is ‘ { Page 8, The Herald, Friday, December 4, 1978 Bat in less than two decages, this biggest land game bird has spread north once more, and west even into Hawall where it never gobbled before. Present populations are estimated at well over ane million and there’a an annual Kill of more than 100,000. There are hunting seasons in about 40 states, When the Pilgrims landed, the turkey was abundant in New England. Naive and easy to Kill, it learned ly, retreating before white man’s guns and axes chopping at the forests, Still it remained so common in some areas that birds were hauled to market by the wagonload,and John James Audubon reported in 1807 that a 25-or 20-pound .turkey might be bought in ‘Kentucky for 25 cents. : As the turkey retreated, it gat emarter. asian. to danger by keen eyesight an ea, vanishes into the aes sh before the is Likely to get a shot. one early observer med, “It can run as “Vestas a dog, and fly as well WERE say waylay it to which they at- Retest fhe gobblers by imitans a hen’s call. Even “50, saye Arthur J. Conein his book en hunting, shooting a y ey is ‘one of the “ ta of woodsmanship resources department booklet admonishes hunters performs a strutting dance, almost at once. Many are flavor of their roasted fiesh. Telephone system taxes the persistent BEIRUT (Reuter) Making a telephone call in Beirut—once the com- munications centre of the Middle East—requires the patience of Job, an even temper and lots of luck. Four years of war, inter- spersed by periods of ceasefire, have turned the Lebanese telephone system into what one post office engineer characterizes as “an awful mess.”’ Few of the’ country's 250,000 telephone sub- scribers would disagree with his assessment, There are some telephones which function some of the time, a few which work most of the time, and virtually none which work all the time. Senior post office experts estimate the number of faulty lines throughout the country at around 100,000, About 60,000 telephones in Beirut and {ts environs are either dead or comatose. Most of the rest function erratically. The state of the telephone system became worse after the latest round of Beirut fighting, between Syrian troops and rightist receiver off the hook in the hope of getting a line, This can take anything be- tween a few minutes to an hour or two and depends on your district, luck, and the weather. Rain makes telephone communication virtually impossible, a phenomenon which has nothing to do with the war. Even during Beirut’s pre- war days, one is told, the underground cables carrying the telephone lines were not waterproof. Once water seeps into the cables or connecting points, the system goes wrong, Getting a line and dial tone is by no means a guarantee of success. More often than not, the number answering will not correspond to the number dialed, Many Beirut telephones how are fit only: to receive calls, while others can only be used to make calls. In some: neighborhoods, the owners of incoming telephones and those with outgoing instruments have developed reasonably ef- fective, if time-consuming, mutual-help systems. In- formation on subscribers line. Placed next to the receiver, the devices make a shrill nolse when the dial tone comes on. For at least one sub- scriber, the Beirut telephone roulette is said to have been lucky. According to this story, an exasperated businessman, after hours of abortive attempts, finally diated the number of a business associate. A woman with a husky valce answered to say he had the wrong number, But they struck up a conversation, romance blossomed, and the two are preparing to live happily ever after. Cynics doubt the tale and say it probably was spread ey the telephone authorities in an attempt to mollify outraged clients. For although the service may be in a mess, the delivery of telephone bills Ls rarely inte. OUT OF GAS SALEM, Ore. (AP) ~ A new capital punishment law took effect in Oregon on Thureday, the second time “to @hjoy the chase without militiamen, but it was not with good | twoway this Oregon voters coun too much on suc- good even during the pre- telephones is eagerly sought. have decided to pring hack ceding period of relative §o tooare Japanese-made capital punishment after calm. sound-booating contraptions the supply of turkeys ct. gradually, hunting For those who depend on which free the would-be earller repealing it. The state has no gas chamber, hot dpe stameagyc sy ey OT 8 *Teademad al the Dow Chetmt a Comoe TTISNT. WITH TRACTORS | A cit for the scientists " PUSHCINO U.5.5.R, have no production here delving” into. the complex this is because officials ) (AP) — For scientists in which isn't connected with field of genetic engineering. decided to concentrate on Moscow and other large our acientific centre,’ This involves transplanting building better-quality three- | aE ey aS among’ a ink beelere cals ant, in than a grester amber of ‘ work often means ami a c NASHVILLE, nur and paying out nearly only they carry, apart ane when he isn't more than @ an, boir battling nuraber of eT that effect, “creating new life cramped Oa a eann Ceonce (AP) — an million in purse money $20,000 worth of high- owing, he's pulling. crowds a buses, trams © grew they puff and they blow before the year is out. performance engine and “Pye taken In about and the subway. al in the late 1960 Journalists visiting the in- cities, however, Pushchino their competitiondown in ‘That's more than twice = drive-train parts,’ $13,000 it purse money But here in this small city and early 1960s, modelled in stitute recently were shows has some basic Problems a display of mechanical what we saw five years Grimm says. ; this year {rom the 40 to 50 esigned and built expreesly part on the rencenett omnajor jaborater: of wie sng relaled te ve tS 1, Bo ated musele seldom seen in ago. Many cf them develop — events I entered. In the or science, a staff member US then | Gourishing tective clothing worked war ride from than a three: any farm field. They're The contest involves 10 times their factory- cummer, 1 generally | St one © research laeweat and b Poni d tightly sealed, floor- the rigidly hierarchical farm tractors modified moving your tractor ‘ated horsepower, and in compete in two to three | ‘stitutes can reach his job by The largest and best- tlgh Fee closures, er a Y ence in the for use in “pulls, the farther and faster alonga . ‘he heavier weight pulls a week. In the walking five mee aries ts natal ly totaly menaures reflec wony. ay drag race. of fo the the rien track than horsepocer catputs aren't winter, Igo ta a couple af . ‘ of Novosibirsk. in western ‘concera that this kind of = One " young Russian ' e other guy, while be e big ones—Houston a. David Grimm, hitched to a sled weighing uncommon. and Indisaapolis, for Senior scientific officials Siberia. This # complex racy research might rerakered biologist ait Moscow says executive director of the anywhere from 40,000 to Just about anything example,” _ | point to the absence of resear ae and ( micro-organism eelleagues feel cut off from. . National Tractor Pullers’ —_§5 900 pounds. goes in the modified Cook is president of the commuting headaches aB by about 3,000 sclentists a nd spain oe hua Ls nism cas es caltaral tf from Seadusky. onto veeys The pull gets tougher as ene engines. arsed Tennessee Tractor planned selence city tike adquarters of the Siberian _ no natural. immi thus are inclined to move about 2,000 persons from {he tractors advance automobile engines ar- Fillers’ Association anda Pushchino, a special centre branch of the Soviet Pushchino’s rtaclite back to Moscow ance they the United States and bl ight box is ranged in step-ladder ody for biological research 1% Academy of Ecieres. include a’ hotel | for visiting advance ely career cote, ee aes alert lau ees Shot mr a | Mme weenie, age” * SMI Stren Pah the elfort to standar ize The mini-modifleds are ong P » Sa’ loacow a ; competition and build ineislance. on The trae souped-up garden trac- our members are farmers | some Russians familiar wi specializing in nuclear re- rr its fish delicacies, interest in the sport. di heel-dri or are somehow the centres, is their isolation search; Protvino, a centre schools—among them an , “it's unique," Grimm —**'s Tear axle. tors and four-wheel-drive associated with agri- | and ingrown social system, for high-energy physics; and experimental one run ty the =» MARIUANA YOLEN said in a telephone in- It'snotuncommonfora —*{rueks el ecoming AN — culture, Pulling takes “In general, I think this Obninak, boasting four in- Soviet Academy of Pe- NEW YORK (AP) — terview. “Farm folks tractor to stall before hase of” the poor gomecommitment experiment came out ex- stitutes and the Soviet ‘ip a pani ob Thieves stole 1,900, pours sof i making the full 300 feet. ’ use you're ng | tremely well,” sa Union’s centra eophysical ” “House entists’ iran pas beanie The spor! generally | Gtimm says. about some expensive, ty ‘iivecte. Georgy laboratory. ® $400,000 street value from a ; but now city people are invalves four divisions in _ One leading participant special-purpose equip- chino’s oTestitute of Construction of the Puish- abo a tal responding _government-leared ; to relate to it, various weight classes— is Gary Cook, a drag ment, Modified super- — Biochemis' and chino scientific facilities: men er’ of the Soviet. ‘warehouse, officials sald We scheduled 63 pulls on Super stocks, modifieds, racer turned tractor stock tractors will coat Physiology of Micro- began im 1061. The centre Academy of Sciences, says Thursday. They eal thiewes pational circuit for —mini-modifieds and four- puller. Cook, 36, runs a — about $50,000. You're not . now hasa total of about 1,000 . everything in Pushchino is broke into the building wheel-drive trucks, 317-acre grain and beef- = going to risk that kind of- e motes that before the scientists pursuing research arranged so each scientist through an upper. level and “We'll wind up drawing “Super stocks are your cattle operation near investment in a farm centrewas built, thesitewas in microbiology, the ‘‘can work well and display took 25 bales of marijuana J abat a million people typical farm tractors. Springfield, Tenn. He field.” only @ tract of ursbad foreat structure of proteins, his talent.” each weighing about 50 land overlooking the Oka bio , photosynthesis. . 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