European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday february 24,1966 boys7 life at 75, scouting Magazine still Young at heart Irving Texas a when boys life was a baby in i9l i it had 6,100 sub scribers and sold for a Nickel per copy. On March 1, the official Magazine of the boy scouts of America will celebrate its 75th birthday a grown up circulation of 1.5 million and a lifetime of teaching and entertaining America s youth. Boy scout officials plan to kick off the fete with an exhibit of Norman Rockwell paintings that adorned the Magazine s Cov ers decades ago it s scheduled to tour new York Chicago and los Angeles. Boys still boys after All those years boys Are still pretty much boys the Magazine s editor says. What they like has t changed that much editor in chief Robert Hood said. Every time we ask in a Survey what they want More of it s always Hunting fishing music and Alt those years of puberty have nevertheless wrought changes in boys life the nation s eighth oldest Magazine and its estimated 7.4s million readers. Boys Don t read As much anymore Hood said in an interview at the boy scouts National Headquarters in Irving where the monthly Magazine is compiled. And they Are much More sophisticated now than 20 years computers television programs an sports leagues targeted at boys life s prime audience boys aged 9 to 17, Are competing for attention. Looks far different so while the Magazine still espouses the same ail american Virtues that made it a favorite of parents and scout troop leaders it also looks far different from the first edition put out by Rhode Island scout Joseph Lane. Most noticeable is its size until the1970s, the Magazine was printed on rough heavy paper and was As Large As the now defunct look Magazine. Boys always knew when their subscription had arrived the Magazine never quite fit into the mail Box. But now boys life is printed on Slick Standard sized paper Replete with snazzy photos typefaces and graphics. We had to change with the Market said Hood who has been with the mag Azine since i9s3 and has been its editor since 1964. We also trimmed the Normal length of our articles from 2,500 and 3,000 words Down to about 1,500." the thrust of the Magazine stories has t changed however. It still carries fiction real life adventures called scouts in action and articles on magic sports and hobbies. Hood said the Magazine which will pay from $1,500 to $2,500 for an article from a noted writer has Little trouble getting celebrity contributors because so Many used to be scouts. For example John Toland author of the Battle of the bulge agreed to write a piece for the 40th anniversary of the Battle. Hood said Toland did t usually write Magazine articles but he got his Start As a writer when he was elected scribe for his boy scout troop. Boys life came into the boy scout fold months after Lane began publishing it in 1911. He called it the official Magazine of the Rhode Island scouts and Che Semi official publication of the boy scouts of America. Bra itself less than a year old at the time was looking for an official Organ and bought Lane s brainchild for $6,100 or $1 per subscriber. For years the Magazine sold for 5 cents it now costs $13.20 a Yea for non scouts and $6.60 for scouts. Subscriptions swelled the Magazine s subscriptions swelled with America s population in the baby Boom years reaching a High of 2.65 Mil lion by 1968 with the help of artists such As Rockwell writers like Zane Grey and Pearl Buck and photographer Ansel Adams. But sales and advertising dropped offs the birth rate levelled off and to and Rock music grew More popular. Publisher Warren Young said the Magazine which has operated in the Black since the 1950s, is pushing to regain the soft drink Cereal and consumer product ads it lost to television. Hood who is retiring this year said boys life s future in the video age is Uncertain and it May have to evolve into a people Magazine style format of High graphic Low print Content. But whatever form it takes. Boys life will remain boys life he said. Human nature does t change that much he said. Instead of telling kid show to build things it la be More a matter of telling them How to assemble them from plastic caffeine Content of single Servings of selected foods and beverages food or beverage Cohee brewed Coffee instant Mountain Dew Mello yellow coca cola Tea. Wwod or. Bibb or Pepper v or. Pepper sugar free Pepsi Cote Pepsi. 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The full effect of the crop problems has not been Felt yet but prices already Are on the Rise because of panic buying by Consumers said Mary Mennes a food science pro Fessor at the University of Wisconsin. The Coffee shortage is Down the Road several months. What s happening now is due to Over buying by an anxious Public in anticipation or a Price Rise she said. It s a self fulfilling Mennes a researcher for 23 years who drinks four cups of Coffee daily said now is the time for people to Cut Down on caffeine. All Coffee drinkers should look at their drinking habits she said. Are we making More than we consume Are we handling it after brewing to keep the Best Quality for drinking Are we drinking too much for our if a person drinks Only three or four cups a Day he should t brew As much. Just brew three she said. Or Many have switched to single cup Mennes also suggested switching to no inhabited areas threatened hawaiian Volcano erupts for 13 hours Volcano. Hawaii a the Kilauea Volcano s latest eruptive phase ended Early sunday after geysers of glowing lava sprayed 1,500 feet into the air lighting up the night sky Over the Island of Hawaii scientists said. It was the 42nd bunt of visible activity from the Volcano since Jan. 3,1983. Lava fountains and Luminous Orange lava flows were visible from commercial aircraft flying to Hawaii late saturday passengers on incoming flights said. The 13-hour eruption that began sat urday afternoon took place at a vent of congealed lava in the Volcano s East rift zone about 12 Miles from its Summit in a Remote area of Hawaii volcanoes National Park far from any roads. No inhabited areas were threatened. The eruption mostly distributed lava flows around the vent said or. Thomas Wright scientist in charge of the us. Geo logical Survey s hawaiian Volcano Observatory perched on Kilauea s Summit run. The longest of the flows went about 2.5 Miles to the lava flows in the past have rolled South eastward from the vent and into a sparsely settled Hillside Community known As the Royal gardens subdivision which has been evacuated several times. The lava flows have destroyed 22 Homes and caused More than $4 million damage according to the Hawaii county civil de sense. Smaller Coffee cups and reheating Coffee rather than throwing it away Coffee prices went up in the 1970 after weather problems Hurt the crop the said and consumption dropped 25 percent it never has come Back up with con sumption dropping 3 pounds per person bit the 1970s prices held up pretty Well Mennes said. When the news now came of the current Coffee crop problems in South America people rushed out and stocked up. They cleaned out the lower priced coffees right away and then the High priced brands. They re in the 1970s, people who liked Coffee tried to drink less and buy less expensive Coffee. Those who did t care for Coffee As much quit drinking it an together Mennes said. She expects the same thing will happen if people do Cut Down they ought to maintain the Quality of what they drink Mennes said. Storage is important buy a can you will use up in a week or two. After the can is opened and the Coffee is exposed to the air it loses its Quality. If you Aren t going to use it As fast Transfer the Coffee to another Container and put it in a Freezer. Or store an open can in the refrigerator Mennes said. Better Quality control is available these Days because of drip makers she said and even that Quality can be improved by Meg luring the right amount of Coffee and not letting the final brew heat too Long
