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- AIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, 1HEDFORD, OREGON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1(163 g 3 xtrerne Contrasts Noted in last, West Pakistan By JOHN F. BARTON United Press International KARACHI, Pakistan (UPD Oyerhead modern jet planes skimmed through a cloudless blue sky while down below on the parched earth a camel car avan slowly plodded its way along traditional routes, ignor ing the blazing sun. Wealthy women clad in color ful flowing saris, their faces covered only by sunglasses, hur ried to stores on Elphinstonc I land of extreme contrasts of and Victoria streets to check most recent arrival from Euro pean fashion centers, while other women, covered from head to toe and wearing the tra ditional burqua veils, headed for local bazaars famous for their brass ornaments, fakirs, and snake charmers that re mind one of this country's an cient heritage. Such is Pakistan today, a Dennis the Menace GEE, I 010NT KNOW SOME BIROS FLY KNt&tT' 1 BETTER FILL UA ttIKrWe RIOn RATU I - '"W" . o immense wealth and dire pov erty, education and illiteracy, modern meth::!s and old cus toms existing side by side. Pakistan's population of 100 million makes it the largest Moslem nation in the world and sixth most populous on the globe. Created in 1947 when the sub continent was divided between Hindus and Moslems when the British left colonial India, Pak istan is a young nation, proud possessor of a culture dating back thousands of years, but still struggling to sink its inde pendent political roots. Born out of intense Hindu Moslem animosity and commu nal riots, the country found it self without any of the major developed ports on the sub continent, with all communi cation and rail lines running to Delhi, and with its economy dominated by Indian banks. Sulit into two parts separated by more than 1,000 miles of Indian territory, Indian officials had few serious objections to the creation of Pakistan because they simply didn't believe it could survive. West Pakistan, which stretches 310,504 square miles PLANTING BEGINS started last week on Slate For- started this week on State For estry Department lands in the Cascade Mountains, with 92 acres in the Butte Creek water shed in Clackamas County the first to receive treatment, Phil Brogan, unit forester of the Wil lamette area said Friday. Great Gift Ideas ; From Samsonite'and "The Price Is Right"; See BILL CULLEN demonstrate the quality features and advantages of Samsonite Luggage on "The Price Is Right" weekdays. for her, SILHOUETTE FITTED VANITY $ 1995 January 1st. it goes back to $25 00. Very special, lightweight and strong. Beautifully titled with accessories. for him, 3' ATTACHE CASE The first elegant and efficient a executive case. 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That means you can add to it (or years. 314 E. MAIN S&H Green Stamps from the shore of the Arabian Sea, across the a. id deserts of the sc ".'.west and the s''M Inuds plain up to historic Khy ber Pass and the towering snow capped Himalayan ranges, is known as the gateway between the Middle East and Asia. Because of widespread illiter acy (8a per cent) and poor earnings the per capita income is estimated at about 70 li b. dollars per year, among the lowest in the world the aver age person in West Pakistan does not take much interest in politics. He Is content to let the wealthy people worry about po litical problems while he con cerns himself with the more immediate problem of making a living. Karachi, once the capital and still the home of the foreign office and embassies, is the in dustrial center of Pakistan. Situated on the Arabian Sea, this sprawling city of 2 million persons is the nerve center of the country's economy. From it stretches Pakistan's economic lifelines with the outside world by sea, rail, air and tele communications. Not far beyond the city limits starts the ureat desert area which is sprinkled with a max imum of four inches of rain a year. This vast area a waste land save for the lifegiving In dus River reaches 800 miles north almost to Lahore. Several hundred miles further north lies Rawalpindi, tradition al seat of the army situated in the shadows of the Himalayan mountains and Kashmir, the major trouble spot between In dia and Pakistan. Rawalpindi, with its wide whitewashed streets and well kept buildings, is the temporary capital of the country until Isla mabad, now being constructed 10 miles beyond, is completed. While n a t u r e's miserliness with rain and other elements has been a major problem for suffers more from nature's ex West Pakistan, East Pakistan cesses. This province, once a part of Bengal in undivided India, houses more than half the na tion's population in its 53,126 square miles, making it one of the most densely populated areas in the world. East Pakistan is drenched with as much as 133 inches of rain a year, most of it falling during the monsoon season which lasts from May through than half the country's foreign September. exchange. . Adding to its woes is the fact East Pakistan is a fax -rite tar get for hurricanes, cyclones and tidal waves which account for thousands of deaths annually, as well as destruction of vital food crops. Nature's excesses have left some blessings in their wake, however, in the form of rich fields on which grow magnifi cent forests, tea plantations, and rice and jute crops. Despite its smallness, the ag ricultural products of East Pak istan in fact account for more I STMlOv I MioFoio,onao Open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. 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