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Show Page Four Part The Eureka Reporter July 14. 1989 III Man CMim ami The next morning, after a democratic vote, we decided to'continue with our regularly scheduled activities. Another U.S. group was forced to abandon their bus to protestors earlier that morning. Our guide saw real democracy in action when my group independently voted and share our bus to squeeze-i- n with them. Once in the bus and out onto the street, we couldnt believe our eyes! The entire city had been brought to an absolute stand-sti- ll by the people blocking intersec- - tions with commandeered buses, trolleys and traffic dividers. Shanghai, the third largest city in the world, has a population of 14 million people; it seemed that all of them had taken to the streets! Illegal faxs from the states had been posted in the public squares and the people were aware of the clashes in Beijing. They were outraged. They were not overtly aggressive towards us, but we knew something was wrong when several men attempted to board our bus, and still more were waving to us to stop. from the Less than a quarter-mil- e hotel, our route was blocked by a municipal bus across the intersec- tion. Its windows had been smashed and the tires slashed. Reversing direction, we found our egress blocked by a similar blockade. Each direction we tried was blocked. Our guide and driver feared that our bus too would be commandeered and decided to get us back to the hotel as soon as possible. Using a -- and scries of narrow to sometimes appealing protestors blocking the streets, our driver was ultimately able to return us safely to the hotel. I found a fax transmission in my room from the U.S. Consulate Generals office; paraphrasing it read: The situation is extremely dangerous. Your personal safety cannot be assured. Shanghai remains uncertain. We advise Americans to exercise extreme from away caution...stay side-stree- ts univcrsities....stay away from crowds and demonstrations...stay close to Roger and tour member. Beijing - outside the Temple of Heaven. 4 & if 'Sm - ffmi-- ' Pv- A Harvesting wheat crop with hand- knives. Outside Xian. James Garfield was the first U.S. Mrs. Leona Bray and Mrs. Alice Fox were in Nephi Monday, attendpresident to use a telephone. ing a meeting of the DUP Museum Board, held at the home of Mrs. LYMAN'S BEAUTY Evelyn Lomax. SALON On the agenda for discussion were: sale of handicrafts and the Ute EUREKA, UTAH Stampede celebration; a schedule LYMAN LONEY for members to be present at the Owner and Operator Pioneer Cabin at Nephi City Park and Blow cutting ir Styling during the hours it is open to the public, Monday thru Fridayofeach Perms week. Coloring Also plans for the 24th of July Bleaches celebration in Nephi. A childrens parade is planned at 4 p.m. BarbeFrosts cued hamburgers, corn dogp, home-- j it Expert Styling made root beer and brownies will be sold at the park. APPOINTMENTS ONLY PHONE 433-636- 7 Closed Sunday and Monday The biggest continent is Asia. At almost 17,000,000 square miles, nearly 30 percent of the earth. its Pagoda in Xian. Built by Emperor (200 A.D.) to honor and house the hair of his dead mother. (Preserving hair was quite an honor). Originally 10 stories high, it is now7. of the usual tourist options being toms Gate. All they wanted to see open, we left for the airport in the was a valid Western passport and to make an 8 p.m. departure papers. mid-morni- ng With great emotion on both sides flight. Remarkably, we were allowed through the blocked intersections of the boarding gate, wc bade our and took refuge in a state Guest thanks and farewells to our guide House (which our guide told us and driver and wished them well. frequently housed Deng Xioping) They assured us they were in no mile from the air- immediate danger and we were led about one-ha- lf port. Wc spent the rest of the day away to the waiting plane. Ive never seen a plane boarded there, leaving for the airport about so 4 oclock. Safely at the airport, wc quickly. Within minutes wc were sat in the bus for another two hours rolling down the runway. Many before being allowed into the ter- people who had left friends and minal building. family behind were in obvious disInside was like a scene our of tressful as the plane left the ground, Apocalypse Now. There were no the passengers broke into thunderporters or baggage assistance avail- ous applause. Applause again when able, and two ticket clerks were the British captain announced wc your place of residence. Make sure someone knows where you are at all times. Please stay in touch with us. (I tried. The woman who answered my call spoke very little English and could not answer any to questions). The fax was the only trying handle everyone; most of reassistance or information we the airline workers had refused to ceived from the U.S. Government. report. Everyone was scrambling to ensure they got on any plane. All flights out of Shanghai were About a thousand people were trying filled and we werent scheduled to to get a seat on our Hong Kong-boun- d leave for another two days. We had plane that had room for only no alternative but to sit in the hotel 450. The Chinese were very surand watch developments out the prised to sec rich Westerners windows or from the rooftop gar- banding together to handle the den. We didnt know, given the baggage and assist our senior group barricades, if wed be able to make members. People without seats w'crc it to the airport or if our flight pushing through the crowd and would depart on schedule. I was offering huge amounts of money to getting more than a bit nervous. those who had boarding passes. Outside our hotel, the manageNo one on our tour nor any of our ment had removed the Chinese flag baggage was searched at the Cus- from its usual place, and the police boxes had been taken over by enCHOLESTEROL CONTROwas A residents. PA raged VERSY system Just when everyone in Citizens! Leave! Chinese, blaring thought low cholesterol was the Go to your jobs! NO one will be key to good health, these new findpunished if you leave now! From ings appear: Harvard researchers the roof of the hotel I could sec showed that for low-ris- k people numerous pillars of black smoke between the ages of 20 and 60, the rising in the city; the incited people gain in life expectancy is only three were setting fire to buses and trains. days to three months when they From our hotel windows we watched follow a lifelong program to lower several companies of the Red Army cholesterol. More confounding data: performing drills and exercises, Research scientist Michael Oliver, obviously trying to intimidate the M.D., of the University of Edcrowds. inburgh, says that reducing cholesEach night the government would terol by altering diet may actually remove the blockades; each mornincrease the chance of death by other, the causes. (Previous ing people would return and rebuild them. studies have shown an association We were told that organized tour between low cholesterol levels and groups were not allowed to enter a high incidence of colon cancer). the airport until two hours before The cholesterol question gets their scheduled flight. With none murkier and murkier. - were out of Chinese airspace. Two hours later, as the wheels touched down on the free soil of Hong Kong, I heaved a sigh of relief and joined my fellow travelers in more applause and cheering. EUREKA MEDICAL CENTER JOSEPH I. MAKKLAND, P.A.C. ..Office Hours.. Mondays Wednesday Fridays J-9-- 5 11 3-- 5 Blood Pressures checked without charge Staler Gtizens: FREE Eye Exams for Driver's Licenses non-corona- ry FOR APPOINTMENTS 433-690- -- rr 5 |
