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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES DIPLOMATIC POUCH The following letters were recently answered by the Department of State: ST. STEPHENS CROWN Does the United States still have possession of the crown of St. Stephen, the founder of Hungary? J T.C Beverly Hills, Calif. Dear J.T.C.: Although the Crown is the property of the Hungarian nation and a Hungarian national treasure, we gained custody of the Crown toward the end of World War II. It has not been returned to Hungary because unsettled conditions within Hungary and chronic strains in U.S. Hungarian relations made consideration of the Crowns return inappropriate and inopportune over a long period of years. The Crown has remained in our trust and safeguard. As our relations with Hungary have gradually improved in recent years and discussions have been carried on toward the settlement of various longstanding bilateral problems, the Hungarian Government has raised the question of the Crowns return. This subject will continue to be a matter of interest to both Governments, but we are concerned that the eventual return of the Crown should occur when substantial improvement in the atmosphere and status of our relations with Hungary is established. Under Turkish law, farmers must be given one years notice before opium-popp- y planting can be prohibited in areas where cultivation has been permitted. Prime Minister Nihat Erim has told us he will take every measure to eliminate smuggling and will undertake a program to induce farmers, who are legally permitted to plant poppies in the fall of 1971, to voluntarily abstain from planting. Beginning in the fall of 1972, the opium poppy will be banned throughout Turkey. We have also been encouraged by other recent evidence of the Turkish Governments intention to prevent Turkish opium from entering illicit channels. Measures which have been taken to insure collection of the total production from this year's harvest will result, we believe, in a much improved performance. These measures include training of additional narcotics agents, an increase in the purchase price of the opium gum, a provision for the advance cash payments to farmers, and collection of the gum at the farm immediately after harvest. Enforcement efforts are also showing improved results. The amount of opiates seized during the first four months of this year is more than double the amount seized during all of 1970. Do you have an inquiry about U.S. foreign policy? Send it to: The Diplomatic Pouch PMS, Room 4831 cent agreement between the Department of State United States and Turkey regard- Washington, D.C. 20520 TURKISH OPIUM What are the terms of the re- ing the ban on the production of opium? R.J.G. St. Louis, Mo. Dear R.J.G.: Since President Nixon has declared a national offensive against drug abuse, we have been devoting considerable effort to eliminate the illegal production and traffic in drugs. On June 30, the Turkish Government showed a strong sense of international responsibility by making the difficult decision to ban opium cultivation, beginning in the fall of 1972, in order to help the Turkish Government in overcoming the problems of the transition involved in eliminating a crop which the country is entitled to produce and which provides a livelihood for many farmers, we will provide technological and financial assistance research for and other similar programs. We are also considering other assistance to help offset the foreign exchange losses which the Turkish Government will suffer due to the loss of opium as a legal excrop-substituti- on port commodity. OEP Sets Deadline For Price List The Office of Emergency Pre- paredness announced that merchants must have a list of ceiling prices available for public inspection on or before Nov. 1, 1971. The list, from which the seller is required to provide information, must be available at the place of sale. George Lincoln, Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, ruled that the ceiling price list may be a single master list for the entire establishment or, alternatively, separate lists of ceiling prices for each selec- tion or department of the establishment. Until the ceiling price information is available, sellers must provide this information in accord with new procedures outlined by the Office of Emergency Preparedness. BLM Manager Issues Warnings To Deer Hunters A long dry Indian summer in Utah has created a situation that has caused Robert D. Nielson, Bureau of Land Management state director for Utah, to issue an appeal that hunters going into the fields this week end should be especially careful with fire. Drought conditions still exist in a large part of southern and eastern Utah in spite of a few good showers about a month ago. Elsewhere in the state, vegeta-tatio- n has dried considerably and a spark could start a destructive range or forest fire. Localized or small amounts of precipitation would not change the situation. Mr. Nielson joined with officials of other land management agencies in suggesting several precautions to persons going into the field. Campfires should be built only in areas where ground can be cleared down to mineral soils. Lighted matches should be broken in two before being discarded. Cigarettes and cigars should be snuffed out in an ash tray rather than on the ground. All fires should be dead out before being left unattended. Anyone discovering any fire should report it immediately to the nearest law enforcement, fire control or land management agency. He also appealed to hunters to respect private property. The gates should be left as they are found. Livestock should not be disturbed. In addition, campsite facilitates should not be abused and there should be no littering. Statistical Abstract Of U.S. 1971 Edition The 1971 edition of the Statistical Abstract of the United States, popularly refered to as Uncle Sams Answer Book, has just been released by the Bureau of the Census. The 92nd edition of the Abstract presents up to date authoritative data on the social, political and economic organization of United States. The valuable book is widely used as a handy reference in business offices, schools, libraries and homes. Copies are available at $5.50, and may be purchased at the Government Book Store, 710 North Capitol, NW., Washington DC, or in Denver. Address mail orders to the Supt. of Documents of U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 20402 and make check to the Supt. of if its printing . . . 4 dial flict considerable damage by blowing off shingles, damaging crops or causing unstable build-ing- s to collapse. "Unless it is anchored, a mobile home can be overturned by even a 45 wind if it happens to hit at just the wrong angle. Winds that would merely rip the shingles off a conventional house can send an unsecured mobile home rolling like an empty shoebox, Dr. Richard H. Simpson, director of the National Hurricane Center, says, I wouldnt think of leaving my mobile home without straps attached to holdfasts embedded in concrete. When a windstorm is anticipated its a good time to stay indoors but away from electrical appliances. If you should happen to be caught outdoors remember to keep away from lightning conductive objects. Many persons aware of this still remain too close to trees. Twice the trees height is a safe distance. A windstorm usually passes quickly, usually in the matter of a few hours. Remember, however, that windstorms sometimes thousands. give rise to tornados. Tune in Windstorms are also a signifi- your radio or television receiver cant, though unrecognized, cause and listen for warnings. of death. Lightning from electrical storms kills more people each Having a limited amount of year on the average than any other weather event. type it took Johann Gutenberg It is common for windstorms five years to hand set and print to blow at hurricane speeds of 75 the Bible. Today the entire volmiles an hour for brief periods. ume can be composed electronicThese short bursts of speed in ally in 77 minutes. Among the ill winds that blow no good tornados and hurricanes are considered the Now comes word that the ordinary garden variety windstorm wreaks more damage than its celebrated cousins do. NaFigures compiled by the that show tional Weather Service windstorms accounted for at least $50 million in property damage in the United States for each of the last ten years and in some of those years caused more than $500 million in damage. We dont hear much about windstorms because few people are affected by each of them, says Edwin P. Wiegel, public affairs officer for the National Weather Service. The big storms like Celia get the headlines. Yet year in and year out its the rather ordinary winds that account for the greatest property damage. The average number of hurricanes and tropical storms is about four, the average number of tornados about 600 and the number of windstorms many of them with violently destructive winds is estimated in the tens of arch-villain- s. Ihe science of pharmacy at least as ancient ig as the pre- scriptions found on a 3,300 year old sheet of papyrus reed, but like its sister science medicine, pharmacy wasnt w-sideri- 93.3 8 KEEPJETES TUPS ON SHOOTING KWJiOTEM icHftiasKtBi HUNTING IS GOOD! Thanks to state fish and game departments. They establish seasons and bag limits that best suit the wildlife and available food in their area. Where Thousands enjoy listening to toe-tappi- ng music the ambitious an challenges Egyptian apotiiecary was willing to take on from fastening loose teeth to making hair grow on a bald cranium-- he needed all the magical help he could get. While the ingredients of many all of his prescriptions would chill a modem pharmacists blood, some were quite sound. One papyrus prescription dating from Moses1 time lists a remedy still in wide use today-cast- or jm ifc i" vW" Distributed as a public service by National Rifle Association oil. Druggists continued to mix madness with sound remedies until modem times. Tenth-centur- in stereo every day! mile-per-ho- OUR PHARMACIES HAVE always practiced scientifically in the beginning. Ancient Egyptian pharma, cists included spells incantations among malady-eatin- g assets. Dial 364-846- Little Windstorm Causes More Damage Than. Tornado, Twister y Arab apothe- caries coated their pills with gold or silver for eye appeal, but the contents of the were often dictated by pills advanced study of chemistry, A RICH ur HISTORY physiology, botany and mathematics. In early European textbooks on pharmacy, remedies containing the eye of a toad or the ear of a newt often appeared alongside ingredients like cascara or digitalis. Many medicines were deliberately rendered unpleas-in- g to the palate by addition g of or ingredients. On the ancient theory that a medicine couldnt be good for you unless it was horrible to take. The more that was learned about disease and how to cure it, the more professional tiie pharmacist had to become. In 1905 he needed only two years of training in his profession. According to Schering Corporation, makers of Coricidin Cold Relief Tablets, the average pharmacist must today have at least five years of college training in a profession which is becoming more complicated and demanding all the time. National Pharmacy Week, to be celebrated October is a good time to think about the debt we all owe to the family pharmacist. still-usef- ul evil-smellin- g: nasty-tastin- 3-- 9, |