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JQ THUHBDAY. MAY . 1983 - - ; MgJFOHD MAIL TBIBUME, MEDFOHP, OBEGON - - . ' ' Constitution to End 30 Years otf Control by London CftianHc eea ' r ALA. 6 A. y i i J VTANAVfRAi, "Of 0 " 100 tOO ' Se1 t :UU JAMAICA Kingston : THERE LIES CUBA This news map draft a home-rule constitution. Bahamas' shows Hie relation of the Bahamas to Cuba, present constitution is practically a direct These Islands, where Columbus first set colonial one with all important powers in , foot In the New World, will be the meeting i ths hands of the governor. (UPI) . place of the political leaders, who plan to Religion in America Truce in Religious Quarrel Over Birth Control Proposed By LOUIS CASSELS UPI Corespondent The time has come for Pro tcstants and Catholics to de clare s truce in their ran- ; corous quarrel over birth con trol. . , If they will do so, new methods of fertility regulation can be developed perhaps "within a remarkably short period of time" which will be safe, effective and moral ly acceptable to all religious groups. So says Dr. John Rock, a man who has unique creden tials for speaking on this subject. Dr. Rock Is a Harvard Uni versity scientist who is world famous for his pioneering re search in human reproduc tion. He is co-developer of the oral contraceptive pill. : He also is a devoted member of the Roman Catholic church. He has written a book, en titled "The Time Has Come" (Knopf, $3.03), which ought . to be read and pondered by ' every church leader, politic ian and plain citizen who is concerned about the problem of limiting population growth. News About Servicemen COMPLETES TRAINING Army Specialist! Four AI vln C. Pctcrman, son of Mr. And Mrs. Alvin H. Pctcrman, 735 NE 11th' st., Grants Pass. recently completed a two week training exercise with other members of the 8th Iiv fantry Division's 12th Engl necr Battalion In Germany. 1 Specialist Pctcrman, a clerk typist in the battalion's head quarters company in Ger many, entered the Army In September 1861, completed basic training at Ft. Ord Calif., and went overseas In March 1062. The 23-year-old soldier Is a graduate ot Grants Pass High school. BRUTON ASSIGNED Army National Guard Pvt. Bobby Bruton. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Bruton, route 2, Central Point, recently com pleted active duty training under the Reserve Forces Act program as an artillery auto malic weapons crewman at tho Air Defense Center, Ft. Bliss, Trx. Bruton is regular ly assigned to Battery D, Sec- ond Automatic Battalion, 24flth Artillery, an Army Na tional Guard unit In Mcdtord. A 1058 graduate of Crater High school, Bruton attended Southern Oregon college fol lowing high school graduation. Dr. Rock says that Protest- ants and Catholics are now in "substantial agreement" about the objectives of family planning, and differ mainly about the methods which may be employed. Most Protestant bodies endorse the use of any medically approved contracep tive technique, but the Cath olic Church condones only the so-called rhythm or "safe pe riod" method. Since this dispute is lied up with differing views of "natural laws, ' Dr. Rock sees little hope of resolving It "within the limits of the fam Iyl planning methods now available." "I envisage the eventual resolution of doctrinal dif ferences only after (lie expan sion of the armentarium of birthday control," he. says. "This will include not merely refinements of current meth ods but also entirely new ap proaches which will fit into normal reproductive physiol ogy." Given an adequate research program, he says, "it is not unrealistic" to anticipate that science can come up with a variety of entirely now birth control techniques, far bct'er, chapcr and more effective than those which are now most widely used and which date back to the 10th century or earlier. Among these new tech niques, he is confident, "will be effective methods which all religious groups can ac cept." Takt the Lead Since the Catholic Church is . "widely thought to bear special responsibility" for the terror which grips politicians' hearts whenever birth control research is mentioned, Dr. Rock believes it would be "most appropriate" for Cath olics to take the lead in achieving a rcligous truce on this subject. ' "A public policy of toler nce can be evolved which will respect' the deeply held convictions of all Americans and help to eliminate much of the animosity and rancor which this conflict has gen erated," he says. "Such a policy, by freeing our medical research estab lishment for a concerted ef fort in fertility control, offers the only practical road to a solution of both the doctrinal differences between Catholics and non-Catholics on family planning methods, and the world's population explo sion." Bedtime Snack Not Harmful, Is Claim : Chicago -WD- Go on and enjoy that heavy snack before you turn in at night. It won't keep you from falling asleep. In fact, ou iiay even sleep better, So say sleep researchers ot the Spring Air company here which has dug Into the loss of sleep. What you may have heard about daytime naps, sleeping on your left side, and using a hard mattress all be-: Ing good for sleep are just the bunk, the bedding compa ny says. And mistaken no tions about sleep may, In fact, keep you awake. Ik speed uPq yuui yauitf mm j 1VN ' By BALL-BAND fheyhfasf! Boyi 5.75 M8nS 6 i your headquarter! for tpetd lolt dtiif n Air-cooled Dun Duk Upporl VtntlUtiitf. ovlort RtlnfoKud t Points ot ttreti Spocisl eivot block Non-mirking St.'l Balanced tit Ruggod, ligMwtifht conltructton By LAURENCE MEREDITH Unittd Press International London -WPU- Political lead ers of the Caribbean holiday islands of the ' Bahamas meet here beginning May 1 to agree on a 'home-rule consti tution after 300 years df con trol from London. This scattering .'of more than 3,000 islands off the Florida coast, 22 of which are inhabited, is a familiar sun pasture for hundreds of thou sands of American tourists who flock there every year. And It was on Walling island in. the Bahamas that Christo pher Columbus first set foot in the western world in 1402. Today the Islands have 170,000 inhabitants of whom some 75,000 are descended from African slaves, 14,000 Europeans and the rest of mixed blood. Almost half the population is concentrated on the island of New Providence. which includca Nassau, the capital. There has been little open pressure among the islanders for constitutional changes and none for independence, possibly because of the pros perity brought by Amer'can and other tourists but sl-o because of the large number of foreign investors who take advantage of the Colony's lack of direct taxation. Since World War II Bri tain's colonial policy has been to push her dependent peoples Into taking a greater share in their own govern ments and thus relieve the British taxpayers of much di rect financial responsibility. Britain thinks the time has come for the Bahamas to carry a bit more of their own hod. When the plan to hold this week's conference was an nounced last December, Gov ernor Sir Robert Stapledon said: "It was agreed that the time had come for the Baha mian people to exercise a wide measure of responsibil ity for the government of the countrjj." Colonial Plan . The present constitution is practically a direct Colonial one with all important pow ers in the hands of the governor. ' There is an executive coun cil which is appointed and ad vises the governor. The legis lative council has only limit ed power but is elected by full adult suffrage. Male suf frage was introduced in 1858 and women were given the vote only in 1862. " In the first election under complete suffrage held last November the United Baha mian party won a narrow over-all majority in the leg islative council. This party chiefly represents Nassau business interests, popularly known as the "Bay Street boys" after the main business street in Nassau. The oppoi'tion party is the progressive Liberal party which is the nearest thing to a nationalist movement in the Colony. It won 10 scats at the election against the Unit ed Bahamijn party's 19. . Ministry Change The new constitution due to be prepared at the London Conference is expected to re place the present post of chief minister with "a prime minis ter and cabinet completely re sponsible ' to the legislature for all internal affairs. The British government in London-, will still maintain control, through the gover nor, of external affairs, de fense and possibly internal security. There has been no sugges tion yet, either from the is landers or the British, of full independence and the ques tion is not likely to arise in the immediate future. When it docs, it may come in the form of some linkup with the other British West Indian islands. When the Fed eration of the West Indies was created in 1958, the Ba hamas were not included. Like Bermuda to the north, they are separated from the rest of Britain's West Indian colo nies by the barrier of the Greater Antilles Cuts, His paniota and Puerto Rico. Now Playground Since the war property pro moters have moved into the tax free hsven of the Baha mas in a big way and today the islands are fast moving to wards being the world's most luxurious tropical play ground. Under the encouragement of the British Colonial gov ernment a great new free port is being built on Grand Bahama island, known as Frceport, which it is hoped may eventually rival Hong Kong and Singapore. The site for a city of 100, 000 people is being laid out. Business men located there will pay no income tax, no capital gains tax, no real estate tax and for 99 years will pay no excise taxes to customs and no stamp taxes. Seek Tax Escape Nearby, the world's largest dry dock is under construc tion where freighters will b built, based and maintained to escape the normal taxa tion levied by many coun tries on merchant shipping. The islands also have great strategic importance for the United States, particularly in the coming space age. Listening posts on the is lands work closely with Caps Canaveral in tracking all U.S. space flights. And astronauts have been pickup -up off the Bahamas and taken to Grand, Bahama for de-briefing. The strategic value of the islands to the United States was underlined this month by reports the U.S. Navy was seeking to establish a test center in one of the more re mote Bahamian islands for anti-submarine weapons. p K O 14 N. CENTRAL 215 E. 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