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4 Comdsn (Ark.) Camden Newt Friday, July 14,1972 Caveat Amator Or, Lover Beware Data recently made available by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) indicate that On the has a lot more meaning today than merely the title of an old Doris Day flick. The NCHS, a branch of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, says that the national divorce-marriage ratio has reached an all-time high of 455 divorces per 1,000 marriages In 14 states the ratio is already above 500 divorces per 1,000 marriages. Put another way. this discouraging statistic means that in nearly a third of the United States more than half of those entering holy matrimony will eventually be making their way out again. What young married would pause to consider that chances of staying married are only about as good as winning at the Las Vegas craps than even money.

Yet this is exactly the case. The national ratio of 455 is up from 428 last year, according to the government statistics for the first four months of 1972 The report covers 43 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data from the remaining seven Nevada which might raise statistics even not available. A numerical breakdown of breakups for the flrst four months of 1972 goes like this: 528,117 were married and 240,409 were divorced From the same period of the previous year marriage increased by 16,684 while divorces rose by 21,344 In a state to state picture, young lovebirds get a picture of marriage that is even grimmer. Montana had a divorce-marriage ratio of 803 and has the dubious honor of leading the nation in marital splits.

Oregon with 768 held second place, but ratio of 755 has a far greater impact on the national statistics. In the Golden State more than three divorces are granted for every four couples married liberal divorce law has been cited as a main reason for the large number of divorces. The law recognizes as for divorce. If this is true, then as more states iberalize divorce laws the proportion of divorces will continue to rise. With all of the talk the last few years about and just plain among young romantics, one would think that more couples would be sure of themselves before taking the giant step.

But apparently they are not. Conservative members of the older generation keep arguing to retain the familiar status quo They wonder why youngsters seem dissatisfied with the institution of marriage as it now stands. The recent statistics, however, unquestionably indicate that something is amiss. Many psychologists, psychiatrists and sociologists -not to mention a few downright nosy voiced their own ideas about how to solve these problems Their solutions have ranged from eliminating marriage to legalizing polygamy, or even making it mandatory Thus far, however, all of the proposed solutions have seemed to be less workable than our current system. Until a real solution can be found the best advice any person can offer is Caveat a motor the lover beware.

Business Today By RUDY CEKNKOVIC UPI Business Writer PITTSBURGH (UPI) A glass slipper led Cinderella to her Prince Charming, and PPG Industries hopes to woo tire producers with its fiber glass tire cord. John A Sanguigim, product manager of fiber glans division, said his firm is pursuing such a development in cloae coopera tion with major tire compa The all-glass tire concept must compete with steel belted radial tires At present, glass cord reinforces belts in more than half the tires installed an new cars. Such bias-belted casings have polyester uide walls PPG, the nation's leading producer of the glass Ure cord, said an radial now in the lest stages is a distinct possibility The all-glass tire incorporates the cord in both me belt and carcass Keeps Tread Straight Sanguigni, who holds a doctorate in chemistry, said the radial belted ply keeps the tread straight and open The belt enables the tire to ride easier on road surfaces and extends the life of the tire The radial tire is in limited supply, but Sanguigni said production will step up for pound glass fiber is stronger than Sanguigni said to the consumer steel implies strength and glass is considered fragile We think on a coat performance basis, nothing can beat fiber glaaa tires There were some problems in the development of the fiber glass tire There were breakages in the tire, but researchers say they solved this by improving the level of filament Tests with fiber glass radial tires indicated tread wear and high speed performance equal the steel cord, Sanguigni said, and the ride quality was comparable to rayon Lighter a Ml Cheaper glass cord is also lighter and cheaper than steel, and in fact, at equivalent design strengths, is the lowest coat cord now available This economic advantage is expected to he said PPG wants to prove its Hycor cord will perform in a radial tire under all conditions spend turnpike driving, curbing and cornering, on cobblestones and over potholes and while under-Inflated or overloaded But much work remains to be done However, PPG official say that the basic properties of fiber glass -coupled with recent improvements in the nant and a solid technical basis for believing the fiber glass radial tire will be a commercial success in America Today In History By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Today is Fnday, July 14th, the 196th day of 1972. There are 170 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On this date in 17W.

the citizens of Pans stormed and captured Bastille prison It was the beginning of the French Revolution. On this date: In 164ft), seven French privateers captured the New England islands of Vineyard, Nantucket and Block Island In 1790, the U.S. Congress passed a sedition act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous and malicious reports about the government. in 1853, US Commodore Matthew Perry went ashore at The Lighter Side By DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI) "Good evening. This is Frank Gifford, along with Don Meredith and Howard Coseil, bringing you, live and in color, the World Championship Chess Match.

Well be back with the exciting second year of play in just a moment. But first, this Gifford back with you in the broadcast booth overlooking the chess board in Reykjavik, Iceland. be describing the move-by-move action when play is resumed. And here with the highlights of the exciting first year of the match is my colleague, Howard Frank. The first year ended with the Russian champion, Boris Spassky, leading the American challenger, Fischer, three games to two.

But one gets the impression the players have only been feeling each other out here in the early years of the match. Departs from Original Plan departed from his original game plan by lining up in a Nimzo-Indian defense. This is the formation used by American pioneers who defended themselves against the Nimzo Indians by moving their covered wagons into a circle on, Fischer shifted into a Grunfeld defense, which was introduced in 1906 by the late Grunfeld, beloved chess coach at UCLA. this instant replay, we see Spassky capturing bishop with his veteran rook. other rook is a rookie now on, we can expect a wide open match with plenty of thrills and fast-paced prestidigitation a mighty big word, Howard You can explain it to Dandy Don, later Meanwhile, have Don give us a close- up analysis of these two exciting Superb Cooditioo I've been admiring the superb condition these players are in.

Some days they make as many as three or four moves an hour, and got to be in top notch shape to keep that up since Fischer first came into the international Chess Federation, he has been credited in scouting reports with having good hands means he rarely drops a chess piece and almost never knocks his men off the board with his elbow, as so many amateurs do. on the other hand, is noted for his quick release After making a move, he lets go of the piece about as quickly as anyone who has ever played this game. reminds me of a guy pulling chess-nuts out of the fire Chess-nuts a dilly, Dandy And well be back with more exciting action after this message The Cheering Section Tokyo to present a letter from President Millard Fillmore to the Emperor of Japan. In 1879, the U.S. Congress provided a yearly pension of $3,000 for President Abraham Lincoln's widow, Mary Todd Lincoln.

In 1965, Ambassador Adiai Stevenson died on a London street of a heart attack. In 1966, eight student nurses were found murdered in an apartment on South Side Ten years ago: President Kennedy named Cleveland Mayor Anthony Ceiebrezze as secretary of Welfare to succeed Abrsham Ribicoff, who resigned to run for the Senate. A REFUND FROM GEORGE? By JACK ANDERSON MIAMI BEACH Senator George McGovern would like to finance the presidential campaign without getting obligated to the big contributors. He, therefore, is considering the possibility of refunding all political contributions over 11,000 at the end of the campaign. The idea was suggested by his zealous campaign treasurer, Henry Kimelman, who promised to seek out enough $1,000 contributions to make the wholesale refund possible.

McGovern is enthusiastic about the idea, but he is also eager to avoid running up a huge debt. He has managed to get through the presidential primaries, which have cost him a cool $6 million, without going into the red. He is withholding his approval of the refund idea, therefore, until he is convinced feasible. Footnote: In an effort to hold down convention costs to $155,000, financial managers cut off room service for all campaign workers An order for tea and soup, therefore, was routinely rejected. An exception was made, however, when the hungry man identifed himself.

He was George McGovern. PLAIN TALK politically astute Sen. Abe Ribicoff has advised George McGovern bluntly to stop listening to the theories of his economic advisers. As a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Ribicoff has economic credentials of his own He also sits on McGovern's tight little board of top advisers He urged McGovern to translate his economic ideas into plain talk that the voters can understand In private memos and con venations, Ribicoff contended that most Americans would welcome the simplified, restructured tax system that McGovern advocates if they could only understand what he's talking about. Ribicoff invited McGovern to read Fletcher novel, Dark The dark horse candidate in the novel, suggested Ribicoff, was saying the same things as McGovern but saying them better.

SLIP OF HAND Through a comedy of errors, the Democratic Party went on record at first with a flagrantly anti-consumer plank borrowed from the conservative wing of the Republican Party. The plank opposed setting up an agency to intervene in behalf of citizens against federal agencies, which is regarded as one of the most important consumer measures in Congress. what happened: During the final marathon session of the Democratic Platform Committee before the convention opened at Miami Beach, North Carolina's balding, persuasive Dave McConnell sought to amend the consumer plank. He contended that the plank would lead to interagency squabbling. He recommended, therefore, that the new consumer agency be restricted by two little words, This would limit the authority merely to an advisory role as a "friend of the It was midnight, and the committee members were exhausted.

But Rep Bella Abzug, D-N and young Jim Rosapepe, a Virginia delegate, recognized that seemingly innocent little words would completely the measure. They raised furious objections and McConnell withdrew his amendment. But weary Phil Zeldman, the executive secretary, underlined instead of lining out the words on his work sheet The goof was missed by the typists, copyreaders, policy checkers, proof readers and printers Thus, the formally printed Democratic platform, amazingly, endorsed the conservative Republican view. Zeidman had no idea of the blunder until we asked him why the Democrats had suddenly reversed their position in Congress and come out against the consumers Zeidman painstakingly went over the transcripts of the proceedings and discovered that his wavering hand had almost sabotaged the Democratic consumer position. The platform error then was immediately corrected.

CONVENTION CAPERS Yippie Plans Yippie leaders Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin are planning to give the Republicans a hot reception at their convention in August. For the benefit of electronic snooping devices, the chief Yippies met with their unpredictable lieutenants at their gaudily- postered headquarters in Miami Beach and discussed elaborate plans for the GOP convention Then the plotters slipped outside and drew up a secret new schedule of events Their aim: to turn Miami Beach into a yipping, cavorting carnival when the Republicans come to town in August. Friend With a five-year jail term hanging over his head, mine boss Tony Boyle must be longing for some support from his old friend Hubert Humphrey. Just four years ago, Humphrey stood hand-in-hand with Boyle on the platform of the mine convention and told the delegates that Boyle had given him the idea to run for President. enthused Humphrey, one and only Tony Boyle, it's good to be with you I am mighty glad to rub shoulders with this fellow Tony Boyle.

He has been giving me advice and counsel for a long Beside advice and counsel, Boyle also gave campaign $30,000, which a federal jury decided had been taken illegally from the union treasury. THE CAMDEN NEWS By PHIL NEWSOM Commentary Vat 53 No lUy 14. If72 Wolter E. Hussman and Published by The Camden News Publishing Camden, Ark. 71701.

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Therefore it could not be counted in this struggle in which the balance Is an eye for an eye. Lebanon, on northern border, is caught in a cruel dilemma. Its 1949 armistice accord with Israel was suppoaed to guarantee peace on the frontier. It was obaerved during the Israeli-Arab War of 1967 Lebanon, half Christian and half Moslem, would like to be neutral even though it is an Arab state. But it also is bound by another agreement reached with the Arab guerrillas in Cairo in 1969 Safe Haven Guaranteed That agreement guaranteed the guerrillas safe haven in Lebanon and opened certain routes for them to attack Israel across the border in return for a guerrilla promise not to use Lebanese villages as bases, not to fire across the border and not to operate in the Mediterranean coastal zone.

The guerrillas have violated each of these conditions but another circumstance is that the Lebanese army has neither the strength to repel Israeli attacks nor to deal with the 5,000 or so guerrillas within its borders. BRUCE BIOS5AT For Humphrey, an 'Obituary' MIAMI BEACH (NEA) Thirteen years ago, I sat with Hubert Humphrey one evening in a New York hotel room as he gazed eagerly upon the prospect of the presidency for the first time. He would not admit to powerful ambition. He said he was being propelled toward the high quest by liberal friends. They were investing great hope in him, hope born from his celebrated eight-hour Kremlin talk with then Soviet Premier Khrushchev in that spring of 1959.

The talk caught the attention. On a steamy July 11 in Miami Beach, that long, long quest finally flickered out. With a sad face and a tear, Humphrey spoke the words of withdrawal from the 1972 presidential race. There will never be another try. His thanks to friends for their loyalty many had the sound of true finality.

His last moments on the big stage had the grace and dignity that unhappily were missing so often in recent days as he was making his desperate, climactic lunge for the office that had eluded him for almost a decade and a half. I am just one among many reporters who saw Hubert through the whole course. We all liked him at personal range. He was decent, genuinely committed to his causes, zestful, and funny. Since his purposes were high and his labors prodigious, Humphrey by 1960 had come to feel he was fit for the White House.

But, almost from those first steps on that first mile, he began to believe he was dogged by ill fortune. It was a conviction which grew with time, and nearly engulfed him at the end. It was his poor luck to make his initial try against the late, glamorous John F. Kennedy. By mid-May that year, Kennedy had crushed him in West Virginia and he was out of the race.

Two months earlier, on a brutally cold morning in Wisconsin, I first saw him give way to that feeling of being dogged by fate. He thought he was the victim of an unfair news story. He was enraged. He muttered for hours about the handicaps of a poor South Dakota boy running against the wealthy, lionized Kennedys. got is drug he said.

He really was never his best self again in that 1960 campaign. His anger triggered some demagogic impulse, and he often spoke recklessly in the fruitless days ahead. Once beaten, he shook off that mood. The Kennedys helped by showing him warm compassion the night of his West Virginia defeat. Thereafter, his course was up again.

He advanced to authority in the Senate, and fought more good fights. His self-confessed flaws were still there. He talked too much, proposed too much, claimed too much. must be something in my he said. Then, in 1964, with Kennedy gone and Lyndon Johnson resident, his new chance for tne presidency took shape, came to the full in 1968 when he won the Democratic his new chance for came to nomination.

Yet, once more, fate burdened Humphrey. He was linked tightly that time to an unpopular Johnson and a controversial war. Emerging from the bitterness of Chicago, he battled valiantly but lost narrowly to Richard Nixon. It was that feeling of having been done in by the fates that led him to try in 1972. He would not believe his time was past.

Thinking himself free of old burdens, he was sure he could win and believed he had earned victory. In December, 1971, he told me: is my show Here in Miami Beach half a year later, he sadly saw that it BARBS 7 By PHIL PASTORET A coffee club is what we'd like to have for use on nonpaying members at the communal coffee percolator. 0 Gotny for broke is how our vacations usually wind up. never notice a weed in our yard, but the few blades of grass sure stand out. The latest thing in pop music is played by the kid next door 3 a.m.

The trouble with playing golf is that too many people make a job of it. An indoor sport is a fellow who watches baseball exclusively on TV. There's nothing like a fat man in shorts and no under- shut to ruin the sight of a spring landscape 0 Those who spend summer on tne water avotd hangovers. Pugilism Aatvtr Pi mum fault It is a weakness which has made Lebanon especially vulnerable to pressures from the more extremist of the Arab nations, notably Algeria, Libya and Syria. Syria harbors the greater number of the Palestinian King Hussein of Jordan broke the back of the movement in his kingdom.

Syria has, however, been able to place strict limits on their activities by using Lebanon and attacks against Israel across its borders as a safety valve. Caught as it is between its Arab neighbors and the forces of Israel on the one hand and its own weakness on the other there is little Lebanon can do except appeal to the guerrilla leadership itself for at least a little understanding, that or accept an Israeli threat to set up a inside Lebanese borders ACROSS 1 Boxing arena 5 Short straight blow 8 Boxing match 12 On the ocean 13 Japanese herb 14 Church section 15 Former Russian ruler 16 Day of week (ah) 17 Turned rapidly 16 Europe (ab) 19 When underdog wins 21 Food acrap 22 Takes out 24 Tears down 28Rmses (Scot. var.) 28 Provide food 29 Part of circle 30 Lighted 31 New Zealand raUte bud 32 Cuckoo blackbird 33 Chicken perch 33 Fathers (Fr.) 38 Beloved (Fr.) 39 What fighter does between rounds 41 Legendary bird 42 Smelling onins 46 Small child 47 Of anode 49 Moving 90 Clay (comb, form) 51 Promontory 52 Picnic pest 53 One who irritates 34 This (Sp.) 33 Southern general 56 Being (Latin) DOWN 1 Reckoned 2 Disputed 3 Almost 4 Elongated fish 5 Leap 6 Commotions 7 Skeleton pait 8 Roulette wager 8 Place oppoeite 10 Moneylender 11 Temporary shelters 19 Prepare soles to prevent slipping in ring (2 words) 20 Pugilists' coichf 23 Fill with love 23 Clothing 28 Command to cat 28 Applaud 33 Island in Aegean Sea 34 Coloniser 38 Organic compounds 37 Fur pieces 38 Withered old woman 40 Shop 43 Oltpaotdal 44 Mentally sound 43Grafted (her.) 48 Confederate States of America (ab.) 50 Pastry r- r- ir 14 17 ft 23 21 29 31 IT 17 te vr ir 46 in al I il.