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Smoking
1 was a heavy smoker for 30
years and so many times
1
wanted to quit. But for sorne
reason
1
just couldn't give up
cigarettes. Even my doctor told
me my lungs were bad and
1
had to quit smoking. But
1
kept
right on smoking until
1
read
The Plain Truth.
Since that
day
1
have not smoked one cig–
arette.
P . Maynard
Beauty, Kentucky
Why No Subsc ription Price
A bou t five years ago
1
became acquainted with
The
Plain Truth
at a church fair
bookstall (and recently became
a free subscriber).
Two articles prompted this
Jetter. Your personal and "Why
No Subscription Price?" in the
curren! issue.
1
am an advertising man–
and now an agnostic. Our most
creative copywriters would find
it difficult to eloquently honour
and do j ustice to your achieve–
ment.
The successful and continu–
ing production of any magazine
is one of the most difficult
enterpri scs to maintain even
with paid advertising and a paid
subscription, Jet alone without
either.
l f only metropolitan prcss,
radio and television would fol –
low sorne of your guidelines and
their editors have your charac–
teristics and your ideas,
1
am
sure our world would be a bet–
ter place to live in.
Douglas Smith
Glen Waverley, Victoria
Nutrition and Pregnancy
1 was very pleased to see thc
much-needed article "There's
No Second Chance."
1t
was
July/ August 1983
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What Our Readers
Say
greatly needed. 1 would like to
point out that coffee sbould
have been included in the sec–
tion heading "Smoking a nd
Drinking." lts effects can be
just as devastating. Coffee is
more than
a
noncontributing or
neutral factor as listed in the
"Nutritive Guidelines for the
Expectant Mother" section of
the article. Caffeine-containing
products can harm embryos.
Dr. Landon Smith
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Feed
Your Kids Right
warns: "The
caffeine in coffee can be consid–
ered a drug.... "
Denice M. Orr
Montgomery, Alabama
Missing Dimension in
Education
You cannot fancy how happy
1
feel whenever
1
receive a new
number of
The Plain Truth.
1
am a Brazilian English
teacher interested in all prob–
lems of education.
I
wrote an
article entitled "Education
Turned to Peace" for a small
newspaper in northeast Brazil.
In this article
1
shared the view–
point of a distinguished Brazil–
ian educator who, in his good–
bye speech as a member of Bra–
zil's Federal Education Coun–
cil, feels disappointed with
world education towards peace.
This educator states that,
despite all efforts made by
worldwide educational organiz–
ers, the threats of wars go on.
He
seems to give us to under–
stand that education hasn 't
helped much towards world
peace.
Under these circumstances.
in my aforesaid article 1 sug–
gested that your splendid mag–
azine might contribute with an
article or research on this mal–
ter, which, 1 am sure, will
enligh ten one of the world's
most importan! issues: educa–
tion towards peacc.
Francisco Cunha
Vila da Penha
Rio de J a neiro
Sowing Seeds of Hope
We enjoyed the article on the
winged bean in the April issue.
We would like to try growing
sorne in our garden. Can you
tell us wbere we can get them
and whether they would grow
in our arca.
1
am enclosing a
stamped self-addressed enve–
lope for you. We are also send–
ing a small check to the Pygmy
Fund to be of help.
Ra lpb N. Brickey
Portland, Oregon
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Ever since Donald D.
Schroeder's article "Sowing
the Seeds of Hope" was pub–
lished in the April 1983 issue
o/The Plain Truth,
a tremen–
dous illlerest has been increas–
ingly focused on the most
promising winged bean. The
story described my own reali–
z ar ion with this "wonder
bean" as an efficient too! "to
teach the hungry world to pro–
duce its own food" and that
the "success of the winged
bean project will be shared
with others .
..
"So. 1was very
pleased to receive many
requests for additional infor–
mation. Now 1 am able to help
severa/ organizations and
quite a few individuals who
are presently planting "the
supermarket on a sta/k" in
their backyards. patios and
rooftops.
Though the highly nutri–
tious and prolific bean is
native to the tropics, it is now
being grown and multiplied
successfully in Florida. near
the Gulf of Mexico. in sorne
oreas of the Southwest U.S.
R
S
and. of course. in Hawaii. In
many other oreas. it can grow
we/1 and produce a profusion
of edible leaves. shoots, and
even tubers. So, it is worth
experimenting with, and 1 wi/1
be delighted to give those read–
ers
of The Plain T ruth
who so
request a chance
to
try it . Just
send me a letter-size, self–
addressed stamped envelope
and 1 will rush to you the
latest detailed winged bean
information, including how
you can get the best available
"Seeds of Hope" which could
become. according to the 1983
Year Book of
Encyclopaedia
Britannica,
"the most impor–
tanc new crop of the century."
J ean-Pierre HaUet
Founder
and
President
Tbe Pygmy Fund
Box
277
Malibu, CA 90265
Abused Children
1
am sending you this letter
to thank you on behalf or the
abused, neglected and needy
c hildren.
1
am glad there are a
few speaking out against the
things that are coming against
our youth.
We have a child abuse center
located at 2103 8th Street,
Portsmouth , Ohio 45662.
1
have looked everywhere for
magazines like
Th e Plain
Truth,
with stories, statistics,
with pictures of cbj(dren and
how they have to live. In tbis
great country of ours, they are
being raped, molested, abused
and neglected
in
many different
ways. And it is time we al!
worked together to stop it.
1 have written a book called
Suffer the Little Children,
which tells about what is going
on in the lives of our youth.
Jobn
U.
Foster
Portsmouth, Obio
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