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FAIR QUEEN OF FAIR - Sallve Jo Howell. 18. of Whittier,
Calif., happily shows her crown after she was named queen
of the Los Angeles county fair. Miss Howell won the title
over 10 other contestants. -tUPI)
Juvenile Delinquency Feeds Hungry Youths in Pakistan
By LEMMY PINNA
Unittd Press International
Karachi, Pakistan - H'Pli -Juvenile
delinquency is not
regarded as a problem in Ka
rachi because it is unofficially
accepted as a way of earning
a living.
Newspaper boys and ado
lescent coolies regularly earn I
a fast rupee through a shady I
deal involving anything from !
the procurement of American I
cigarettes to the sale of U. S. I
dollars on the black market. I
These boys are the middlemen I
for adult operators.
Inside the shabby, gray-1
washed Empress Market, a
small regiment of coolies sup
plement their meagre income
by getting cuts from the 1
butcher, the baker and the
man who operates under
ground. They can lead a customer
to a bottle of Scotch at $2 un
der the price at a legitimate
wine shop along Elphinstone
St.
To voracious eaters, foreign
canned goods - pilfered by
trusted cooks and houseboys
- make a tempting morsel.
They also give such coolies a
fair-size cut in profits from
the clandestine sales.
All in all, one of these boys
revealed, a skillful procure
ment coolie who has his cus
tomers accurately tabbed can
make the equivalent of $100
per month on the sly. An aver
age government clerk's salary
is S35 per month.
These teen-age wheelers and
dealers often eat meat and
eggs, rarities even on the din
ing tables of the better than
average middle-class families.
"The price of respectability
is too high," said one of the
boys.
Because of his deadpan
sense of humor, his aggressive
ness and talent for spotting
easy customers, this coolie has
become the leader of his pack.
He earns an average of $150
a month.
This youth has acquired a
brick bungalow in Korangi
township where thousands
like him in the Refugee Re
settlement area on an income
so low children remain un
schooled and babies turn
scrawny and scabrous, if they
do not die of malnutrition.
Unlike his hapless neigh
bors, however, his family of
one wife, one child, parents
and a brother eat well and
live well, comparatively.
Their two-room, one court
yard and one bathroom doll
house has been extended to
take in another room and a
rain-proof roof has given them
shelter against the merciless
monsoon showers.
How. he asked, could any
one deliberately turn his back
on much-needed income for
the sake of respectability . . .
when such income made the
difference between hunger
and life?
Typical of the many coolies
that prowl along Bohri Ba
zaar, teeming Empress Mar
ket and the labyrinthian slums
of Bunder rd., he once had a
taste of respectability as a
I house boy in a foreigner's
' house. He did not make
enough to feed his family. Un
j educated, and unable to ob
l tain a white-collar Job in a
! city where the unemployment
1 ratio has kept the average
clerk's salary at an impossible
low-level, he took to his pres
' sent profession.
; Plying their underworld
trade requires these boys to
have more skill than brawn.
A chief requirement is an
ability to guess the nationality
; of a customer coupled with a
; more than average grasp of
current world affairs.
To gain the confidence of a
foreign customer they will
strongly advocate democracy
to an American . . calling
Khrushchev "a nut." To a Rus
sian, socialism alone can level
the social inequalities in Pak
istan. Once they even pointed
at Princess Michiko as Ja
pan's most forthright ap
proach at democracy.
As a rule, these boys glean
their knowledge from the
urdu newspapers read com
munally by a literate member
in their group or from gossip
traded among their elders.
Some stray into the Russian
propaganda Centre, the Voks
library, in Elphinstone st
where they learn all about
Russian socialism.
It is worth realizing that
of the 25 boys interviewed, . American library caters to the I interest of the illiterates who
not one has been to the USIS middle class, while the Rus- constitute about 85 per cent
library. They claimed the I sians are out to channel the ' of the population of Pakistan.
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Congolese Independence Easy
On Animals, Rougher On Men
By WILLIAM ANDERSON
United Press International
Rwindi, Congo -IUPH- Two
years of Congolese independ
ence may have been rough
on humans but the wild ani
mals in the vast Albert Game
reserve have thrived on it.
Since independence, tour
ists who used to visit the park
in thousands, have dwindled
to a trickle of United Nations
employees on local leave.
But while human beings
are a rarity, the park if
teeming with untamed ani
mals who have been hunted
in the past 3.r years only by
photographers.
The herds of elephant are
increasing despite some ivory
poaching by the Dandandi
tribe to the north of Lake
Edward.
Conservator Basilr Mun
yaga. 35, who was born on
the fringe of the park, esti
mates there now are between
12,000 and 13.000 tuskers on
the lush grecnlands of his do
main. The herbivorous hippo
have reached the 14.000 mark
and should be thinned out
lo preserve grass for the mul
titudes of antelopes and oth
er grazing animals also on
the increase. Munyaga said.
Tame Buffalo
Thirty thousand water bug
falo, as tame as Jersey cow?,
glower fearlessly at motorists
bumping along the over
grown tracks. In many places sight or smell of an automo
the tracks have completely
disappeared because of en
croaching grass and lack of
traffic.
One by one the jeeps used
by the African game wardens
to patrol the reserve have all
cracked up. Because of the
Congo's desperate economic
situation and lack of foreign
currency they cannot be re
placed. Lacking mobility in
this huge stretch of territory,
the wardens are at a disadvan
tage in iheir fight against
poachers.
The Rwindi hotel, high on
a windswept escarpement
overlooking the lion country,
is without plumbing. The
pump bringing water from a
spring two miles away crack
ed up. Water for the wardens
and tourist? who stay at the
hotel now has to be rolled
up in barrels from the spring.
Guests do as best they can
with buckets in their rooms.
But if rutted tracks, plumb
ing and transport inconveni
ence the humans, the only
effect on the animals has
been greater isolation in their
natural habitat.
Many of the animals now
are wary of automobiles. Two
years ago they knew the
shape and smell of a car and
knew it was harmless. Today,
the younger animals are oft
en startled into flight by the
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The browsing elephants,
however, can still be ap
proached by car to within
20 yards before they turn
away slowly nuzzling their
young ahead of them with
delicate thrusts of their
trunks.
Lion also abound. The
Conservator estimates there
are now above 400 ranging
the area between the north
of Lake Kivu and the south
of Lake Edward.
In a dawn trip to the north
of Rwindi, this correspond
ent saw two pride totalling
21 adults and cubs within 15
minutes of leaving the hotel.
The Conservator said this
was unique in his 15 years'
experience with lions in his
area. They had killed a buf
falo a few yards off the
main track - further proof
that they were not used to
having many visitors.
Judging by the hundreds
of vultures waiting patiently
in the acacia trees for the
lions to cat ther fill, these
scavengers certainly are not
on the decline either.
The marshlands rimming
Ihc southern tip of Lake Ed
ward are alive with flamingo,
duck, pelican, fishing eagle
and other water fowl.
Lacking transport, money
and trained personnel It has
not been possble to hold an
animal census since independ
ence but the Conservator said
"we can tell by eye that ev
erything is on the increase."
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Gold Hill Grange
The recent meeting of Gold
Hill Grange was called to or
der by Master Wilbur Martin.
Seven regular officers were
absent because of the State
Fair and vacations. Other
members were appointed pro
tern to fill the stations.
Committees were called and
reports were given, including
a report regarding the Rogue
Basin Flood Control bill in
Washington, D.C. It also was
reported that work had start
ed on the sidewalk project
at the Grange hall.
Lecturer Willie McLean
called on Mrs. Lynne Scott
to relate the Scotts' activities
during the last summer. To
celebrate their IRth wedding
anniversary the Scotts took a
trip through the high lakes
area of Oregon.
Ralph James reminded
Grange members of the Win-nemucca-to-the-S
e a highway
dedication. The date, Septem
ber 21 and 22.
The next regular meeting
of the Gold Hill Grange will
be held Thursday, Sept. 20, at
R p.m. at the Grange hall on
Sixth ave.
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