European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 5 population curbs urged in future to prevent chaos Tough sledding a couple is silhouetted atop Loveland which usually is covered with Snow in Colorado is in the height of a Snow with two ski areas forced to close and others open to limited ski runs up photo Washington up if the nations and worlds birth rates continue in by the year 2000 there May be too Many people for too few com the figures could total global leaders of 60 environmental and civic groups ended a today conference Friday on the possible pending doom by urging that the government move to stabilize the american they asked Congress to endorse the goal of population stability and establish a population policy office to coordinate National and International the session was held to examine implications of the recently issued global 2000 this sponsored by 21 Federal warned of an impoverished and overcrowded world in the 21st Century unless governments quickly adopt policies to control population growth and depletion of natural it projected world population will Rise from billion today to billion by the year last years census listed the population at As a we have Given Little Atten Tion to the Impact of population growth on our own environment and Quality of the environmental and civic leaders said in their Russell Audubon society presi told we Are asking our finite and fragile Earth to support too Many a former Delaware its Uncle stoned in Wiesbaden up Uncle the drug taking counterculture hero of the doonesbury comic is alive and Well and Proba Bly stoned somewhere in the self acclaimed ambassador with an Affinity for White sharkskin suits and cigarette was last seen by doonesbury readers on facing an iranian firing five Hundred thousand dollars in Gold the iranian executioner two Hundred and fifty thousand Dol Lars and that my final an swered since that final Duke has been officially proclaimed his Aspenes Tate probated to Zeke the caretaker his chinese has taken up International studies at Georgetown but doonesbury creator Garry tru Deau will be returning the irrepressible Duke to his syndicated comic strip Mon Day in a three week characterized by iranian dispatches As the Bald will be the 53rd Ameri can Over the last year and a weve received an inordinate number of letters and phone Calls about the whereabouts of Uncle said Lee Edito rial director of Universal press Syndi which distributes doonesbury to 650 daily newspapers and 300 sunday strangely this irascible character has generated a Large follow ing among doonesbury he As is his has declined to comment about the return of Uncle Garry position is he wants to de vote full time to the comic he has maintained a position of not comment ing on the Salem Duke first appeared in the strip in doonesbury celebrated its 10th anniversary in syndication last novem Massachusetts gets cargo of natural Gas another reason to thank Algeria Boston up an algerian Tanker which brought a Bonanza of natural Gas to Massachusetts headed Back Home saturday for another cargo for the Energy starved although at least three More shipments Are expected next state officials were still too nervous about the critical shortage to lift temperature restrictions on Gas heated buildings ordered by Edward King declared an Energy emergency last week after the Boston Gas the states largest Gas disclosed its supplies had run dangerously Low during a prolonged spell of nearer degree All 1 billion cubic feet of liquefied Nat ural Gas were unloaded from the Larbi Ben Midi by Friday and the Tanker immediately departed on the 10day trip to Arrew to pick up another the vessel arrived thursday after a rushed trip to last we had 52 reasons to thank the Algeri said Doris chairman of the state department of Public in a reference to algerian help in freeing the we have another the Larbi Ben she the importing said the Larbi Ben Midi and two other tank ers Are to arrive from Algeria next month another 61a billion cubic feet of the algerians have been risking Aliena Tion from other customers by helping a distr Gas spokesman everything possible is being done for the state Energy department said the 1 billion cubic feet of Gas brought by the Larbi Ben Midi represents Only three Days Supply for Boston Gas Cus with Gas from other the Agency said it should be enough until the next shipment arrives Energy Secretary Joseph Fitzpatrick said the Agency is reviewing the Supply situation and May ease the mandatory Conser vation measures imposed by King if warmer temperatures King ordered thermostats in Gas heated commercial buildings set at 55 degrees and urged that Gas heated residences be kept at no More than 63 degrees during the and lower at faulted government policymakers for fail ing to face up to the Lon term consequences of their actions on resources and for he Energy policy makers ignored a prominent geologists Early warning that Oil and Gas reserves would Peak around Peterson said he believes National policy should aim to achieve a stable population in the next i advocate a limit to our immigration As we have been doing for he noting the Fertility rate among american citizens already is below that needed for Zero the United states cannot credibly Tell developing countries to control their burgeoning populations when it has no policy of its he Peterson noted who comprise Only 6 percent of the worlds consume 30 to 40 times As much As people in some poorer prices to cause drop in Gas use los Angeles up gasoline con sumption in the United states will drop More than one percent in 1981 because of rising prices and falling real personal in the Lundberg letter said the weekly Oil Industry newsletter said the decrease in gasoline consumption by an estimated percent is shown in an Analy Sis of How prices and income work together to affect gasoline gasoline consumption is expected to de Cline to million barrels per Day this Down from million barrels last Lundberg it is Well understood that higher Gaso line prices discourage gasoline but less Well understood that greater per Sonal income works in the opposite direction encourages gasoline the newsletter both gasoline prices and personal income appear to be Lundberg but per Sonal income is actually falling As a result of of time in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 assistant Secretary of defense Anna Rosenberg announced that the department of defense will lower its physical and mental qualifications for Mili tary service As far As Security will 20 years ago today 1961 Douglas Macar thur celebrated his 81st birthday in a hotel suite in new York that has been his virtual Hermitage for nearly 10 70 years ago today 1971 Charles Manson and three members of his hippie style clan were convicted in los Angeles of first degree murder and conspiracy in the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six other