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- " MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY. JURE N, lWt 0 5 Weopomis Always in Easy ESecoclhi of Israeli Wotrlkeirs Br ELIAV SIMON United Prwi Jnltrnationil Jerusalem - ffiPD - Israel - is so small that usually only the largest scale maps print its name within its own borders. It has . an ' area of only 8,000 square ; miles, about the size of the State of New Jersey. There are 2,250 million ' people in Israel of whom some 2 million are Jews, representing about one sixth of all the Jews in the world. The rest of the pop ulation consists of 150,000 Moslem Arabs, 50,000 Christian Arabs and a sep arate Arabic - speaking re ligious sect, the Druses, whose 20,000 adherents are concentrated in a few vil lages in the north, The state of Israel was created officially by a Unit ed Nations assembly reso lution in 1947 which as signed it about one - fifth of the former mandated ter ritory of Palestine. The re mainder belongs to the Hashemite kingdom of Jor dan. Soon after its creation Israel found itself in con flict with its Arab neigh bors. This state of war tech nically exists even today. Thus Israel has the Medi terranean at its back and facing it along its entire 591 miles of land border are its Arab oppoenents -Lebanon and Syria on the north, Jordan on the east and Egypt on the south. As a result Israel is al ways in a state of readiness. It can mobilize the nation within 48 hours and it has one of the few armies in the world in which women actually train for duties in the combat zone. This ne cessity to be on guard has its repercussions in agricul ture where some of the col lective farms or "kibbut zim" have their own de fense forces. Workers in the fields may have their weapons within easy reach. Israel is a tiny country but it does nul lack variety. It is only four hours by automobile from the green, fertile Sharon coastal plane between the two larg est cities, Tel Aviv and Haifa, to the desolate and barren wilderness of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the surface of the earth 1290 feet below sea level. There are only two sea sons a year in Israel win ter and summer. All the rain falls in the winter, between October and April. The north is wetter than the south (40 inches of rain in upper Galilee down to one inch a year at Eilat on the Red Sea). Most of Israel's Jews are immigrants. They have come from more than 50 ' different countries but they are divided roughly into ethnic categories, Ashkena aim and Sephardim. The Sephardim are des cendants of those Jews who settled in Spain and Port ugal after the destruction of the second temple in TO A.D. The Spanish Inquisi tion In 1492 dispersed most of them to North Africa, Southeast Europe and Asia Minor. The Ashkanazim are des cended from the exiles who settled in Northern and Eastern Europe. The term includes Jews living in north and South America. South Africa and Western Europe. Many of the (migrants have been transformed into farmers. But the great ma jority of them-, have been absorbed into the coun try's growing industrial economy. In 1961, 77 per cent of the population liv ed in cities and towns and the trend is growing. Israel is second only to Great Britain as the most urban ized nation in the world, i Israel has a high stand- ard of living as these things are rated in the Middle East. Three out of five ' omes have gas ranges, nine out of ten a radio and every other family owns a refrigerator. Exports cover only one third of Israel's national consumption and expendi tures. The balance is made up of gifts and loans from Jews abroad, German rep arations and foreign capi tal investments. Main Exports Her main exports are cit rus fruits, cement, dia monds, eggs, plywood, phosphates, tires, wine, m e dl c i nal preparations, household utensils and cot ton good. An important hid- UAftAftEft SALE BAY: OELATIM royal ..... JyM SPRAY STARCH easy on w 88 LIQUID DETERGENT si .... 49 BLEACH COTTAGE K Gallon TUNA Del Monte Light Chunk, tt Tins 4' ,.99 CORNED BEEF bravo-i2.. t 38 SYRUP "alley's Cane Maple 5,t...... ..... 48 COFFEE M.J.B. ub.48 m.97 COFFEE 6-0unce Instant M.J.B. 8 PICKLES Del Rogue Whole Sweet-22-oz. . .. 4 PICKLES Del Rogue Kosher Dills-22-oz. 2B MdlTCJCBirDin) cottage first quality ... i PlTM D11S DEL MOIITE MEDIUM -Reg. 79c, 2-lb. Box Mdrshmdbws JBi., CCDk AAflX SWAHSDOWH, Except Angel 3 S 3 V IkflOS FIRESIDE, Assorted Creme- lO'A-oz. Pkg. . . .. H v IFIoUr ED ROSE, FAMILY TESTED .......... jj Ql ll AvH AAlZv. Ill" II MW1E II II "" II A aAV II III ". - , ' . ... on; mi no ML A M: II iiuuunun mil " IL.I mil 711 II 1! M III r nil ii nkM. ii ii i v Pick up your FREE Supermarket -,1V. III (u,....k.L.. r.J TA4,U I Y.. ft Vi .Vl :?' I I I may win up to $5,000 in CASH ! VjWd'M II I ii i in ;i(iuiiii i i . r a.- uira i u ii 9e den export Is her growing tourist trade. Israel's chief customers are Britain, " which is the leading pur chaser of her citurs fruit, western Europe, the Scan dinavian countries and the , United States. Israel is a parliamentary republic with a one bouse, 120 man legislature. Just about any adult can vote, even convicts and inmates of mental hospitals. Be cause of proportional rep resentation no party has ever enjoyed an absolute majority. Premier Ben Gu rion's Mapai Labor party, the largest single party, has ruled a succession of co alition governments since 1848. 5Se PEAS DEL MONTE Garden - No. 303 Tins F 99c BUTTERf.lILK DOIIUTS RAISIII BREAD IIMIT OlAZED 2 DOZ. DOZ. .......... 25-0Z. IOAF GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE SOUR DOUGH FRENCH ROLLS' RYE BREAD 2 in Foil Pan Haat ft Serve OLD FASHIONED BLACK. .. 1S-OZ. IOAF 49 29 97' 39 29' MARGARINE Gold & Sweet Safflower CORN h PAYETTE VALLEY Cream or Whole Kernel No. 303 tins II (r5)f frfrc I U I ' p. MEDFORD-Westgate Center I Vd- V MEDFORD-13th and Central if Jit) ASHLAND-Gateway Shop. Center I I JL" MM M "if mwmmt w Kaurv Th '9hr T l,m' "0 Je! 0 0Mi I ' V .f'.? ! I ' PRAYERFUL ATTITUDE - Eugene Cardinal Tisserant (seat ed), Dean of the Sacred College, assumes prayerful attitude in St.' fclcr s Basilica in me ym;n .,sun!ooj - cardinals attend Mass of the Holy Ghost for Inspiration be- . fore entering Conclave to elect successor to the late Pope John XX11I. CUPD ' v Willamette' Valley Could Become Smog Land, Study Shows PnrvBlll. - The Willamette valley could become "smog land" in years to come. The potential exists, a pilot study bv Orctton State university meteorologists indicates. Air nnllution Droblems come about when air stag nates and hich levels of pol lutants build up in the air over an area, the report notes. In tho case of the Willa mnttn vnllcv. air stagnation occurs quite often during the year. The ring of hills around the valley restricts horizontal vpnlilullnn and vertical venti lation is slowed frequently by air layers of dtllercnt temp-eralurcs-a warm layer over cool air. Rnrause the level of DOllU- luntji now bcina emitted Is still relatively low, however, heavy concentrations do not Crescent Toppings Make Super Sundaes (Then, top the topping with Crescent Nuta) e W. ; V build uP in the stagnant air. But that may change with i population : Increases and as it does, smog will become a ( consideration, William P. Lowry, OSU meteorologist emphasizes in a paper to be presented at the national meeting of the American Meteorological Society at Palo Alto, Calif. Joint author of the -paper Is James V. Ramsdell, Who re. celved hlg master' degree in meteorology , from . OSU last year. . Rain and' winter winds and weather will probably keep; the valley free of pollution; problems during the first half , of the year. It if anticipated, but the June-December time could bring woes, Lowry said. The land and sea breezes generated locally during sum. mer and that blow over the land between the Coast and the Western slopes of the Cas cades give the Illusion of ventilation during the sum. mer and fall when in fact they represent only a "sloshing of the same stagnated air, he re ported. Vallay Has PoUnlisliry ; '-!- Ik. nf It thtv thj - V K. v. w a., .... ( Willamette valley may be said . to have the potentiality tor serious air pollution prob lems. The only tning missing Is high rates of emission of the pollutants," the summary points out. Not much Is known about emission rates in Oregon be cause few measurements are being made, Lowry noted. Measurements are m a a e in the Eugene area as part of the ' National Air Sampling Net work program 01 tne u. a. Public Health Service. Tho Oresnn State Sanitary authority does air pollution sampling In Portland. The xturiv bv Lowrv and Ramsdell is one of the first made for an area on air pol lution "potential." it is nopea . that it will serve as a guide , for area planning so that air pollution factors are consid ered. Usually, air pollution isn't given much attention until the smog problem becomea mi and action must then focus on reducing air pollu tion to a reasonaDie icvei, Lowry said. Mechanization la ma J or reason why one farmer today . produces as much as tour farmer did in 1910. 1 - - - i.-tii t w i
