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The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 3

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The Fresno Beei
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Fresno, California
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THE FRESNO BEE S-A Monday September 13 1965 Justice Douglas Offers Proposals To Save Disappearing Wilderness tion to the earth from which he comes nority who want sanctuaries free of the noise and debris of lands control or motorized ve-jers and of wetlands safeguards hides power boats and aircraft jagainst highways and a new restriction of mining claims in conservation land ethic wilderness areas protection must learn to live with against sewage and industrial) the land not off the Doug-wastes: protection against las says need a new land dams preservation of wild riv-'ethic that restates rela indication of the arrival of the new land ethic will be the Wilderness Bill of tolerance of the majority who is published by Little Brown want the automobile to a eland Co Boston The price is them everywhere for the ing trips planned for this month see the undisturbed primitive areas he wants preserved Douglas put a somewhat juridical touch in his arguments as advocate on behalf of nature lovers: though a wilderness is thought of in terms only of those who canoe or hike or backpack or ride horses or climb mountains the values are important in our pluralistic society Minority Rights these actual partici the individual because of his conviction or belief or other Idiosyncrasies it comes to wilderness we need a similar bill of rights to protect those whose spiritual values extend to the rivers and lakes the valleys and the ridges and who find life in a mechanized society worth living only because those splendid resources are not despoiled ingredients of a wilderness bill of rights must be reflected in laws regulations and 922 VAN NESS FRESNO By Joynes MacFarlan WASHINGTON (AP) Supreme Court Justice William 0 Douglas says he and other ardent lovers of the outdoors constitute a minority and the duty to protect their beloved wilderness from The 66-year-old mountainclimbing jurist offers two proposals: of a special federal office of conservation with direct White House access and stature to advise die president on matters affecting natural resources It would speak up when federal agencies advance proposals destructive of conservation values wilderness bill of rights" is the title of Douglas' newest book in which he spells out his views on saving the outdoors from progress and people who fully appreciate it Book No II It is the 19th book written by the prolific justice which feat a court spokesman said has been matched by no other justice in history The spokesman added he could not recall any other justice having written books while serving on the highest tribunal The court is in recess until next month so Douglas could not be reached to expound on his views Where is he? Naturally he is in the wilderness miles from the nearest telephone" in the Pacific Northwest His office added that Douglas had three or four backpack hik pants constitute a minority they administrative ordm that' have rights that the majority flect governmental purposes re- Shop tonight 'til OUR 56th Year in Fresno! should respect bill of rights which make up the first 10 amendments to our constutution contains in the main guarantees to minorities These are guarantees of things that government cannot do to Sealab Mishap Scorpion Fish Stings Spaceman QGMfiG03at3 LA JOLLA San Diego Co (AP) Scott Carpenter unscratched in three orbits of earth in 1962 as an astronaut was stung by a scorpion fish during a tricky transfer of nine crewmen of the Sealab 2 aquanauts in 205 feet of water Plans calling for Carpenter to SAVE 4I NOW a Josephine See WSEI mal environment: sea-level pressure and sea-level air They were raised to the surface yesterday afternoon in a capsule-like tank which maintained the pressure the crewmen had grown used to in Sealab: seven times that of the surface The transfer unit was attached to a decompression chamber on the support vessel Berkone on the surface and the pressure slowly decreased The nine must spend 36 hours in the decompression unit before they can step out early tomorrow morning without suffering the disease bends caused by bubbles in the bloodstream Nine new crewmen took the place of the men who ascended yesterday The first three went down before Carpenter's acci dent One of them a navy medi cal corpsman attended Carpenter when the other aquanauts left Six others went down after the original nine arose stay another 15 days in the aboratory on the ocean bottom were almost scuttled as the 40-war old astro-aquanaut his left land and arm swelling painfully was brought back through Sealab's escape hatch Nine aquanauts who had been scheduled to ascend after 15 days underwater postponed their departure while one a doctor treated Carpenter with pain-killing drugs and cortisone He said he wanted to stay The fish are red and grow up to a foot long They have dorsal spines which release poison in doses which are painful but not lethal Carpenter touched one with his left index finger as he was leaving the shark cage around the Sealab exit hatch to help in the departure of the crewmen When Carpenter responded to treatment the nine aquanauts 75 minutes late continued the complicated maneuver designed to bring them back to nor FULLY AUTOMATIC WASHER Value Priced '65 Features NORGE through all levels from the village municipality county state and on up to the federal government" Douglas says Public Approval measures to be effective must stem from wide public approval and undertake to accommodate the conflicts between preservation of wilderness on the one hand and the traditional American concept of industrial or other business use of forests waterways beaches for commercial purposes on the other wilderness cannot be preserved against the pressures of population and unless the guarantees are explicit and severely enforced unless wilderness values become a Douglas has long been a crusader for conservation Many of his other 18 books dealt with his outdoor activities including the High Himalayas" of the Wilderness: the Pacific and Wilderness: East to Losing Ground He warns in his new book that in the field of conservation more ground is lost annually than gained "Pressure of commercial interests of motorized recreationists of our mounting population threaten to overrun the meager wilderness areas left fill them with the debris of civilization and leave only alpine areas in primitive condition" he writes Douglas decries the disfugure-ment of natural beauty the polution of rivers lakes and streams and the decimation of wildlife He inventories outdoor recreation areas now in being at all levels of government and points out that local parks take much of the auto pressure off wilderness areas the population increases state parks and other local preserves must multiply if our wilderness areas are to be Douglas says Bill Of Fare And then he presents the ingredients for a wilderness bill of rights: The multiple use concept but not from the view that this allows every section of the public domain to be put to all possible uses proper provision for public hearings and fair decisions on matters affecting use of public lands and resources proper control of fencing of public 9 water temperature elector 5 Freeh water riaeef Off balance lead reset button 1495 2 -year Service Policy a about it! 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