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PREPARE FOR THE SHOCKING SEVENTIES
Ouring the decadc of the Sixties,
crises of global
oc
national impact
shock and ruffied our sense of well–
being with sporadic but increascd fre–
quency: Vietnam, inflation, the Bomb,
the population explosion, skyrocketiog
crime, the youth rebellion, big city
squalor, mounting pollution, racial
un–
rest, the depersonalization of society,
the radical change in moral and sex atti–
tudes, the assault on every institution -
goveromental, family, church and
school.
By the end of the Sixties more people
were disturbed, anxious and apprehen–
sive than at any other time in history.
But, for the most part, these crises ofteo
seemed distant, far off, unreal and unre–
lated to the lives of multiple hundreds
of millions of people. It was still rela–
tively easy to escape into the world of
individual personal cares and pleasures,
even to the point of denying there were
major crises to be concerned with. Mil-
lions in the Sixties only mildly felt their
lives affected by the rapidly changing
times, the screaming newspaper head–
lines.
But the Seventies will be diffcrent!
The Seventies will be shocking! The
stark reality of humanity's problems will
burst forth into full bloom before the
eyes of everyone - inescapable, unre–
lenting, undeniable! The Seventies will
shock a largely complacent humanity
with earth-shaking events that have only
recently surged ioto our lives, and with
many events we haven't yet imagined!
No looger will one crisis fall into in–
significance as another catches our atten–
tion or hits the headlines. Major crises
will become compounded upon major
crises, refusing to die out! National and
world eveots wül increasingly affect al!
of us, personally, and alter our ways of
life, our attitudes, our health and our
future happiness!
Ambouodor
College
Photo
Above, Hurricane Camille, with
its near- 200-m.p.h. winds in
1969, was only one of severa!
devastating hurricanes that struck
the U. S.
left, majar earthquakes continued
lo shatter widely scattered oreas
around the world.
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Many problems will become so in–
tense there wil! be attempts at crash pro–
grams to halt them. But the chances of
solving them will remain slim unless
there is a radical changing of human at–
titudes and values - a highly unlikely
(but not impossíble) prospect in a
world of muJti-billion-doUar-vested in–
tcrcsts.
There will be increasing calls for
"peace," but real peace will still elude
humanity.
Despite the optimistíc predictions,
science, technology, governments and
institutions will all fall short of solving
humanity's problems because the basic
cause - human oature - will remain
undealt with and uochanged.
Mankind will be waroed of his dan–
gers - from many authoritative voices,
but if the past is any indication of the
future, they will go largely unheeded.
During the Seventies it could be de–
cided whether mankind will survive or
not!
It
will be shown whether or not
humanity can face up to its mistakes and
make the necessary sacrifices and
changcs rcquired for survival!
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