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Show LD.it CONTINUED ; The longest No war in U.S. No opinion 4 The Vietnam war history nam war the Viet will percent not only cost this country $140 billion plus 50,000 dead, and 340,000 wounded but it caused three successive federal administrations to lie constantly to the American people. Moreover, it cost the government the faith and trust of American probably go down as one of the most, if 30 percent not the most, controversial wars in American history. The pollsters from the Gallup organization asked a cross section of the public this question: "Now that the U.S. has reached a peace settlement in Vietnam, do you think it was a mistake for the U.S. to intervene there with military forces in the first place? The replies: Yes 66 percent youth. If the Vietnam-Cambodi- an this nation is that U.S. war has taught anything, Presidents itmust not lie to the people, and that the people must vote into office a Congress which will not so easily abrogate its constitutional power to declare war. IL. $ Auto buyers yn IU the United States are turning to smaller models to beat the gas shortage and the price increases. The days of the rfiallv hfiAw ears Cadil lac, Continental and the middleweight cars Oldsmo-bil- e, Buick, Mercury may be on the decline. As consumers seek better gasoline mileage, inventories of unsold big cars are growing in some show- rooms, and 1973 models of rs these may sell at bargain prices as the gas-eate- new 1974 s hit the market. Car dealers throughout the country find that they can sell all the Chevrolet Vegas, AMC Gremlins and Ford Pintos they can find, and foreign economy cars are selling well, too. In May, they were up 24 percent, in June they were up 14 percent, and by the years sub-compa- end compact cars and both foreign cts and domestic should be up about 30 percent while deliveries of models should 15 e be down some standard-siz- percent. HE IOOr. new law will go into effect in Denmark giving free DICK ALLEN OF CHICAGO NEW YORK KNICKS WHITE SOX ($250,000): Basketball average nearly $50,000 a year in the N- The four sports have become employment targets other iation, leading pro athletes in salaries, claimsaDepartment-oLabor survey. imiflPn IfklLL luiUit! for 2000 major York City are complaining they waste too much manpower answering false home burglary alarms. So many well-oYorkers have so alarms connected to the local New installed in-hou- police station that these now constitute a problem when they are inadvertent 24 members of U.S. minori- - f Police in New anyone players. ational Basketball Assoc- all rank second, followed by baseball and football A players, at $35,000 a year, players ATQEIES Hockey abortions to any woman who wants one in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. She will be able to have YEAR) AND WILLIS REED OF TWO OF THE NATIONS HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES. ($225,000 ff leaguers. ly set off. To reduce manpower waste., one New York City suburb police department permits subscribers three false alarms a year. Thereafter, fines of $15 to $25 are imposed for the next three, with a warning that any further violations may result in a discontinuation of the alarm system the operation without the consent of her husband or else. Girls under 18 will no longer need their parents' permission for an abortion. People f:PlT PplRf yliiflXA whove harmed others and feel guilty about it, are likely thereafter to spond to an immediate peal for help. more reap- That's the observation of Dennis Regan and Margo Williams of Cornell University and Sondra Sparling, a graduate of Wells College. Reporting their findings in the "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology," the researchers used college students to proach ap- in an upstate shopping center women York and asked them to take a New picture with a camera belonging to the students. Upon snapping the picture, the camera malfunctioned. Half of the women were informed they'd broken the camera while others were told the camera was old. At this point, another student walked past the woman in question and dropped a candy less than bar. No of the 30 17 picked it pursued the stranger. Only 5 of the 30 guilt-fre- e women did likewise. "guilty" If women you want to up-an- move peo- ple, the authors believe, getting them to feel guilty is a good first step. thousand PPiIr UliiMiX persons commit One suicide every day worldwide, and 10 times as many attempt suicide. So reports Dr. Anthony R. May, mental health expert of the World Health Organization. WHO statistics show Hun- gary has the highest suicide rate at 33.1 percent per 100,000 population. Next comes Czechoslovakia with 24.5 percent; Austria with 22.3; Sweden with 22; Canada and the U.S. with 10.9 and 10.7 percent re- spectively. ratios were The . lowest registered in Latin America, with 6.8 percent for Chile and 7.3 for Venezuela. Personal and environ- mental factors most monly com- associated with suicide, in Dr. May's opinion, are bereavement, social isolation, chronic hysical-illnessr-psychotic disturbance, alcoholism and drug addiction. Males, adds Dr. May, have been more successful at suicide than I HULA nic women. Frank vivrm wins has been awarded a lifetime membership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. You say youve never heard of Frank Wills? He's the young caretaker who caught the Watergate burglars. PARADE SEPTEMBER 30, 1973 |