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• Blue gale, Mu41Lck OteaSey
Pork, Stinking Creek: these are
the naines of mountain cemintini-
-ties located aleng the creek beds
here, in eastern -KentztekY, Here,
Where paved roads are few, lives
segment of the 10,000,000. moun-
tain people of the Southern Ap-
palachians, -
These southern Mountaineers
lent the major part of that group
Of citizens whom President Ken-
nedy has called the "UnderpriVi1.
eged in America." High rates of
illiteracy and low economic op-
portunity makes this region one
of the most problematical and
challenging areas in the United
States.
The people of these hills live
a life as deceptively simple as
the direct folk names by which
they cell thole places. They do
not seem to move fast or push
hard; when a man wants to shoot
sqairrels, he leaves what he is
doing and hunte. He has time fax
conversation, and time for "jest
settin'."
Underneath this leisurely sur-
face, however, is a many -colored
society, a complex pattern of life
which often becomes torn and
imperfectly mended when the
mountaineer moves to the eity,
or when the city reaches his
home.
The area commonly referred to
as the Southern Appalachians
eonsiets ot' approximately 130,000
square miles covering the moun-
tainous parts of seven states: Ala-
bama, Georgia. Kentucky. North
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and
West Virginia, Over 1,500,000
people have left this region in
the last ten years, following teell-
worn migration pathe north to
urban centers such as Chieago,
Indianapolis. and Cleveland.
In recent years their destina-
tions are being extended over
longer distances. Many of thee
migrants .are not equipped to
participate in the urban environ-
ment. The most poorly trained
form ghettos in the (tides, or
move. of neeeseity, to the eltims.
Statiettos dealing with the
mountain area itself are signifi-
cantly enough below the na-
tional norm to reflect upon the
prosperity and well-being of the
nation as a whole. In eastern
Kentucky the average wage
earner makes $650 a year, one-
third the average annual income
in the United States. This figure
inoludee welfare payments and
other state and federal subsidies,
Eastern Kentucky has not been
self-supporting in 30 years, and
receives some S15.000,000 a year
in direct relief. and a correspond-
ing sun,. in mollygrub." free
come-odities distributed to those
who qualify for welfare.
The reasons for this local de-
preesien are asaity. and involve
the explosion of severe: myths
whieh. have become the s-
teles through which this area is
commonly viewed. In the past,
natural resources of ceal and tin -
were ;he primary source of
inoome nere The mountains have
been wastefully stripped; treee
which c.'wei: their slopes are all
seoond third growth now. en-
euttable for lumbering on a
nificant scale. But the oral is by
no means exhatisted, and the coal
inthyxsnct dead. Rather. it
is the nenn a coe! 'nee
which is dying.
The rape mechanization ot the
mines veneer began trthe early
105(re has pet neeee then 50 per
cent of the eeeil out of
work. Those- tortunate'enpugh t
retain. their' loi* receive 4' good
salary under the union pay scale:
Over. three.dollars an hour, $12.0
a week, But the not -beenable to
maintain work for over hali. the
men.
Except for the technologieal
eleangee whleh Managements
have introduced and the union
aecepted, the industry might have
lost still more of its market, A
royaltyis paid into the union
welfare fund, which helps the
retired and the disabled, but little
seems to have been done to help
the displaced and .unemployed
coal miner.
To an .extent,, new sources of
energy such as natural gas and
petroletun have decreased the
demand for coal. Even it the de -
mends of the United Mine Work-
ers for increased embargoes on
the importation of Crude petrol.
eum were met, however, and
even if new synthetic uses for
coal are developed, it is improb-
able that this would create work
in the mines forall those who
are now laid off, The "claw"has
replaced the man, writes John
W. Dower in the Christian Sci-
ence Monitor.
Agriculture too offers no real
solution to the lack of economic
opportunity in the mountains. Al-
though local teams of . agrarian
experts are working to develop
maximum utilization of the soil,
there is simply not enough culti-
vatable land to make farming a
major economic prop here. Eighty
per gent of eastern Kentucky is
too steep for habitation. In Clay
County, Kentucky, the figure
rises to 90 per cent, in Leslie
County to 991-2 per cent. And
much of the rare flatland is river
and creek bed.
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attractive to most indnstries. A-
gainst the lure of a cheap labor
force lie the .detrimental factors
of poor transportation and power
facilities, and the lack of educa-
tional and technical skills.
Prof. Joseph Mobley, agricul-
tural economies expert of the
University of Kentucky, esti-
mates that 50.000 new jobs are
needed to Meet the present de-
mands of unemployed and under-
employed people in eastern Ken-
tucky alone. In addition to this
number over 16,000 young people
join the labor force here each
year. Extending these figures
over the next 10 years, it is ap-
parent that more than 150,000
new jobs must be created in
eastern Kentucky alone in order
to employ the local labor pool.
Faced with the lack of rural
job opportunity on the one hand,
the lack of urban skills on the
other. the individual mountain-
eer finds himself trapped. His
words are black and often bitter.
There is among many a sense •
ef having:, been aken advantage
of. of having been used and ex-
ploited
Underlying this situation are
conditions of environment which
provide a further set of sobering
statistics. Only 10 per cent of.
the farm homes in Clay County,
for example. have running water,
less than 6 per cent have tele-
phones. and less than 5 per cent
have inside plumbing.
Of the :0.000.000 likzeratee
she United States. ever 2.000,000
live in the Scothern Appalache
tans. Mere than 80 per cern of
the eounte peeple in eastern Ken-
tueky fail te eintsh nigh echeol.
Thee leek ot edaoe.tier.. togethee
with peer diet and hyeeene. caus-
ed the rejection of almost half
the :nen eel:eel up fee military
eery lee free-, neeemain re-
gion during, World War II.
Le,lelne opperthnity
h.e. lterzelene. and ill-prepared
to :neve te eite-
-.::es. the menn -
taineer taces a bleak teet ........ Yee
there ie briehte: elde te
sinneeten alse. tee :n recent; years
:he peeple ef the Southern Apated -
palachlane ;11C:-.S:VeS
erzeranee of development
and etieteatem ,.7.n a srna7.1
scale.
These peograres. and the unique
way 'of life ef the mtaineer.
are the f two s,:bse-
;..r..ier.t articles.
ISSUE IS — 1962
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DANGER AREA — ittvtac,ot,:n -:r a rev- sees 0f enettenr
tests n ti e Pepe fe: ene j 5 efe-Se Atterec En-
er ay Czerereee.en leaee Zee ez'z,z(Aar space
around Ch.{- strrtz,s lscn s tiee ce-erzt test s'Ite The area,.
Ne%sn-co s 603 rrvies de and 800 rallies Iong.
The r',e'ett s aixno for manners, reme lgotters,
aeectors cr.?. etrers s-eer clear of the ore.o
METER MEDIC — Charles Murphy has a most unusual job.
He uses an electronic stethoscope tc check the "heart beat"
of parking meters London officials keep a close watch on
timing mechanisms to make sure that motorists get full
value out of their money. He inspects about 200 per day.
TABLE .rf
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,i.Jaw, Anzttlews.
Here's an easy dessert that can
be made the day before serving.
Serve it with scoops of ice cream
or with whipped cream.
BAKED LEMON PUDDING
1 cup. sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
l,"! teaspoon salt
1 cup cold water
2 eggs, beaten
cup butter
lie. cup fresh lemon juice
Combine sugar, cornstarch, and
salt in saucepan: add water grad-
ually and cook over direct heat
until thickened. Stir about le the
hot mixture into the beaten eggs;
-stir back into pan, Cook 1 minute
longer. Remove from heat: add
butter and lemon juice. Pour into
crumb -lined baking dish,
Crumb Topping:
Mix together lie cups crushed
cornflakes. 1 cup brown sugar,
a .cup melted butter,1 cup flour,
teaspoon soda, and 1 cup
shredded coconut. Pour 4 of
mixture into a 9 -inch -square.
greased pan. Pour in lemon fill-
ing. Sprinkle remaining -mixture
on top and bake at 350' F 20-25
minutes, Cut in squares when
you serve it. either hot or cold.
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BANANA -APPLESAUCE
CAKE
36 graham crackers
3 cups fresh applesauce
4 tnedimn bananas
e cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon sugar
14 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Sliced bananas for garnish
Ground nutmeg
Arrange 7 graham crackers in
the bottom of a 10x6x2-inch bak-
ing dish. Cover with a 4 -inch
layer of applesauce. Top with a
layer of bananas sliced 14 -inch
thick. Repat until dish Is filled
hiavng graham crackers as top
layer. Refrigerate Ili to 2 hours.
1%15: before. serving, combine
cream:. eugar and pure vanilla
extract. Whip tint!) cream stands
in soft. peaks. Spread over top of
padding. Serve as dessert gar-
nished with eliced bananas and
a -des!: .greund rmeineg.
Y-IFLT): set -eines.
APRICOT BAVARIAN CREAM
1 envelope plain gelatin
114 cups cold canned apricot
nectar
I a cup sugar
'.. -teaspoon salt
2 egg yolks. slightly beaten
1 tablespoon lemon juice
le teaspoon vanilla
2. egg whites. stiffly beaten
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
Se:7*n gelatia in cold apricot
el:lee la its, doable beiler. Add
and ealt and place over
frz stir until disse-lv-
ed. Siewly peur hot inixecre
eye: iteeten rt*its,
cenetently. Retern te dee:tie
stirring eerie:Int,
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BANANA LUNCHEON SALAD
Head lettuce
1.i cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon milk
4 medium bananas
1 sup minced dried beef or
cooked ham
Fresh parsley
Arrange seai
Mix ntayonr.a;se "' Cut
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bans. c:-.s,nks Dip
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in mayonnaise and then rol] in
minced dried beef or cooked ham.
Arrange 5 pieces bananas on
each serving. Garnish with fresh
parsley.
YIELD: 4 servings,
PEPPERMINT ANGEL
1 cup milk
16 marshmallows
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
Few drops red food coloring
34 cup crushed peppermint
stick candy
Angel food cake
Chocolate sauce
Heat milk in saucepan over
low flame; add marshmallows
and stir until melted. Chill until
thick and syrupy. Fold whipped
cream into marshmallow mix-
ture. Add food coloring to tint
a delciate pink. then fold in
candy. Pour into freezing tree -
and freeze until firm. To serve,
top angelfood cake with the pep-
permint mixture and drizzle
chocolate sauce over it. YIELD.
6-8 servings.
A Sour Note About
A Sweet Lady
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Warning: This is going to be
a sour one....
Xo one should blame Jackie
Kennedy for being good-looking.
Nor should anyone expect the
V.S. President's wife to ride a
bicycle in from the airport or
slop over te the Governraent
HOUSE reception in blue jeans.
We expect her to look like a lady.
But it seems to be ne accident
that the crowds in Rome and the
crowds in New Delhi shouted the
same thing—"America's Queen"
— only in different languages.
-Jackie has certainly put on a
queenly perfermarice, backed by
her Sister. Princess Radziwilie of
London. wife of a. one-time Pol-
sh mince.
N'Vt-, are intorrned by leased
wire wnenever Mrs. Kennedy
changes from 8leek black to -stun-
, nine white. whenee-er pearls give
way to dtamonds.
N7 ers: of all. the mese incense-
. quentle.1 statements cf the First
Lady . are reported with ap-
parent awe. Jairkle'e earth-hak-
ntg like, "I have a
little girl abet:: your age," or
"That's a pre , ty name," are
- enough to send :he press eorps
ea:loping :o the nearest telegraph
office.
Maybe it's the fault of the
press. Twenty re.porters are free-
loading en Jackie's junket and,
beeline some tremendous devel-
opment ake a cobra getting away
from, a snake charmer or some
Indian official saying that they've
had abut enough foreign aid,
these folks will naturally be
preeeed ler copy.
A let of the werld has the idea
the: American's are s: rich feom.
having etelen mucor wealth
freer: the peer Latin Americans
and the peer Afreans and the
peer Asia:tee et.e. that foreign
aid tieeetth hurt us a bit and the
nly cring shame is that we
den': really :sen up and atone
for :rt.:: materialistic sine.
Somelnew. it
self-intere,,!-: would lie in
tryiee tee convince these people
Th:: we are a hard-working race
t.vhc bail: an empire etit of a
wilderness by getting up early
and petwing etel:: and ehop-
ping with a w. A:ea, that we
leave he ate:lee-et ra:e ineome
taxes.
an earth and the most mag-
. infieent national debt.
This idea will neve:- be sold by
e lovely lady, an aristocrat to her
fingertips representing :he tiny
and vanishing fox-hunting set of
N7i-g.r. ie.—Telea. Tribune
British Can't
Afford Tu Buy Lunch
Surely the oddest thing about
the British economy is that prtie-
tically nobody can afford to buy
himself a lunch any more,
A house, a car, a television,
clothes, a holiday? Yes, one can
just afford them.
But lunch? No.
Probably a majority of corn.
merciai firms now issue their
clerical staffs with luncheon
vouchers. Which is why every
other restaurant has a little
sticker "LV" in the window. With
a voucher the staff can get 3s,
0d. (50 cents) worth of lunch at
one of the restaurants without
paying. The firm pays later and
writes the cost off its taxes.
Where there is no luncheon
voucher there may be a canteen,
with a subsidized meal at a give-
away price.
Where there is no canteen
meal, may be a kitchen where
the staff can cook itself a little
l
Where there is no kitchen the
staff probably brings its own
sandwiches.
Virtually half the people lunch -
mg in the 'crowded restaurants
where 3s.6d. would not even tip
the porter are doing so as guests
of the other half. And most of
the other half are -either going
to sign the bill (on behalf of the
firm), get the cost back out of
the petty cash account later, or
claim an allowance against tax
when they send their form (and.
theb, ill) in to the Inland Rev-
eriue
What is certain is that practi-
cally nobody will be having a
proper lunch at his or her own
expense.
Very few people in this coun-
try today could afford to do so.
No fooling. That's a fact.
It seems a very odd state of
affairs.
It may be that the party that
will win the next election will
be the party that adopts as its
slogan the words, "Let us pay our
own way."
For when people pay their own
way each gets the lunch he wants
and deserves, writes John Allan
May in the Christian Science
Monitor.
When others pay—or else one
doesn't eat—not only does the
luncher usually oat a meal he
does not want but society loses
by introducing into its system a
new and random set of privileges.
New the reason why people
cannot afford to pay for lunch
is simply that taxation is too
'nigh.
The tax on a car has been
reduced—three cheers for that!
— but it still stands at 45 per
cent. On 4 basically am
($1,400) car the tax is more than
61200 ($500).
Par A200 you could not eat at
the Savoy every day. But you
could eat =WS the street,
Or look at it anether way.
Because people cannot afford to
pay the fell economic fare on the
railways the railways are losing
more than 61150,000,000 a year.
So this 61150,000,000 is simply
collected by the tax man instead
of the railway clerk.
Now that would buy lunch tor
a week for every man, woman,
and child in the country. Which
means that not having it causes
61150,000,000 to be unavailable
for lunch.
In other words, running rail-
ways at a loss means going with-
out lunch.
This is indeed an economic
fact -of -life that people seem un
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Alvan of and yet cannot avoid.
Nothing is free,
The state never pays for any-
thing; the taxpayer does,
At the present moment, in this
country "the state" is said to
spend 40 per cent of the national
income; i.e., the taxpayer pays
out 40 per cent of the nation's
income in taxes.
If a nation, or a man, pays 25
'per cent of income for housing,
25 per cent for housekeeping, 10
per cent on motoring, and 40 per
cent on government, there is not
going to be much left over for
lunele
KNEADS THE DOUGH —
Singing wildly as he works,
Mickey Rooney works with a
large pile of dough. He is
rehearsing for a scene he
plays in a television show.
Fashion Hint
FOR
WARMER WEATHER
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