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Nightmares, Ghosts Haunt Soldier After Jungle Life U.S. Exhibit Of Gadgetry In Russia TBILISI, USSR (Al') -Twenty-throe Americans, all of TOKYO. JAPAN (REUTKR) Shoichi Yokoi, a former Japanese World War II soldier who is having serious problems in adjusting to civilization after 23 years li; the jungles of uunm, cannot sleep like ordinary hospital patients Japanese reporters say he whom speak Russian, have be-Kim a six-mouth visit to the does not lie down to sleep under his sheets, but leans a cains the originally scheduled for Wednesday, will be postponed ut least a week or two be cause his doctors are alarmed about his mental Soviet Union to try to show how Oet Moinet Regitterpage MonJrt. JI.JW from the time tunnel that separates his former world from today's civilization." In the hospital ufier the shock of his sudden chiinge of environment Yokoi broods, holds his head In his hands, breaks out Into cold sweats and mutters words iiuliculliiR that a ghost Is standing by his bed criticizing him for having deserted his com-rudes. "You are different Japanese," he told reporters on Cuam, now a popular holiday resort visited by 30,000 Japanese tourists a year.

"There must be other Japanese people." When ho saw Japanese horj. eymooners, the men with lonf hair, the girls in hot pants wall with his persons live in the United al States, They are guides at a U.S. knees bent, still a 1 the black socks condition. Rather than surrender to the U.S. Marines, Yokoi went into exhibit called "Research and given to him by I Development U.S.A.," a dis hiding when Guam was recap tne imperial Japanese gov-1 L.

play of American gadgetry ranging from computers to cof- ernment. r-Rep orters i 2 uv int this UU was probably shoichi how Yokoi slept yokoi tured by American troops in 1944. The 58-year-old former corporal was "posthumously" promoted to sergeant after being listed as killed ia action. One Japanese reporter said, "He seems to be making a desperate effort to find an exit fecmakers, which opened In this capital of Soviet Georgia Jan. 24.

Guides Explain The guides arc assigned to the exhibit to explain how the in his hideout during the 23 years of his hermit existence in Yokoi asked incredulously) the tropical jungle. "Are they really Japanese?" In the hospital, Yokoi sleeps equipment works and what it's used for. But they have had to only fitfully. He has nightmares if lb 1 IIEL WIREPHOTO (AP) The Moon In Hiding This sequence of pictures, taken from Griffith one through four, were taken at 1:14 a.m.; 1:31 Park Observatory in Los Angeles, charts four a.m. 1 :50 a.m.

and 2 :26 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, of the stages in Sunday's lunar eclipse. The pictures, STORY: Page One. CAVE TRAGEDY TOKUSHIMA, JAPAN (REUTER) An attempt by seven Japanese schoolboys to imitate the jungle life of Shoichi Yokoi, the former soldier who lived for 28 years in an underground tunnel in field questions on such varied topics as the Vietnam war, current American rock groups and the planned world championship chess match between American Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, "The guides have been instructed not to initiate political discussions," said exhibit director John Thomas. "But they are not going to walk away if Guam, ended in tragedy.

Four of the children, ages 8 to 10, died near Tokushima Saturday when a river bank cave collapsed. Police said the children had been playing in the cave since last year, but after seeing photographs and diagrams of Yokoi's L-shaped tunnel last week, had tried to dig a similar hideout. invites you to sec the exciting collection of Spring 72 knits by St. John today Downtown and tomorrow at Merle Hay Plaza Wednesday at Cedar Rapids. Come meet Miss Helen DzoDzo, representative from St.

John h.ind knits. French Room Boutique; fifth floor. Downtown, Merle I fay Plm and Cedar Rapids. IIyounkers II Satisfaction Always people ask questions." "Those people arc information-starved. They hang on every word you say," said one of the guides, Nick Grigo-rovich-Barsky, 26, of Washington.

"They stand there like sponges and take everything in." "The most common question concerns the purchasing power of the American worker," said Al Estrin, 35, an industrial en Hughes Accuses Forest ASK IMPROVED RUSSIAN LIFE Service of 'Tragic Failure9 by the end of 1975 is that 40 per cent of the total volume of trade turnover would be handled by self-service stores. In many stores, the customer must stand in line to select what he wants, stand in line to pay and then join a third line to pick up what he bought. about the spirits of his departed By James Risser (Of The Register's Washington Bureau) comrades, who scold him for planning to return to Japan MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AP) WASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Harold Hughes Ia.) without them, spokesmen say. Soviet leaders said Sunday life mi'st be improved for the neglected Russian consumer and has accused the U.S.

Forest Service of a "tragic failure" in its His departure for Japan, responsibility to protect national forest resources. called for more goods, pack gineer from Washington and one of the older guides. "They want to know how much everything costs." This group of guides will stay with the exhibit for six months while it tours three Soviet cities The recent shelving of a pres est Products Association the aged foods, self-service stores and polite clerks. timber lobby's Washington of idential executive order, which would have curtailed massive clear-cutting of timber on fed ine plan was spelled out in a resolution of the Communist Tbilisi, Moscow and Vol Party Central Committee and gograd. Another group will re fice as to what was about to happen to them," said Hughe's.

"The timber lobby mobilized, swamped the White House and CEQ with protests and persuaded the Forest the Council of Ministers. III J. I lieve tnem lor tiie second six- eral lands, "strongly points up the need for reform" of the agency and its management. it's easy to measure your windows Bring your measurements with you. Here's how to measure properly! Don't guess at the length, measure every window accurately.

Be sure you don't skimp on width. Extra fullness means extra beauty for every window. it said that while improve si "XI 't ments have been made in re Dolicies. Hughes said in a Sen fl 1 jj NIL SI i A 1 month period and the final three cities Kazan, Dometsk and Leningrad. The exhibit came to the Soviet Union under a mutual agreement on cultural ex cent years, "the state of trade in the country still docs not meet demands." Service and Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz to fight the proposal.

The Agriculture ate speech last week. The presidential directive was "urgently needed" to halt "wanton commercial State organizations were criti cized for mistakes in determin ing markets for goods. Whole Department announced that, with Butz leading the way, the order had been shelved." Hughes concluded: "Considering the damage that unre sale organizations were said to changes. An exhibit of Russian folk art opened in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12 and will go to five other cities.

'Great Revelation "The question has arisen lack flexibility, and there were "great shortcomings" noted in the organization of retail trade. The resolution said one aim despoliation" of the national forests but was blocked because of timber industry pressure on the administration, he said. Clear-cutting is the logging of all trees from a given area, regardless of their maturity cy stricted clear-cutting can do in about why we are sending to Russia consumer goods instead terms of destroying wildlife cover, transforming natural beauty into ugliness, exposing of an art show," Thomas said. suitability for commercial "But some Americans don't It is practiced on national for is to give clerks "a feeling of high responsibility for their entrusted duties and implant a polite attitude to consumers." Individual enterprises were told they have an "obligation for the timely supply of goods in necessary assortment and having the necessary quality." The resolution said an inter-administrative council is being created to determine what consumers want and to co-ordinate demand with manufacturers land to erosion and polluting our waterways, one wonders if the nation really is committed to the preservation of our God-given natural resources for the benefit of oncoming generations." Hughes is co-sponsor of proposed legislation which would impose a two-year moratorium on clear-cutting on federal land, ests by commercial loggers "in order to cut down costs in harvesting timber." said Hughes, tal Quality (CEQ) and had been He noted that the proposed order restricting clear-cutting was prepared by the President's Council on Environmen-submitted to the Forest Service and the Interior Department for comments. seem to realize that this show is a great revelation to people who don't have these things.

"One of our guides had a difficult time explaining the other day that he has two cars at home one for him to use to go to work and the other for his wife to shop. They found it Incomprehensible. "They kept pushing him on It: 'Do you really have two cars? You must be a very rich Here, one car is out of I V' rr 1 1. i at VvhVJs 1 1 i- 1 tL lt i I i I 4 t'. I t' 4't I ttj HLi.

"The Forest Service appar-i wnue a special national commission studies timber management policies. and selling organizations. ently alerted the National For The resolution said the goal buy a lifetime memento. reach for the average person." One of the most popular Items at the exhibit has been a 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III. Every day Georgians have swarmed around the car, peering under its hood and feeling the red leather upholstery.

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