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iff mim'm' GOOD HABITS FOR CHILDREN SHOULD START EARLY HOW TO REDUCE HUSBAND'S RISK OF HEART fcyj PKOtWTS DCA Of SEE INS DOCTOR regular HEIP THEM FORM GOOO WfT HABITS. SERVt USS SATURATED FAT, suBsrmniM unsaturated fat. KEEP THCM PHVSKAUV lf THROUGH K6UIAR BKCISE. weight, nfn aJL t4 THEM SMOK1NS AD WR HEALTH. Water Supply No Problem, But- HEART DEATH RATE BY STATES 7 -M (C I I I -i I I ICON MATH UTl CCJX6 floridan aquifer fcr I wpplies 900 mEon gallons per day to rothmgi ground hturjfrm ZZT.Z mmobs mmu, mgim04H Heart Disease Top Killer 0 deaths, heart diseases killed 51.3 per cent, followed by cancer, 17.6 per cent; violence, 8.4 per cent, and respiratory diseases, 5.3 per cent.

Compared with other states, Florida doesn't stack up well. It ranks high on the list of states where heart diseases kill the greatest percentage of people. And 1969's prospects also are dim. The American Heart Association says 36,100 Floridians will die of heart disease before the year ends. Ray Wann, executive director of the Central Florida Heart Association, says no one knows yet why Florida's rating is so poor.

DEATH IN THE U.S. DEATHS AT ALL AGES DEATHS BELOW 65 YEARS SOURCE: IATEST AVAItABLE FIGURES (I960 FROM NATIONAL OFFICE OF VITAL STATISTICS 1 I I II tlliiam I J1UUU. than 1,300 feet thick. In some areas, its top comes within 50 feet of the ground's surface; in other areas, it's 350 feet. What it all means is there is more than enough water entering the ground-water reservoirs now to meet all demands and still maintain flow in springs and flow of ground water into Seminole, Brevard and Lake Counties.

And there's a lot of water in the Floridan aquifer. However, If recharge to the Floridan aquifer is significantly reduced by urbanization and by diversion of water to the sea, and if water use in the region continues to increase, then there could be trouble. Excessive withdrawal of more water than enters the aquifer would promote problems. It would lower water levels and invite intrusion of salt water from the ocean or from greater depths in the aquifer. Pollution would develop and lowering of artesian levels would promote formation of sinkholes.

Conservationists already are preparing for that day. THEY HAVE dozens of tools to work with, such as modern sewage systems which can purify water to the stage it can safely be put underground. In the long run, treatment of waste water may be less expensive than trying to solve the problems created by pollution of surface-water bodies. Another tool is planning. If Orange County ever gets to the point that long range water supply gets experts have a plan: The rolling highlands of western Orange absorb almost all of the rainfall that doesn't evaporate.

So, experts say, preserving the region in its natural state, or improving its recharge capacity, is important. THIS CAN BE done by building future urban and industrial expansion to the eastern areas of the county and preserving the western highlands for agriculture. This permits recharge and at the same time yields a high rate of return through agri-business. The 1990 Metropolitan Land Use Plan for Orange and Seminole Counties, which was adopted last year by both county commissions, provides just that. However, water flow in east Orange is slow and sluggish because of flat terrain, and downward seepage is slow because of the relatively impermeable sub-strata.

Therefore, experts say water control must be provided before the area can be developed. IF EXCESS water is collected, treated and allowed to recharge the Floridan aquifer through wells, water supplies will increase, the danger of salt water intrusion will decrease, and development of the area will be aided. Collection, treatment and storage of all excess surface water in the county may not be feasible now, but experts say such a goal is worthwhile. Nixon's Motto Is 'Cool It' By LOUIS CASSELS WASHINGTON (UPI) The unspoken motto of the Nixon administration is "cool it." During his first two weeks in office, the new President deliberately has avoided dramatic gestures and has pitched his official acts and statements in the lowest possible key. White House aides say he feels the country has had enough turmoil and excitement, and now needs the kind of calm, efficient leadership he hopes to provide.

BUT NO ONE should be surprised at the quiet tone of the new regime. Nixon made quite clear during the election campaign that he had no intention of trying to. be a glamorous or exciting Chief Executive. In his inaugural address, Nixon gave another clear signal of his determination to avoid the melodramatic atmosphere which enveloped the presidency during the Johnson years. Although he is a good orator, who knows how to milk applause from an audience, Nixon delivered his inaugural address in a muted voice, without gestures.

Some even thought he smothered some of his best lines by rushing ahead before anyone had time to clap. His delivery doubtless cost him some applause, but it was in tune with a speech urging Americans to lower their voices and "stop shouting at one another." Heart diseases kill nearly as many Central Florldians each year as every other cause of death combined, according to the Central Florida Heart Association. And heart disease is far ahead of any other single cause of death. In Orange County alone, the association says diseases of the heart killed 1,355 persons during 1967. That accounted for 51.7 per cent of the 2,620 recorded deaths, followed by cancer, 16.3 per cent; accidents and other forms of violent death, 10.3 per cent and respiratory diseases, 9.3 per cent.

Statewide figures for the same period were similar: Of 63,499 LEADING CAUSES OF 1.010,112 253.684 E2 H3.KJ DISEASES OF HEART CANCER 6L0OD VESSELS i km llJil ACCIDENTS Channel 9: Long Battle By SKIP JOHNSON SMtlMI Stiff A water shortage Is one problem Orange County doesn't have. Even with the tremendous population explosion predicted for this area, the fresh water supply should remain plentiful. But that Isn't to say the supply is unlimited. It isn't. There are no mysterious underground rivers that flow into the area from northern states.

There is no bottomless well that will never run dry. The simple fact is Orange County depends on local rainfall for its entire water supply. HERE'S HOW it works: Orange County gets an average rainfall of 52 inches a year, or 2,500 mgd (million gallons a day). In addition, about 180 mgd flow in from Lake and Osceola counties. Adding it up, Orange County's total supply is 2,600 mgd.

But 1,750 mgd evaporate before it does any good, and Orange County residents use another 30 mgd. That leaves 900 million gallons a day to recharge the ground-water reservoirs and help maintain flow in the county's countless streams to Brevard, Seminole and Lake Counties. NATURALLY, the county can't depend on 900 million gallons of excess rainfall every day. In fact, half the total rainfall comes during summer months, and year-to-year variations can be great. But that doesn't matter too much.

Stream channels in Orange County are not deeply cut, and seepage of ground waters sustains streamflow during dry weather. Long droughts can dry up the streams, but even then the water supply is safe. THE PRINCIPAL water-storage reservoir in Orange County is the Floridan aquifer, which underlies all of Florida and parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. In Orange, this reservoir is more HEADLINES AHEAD BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE NEWS SERYICE WASHINGTON Despite repeated urgings, don't expect Democratic congressional leaders to schedule -Pueblo hearings until the Navy has ruled on Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher, the ship's skipper.

INSIDERS REPORT President Nixon is prepared to trade off an increase in unemployment rate to a maximum of four per cent for a three per cent rate of inflation. 10 Sunday, Feb. 2, 1969 WATCH FOR CONGRESS to demand tougher action to prevent airplane hijacking to Cuba. The trouble is, nobody knows what would work. THE HOUSE COMMITTEE on Un-American Activities, although padded with liberal members, will be more active this session than during the 90th Congress.

IT NOW LOOKS as if Jacob Beam, American ambassador to Czechoslovakia, has the nod to become ambassador to the Soviet Union the toughest job in the foreign service. SEN. FRED HARRIS, will resign as chairman of the Democratic National Committee after the 1970 elections, spending more time in Oklahoma mending fences for his reelection bid two years later. BIPARTISAN SENATE sponsors of a proposal for an all-volunteer army will settle instead for reforms in the draft system. TRICIA NIXON, THE daughter of the President, can have a job on Capitol Hill if she wants it.

She spent a summer as an intern in a congressional office. PNEUMONIA DIABETES ANNUAL HEART DISEASE TOLL Topped one million first time in 1966 In 1965, the FCC did so but said Mid-Florida TV could operate the station in the meantime. However, this interim franchise was also taken to court and, in a decision last fall, the federal court ordered the FCC to abandon the franchise award to Mid-Florida TV. The FCC then turned over operation of Channel 9 to a special corporation formed by four of the six applicants for the franchise, saying they could operate it Jointly until a permanent decision is made. The joint operator, known as Consolidated Nine was composed of Orange Nine Central Nine Florida Heartland Television Inc.

and TV-9 Inc. Mid-Florida TV and the sixth applicant, Comint weren't included, but provision was made for Comint to join later. HOWEVER, last week Orange Nine asked for permission to withdraw from the competition and apparently from the interim operation. The FCC has yet to act on the request but is expected to grant it. Meanwhile, the federal agency said it will hold a hearing March 3 on the permanent award.

But it gave no indication of how soon after that it will make a final decision. In fact, as one FCC official put it, "It makes no difference. This one will be back in the courts no matter what happens." Food-Population Problem By JACK McDAVITT Sentinel Tallahassee Bureau WASHINGTON The 11-year battle over' Orlando's Channel 9 television franchise has been somewhat reminiscent of the old Abbott and Costello "who's on first routine." And it shows no signs of clearing up immediately. When the Federal Communications Commission decided Orlando could have a Channel 9, a decision made back in the mid-1950s, several firms applied for it. The FCC had a tough time deciding and so did the courts.

In fact, they're still trying to make up their minds. WHILE FIRST trying to decide on an applicant, the FCC agreed to give Mid-Florida Television headed by Joseph Brechner, a permit to construct the station. This didn't sit well with the other applicants and, even with the station on the air, the question was taken to the courts. For the next few years, the case was in and out of the courts and in and out of the FCC examiners' room. The U.S.

Circuit Court of Appeals here eventually threw out the construction permit granted Mid-Florida TV, forcing the FCC to reopen the hearings. THE xwpllgyptjf: ARGENTINA F51 AUSTKAllAt BRAZllfT CANADA F-, CEYLON fV3 RED CHINA REP. Of CHINA (Formosa) i EUROPE EE INDONESIA fH: JAPAN EE SOUTH 10RIA M3lC0p- PAKISTAN rwurriNcsJ; EGYPT u.s.s.R.r"" UTU) 100 By The Associated Press The year 2000 just 31 earth-sun revolutions away is likely to be marked by a huge increase in the human family. Evidence indicates that the present world population of about 3.5 billion will have doubled by the time we reach the 21st century. The world's population has been increasing steadily for centuries, but the growth rate is accelerating.

AWfA.MO IfB OttXA.K45 MM. 181 CAPITA FOOD I WORLD'S POPULATION IN 1950 AND 2000 'BtlowSS; elrrhihoflhtdutht M3D.oaOnimkktm tT.UX Carf'the earth feed this quickly-growing number of people? It wasn't too long ago that expert opinion indicated that food production was not keeping pace with the expanding population and that the world faced large-scale famine. Among those expounding the pessimistic viewpoint were Dr. B. R.

Sen, then director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization, then President Lyndon Johnson, and former Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman. But, in recent months, the official attitude seems to have turned around concerning the food-population problem. In a review of the world food situation released in August 1967 about 17 months after Freeman's earlier warnings the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced: "The combined excess food production capacity of all the developed countries in 1980 will be more than adequate to provide for the increased food import needs of the less-developed countries.

This is likely even if the less developed countries do not improve their rates of growth in grain production." This may be an overly optimistic indication balancing the overly pessimistic ones of the past. The "truth" may be somewhere in between, but there are growing feelings that the tide is turning in the war on hunger. THIS IS thought to be particularly true among the so-called "underdeveloped" nations. These emerging nations are in the throes of agricultural revolution, fueled by super-productive new hybrid grain varieties developed by U. S.

foundations at research centers in the Philippines and Mexico. As promising as it may sound, the sudden spring forward in agriculture leaves untouched the companion problem of putting a damper on the using population curve. PRODUCTION IK THE I THE YEAR 1950 THE YEAR 2000 moo no I tOSO 400 ill illi ijl PER 1 1 DEVELOPING WORLD i I PHODoenoHj f- II III III OAS "66 500 550 APKwBftrtwei I YMDUlATmu I yrz-r 1 1 1 1 1 200 J4 Viii, IiMi. imp in mmw o.n iwf i a.