Russian Youth Nixes American Things
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i praise they bestowed upon American hoioitalitv and our well
: planned kitchens, the Russian youth group's attitude toward
' most things American was largely disapproving.
The recent visit to the United States of the 27 men and 4 worn-
V the largest group of Soviet
outh to visit this country in five
years, nao reactivates an exchange
agreement between the Council on
International Educational Ex
change of New York and the
Bureau of International Youth
Tourism (Sputnik), a Soviet or
ganization. The two organizations
began exchanging youth groups in
1958, but the Soviet agency had
sent no groups here since 1964.
, The Russians, most of whom
were in their early 30s, came from
all parts of the Soviet Union and
represented a variety of profes
sions ranging from teachini to
collective farm leadership. Among
them were several engineers, a
student, an economist, an engine
driver, and a journalist.
' Their 20-day tour included stop
overs at an elementary school in
Hartford, Conn., an urban renew
al program in Albany, N.Y., an
educational TV station and a rood
Slant in Pittsburgh, Old Slur
ridge Village (recreated colonial
village) in Massachusetts, and
general sight-seeing in and around
Philadelphia, Niagara Falls,
Vtyhlngton, D.C., and New
York. They met civic leaders, were
Introduced to their professional
counterparts, and lived with sev-
eralAjnerican families,
, astir if they were impressed by
arything other than the American
Kiople themselves, they were
athe to discuss it. Surrounded by
interpreters and "official represen
tatives," they sat stone-faced, their
downcast eyes betraying not a
flicker of emotion. Even a ques-
By LESTER I
Meaning Of Heart Failure
HEART failure la a term
used rather frequently and
seems to be misunderstood In
aimple illustration might help
to clarify this condition. The
heart la one of the most pow
erful muscles of the body and
In a remarkable fashion con-
tlnuea to
pump at regu
1 a r Intervals
to send blood,
oxygen and
to all
the organs of
the body.
Let us as-.
aume that one
ounce of blood
la pushed out
of the heart
Tj)r. Coleman
with each beat during com
plete health and that this hap
pens regularly, eighty times
a minute. In good health there
la no obstruction anywhere
'along the entire circulatory
jyatem and the heart contin
ues to do Its Job efficiently.
Now, let ua further assume
that some obstruction to the
nee flow, of blood occurs be
cause of disease In the lungs,
the liver, and other organs or
because of narrowing of the
Wood vesaela due to arterio
sclerosis. There now ia a back
pressure on the heart and It
must increase its rate of
pumping in order to push out
.that aame one ounce of blood
With each beat. Now the heart
Way be beating aa many as
(120 times per minute and a
work burden la placed on this
muscle. If the obstruction con
tinues or if the heart muscle
I damaged by Its own lnade-
iuate blood supply, it begins
fall.
When the heart muscle be.
omes inadequate and cannot
iump out enough blood during
oody activity or while at rest,
ft jbecomes severely fatigued,
Icamvot perform its duty, and
.fails. This U heart failure. To
Upeat, heart failure ia the In
nblMy of the heart to carry
out its ordinary pumping obll
jflStons. It ia now easier to under
NOTICE
Hie of flee of Dr. T. P Brinn, defeated,
will be cloned permanently, effective
September 1, 1969. All former patients
of Dr. Brian, whajylah to have their
medical records transferred to their
present physician ''are iked to contact
his office by September 1.
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CoZxnutor of
T. R ESTSI ESTATE
didn't say "Nvet." But aside from
tion about the wide variety of
consumer goods found in our su
permarkets a generally ac
knowledged area of American
supriority elicited only shrugs.
Their enthusiasm was reserved
for the families with whom they
had stayed. As Ivan Ivanovich
Kholod, the agricultural engineer
who served as the group's leader,
enthused: "The first thing the
Pittsburgh architect with whom I
stayed, said was 'Make yourself at
home.' And he meant it."
Other aspects of American life
provoked much more negative re
sponse. Here are Soviet comments on:
American Women's Fashion:
"American women dress daringly
and courageously. But in many
cases, it appears tasteless. We saw
COLEMAN', M.D.
stand the treatment that is
used for heart failure. Activity
is curtailed. The .disturbed
emotions add a burden and
must be modified. The ob
struction, to the free flow of
blood by a diseased organ
must be repaired. Tobacco
must be eliminated completely
for it adds an extra pressure
on the heart by causing
spasms of the blood vessels,
thus making the heart work
even harder. There are many
drugs, like digitalis. ' which
give added support to the
heart until It once ngain can
assume its normal function.
There should be no guesswork
about "heart failure" by peo
ple who live in terror that
they may have it Examina
tion with the wonderful fa
cilities that are now available
can quickly establish a diag
nosis and relieve the falae
fears about it
..
Smallpox Is a disease which
has been eradicated almost
completely In the United
States. It still occurs in under
privileged areas around the
world and could be eliminated
there as it has been here by
proper vaccinations. Every
once in a while an outbreak
occurs and people rush to be
re-vaccinated. ,
It Is a aimple, painless proc
ess and ahould be repeated
routinely every five years.
Health officials demand re
peated vaccinations every
three years for those returning
to the V.8. All vaccinations
are a boon to mankind. No
one should be deprived of their
advantages.
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SPEAKING OF YOUR
HEALTH! A doctor's permis
sion Is necessary tot adults
who spend a long time In In
tensively hot steam rooms.
' HAS 16 GAMES OF 300
ST. LOUIS (AP) When
professional bowler Dick Weber
rolled a 300 game in the Archway
tournament at Western Bowl here
lust Dec. 14 it wus his 16th perfect
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women over SO wearing min
iskirts. We wear miniskirts in
Russia, but they're not as short. -American
Hairstyles (Female):
"Running through life in Russia is
the doctrine of rationalism, which
means striving toward simplicity
and frec'lom of movement. The
long hafr observed on American
women doesn't seem to promote
such ideals. It's sloppy.
Dating: "Your young people
seem to pair off too much and
much too soon. They're too
wrapped up as couples." In Rus
sia, they say, most young people '
spend their spare time in groups at
sporting events and hiking, panic
ulsrly since the advent of the five
day workweek.
Rock Music as Seen in Film
"Monterey Pop": "It could be
called music only with a very great
strain. Thank heavens, in the
homes we stayed in, we heard
mostly classical musie."
College Demonstrations: "In
Russia there cannot be any such
disturbances. Our students have
always been represented in the
school administration. Any ques
tion Involving student life is re
solved with a representative of
Russian youth and job as
signments are taken care of by the
students." -
The Generation Gap: "There's
nothing surprising in that the
young generation in Russia differs
from the older one, particularly
since the younger people are so
much better informed on every
thing. But there is no generation
gap in terms of the complete
opposition of goals, as seen here.
The primary elements uniting our
generations are similar ideals and
goals . . . the major goal being the
building of a Communist society."
Tremendous
Production of Crops
North Carolina hai made
tremendous strides In the pro
duction of many crops In the
last half century. Among these
crops is the apple, which can
be grown to perfection in our
upper Piedmont and mountain
counties.
Let's go back now In his
tory to the year 1896 and re
view some of the comments
and predictions made at that
time by Professor W. F.
M asaey, North Carolina's
first horticulturist. Then I
will quote sections of a letter
which seem .to give authority
to Profeaaor Miesey'e pre
diction. Profesaor Massey was
speaking, in general terms,
of the mountain counties where
apples were grown at that time
and where our commercial
acreage Is now concentrated.
He had this to say: "This
region is the home of the apple
and Is destined to become the
greatest apple growing region
in America when Its capabili
ties in this respect are fully
known to fruit growers. Many
apples are grown there al
ready but the varieties most
popular in the North are nH
grown to the extent they should
be.'
"The exhibits from North
Carolina and Virginia at the
Chicago Exposition opened the
eyes of dealers to the great
value of certain varieties
which grow here to greater
perfection than elsewhere.
This Is particularly true of the
Wineeap and York Imperial
(aometlmes called Johnson's
Fine Winter)." ' He had much
more to say but I have given
the essence.
Now, by way of a news
It's Beautiful!
If you and your children haven't seen
The Lost Colony Children's Theatres pro
duction of "'Beauty and the Beast", you've
missed something special In entertainment
It's well worth the
to see.
Shows are given
Monday at 10:00 a.m.,
11:00 a.m.
Pack up the kidi end five them a treat
, YouU enjoy it, too!
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In the shadow of the great pyramids
of Toetihuacan, a tourist center just outside of Mexico City
where Aztec emperori and "eagle and tiger warriors" once ruled,
now governs the youngest mayor
qf this country. Her dimples, long
raven hair, miniskirt, and pretty
smile hide a stern sense of author
ity that once sent her nephews to
jail. .: .v, ,,;.'.-.,,.
Maria Pineda Torres, 27, has
been mayor of her home town of
Teotihuacan (seat of a municipal
ity of 14. towns with a total
population exceeding 20)000) for
the past two years after winning
the official party's nomination in a
battle with her former boy friend.
The ambitious young woman
sees politics as a career in a
country where women do not yet
fully participate in politics. .
"My next step, if the party
approves it," she says, "is Con
gress." The party is the Ruling
Revolutionary Institutional Party
(PHI).
I am only the second profes
sionally trained mayor In the His
tory of Toetihuacan," she says' as
she explains the battles she has
nad in doing away with the "ca
cique" system. This system is still
common in small towns in Mexico
where the mayor rules like a
chieftain and most problems are
settled with bribes.
Miss Pineda Torres entered the
Municipal Palace, then an old
decaying building Inhabited by un
derpaid policemen and municipal
employees to find 26 Mexican
pesos ($2 U.S.) in the treasury and
an electricity bill for $800.
It was a shock," the mayor
said, sitting at her desk in her
small but neat pink painted office.
When the light company cut off
electric power to the municipality
for three days shortly after her
takeover, she went on a television
program in Mexico City to ask for
letter, word comes from one
of the largest marketing firms
In the United States reminding
the trade of the Increasing
importance of apple produc
tion In North Carolina: "Our
studied opinion Is that this
stats will rise to the stature
demanded of the earliest
major volume state in dessert
variety marketing. Watch
her progress."
What the writer had in mind
was the very favorable pos
ition we occupy in the early
marketing of some of our
major varieties. This is par
ticularly true of the red (color)
sports of the Delicious" variety.
While the growers arecon
sclous of the favorable pos
ition related to the "early
deal," they realize, too, that
our marketing problems are
not solved. Competition : is
becoming keener and more
emphasis Is being placed upon
high quality fruit.
It is still difficult to im
press upon some North Caro
linians that apple production
Is big business, and it's grow
ing. In 1969, the commercial
production is estimated to be
6,500,000 bushels) and will In
crease rapidly as sxtensive
new plantings begin producing.
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DA Y IN THE LIFE OF A MA YOR ... At 27. Maris Pineda
Torres, of Teotihuacan. is Mexico 's youngest mayor. Here she's seen
at work in her pink office in the Municipal Palace and out among her
rural constituents.
help.
Then she went before Congress.'
"I nearly cried before some of the
Congressmen," she says. "And, of
course, the fact that this happened
before the press reporters helped a
lot."
It worked. Electric power was
restored and the debt paid with
contributions from "friends and
politicians."
After she graduated from the
law school of the University of
Mexico, she had worked for sev
eral months for the tax revision
bureau of the Department of the
Treasury. This training was large
ly responsible for Miss Pineda's
success in trebling the lean annual
budget for San Juan Teotihuacan.
"I personally reassessed the
taxes of many of the tourist shops
and other commercial estab
lishments in the San Juan jurisdic
tion," she explains.
Some of the merchants com
plained, then tried to pressure her
through "higher officials,"- but fi
nally gave in.
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At one point, a municipal tax
official says, several merchants
put an envelope containing $1500
(Mexican) on her desk and asked
her to take it as a bribe and leave
them alone.
"Do you know what she did?"
the official asked. "She called the
municipal secretary in, told him in
front of the merchants to take the
envelope and said, 'Enter that into
the treasury. These gentlemen are
giving it to us as part of their
payment of back taxes.' "
The new income has gone to
build an additional school, to pave
streets, to install a water system,'
to build bridges in the surrounding
towns, and toward higher salaries
for the police. Many of the new
public works are the result of
unpaid labor provided by the town
residents.
As a public official, Miss Pi
neda Torres has had to sacrifice
most of hef social life. "The home
town Ifoys are scared of me now,"
she says, "but that is a sacrifice
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that I am willing to make because
I want to serve my country.
"I think the party needs new
young blood, a renovation to at
tract the youth of Mexico and I
think I can help. Besides, the party
also needs women, especially
women prepared for politics."
She thinks Mexican politicians
should develop a closer re
lationship with their constituents.
"Many ot our congressmen are
elected and never return to Jieir
dis.ri' t," she says.
She governs with a feminine but
strong hand. When her young
nephews felt that, her job made
them immune to police reprisals
and started "acting irresponsibly"
she had them thrown in jail.
And despite the curtailment of
her social life, Miss Pineda Torres
admits that in the past year she
has received hundreds of letters
from "admirers who write to offer
me iheir protection and love. I
never had so many
wanted to marry me.1
people who
she says.
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