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Show Page 2 The Utah Independent January mm The The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand 1, 1976 THE SCOTT READERS Independent OUTLOOK POLICY NOTICE Dedicated To The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty II Corinthians 3:17 Fighting With Our Hands Tied Wc are endebted to Senator Goldwater for getting them unclassified, and to Stanton Evans, writing in HUMAN EVENTS, September 20, 1975, for the information that the rules under which our boys had to fight in Vietnam ran to 43 pages of some 450 detailed separate instructions. Before our men could fight, they and their officers had to determine which rule or rules applied to the particular engagement, and then determine what, if anything, they could do under the rule book. It seems incredible, but here is one of the rules: Prior to subjecting urban areas to an air attack, even when fire is being received from the area, inhabitants must be warned by leaflets, loudspeakers, or other appropriate means prior to the attack, and given sufficient time to evacuate the area. Bv the time all this could be done, of course, it would usually be too late for either offensive or defensive action. Multiply this rule by 450, and imagine field commanders and men under heavy fire, reading the rule book to decide if and how they could defend themselves. One rule provided that no North Vietnam airfield on which a Third Nation aircraft was present could be attacked. All the Communists had to do was set down a plane of some other communist country on an airfield, and it became immune. In other words, the Communists won the war by the Bureaucrats who wrote the rules governit. The Russian Communists sitting at the military ing desk in UN, or some person or group, tied the hands of our soldiers behind their backs before they were sent into battle. Under any ordinary circumstances. this would be treason. One rule provided that an American helicopter pilot, spotting a North Vietnamese column moving under him. could not attack unless he, himself, was first attacked. In some cases our men could not attack until their officers had secured the approval of the province or district chiefs. This would, of course, require time. By the time approval could be gained, the opportunity was no doubt lost in most cases. The American people like-mind- ed Continued on page I I 3 mm The Utah's Largest and 57 Oakland Aenuc Fastest-Growin- g I I 12 . Utah 84115 25C than months 2 Subscription Weekly Salt Lake City Assorted copies older Independent each 12 for $2.75 for SI. 00 25 for $5.00 Wc like to receive Letters To The Editor. Frequently, however, these letters are much too long for us to use. F(r this reason, we are adopting the following policy: 1. Letters To The Editor or should be typed (double-spacewritten legibly on one side of an 8'AxI I sheet of paper. 2. We will publish these letters regularly as space permits. We appreciate the fact that some subjects require more length. d) Iisuch instances they should be submitted as News Articles and will be subject to our regular editorial policies and current needs. News items Must Be Fully We want to print Documented. ONLY THE TRUTH! Mny 50 for $9.00 Subscriptions: USA $10.00 per year Foreign $15.00 per year 100 for $17.50 by Paul Radical new Washington: crops now being developed such as a corn plant shaped like a Christmas tree could help feed -- - July-Augu- non-fluoridat- ed October 1965: resumed striking increases in death from heart disease after fluoridation introduced and again when it was resumed. Fifteen copies for S .00 from Howard M. Thomson, 277 iFarnum Street. North Andover. Mass. 01845. (5) Americans United to Combat Fluoridation. 915 Stone Road. Laurel Springs. N.J. 0802 : request literature and give it your financial 1950. Scott in New Haven, then helped adapt this method to increased plant ef- ficiency. Efficiency in plants is a undernourished people in the measure of their ability to use convert water and undeveloped countries and help sunlight to into living matter. dioxide lower food prices in industrial carbon Now, by using plant cells. Dr. nations like the U.S. This is the exciting view of Zelitch believes yields can be inmany agriculture scientists now creased in feed grains and working to make farming more vegetables. In any plants that can be productive and to increase the food supply for the worlds fast growing grown from cells it is possible to artificially speed up and direct the population. These scientists emphasize process of evolution, according to that what is needed is a Manhat-tan-sty- le the scientists who are now in basic developing this technique. The project agriculture research to advance the tens of thousands of cells grown in many possible improvements in a laboratory dish are equivalent to crops and farm methods now being a vast field holding the same developed. The corn plant shaped like a Christmas tree is one graphic thanks. example of what can be developed, Sorry we cannot print your according to Dr. Sylva H. Wittwer, requests for funds.director of the Michigan CORRECTION Agriculture Experimental Station Dear Editor: and head of a National Academy of on Congratulations publishing the article and chart Science study on new crop Water research. "Fluoridated With an all out effort by the Carcenogenic in your December 11. 1975 issue, page 8. government. Dr. Wittwer says, One correction: Dr. Dean such a plant could be developed Burk's address is 4719 44th Street. and ready for general use within N.W.. Washington. D.C. 20016. I five years. He stresses that corn plants whose leaves stick outward had the wrong street number. Further sources of in- and up like the branches on a pine tree could catch light more effecformation: than plants with ordinary (1) Defniite Link Between tively leaves. Fluoride. Cancer Deaths", a study drooping Some plants, peas and beans, st 1957 isprinted in the example, can pluck sue of the National Health for one of the building Federation Bulletin, two copies for nitrogen blocks of protein right out of the $1.00 from National Health If this ability can be air. Federation. Box 688, Monrovia, transferred to other crops, reliance Cal. 91016. This study of 25 cities on increasingly expensive fertilizer by Dr. Yiamouyiannis resulted in could be drastically cut, saving his conclusion: "Fluoride, in the 1 I I SEASONS GOOD NEWS . amounts added to fluoridate public waters, causes cancer andor increases the growth rate of cancer cells. Elaborate tables compare fluoridated and cities: percentage increases due to fluoridation mouth and tongue 44.; esophagus 72; stomach 459r; large intestine 40; rectum 80; gastrointestinal tract 51. (2) Books: "Fluoridation and Truth . Decay S3.50, and The Fluoride Question: Panacea or Poison?. $7.95; both available from Munson Books. 3436 Willow Drive. Mattoon. 111. 61938. National Fluoridation (3) News. Route 1. Gravette, Ark. 72736: quarterly. S2.00 per year. Heart Deaths and (4) leaflet; Antigo. Fluoridation", Wisconsin started fluoridation 1949. discontinued November REPORT millions. This break-throuwould be a big boom to countries like India and Pakistan, where increased fertilizer costs (due to the worldwide boost in oil prices) have caused a sharp cutback on its use. Progress also is being made on a radical new process which the scientists believe in time can double the harvest of wheat, barley, and rice the staples of life. gh FOOD FROM CELLS This method involves growing plants from single cells. It allows scientists to speed up and direct the course of natural selection in a small laboratory dish. For many years. scientists have known that entire plants can he grown from tiny bits of tissue fed with suitable chemicals. Until recently, this was considered little more than a parlor or laboratory possibility. But a young plant biologist. Peter S. Carlson, now at Michigan State University, proved that this method could be used to genetically alter some of the basic properties of plant species. Dr. Israel Zelitch. of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station number of plants. ARE RESULTS PROMISING-- So far, the that have shown experiments tobacco, carrots, and tomatoes are easily grown from cells. Wheat, rice and corn are more difficult but researchers have gotten them to grow from clumps of cells. Needed is a massive research effort to take the techniques now being perfected for tobacco and apply them to the development of other crops. This type of effort could speed up the development of this food-increasi- process. ng Other new crops such as a grain called triticale also show tremendous promise of supplementing present food staples, although public acceptance of this new food still must be achieved. Another new source of food in the future could be this newspaper Dr. Keith H. you are reading. York State New St einkraus, of the Agricultural Experiment station, reports that newspapers are a potential source of "microbial proteins, increasingly useful in meeting future world food shortages. Dr. Steinkrauss current experiments focus on cellulose, the primary component of paper, as a source of fermentable carbohydrates", which would be used to nurture the microbial proteins during their development. FERMENTATION fermenPROCESS Through tation, .000 pounds of these carbohydrates would be able to produce 12.000 pounds of protein 1 per day. THcfermcntor would be a large, temperature-controlle- d tanks. building with oxygen-fe- d Proteins are used in the manufacture of meat substitutes, some of which are already on the market. The objective is to have these proteins processed to mcat-lik- c textures and flavored with edible oils and meat flavors. Newspapers and wastepaper make fantastic sources of raw materials for the new process, according to Dr. Steinkraus. Thus, even the pages of bad news can be turned into something good for mankind. 1 The UTAH INDEPENDENT Name 1 1 (First) i Address L: support. Join and become an active member of the National Health Federation, membership $8.00 per issues of the year, including (Last) (Middle) National Bulletin: (Number And Street) Health Federation ery effective fighters lor in matters of freedom of choice health. tC.tyi 1 (Slav) tf'P Code) I)ais Fred M. Va. 24505 Lynchburg. l imliiiutrd on page 7 It is the duty of government to prevent injustice not to promote it. |