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Vol. XLI , NO.9 October 1976

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The PLAIN TRUTH - SUPPORTED BYOURCONTRIBUTIONSThe Plam Truth has no subscription o r newsstaonce . II is supported through contr ibutiOns lromr eaders and those who nave chosen. Voluntari ly .become co-workers with us in this wor ldwide woThe Plain Truth is noopl'ofil. accepts 1"10 commercadvert iSing. anclhas nothing to sel l. Contributionsgratefully welcomed and are tax-deductible In tn e UThose who can are encouraged to add the Ir financsupport i n the spirit of helping to make The Plain Travailable. Without price. to o ther s, Contributiosho uld be sen l to The Plam Truth . PasadeCA 91123 or to one 01 our c tnces nearest you (saddressesbelow)

Keep Your Eyes on JerusalemMideast Arms Race " Out of Control "Vik ing Mission to Mars - Why?Europe 's " Pol it ica l Dwarf" Grows UpHow to Talk to Your Kids Abou f SexWithout BlushingHow to Get a Raise Ou t of Your BossThe Search For Noah's ArkWho Was the Real Jesus ?Why the St range Customs o f Halloween?

FEATURESPer sonal from Herbert W. Armstro ngTV-Radio LogIn Br iefGarner Ted Armstrong Speaks Out!

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Edllor-In -e h iel : HERBERTW.ARMSTRONGEditor; GARNERTEOARMSTRONGManaging Edilor: Arthur A, Ferd9Assislan t to the Editor: RobertL KunnNews Editor : Gene H Hog"OergFeature. Editor: Dexter H, FaulknerArt Director: Allen MeragerAssociate Editors : Roben Gmskey. Brian KnowlesPublishing Coordinator: RogerG t.ccrcssCopy Editor , : Jim E Lea, Pete-MooreSenIor Editor ' : Raymond F. McNair, gooerc xMeredithSeni or Writer, : Jell Calkins, Donald 0 Schroeder, KSlumpContributo r , : Don Aoraoe-n. Ron seoecs. Peter Buo Paul Graunke . Ron Horswell. Ray Kosanke, Mlad,. Gordon M'.IIf, Oall>(\ Pnce. Carole Flitler. Georgeter. John R Schroeder.Wolfgang ThomsenNews Research Sta ll : Donnajean Clausen WerJeoeos. Marc StahlGraphics: ASSOCiate Art DlfeclOr Greg S. Smith. SArtrsts: s eroan Cole. Garry Haggerty Ron te oessa. GRIChardson. Gene Tlk.asingh. M ",eWoOdrufl; Producand Quali ty Con /rol Monte wowenco: Color QuCorrtrol: Jim RasmussenPho lography: Phot o Services Dlrectol ' Warren watsCharles BUSC hmann. Ken Evans, Joyce Hedlun d AlHennigPhoto Flies: Manager' Alan teuer : Linda Lulkosk.iOllices: Auckland, NeN Zealand R o ~ r l MOl1on; BoWest Germany Frank Schnee: Sf Albans. EnglaFrank Brown, Burle.gh neeas: Alistraria nenms LuJohannesburg, Sou/h A lrlCa Robert Fahey: Manila. PIfJPIneS Cohn AdM: Utrecht. tr e Nemerlands 'McCarlhy. Vancouve-f. B,C. Canaaa DeenwssooFounder, Pres ident and Publ isher:Herbert W. ArmstrongExecutive Vice-President and Co-Pub lisher:Garner Ted ArmstrongAssoc iate Publi shers: Stanley R.Rader, Robert L KuBusiness Manager: Raymond L WflgnlCirculation Manager. JackMartin

,ABOUT OUR COVEREgyptian soldier takes cover in a shellcrater dur ing a military train ing exercise .Nations throughout the Middle East arebuying weapons in unprecedented Quantities . This volatile region is soon to becomethe prime focal point of world attentionand concern . See articles beginning onpages 2 and 4.

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VIKING IAND MAN'S DESTINY

~ w weeks ago. 1 was sittingin our Ambassado r Auditorium here in Pasadena lookin g in o n Mi ssion ControlHeadqu arters at the J et P ropu lsionLabor atory locat ed only walk ingdistance away as scientists manipu-la ted the safe landing of the Viking I spacecraft on Mars.The J PL scie nt ists had coope ratedwith Ambassador Co llege and th e

Amba ssador International CulturalFo undation so that eve ry th ing atMission Control - as the scientistsmaneuvered the Mars landing was shown on a large screen in ouraud itorium. We had opened the a ud itorium to the pu blic. A thousandor more people were there.1 had risen at 3:30 a .rn. Manv hadbeen watching in the mfro m II :00 p.m . the prev iou s night.I arrived in the auditorium just be-fore 5:00 a.m.The Viking I spacecraft is a marvelaI ' mechanical precision . Itla nded safely righ t on schedule at5: 12 a .m. (It actua lly lan ded at4:53 a.m . Pacific Stand ard Daylight Time. but due to the vastdi sta nc e. the signa l d id no t reachMission Control at Pasadena until5: 12 a.m.) Enthusias tic applause filling the a udi torium - greeted thela nding.

Very soon. just before 6:00 a.m ..the first strip of two spectacula r pictures arr ived . We a t the Ambassador Auditorium were lookina in.just as i f we were at Mission Co....ntrolourselves . Dr. Thomas Munch . geology professo r and leader of the teamof scientists in the Mi ssion Co ntro lroom, gave a cry of delight as thefirst strip of the first pict u re cameth rough. As st r ip after strip of thepictures came through, he was unable to conceal his excitement. Asthe strips we re p ieced together. th escientists were absolutely amazed atth e quali ty and clarity of the pictures of the Mars surface - picturestaken perhaps on ly four or five feetabove the surface. It was just as if aman were standing there. pointinghis camera straight down. takingclose-up pictures.Later. the second picture lookedout over the landscape to the horizon. T he pictures showed the Martian surface as a sandy desertlitt er ed with rocks - from ve ryThe PLAIN TRUTH October 1976

minute size up to perhaps a foot ormorein diameter.But 1 had 10 think tha t it showedpr ecisely wha t 1 had expected fromwha t is revea led from the God ofcreation in the Bible. It was a dry.bar ren surface of futility .Few indeed have any remote concep tio n of the fact tha t God Almighty often reveals fac ts about thisuniverse - the origin of planets,their present state. and the causesand reasons thereof. Sometimes itseems fut ile tha t man y of the BESTMI!"DS of humans are devoted to alifetime of vain speculation. basedon erroneous hypotheses totall y un true.I ha d to realize that from this scient ific la boratory. righ t he re in Pasadena. great minds are. in fact.uncovering facts ACTUALLY REVEALE D IN THE BOOK T ilEY DO NOTUNDERSTAN D AND PROBABL'{ DOl"OT ACCEPT - the revealed FACTSand TR UTH of the ETERNAL L1V ISGGOD!For example. in Hebrews we findthi s : "For un to the an eel s hath he[God] no t pUI in subjection th eworld to come. whereof we speak"(Heb . 2:5) . In other words. this pa ssage is speaking about "theworld tocome: ' The Bible mentions threewo rlds : (I ) the world " tha t thenwas." from Adam to Noah. (2) "t his

present evi l world." and (3 ) thecoming millennia! world - whichwe call so often "the WORLD nnIOR ROW." Also. the Bible speaks 0 (-three heavens: ( I) the air. or earth'sa tmosphere. (2) outer space . a nd (3)the heaven which is the scat ofGod's throne. to which no man excep t the resurrected Ch rist has ascended (John 3:13).So now. speaking of the SEXTworld. " the world to come." con tinue in Hebrews 2: " . . . Wh at is

t A N . th at thou [God ] a rt m indful ofhim ' . . . Th ou madest him a littl elower than the a n z c l s : th oucrownedst him with and honour, and did st set him over theworks of thy ha nds: Th ou ha st pu tALL TIII NG S in subjection under hisfeet. Fo r in thai he [God ] pu t all insu bje ction under him [man]. he leftnothing that is 110[ PU T Ul"DER HIM .But now we see not ye, a ll things putunder h im" (Heb. 2:6-8).In the first chapter. "a ll th ings" istranslated in the Mottau translationas "the universe." It means EVERYTHI NG God has created - everything that exists.This remarkable. almost INCRED IRLE revelation of the fantasticHUMA N POTENTIAL continues to reveal how what we do now see orknow is that Jesus. as the fi rstborn(Continued Oil page -14)


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KEEP YOUR EYES ONJERUSALEMHere are eye-opening facts about the citysoon to become the capital of the world.

by Herb ert W. ArmstrongMany times I have sa id. "Keepyour eye on JER USALEM ANDTIlE MIDDLE EAST ." Fromnow on that will be the foca l pointof WORLD HAPPEN INGS .This is the END TIME ' Never in

the history of mankind have worldconditions been so VIOLENT, neverso much TROUB LE. never befo re somany NATIONS and their GOVERN MENT S toppli ng and being overthrown so ofte n - now one a monthon the average. NEVER has therebeen such widespread VIOLENCE byman. Add to this the VIOLENCE inNA TURE - massive and violentEA RT HQUA KES. tid al waves. andFLOODS.Following the recent tremendousearthquakes in Ch ina . this morning's newspape r headline . frontpage . read : "PH ILIPPINES QUAKETOLL CllMBS TO 5.300: 30.000HOMELESS."Yet from now on the very CENTERof world happenings will zero in onJERUSALEMand the Middle East.I have just spe nt another fourdays and five nigh ts in Jerusalem.the CITYGoo CHOSE over a ll placeson earth. The city from which for aspa n of time God has HIDDEN HI SFACE (Je r. 33:5). ye t the city thatGod SHALL YET CHOO SE AS HISCITY (Zech. I :17). Th e city soo n toBECOME THE CAPITAL OF T HE W HOLEWORLD WHEN. fina lly. we shallhave WORLD PEACE .Jerusalem is a city IMPORTANT TOGoo . It ough t to be important to us!So I want to tell you about my most

PLAIN TRUTH Editor-in-Chiet Herbert Arms trong (left) is esco rted onwalking tour of restored portions ofJerusalem by Mayor Teddy Kollek.The PLAIN TRUTH October 1976

THE CITADEL, with David 's Tower inthe background , is one of Jeru salem 's oldest and most prominentlandmarks.recent visit there. It is a city I havevisited many. many times.My first visit to Jerusalem was amere short stop at Jerusalem airport(not now in regula r use) in 1956 20 yea rs ago - en ro ute from Cairoto Baghda d. Ju st selling foo t on theground of its ai rpo rt for the firsttime was a thrill. It gave me a senseof awe. Wi th my wife and elde r son.Dick. I stopped aga in a t Jerusalem0 11 the return - first visiting the O ldCity the n in Arab hands and thenwalk ing. lugga ge in hand. throughthe Mandelbaum Ga te (no man'sland ) into the newer Israeli Jerusalem .Back in 1969 and 1970. when ou rjoint participa tion with HebrewUnive rsity in the huge ar chae -o logical excavation at the sout hernwa ll of the Tem ple Mount was gettin g well under way. Ge neral YigalYudin, organize r of th e Israeli armyand chief of staff from 1948. re-

fe rred to my arriva ls there as"mo nthly visits." In many ways Ihave had a deep per sonal intere st inJeru sal em since Decem ber I. 1968.On that dat e. in a formal ce remonyat the palace of the late PresidentShazar , Am bassador College entered into this jo int participationforma lly with Hebrew Universityand the Israel Archaeologica l Society.

"Do you want a formal. lega l con trac t?" I was asked. "My word isgood," I replied. "And I believeyo urs is. too. withou t any lega l en-tan glem ent s." Th a t was goodeno ugh for them . and ou r friendshipand mutual pa rticipat ion has grow never since.Our very important friends inIsrael. from the preside nt and primeminister of the country on down inthe government and from Presiden tHarmon and the vice -president ondown in the university. have beennot only most friendly and cordial.but also affecttonate !And so I thought that in this article. yo u might like to hear a reporton thi s latest Jerusa lem visit.We a rrived late Thursday a fter noon. On Friday morning. MayorTe ddy Kollek met us at the Jerusalem Hil to n Hotel at ten . He took uson a 2Y-hou r tou r of port ions of theOld City where the mayor has bee nsupervising rejuvenation and rebui lding. After a ll the yea rs of bei ng"trodden down by the Gent iles," theold walled city has become dirty.decayed - anything but beau tiful.But Mayor Kollek is RESTORINGmuch of its ancient beauty .Israel is a very poor country eco nomically . The government docs(Photo '>lOry on page.> 40 and 41.

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ARMAGEDDON IN THEMAKING

The escalating arms buildup in the explosive Middle Eastbodes ill for that region 's future - and poses some knottyproblems for Washington po l icy p lanners,

MIDE SARMSRACE"OUTOFCONTRO "

Mssive sales of sophistica tedweaponry to th e MiddleEast - scene of four warssince Wor ld War II - has tran sformed tha t vola tile area into " themost mil itari zed region in theworld." according 10 the an nua l report of th e Stockholm Internationa lPeace Research Inst itute (SIPRI)." More th an half of the total a rmssupplied in 1975 wen t to the MiddleEas t: ' according to SIPRl"s a na lysis.Midd le East arms expend itu res arenow running at a staggering 16% ofth e region's combine d gross national product - more than triplethe percentage aver age for NATOnat ions in Europe.

In their scramble for new weapons. some Middle Eastern na tionshave ended up with more advanceda rsena ls than the countries supplying them! Iran . for examp le, willsoon have. in the words of Lond on'slinuncial Times. "the -rnost adva nced ta nk a rmy in th e world: ' asa result of a multi-million dollara rms de al with Britain .Without qu estio n. th e continu ingMideast arms buildup is fa r andaway outdis tancing the sea rch forpeace. The poten tial de structivenessof a futu re war is be ing ra ised tounpar alle led new heights.Vying for InfluenceTh e United States. Sov iet Union.a nd othe r major arms supp liers4

by Keith W. Stump(p ri nc ipally F rance an d Britain )have drama tically stepped up a rmssa les to the Mid d le East and ot he ra rea s of the Th ird World in recentyears. SIPR I notes tha t the value ofweapons going to the Third Worldincreased by 20% in 1975. on top ofa walloping 40% increase the preVIOUS year.O ne rea son for the stepped-upa rms peddling is the continuing riva lry be tween the United States the wor ld' s bigges t arms merch ant- a nd second-r anking Soviet Unio nfor increa sed influence in strategicworl d a renas. In addi tion. lucrat ivea rms sa les abroad serve to bolstertrade ba lances and crea te jo bs athome for the merchant na tions.

Acco rdin g to the nonpa rtisanArms Co ntro l Associat ion in Washin gton . Am er ica ' s most sop h ist icat ed non- nuclear weapon s including F- 14 lighters. laser-gu ided" sma rt bombs: ' Lan ce mi ssil es."TO \V" an titank m iss iles. a ndSpruance-c1ass de st royers - are nowbeing sold overseas .T he Pentagon' s principal M iddleEastern clien ts ar e Iran a nd Saud iA rabia - both of whom a re buyingmultipl e billion s of dollars worth ofU.S. a rms - a nd long-t im e cu stome r Israel. to whom arms de liveries during the current fiscal yeara lone will total som e S1.5 billion.Fo r the first time in 20 vea rs. theU .S. has a lso sta rted supp ly

Egypt. which severed relations wth e Soviet Union ea rlier thi s 'leTh e recen t sal e of six C-130 H ~ r cles transport plan es to Cai rowidely viewed as only the beginniof U.S. a rms sales to th at nation .\Vash ington is a lso the major suplier of arms to Jord a n. wh ichcently decided to purchase a 554million American air defense syste(wit h Saudi Arab ia foot ing the bilTh ough spurn ed by Egy pt. tSoviet Un ion is far from out of tMiddl e Eas t arm s p ict ure . TKremlin is sup plyi ng large qu atities of mod ern \veapo ns to SyrLibya . an d Iraq - incl uding ava nced MIG -23 fighters. tanbombers. comba t helicopters. aa rtillery. Man y of th ese wea poha ve already found th eir way inthe Leban ese civil war.

France a nd Britain. the worlthird - and fourth-ranked arms supliers . have relaxed their formerstr ictions on arms sales abroad. aare now also selling aggre ssivth rou ghou t the Middle East."The a rms buildup in the MiddEast shows every sign of being oof control . " summar ize s S IPR"The comp lexity of th e presen t siat ion . . . has reduced the feas ibilof main taining some form of bance virtually... to zero unle ss.course. the arms-supplying coutries all agree to stop or limit thsupplies."

Fears a re al so rampa nt tha t fonumber of Middl e Eas t nat ions. tchilling step to nuclear weapomav also be close at hand.Deepening U.S. Commitmen t Some QuestionsFo r U .S . pol i cy plann ers. tstepped-up a rms flow to th e MidEast is begi nning to raise some seous an d heretofore unforeseen q utions.A majo r ju stification for increasU.S. sa les has bee n the idea that\Vash ington could becom e the mjor a rms sup plier to the M ideastse lling weapon s to nat ion s on bosides of potentia l conflicts -U.S. would a u tomatica lly acqupowerful diplomat ic leverage to pvent outbreaks of hostility.But a report issued earlier tyea r by the Sena te Foreign Retion s Commi ttee has po inted

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AMERICAN INSTRUCTOR briefs an Iranian A ir Force pilo t in the operationo f an Am erican-built helicopter pur chased rec ently by Iran .

some unexpec ted sid e effects of U .S.arms sa les. The report warned tha t" the U.S. assumes the obligation oflong-term support for eq u ipment it ha s sold. The purchaser be comes dependen t on the U.S . inm uch the same manne r as a loca lau tomobil e deal e r become s dependent on Detroit."In o ther word s. U.S. tec hni cians

- both m ilitary personnel an d civilia n d efen se co n t r a c t o r s - arene eded by the tho usan ds ov er longpe riods of time to help main taina nd operate the high ly sophistica tedequipme nt be ing so ld to nonind ustri al nati on s. which in ma ny ca seslack the know-how to use th e wea pon s they a re buying .

Much of th e equipmen t beingso ld by the Pentagon is so complexthat even the U.S. military is ha vingd ifficu lty keep ing its own forces or::.erational.Iran is a ca se in point. The Shahof Ira n. str iving to build th e largestrnil itnrv machin e in th e Midd leEas t . h;IS pu rchased over 5 10 bil lionworth o f the lat es t-mode l milita rvha rdware from the Uni ted Sta te.;;since 1972 - and tha t is apparentlyju st the be ginning . Th e Sha h hasdeclared h is in tent ion to make Iranmili ta rily as stro ng in ten yea rs asThe PLAIN TRUTH October 1976

F rance. Britain, an d West Ge rmanya rc today. He says he needs three

. li m es as man y weapon s as he nowhas to be ad equa tel y eq u ippedaga inst h is ne ighbor ing enemies.Followin g closelv on the heels ofthe U.S. ar ...ms deliveries to Ira n. acont inge nt of ove r 20.000 Americantec hnicians has descended up on thatnat ion to tra in its armed forces inthe usc of the ir soph is tica ted newwea pons. Th e Sen at e report projectsthat by 1980 . th at number co uldea sily exceed 50.000.Similar situa t ions exi st in o thernat ion s bein g suppl ied by th e U.S.Several thousand American civ ilianper son ne l a rc alread y in SaudiArabia. wit h ma ny more to come asdeliver ies arc ma de on rec ent Ivs igned ar ms co nt racts wit h tha t IU;-tion .To Fight or Not to FightWith th e U.S. now supplying po tentia l adversaries . th e out break of wa ra nywher e in the M idd le East wou ldpose some serious dil emmas forWashington decision makers .Wo uld the U.S. a llow its tec h

ni cian s to rem ai n in d e penden tclient countr ies and participate inthe hos tilities '? Th e Se nate study revea led tha t Iran . fo r example, cou ld

no t go to war with its new weaponry"witho ut U.S. suppo rt on a day-today ba sis.' The same is pro bablyalso tru e for Saudi Arabia a nd willincreasingly becom e the case withmany ot her Mid dl e Eastern na tion sas more an d mo re U .S. arms flow in.If th e U.S. reneged on its com

mitmen ts to keep the a rms operatio na l d uring ho sti lities , wo uld theresid e nt American technician s beheld hostage? And if so. how wouldth e Pen tugon react?

An d what would Wa shinuton dowhe n wa rring clien t states ... beg anclam oring for ammuni tion sh iprneru s. rep lacem en t pans. an d ot hercritical sup plies?T he failu re of Wa sh ington tohonor commitments a nd delive r

se ntia l supp lies to its a rms customers would shatter the ir confidence inth e U,S. and al mos t certa i nly resultin a d ram at ic upswing in S,;viet influence and arms pedd ling in theregIOn.

Th e Sh ah o f Ira n sta tes the d ilem ma succinctly : "A s fa r as armssa les go . there ar e plenty of places tobuy . The q uestion is. ea n you. theUni ted S ta tes . affo rd to lose Iran [o ro the r M ideast clien ts] e ithe r as afriend or as a customer?"

Th e consequence s of U.S . weapons sa les to th e Mid dl e East a rcd ifficul t to calcu late. Wit h no interna tion al ag reement on the ho r izonto restr ict ....a rms sa les to the a rea .m an y Mi deast a nalysts in Washington feci diploma tic ac tion to ave rtwar is the only a lterna tive if theU.S. is to avo id be ing dragged in to afut ure Mideast co nflict. .......Bu t wi th no Arab- Israel i peacese ttleme nt at ha nd a nd te nsions

co ntinu ing elsew here in the M iddleEast. co nt inued unrest rainedsa le of a rmamen ts: ' in the wo rds ofSIPRI. "can on iy exac erbate a n alread y dange rou s situa tio n: 'F ~ r o 40 yea rs. The PlainTru th ha s cont in ua l ly u rged i tsread ers to kee p their eyes on theM idd le East. Bib le prophecy in dicates that reg ion will soo n becomethe pr ime focal po in t of world a u ention ~ an d th e tinderbox of a a lobalcon flict whi ch will cl imax theend -time ba ttle o f Arma geddon.The esca lat ing arms race now underway is sett ing the stage fo r thoseve ry eve n ts! 0

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pr iat e that we aga in ca ll upon.Divine Providence for guidance andprotection in our quest of space andthose end less hor izons in all the cen turies to come ."More tha n 10.000 people haveworked on the now successful Viking project - a whole town's worthof scientists. engineers. and technicians - many of them since longbefore it even had a name . A billiondollars. a hundred major technological advances - the numbersare more like those of a moo n land-ing than an unmanned visit to adistant speck in the sky .On the eve before the histo ric Viking landing. I was a guest of the JetPropulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.where the mission' s four spacecraft(two orbiters. two landers) are con trolled. The team in charge of dayto-day scientific and engineering decisions numbers 750 people. threetimes the complement for typicalprevious interplanetary programs.Like other visito rs. I was highly impressed by the int ricate an d sophistica ted hardware. the giant space

simulation chamber in which theViking was tested . and the SpaceFlight Operations Facility. fromwhich the mission is controlled.As usual. the questi on of cos tarose. '" figure it cost me $4.63 tofind out what Mars is like:' sa id oneobserver. "That's about the cost of amovie. and I think it's well worthit:' (The $4.63 figure was derived bydividing the cost of the Viking mission by the population of the U.S.)

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mission in mo re philosophica lterms, "The Viking mission to Marsis not primarily a scientific event: 'says science fiction author RayBradbury. "It's a spiritua l experience. It's man reaching for theunknown ,""By the exploration of the solarsystem we find , , , who we are."says Bruce C. Murray. director .ofthe Jet Propulsion Laboratory."V iking costs about as much as afortnight of the Vietn am war." con

t i n u Murray. '" find these comparison s particularly poignan t : lifeve rses death. hope versus fear.Space explorat ion and the highlymechanized destruction of peopleuse similar technology .. . and similar human qualities of organizationand da ring. Can we not make thetransition from automatic aerospacekilling to automated aerospace exploration of the so lar system?"Murray's question is yet to be answere d. but already. the Vikingprobes have provided scores of detailed photos of the Mart ian su rfaceand yielded extensive ana lyses ofthe planet's atmosphere. soil. andenvironment."This is tru ly a voyage of exploration: ' says Viking project managerJames S. Martin Jr.The Big QuestionBut the big qu estion still rema ins:Will any hard evidence of life everbe found on Mars? And if so. whatwould be the implications for manand his percept ion of his place inthe universe?

Even before Viking landed onRed planet. scientists acknowledthe vanishingly small odds of fing anything but microscopic traof life. if indeed. anv life exists -ever exis ted - on -Ma rs. Th evious Mariner 9 space probeportrayed a bleak pictu re of an adust-deluged . cra t ered plan et. wa me re 111000 the atm osphpressure of the earth.Even before the Viking missexper ts knew that Mars had nouid water. had wild variationstemperature. and had no protecozone layer to shield any organifrom deadly ultr aviolet rad iat ionUniqueness of the EarthAll of thi s. or cou rse. is in shcontrast to the earth. which setai lor-madefor life.TheApollo asnauts reported that the earth's bskies and white clouds. as viefrom space. made it by far the minviting object they could see . Athe growing information about oplanetary bod ies in the sola r systends to confirm that view.

Mercury and the moon are haairless. desolate places. and Mascarcely less so, Venus. once conered the eart h's sister planet. iincred ibly hot and inhospitawith its massive atmosphereac id clouds. that it approximatesscr iptions of hell . (If you'd likknow where hell really is. wri teour free book let. Is There aHell Fire?)The , huge outer planets, cot uted lar gely of fluids and haThe PLAIN TRUTH October


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SPECTACULAR panoramic picture ofthe Martian landscape sho ws rock-strewn surface and sand dunes re -markably similar to many dese rtscenes on earth . Photo was takentwo hours etter sunrise an d coversan arc of 100 0 looking northeast a tleft and southeast at right. Largeboulder at left is nearly 10 fee t lo ngand is about 25 feet f rom the Vik ingspace craft. The sha rp dune cres tsindica te recent wind storms capableof moving sand. An arm of the Vikingtender's miniature weather sta tioncuts through the photograph's cen-ter. Space explorations, such as theViking m ission to Mars, may dramati-cally alter ou r perception of the earthand of man 's role in the unive rse .

crushing gravi tat ional pulls , bear acloser resemb lance to dead starsthan earth. Their icy moons, withfew exceptions. are scarcely moreinviting.Even the earth 's moon may playalittle realized but vital role in making the earth suitable for susta ininglife. The moon. of course. is responsible for the tides, but it may alsoaccount for the planet's relativeclimatic stability and , possib ly, forits strong magnetic field .Only the earth of the inner planets has such a massive satellite. OnMars . large oscillations in the til t ofthe p lanet's axis are thought bysome scientists to lead to grosschanges in the Martian clima te. Onthe othe r hand , the ea rth 's t iltchanges very litt le, a t present, because the presence of the moon actsas a sophisticated stabilizing force,The PLAIN TRUTH October 1976

In fact. scientists say that withoutthe moon , the earth's tilt would oscillate even more than that of Ma rs,lead ing to far grea ter climatic instability than we present ly experienceand perhaps endangering life itself.Thus, the ea rt h, particularly in itssuitability as a habi tat for life as weknow it, appea rs to be un ique in thesolar system.The Search for Life

Yet so stro ng is the tradition of" life on Mars" that man still fee lscompelled to sea rch for life on thered planet. be it even the tiniest microorganism.Indeed, the sea rch for life is thekeynote of the Viking mission. Scientists - particularly biologists feel thai the discovery of life on an other planet would be the crowningevent of the twentieth cen turv. Thisdiscovery would have philosophicalas we ll as scientific impact. Tomany, it would imply that life isspread throughout the solar system.Ca rl Saga n, Cornell astronomer.be lieves such a discovery would"combat the 'earth chauvinism' thatpe rmeates so many of our phil osophies.""Man has now placed his feet inthe cosmic ocean," muses Sagan."and it just may result in a deprovincialization of some of ourche rished concepts."Philosopher James Christian ofSanta Ana Co llege in Ca liforniamaintai ns that " the ultimate implicat ion [of finding life) is that we willat las t have a mir ror by which we

can look at ourselves as humanbeings." He speculates that such adiscovery would spe ll the end ofearth-centered religious beliefs.The Bible Disproved?But would the discovery of life onMars - or anywhere else beyondth e ea rth - really topple religionsand phil osophies, as many believe?Would the Bible be disproved if lifewere found in other parts of the universe? To answer such questions. weneed to see j ust what the Bible saysabout the creation of the universeand life in outer spa ce.The book of Genesis. written overthree thousand yea rs ago, states tha t"in th e beginning, Go d created theheavens and the earth."Today modern science attests thatthe un iverse did. in fact. have a definite beginning. Says astronomerJohn O'Keefe : "O ne result of thespace research is the realization thatthe universe seems to have been crea ted rather sudden ly ab out ten billion yea rs ago . This is a ve ryawkward point for the apostles ofdial ectical materialism, the philosophy that goes with Communism.They hav e always sa id that the universe must be infinite and eternal;they ha ve always fought aga inst theidea that it was created at some particular time,"So twentieth-century science, atleast in this respect, supports scripture. There was a de finite beginning; the un iverse has not alwaysexisted . (For further in formation onthis subjec t, write for the free

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booklet. Our Awesome Universe.)The book of Genesis al so tells us

that God de signed plant and animallife on the ea rth . "Then God said."Let us make man in our image.afte r ou r likeness ; and let th emdom ini on over the fish of the sea ,and ove r th e bird s of the air, andover the ca ttle, a nd over a ll th eearth. and over eve ry creeping thingthat creeps upon the ea rth '" (Gen .1:26, RSV),

Thus the biblical record declaresthat God gave man dominion orrulership over all tha t is on theearth . He did not. in this verse. mention outer space. the stars. or othergalaxie s.Later King Da vid wro te: "T heheavens a rc the Lord 's heavens, bu tthe ea rth he has given to th e sons ofmen" (Psalm 115: 16, RSV).So the Bible reveals that Godmade man and gave him dominionover the earth . But we also discoverthat man was made in the image

and likeness ofGod .T he apos tle Pau l was insp ired tolook into the future and write: "Forit was not to ange ls that God subjected the world to come, o f wh ichwe a re speaking. It has been testified somewhere, 'Wha t is man thatthou ar t min dfu l of him, or the sonof man, that thou carest for him?Thou didst make him for a littlewhile [that is, du ring man 's present ,fleshly existence) lower than the an gels , thou hast crowned him withglory and honor, putting every thingin su bjection un der his fee t:"Pau l the n explains : " No w in puttin g eve rything in subjection to him[man I, he left no thing ou tside hiscontrol. As it is, we do not yet seeeverything in subjection to him"(Hebrews 2:5-8, RSV).God 's Ultima te PlanAccording to the above scripture.God ultimately intends for man toru le over eve ryt hing he has created!Th at means th at eve ntua lly God intends man to rul e over th e fa r-flungga laxies, sta rs, an d q uite possiblyplanets th at no w reside throughoutthe vastness of the unive rse.

Remember. God created man inhis own image and likeness. \Ve are.th e refore, in a sense, like God .In Hebrews 1:2 -3 , Pau l says," . . . in these la st days he [God ) has10

spoken to us by a Son, whom heappointed th e heir of all things,through whom also he created theworld . He reflects the glorv of Godan d bea rs the very staI'j', p of his natu re , up holding the un iverse by hisword of power."Jesus is "the heir of a ll things." Inot he r words , God the Father hasentru sted all aut hority ove r the en tire universe - "a ll things" - toChrist!

And Ch ristians, wh en they becom e truly converted , become literalchildren of God . " and if children,th en hei rs, heirs of God and fellowhe irs wit h Christ" (Romans 8: 17,RSV).In other words, Chr ist is the heirof the universe - and all men havethe potential of bei ng fe llow heirswith him. That mea ns we will eve n

tually inher it rulership over th e entire un iverse . That is God 'sremarkable plan for mankind.The Bible clearly reveals thatman has the pote ntial to be likeGod , having power and glory likehim. In short. man can become partof th e div ine fami ly, ruling thewhole creation.Little wonder tha t th e apostle Paulwas inspir ed to write : " Eye hat h notseen. nor ear heard. neither have

entered into the hear t of man, thethings which God ha th prepared forthem that love him " (I Corin thians2:9). (Wr ite for our free booklet WhyWere YOll Born? which exp lai ns indetail Go d 's plan for you.)God, Earth, and LifeThe Bible reveals th at God is veryinterested in \vhat goe s on here onearth. The earth, Je sus sa id, is God 'sfoo tstool (Ma tthew 5:35) . It is he rethat G od made human beings. It isthere that God sent the one whobecame Jesus Christ , bo rn of the virgin Mary. to beco me the savior ofmank ind (Matthew I: 18-20).The ea rt h is not a t the physicalcenter o f the universe; it's not evenat th e center of th e so lar system. Butit is, un questionab ly, a central focusof God 's present interest. God is vitally concerned with events that oc-cur on earth . It is on the earth thatGod is working ou t his supremepurpose and creating his divinefami ly which will eve ntua lly rulethe whole un iverse with him.

Is there life in outer space? TBible reveal s that ou ter space ishabited by spirit bein gs (Ma13 :32 ; R ev. 5:1 1-14) . But wabout physical beings like wecounter on ear th" Th e Bible cotains abso lutely no revelation tphysical life as we know it existsot her planets at thi s time. Ono the r hand, neither doe s the Bipreclude the possibility that Ghas created other physica l beingsother planets in other gal axies,perhaps different purposes.God never in tended thatBible answer every question mco uld conce ive of . a nd thetri gu ing proble m of life in ouspace is OIlC of those as-yet-to-answe red questions. "I t is the gl

of God to conceal a th ing : bu thonor of kings is to search o uma tter. The heaven for height. athe earth for depth . . ." (Prove25 :2-3) .And one further point : The dcovery of life on o ther world s -Ma rs or anywhere else - would dnitcly NOT prove evolu tion. Thefathomab le comp lexity of life walways demand a great Creator.mailer where it is found. Whengreates t minds of science. with ultso ph is t icated equipm en t , cancreate the simplest cell - no r esyn thes ize most of th e compone

of such a cell - then the theory tlife evolved by cha nce from dmat te r becomes pa tently a bsurd .Beyond VikingT he Vikin g exploration of Martruly one of the most amaz ing,credible, a nd spectacu lar ach iements of the twentieth century.cannot help but marvel at the deca tion. the organizational genthe resourcefulness, and the spiriad ven tu re tha t has made suchmission possib le. In terms of squ a lities . A mericans are surtwent ieth -century Vikings.Yet th e Bible procla ims that ature tim e will come when all Gochildren may have a d irect pa rtexploring and creating new wornot just in our own solar system,through out the va st reach esGod's fantastic universe .T hat's the awesome and inspirdes tiny God ho ld s o u t fo rmank ind . 0

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ere is no longer any doubt whichnation is the "mover and shaker"in Western Europe today. It isst Germany. hands down.Bonn's growing prestige andower were graphically revea led instory behind the d ramatic dccin reach ed this past July by theeads of the nine -nation Europeanommunit y on how to distributets for a "'new. directly ele cted Eu-

Long an economic super-power, West Germany is be-ginning to flex its politicalmuscle. But the key to Bonn'sfuture lies not in resurgent na-tionalism, but in the largercontext of a united Europe.ropean Parliament. For awhile. itappeared that it was going to be

"business as usual" by the Nine asthey haggled back and forth overthe right formula - so typical of theway every big decision in thc 18yea r history of the European Common Market has been reached.The seven prime mini sters. thepreside nt of France. and the chancellor of West Germany discussed aseries o f minor variation s on a proposal that would have increased the"Political Dwarf"Grows Up

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exrs ung. wea k, nominated parliament of 198 members to a new bod ycom posed of a round 400 . d irectlyelec ted by the people of the n inemember states.As the story aoes. the heads ofstate were a b O l ~ to recess againwhe n West German Chance llorHelmu t Schmid t ba nged the table .decla ring: "No, we have to ge t onwith it!"In a short while the ultimate compromise was hammered out. breathing life once more into the bad lvvision of a united Eu rope .(Sec 71Ie Plain Tril l " . Sep tember1976. p . 4. fo r det a ils.)And it was German persistencewhich made the difference. WestG erma ny. it would appea r. is a t lastshedd ing its image of be in g a n eco nomic giant but a political dwar f.Sti ll a WirtschaftswunderBeh ind Bonn 's new - bu t st ill cau tiou s - assertiveness in the politicala rena o f Europe a nd the wo rld liessome truly staggering economic statistics.West Germany is the stronges teconomic force in Europe. acco unting for one th ird of the to tal econom ic o u tp u t o f the Commo nM arket. It p roduces more goods an dservices than any other nation in thewo rld. with the exception of theUni ted Stat es and th e Sovie t Union.

Although its gross nat iona l p roduct is o n ly one third th at o f the U.S..its tot a l yea rly amo unt of fo reigntrad e is nearly the same. About on efou rt h of G ermany's G N P is exported as opposed to only 6.8% forthe Uni ted St a tes.Next to the Am erican dollar. thedeutschmark is th e world's mostwidely use d currency. It certai nly isthe most coveted in many circles.While the dolla r has de precia tedslightly in th e las t five yea rs (tho ughit is rela tively strong a t the mo men t). th e DM ha s increased 30% inva lue in the same period . Germanych a lked up a n inc redib le 522 billiontrad e surplus in 1974 - the largestin wo rld economic histo ry - befor eslipping back to "on ly" a S2 bi llionsur plus in 1975.As a result of over two decades of

wirtschaft swunder success . Bonn'smonetary reserves - gold. dollars.and other hard currencies - now12

to p out a t over S35 b illion. by fa rthe largest in the world and twiceth ose or the United States.Bonn. to be sure. did notescape theim pact of the 1974-75 world recessiona n d indeed is st ill cl imbing out of theworst of it. Unemployment is onceaga in und er a million . (I t had climbedto a political ly d isturbing 1.35 mil lion .)Th e inl1at ion rat e. which rose to7% in 1974. is now down to sligh tlyunder 5%. Key indust rie s such assteel. chemicals. and construction arestillsluggish.Theirpoorperformancewas largely responsible for a 3.6%drop in West Germany's gross nation al product in 1975. But overa llbusin ess indicators are pointingslightly upwa rd once aga in."The Germans Will Pay"Ou t o f Bonn's boun t iful la rgesshave flowed funds to rescue the fa ltering economies of her weak-sisterpar tners (such as a 5 bi llion mar kloan to Ita ly in 1974). and morethan-p roportion al paym en ts to helpsup pon French ag ric ulture. European Community nucle ar researchwork . and va rious a nd sund ry ot he rprojects such as rura l economic deve lopme nt sch emes in Scotl and andelsewhere .

"T he Ge rma ns will pay." has almost com e to be a byword - or a tlea st a commonly sha red ass umption - as if Bonn has to co ntinuallypenal ize itsel f for its own econom icsuccess.

But th e handou ts ca n' t last for ever on their recent scale. not withan incompletely recove red economyat home - a sensitive issue withnat ion al elections ju st around . th eco rner. (See box. p. 13.)R ece nt ly. Ch a nce llo r Schmidtto ld th e Bundestag that West G ermany will con tin ue to make fina n

cia l 'sacr ifice s fo r the sake of theEuropean Community - bu t only ifo t her , weaker members try ha rd erto sort out their own economic andsocia l p roblem s. In the mean time ,Bonn will henceforth sc ru t inizecomm uni ty budg ets. pe ppered asthey are with numerou s cost ly petprojects. with a muc h more critica leye .The Nat ion-State is Too SmallBonn 's commitment to the European Community - even th ough it

is in many respects a costly onremains s trong. And with goodso n . The wor ld is fa r d ifferent toth a n whe n th e mil itary- industmight of the T hird Reich ro lled oEu ro pe a nd n ear ly esta b lisworld dominion . The world tobelongs in large part to th e twope rpowers. the United Sta testhe Soviet Union. The bordersth ei r competin g all iance sys tec u rio us ly eno ugh. s l ic e rith rou gh the Ge rma n nation.T h; na tion-s tates of Eu rope. Eand West. indi vid ually a re simno match for th e combined indtri a l and mili ta ry might of thsuitorpowers.No na tion in free Europe renizes thi s fact of li fe rnore th anFede ral Republic. Her econom icpendence on the rest o f Europeespecially the Common Markeen o rm ous . All of Europe . EastWest . absorbs two th ird s o f Gmany's expons - with ne a rly 4go ing to her eig ht othe r partnerthe EC al one .

The only hope for the nationWestern Europe to have a n inpendent say o f thei r own inwo r ld 's eco nom ic a nd pol i ta rena is by passin g th rough therow ga te o f European un ity -a rduous as that task may be becaof conflicting na tion alisms.This realization expla ins wWest G erman y has tried so ha rdso long to bri ng a bout commcommun ity positions on one faft er an oth er. In add ition. by alwespousing the common Europcau se, she is less suspe ct of natalis t ic motivation s. A fter all, WWa r II is not th at far in the past.Chancellor Schmidt has co nually st ressed to h is countrymtha t they a re not to appear to"Europea n know-it-ails." Recehe ca utioned Bundestag memb"W e are not thinking of some kof Germ an leadership bid" inE C . " O n the co n t ra ry."counselled. " I wa rn against th at. "

The free- speaking Schmidt, hever. occasio na lly be tra ys h is cotry's "good European " image.stirr ed up a ho rnet' s nest in mJu ly when he to ld repo rters tha tUnited Sta tes, Brita in. France ,West Ge rmany had decided thamultilat eral loan s would be give

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y Italian government that inCommunists in the cabi nete Italians were enraged first ating out tha t such a decision hadee n reach ed . se co nd ar ily a tchmidt ' s "arrogance." French.ish, and American spokesmener e emba rrassed and claim ed "d ispproval" of Schmidt's remarks, buty couldn't deny the existence ofch a secret dea l.Chancellor Schmidt's indiscretionnly points up tha t Germa ny'srowing power position is causingsma ll concern arnonz her Euroean ne ighbors. According to a rent Associated Press repo rt. "U .S.fficials say the Ford Administran has been in formally advised ofese new fears of resurgent Geran influence. Amon g countrieshich have done so, informantsd, are France, Britain, Holland,orway, Belgium, and Lu xemourg,"

European author i ties still acknowledge tha t the Germans areacting like good all ies, But somecount ries are already qu ietly making counterbalancing moves. in thefinest of European political tradition . President Giscard d'Estaing ofFr ance. fo r exa mple . is edgingcloser to Britain . He has ar ranged toconsult with British Prime Min isterCallaghan as regularly as he doeswith Schm idt, French mi l it aryforces arc also being beefed up, ostensibly to counter Soviet strength.but also to pre vent an over-relianceon German strength in Western Europe, The Frenchmilitary is cooperat ing more closely with NATO nowthan ever since De Gaull e pulledFrance out of the alliance commandstructure.The Bri tish, too, are express ingguarded concern over Bonn 's enviable position, especiall y its "opendoor" to Washington, Britain's lead-

ing news week ly, The Economist.cautions that " it would be a mistakeif America were to trv to give Ge rmany responsibili ties ; role forwhi ch history and circumstancehavestill not fully prepared it."Both for EuropeAs far as the "European issue" isconcerned in the October 3 nationalelection, there is virtu ally no difference between Social Democra tSchm id t and chal lenger Helmu tKoh l who represents the ChristianD emocra tie l Chr ist ian SociaIis tforces, Both are ardent supporters ofa united Euro pe.At a recent conference in Brusselsof the European Movement - a private, nonpoli tical "action" groupadvocating a uni ted Europe - Kohlst resse d tha t wha t i s need edthroughout Western Europe is anew era of unit y fervor such as thatwhi ch brought abou t profound

Vying for the Helm inWestGermanyPolls Indicate a close race In West Germany's October 3 national election. Here are the contenders for Chance llor:

CHANCELLOR HELMUT SCHMIDTThe incumbent West German chancellor is Helmut Schmidt, 57, whosucceeded to the office in May 1974,after the resignation ofWilly BrandtIn the wakeof a spy scandal, Brandt, though resigning the office of chancellor, retained the chairmanship of the Social Democratic Party (SPD),Schmidt is national vice chairman of the SPD, which has governedWest Germany since 1969 in coalition with the liberal Free DemocraticParty (FOP), There has been talk of late, however, that the small FOP ,headed by WestGerman Foreign Minister HansDietrich Genscher,mightpull out of the coalition and ally itself with the SPD's rival, the conservative Christian Democratic Union, If that were to occur, the SPD wouldprobably have no chance of returning to power this autumn,CHALLENGER HELMUT KOHLHelmut Kohl, 46, is national chairman of the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), as well as governor of the Rhineland-Palatinatestate, Kohl's CDU is allied with the Bavarian Christian Social Union(CSU), headed by fiery ultraconservative Franz Josef Strauss,The CDU governed West Germany during the 20 years followingthe nation 's creation in 1949, In 1969, Willy Brandt's SPD/FDP coalition swept the CDU out of power and into opposition, In the prematurenational election of 1972, the CDU - led by Rainer Barzel - was narrowly defeated by Brandt. This year, the CDU feels it will do much betterin the national balloting, But the key facto r in who will head the nextgovernment may sti ll be the small " kingmaking" party, the FOP,

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cha nges in the fifties. He scored theaovernments of the Nine for theirtimidity an d lack of political will.At the same meet ing. ex-Chancellor Willy Brandt confirmed that hewill stand for election to the firstd irectly elected European Parliament in 1978. (He has since beenjo ined by other European notablessuch as French Sociali st leaderFr ancois Miuerand of France andPremier Leo Tindemans of Belgium.Two former British prime ministers.Harold Wilson and Edwa rd Heath.have also shown interest in runningfor the new parliament.)Other German polit icians havemad e it quite clear which direct ion- regardless of which party wins inOctober - Germany should movein the yea rs ahead.In the prestigious journal ForeignPolicy (Number 22. Spring. 1976).Walther Leisler Kiep , treasurer ofth e CDU and a member of the Bundest ag. writes: "As regards a possibl e ascen t of medium-class WestEurope an count ries to world-powerstatus. the general situa tion is thatth ey could do so only via a politicalunification of Western Europe . . . ."West German y," continuesKiep. "must use its political weightto spur the process of Europeanunificat ion . A united Europe as an

equal partner of the United States isthe prerequisite for the survival andext ension of a free and democraticorder. For West Germany to takeon this task is not a national sacrifice for the sake of othe rs. but anecessity."Ties to U.S. - How Strong?Mr. Kiep adds tha t "E urope cannotbe defended witho ut the UnitedStates nor can the United States bewithou t Europe ."True - as things stan d right now.The West German Bundeswehr, atSlightly under 500.000 men. is a for

midab le. professiona l fighti ng force.the only European contribution toNATO that really amounts to anythi ng. Bonn continually seeks to upgra de the qua lity of the Bundeswehr- in con trast to mos t of her a llieswho have been trimming their defense budgets. Over the last fewyea rs, Bonn has also developed ahighly sophisticated a rms industry.But Bonn's ind ependent maneu-14

ve ra bil ity in military matt er s issharply curtailed in two key ar eas:( I) Under interna tional agreementsBonn has foresworn the development and deployment of nucl earwea pons. and (2) as a condition ofher memb ership in NATO . he ra rmed forces are total ly committedto the command of the alliance.

Thus. in the final an alysis. it is thecommitment of 200.000 Amer icangro und forces stationed in Europe,most of them in Germany. backedup by Amer ica 's nuclear arsena lwhich guara ntees European security.Visit Raises Key IssueIn th i s con text . C h a n ce l lo rSchmidt's recent bicentennial visitto Washington loom s of grea t significanc e for the near future.Herr Schmidt told reporters thatany un ilate ra l reduction of U.S.troops in Western Europe wouldhave a "ca tastrophic impact" on theworld military balance.Yet, significan tly, Schmidt wasable, on the same visit, to end Bonn 'sexpensive "offset payments" whichhave bo rne the major cost of sta tioning American troops on West Ger

man soil.In reach ing agre ement with theU.S., both sides felt tha t because ofrecent favorable economic upturnsfor the U.S. in American -Germantrad e (the surp lus is Washington'snow) the old offset arrangementshad lost thei r relevancy.However, the world economic picture cou ld change qu ickly again .Then what? Most observers feel itwas only because of Bonn 's heavysupport payments tha t the U.S. Senate was able. in the last deca de. toresist pressure fromsome influentialqua rters to dr astically scale downAmerica's military commitment toWestern Europe."Bond of Trust"On his visit to Washin gton. Chancellor Schm idt hera lded the "unprecedented bond of trust" existingbetwee n West Germany and theUnited States.Things are not quite as rosy assuch a lofty pronouncement migh tindicate. Over one recent episodeespecially. Bonn and Washingtoncame to verbal blows. U.S. officials

were incensed when Bonn pers isin selling an entire nuclear reacfacili ty to Brazil. Washington feasuch a sale would great ly increth e likelihood of a nuclear arms rin South America.But the Germans went ahanyway. And in the future therbound to be more frict ion betwBonn and Washington ove r forepolicy matters. interna tional traand mone tary issues. Says RobGera ld Livingston. writingForeign Policy. No. 22, Sp ri1976:"The new self-confidence ineign affairs displayed by Bra[who launched Ostpolitik. or Gma ny's reconciliation with the EaSchmidt , and the current generaof political leaders makes it evidtha t we [the U. S.] will no longerdealing with a country ready tocept U.S. preeminence acrossboard ."Pred iction Com ing TrueTh e Plain Truth ma gazin e pdicted , even before the colla pseHitler's Third Reich, that Germwould rise again . Its editors furforetold tha t a revitalized Ge rmwould ult imately be in the forefrof a united Europe.Th is union of states, we have sis based on the indications of Bprophecy. Europe will eventuallyunited not only economically,also politically and militarily - wits own nuclear weapons. Succombine some day will be ablestand up to both the United Stand the Soviet Union.West Germany has become,sheer economic weigh t, the donant powe r inside the CommMarket. Th e Community - withlan dmark decision rega rdingEuropean Parliament - is oaga in back on the un ity tracksubsequent months and yea rsther histo ric steps will undoub ttake Western Europe down the rtoward what the Common Maheads of sta te in the Paris SumConference of 1972 annou ncedtheir goal: a European union.It remains to be seen whetherult imate objective sought by Epea n leaders - especially the WGe rmans - will be good or badthe United States. 0



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Kds are the most honest peop lein th e world . They've gOInoth in g to hide . a nd th eytend to think nobody else does eithe r. Th at delightful misconceptionoften caused considerabl e embarrassment for the parents of childrenwho appeared on my "House Pa rty "show. The kids I interviewed werenever promp ted or told wha t to saybe fore th e telecast. They d idn 't haveto be . I just asked simp le qu estion s- usu all y a bout their life a t hom e and the kid s responded with factswhic h th ey seemed gene ra lly toview as tru e, but dull. Wh en th esem att er -o f- fact d esc ripti on s ofmommy' s and daddy's behavior rece ived ad ult interpretation, the resu lt was often sidesplitt ing, " Ho usePa rty" a udiences frequently spentas much time rolling in the aisles asthey did sitt ing in their sea ts.Sex, bein g a subj ect which mostof my young guest s knew littl e ornothing about , frequently len t itselfto th is sort of dou ble en tend re hu mor . They didn ' t know wha t sexwas , so of course they didn't knowwhe n they were talking a bo ut it orre ferring to it, or th at many peo p leconsidered it an awkward and embarrassing topic of conversat ion .T he aud ience, on th e othe r hand ,was familiar not on ly wi th sex bu talso with soc iety's taboos on thesubject - especia lly on nat iona ltelevisio n! I think people laughedno t beca use th e kids were runny theway a sta nd-up comedian is fu nny.but because their candor was enti rel y di sarming and refreshin g.Here are a few of my favo rite examples of kid s shoo ting stra ight fromthe hip and bring ing th e "H ouseParty" house down :

One da y I asked a young lady ofa bout five to tell us wha t her motherd id for run."She plays gol f ." she replied,"with a strange man: '

"A st ra nge man ?" I ec ho ed ."Don'[ yo u know who he is?"She shook her head . " Nobodyknows who he is," she sai d darkly."A ny othe r news?" I thought Ihad be tter change the subj ect."We ll," she sa id, " mamma's going to have a bab y, but no oneknows why ."A few da ys lat er I tri ed th e samequestion on a young man of seven.16

"Wha t does vo ur dad do for run ?"I asked him , wh ile mill ions watchedan d listened ."We ll," he sa id a bit sadly, " heused to like hunting and fishing, bu tnow he's ju st interested in indoorsports.""What sort of indoor sports'!" I

inquired." I don 't know: ' he sa id, "He a lways locks th e door."I aske d an other yo ung man whowas about age six what his daddydid for fun ."H c sleeps on the porch ," he sa id ."Why is th at?" I wanted to know,"Because mamma keeps thrash-ing aro und in bed a ll night , and heca n ' t ha ve any run there a t a ll!"Soon er or later. kids who don 'tknow about sex are go ing to becomeadu lts who do. Since we' re the oneswho are likely to be passin g on theinfo rma tion to them. mayb e it'swo rth devoting some though t tohow to go about it. Th ere are asman y schoo ls of thought concerni nghow an d wha t to tell yo ur childr enabout sex as there are psychologists.I expect my readers already knowth e "w ha t" pa rt , so I' ll do a littletalking a bout " how."I'm no expert. and you'd be welladv ised to tak e what I say with at

least one grai n or sa lt. On the o therhand . I don 't hon est ly ree l a shumble as I'm trying to sound. Aft erall . my opinion has bee n sha ped bypersona l conversations with thou sa nds of kids. Th at shou ld prove Iknow something abo ut children. Asfor sex, sullice it to say th at I'venever been troubled by th e naggingree ling tha t th ere was some thing Ididn't know - nothing too importan t a nywa y.How Kids Fin d Oul Abo ul SexI p rob ably don't need to te ll youtha t kids a re not a ll alike . The mo reint roverted . shy ones may never ask."Where di d I come from?" or "Howd id you make me'!" Th ey prefer th emethod of deductive reaso ning tod irect interroga tion . Wh eth er heasks his par ents or not. I don 't thinkthere 's any way for a ehi ld tod ay toarrive at age twelve without at leasta sketchy idea of the biological activity which pr ecipitat ed his conception a nd birth, There are ple nty ofways to find out sho rt of askin g:

o v erh eard co nve rsa t io ns .cussions with better informedlings or friends, and sex educacla sses, to nam e a few, Nowadtoo. most peo ple hav e at lea stsex manual in the ir lib ra ry whicurious child can browse thrun observed . A lot of pa perbacktion pret ty much tells th e wstory, an d even many PO -rfilms don 't leave much to the imnation .As loving parents, we wouldlike to con tro l eve ry bit of stimuwh ich our ch ildren are exposedcensor an ything which mightthem or affec t th em adve rsely inway , We can' t do that.At thi s point , I hav e no evidto prove whe t he r it' s better inlong run for a kid to learn abouin the street or in his own liroom on his daddy 's kn ee. If yosure you dislike the idea ofchi ld hearing about sex fromone but you or your spouse, whyvolunteer the information?There are seve ral distinct adtages to thi s approach : You wbe caught unprepar ed by a tuthe sleeve and a pointed qu efrom an upturned face whileboss and his wife are over forner. Choosing to tell your ch ildfact s o flife rather than waiting

as ked automatically deliversfrom th e de fensive position wcan result in prolonged stuttePlay ing in the offensive posiyo u can decid e the time and pand eve n diseuss the game planyour spouse be foreha nd if thefron tation is to be a tcam effort.Sex Is Fun nyNo matt er who he or she heafrom the first time , sex is goinsound more ridiculous than subIt 's not until sometime after heab sorbed the shock of th e sta rklogical fac ts tha t a child ean begview the sex act as potenti allysurable as we ll as mysteriousbea u ti ful.I thi nk it's a waste of energinsist that sex is beaut iful toeig ht -yea r-o ld boy who hasheard for th e first time how hisents conce ived him. He's justgo ing to be lieve you. Rosesbeauti ful , freshly fallen snowbeau t iful. sunse ts and rull m



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are beau t ifu l - but SEX? Th at 's notbeauti fu l. Don ' t press it. He'll th inkit's beau tiful soon enough. Thenyou'll have a whole new set of prob-lems.In contrast to the ded uctive rea soners, some kids don't hesitate toask abou t th e bi rds and th e bees thefirst time the question occurs tothem . One inqu isiti ve seven year oldI know pressed her mothe r unt il allthe cards were on th e tab le. In respo nse to th e wide-eyed, ra therala rmed _expression on her child' sface , the wom an . fee ling a littl e ridicu lou s. defended he rself with " It 'snot as crazy as it sounds."" Do you have a baby evc ry timeyou do it?" the little girl inquiredfurthe r.

"No," her mother replied."You mean if you don '1 gel oneyou have to keep trying?!"Though she was d isturbed by herdau ghter 's a tti t ud e , th e yo ung

woman could think of no answerbut "Yes."The astounded chi ld patted hermother on the shoulder an d whispe red . "Boy ! Were you lucky!"As I sa id. sex j ust doesn' t soundappea ling the first time you hearabout it. It's one of those things thatkind of grows on you.

Introducing Sex to Young Ch ildrenIn the case of really yo ung children(ages 3 to 5) who ask where theycame from and how they got here,it's usuall y best to remembe r not togo overboard. A one-line answer isoften enough . Tots don't enjoy concentrat ing for too long on somethingthat, to them , is entirely abstract,and they will simply tun c out yourefforts a t biological exp la natio nsand nomenclature. A brief answe r isnot necessarily an evasive one. anymore tha n the reply, " Fine, thankyou:' is incomplete as a response tothe greeting, "H ow a rc yo u doi ng?"M ore imp ort a nt than an elaborateanswer is a clear understanding ofthe question . Listen carefully toyour child. a nd mak e sure you knowwha t's be ing asked .A wom an I know was alarmedwhen her four-and -a-ha lf-yea r-o ldson tramped into the kitchen with abig smile and a qu est ion on his lips."How did you and daddy get me?"Feeling unprepared , the youngThePLAIN TRUTH October 1976

mother froze. Th en, want ing desperate ly to do the right thing, she too kher little boy by the hand. sat himdown a t the dining-room table andbega n an A to Z acco un t of his biological ori gins. pict ures included .Not heing th e world 's grea testdr a ftsman and also bei ng less thanan expert on the precise shape andloca tion of the internal reproductiveorgans she was trying to draw, thewell-meaning woman became quiteab sorbed in wha t she was doing anddidn't notice that her son was nolonger silt ing next to her. When shedid real ize he was gone. it took hertwenty minut es to find him wherehe had fallen asleep under the dining-room table.

The next time the li ttle boy asked

Making love and conceivingand raising children is

not something one doesfor fun at one's own

convenience.

his mother how she and his daddyhad made him , she repli ed . withoutlooking up from the stew she wasstirring on the stove, "We just lovedeach othe r so much tha t God gav eus a haby to love some more: ' Completely sa tisfied, the litt le boy wen tou tside and rod e his tricyle a roundth e block n ine t im es until h ismother ca lled him in for dinner.As I've sa id be fore, kids are honest, a nd they apprecia te honesty ino thers. But par t of the skill of commun icat ing with young child ren isrealizing what and how much isbeing asked , say ing wha t needs tobe said. and no more.I have one more. rather sentimenta l feeling concern ing how 10 imparlinformation about sex to young child ren. I know this is old fashioned,romantic, and very pe rsonal, but Iam su re th at it is a thought sha redby many. It bothers me that anyexplanation of how the male spermfertilizes the female egg is likely tohave a blank an d clin ica l ring to it.There's not mu ch you can do abou tit really. The facts are the fac ts. a ndas I said before. insisting that sex isbeautiful won't help . But pe rhaps

there is some way for the magic andwonder of sexual intimacy to become visi ble th rough the altitudeand demeanor of whoever's doingthe talking.I a lways admired a remark madeby a Sunda y schoo l teacher whosetenth-grade class scoffed at the con

cept of the virgin birth . He repliedca lmly to his st udents tha t asidefrom the fac t that a virgin birt h hadoccurred only once in the history ofthe world . to him the conceptionan d birth of everyone in the classroom and the entire world was noless asto unding , mysterious. a ndmiraculous.Sex , Love, and the Teen-agerAd olescence is a whole new ballgame . Th ose in-between years tend10 be awkwa rd and painful not onlyfor the gangling youth himself buta lso for everyone around him .Alarming glandular changes transfo rm his bod y, which he begins 10hehold as something strange andsepa ra te and something over whichhe ha s little con tro l. And what, thetee n-ager wonde rs, are these feelings toward mem ber s of the opposite sex? The facts learned a fewyea rs ago on dad dy's knee beg in toseem , if not beaut iful, inevita ble , intense. and urgent.Whether we like it or not. it's afac t that an increasingly high percentage of tod ay's school kids havehad considerable sexua l experienceby the time they graduate - experience which in many cases began asearly as ju n ior high. I have no statistics to quo te in regard 10 whet herth is ea rly sexua l activity makespeople happier, unhappier, or nei ther. To be frank. this is a subjecta bout which I claim little or no obj ec tivity. My opinion is very simple.I th ink sex is for people who a rcmarried to each other.My birth was the result of an accident or indiscretion d uring a premarital a ffair carried on by myparents, whom I never knew. Whenit came time for me to be born, mymot her and fa ther drove to a smallCanad ian town ca lled Moose Jaw.Th ere I was delivered . pu t up fo rad option. a nd raised by a fine man,th e R ev e rend Mr. Li nkle tter.Though I never met my true par-(Continued on page 42)

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In today's economy, financialworries are a growing sourceof frustrat ion t o m i l l ions .Money may not be everything,but most of us fee l we'd be alo t happier if we had a Utilemore of it. This article dis-cusses one way to moveahead on the financial tread-mill: Get a raise.

J oe Fa rmington was wor ried. " Ido n' t know what we're goingto do." he co nfided to his wifeJean ie. " I f we don ' t ge l more moneyco ming in. we're going to ha vetroub le meeti ng our house paym ents. O Uf ca r insu rance has go nethrough th e root: and I rea lly ca n' tsec how we ra n a lfo rd a ny newclothes for the kids th is year."Fo r mi llions of middle-class citize ns. such finan cial conce rns a re anincre as ing so u rce o f a ng uish. Itsee ms a lmost everybody is struggling to ea rn more. j us t to keep hissta nda rd o f living on par with wha the had th e previou syea r. Espec ially ifyo u ha ve a g rowing fam ily. Slay ingeve n with last yea r's life-style ca nonly be don e by significantly increasing this year's paych eck . It 's a ga me o fsurv iva l of the fittest. a nd th e eve rpr esent wage-price sp iral is a n unmercifu l a ntago nist.To wa rd off th e voracious wo lf ofinfla tio n, seve ral stra teg ies may beeffec tive: learn to man age yo ur fi-na nces more wisely. live on lessmoney. begin pu ttin g principles ofsuccess int o practice. e tc. Such techn iqu es may be temporarily help fu l.bu t ma ny rea ch a stage where th eon ly th ing th at will solve th eir fina ncia l d ilem ma is more money.

How ca n they get it? They mightbegin tra ining fo r a higher-payingprofession or pursue an adva nceddegree. But this requ ires time - a ndmo ney.Ac tua lly. one of the fa stest waysto bolste r vour ea rn ings - o the rthan by robbing a bank or inheriting mon ey from Howard Hu ghes- is to ob ta in a ra ise.Go ing After a RaiseWhat ca n yo u do to gel a raise?So me have a ttempted every thingfro m offering sex ua l favo rs to th eir

boss to blackmai l. making threa ts.or initi a t in g a wo rk slowd own.Th ese tech niqu es. however. ha ve a10 \\ ' batting av erage of success in th elon g run. a nd if you a ttempt someof th ese techniques and fail. it co uldme an abso lute disaster for your ca ree r or future.Wh en you ge t right down to it.ra ises a re won by th ose who havesized up th e comp lete situation andthen hand led it wit h finesse and pa tien ce . ra ther tha n with guile o r dishon esty.Wh en plot t ing to get a ra ise. tooman y think solely their needs.why they mu st have more money,and how they can ge t it. But oftenthe best a pproac h is to climb intoyo ur bo ss' size twelve shoes andlook a t things from his perspect ive.Ask yourself. " Why should he wantto give me a ra ise? What ha ve Ido ne to fu rt he r his business o r depa rtmen t's goa ls? Am 1 actually a nasset to him . o r j ust an ex penda blelia b ilityT Th en do a n objective serra na lysis of your perfo rma nce on thejob .Fi nancial advance me n t is not somuch hill ing the boss fo r a sa laryhike a t th e right time as it is inllu en cin g him'- to give yo u hig hma rks for performance . Co mpaniespa y yo u for essentia lly two thin gs:the importan ce of your job a nd howwe ll yo u do it. Co mpa nies haveva rious sys te ms designed to determine wh en to give yo u a pay boostand th e app roxima te am ount togive you. T hey a re constantly eva luating yo ur work in what could beclassified as th ree ca tego ries: pe rso na l trait s. jo b skills. a nd j ob perfo rm an ce . Ma ke a n hon est selfap pra isal in each of th e follow ingca tegor ies a nd sec i f you a re ta ilingshort in an y areas:I. Personal TraitsOn e o f the first thin gs an employe rlooks fo r in a n employee is reliability . An unreliab le employee is a boutas useful to a n employer as a carth a t won' t sta r t. An emp loyer wa ntsso meone who wi ll be on th e job dayafter da y. enthusiastica lly churn ingout co mmendab le work, rat her thansomeone who perennially has a n excu se wh v he was absen t or could n' tperfo rm- his du ties. Absen tee ismra is es h a vo c w ith p rodu c t io n.

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th rea ten s quality, an d crea tes un restand frict ion among the othe r work ers. Anyo ne who think s he can create havoc for a boss by being absen tcon tinua lly and still expect a raise isliving in a fantasy land.

Another high ly prized tra it is loya lty, It goes hand in hand with reliab ility, Employers take notice ofloya l employees: those who can betru sted with compa ny funds . whoca n be depended on to get the jo bdone properly without constan t superv ision . and who are responsible .Th ey lite rally can ' t "a fford " to losethis kind of em ployee, and a goodsa la ry a nd ac com pa ny ing payboosts will usually follow,

On e emp loye e . M ary Kuss ,th ought her age. ex pert ise , a ndfrie nd ly disposit ion would make upfor her d isloya lty, She was one ofthe best liked clerks in the dry goodssto re whe re she worked , To enha nceher image with customers. she secretly gave away samples of herstore's merchandise - at the store'sexpense, When the boss discoveredwh at was happening. she begged formercy and go t it. but she almos t gotfired instead of receiving the wag eboost she had com ing,Employers love coo pera tive employees, T here's nothing more irritat in g tha n a n em p loy ee whostubborn ly balk s a t every direc tivefrom his boss. who is regul arly offend ing fellow workers, and who argues disrespectfu lly with his boss,That was Kay Mand el's probl em,She had a good jo b a t a nutritionsto re. She d isp layed intelligence andresou rcefulness. but she a lmostnever did any th ing the way her supervisor instr ucted her to, She continu ally went over her manager'shead to the owne r concerni ng pickyproblems and ended up angeri ngbot h of them. She tried to pit oneemp loyee aga ins t ano ther by gossiping about them, but it all ba ckfiredon her. She not only didn 't ge t th eraises she could have, but she alsoalienated everyone in the store.You should not only strive to geta long well with your boss and fellowworkers, bu t also with your firm'scustomers. I f you neglect this seemingl y obvious point, you're abo ut asusefu l to yo ur boss as an air cond itioner that conks out every time itgets hot outside. and yo u will soon20

Raises are won by thosewho have sized up thecomplete situation

and then handled it withfinesse and patience,

rather than withgUile or dishonesty,

find yourself standing in a longun emp loym ent line, rath er th an getting a raise.In short, if you a re di ligentlypr acticing the Golden Rul e on thejo b. you should have no trou bleple asing you r boss, your fell owworkers. and your firm's customers.II. Job Sk il lsYou can be the most reliab le, loyal.cooperative person alive. but if youdon 't possess a ll the techn ical skillsreq ui red to perform your job properly, you'd better do something fast.You certai nly can 't expect a ra isewhen you aren't even performing upto par or you a ren' t stay ing abreastof new developments in your field .Jack Dixon though t otherwise. Hewas a budding writer on a growingpubl ica tion, He continua lly turnedin bor ing, re pe t it ive , poorly researched articles. The few that werepublished wer e heavily rewritten bythe edi tors. What do you suppose hedid to better his performance? Hetook night classes on se lling insurance , And to top that off, he askedsev eral associates why the boss wasso stingy about raises. Instead ofstu dying insu ran ce and complainingabout his sa lary, Jack sho uld haveimmediately begun to develop andcarry out a program to stimulate hisprofessiona l growth ,Such a program should be basedon a sober and rea listic appraisal ofyou r strengths a nd wea knesses.Wh en formulating it, you shoulddiscuss with your boss the a reas inwhich he feels you need 10 grow anddevelop .Exhib iting a willingness to learnand a desire to improve your jobskills is the best approach to take toinsu re that you get the sa lary hikesyou need.

III, Job PerformanceProbably the most importan t tyo u ca n do on your job is bed uctive, After a ll, you were hireproduce, A company, being inbu siness to make a profit. eyesclosely two aspects of an employperformance record: the qu alityqu ant ity of the work he produT hese two tra its go han d in hOne is often of little worth witth e other. Wh at good is a finanreport filled with errors, even ifcompiled in record tim e?The person whose work is arat e and high-qualit y will genehave no problem ea rning hisdue and collecting raises.

Employers apprecia te emplolike Stan Ball who worked a t a mufacturing comp any. He was adynamo all day , exudi ng enthasm and d rive. Stan was usua llylast to leave, and he was well-onized and met production schedIn fact his work was so impretha t he received thr ee ra ises inthan 12 months on the job,The emp loyees who adopt Smon's advice and do whateve rhand finds to do with a ll their m(Eccl, 9: 12) will discover that, e

tu ally, the diligent are a lwayswarded .Go See Your BossSu ppose, though , your di ligdoesn' t pay off as soon as youpect. Then you should consid ercussing the matter with your bThis is a big step and should n'do ne hast ily. Remember, theprobably thinks he is payingen ough . a nd if you rush in mand blu rt out that yo u a re bunj ustly trea ted, he may wanthrow you out the doo r headfirsbe fore you sacrifice yourself ona ltar needl essly, eva luate yourIn some cases you might even cwith outside firms who are hipeop le in your field to determhow much they are being paidwhether or not you could be hiryou lost yo ur presen t job,

Once you've done th is, de termwha t you wish to say to your band then confidently go and preyour case to your supervisor.might emphas ize your fina nneed s. You should certainly sThe PLAIN TRUTH October


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ur value to the company and yourrk record. (Hopefully it's not bew average!) You might even exain that others in industry ar eid morc for the same job - if thatthe case .Don't threaten your boss or goer his head , but go to him d ictly, calmly, and respectfully. Ifu do this and you're still unable tot the ra ise you feel you deserve,rhaps you should strongly conselling your services to somee more apprecia tive - but yo u'dtter be sure you real ly are wor thha t you are asking. or you mayd yourself working in a less a tactive job for less than you're get

ng now ,tting Your Prioritiesoney should not be the only th ingu work for. If it is, you ought to sit

n and seriously consider whatu really want out of life, for aon's life consists of much morean the abundance of his possesns (Luke 12: 15).On the o ther hand. money is acessa ry commodity in tod ay'sorld, and you can't j ust stand idlyand wait for the Creator toower you with gold and silver

s from heaven. In fact the Cre's book teaches that a Chr istianworse than an infidel if he doesn'tvide for his househ old (I Tim.). And providing fo r your familys work. sweat. and perseverance

n your part - and o ften a boost inla ry.In sho rt . to be able to earn theroper sa lary and obta in the wageikes you need for survival, youst do one main thing: Pleaseur boss. You need a service-ori

attitude to some extent to acplish this properly. If you areying to give to your job as well aset from it, you'll be hap pier in theg run, and you' ll find that youon't just be working solely for alle money you can squeeze out ofur compa ny.When your attitude is one of givg to your employer, you' ll be rerded many times over for yourorts - not only in satisfaction andfillment , but also in terms of

nancial security and advanceent. 0

"lob hunting is tough ," com--'plained one frustrated breadwinner. "It's tough onmy family. Ir stough on my marriage. And rightnow. it's mighty tough on me."If that is your att itude. be assu red that you are quite right.There are no magic formulas forfinding a job. There is. however,an approach you can use that willincrease your chances of finding ajob that will truly be satisfying.Begin by asking yours elf whatyou want from a job. Your answerswill surely include money. security.and personal satisfac t ion . But inthe final analysis. wha t you wantfrom a job is the same thing youwant from life - success.A job tha t will give you a chanceto succeed will probably be onethat gives you an opportun ity tomake a meaningful contribution.Apply this concept now to the process of job hunting.First. take a look at yourself.Determine your abilities and skillsby making a list of the jobs andduties you've held and the kinds oftraining you've had . Th en listthose activities yo u've alwaysfound interesting and enjoyeddoing. Some test s exist that mayprove helpful to you in determining this. You may also desire tosee k counsel on this matter. Oneplace to check out is your StateUnemployment Office, which willusually have good free ad vice andtesting.

Once you have completed yourself inventory, you should have apretty good idea about the kinds ofjob s that would be suitable for youand hence the kind ofcontributionsyou could make. Perhaps furthertraining may be necessary. Th ismight invol ve more formal edu cation . but many skills can be pickedup while working on the job .Two books which may be of assistance in selec ting the job that 'sbest for you are the Dictionary ofOccupational Titles and the Occupational Outlook Handbook. both

published by the U.S. governmen t.They should be available in mostlibraries. Two other books thatprovide good advice are WhatColor Is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles and How to Getthe Job That's Right fo r You byBen Greco. Many bookstores willcarry them .

One final step in preparationwhich may be helpfu l is the writing of a resume. A resume is asummary of those experiences andtalents you possess that proves youare qualified for the parti cular jobof interest. Again. mos t librarieshave many books on the successfulpreparation of a resume .After making contacts with various companies. you come to thecritic al point of your job sea rch.the job interview. Here you have achance to sell yourself to you r prospective employer.

Having done your homework.th is should not be too d ifficult.Since you are interested in makingcontributions to this company. youwill be reasonably knowledgeableabout the company an d its needs.(You should be!) You then explainto your employer that you are sincerely interested in making somepositive cont ributions. that this joboffers such au opportunity, andthat you are qua lified for the jobyou are seeking. (Your resumeshould hel p here .) Who could resis t a sales pitch like that?Once you have found suitableemployment. you will find tha t thecha llenge of continually makingpo sit iv e contri bution s wi l lstrengthen your self-image as wellas provide something good forothers. As your contributions incr ease in qualit y and qu antity, youwill reap not only immense persona l sa tisfaction bu t also payraises and promotions.

So start on your road to success.Stop looking for just a job. andsta rt looking for a chance to makea meanin gful contribution.

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THE SEARCH FORNOAH'SARKFACTOR F ~ B l E ?

The f olk lore of many cultures tells of it; historiansref er to it; and Jesus spoke of it. But is there hardevidence that a man named Noah actually built a greatA rk to escape a worldwide .flood? And could that A rkstill be preserved to be fo und in the 20th century?by Terr y Woo dNOl far from the Aegean sea .where Atlantis is supposed ly submerged.sits majestic Mt. Ara rat in eas tern T urkey. a 16.946-foot mound ofvolcanic rubble which. some scientists and theologians believe .serves as the fortified pedestal for the remains o f Noah's Ark.Genesis 8:4 acts as their biblical verification: " A nd the ark rested in theseventh month. in the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains

of Arara t." Some five millennia afterward a dedicated co te rie remainsconvinced that the Ark rests somewhere on that mountain. and with it liesa conclusive rebutt al to atheism. ag nos ticism. evolution. and any otherdisclaim er to the Bible 's valid ity.For Eryl Cummings. a New Mexico realtor and perhaps the mostrespected of all Ark hunters. the possibility that the Ark still exists is22 ThePLAIN TRUTH October


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NOAH'S ARK? Intriguing photofrom Mt. Ararat (left) shows whatappears to be a half-buried ship .Explorers (center) move carefullyacross an Ararat glacier. JohnJoseph (inset) claimed to havefound the Ark in 1887. Lower insetshows Eryl Cummings (left)and guide as they appeared ina 1966 expedition.


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Mt. Ararat

BJack Sea

A STRANGE OBJECT (above) onArarat is thought by some torelated to Noah 's Ark . Below.shows where the search is focutioners who possess authentic sctific and archaeological inHollywood fi lm producerLaRue. perturbed by Turkey'swillingness to grant perm its, film1974 documentary on his unaurized sea rch. including scenes ofbrib ing Turkish offic ials to gaincess to the mountain. " I talkedLaRue abou t it," says Morr is. "reason he did it was to try and fthe Turks to take a better view osearch, to get world opinion agthem. Well, the Tu rks don't opethat way. You kick them in theand they'll kickyou back.Certainhe were to go back there, he woulthrown in jail immedi ately. I d


sistency of arrests. Too often groupswith boundless zeal and a paucity offoresight charge boldly up Ararat 'sface without acquiring the appropriate gove rnment permission .Turkey' s uneasiness with a moun-tain full of adventurers is understandable considering that Ararat isonly a short distance from the Sovie t Union's border. "It's a very sen-sitive milit ary zone:' says Morris."I t would be like a bunch of Turkscoming to the Un ited States andmessing around in Fort Knox with -out asking the government. You justdon 't do it."Several would-be ARKeologistsfrom France and Germany were ar-rested last year for barging up Ara rat wi thout a permit. and oneAm erica n group of zea lots wasth rown in jail for the fi fth consecutive year. " I told them not to gobecause it was October. they wouldrun into snow. and they didn' t havea perm it," Cummings remembers." It took them six days to cover fivemiles in snow up to their knees andsometimes their hips. One of theircrew went stark crazy and had to heput in an asylum. When they got offthe mountain, they were arrested,and it took high ollicials of theUnited Stat es and Turkish governments to get them out Qfjail. It givesthe whole endeavor a bad name."Such fl agrant disregard for Tu rkish concerns has severely hamperedefforts to gain permits by expedi-

HAND TOOLED WOOD, allegedlyfound on Mt. Ararat by FernandNaverre, is part ia lly fossilized andappears to be very old.

enough to keep him searching. " Ifyou had the exper iences I've hadwith atheis ts, agnostics. infide ls.evolutionists. young kids who havegiven up thei r faith . even some ofthese church people who just don 'tbelieve the first I I books of theBible, then you know why I'm in it,"he told The Plain Truth, "Just to seethem change their whole attitude because a tangible ohject couldprove the Bible's story - wouldmake it worthwhile for me."Says 29-year-old scientist JohnMor ris of the Institute for CreationResearch: "I ts discovery would havea trem endous impact in the scien-tific realm to disprove many theories by proving the catastrophe of aflood ."" It would have profound implication s on a lot of things," envisio nsJohn Bradley, Jr., president of theScienti fic Exploration and Archaeologica l Research Fo unda tio n(SEARCH). "In education. politica lly, sociologically . . . it would behavoc if you really think it out ."If they fi nd it."There have been 37 expeditionssince I961, and I'm familia r withpractically all the expeditioners,"says the 71-year-old Cummings. " Idon 't know anyone of them whohas been successful."

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now how it affec ted the rest of therch, but it cou ldn 't have been."The political tension in Turkeyas lessened somewhat after bein gite antagonistic for severa l years:'ds Morris. "N ow with Americand being reinsta ted there, ourances might be better."But the prospects for permits thi sst summer were still d ismal. andnly a preci ou s few permits were. Cummings' group, one ofhe most respected, d id receive pe rsion, but it hasn't yet returned .Another renowned Ark hunter,ohn Warwick Mon tgomery, proessed to have "secret leads" towardg permission for futu re exs.SEARCH 's Bradley is alreadying forward to 1977. "One ofur directors with excellent Turkish

nnections is a brillian t nuclearprescntl y tea ching atton and Oxford," he says.This individual has ob ligationshat will tie him up unti l sp ring.

en he'll try and personally workut the nccessary deta ils to obta inermits, struc tured basically as aurkish expedition which SEARCHuld support. So we're hoping forn expedi tion m m next year."ood From Araratat expedition would occu r 22ears after the dr amat ic d iscovery of

ooled wood on Ararat. Theood was alle ged ly found high onslopes by the French induslist and amateur explorer Fernd Navar ra. In July 1955, he andis l l -yea r-old son returned to thepo t where three yea rs earli er hed spo tt ed a massive silhouette ened in a glacier at 14,000 feet.orking within a narrow creva sse.avarra chipped ice away un til heortedly uncovered a section of aong wooden beam . Una ble to reove the entire timber. Nava rraa id that he cut off a five- foot secon which he later cut into evenmaller pieces to conceal his findany mil itary patrols.His sample was verifi ed to bend-too

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