European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Moy 28, the stars and stripes Page 3 Tan i afford to turn it Down Ike backs irrigation plan o bring peace to Mideast new York up former resident Dwight d. Eisenhowe monday urged a billion Dollari oct to irrigate and Industry size both Arab and israeli lands with nuclear Energy As a Fay to peace in the Middle said the plan Rawn up a year ago by forme Domic Energy commission chairman Lewis l. Strauss Hadid vantages so great that the hostile states of the Middle East imply cannot afford to with old their but in an article written forthe june Reader s digest before his recent heart attack the ormer president said the plan jihad been virtually ignored Bihe Johnson administration. Most of the professionally Plomas seem to think that we Mist have peace and stability the Middle East before the Dan can be implemented he contend the reverse is be the proposal itself is a a to Eisenhower said the plan Hallsor construction of three nuclear plants to desalinated sea water two on the Mediterranean coast my one on the Gulf of Aqaba hey would have a combined Iro Duclion of More than Atillio Gallons of fresh water a Lay at an initial Cost of Only bout 15 cents per 1,000 Gallons in least 1,750 Square Miles of Barren land could be made arable a Long step toward the fulfilment of the ancient dream of desert dwellers making the desert lands of this Earth Bloom for human needs Eisenhower said. At the same time he said the plants would produce enough electric Power to pump water to Distant areas like Syria and Jordan and possibly under the Suez canal to Egypt to manufacture fertilizer and to attract vast new complexes of Industry to the project also would solve the problem of the More than one million Arab refugees from israeli territory he numbers of them could be employed in building the new installations and water conduits and in preparing theland for irrigated crops he said. Later a great Man could doubtless be settled on the new farming areas in the estimating the Cost of the project As at least a billion dollars Eisenhower said it should be financed As a private corporation with every expectation it would become a successful self sustaining Busi Ness we Are assured by International Bankers that the financial world under Normal conditions would Welcome such an invest ment Opportunity he said the International atomic Energy Agency which he first proposed in his atoms for peace address tothe United nations in 1953, could supervise construction and operation of the plants and insure no military use was made of the atomic Energy supposes that prejudice and hatred would vanish overnight Eisenhower said but the collaboration of armband jew in a practical and profitable Enterprise of this magnitude might Well be the first Long step toward permanent take a Gander Shakira Baksh miss Guyana of 1967, frolics in London s regents Park before leaving for Spain to take part in her first movie. A photo Nixon asks sympathetic hearing for poor March Portland Ore. Up Richard m. Nixon said sunday night that participants in the poor people s March in Washington should be Given a sympathetic hearing but that Congress cannot legislate from behind 5 it s no secret no need to whisper it around. You can read All about u in stripes. And in addition read it comfortably and conveniently at breakfast through Home delivery circulation office phone numbers Germany Greece Berlin ctr 739368 Athens Civ 986188 5?. Civ 45341, Mil 7664 to Yetra Wurt Civ 06108-2047, Mil Ohe Nabeh 755 t. ,.,. Civ 57617 Mil Vogel Weh 7050 leghorn Civ 93001 ,c1T a 871402, Mil Rhoina 018 Spain Norsh a vo8,165923 my to Mairul Civ 2228290. Ext 3011"nernderg. Civ 77fliu7 uni i
