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Boston May Be Regrouping Point For UFO 'Soldiers' Tuesday, October 21, 1975-AS THE Daily Crossword by Ann V. Jenkins LOS ANGELES (UPI) A of brainwashed foUowing a couple promising a UFO trip to world may be emerging from secret hiding places in national forests and campsites around the country to regroup in Boston, according to a one-time follower Joan who describes herself as a private says she was with the group for two months and had paid its leaders more than $400 before being abandoned for her skepticism about a better life in another world. She said she was ejected from the UFO followers June 30 and later received a threatening let- PHANTOM OF THE PG -35- PARAMSE Present This Coupon At The Theatre Box Office For A Discount on $2.25 Admission Ticket. DISCOUNT GOOD EVtRYDAY DURING "PHANTOM OF PARADISE" ter postmarked in Colorado calling her a troublemaker. are not aware of the source you are dealing with," she quoted the letter as saying, is very powerful.

This time for the earth plane is short and yours is Mrs. Culpepper, a freelance writer, said she still has frieids who are with the group and she fears for their safety. She said she has been told that many in the group were living in pairs at campsites and in national forests throughout the country while the leaders had gone underground. they (the leaders) have some ulterior motive, Mrs. Culpepper said have a of brainwashed soldiers who will do anything they're told, anything.

That is the must do everything they say, think what tlKy tell you to think, say what they tell you to say. without questiwi. think heading for New England or the Boston area. I still have friends in the group and a caller told me there were people interested there and they planned to congregate around the Boston area Los Angeles police revealed they had interviewed Mrs. Culpepper in an official capacity and conveyed the information to authorities at Newport, who were the mysterious UFO followers there.

The group first came to attention in the Oegon area and reports in receit weeks had them following a trail east, through Colorado, Texas and Illinois. Its leaders, a man and a woman known as by their followers, reportedly have promised a caravan to another world, a journey by UFO and spiritual means to another dimension. Applicants must leave behind all earthly connections, including their children and property. The couple, which claims to communicating with an UFO hovering just outside the atmosphere, have been identified as Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lu Trusdale Nettles, both of Houston. Applewhite was wanted last year in Texas on charges of auto theft and fraudulent use of credit cards, but the charges were later dropped.

Mrs. Culpepper said she first met the coiq)le at her home on April 9 and it was there that the journey of the UFO followers was first planned. first to organize the the journey was held at my home in the Hollywood ste said. was asked to hold it by a respected metaphysical teacher, who said they were very enlightened believe went along as a spiritual private eye, to find out they really She said a group of 20 persons was gathered in Angeles to go with them ai the trip to and that only 11 of that original group were still in the troupe. Others joined the group in Oregon and they all assembled May 5 in a camp ground at Gold Beach, she said.

encouraged us to bring as much money as possible and they told us when we arrived at camp we had to turn over all our money to the communal fund. I think they got from $13,000 to $35,000 from the Los Angeles group, judging from what others told me they put in, and from a conversation with a girl who helped count the mwwy saw $87 of the $433 I ACROSS 1 Runaway 7 Cleric 13 Storyteller 14 Otalgia 16 Sherif's domain 17 Madame Fr. writer 18 Presage 19 Salutation 21 Eng, army school: abbr. 22 Working 23 AtKJut 24 Kind of money 26 Little Indians" 27 Dagger 28 Barrymore et al. 29 Added borders 31 Foot pedal 32 Venus de 33 Accelerates 34 Belittle 37 Cup-shaped flower 41 Used a gibbet 42 Bard's river 43 Fabray, to friends 44 Selected 45 Forman's charges 46 Gender; abbr.

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The technique was first used in 1968 to diagnose mongolism, which is characterized by various physical and mental abnormahties Since then, it has become increasingly common but many doctors have refrained from using it because any associated risks were not clearly defimd. The four-year study conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development showed that neither the woman nor her child was harmed by amniocentesis It also found that the procedure is better than 99 per cent Dr, Duane Alexander, one of two government debtors in charge of the study, said 3,000 such examinations were earned out in the United States last year. He predicted many more such tests will be carried out in the future now that the safety issue is resolved. Mongolism, which shows up with the presence of an extra chromosome, is the most common abnormality that can be detected by amniocentesis. It occurs once in every 680 irths in the United States but the chances of a woman bearing a child vdth mongolism or some other genetic defect increase sharply after the age of 35 Alexander said the chances of a woman over 35 of having a child with rrKmgolism is one in 100 and for those over 40, the chances are in 60 There are 300,000 pregnant women over 35 in the United States each year and they produce half of the children affected with mongolism "Probably amniocentesis should be wi all pregnant women over age Alexander said in an interview He said amniocentesis also should be carried out on women with a previous child with a genetic abnormality or a family history of such disorders.

The results of the examinations are explained to the parents and if a defect is discovered, they have the option of undergoing an abortion In the study, 1,040 women who underwent amniocentesis were followed Forty-five abnormalities were identified. Thirty-five women elected abortion Included in the abortions were eight fetuses with nxwigolism. WOODLANDS. Tex. (AP) and the world are living borrowed in the supply of food aiKl many nations face massive and continuing hunger unless there are changes in basic agricultural policies, speakers at a cwiference Monday.

An American expert and a Dutch scientist tdd delegates to an international conference on the future of maun that vrithout new and bold measures world food prices ccHild doible within 35 years and the numbers of starving peoples could quadruple Even in America which is feeding a large part of the world, the first early signs trouble are showing up in agriculture, according to Dr. G. Horsfall, a Ctmnecticut agricultural scientist and the author of presidential studies wi world food problems. Fish Market Advises 'Get Even With Jaws' ORLANDO, Fla, (UPI) A fish market in Winter Park advertises Even with More Fish a sign of the times says the chief of Bureau of Marine Science, who points out that more and more persons are hunting and eating sharks since that great white shark started gobbling up swimmers on movie screens a case of a nation eating what once ate said Dale S. Beaumariage of Florida Department of Natural Resources, recalling that vengeance- minded Australians started slaughtering sharks in such numbers, the government had to take measures to protect the shark populatiai.

Beaumariage is one of the experts scheduled to speak at a in conference next nxKith, a meeting spumed by mwnbers trf the tourist-conscious Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce, who suggested it be held someplace else Beaumariage said interest in shark hunting is booming and many restaurants have started featuring shark meat on their menus With more shark fishermen out on the seas, he said, it could lead to development erf a shark skin tanning industry in Florida, a project that former Gov. tried unsuc- 1 Ufft CWcktH 69 WrCeefclm Family ORDER I Urft CHICKEN $2 SHAKES 15 Mr.O, HaHingM JkANeii Ewrylitsdayb Day Cofwy Hot Dogs, in Rich CwMiy Topped Off with Tongy Dits of Jutcy OnKm. 19 A root beer im n. $mmi mumm cessfully to promote several years ago. While shark meat is generally a a i 1 a in gourmet restaurants, Floridians until now have been using it mostly to bait crab and lobster traps.

Beaumariage said shark meat spoils easily and needs special and treatment to give it proper flavor Smoked shark is considered a delicacy School Will Be Named For Gonzalez EDINBURG. Tex (UP!) Rep Kika De La Garza, DTex will participate in a ceremony Sunday an elementary school in honor of Congressional Medal of Honor winner Freddy Gonzalez of Edinlnirg Gonzalez, a Marine, was mortally wounded ui February, 1968, in Vietnam and received the highest military honor Col. Mark J. Gravel, former commanding officer who recommended the South Texan for the Medal of Honor, will present the Freddy Gonzalez Elementary School an American Flag which has flown overthe US. capitol school is a fittmg memorial to Freddy De La Garza said.

am pr(Hid to have an opportunity to join in honoring a hero who gave his life for his country, and I trust his life will prove an inspiration to all the young people who will be attending the school named for Gonzalez received other military medals and decorations and a street in his home town has been named in his honor CitruS Hr ADUIT ENTERTAINMENT NO. 1 He said there has been a U.S. shift away frwn agricultural research and education and that crop increases are not now as impressive as they once were Yield increases are tapering (wr even decreasing and some types of crops and livestock research are not being done to determine is a curious paradox that as soon as society became well-fed it began to starve the system that feeds said Dr. Horsfall. The concept of pouring on more fertilizer to increase yields has reached the point of diminishing returns and livestock is now requiring more and more feed to produce smaller and smaller in meat, he said Another U.S.

problem is in the basic cwicepts of land use, said Dr. Horsfall. "In 1875, the land meant cutting down trees to grow said 1975, developing the land nneans cutting down and building shopping ceiters. Oie wonders about a society that develops its land so that it can no longer produce Developers are taking massive chunks (rf choice agncul- tural land for housing projects and ignoring areas where agriculture is anyway, such as hills and mountains to farming and some states are changing tax policies which are unfavorable tofarmers. But he still warned: are living wi borrcwed time.

There are no alternatives to growth in agriculture. A Dutch Dr. Hans Linneman, a university economist in Amsterdam, said the earth can feed twice as many humans as it now supports but there will be massive hunger nonetheless unless there are international changes in farming methods, production and marketing prime causes are food distribution systems and agricultural price fluctuations If the worid food systems are not changed, he said that within 35 years food demands will increase and world food prices will be about double the current rates. number of hungry people will grow said Dr Linneman. 2010, there could be four times as many hungry people as we have now, pa rticuiarly in the sectors of Southern and Southeastern Asia.

He proposed a sysiem of surpluses be established so Uie hungry of the world be fed and at the same world food prices be kept up to encourage production. feel that in the future world food prices should be maintained so there is a balance high enough to stimulate production and low enough not to penalize the poor he said. Hunger could be elimuwted only by the combination of lower consumption by rich countries and an international organization buying up food surpluses and distributing them free to people in need The papers were presented on the second day of a conference Limits of Growth Some 400 international scientists, scholars and thinkers are gathered to disciBS the future of humanity and to measures that would counter forecast shortages in material resources, energy and food during the next century Federal Regulations Will Kill Fuel Economy MILFORD, Mich. (UPI) At least part of the fuel economy gains of the past two years will disappear by 1978 because of federally mandated clean air standards, a top General executive warned Morniay. Howard Kehrl, an executive vice president, said stiffer standards for 1977 cars would cause a fuel economy loss on individual moctels But he said the overall fuel economy average probably will increase slightly because GM will sell more small cars In the case (rf cars sold in California, already suffering a 10 per cent fuel economy loss compared with those in the other 49 states, Kehrl said, the penalty could amount to as much as 20 per cent next year As for fuel economy penalties in 1978.

he said, could be anywhere from going out of iHisiness to ncwie because we simply know Iww to meet those standards need a technological breakthrough to meet Uie standards withcHit the major fuel economy penalties that now seem he said Kehrl made the remarks at a news conference at the GM proving ground on the first anniversary of the catalytic converter, the small control device responsible for the fuel economy improvements The only way to minimize the fuel economy said, is replacing large cars with lighter vehicles and smaller engines TTiere are mdications that state and federal governments these faint early signs of agricultural decline, he said Some colleges are beginning to devote more research mwjey MATNEE EVERY DAY; i RIALTO i MAKL.INGEN, TEXAS iUi WEEKDAYS adults TO 6 P.M CNILDIBI THt YiAR'S SG THMLUR AT So manp loves so many lovers ONLY mio COLON NO. 2 TOOMT Botf) Rotwd HELP ME HELP THE (ittend iiir i iii BOB HOPE iii SHOW CNf JJJ ALL FOR THE 80YSI LET'S HUE A 6000 IN TtCKf TSOM MAIL IrwMitwUit, Mntwe, TtCKlTS If tr AMMftMIO TO McAtLIN tOVS'aUt 0 lox in, tikas tmm rmmrn mmm mm mm mm.