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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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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 ;
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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.
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