The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 32

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAGE 32- f.OOI) KAKTII CIU'SADK tt'BlTtl '4 COMMOS PURPOSE Hard Worhing Reporters Fight Pollution Catastrophe Israeli Troupe To -Make U.S. Tour 1.. Inn rinse to the trees By MEL ELLIS Neither politicians nor statesmen, not authors of books nor editors of magazines, not conservation societies nor gov SURVIVAL NOW! 1 rfl ernmental agencies, neither biologists nor oceanographers, not television nor radio A may take the lion share of the credit if in -i I the end the good earth crusade succeeds. to see the great, widespread of the forest. Then, being a newsman, It would have been not only audacious but presumptions for me to have written as I just have.

on But now I can do it. I can speak for those women and men who so seldom speak out for themselves. Because In trying to put the environmental picture Into some kind of focus, I have been to their avalanche of reporting, I convinced, as I wrote in the beginning, that If eventually the good earth crusade succeeds, It will be in no small measure the direct result of ssfi I WW NOW 17 1 -Vj-v No, if someday the people reverse the continuing catastrophe of pollution, the accolades must go to the hard working reporters of the world's newspapers. If this sounds like self adultation, it is not. This column I write, though finally distributed to newspapers, is only the by-product of a much larger writing activity, the major por-is distributed between the hard cover of I Ellis tion of which books.

ARE BABIES TO BE RATIONED work side by side in all branches of our armed services," said Nurit, her English hampered by accent. "We have a common purpose. But we are also human beings." Nurit and nine other machine-gunners and riflemen of her gender co-star In "From Israel with Love" with 16 male members of Israeli armed forces in a melange of songs, dances and sketches. The show will play San Francisco, Oakland, St. Louis, Chicago, Montreal, New York and Miami during the next month or so before head to England, Germany, France and Italy.

When the tour is completed Nurit will return to civilian life but remain a member of the army reserve. "I TLAN TO return to school for more study and then teach dancing," she said. "But in our small country all of us are expected to report By VERNON SCOTT Hollywood (WI) THE ARMY SEGEANT was at once bpautiful and sad; beautiful because she is an Israeli girl in her early 20s, sad because she may be recalled to active duty. Her name is Nurlt Zeevi. At the moment she is on leave from her homeland's aimed forces to star in "From Israel with Love," a musical-variety troupe touring the United States and Europe.

The group is composed of Israel's equivalent of the USO with one big difference. All the performers are members of one branch or another of the armed services. NURIT IS AN accomplished dancer. She also went through basic training and knows how to handle the weapons of war. With tensions again increasing in the Middle East, Nurit and her companions could be called home at any time to report to their respective military organizations.

"Men and women train and Immediately to our military organization in case of an emergency. "I have been fortunate. They chose me to entertain the troops with this group and others rather than patroling our borders. "Our troupe even went to the front lines to entertain the men. The Arabs were so close they could hear us They watched us dance through binoculars.

Afterwards they called for us to come over to their side of the lines and entertain them." Most of the performers In the show are In their early 20s and eager to demonstrate their native songs and dances, although they do Include Russian and Arabic numbers. "Those who come to see us must remember we are fresh from active duty and are not professional entertainers," Nurit said. "But we enjoy what we are doing and hope the people of the United States will share our enthusiasm." There's only one hitch when it comes to sergeant Nurit Zeevi and other feminine members of the group. They all perform in their military uniforms. BUT IN THE YEAR during which I have conducted this column, I have been exposed to such a deluge of conservation oriented newspaper reporting as has been at once breathtaking and miraculous.

It has been as comprehensible as it has been comprehensive, never missing the cricket's chirp, the thunder's roll, and never for one instant lifting its finger from the pulse of the universe. This new admiration began to grow on me in the beginning as a researcher. Surrounded with so many newspapers from so many places, we could never wait for the paper drive conducted by our church, but had to find other recycling outlets lest old newspapers overflow from the garage and spill out onto our The Akropolis Inn Welcomes yw litdy'i Magnificent Greek lutjunnt FEATURING to take positive, concrete form. For instance, a small weekly newspaper's campaign brought out 600 volunteers to help a scattering of school children plant 27 acres of trees, wild shrubs and wild flowers. FOR INSTANCE, a small daily newspaper's campaign brought thousands out for cleanup day along the banks of a littered creek.

For Instance, a larger daily newspaper put such brilliant focus on the need for a new sewage treatment plant, the city fathers couldn't pass enabling legislation fast enough to guarantee installation. Reporters parked them-selves on the cliffs along Hell's Canyon, along the fringe of the redwood forests, among the parks and the national forests, along the boundaries of Indian reservations, at the strip mines and the offshore oil drilling platforms. They haunted scientists probing air, water and land contamination. They invaded the Everglades, the Big Thicket country of Texas. They sat in small ghetto parks.

They explained every new auto emission theory. They explored the mass transit 1 food pollution, pesticide problems. They reported on the water shortages, on the energy crises. the efforts of tne wonting newspaper reporters of the world. EARLY NEWSPAPERS Although printing presses were established in this country as early as 1638, It wasn't until 16S0 that the first newspaper was published.

The paper, put out by Benjamin Harris, a vowed seditionlst, was suppressed by the authorities within foor days. First newspapers In this country had to be chartered by the crown. England considered printing as dangerous. Packets of English newspapers were imported. At least two Issues of the London Gazette were reprinted In the colonics.

Second newspaper in this country was published In 1704 by John Campbell. It was called the Boston News-Letter. A Tory paper, it did not suspend publication until shortly before the British evacuation of Boston. Colonial newspapers were modeled on those of the mother country. Common size was four pages, each 10 inches by 15 inches.

Collection of rags from which the paper for the newspapers was made was considered a patriotic duty during the American Revolution. Reporters working around the world. Naive reporters. Wise reporters. Cynical reporters.

Cub reporters. Veteran reporters. Reporters with Phos. Reporters with less than a high school education. Searching.

Delving. Probing. Interpreting. Self serving? Of course. But curious always.

Insatiable. Demanding. Exhausting every avenue of information. Finding pure gems in a casual conversation. SOMETIMES like wolves waiting for such a project as the Alaskan pipeline to gain momentum before rushing in to report how environmentalists claim it will be a disaster.

Sometimes like bulldogs getting their teeth into such an issue as forestalling installation of a Hell's Canyon dam, and then hanging on, and i it, worrying it. Never heroes. Only everyday working people. Most making less than their plumbers. Only a few with wives wearing mink.

Yet most dedicated to getting all the news fit to print, and then putting it into language even Little Johnny might understand. I DON'T KNOW why I never realized this during the 30 years I was a newsman. Like- They wrote about lake building and billboards. WHENEVER someone overturned a stone, a reporter was along to see what manner of critter might be in a moment of crisis beneath it. That some were overzealous is a fact.

That some few forgot to do their homework was sometimes obvious. That sometimes too not often special interests were served, emphasized their all too common bond with a public noted for its human frailities. But in sifting the tens of thousands of stories, there gradually came a sense of direction as time refined these reportorial efforts, and like real gold the truth settled to the bottom and remained, while the dross went spilling over the sides. THAT THEIR WORK is never finished is plainly evidenced by the growing list of categories which the researcher and I must make room for the files. First 50, then 100.

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