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BLACK AFRICA - NO LIGHT
AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
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The Dark Continent is showing few signs
of emerging into the light.
SEXUAL REVOLUTION' S
BITTER FRUITS
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Sorne atheistic communist countries have
a more open display of Christian morals
than the "liberated" West.
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DOWN THE DRAIN (Continued)
" ls England going down the drain (what
again)?" asks humorist Art Buchwald.
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STARVATION OR PLENTY?
The Director of the Ambassador College
Division of Agricultura! Research, ex–
amines worldwide food trends.
ORCHIDS AND ONIONS
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Reader reactions to ' 'GTA Speaks
Out,"
J.
G. Calander's satire and other
August articles.
RELAXING YOUR WAY
TO BETTER HEALTH
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Recent research in biofeedback revea ls
what the Proverbs have always said:
Health is in your mind.
THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN
POTENTIAL, PART VIl
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How could the great God, who is spirit,
reproduce himself out of physical mat–
ter? Part seven explains how.
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SEEING YOURSELF WALK BY
lnstead of examining the motives of
others. why not look at your own? Try
to see yourself as others see you.
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MR. Mili
COMES TD WASHINGTON
by
Henry Sturcke
WASHINGTON: Tnree decades alter
tho atomic age was violently ushered In.
victor end victim
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the persons of
Pres•dent Ford and Japanese Pr.me
Min•ster Takeo M1k1- met to underline
the strong
ti
es in U. S..Japanese rela·
tions.
For both leaders, each still relatívely
new in their respecttve offices.
1\
was a
chane• to measure each other·s feehngs
in the wake of this spring's upheaval in
lndochma. lt is no secret that in the
post-VIotnam era, what happens now in
Japan, the world 's
tn~td
largest indus–
trial power. may prove to be the most
cntJUI factor of all 1n
determin~ng
the
future ol all Asia.
Japan, unburdenod by the cost of
maintaining a huge defensa estab–
lishment. has long since moved into a
posittOn of
econom~<::
dominance '"Asta.
Her postwar constltutlon bans any mili..
tary bu•ldup. e><eept for a relat•vely
small " Self-Delense Force." Her main
defensa. íronical ly enough. is the very
power thet broughl her to her knees In
1945 America's nuclear might.
Wllh the U.S. taking cara ol delense
neads, Japan is lree to suppon growing
cooperetton among Asian nations
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"with Japan in a posltion of leadorship
by vinue ol her tochnology. oxpenise
and financia! strength." as Miki put
it.
The
prime min1ster is
weU-surted
to
lead Japan at this phase ol its devel–
opment . His credentials are those ol a
lile-long believor in democracy. In en
address to the Nationel Press Club, Mr.
Miki d•gressed lrom tus prepared text to
tell ol h1s personal expenences w1th des·
potic governments. He told how that
eariy in his lile. as a 22-year-old stu·
dont, he had spent some time in the
Un11ed States. Wh•le here he was ebte
to examine firsthand lhe dynamtsm of
America·s economiC end political sys–
tem. He also hadan opponunity to com–
pare tne U.S. witn other countries he
visited on his return trip to Japan. wit–
n.,ssing
conditions
in Mussolini 'a ltaly.
Hitler'SGermany and the Soviet Un1on,
then under the harsh rule ol Josel Sta–
lin.
When he returned home, he expori–
enced the rise of militarism in his own
land. As a resuh ol h•s experiences, he
cama to moro deeply appreciate lile in
the free democrauc soc•eties. Wnen he
enterad potitics in 1937, M•ki coura–
geously spoke against those in power in
Japan who were inexorably pushing
their country into en open confhct with
the Unllad $tatos.
Now. as prime minister. he stroogfy
reiterates
his
na1ion' s nonmilitary pos–
tura and close tíes to tno U.S. But Miki.
sensing cen:ain new .. realities..
tn
Asia.
is also champion•ng a now order lor
As.a . " The easing ol tensions IS only
btlginning in Asia, " he tofd the Natíonal
Pross Club audience. "Opponunities ex-
1st for these nations to grapple with this
problem [eeonomic development] ener–
g'eucally, transcend•ng differences in
ideolog•es and social systems.''
• Japan's policy includes an opon
stance toward China and Nonh Korea,
even tnough their political systems are
so d•fferent lrom the democracy Miki
lérvently supports S1nce Pusan. in
South Korea. is only 30 nautical miles
from Japan's Tsushima lsland, anyth•ng
that happens on tho politically dlvided
península automaticalty affects Japan's
secunty For tnis reeson, Japan favors
every effon to ease tensions betwean
the two Koreas. end yet strongly sup·
pons continuad U.S troop prasence
there as well as in Japan. where
50. 000 Americans rema•n stationed
Despite occas•onallrictions over trade
and other mauers, both the Un•ted
States and Japan remain locked •n a
symbiolíc atliance from which both ben–
elit. Nelther sida ls anxious to sea this
si1u~uion
change As Miki stared. "In
this joumey for human survival. eonun·
uing Japanese-American amity and co–
operation are a powerful and positiva
force in lhe world. "
The prime minister, a realist, is well
aware of the prassures that could bUIId
up for rearmament tn hts
own
country
should the United States
sign~fiC8ntly
shrink back on its remaining mllitary
rolo •n Asia - specílically the very pro–
tectíon of the JÍtpanese home isles and
neighbor.ng South Korea. All Asia
would not welcome the _li kely con·
sequences.
As
M1ki declarad in Wash–
ington; "A rearmed Japan. ora nuclear·
armad Japan, would only create fear
and instability among our neignbors "
But beyond the umque relationship
between Washington end Tokyo the call
for a growing new tntemational cooper·
ation 1n Asia bears watohing. 8oth
China and the U.S are supponing the
idea as a means ol countering Soviet
inlluence 1n Asia.
Now that the European Security
Con·
lerance nas stabilitod Moscow' s gains
ih the West, the new focus ol Kremlin
forelgn policy may be some lorm of dé·
tente wíth the nations of Asia - ex–
clud.ng arch-rival Ch1na. Sign•fJCantly
enough, Kremlin IO<&IQn policy expens.
tho day alter the Helsinki summit
ended, renewed their call lor an Asían
security oonlerence primarily dosigned
to act as political leverage agamst Pe–
king
Meanwhile Japan continuas her own
course ol seeking stability in As1a so
that her vast economic power can be
used
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tne lullest while she is shiolded
with America's nuclear umbrella .
But should that umbrella ever
be
re–
moved. the reverberauons throughout
all of Asia could be thunderous. O
WEEK ENDINO SEPTEMBER
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