Strangely enough, the greatest problem in the world today
may be people. Experts talk about the population, explosion,
both in the United States and abroad, while a great debate
continues on what, if anything, can be done about it.
To many U.S. families, enjoying the world's highest stan
dard of living, the exploding population seems like some
thing happening some place else. Actually, they come face
to face with their own amaz-^-;-:-——
ing growth in the jammed traf- Juvenile deliquency and other
fip rnnrlififmo nf Jkmarinun SOCial Problems.
roads and highways, over
crowded schools, and increas
ing tax rates to pay for need
ed public serv
ices. They en
counter it in its
most severe
form in the
charity cases
and aid-to-de
pendent-chil
dren costs of
relief programs
throughout the
country.
It is to the family who can
not afford to move to bigger
quarters or to meet the added
demand on the family pocket
book that the term population
explosion truly comes alive.
Overcrowded living conditions,
produced by oversize families,
too often result in lack of
parental supervision and cause }
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The great world emphasis up
to now has been on reducing
death rates. With millions suc
cessfully spent for this, it is
only recently that attention has
been paid to birth rates. Re
newed efforts are being made
to develop acceptable birth
control methods, including
greater information on the
rhythm system and the re
cently developed pill.
The newest is Emko, ai»
aerosol foam which was de
veloped as part of a philan
thropic research program in
Puerto Rico to aid family
planning in low income groups.
Its success, in which its low
cost and ease of use played
an important part, led to its
extensive testing and use by
Planned Parenthood clinics in
this country. It is now avail
able in U.S. drug stores and
in many other lands.
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THREE NOME YOUTHS
ENLIST IN THE ARMY
Patrick G. Messenna a residenl
of Nome for the past year, Gabriel
B. Wilkalkia son of Mr. and Mrs
Wilkalkia, and Wilson O. Angna
booguk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Angnabooguk recently enlisted in
the United States Army at Anchor
age.
All three youths enlisted for three
years under the Army’s “Choice
Not Chance” program. Patrick
Mezzenna and Gabriel Wilkalkia
enlisted for radio and teletype
operation training. Wilson Angna
booguk enlisted for air defense ra
dar operation. This training was
guaranteed to them in writing prior
to enlistment.
The new privates are presently
undergoing eight weeks of basic
training at Fort Ord, Calif.
UNDERGROUND MISSILE
EXPLODES ON LAUNCH PAD
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (JPi —
Air Force plans of developing the
advanced Atlas F Series missile
for deployment in underground
launching silos this year have been
jolted by the explosion of one of
the rockets on its launching pad.
An Atlas F blew apart Monday
just as the engines ignited to boost
the intercontinental range vehicle
. on an intended 5,000-mile test
flight to the south Atlantic Ocean.
No one was hurt in the fiery
blast, but extensive damage was
done in the launching area, the
only one available for test-firing
the F model.
The Air Force said extent of
damage could not be determined for
several days, but unofficial esti
mates placed it at about $1 million
and said the pad would be out of
service for several months.
The Atlas F is designed for pro
longed storage in hardened under
ground launch tubes. The ealier
D and E Atlas missiles, now opera
tional, are stationed on surface
launching pads.
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REPORTED SAFE
ANCHORAGE W) — Two air
craft reported missing in Western
Alaska Monday have been located
safely, Civil Air Patrol officials
said Tuesday.
The planes had set down at dif
ferent spots to wait out bad
weather.
A plane piloted by the Rev.
Glenn Murphy of Dillingham and
carrying Joseph Hansen, president
of the Alaska Mission of Seventh
Day Adventists, from Anchorage,
waited out bad weather on the
Aniak River.
The other plane, enroute to Ga
lena from Kotzebue, reported in
from Selawik where pilot Don
Johnson of Kenai said he also was
awaiting better flying conditions.
MISFORTUNE TO PROFIT . . .
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. W) —
Seven treasure hunters who re
ceived kid glove treatment from
Fidel Castro after their boat went
down in Cuban waters intend to i
turn their misfortune to profit.
The men gave brief details of
their apparently pleasant run-in
with Cuba’s Communist troops, but
said they were negotiating to sell
the account of their adventure to
a magazine (Life). They declined to
answer most questions.
Questioned at a Pompano Beach
hotel, the seven men said Castro’s
militia were kind to them. They
said they were not jailed, but were
billeted in a swank Havana man
sion.
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BY GUERRILLAS BECAUSE
THEY WOULDN’T MARCH
SAIGON, South Viet Nam M —
Two U.S. Army sergeants who died
in a Communist Viet Cong ambush
were slain by the guerrillas because
they were too badly wounded to
march, an American source said
here.
The two men were killed when
the guerrillas overran a bivouac
360 miles north of Saigon Sunday
where four U.S. Army men were
instructing Vietnamese troops in
village defense tactics. The other
two Americans were captured.
The source said survivors report
ed the two Americans, whose
bodies were found later, were seri
ously wounded during the attack.
After the camp fell, the two wound
ed were seen being borne away.
One was carried by one of the
missing Americans, the other by
a Vietnamese interpreter for the
Americans.
Both bodies were found less than
two miles from the scene of the
attack. Both had been shot in the
face with revolvers, the informants
said.
In Washington, the Army identi
fied the two dead as Staff Sgt.
Wayne E. Marchand, Plattsmouth,
Neb. and Spec. 5/C James Gabriel,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
The two missing men were listed
as Sgt. 1/C Francis Quinn, Niag
ara Falls, N.Y. and Sgt. George E. ,
Groom, St. Joseph, Mo.
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