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FiUUy.July 14. 1972-LMCrucci, New Mexlco-Sun-Ncws-Pagc I Running Town 4 No Trouble' For Teen Mayor AYRSHIRE, Iowa (UPD- Nestled obscurely amid rolling, lush Iowa farmland, the tiny town of Ayrshire hardly seemi the place where political precedent would be set, but that's just what happened lut fall when the people of Ayrshire elected Jody Smith their mayor. At age 19, Jody Is the nation's youngest mayor, but this summer he's Just like any other 19-year-old looking for odd jobs between terms In college. During the school year, Jody attends nearby Iowa Lakes Community College in Emmetsburg, a two-year junior college. He is a sophomore with two quarters left before he transfers to a four-year school to complete his education.

Ayrshire has no major Industries and few businesses. The population is between 275 and 300 and although there are few young people In the area, jobs are scarce. Often Jody helps his father, Elmer Smith, by pumping gas at "Elmer's Gyp Joint" on the edge of town, but if there's farm work available, Jody jumps at the chance. On one recent sweltering day, Jody Smith was found about eight miles from town helping a crew of farm hands shell last year's corn crop. His job was driving a grain truck loaded a little too full with more than 26,000 pounds of shelled corn.

No, he didn't have time to stop, but he'd be glad to talk while tooling down the in his truck. Pledged Good Casting a wary eye for Iowa highway patrolmen who are "tough" on overloaded farm vehicles, Jody freely diicvjsed his first sl monthi in office and confidently boasted of "no trouble at all" in running his town. Running his hand through longish but out-of-style hair, the gangly mayor noted that the night before, the Ayrshire Town Council accepted his recomr mendation for a $2,400 street improvement program that will fulfill his one and only campaign promise--fixing the streets in Ayrshire. "I only wanted to fix the streets when I ran for mayor," he said. "I had no idea all this would happen." "All this" includes a congratulatory telephone call from President Nixon before he was even sworn into office; an active role in a young voters group made up "mostly of sports heroes" seeking to reelect the President; a Nixon appointment to a special advisory committee that recognizes outstanding work In ecology, and bevy of photographers and newsmen Invading Ayrshire to catch a glance of the nation's youngest mayor at work.

Jody is a devout Republican although both his parents are independents. He is assisting Republican Gov. Robert D. Ray as well this summer in his have convinced him that he's in the right field, but the big question now is where to pursue his political career. "I love the small town, but I also love the challenge of a big city," Jody said.

The street program Is the major accomplishment of his first months in office, Jody budget, and Jody has accomplished about as much as he can this year without overspending. "I don't know of any new projects. I've about spent our allotment this year, and I'm contented for now." People Sought The people of Ayrshire weren't thinking about a blow At age 19, Jody is the nation's youngest mayor but this summer he's just like any other 19-year-old looking for odd jobs between terms in campaign with an assignment of coordinating young voters. PolKlcal Fascination "I love politics. Anything that's involved with politics I thoroughly enjoy," Jody said while trucking down the road.

His future plans are uncertain but they tentatively Include at least a bachelor's and possibly a master's degree in government. Where he decides to transfer to complete his college work will hold the key to Jody's future as mayor. "If i's close enough to home, I'll run again. I really love the job," he said. His adventures in politics said, but ha also has taken it upon himself to remodel the town hall, a two-room converted school house that also houses the ancient Ayrshire fire truck.

The outside of the building is a fix that next the inside is bright blue, newly paneled and sparkling clean, all for $350. "It was a real mess, just unbelievable, before we started," Jody said. "There was no labor involved, though, because I did It all. The marshal helped me with the paneling and the clerk with the paint ing." Ayrshire has a $25,000 annual for young voters last November when they elected Jody, and most residents say are pleased with what Jody has done so far. The townsfolk wanted a change, they say, ad they've had one.

"I'm sure they were expecting something different than they got when they elected me mayor," Jody said. "I hope they're pleased with what they got, but you'll just have to ask them." "It's a little different to have a mayor that young," commented Floyd Peterson, who farms southwest of Ayrshire, "but I think it will work out all right because he's a good boy." Mrs. Lois Graham, 51, who works In the only grocery store in town, said the whole town is "very proud of him. I've never heard an unfavorable comment at all on what Jody's trying to do." WORKING WOMEN NEW YORK (UPD--More half of all American women between the ages of 18 and 64 work at jobs outside the home. Between 19CO and 1970 the number of working women grew from 23 million to more a 31 million--a 35 per cent gain.

During the same period the number of men working grew by only 10 per cent. "He's a level headed young man, and I'm sure he'll do a good job for us," Mrs. Graham added. "It wasn't the young people who put him In office, you know, because there aren't very many of them. It was the people my age who voted for Jody.

We're satisfied because this is a small town and you can't do it all overnight." Jody's family is not interested in politics and they like the attention brought to them by Jody's public office even less. Mrs. Smith said her biggest hope is that the whole thing "doesn't go to his head. He hasn't changed yet." Elmer Smith just runs his 28- year-old gas station and ignores the whole thing. "I'm clear out of this thing," he said.

"I just told him to shut his damn mouth about it." Jody gets mail from all over the country and has a stack of clippings which his mother claims stands three feet high. Included in the dally mail are several "nasty letters" which Jody says mainly deal with his support of President Nixon. "I just wish they'd sign those nasty letters so I could write them back," he said. The mayor, himself, Is unshaken in his support of the President and considers his reelection a certainty. Although WINDS OK CHANGE NOTRE DAME, Ind.

(UPD- Dr. Edward Henry, new president of Saint Mary's College here, says the role and nature of women's colleges is changing and will continue to change. They're no longer exclusively women's campuses, for one. "Rather they recognize that women in formative period of their lives should be able lo control the major of their own education and aim it at the particular needs have in developing a sense of their own sexual identity and Henry added. many of his peers criticize the President for the war in Vietnam, Jody says, "I figure the President knows more about the war than we do." LADIES ARE HOT STUFF NEW YORK (UPD--The human female is possessed of a sexual drive so strong that she is biologically unsuited for one spouse, writes Dr.

Mary Rane Sherfey in her new book. "The Nature and Evolution of Female Sexuality 1 a House). Dr. Sherfey, a New York practicing psychiatrist, cautions, however, that while biological factors suggest the impossibility of monogamy for women, the human female can be emotionally satisfied with one mate. Place Your Classified.

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(UPI) Organic Cookbooks Flawed NEW YORK (UPD--If anything can slow the progress of the natural and organic foods boom, it may be cookbooks rushed to press in recent months. Even some otherwise good ones are flawed by undocumented and thereby questionable condemnation of aluminum and Teflon-lined cookware as dangerous lo health; often inadequate cooking directions; and misinformation, including a sauce recipe that calls for 3 tablespoons of arrowroot to 1 cup of liquid. Arrowroot has twice the thickening power of flour, so the suggested proportions produced a texture more akin to paste than sauce. Despite drawbacks, some new publicationshavegood ideas for using familiar and unfamiliar ingredients. Capsule Reviews Some capsule reviews follow: "The Vegetarian Epicure" by Anna Thomas (Knopf hardcover, Vintage Books paperback) is the first such book lo make meatless, fishless meals sound truly appetizing.

Recipes include such little known dishes as pizza rustics, an Italian- cheese-filled main dish pie; almond and artichoke soups and riostto, an Italian rice with vegetables casserole. "The Eafgood Revival" by Holly Finlay and Judy Wallace (Hastings House) is a charming, hand-lettered production but purists doubtless would object to souffle made with packaged tapioca mix and apple cake made from a biscuit mix, alongside such health food favorites as roasted soybeans, home dried beef jerky and homemade breakfast cereal containing dried fruit and nuts. "The Organic Grow It, Cook It, Preserve it Guidebook" by Barbara and DA Fenten (Grosset Dunlap) is valuable chiefly for the gardening, canning and freezing information. There's lots of practical advice on planting and protect- widely available ingredients are ing produce from natural sometimes questionable. For predators without endangering people or the environment.

Both Maureen Goldsmith Organic Alhene- um) and Crescent Dargonwa- gon Commune Cookbook," Simon and Shuster) are "into" the language of the counterculture as well as its recipes and special ingredients, including nutritional yeast, pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds, alfalfa sprouts, cold- pressed oils and tamari soy sauce. The texts read like put- ons. "Cooking Creatively With Natural Foods" by Edith and Sam Brown (Hawthorn) resembles a sales pitch for the authors" restaurant-bakery- store that has been a New York landmark since 1938. Many ingredients are designated by brand names. Foods I can well live without include strawberry corn bread, avocado rye bread and a beverage called cherry chirp.

It consists of water, nonfat dry milk, brewers yeast, lecithin (a soybean product), cherry concentrate and honey. Jane Kinderlehrer in "Confessions of a Sneaky Organic Cook" (Uodale Press), has some good cooking ideas, including ways of putting life undeteclably into ground meat dishes. But she also advocates self-dosage with vitamins and blames dietary deficiences for such diverse ailments as anxiety, swollen gums, chapped lips, burning feet, varicose veins and backache. Natural foods as they used to be are covered nostalgically by Marie Nightingale's "Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens" (Scribners) and Sandra Oddo's "Home Made" (Atheneum). Appealing dishes in the former include green tomato mincemeat, scones, folk wines, fiddlehead greens (cinnamon and ostrich fern heads gathered before they unfurl) and homemade sausages.

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