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.The Battle of
the
Bottles
by
Robert Ginskey
The non-retumable
l;lo!lle
is
tbe ubiq–
uit.c>us· aod unsigbtly symbol of our
tbrow-away society. lo facl, oon-retum–
able botlles (and e&IU) have become
so
commooplace along roadways and even
bacléwoods trails thal they almost séem
lo
be
a ·natural pan of lhc environmeot
&ology-minded folk. bave long been
inceosed by tbe want.c>n desecration of
tbe environmenl via sueb indestructible
botlles and cans. But tbe energy
crisis
has added a new ímpetus
in
tbe drive 10
reduce
if
nol eiimlnate tbe tbrow-away
container.
The packaging of beer and
son
drioks
in approximalely
60
biWon throw-away
containers rathenltan in retumable bol·
lles wastes over
200
trillion B.T.U.'s of
eoergy each year in tbe U
.S.
alone.
That
CDeiiD'
W&1tagC
is
tbe
tquivalent
of:
- over 18 billioo kilowau hours of
electricity - enougb to supply tbe elec–
trical needs of over 9 million relativdy
atlluent
Ameri~
for
a
wbole
year¡
- 1.7 billion gallons or gasoline -
enougb to operale
1,700,000
automo–
biles averaging
10
miles per gaUon for a
typical driving year of
10,000
miles;
10
- enougb energy to beat
appro~i·
mately 2 million tbree-bedroom brick
bornes in the Middle Allantic region
with natural gas for an entire eight·
month heatiogseason.
Whilc tbrow-away containcrs are tre·
meodous encrgy wasters, returnablc bot–
lles conserve energy by functioning as
tbcir own recycling syste¡n.
Eacb
rctum·
able boule travels tbe natural closed
loop from container manufacturer 10
bottler, 10 retailer. 10 coosumer and
back again for
reuse
ao average of 1S '
times.
With fuel shortages, brownouts, and
gasoline rationing real possibilities,
American industry and consumers must
change their habits of cnergy con-'
sumption lo "waste nol, want not."
In the state ofOregon, there has beco
a 92 perocnl reductíoo in tbe number of
caos and bottles littering tbe environ·
meot since tbe introductíon of Oregon's
kDonlc Dill.''
Perhaps otber States wtll follow Ore·
gon's CMmple by rcturning lo !}le re·
tumable botllc system ofdistribution for
soft
drinks and malt b""erages. O
letters
Astrology
Astrologers
do
oot "'conunue to imagine
the
sky
is arran¡ed as it was
2.000
years
ago," wbatever Roben (iinJkey may
lhink
("A Zero
for
lhe
ZodllC."
M
ay
3, 197S
issue).
No onc is more aware of
che
pre–
cessional shin lhan utrologers. We use·
only one star, our sun. in horoscopes. in
addilion to thc ca.nh's sa1eUite, and the
planets in our local sólar sySiem.
Those who condemn .astrolo¡y have not
studied
it.
and do not ínten(\
10
do so.
though lhey are quite wilhng to inveigb
apinstiL
lf asttology didn't work, tt wouldn't still
be 110und. Biolo&ical
rt>ythms
are
cyclic.
but so
is
mao's history. Astronomy
is
the
obServation c¡f lhe naturallaw ofGod. and
l.$(,rology
is
tbc interprctation
or
this: law as
it
aft"ects
lhe livcs of people on lhis.
planet. ...
Jesus
is
called thc Son of the Virgin.
When the sun was in Virgo (September),
Jesus was bom in Bethlehcm. He was
1
proba'?~:.(Ju.rins"'"""'....rul...-m:oon ~on-
September 8. 7 B.C, Si- this date is fairly
close 10 the relipaus bolldays rn lhe
urly
fati (Rosb
Hasbana
and Yom Kippur);
lhere would be reason for Mary 10 accom·
pany Josepb .... At any rate,
a
boroscope
set up for
11;30
p.m.
10
the eveniog of
Sept<mbor 8,
1
B.C. progresses beautifully
co
alJ
the events referred to in the Gos–
pels. . . . Tbe Soo of Man (Aquarius)
seared
OD
lhc tb.rone Of glory (Leo) refers
to the ruture,
speciflca ~l_y
the ncxt astrologi–
~al
age
w~en
the sun
b)'
p¡e~ssion
wiU
be
m Aquanus, and 1be earth, the ••seat" or
"throne'" of
God, wlll
be
in lbe pre·
~onal
Agc of Leo. This is
thc
Second
Coming as defined rn asuolosical
sym·
bolism.
Joylyn
lúlt
Oenver,CO
Thc anic:le dcbunlún& astrology by Robo
ertOinskcywas extreme!
y
weJ)
written a.nd
informative.
So
many ¡ecmingly inteltigent
people are túen In by astrology. AJ a pub–
lisher, t am
writing
to .sk
it
wc oould havc
pcrmissiort to reprint lhe articlc witb credit
to
Plain Tru.th.
Mrs. J. B. Rcynolds.
Tantpa.FL
1 recently bad the opportunity to laugll
at your attempt
to
anvatidatc
tbe
only
sc:ience of time. Really. the article showed
me how un.informed you a.re. I agree that
Astrology
will
not show ynu God; bow–
ever, it
will
reveal tbatthere
/J
a God. Tbc
Bible
is
fUll
of astroloficallore, and 1 know
of no person lhat clatnu lhat AJuology is
anything other than a fine 1001 to under–
stud younclf. Even the Bible suggests to
"ltnow thyself' and 1 am not quuc clear
wby you
-are
so thrcatcned by iL 1 neve: .
allow a.nyonc 10
/>e/,~
ID utro10Q
-
lhere
is
nolbing 10
beheve:
it
is
pure
ltnowledge and experieoee.
C..rl Roles,
Astrologer
1 usually find myself totally enthrallcd
by
eacb is.sue of
P/ain Truth,
but it waJ
wilh real disappointment lhat'1 noted how
lit
tic
your articlc on asuology went bcyond
the
grossest
popular misconceptions con–
cerní.n&
this field •... A.suology
has
notb–
in&
lO
dó
wtth lhe
occul~
nothin¡
lO
do
with
ESP.
and nothing whatever to
do
wtth
n:upol\1
that are false and cootrary 10 thc
Biblc.
James Taylor,
A.Je~andria ,
VA
Picase do nol scnd
P/oin Truth
any
more. You advcrtise astrology. The Bible
j$
against that very much.
Vldaam
Sigrid Myhre.
Brooklyn.
N't
Concernin¡ C110l IUttcr's arudc ('1'he
Baby Lrfi
Controvcny.~
M
ay
3).
she writes
of the
U.S.
"prolonging and intel\lifyin&
thcir local conftict."
The facts are:
(1)
The "local conftict"
extended inro )..aos. Thailand. C..mbodia,
and Sooth
Vietnam, of
oourst-
not
a local
con.8iet!
(2)
Nonh Vietnamese soldiers in-
• vaded South Vietnam; South Vietnamcse
soldicn wcre riever seot
:oo
an...iav.a.sio.n of
Nortb Vietnam!
(3)
The . agre>$iOo of
Nortb Vietnam
(~or
the Uniicd States) had
a
"prolonpn& and inteosifying" elred dur·
in& lhis war.
(4)
The idea of"civil
war"
is
a
Communtsl myth!
1would like
a
Kply.
if
po$$ible.
Joseph SettannJ,
NewYork. NY
Are you people getting son in the head?
How did t.hc
enclosed
pro.;Communisl ar–
tic:l"' tlnd its way ínlo lhe
Ploin Trutht
PJease
explain and apologize in your
nex1
ecHtion.
jf
yo
u
wiU.
Dr.
Ted Taylor.
Manitowoc. Wt
1 can undemand your Catol Rjttcr hav.
in& Communist lcanin&s and follcwing lhe
"pinko"
line
(lhat the war was an intemaJ
clvil war in which we were meddJjn.g and
prolonging), but what is such a lhing doing
in a u•tOtOOs papcr1
Helen Gurley,
Sallislaw,OK
In your
lut
issue
you
quote
"your
strength shaU be spetn
in
vain,"
and apply
it 10 tbe U.S. Then you say elsewhere
~hat
a
useless, heart-breaking. mono·
mental
humaa
tragedy
we
have wrousbt."
Wtl
Why does all oftbis prose and prophec:y
apply 10 America and not to tbc brutal
butchcrs who stan.ed t.he war. thc Nonh
Vietnamese
and their Russiao and Cblncse
comrades in slaughtcr?
Wt
didn't stan lhe war. We did try to •id
an
aUy.
No ooc invaded Nortb
Vietnam.
But tbey invaded South Vietnam, C..m·
bodia,
U...,
and Thailacd.
Why are w< the bu¡ger·war
in
tlus
meso.
lnt.tcad
or
the insidious.
Jyiog..
murdcrin¡
Communists7
Why, why, wh)"?
Ronnie Walls,
Phoenix,AZ
WEEK llNOING J1.JNE 21, 197S