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SOUTH VIITNAM ANBAll .SOUTHIAST ASIA fAlliNG mCOMMUNISTS? HIRrS WHYI

I th is is wri tten in Tokyo, it appears that Saigon could fallto the North Vietnamese communist forces within a matter of a few weeks . Already Hanoiis in control of more than tw ot hi rds of Sou th Viet nam . Only acomparatively small area surrounding the southern capital , Saigon, remains . And Cambodia has ,now. fal len to the communists . TheUnited States has closed its embassy and airl ifted most or all of itspersonnel out of Cambodia.But what is the real significance ofthis?What does it mean for the immediate future? Why should therehave been all th is bloodshed, thiskilling of multiple thousands of soldiers and innocent l/Vomen and chil-dren? What does it all mean' to theUnited States and to the world?Arnonq presidents, kings, prim eministers and other world leaders Ihave met as an ambassador w ithoutportfolio for WORLD PEACE has beenPresident Th ieu of South Vietnam . Ihave met and spoken before most ofthe leaders in government. educa tion, industry and bus iness life inSouth Vietnam. A major campaignto br ing the message for WORLDPEAcE had been planned a year agofor Saigon. From 10 ,000 to 50 ,000people were eXflected at outdoor services in the Umvers' ty'S taClilim : But "war devel opments made it too dangerous to assemble so large a crowdin' one place . Now , unless held under North V ie tnam 's auspices, nosuch campa ign can ever be held.However, I did have opportunityto speak before near ly a hundred ofthe leaders - and at least the message of PEAcE reached those at thetop in that war-torn country.But, as communist forces closedin on Saigon , I cou ld not but think ofthose I had cometo know personallyin Saigon and to wonder what will

leaders if I should see them face toface. WHY must-there be all this ani - :mosity , hatred , kill ing , and destruction of war ?I thought of the minister of educa tion , who showed ,great interestwhen I desc ri bed to him the twoopposite ways or phi losophies of li fe- one of which is the root CAUSE ofall mankind 's troubles and evils .As I was w ri ting this Personal, mythoughts went to Senator Paulineand her husband, whom I have visited in their lovely home . He is acollege professor and former cabinetmember, and she was a sena tor inthe nation 's lawmaking body . Bothare at tive, energetic workers forwhat she believes . Wha t will happento 'their beautiful' home? To theirchildren? Will they be taken and executed , or escape to live in exile?These are human beings who havebeen friendly to me .Why does the ugl iness of warhave to lay its hurt on them?Why?Let me now view this s ituat ionwhich has cos t Ame ri ca suchenormous sacr ifices in multiplethousands of human l ives and mul-ti ple bill ions of dol lars - where it is-Ieadinq - what prob ably w ill nowhappen in Southeast Asia, as well asin the M iddle East.Then let me show you what biblica l prophecy says about it and whatwill happen . And , finally , let me explai n why it has all happened andhow wo rld peace will yet come!In the ear ly days of United Statesinvolvem ent in the Vietnam war ,there was much talk about the "domino theory. " That is, if commun istforces were allowed to take overSouth V ietnam , t hen Cambodia,Laos, Burma , Thailand, Malaysia,Singapore, and Indonesia : wouldtopple next . Then Australia wouldfal l into commun is t hands. Perhapsthen Ind ia , and ,' finally Europe ' and

the rest of the world , we would haveto figh t them on our own shore.So the United States involved itself - at f irst by sending war materials , then . some adv iso ry andtrain ing personnel, then troops , increasing in number un til " V ietnamization " a llowed the U.S. to bring itstroops home. -But d id Uni ted States participatio n STOP the communist movementsouthward? It did not: Why?Because the United ' States hadlost all p ri de in its power. Its POWERwas the greatest in the world ,closely followed by the U .S.S.R.And China also possesses nuclearpower. Nuclear powe r could eraseall humanity from the earth I TheUnited States, and probably alsoRussia, has been afraid to challengeany othe r nuc lear power. It cou ldlead to the ext inct ion of the humanrace .So the United States policy was to

on television. Finally America gotout of it. trusting the Nor th Vietnamese to stay home and not carry thewar on south. But of cours e theydidn 't s tay home .And now they are on their way. knocking down the dominoes aheadof th em. Sources close to the top inThaila nd have assured me they donot expec t the comm unist thrust tostart a d ri ve into the ir country. Butmy hope and prayer is that I may beallo wed to hold the big campaignplanned for Bangkok before the approaching red offensive renders itimpossible!So where now? Will the communists stop after they take over Cambodia , South Vietnam and Laos?They will not! Not if you und erstand

commun ism , and t he communistgoal. How far w ill they get , ult imately? Wel l tha t depends on whathappens in the Mi dd le East and inEurope . For events there are going


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- President Thieu, -Saigon, 'October 4, 1973b y Sta nley R. Rader

Tokyo, Ja pan , April 11 :In his inaugural address in January failed to recognize that the Third World1961 , President Kennedy made his first War had be en under way for almostand proud declaration that it was neces- thirty years . The Soviet Union , hesarv' for the world to know; whether the noted, rea li zed very soo n after Wo rldworld liked it or not , t ha t t he United War II that it coul d neve r confront the'States would pay any price, assume any United States in a direct conflict . Thisburden, triumph over any adversity. as- . was true before Russia ach ieved its ownsist any friend and combat ,any enemy nuclear capacity and remaim;d trueto assure the survival and the victory of. even after it became the second greatliberty. . nuc lear power of th e world . Thelast night. over fourteen years later U.S .S.R. could . however, accomplishPresident Ford delivered his " S ta te of its goals and its primary objective ofthe World " address before both Houses world dominat ion by the use of its sat el-of Congress in the wake of the contin- lite and client states which it would sup uin9 debacle in South Vietnam, the fail- ply with weapons, includ ing the most

ure of Mr. Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy modern aircraft, missiles . tanks. antiair-in the Middle East, the imminent co l- craft d ev ices and the . like. as well aslapse of Cambodia .and the flight .of train ing all.th eir personnel. These..cl,ientPresident lon Not th e assassination of states would probeand attack American .King i s a l Saudi Arabia. 'the contlict: interests in placeswhere \ he S o v i e t"between' the two NATO allies, Greece the chances'were best for 'success in theand Turkey , ove r Cyprus. and the dra- short 'or long ' run . Every step would bematic turn tothe left in Portugal ."" taken , however. -to 'avo id a majo r"con-Presiden t Ford.stressed tha t American" frontat ion ' with the United "States . Inefforts since the end of World War II fac t, the client states were cautionedhave saved nations and millions of and even prevented from acts so pro-peopl e throughout the wor ld and that, vocative that they would arouse theas a result, "p ea ce i s a real prospect for United States to such a point tha t U.S .us and all nations , " an d that "American reta liatory measures would unleash theeffons have prevented World War 1/1 for kind of military power that would demore thana generation. " stray the client state . just as the U,S.But, I cannot help but reca ll. Thurs- had destroyed the mighty 'Japanese mil-day .October 4 , 1973, in Saigon, when itary mach ine dur ing the Second WorldMr. 'Armstrong and I were received by War.President Thieu of the Repubric of Viet- President Thieu sta ted that at anymo nam in the Pres idential Palace and the ment another military conflict couldensuing dialogue that lasted for .more break out - in the Middle East, for

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10ANCIENT SPIRITSHAUNT MODERN SCIENCE

ASTROLOGY -SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODYOur staff astronomer grades "zero forthe Zodiac, " examining numerous dis -proofs of our national hobby.

WATERGATE AND THEVIETNAM DEBACLEHow Mr. Nixon's domestic crisis crippledAme rica 's foreign policy .

Research in parapsychology proves the

4ISOLATIONIST TREND IN U.S.WORRIES EUROPEANSWestern Europe is deeply concernedover defense ties w ith Washington .

SADAT'S WINDOWTO PEAcEEgypt's President is proving to be ashrewd tac ti cian as he maneuvers tn thecomplex Mideast arena .

A TIME TO 'QUAKE1974 was the year of the Disaster Film .. According to some scientists, 1982 w illbe the year of. the Real Thing.

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PickingUpthe NuclearOption?ISOLATIONIST TREND IN U . SWORRIES EUROPEANSJ U N ~ 5 REFERENDUMThe Vote'That Could DecideEurope's Future

will they reject their government'sLONDON: A massive "YES"for Europe-and the Common Market was recorded in the House ofCommons a ft er the recent three- The Issuesday debate. Parliament voted 396 The Common Market issue has"to 176 in favo r of a motion apprcv- for many yean . provoked stronging Britain 's r enegot ia ted terms of passions in British politics . It hasmembership in the nine-nation Eu- rubbed nerve endings raw and re-ropean Community which ha d minded Britons that their countrybeen engineered by Prime Minis ter ; . is now alone witho ut the comfort-Harol d Wilson at the European able economic l if ebel t o f an em-Summit Conference held in Dublin pire. In a few short post-war yearsin early March. -: continental countries have quicklyBut instead of being a vote of outpaced Brita in in trade, standardconfidence for Haro ld Wilson, the of living and political influence.huge affirmative acclamat ion for The Eur opea n Community wasEuro pe is like ly to ca use him " therefore atta cked from the Left asenormous headaches between now being "a rich man 's club." Theand. the referendum day . Ana lysis Right was dis turbed by the largeof the figures showed that a majo r- Communi st parti es in many Com-ity ofWilson's own party had voted . mon Market countries.against him. Deep and ingrained British sus- 0Wilson was supported by a mere picions are a roused tha t _continued137 members of his party in the membership will not only raise thevote . The motion carried only with price of food and other goods tothe support of the opposition Con- ino rdinate levels but that the Brit-servative and Liberal parties. isb Parliament will be reduced to aThe issue, of course, still has to cipher . Some hold the view thatbe decided in Bri ta in 's fi rst-ever Britain will be controlled bya Con-nationwide referendum sched uled tinental Commission without thefor June 5. The British electorate British people bei ng able to in-will be asked to answer "yes" or fluence i t. The re.is still a wide-"no" to one straightforward ques- spread fear that the country will betion: "Do you want Britain to re- thrust unwillingly into some 'sortof.main in the Common Market?" federa tion of Euro pean s tates byWill the voters, now encouraged by the concerted, schemings of somethe majority of their officials to an- visionaryEu ropeans.swer i n the affirmative, do so - or Mr. Wilson has t ried to allaythese fears. The -history of the las tfour yea rs has changed Bri ta in 'sinitial reservations about Commu-nity membership, besaid . "The nature o f t he Commun ity ha s

changed, is changing and willchange further. It has changed in away which bas greatly reduced myanxieties about the power of supranational institutions established bythe treaty. . . . Economic and monetary union isnot a feasible proposition for asmany years ahead aswe

lack of greater flexibility by Israel, was a direct consequence of thefail ure of Dr. Kissinger's Parisagreement on Vietnam.BANGKOK - It has been clears ince the downfal l o f the las t military regime here 17 mon ths agothat the era of close Thai-U.S. cooperation was over. Th e withd rawa l of the r emaini ng 25,000

The influential Corriere Della Sera'of Milan sa id in an edi torial that 'only the Soviet Union was willing 'to move into the power vacuum leftbehind bythe Americans.PARIS - Senior French officialsrefuse: to be panicked by the Indochina situati on despite the shrillcriticism of the American administ rat io n in the French press. (The

Congress he ld lengthy deliberations while Communist forcescaptured giant chunks of WesternEurope. In 1974, Frencb Gaullistleader Alexandre Sanguinet ticalled the nuclear umbrel la a"myth" anyway. His thesis wasbased on the hard-headed assumption that "no country will commitsuicide for the sake of ano ther ."The second problem surround-'vingtreduced commitment, isthat i n o rd er to avoid aholocaust, NATO officials proposeto meet an invasion by conventional(Continued on page 4, col. J)

World ReactionTo U.S.DownfallInIndochinaDiplomats Cautious, 'PressOutspoken

Proponents of troop reductions. argue that only a smal l" regimentalcombat team" (in Senator- Mansfield's words) -in Europe is neces\3TY to "demonstrate the Americannuclear commitment to the defenseof Europe."Will the U.s. Lose its Nene?The argume nt poses two essen-

~ : ; r F t r ~ ; ~ : ~ : ~ J r ; : : c i f ~ a : ~ : ::Continent. First, they -fear tha t theU.S-:"nuclear umbrella" might beremoved at the "ast moment if theUnited Sta tes lost its nerve or if

With the American withdrawalof support for her Indochina allies,Weste rn European leade rs hastened to reassure themselves thatthey still believed in the strength oftheir own alliance with the UnitedStates .Reflecting the official viewpoint,former West German ChancellorWilly Brandt, speakingtin Wasbington after conferring with President Ford, said that " ev eryo neshould understand tha t there is notthe slightest idea of mistrust of theUnited States."The popular press, however, reflects far more concern over America 's future role in the world thanthe politic ians admit. The twoFrench news-weeklies, L 'Expressand Le Point, respectively. carriedcover stories about "America's retreat" and "America 's d ec li ne."The West German Frankfurter All-gemeine_headlined a page one edito r ia l en t i tl ed "Amer tca : A .Help less Giant," . .. No t comforting to m ilitarystrategists 00 the other s ide of the .Atlanticis the fact that according toa recenf poll, only 39 percent of theAmerican public favors military in-- -- 'vlSvementl f' 'V"stern Europe is invaded. The pol l, conducted by theChicago Counci l of Foreign Relations, reflects what some observersfeel is a Vow ing wave of isolationism in the United States. The prospect of -the United Sta tes, kingpinof the NATO alliance, turning inward, cutting back on com mitments to Western Europe, holdsthe promise of a major shakeup inthe 27-year-old, 15-member de-fense pact. -

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League of Nat ions brought downthe political st ructure in \Europewhich Wilson had laboredto build.

, by Gene H: Hogberg

Will Europe GoItAlone?The most cri tical question of the hour is: What will be tlimpact of America's excruciating experiencein Indochina upon h

other far more strategic_interests? .. In Europe, specifically, the big fear now is that Washingwill abandon i ts pos it ion as leader of the free world and inste:seek a dangerous accommodation with the forces of totalitarianisiFor i t i snot America's power Europeans are beginning to distrubut America's judgment and will. _.Vietnam, concerned Europeans believe, may have cl oudWashington's world perspective. They fear that the Uni ted Stat- having tas ted bit t er defea t at the hands of a second-rate, homgrown Communist power will"go soft on" the truly internationalCommunist power, the Soviet Union; that it will give away tmuch to Moscow in strategicanns negotiations; that itwill giveand recei ve not hi ng in ret urn in t he upcoming Soviet-inspirEuropean Security Conference. In short, as Britain's weeklyEcor.mist put it, the U.S. i s in' danger of ignoring the fundamental nthat "two very different ideas about the organization of socieremain the centerpriece of international politics."After two or more decades of unprecedented prosperi ty, m:of America's all ies in Europehave no desire tosl ide by default appears to be happening in Portugal- into the Communist carrSays t he a st ut e pol it ical anal ys t for ..london's Daily TelegrajPeregrineWorsthornei v'The Americans,' haying been mil it arhumiliatedjn Vietnam, a n d f o r c e ( U \ l ' ' b c l r ~ y h" VI:vested interest now in overlooking the moral dimension, since ittoo painful to consider. Bu t for t he rest of the world,West,Europe included., this could be a ' t erribly dangerous pr",dent . . . just at t he moment when Communi st l iberat ion moments are beginningto rear their ugly heads in Europetoo,"

Bu t what are the Eu rope an s to do? - t ra pp ed as they ,between one power with dub ious i nt en tions and another, thprotector, who as the French newsweekly Le Point editorializhas becomea "chained Gulliver"unable to act and whose "parasis was contagious." . , . .

Another Frenchman, the noted polit ical commentator forFigaro; Raymond Aron, gives a clue as to Weste rn Europe's likcourse for the future: "We are .beginning to see the wisdom of 1remarks recently made by Mao Tse-tung and .Chou En-lai to (visiting statesmen."In the eyes of t he Chinese l eader s, the u,s. has beco:

only in theory on paper, i t can also"be taken back on paper." VonHabsburg also notes that WesternEurope has the means to insure itsown security. It s population islarger th an either the U.S. or

Egyptians to keep faith in American diplomacy.. .As far as-an, interim solution isconcerned;wagers are to be made'on Washington rathe r than Geneva. If the U.S. is willing .- andthere isno question that i t i sable -_ somethingcould still be salvaged inthe three months of grace given byPresident Sadat. The only missingelement for a renewal of the secretary of state 's efforts in the regionwould be Israel's realization that ithas c ommi tt ed a mistake by notaccepting an inter im agreementwith Egypt, It has irritated' theWashington administration and encouraged extremist elements in theArab world.First contacts for a second try atinterim agreement could probablybegin in Wa shington and l at ermove to the Middle East .'PresidentSadat has allowed on ly th re emonths fOT agreement. He is in thehab it of making a major dec is ionevery year , and this should be hisachievement of the year . (Hec rushed the lef t-wingeis in 1971,expelled the Soviet advisers in1972, fought a war in 1973, andachieved the first . disengagementagreement in "1974.) It will beruinous to 'allow President Sadat tomake a different kind of major decision in the absence of progre sstoward peace. 0Adli Muhtadi is a Palestinian Arab .from a long-established Jerusalemfamily. r.He was educa ted a t. St.Georges. Anglican " School , .Jerusa-:lem, and at the College of Journal-__ism, Cairo. In 1951 he joined theHashemit e Broadcasting Corporation of Jordan, and from 1962 to1971 was Director of the TV and'Radio Commercial Department, Jor danian Ministry of Information. He has also served as consultant forR.T.V. International of N.Y. andfor the Associated Business Consultants of Beirut.

Europe'sOpt ions. In view of this growing Ameri

the U.N . peace fo rce by threemonthsand reopen the Suez Canalon June 5 ,- two moves that areobviously conciliatory despite thefailure of Dr. Kissinger's mission.Sadat's decisions were surprisingbecause no one else a ppea re d atthe time to have' faith in the possibility of peace. His actions may underl in e a s t r o n g pe rsonalconviction that peace is likely, asthe reopening of the Suez Ca nalwi th itsconsequentrepopulation ofthe Canal cities'would strictly limitEgypt'smilitary options .The Syr ians and Palestinians,who had hoped that the Egyptianswould join them in demanding areturn to G eneva, m us t h av e. looked askance at President Sadat 'slatest decisions. The Israelis, mindful of Syria 's disillusionment andthe Palestinians' hostility, reactedas _.expected by encouraging the

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BUREAU REPORTSMr. President. Who should weblame for inflation today?". "Congress?" ."We blamed them yesterday,sir!'"I forgot tha t. What a bo ut theAmerican people? If they didn'tcons ume so muc h e ne rgy , wewould be able to lick inflation."

"That's a good idea , Mr. President . We haven 't blamed th eAmerican people in over a mon thfor anythi ng." '"Ron. you can say that unless theAmerican peop le bite . the bulletthey will be contributing toa hopelesseconomy for which 1.cannot beheld responsible! '"What about the budgetdeficit?""T hat's no problem. We blamethe Democrats for that! ' _ "Right. Now wecan get on to theMiddle East. Who do web lame forthe breakdown in the negotiations?" ."Israel. I will say that if Israelhad given a little more and was :willing to accept a' lit tl e l es s wewould now p robably have an

agreement In the Middle -East.. How does t ha t sound to you ,Henry?""That's fine. While you'resayingtha t, I will say that no one is tob lame for the f ailure of my talks.In tha t way the Israelis can't get too 'mad at us.""Is there any th ing e lse we haveto blame somebody for?""We have the problem of theCIA invo lvement wit h HowardHughes ... . .."That's easy . We blame themedia for reporting it and jeopardizing our national security.""Who do we blame for your lowpopularity showing in the polls?""We could blame the problemsof the Kennedy and Johnson adminis trations which I inherited andam trying to deal with forthrightlyand tothe bestof myabil ity!'"That's good . One last item . We

had a S900 million trade surplusthis month - the best showing thisyear." ,"I think I b et te r take the blamefor tha t mysel f. Af te r a ll I 'm thePreside nt of the;United States and.'as Harry Truman said, 'The buck

The BlameGameWASHINGTON: Every morning the President mee ts with his

chief aides to decide who they aregoing to b lame that day for anything that went wrong.It is a very important mee tingbecause, when you .allocate blamein the White Hou se, you have. tomake sure it doesn't backfire 'onyou.The sessions go something likethis. ."Things are going very bad in:South Vietnam . Who are we goingto blame for it?" . ."Congress, of course, Mr . PreSIdent.". "But . we blamed Congress forlosing the war in Cambodia. Canwe also blame them for the retreatsin Vietnam?""Certainly, Mr . Presiden t. Don'tforget the dom ino theory. If weblame Congress: for one d omin ofalling we can blame t hem for thenext one and soon."

"Okay, Ron, you can announcetoday Congress is respons ible forThieu' Iosing Hue , Quang Tri andDa Nang: ". "Any particu lar senato r or representative , Mr. President?""No, I think .we should blamethem asa group . If westart namingnames we'll only offend somebody.""All right , now we come to Portugal. Who do we blamefor Portugal going to the left?""Why don't we blame the SovietUnion?""Th at could hurt detente. Wehave a deal with the Soviets that wedon't b lame them for anythi ng andthey don' t b lame usfor anything. Ifwestart blaming them for Portugal,they'll start blaming us for Chile .""Well, can we blame Castro forPortugalgoing Communist?""Why not? He's as good as any

.ART BUCHWALDten se ro le in the area (a move alsoprofitable to British industry), andto share technical knowledge . 'Conventionalsea power, say military strategists, still has a vital roleto play in world affairs, especiallyfor those na tions, such as Britain,dependent upon keeping the linesof world commerce open. Conven tional naval forces, cont rolling vitalsea lanes and gates, continue toplay decisive roles in determiningthe course of world events.Should the Br it ish vacate thestrategic cape gateway, observersfea r the goa ls of the Russian fleetin the Indian Ocean would be considerably advanced.

- Melvin Rhodes

EconomicSlowdownReaches U.S.Caribbean AreasSAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO:Anyone in Pue rt o Rico who believes that good things come tothose who wait for them mustbe sadlydisappointed at the recent"stateof the Commonwealth" message of Governor Rafae l .Hernandez Colon.Governor Colon in his March 3 .address painted a dreary picture ofeconomic condi tions in Pue rto.Rico, . the island once considered' the economic showcase of the Caribbean.For the year 1974, Puerto Rico'sgross Commonwealth product increased a sluggish 2.5%. And while.personal income increased 8.5%,

..... Puerto Rican families were actuallyworse off than in 1973. Because ofr is in g p ri ces, their pu rchasingpower declined by over 3%.Puerto Rico's lucrative tourist in-dustry registered a dec line for thefirst t ime since 1969. The numberof visitors dropped 3.5%, with hotels repor ting a 5.5% reduction inoccupancy. Part of tourism's problem s tems from an image of a v io lent Puerto Rico projected by thelong , strife-torn , wate r-w orkers

form China 's second greatest trading partner, after Japan.) But thepolitical significance of the journeyisfar more significant.China supports European unification, for reasons of i ts own. Peking would like to see WesternEurop e d eve lop as a new powercente r to help counterbalance thetwo superpowers - the U.S. andthe U.S.S.R. Peking continuallyharps on what it calls the " imper ialist amb it io ns " of the SovietUnion .. The Pek ing r ecept ion givenFranz Josef Strauss in J an ua ryshows that being "anti-Moscow" ismore important than any other political or philosophical label. To the .Chinese, a 's trong Europe on Rus-sia 's western flank could alleviatethe pressure alo ng their extensivecontested border with the SovietUnion . Peking officials even wentso far .in die las t year as to voice

s ~ p p o r t for the principle of "oneGermany" - a unit ed Germanystanding completely free of Sovietcontrol, of course .With encouragement like that, iti s not hard to see why a constants tream of European leaders havemade the trek to Peking, now tobefollowed bya top officialof the ECitself.

SALISBURY: Each year, an average of over 27,000 ships pass bythestrategic Cape of Good Hope atthe southerntip of the African continent - nearly twice the numberwhich pass th rough the PanamaCanal. In add i tion to many othervital "supplies , these ships carry 20

BritaintoAbandonStrategicNaval Base?

BRUSSELS : The People 's Republic of China is continuing itsdrive to diversify its foreign policy

ChinaEncouragesEuropeanUility

King KhaledPromisesSaudi ArabianStabilityLONDON: Moves by SaudiArabia's newKing Khaled since hesucceeded the assas sina ted KingFaisal have confinned the first im

pression that the Saudi royal familybas pulled closer together and willst rive hard for con tinu ity. KingKha le d is said to have told . U.S.vice-President Nelson .Rockefellerthat the only politics he knew werethose taught him by King Fai sa l.The slight reshufDe in the Saudigovernment .- , retent ion of KingFai sal's' former ministers, withPrince Fahd remaining in effective.executive control- isalso meant toreflect solidarity and continuity.The tear of instability in SaudiArabiaafter the king's m urder hadfurther weakenedprospects for sta bility in the whole Mid dl e E a s ~coming as it -did immediately afterthe failure of efforts by U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger . Butthe assurance of a s table SaudiA;.abaii ~ J : ~ ! i ! ~ t e ~ t . ':.al!'!1g . with .Sadat"s 'surprise- aeCisdn to renew the U.N. manda te and to r eo penthe Suez Canal, has restored somedeg ree of hope for a peacefulMiddle-East settlement.

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THIRDWORLD WAR(Continued from page 1)

e sc who had been s eeki ng to wintheir independence for more thanfifty years from European colonialpowers, and had been then seekingto uni fy the count ry when " t wasdi vided in the 1950's a ft er theFrench withdrawal. Certainly thecountries of Thailand,"Malaysia,Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia had already stopped supp or ti ng the U.S. e/fort and hadbeen c lamo ri ng for a U.S. withdrawal.But, having persisted until 1973in a war that was unpopul ar athome and abroad, and hav ing insisted that the United States' credi-bility 'with its allies was the primaryi ssue . the Uni ted Sta tes fai led toprevent the subsequent collapse ofSou th Yie tnam. Th is has done farmore "damage and has literallyshaken the world: 0

that is clearly revealed by the .collapse of vietnam ' and its effectupon Mr. Kissinger and his reputetion . When Mr. Nixon was campaigning for the presidency in1968, he said that he had a plan toend the war in V ie tn am. After hewas elected, he never revealed thatplan , but he and .Mr. Kissingerwere apparently working for sometime in secret negotiations with theNorth Vietnamese representativesover a p er io d of three years . Mr.Kissinger repeatedly insisted thatthe Unite4...States,COUld not dis-Impact on the Middle East engage ftom South Vietnam under IIt is ve ry clear to most observer s c ir cumst an ce s that would af fec t

that one of the most important fac- ' U.S. credibility around the world -tors in the failure of Mr. Kissinger credibil ity vis-a-vis its allies ; withto maintain the momentum for respect to U.S. willinljness to honorpeace in the Middle East. bya sec- its commitment ana credibilityond Isr aeli w it hdr awal fr om occu- with U.S. adversaries vis-a-vis itsp ied ter ri to ry in the Sina i, was tha t s tand ing as 'a world p ower. .Con-the Israe li governmen t was very sequeutly, i t took almost fiveyearsmuch affected by the events in for Mr ; Nixon. with Mr. Kissinger'sSouth V ie tnam and the Unit ed assistance, to extricate the UnitedSta tes' fa ilur e to h onor its com- States f rom its m il it ar y a ctivities inmitment there to President Thieu .South Vietnam, and when that dis; and h is government. The Minister engagement finally took plac e itof Def en se of the Sta te of Israel, " was called a withdrawal withMr. Peres , s tated quite emphat- honor. Our pr isoners of war were the Golan Heigh ts ." He was, ofically that that was the case, and r ele ase d and the go ve rnme nt of course, r efe rri ng to the ou tbr ea k o fattempted to jus ti fy Israeli ada- South Vietnam was left with every what is now called the "Holy Daymaney in not wi thdrawing from reason to believe that it would sur - War " ofOetober, 1973;-any more ter ri to ry without receiv- v ive even in the face of future ag-;, Without any equivocation what-ing the much hoped for declaration . gress ion from North Vietnam soever, President Thieu a lso badof nonb el li ge rency from the Egyp- because of the Ameri can ef fort s ta ted that his p eo pl e would con-t ian governmen tby referr ingpoint - there over a per iod o f ten years o r t inue to res is t agg ress ion success-edly to America's failure to pr eve nt more . Ce rta inl y ever yone in the fully from .North Vietnam and thethe collapse of South Vietnam and. Nixon administration was con- YietCcng long as economic-andtoa lesser extent. Cambodia. t ident that there would be no cot-. mil it ar y a id would be con ti nu edOf. course, it i s an .ill wind -that'o ' -1apsc:before January;20/19'T:l. :Mr.r,' . from .the .United S t a t e s i b e c a u s Cblows no good, and even from ' Kissinger was even awa rd ed a No- was ce rtain that the Nor th VietWatergate and -its ef fec t o n Uni ted bel Peace Priz e i n 1973 for his work namese and the Y iet .Coagwould ....;Sta tes foreign pol icy some .good in eff ecting an " ag re emen t o n end- not abide by the Par is Accord andhas been produced. No.,!onger will, . ing the war and res to ring p e ~ c e in would con ti nu e their ef forts to un-or should, United Sta tes for eign V ie tn am." dermine, infiltrate' and overthrowpolicy be so personal and so glam- The irony, of course, is tha t the his g ov ernmen t.o rized. There are , in fac t, no mir- . .m il it aryco llapse o f Sou th Vie tnam With f if ty-six thousand Ameri -acle workers , Mr. Kiss inger' s p rior came under circumstances that sur- , cans dead in South Vietnam, moreefforts not withstanding. A lt hough passed by far the calculations of than 300,000 wounded. with mil-there may not be any such thing as Mr. Nixon, Mr. Kissinger, the lions having se rved , and with $170a t rue consensus foreign pol icy, Uni ted Sta tes Intel ligence Service , b il lion having been spent; certainly.and even should a bipa rti san for- the Uni te d States military , and President Kennedy 's dec lara tion ofeign policy not develop, it will be most of the s uppo sedl y enl ig ht en ed fou rt een year s ago has been moremandatory for our foreign affairs to sources of information. Con- than sat is fi ed despi te the p resentbe conducted in a more open man- sequently, the effect upon the cred- d eb ac le in South V ie tn am. It isncr , as it should in a government ibility of the Uni te d S tates is even time to reexamine our foreign pol-where the governmen t i sone of the g reater. Even b efor e the conflict icy in l ight o f ou r p rior it ies, ou rpeople and those.who govern gov- was supposedly ended in J anua ry actual power and resources, and

. aswell asto the United States Congress and the people o f the Uni tedStates in general.

were diminished as a result of Mr.Nixon's troubles with Watergate not only because Mr. Kissingerh imself became embro iled in theWat erga te aff air ( al th ough to alesser extent) as a result of thewire-tap incident involving members o f h is s ta ff , bu t because a t a lltimes Mr. Kissingerwas acting onlyasMr. Nixon 's "agent" or "proxy."In other words. a s Sec re ta ry ofState, he was able to influence policy toa great extent, be was able toinitiate policy to a g reat exten t. hewas even able to implement policytosome extent. but when itcame to

no positi on to e nt er into an unpopular effort as events in Vietnam.and Cambodia began to reveal thatthe North Vietnamese were \ notstaying at home and that the SovietUnion was augmenting it s f low ofsupplies of the most sophisticatedmilitaryhardware .Duringmuch of 1973, and certainly a lmos t a ll o f 1974 unt il Mr.Nixon's resignation in August,United States foreign policy was .carried on by Henry Kissinger, whobecame Secretary of State in thesummer of 1973. But even Mr.Kissinger 's power and prestige

Embroiled inWatergate, President.Nixon was in noposit ion to do battlewith Congressover Vie\nam.

by Stanley R. Rader

Now that the Watergate affair isbeh ind us - President Nixon hav ing resigned, the major and minordefendants in the various trialshaving been ' convicted or havingsubmi tted a plea o f gui lty -; onemight not immediately connect thefall o f Cambodia, the collapse of .South Vietnam, the failure of Mr.Kissinger's peace , mission in the 'Midd le" East , the concern o f ou rallies throughout the world and thedismantling of the Nixon-Kissingerand Ford -Kissinge r foreign policieswith the events of Watergate .The connection, however, between these events and Watergateis not an attenuated one and . asweshall see, but for Watergate, muchwould not have oc cur re d, or atlea st the ef fec t would have beensharply mitigated. When the ParisPeace Accords were finally signedin January 1973,i t had become apparent to all that certain promiseswere made by President Nixon andMr. Kissinger to President Thieuand the South Vietnamese government . The - substance of thesepromises was that the United Stateswould , "in essence, ' not only continue to supply economic and military aid in adequate amounts to theRepub lic o f Sou th Vie tnam, butw ould also be pre pare d to e nforcethe guaranteesof the PeaceAccords,if not by direct intervention of theUnited Statesmilitary forces again,a t l east by the threat of such forcebeing used, as it was so d rama ti cal ly in the c lo sing mon ths o f theconffict. But in o rd er for suchpromises to be fulfi lled, i t was impor tant tha t the Uni ted Sta tes beled by a s trong president , and, inthi s case, a strong Mr. Nixon,whose credentialsas a Iife-Iong andcommitted anti-eommunistwere sos ound that both the Sovie t Union

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ATIME TO QUAKEby RobertGinskey

U.C.L.A. bel ieves Gribb in and the P lagemann are "inrorrect."

"There was no attempt to compare earth-quake records in the past with planetary tidal pull on the sun or with sunspot activity.Hollywood recently produced a super- The authors note that each one of the In fact . there was no marked earthquakespectacular disaster flick. "Earthquake," de- e igh t large quakes which has hi t within 50 act ivi ty a round the las t a lignment in 1803,"picting the thunderous destruction of Los miles of San Franc isco s ince "1836 has taken K aul a said .Angeles. Undoubtedly box office receipts place within two years following a period of Kaula notes. that there was no discussionwill be handsomely increased by the current maximumsolar activity. of why a slightly above ' average planetaryfashionable c o n ~ m over the potential for a Needless to say, the apoc al yp ti c pre- tidal pull s hould l ead to an exceptional peakmajorquake in California. dictions of "the Jupiter Effect" have caused . in solar activity since the tides often comeIndeed, interes t in ear thquake predict ion a storm of controversy in scientific circles. within a few percent o( the expected 1982has. .beengreatlyenhanced by the publica - Dr. Don Anderson, director ofCalifornia level.tion of a profitably controversial book, The Institute ofTechnologyirSeismblogicalLab- -'-;'- -.: Professor George O.Abell, chairman;Jupiter Effect. In it, Drs. John R. Gribbin oratory, said that the authors' cause-and-ef- the astronomy department at U.C.L.A., feelsand Stephen H. Plagemann claim that a rare feet sequencewas.voce inference piled upt?n there is a "good chance .the book may havealignment of jhe major .planets in 1982will' another." >But he added that there is evi- ' been written : with tongue in cheek ." Hetouch off a;chain of events ultimately trig-, dence suggesting a.Iink .between very 'small . pointed out the. authors poke fun at astrolgering a great earthquake along California's < variations in-the earth's .rctationa! 'speed and -: ogy when they say , "when the moon is inSan Andreas fault system. v , earthquakes. . the seventh house and Jupiter al igns wi thTo back.up this alarming forecast. the two Dr. Harold Zirin, profe ssor ofa st rophys ic s Mars .. . Los Angeles will be destroyed."scientists quote recent findings in suchvaried at Caltech has also expressed great skepti - The debat e will p roba bly c on ti nue e it herfields as planetary and solar astronomy, me- cism aboutthe book's basic premise . ' until 1982comes and goes, or until ..the bigtecrology and \ geophysics. They mention "The t idal ef fec ts of the ' planets on sun- one" hits. Atleast one benefit will be derivedsuch d is ta nt phe nomena as - solar storms, spots are trivial..." he emphasized, arid "sun- from the renewed interes t in b ig quakes:which have been noted to slow the earth's spots are completely magnetic phenomena Publ ic pre ssure may p r ~ m p t officials to. rotation, apparently cawing a notable in- within the sun." speed up preparation for coping with a ma-crease in the number of e ar thquakes in geo- Professor Wi lliam Kaula of the Depar t- jor earthquake - an event which virtually"logically unstable regions. ment of P lane ta ry and Space Sc iences at . authorities believe to be an inevitability. . 0

Americans are probably the mos t pain conscious people on the face of the ear th .We are becoming a nation of pill-grabbersand hypochondriacs, escalating the slightesipain into a searing ordeal. For years we have,bad it drummed into Us- in print, on radio,over TV and everyday conversation - thatany hin t ofpa in is to be banished as thoughit were the ultimate evil.This melancholy situation has its 'reflection in the troubled feeling of I&.lny doctorsthat the .medical profession today is takingon the trappings of a pain-killing industry.The ir off ices are ove rloaded with peoplewho are terrified because of minor pains andwho are morbidly convinced that somethingdreadful. isabout to happen to them. _It is a ll too evident by now that the campaign toget people to run toa doctor atthef irst sign of pain has boomeranged. Insteadof being able to'give adequate attention topatients genuinely in-need of expert diag:.nosis and treatment, doctors now find theirtime soaked up by people who have nothingexcept a tempora ry i_ndisposition or a psychogenic ache and who are reluctantto leave"without clutching a prescription.'Most patients have the ritualized notionthat they haven't really gotten their money'sworth from a visit to the doctor unless theyare told they need medication, and the more~ ~ ~ ~ taebeuet.Doctors ,'" , - ~ e s 1 S t t b e s e p r e s s u r e s : b ~ t they havecome to recognize that they lose.unless they hand their p at ie nt a pi ece ofpapercontainingmysterious markings ;No form of illiteracy in the United Statesis as widespread as ignorance about pain - what it is. what causes it, how todeal with itwithout panic. The failure of general educetion to provide a basic understanding of painis costly beyond calculation. I t isnot generally understoodthat many forms of pain arenatural and norma l, that 90% of pain'ssymptoms arc self-limiting, that they're notalways an indicat ion of poor health, thatthey are frequently the result of tension orstress or insufficient sleep or overeating orpoorly balanced foods or smoking or excessive drinking or "nadequate exercise .or bad

AMERICANILLITERACYABOUTPAINby NormanCousins


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by Robert GinskeySOMETHINGFOREVERYBODY. Y o ( } r ~ r s o n a l i t y ,is;"unique "n that att imes you are outgoing, f riendly, sociable, while' at other t imes yau showsigns of being reserved, stend-ottish, almost introverted. .You have an indepen-dent streak and are skeptical o f otherswho are unthinking and dogmaticin theirapproach. You are open to suggest ion.but usually you like to do thi ngs yourway_ You believe it is unwis e to be ro cfrank in dealing with others. You prefer acertain amount of change and var ie tyand become frustrated when hemmed inby restrictions and excessive limitations.You have a good personalityas a whole,but you need to compensate for the fewareas where you are somewhat weak .You have a number of abilities you are

d ica t ing that a " propitious time " hadarrived for building a temple .Near the beginning of the f irst millennium B,C. the Babylonians became fascinated by the possibi li ty of foretellingthe future by means of omens and signsin the heavens. But the .'omen technique" for dealing with the stars andthe future preceded the invention of the'Zodiac and the ' horoscope by severalhundred years .About 80 0 B.C:. the various scatteredbeliefs about celestial omens began to

take on a new significance. Court as't ro logers exerted a powerful influenceon the affairs of men . and the heavenswere constant ly consulted for clues tothe future,In fact. it was just such astrologersthat the prophet DanieLencountered inNebuchadnezzar ' s court ."Then came in the magicians, the astrologers. the Chaldeans, and the sooth-sayers: and I told the dream before 'them; but they did not make known untome th e interpretation thereof"

out of the " horoscopes:' Others wereasked the year and month of birth. andstill others were asked the year. month .and day .After reading their horoscopes, all the

participants rated how closely " their"horoscope described their personalitieson a f ive-point scale . The average ratingfor those who gave "no informationa bo ut t he ir b ir th da te was 3 .2 4 . Fort hose who gave the year and month itwas 3 .16 . while for those who gave theyear . month. and it was 4 .38 .In other words. the " accuracy" of thephony horoscope depended on howmuch information the subject was required to give . If the subject gave theyear . month and day o f birth. then he orshe just " knew" the resul ting horoscope must be more accurate . W.e canonly speculate at the perceived " accuracy " if the hour and minute of birth 'were g ivenas welH At the rate of increase listed above. the " accuracy" ratewould be nearly 5 .0 0 .This study strongly supported the as

signs? What motivates mill ions of individuals to seek advice f r o m . t l ' . l ~ "Stars?

The Occult Personality ..Many factors contribute to the ' r o wing interest in th e occult. and astrologyin particular. ' The disillusionment withscience as' the panacea for 'th e world 's

problems is certaintv ana factor. But theprimary reason peopJe"Uimoroastr610gyis jhat it gives them the-feel ing that they 'are a unique individual, with a Sense -Ofpurpose' and power. and that they havea certain amount of control over the.future.Such desires are not wrong in themselves . Indeed. everyone.has a desire tounderstand his or he r unique potential.and almost everyone has pondered thepurpose of life. But those who havewha t m igh t be cal led " the occult personality" are totally misguided. The answers are simply no t written in the stars .I t is good to search beyond the physical. to seek real meaning in the un iverse . It is good to inquire into the


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An AstronomerGradesAstrology:AZEROFORTHE ZODIAC" " , ; ~ astrolog.\'i have a.rancnau. solen-. tific basis? ls there any conceivable-way

that the celestial locat ion of stars, planets , and nebulae at the time of one'sbirtp cou ld influencean individual's person'ality, his health, his mar ri age. hiscareer, and a host of other personalevents?Millions of people have thought the irlives were controlled or at least stronglyinfl uenced by eve nt s in the heavens .Indeed, it seemed almost self-evident tothe peoples of anc ient" Greece. Egypt.and Babylon . The earth, in their minds,was the center of the universe and thesun , moon, planets, and stars revolvedaround this all-important center of activ

an influence occur? Through gravity? 'Radiation?The immense distances encounteredin the universe - usually measured inl ight years - rule out any such in

, fluences . The gravitational attraction of' th e doctor standing at the delivery tablewould be far greater than the ' gravitational inf l uence of any star or galaxyanew-born babY __( 'f ; " . ."And t he r ad ia tio n f rom even thebrightest star would be thousands oftimes.weaker than a single l ight bulb inthe delivery room .The conclusion is inescapable: Noknown force emanating from the con stellations of the heavens could be ex- .pected to exert a unique. l ife-longinfluence on anyone .Even i f the stars di d exert an ever-sosubt le influence at the time of an individual's bi rth, can anyone seriously believe their influence is important whencompared to the multitude of muchstronger environmental f orces on ear ththat direcly affectour lives?

cycles are not rig idly determined or immutably fixed.Rather. each person's bio-c1ock canbe re vi sed and reset numerous "t imes

throughout one 's life as the environment changes.There is no quest ion that biologicalrhythms and clocks are often l inked tothe motions of the sun and moon . Butthis..faet,.in "nQ.wa y .. justifies. .th e .. beliefthat astrological signs and the posit ions. of the sun , moon. planets, or stars atth e t ime of birth can be used to p redi ctone 's future.

Horoscopes Ou t of Date,The re is. however, an even more dev

astating reason why belief in astrology.in the light of modern know ledge, istotal ly untenable. The whole structureof astrology revolves around the " zodiac" - or " ci r cl e of the beast s" (inreference to the animal figures imaginedto populate the sky). The zodiac is actually an arbitrarily arranged " belt " inthe heavens that includes certain con

I t was notun t il abou t a hundred yearsbefore the birth of Christ that the Greekastronomer H ippa rchus detec ted t heslow shift of the spr ing equinox - thepo in t f rom which the astrological signsare measured. Yet. howeverslight theseprecessional changes may be, theirlong-term effect is substantial.The resul t is that the constellation ofPisces. is .in, .tl;le ..next d i v i s i a nsign 'o fAries ..The constellanon"of libra4S now in the sign of Scorpio . The constellation of Cancer is now in the sign ofLeo, and so on through the twelve signsof the zodiac.

None of the constellations of the zodiac are now in the ir appropriate astrological s igns . But ironically, it is theastral bodies (whatever forces they arepresumed to r ep resent ) i n a particular" sign " that are supposed to determineone's horoscope!The simple truth is that astrologers'horoscopes ar e totally. out-of-date. Infact , precession is continuing t o canythe signs of the zodiac even further from


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erer of the electron), the societies had relatively little influence on the general public, attitudeor on scientificthinking.. .

by Ron HorswellBut the theology student does considerablybetter than one in five. And he maintains his higher -than-chance score over

Pater L. Gould - k.-;s lorM .PSYCHIC. Carroll' Jay puis wife Dolores into a hypnotic tranc e. The famed husband-wife. ~ ~ a f T J ~ owave of interest in the occult. . .

have tested for telepathy (mind ' to mindcommunication -without use of . the fivesenses), clairvoyance. (the ability to- ..see.. an-- ' object hidd en fro m view), precogni t ion (th e.: ability. to correctly predict minor futur e oc",curr ences such as the l ighting of a particularbulb), an d psychokinesis (th e ab ility to moveor influence an object under circumstances~ ~ a t normally make such ,influence humanlyimpossible). Evidence has been found foreach. Altho ugh' experimental results.were atfirst commonly labeled'both unscientifi c and fraudulent , eventually it could on ly be ad.. !!litted, that the experiments were well doneand that ' there definitely was something tothis " ESP business.'?"That was - 'and still is - almost too big ascientific pill for many to swallow. As mathematician Warren Weaver put it. "1 find this

[ESP) a s ubject that is so intellectually un comfortableas to be almost painful. I end byconc luding that I canno t explain away Professor Rhine's evidence, and that I also cannot accept his interpretation" (Lady Luckandthe Theory of Probability, p, 361).What is so painf ul about "his interpretation"? Basically that if ESP is a reality,i t r epresents a human ability to gain information and inftuence events without use ofthe five external senses. That would mean there exist yet uncharted dimensions to the'mind, or levels 'of " reality" in the universeabout which science presently knows. vir-tually nothing. .In fact, psychic experiences seem to occurin direct contradiction towhat we commonlycall scientific laws.Same scientists don't see this as much of aproblem. The y point out that everythingscie nce now understands was once -in theAfter'.all. Kepler .first suggested that tides ) ( J u ottrtac- Itive forces emanating from the moon, it was

Gal ileorhimself whoshrugged it oiL as an'ANCIIN-'"SPIRIT.sHAUNT.. ~ ~'.- ", " _ . Present research includes not only testing,in the Rh ine tradition, for the existence..q fpsychic phenomena, but also laboratory ob-'MODIRNSCI'INCI serva t ion of known-but-still-di sputed psy-. _ chics such as Uri Geller. As the star t lingresults filter out of the laboratories, less critical observers envision psychic power as awhole new human potential into which mancan develop, Others see it as the civilizationsaving catalystt hat will finally stimulatemento abandon the gods of acquisition and ma- terialism in 'exchange for a higher state ofawareness. Some , of course, strongly caution.

CSE - # 1: Lat e one afternoon a seventeen-year-Qld.boy sat at h is typewnterin his parents' Michigan home. 'As thesun started to set and the room darkened, he reached for the light. switch- But 'befo r-e his hand could touch -it, he sensed avoice sayin g, "Don't turn on' the light : ' Theimpression was so eerie and out of theordinary that the youngtypist felt compelledto return to h is wotk without the benefit of'additional light . .A few minutes later.it-was getting too da rk 'to work, and he reached a second t ime forthe switch. Again the warning. "Doo't tumon the light" It was only seconds later that autili ty lineman came - to o-the fron t porchwarning the family Dot to touch My electri- .cal switches because a high voltag e wire was ...down across the line to the house.' Th is happen ed in 1915, and the young .man, Harold Sherman. wen t o n to becomeone of the twentieth -century's most famous"psychics," But in 1915. and for most of thetime since; any sort of interest in the psychicparanormal. was considered strange,weird, and above"all, unscientific, Sure therewere kooks, nuts, and a potpourr i of eccen tries who believed in such things. But thegeneral public wasn 't about to elevate telep-"athy, clairvoyance and the like to the statusof reality. And men of science were evenmore adamant.CASE # 2: Before critical onlookers ayoung Israeli psychi c demonstrates his .apparent _ability to telepathically perceivethoughts by reproducing diagrams drawn byo thers . He consistently and correctly"guesses" the position of objects inside a1 steel box. He. displays what seems co be the?" ._ e n t a l to eras enformation stored on.~ Q ' t . V i p e ~ " ' ~ ... : _: -};'; ~ \ . -;" These feats are not performed on a night-clubstageoral a lights-offseance,Thesettingistherespected . Stanford .Research Jnstinne. .Th epsychic is participat ing in controlled, and asfaras possible, cheat-proof experiments condu cted by respected physicists.Unlike many well-publi cized past J cntur es into the paranormal, the resul ts ofthese experim ents will probably stimulatenoone, to radically change life-styles or embrace cult ic new religious modes. The scientists simply reported their findings: "Wehave observed certa in phenomena . .. forwhich we have no scientific explanation"(New Scientist, Ma rch 22, 1973, p. 677).The psychic Israeli superstar mentionedabove is, of course, Uri Geller. His eerierepertoire also includes bending meta l ob


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Why NOTby David Jon Hill

Get Religion?As the saying goes, there is nothing worse under the sun than a reformedreprobate! Once turned on by a b el ie f in God or a rel ig io us conviction of anynature, the reformed reprobate is determined to shove his religion down every-one's throat. . 'ore 'people have suffered, been maimed, ostracized, tortured and mur

der ed in the name of "God" than in any other name! Religious zealots andfanatics, whatever their brand name, have caused more turmoil in history thanany other group. Men and women in the name of religion afflict themselves withevery imaginable taboo, from self-mutilation and the denying of every appetiteof the flesh to marriage, the eating of bananas: and the insiste nce that othersconform to their oddball convictions . . . or else!Each convert feels he himself (or herself as the case may be) has found thetrue religion an d is not satisfied until the whole world sees eye to eye with thatconviction. Even those who are not as zealo us still insist on meddling in the livesof o thers whether the others are interested or nol. Misguided do-gooders enactlegislation and blue laws seeking to enlist the aid of government in theirevangelical thrust. Solomon's wise instruction is well taken here; "Be not righteous overmuch" (Ecc. 7;16).Religion has blinded the eye, strictured the soul , and brainwashed the mind.Religion has mixed in polit ics to the extent of causing revolutions or hardeningthe-control of dictatorships. Religion has caused "holy wars" - whatever that canmean - and crusades against al l those of unl ike belief. Religion has taken thename of God in vain and all too often the prerogatives that belong to God alone. ~ P 9 . l " ' ! J , . t I ' ? I W ' e " , ~ d , , ~ l e I R a I , , < ; o n d ~ m n ! , l i o Q , ) , .turning some 10 haling .Go d be-,cause of the actsof those who claim to represent him. .

God forbid that you should gel that kind of religion! Gel God 'instead,God wrote you a very personal, long letter in the form of the Bible, Read itand you'llsee ilhas lillie 10 do with "ge lling" religion!

JANEWAY SAVES

APENNY SAVED. IS NOT 'ENOUGHIby George Ritte r

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~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -A new voice in the American wilderness isproclaiming the old-time economics of "six

months income in an insured savings accoun t: ' The voice - ' that of economist EliotThe reasons for this current avalanche ofcredit aren't too hard to find. It basically got

started a t the close of World War II whencons umers found themselves facing a daz

wallets of millions of Americans . Almosfovernight the credit card business becamebig in every sense of the.word . From 1969 to1974 personal credi t outstanding on these

not been averse to seeking help from these-counselors as wel l. The problem, then, isbasically one of financial mismanagement not necessari ly a lack of money. Americans


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Garner Ted ArmstrongSPIIKSOUT!

,I ''j,Watch theMideast

w e str ongly be l ieve in d i sarmament . . . . Our government w ill 'work with the ,utmost sincerity towa rd putting into effect the words ofHis late Majesty that the Kingdom ofSaud i Arabia ' considers itself asource of support to every Arab andin the service of every Arab, and itsaims at cooperation, solidarity, andfraternity.

Bible prophecy mostspecifically detailsdramatic events soonto occur in the Mideastwhich will leaddirectly intoWorld War III!


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o r c h i d s ~ f ...... , . _Ions Tiberius by the Procurator Pontius Pilate"(Tacitus, Annales, 15.44; cf Luke 3:1;23:24. 33). Tacitus is not the only earlynonbibIical historian attesting to the historicity of Jesus Chri;'. Justin.Martyr;a leadingchurch father in the second century. wrotethe follow ing: "Now there is a vil lage in theland of the Jews, thirty-five stadia from Jerusalem. in which Christ was bom, asyoucan ascertain alsofrom the registries oj thetaxing under Cyrenius your first procurator"Such is the testimony 0/ Justin. with in J ud ae a" (First Apology, chapter 34). Jus-which also Irenaeus ,coincides in his firs t tin appeals to thepublic records extant in hisbook against heresies. . . we have unde r- day to demonstrate t hat Jesus was born' inIn one of your recent Plain Truth maga- s u ~ o d [Simon] to take the leadin all heresy; Jutlaea.zines, you made the statement.that Simon f rom whom also down to the present t ime, Wealso havethe testimony of Julian "thethe sorcerer (mentioned in Acts . 8) .cor- those that followed him still affe cted the Apostate ," a fourth century emperor ofrupted the original gospel; gained control modest philosophy of the Chrtsnans : . ," Rome. "Jesus, whomyou celebrate, was oneof the early church and substituted a false (Ecclesiastical History. Book 2, chapter 13). of Caesar's subjects . . . Foryourselves allow.gospel which is still being proclaimed by The testimony of Eusebius, Justin It{artyr, that he was enrolled with h is father andthe bulk of the professedly Christian and Irenaeus _ combined with the account mother in the time of Cyrenius . , ,Havingchurches today. of Acts 8 - const itutes evidencethat S imon done nothing in h is l if et ime wor thy of re-I cannot see that you can clearly prove the sorcererwastheearliestnon-Christianto membrance; unle ss. anyone t hi nk s it is ayour statement regarding Simon from the claim Christian authorit y, and that he was mighty matterto heal lame and blindpeople,Bible. From what other literary source do instrumental in establishing the first hereti- and exorc ise demoniacs in the village ofyou get the proofs for making the slate- cal system ofpseudo-Chri st ianbel ie fs . Bethsaida and .BethanyrIquoted in the pole-ment that you did. that he gained control _ Robert Ginskey mtc of Cyril .of Alexandria against Julian.of the early church and substituted another Cyril Contr. Julian, vi., pp. 213. 191). Thegospel? . I recently heard Madylen Murray Imperial archives of Rome apparently stillD. S. Banks, O'Hair on a radio program claim that there contained the census records that Jesus wasRipon, CA isn't a shied of evidence that Jesus Christ one of Caesar's subjects.

nuw:berof our readers asked this ques- ~ ~ : : : ~ : : c : : e ~ ~ ~ 1 ; ~ e r ~ ; ~ ~ ~ : e t ~ : ~ : : ; ; : ! o 1 ! e ~ : : ; ; ; r ~ ; ~ s a : ~ ~ ~ ~ ; { ~ : ; t : Z :allegation? subject, far too overwhelming for just oneThe 4th century historian of the Christian Mrs. Cecil Moore, short article (see John 21:25). So, in addi-church, Eusebius of Caesarea, states that Los Banos,CA tion to reading andstudy ing thefour biblicalSimon "". . performed many magic rites by biographies of Jesus' life. weencourage youthe operationof demons, wasconsideredgod, Ta:.ltus, a first-century Roman historian, fi b kl d h R alinyour b!,peri.?l c i ~ y of Rome. and was hon- wrote that Nero " in fl ic ted the mos t . ~ ~ ' : ! . ~ e s t ..0 0 e t ~ ~ t ~ t l e .. : e e .~ ~ ~ ; f r : , ~ j ~ ~ ! 1 ~ : : ~ ~ i / ; : : : : ~ ; 0 C : S : ' ! ! ; , 1 f o ; j / : r t ; { ~ ~ e : f l I r . ~ ( h ~ o e J e . rthe othernastons, worship him, confessing Christians. The name came from Christus, A glaring error in your firstrevised issuehim asthe Supreme God , . , who was put to death in ine p r l n ~ i p a t e of. of Plain Truth (February '8 , 1975 page 3):

"Trouble Along the 48th Parallel ." I wouldadvise that your historians and geographers take another look at that unguardedborder between Canada and the u.s. Ifmymemory serves me right,'it's the ~ 9 t h Parallel and I am sure i thas been that way for along, long time. Just how long? I hope youcan tell me that.

I really enjoyed the new format. It may. not be the pleasure to the eye i t once was,but it does convey a wealth of information.Bravo! Warren CUshing,West Vancouver, CANADA. l You are quite right. The 1803 LouisianaPurchase - which doubled ' the size of theU.S. .L, included territoryfrom 'New Orleansin the south, to the 49th parallel .in thenorth. Subsequent treaties with Britain extended thi s 49th para llel border from theWashington territory inthe wesltothe Minnesota terri to ry in the east . By the 1850s.the wor ld 's " longest peaceful border" (ineluding the irregular boundary from Minnesota to M a ~ n e ) was well establishedI finished reading "Love Them Now" onpage 15 and "What Makes a Child Successful at School" on page 7 of the February 22 Plain Truth. We need so much ~ o r eof that type of family l iving. When mychildrenwere small. they often went to bedasking, "Why does Daddy always spoileverything?"Now Daddy . is many years o lder andlong s ince made a new life-style for him-

~ ~ d ~ e ~ :: ~ ~ ~ : ; o : ~ ~ ~ ' : ~ : b : ~ : ':arenothappy r.Isn't .it sc.terribly sad:':' Sosad grow . . J . a s m W ' f ~ .'.'"la p t'l icC: i>Mae Ruth Shaffer,G a i > a n n .

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[Continued from paKe I)achieve peace between Israel , Egypta nd Syria, The Geneva Con ferencehadn 't even gotten off the ground asthis was written .Mr . Kissinger h as b ee n, on th ewhole, highly successful in bringingabout temporary delays, agreementsor cease-fires, especially in the MiddleEast . "Why?" asked a few of my"Japanese sons" (members of th eJapanese Diet who call themselvesthat), of th e Egyptian ambassador tothe United Nations at Geneva . " Because," th is astu te diplomat replied,"M r . Kissinger is a man bot h sides"feel they c an t ru st - . and who isimpartial and fairto both sides: ' AndI feel that the leaders of both sides in.th e Middle East feel .th e same waytoward me. I shuttle back and forthbetween Cairo, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem ,and Amman , Jordan , also. But I amno t working for a temporary political'peace that can't last - but showingth e WAY to permanent world peace!PrinceMikasa, speaking at aba nquetin Tokyo , called me the "spiritual

- - - J $ i ~ ' ! ! J a ~ ~ I am. , . no po I " , , 'Where , -frorn here? From here onwe won 't find South Vietnam headlining th e t wo rld news . The world'news center will s hi ft n ow to ' th eMiddle East and to Eu rope , E ve nt s. will happen that will cause Western

Europe to unite poli t ically - andmilitarily. There will comparativelysoon rise a t hi rd giant power in th eworld , perhaps even s tronger thane it he r t he United States or th eU.S,S .R . It wil l turn its attention toth e Middle East . And these eventswill bring to a supreme crisis th e

on e needs to knowwhere these powe rs a r e refe rred to in th e Bible .To explain why th e United States isnot winning wars anymore. one

needs to understand th e propheciesof Leviticus26 and Deuteronomy28 .Because of th e national sins of th eU.S . and Britain , God is quoted as

saying , " Iwill break the pride of yourpower" (Lev. ' 26 :1 g) and " yourstrength shall be spent in vain " (verse20) ; aga in" " strangers [other nations] have devoured his strength,and he knoweth it no t ."The United States has had th e'POWER! The "United States had th epower'to win th e Korean war bu t had ,lost the PRIDE in that power and hadbecome afraid to use it. The UnitedStateshac the POWERto havewon th ewar in Sout hV ietnam, bu t the PRIDEin that, power had been broken andthe leaders at Washington (IN BOTH PARi"IES) were afraid to use it!The Vietnam war , sapped Un ited

States strength to the tune of 56 ,000lives and $170 billion .. What is the cause of all these worldtroubles? Why wars?You' can find NO explanation bu tthat revealed from the Creator. TheCreator gives th e CAUSE, bu t nobodyBELIEVES what the Maker says - well,almos t nobody: I happen to be on ewhodoes - but , then, itis not fashionable and most lack the courage. '. But revealed , truth shows u: allstarted with the firstman and womanwho ' wer e c re at ed . The ir Makerstarted' revealing to them necessarybasic truths - facts absolutely nec essary for th eir peace; happiness andwell-being . But they DID NOT BELl EVEWHAT THEIR MAKER SAID! Instead theytook to themselves the knowledge ofwhat is good and wha t is evil.They chose the way of ge t - th eself-centered way of competition ,pride, jealousy, envy a nd h at e, instead of the way of LOVE - which isoutgoing concern for the good of

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MoreThan One ManCouldDoSALZBURG:The ' forces of P res iden t Thi eu fl eei ng before the armies of Hanoi. theassassination of King Faisa l of Saudi Arabia. and Henry Kissinger 's fai lure tobring peace to t he Middl e East - these seemingly unrelated events portendgreater trouble for our aUtoo troubled world and place an even greater strain onthe alreadytoo delicate fabric of our'world order. Nevertheless. these events arerelated in one significant and little emphasized sense. They prove once again thatman. placing his fai th in man alone. whether hebe president. king or secretary ofstate cannot bring about a peaceableworld.Israeli Prime Minister Rabin. on Dr. Kissinger's departure from Israel at theend of the fruit less talks. stressed that the Secretary of State had done more thanone human being could ever 'be expec ted todo in his singular effort to bringabout a negotiated settlement in the vol ati le Middl e East. Dr. Kissinger responded that the breakdown was a sad day for America which had invested SOmuch hope and faith in these efforts.Let us not forget that Dr. Kissinger was t ruly working for peace - not forpersonal aggrandizement or more power or increased prestige as his cri tics anddetractors often contend. Some of these same people. by the way. did the most tobui ld up Mr . Kissinger's image as a s up erman or a magi ci an or a Cap ta inM ~ . .

Ye t in the f inal analys is the problems in the Middle East were beyond'thepower of one man to handl e regardless of his approach, whether through thepersonal "step-by-step" method or by the practice ofmore traditional diplomacy.'With the Middle East "shuttlediplomacy" now a matterof history the wliole'world awaits -the-reconveningof tbe Conference of Geneva where'the'parties-will 'renew their efforts for apeaceful solution to the Middle EaSt problem tIiathas 'been wi th us since the end of World War II . Meanwhile. i t isinteresting to notethat President Sadat has just given tangibleproofof his moderation by announc-:ing the reopening of the Suez Canal in about a month - albeit the canal will stillbeclosed to Israeli ships.Perhaps thi s announcement by President Sadai i s related direct ly to theassassina tion of King Faisal who more than any other person dominated the .polit ics of the Arab world and who certa inly would have been opposed to anyseparate peaceful negotiations between Egypt and Israel which could have led 'to,a breakdown in the Arab unity which hehad striven somighti ly tobring about.Now that an assassin's bullet has removed Faisal from the world scene. whatwi ll be the resul t? Only time will teUbut certainly the already too tense. tooradicalized. too militarized area will be exposed to,the danger of fur ther ex-tremism .At the opposite end of Asia. the South Vietnamese army now flees in total


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