jr., Ambassador to HflPIfrillll Malaysia and iLHulUliHlL former political counselor at the U.S. The it classified report calls for the U.S. withdrawal from two installations in the Philippines Clark Field Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Base. The two bases employ about 14,000 U.S. servicemen and 43,000 Filipinos. Last year Henry Kissinger and Philippine Foreign Secretary Carlos Romulo met in Mexico City and agreed that the U.S. should pay roughly $1 bil- lion to use the bases for the next five years. Ferdinand Marcos, dictator and president of the Philippines, apparently wants more. Underhill thinks they're worth much less, if any- thing. His report claims the two bases are of limited function and would not deter effective moves by China or the So- PARADE REGRETS - AMBASSAD0R FRANCIS T. UNDERHILL viets, that they are source of irritation a to the Philippines and Third World nations, and that our presence in Southeast Asia is no longer of critical military or political impprtance. There are refutations, of course, to each of these points. Navy would The U.S. be most reluc- tant to give up Subic Bay, is its largest overseas base and a major refitting station for the Seventh Fleet. And giving which up the bases would upset the Japanese, who would like us to continue paying for their defense. But the report shows at least one way in which the Carter Administration can prevent the constantly escalating demands of Marcos: threaten to pull out if he insists upon remaining unreasonable. IT When RUSSIAN JAM jamming LIST station is ssador in Moscow arousamba- has lodged 27-3- 1 July 2-- 10; House, 1- -9 6 Senate adjournment: Oct. English audi- 1 Columbus ences, Denmark's Oct. with Greenland, Norways coastal radio, America's transatlantic Oct. 24 radio contact 8-- Day: House, 14 Veterans Day: House, Thanksgiving Day: House, Nov. and NATOs 19-2- 8 military radio House adjournment: Dec. 10 location of "The Woodpecker" has been suspected variously to be at Minsk, Kiev, Odessa, the Baltic Sea Coast and even Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean. FERTILITY GUIDE most favorable time to produce a baby? For $56 you can get a very reliable answer in England Western military sources dont rule out the poss- Research firm has devel- communications. r The 5 at least. The Electro Biological oped an apparatus which a woman holds on her thigh above her knee. When she presses the black button against her skin a pointi r appears ani registers tin "electro potential" for TRY T 1IC Lsst year th IMA IIIIIL average American taxpayer labored two hours and 39 minutes of every eight-howorkday to pay his taxes. On a ur calendar basis, he worke from Jan. 1 to May 1 to pay his feloral, state ani local taxes. i 4 28-Ju- ne August: Senate and station. MARCOS, PHILIPPINE FIRST LADY AND PRESIDENT 8-- 17 House, Aug. ordinary Soviet jamming IMELDA AND FERDINAND 7-- July ibility that "The Woodpecker" is an experimental satellite military installation rather than an 17, 1977 recess schedule: Easter: Senate, April House, April nate, interruptions every hour flights ve Independence Day: Se- five-minu- te BBC "non-legislati- Memorial Day: Senate, 5; House, Communic- courses for Russian cesses. The House of Representatives has decided to call them "district work periods," ani May May ations Union in Geneva. The station known as "The Woodpecker" trans- which jam to improve its image. No longer will Congress be taking re- ngress Congress five official protests, mits three generated by sex scandals, foreign bribes and a craftily engineered pay raise has motivated Co- periods." Herewith while France has complained five times to the International mm the Senate, ing the anger of Western nations. Denmark's ABOUT THIS COLUMN CANNOT ANSWER QUERIES the first complete census was taken in this country 150 years ago, half the people were 16.7 or younger. If census projections are correct, the median age in this country by the year 2000 will reach 34.8; by the year 2030 it will be 37.3. OLDER Francis T. Underhill Embassy in Manila, has produced a most stimulating document. It is now making the rounds in the State Department, where is causing a stir. RECEIVED the day. This electrical potential, or tension on the skin surface, increases dramatically on the day of ovulation the most propitious day of the month for conception. |