Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday july 26, 1968 chinese output Likely to drop foreign news exclusive Hong Kong special tons the chinese Economy appears to face serious problems largely As a result of the disruptions caused by communist Leader Mao tse Tung s turbulent cultural revolution Over the past 18 months. An official study made available by the United states consulate general Here has concluded that China s agricultural and Industrial production hit by the cumulative effects of Mao s Campaign Are Likely to drop this year. Evidence indicates that some National defence industries have been Hurt by strikes disputes Between rival factions and other ferment. The study also suggested that China s foreign Trade which fell last year for the first time since 1960, is expected to continue its decline. At the same time the . Report said the purge of several key policy makers As Well As diver agencies within peking s present leadership group have evidently led to a suspension e c o n o m i c planning for the future. Citing authoritative chinese sources the study estimated that production of wheat Rice and other grains probably reached about 200 million tons last year the highest output since 1958. So for this year however the agricultural Outlook is dimmer partly because of poor weather and partly because peasants subjected to less rigid controls apparently neglected to repair irrigation facilities in Many areas. Extensive floods described As the worst in a Century Are estimated to have reduced Rice yields in South China s Kiangtung province by some 10 to 15 per cent. Drought in the North reportedly Cut into the Winter wheat crop. Chemical fertilizer imports from Japan and Wes Tern Europe Rose appreciably in 1967, presumably to offset a fall in Domestic Arguedas granted Asylum Santiago Reuters the chilean government wednesday night granted political Asylum to Antonio Arguedas former bolivian Interior minister and key figure in a controversy Over the diary of guerrilla Leader Ernesto Che Guevara. Arguedas fled to Chile recently following an investigation into the release in Cuba of a copy of Guevara s diary. It was stated earlier that the minister and his brother Jaime who had fled with him were being held in custody because of the possibility of an assassination attempt. Chile s Interior ministered Mundo Perez Zujovic said the decision to allow Arguedas and his brother to remain in the country followed consultations Between Frei Montalva and High government officials. Arguedas was implicated in the smuggling of Guevara s diary from Bolivia where the guerrilla Leader died after a clash Between guerrillas and bolivian troops last october. The flight of Arguedas Trig gered a crisis in the govern ment of bolivian p r e s i h t Rene Barrientos Ortuno. Blueberry picking automated Alma que. Up Blueberry picking an activity associated by Many with leisurely picnics has been hit by Automa Tion. A research station established last year at St. Leon de Labrec que a tiny Community near this town 125 Miles North of Quebec City is working on 19 projects aimed at streamlining picking of the Blueberry. Engineers at the station Are adapting techniques developed in the United states to the Dif Ferent conditions of Blueberry cultivation in Quebec. A station Engineer says Auto mation is essential for the improvement of working conditions and profits in Industry. I output. But the stress put by peking on the need for manure seems to reflect a drop in available chemical fertilizer. According to . Study breakdowns in controls have impeded govern ment procurement of Grams Cotton and other products earmarked for the state. Peasants in Many localities Are reportedly hoarding cereals or Black Market ering them in near by diabetes not a chronic disease but a condition says diabetic i says f. E. P. Pearson of Winnipeg president of the Canadian diabetic association in reply to the Long held belief that diabetes is a chronic disease Likely to Lead to blindness and a score of other ailments making its victim virtually unemployable and shortening his life sentence by Many years. Diabetes is a condition he said in a recent interview. It s actually not a Heck of a lot worse than being a chronic weight because the diabetic knows he has to stick to a strict diet can t drink much alcohol must avoid Over exertion catching a cold or an infection at All Cost he May very Well exceed his Normal life expectancy said or. Pearson. The diabetic goes for regular checkups to his doctor so that everything else that might be wrong with him physically or mentally turns up automatically. He has to do All the things that keep a Normal person healthy As Well he said. Is it possible to be a diabetic and live to be 100? absolutely i m working on that a diabetic is rarely unemployable. Or. Pearson said. About the Only professions that Are barred to him Are airline pilots and bus Drivers because there is always the Hazard of a diabetic becoming suddenly ill and so Many other people s lives depend on such men. The name of the game is psychology and control Accord ing to or. Pearson. You have to recognize the fact of diabetes make up your mind to do something. You have to say to yourself that s the rules of the game and stick by it if you Don t follow the rules you might As Well face the distinct possibility of gangrene blindness heart trouble and eventually about two per cent of the population has diabetes and knows or. Pearson said. They generally Lead Normal lives can buy life insurance at Only slightly higher premiums. Another two per cent of the population has the condition but does t know about it. Eventually it la be discovered through another disease through diabetic surveys which Are held periodically throughout North America through an Eye examination or because a patient decides to look up his family doctor the symptoms become severe. Symptoms Are loss of weight unusual thirst and hunger a general rundown feeling and unusually frequent win Ting. The condition is usually caused by hereditary factors Over weight and sometimes through the incidence of diabetes among certain population groups such As the Canadian indians is much higher than the general average or. Pears to said. This to poor of eating habits and com emmies betes inbreeding be sired i very when the pancreas fails to make insulin and the sugar a person consumes is not assimilated and spills Over into the kidneys diabetes sets in. The Best thing to do then is to pursue a course of cheerful or. Pearson said. One of the psychological prob lems is that people feel guilty about having diabetes. They sometimes treat it As if it was a venereal disease and try to hide the or. Pearson said. Parents of Chil Dren who contract the condition often blame themselves for their., child s misfortune and tend to be it. Fortunately juvenile Dia stes though quite severe is Ery or Pearson said. 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