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THE ft\IDEAST:
TAKING A CHANCE ON PEACE
An on-the-spot look at the recen! Slnai disen–
gagement agreement between Egypt and Israel.
THE COMING PAPAL
SWEEPSTAKES
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The age and falllng health of Pope Paul VI is
prompting speculation about his successor.
THE MISSING DIMENSION
IN SEX, PART VIl
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The conclusion of this seven-part series reveals
the necessity for sex in the fulfilling of God's
master plan for man.
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WHI1'E COLLAR CRIME:
THE BIG RIPOFF
A three-page feature spread unmasks Amerlca·s
largest category of crime: on-the-]ob theft.
ORCHIDS AND ONIONS
Letters lo the Editor.
IN BRIEF
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Stanley
R.
Radar reports on his recent meet–
lngs with lsraell premiar Yitzhak Rabln and
discusses the Slnal agreement.
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THE BIBLE HAS SOMETHING
FOR EVERYBODY
What's ·your "bag" - philosophy, business.
poetry, genealogy, history, sex, religion? What–
ever
it
is, the Blble has something for you.
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RE<:Y<:LING OUR CRIMINALS
Garner Ted Armstrong speaks out against the
"revolving-door justice" which puts hardened
criminals rlght back on the street.
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SADAT'S MASTIR PlAN.
FDR ·IGYPT
by
Keith Stump
When Égypt's popular Presiden! Ga'!'al
prove the dally Uves of the impoverlshed
Abdel Nasser dled In
1970,
hls successor,
Egyptlan messes. The additional bllllons
Anwar Sadat, assumed the presidency
In pledges from tha oil-rich Arab gulf
amid an outpourlng of rldlcule and abuse statas and lran for industrial and agrlcul·
by his countrymen. "We're suffering two tural development projects wíll eventuaUy
plagues at one time:· one joke went.
help, but lt wtll be sorne years betora aven
" First Nasser dles. Then
we
get Sadat."
thellrst of these projects beglns to gener-
Sadat was contldered
by
most lo be
ate
)obs
and income.
merely
a
second·rate "caretaker" who
Prior to the dlsastrous Six-Day War of
would surely be supplanted before long
June
1967,
Egypt's foreign eamlngs were
by a more prestlglousleader.
ba~
In larga measure on Incoma from
But today, five yeara later, Sadat is stlll
the Suez Canal. Before lts closure durlng
presiden! of Egypt. enjoylng t?road popu·
that war, the canal was netllng aome
lar support and trust at home. facing no
$250
mllllon a year in hard currancy. In
organizad polltlcal opposltion. and -
the elght years tollowing ita closure,
what is more- contldered by many lo be
Egypt has had lo depend in large mea-
the most prestlglous and lnfluential
aura on tourlsm and agricultura! exporta
leader in the entlreArab wortd.
tor lncome, which were
lar
from suf·
This mlraculous transformation of im· ftclenl Now that the canal is once agaln
age has
been
brought about through the open to lntemadonal traflie, revenues are
caretul exercisé of efflclency, foresight,
beginnlng to
flow
into the country An-
and pragmatlc realism In hls conduct of • other war would only
r8Su~
In lhe
Ion
of
the domestic and forelgn atfalrs of Egypt ltlese vital funds; hence, another strong
• Presiden! Sadat has so lmproved his stat· reason for peace.
ure that he is able to take personal
Reconstructlon plans for the wer·ahat·
charge ol negotlatlona wlth Israel and to tered canallone citles of Suez. Port Sald,
accept or turn down proposala hlmself. In
and lsmallla are also movlng ahead, wlth
~gypt-today,...thate-lo-oo..doub~wi>.,...._PN
ot
t,.n-mlng-them-int~h•Mng
calling !he shots.
ffee porta teamlng with busineaa. tourlsm.
·
and lndustry. These projects wlll alao en-
Guns
and
Butt.r
able the one million refugees lrom these
Few
visllors to Calro today come .away
onc.prosperous
cíties
to be repatrlated.
doubting that Mr. Sadat genuinely wants
Many of these refugees mlgrated to Ceiro
peace in the Middle East. Peace is an
alter
the
1967
war, contrlbutlng to lhe
integral part of Sadat'a master plan for
severa overcrowding \here. '(One !IIth ot
Egypt's economlc futura.
Egypt's populatlon - nearly
8
miilion
The economy of Egypt - where in·
people -Uve in or amund Calro t oday.)
flatlon is now runnlng at nearly
30% -
is
Another factor In Sadat's program for
In desperate need of a shot In the arm.
revltallzlng Egypt ls the ecologlcally con-
Unllk.e her Arab nelghbors, Egypt has few troverslal Aswan High Dam. In addltlon to
proven petroleum reserves. Egypt'a pop-
provldlng electricity tor the firat time to
ulation of
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mlllion. growlng at an an-
thousands of vlllages over the next few
nual rate ol nearlyone mlllion, ls made up
years.
the dam
1s
slaled
to provtde water
atmost entirely ol the poor. Sadat himsetf for the lrrlgation of the Great Weslern
was born into a lower-class family in the
0-rt.
thus lessening the nation' s
de-
impoverished delta village of Mit Abu
al
pendence on the narrow green belt
Kom, and lherefore ha deeply under·
straddllng the Nlle River. Electr1c power
stands the needs ol hls people.
from the dam will also be used to pump
The Egyptlan head of state is seeldng
water from the natural underground res-
to end the protracted struggle with Israel
ervolrs beneath the Western Oeaert to ald
so his backward natlon can devote lts
In reclalmlng those ar'id lands.
total energles to building a new. thrivlng
Reclamatlon of
800,000
acres of land
Egypt. The cost of malntalnlng
a
battle·
below the Aswan Dam ls also planned.
as
ready army of
300,000
men (the defensa
ls the lrñgat10n of the Sinal de..rt wlth
budget is sorne
$3
blllion) leaves few 'water from lhe Nile.
funds tor Egypt's devetopmenl Another
Sadat
la
looking to foreign lnveslfT\&nla
tull-fledged war would be utterly disas-
to help accomplish these ambltlous
trous
to
the
natlon's
pnocarious
economy.
pro)ects. He realizas, however, that no
1t
is primarily for thls raason that Sadat
matter what lnitiatives he attempts at thls
hasbacked Secretary of State Kissinger's
stage to attraclWestern capital, they will
shuttle efforts, In hopas of their even-
not
be
enllrely successful unlll Egypt
tually produclng a durable peace.
makes greater headway toward stablllty
Oevelopment experta have observed
and lasllng peace In the area. The lnterlm
that under peaceful condltlons, Egypt Slnal dlsengagement pact just signad
lo
could be transformed lnto one of the
another step in that directlon. But unfor-
most prosperous countrles In the Mlddle tunatety -)udging lrom the total absence
East wíthln
25
years Asked racent!Y il he of even
a
single conclliatory word lor the
agreed with this esaessment, Sadat lsraelis ·upon the signing of the egr-
quickly replled:
"1
quite egree. That is my
ment- the hope<l-for Egyptian economic
objecUvo..•.
1
want 10 reaell peace so
mlracre wlll not incltide cooperatlon Wlth
we can concentrate on thls...
Israel.
Even more importantly. unforglv-
EgyJ>t ls currenlly recelvlng oulright
lng altitudes on the part of all lha Mlddle
grants t rom soma ol Ita wealthier Arab
East natlons may torpedo prospects lor a
neighbors, but not enough to tangibly lm·
durable peace altogether.
O
WEEJ< ENOING
SEPTEMBER 20. 1975