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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSurvival Biscuits from Brazos County to Bangladesh 1962-74V• JAI= PRESSWOOD j. LOUTS ODIS September 0 11 I!-r, Clarence Born p ,j of Defense & Disaster I jef 5805 N. LaMar Blvd. Box 4037, North Austin Sta t-ust Te-xas' 78751 L. Dear Born: telephone conversation of Sep 4, 19 l')r, C0'-'ntY Civil De2"u-nse Council decided to snot check cracker /biscuit shelter OUPPlies to deterimine what action to be taken 1n regards - to donations of these SUPPI the T7i.ternational Development Agency. A major of the conf opened and insPected were found to be ewtremaly rancid and undesirabl'e'. It Wao decided by the Council to donate these suppll - - rD 4 ' -- :�, � '1' _%. We have over 160 thousaTld POUT-IdS of these e L sUPpj_-j*eS 11-ocated in shelter atoracr in raz B os Count available for tra-nafe Yours trulyv/ I se J, C 0 G' Director Brazos CO' Civil D e I Y I S .. i � T S..:� . r rr f."s e � NO. PIECES D F S C R I P T 1 O N .CODE NO. UN IFORM STRAIGHT BILL OF LADING ^?fla CONSIGN /', '.L 3:x1to na ti na 00� co ET ADCREySS a7 Eoit 3ton 3u 1J o� Farm TRAILER NO., $ STRIPPER 44 S , LOADERh.�31- S DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES, SPECIAL WIVE[ 0 E TEXAS INSTITUTION PIS MEMORANDUM Is an ast.narlec)Imenf that a kilt sV of lading has bun Issued end u n "the Original Bill of Lading nor a copy or duplicate covering the property named herein, and Is Intended solely for fi ling or record, MATE I q F R 4 1 ' ''' Z �` w Q a.�'u` �+ � � � t trR � � T S..:� . r rr f."s CITY Psl t-„ 'T E .. t31C�. i NO. PIECES D F S C R I P T 1 O N WEIGHT RATE ^?fla CONSIGN /', '.L 3:x1to na ti na 00� co ET ADCREySS a7 Eoit 3ton 3u 1J o� Farm "Y ;.-? �•k' Ne' 6� • s { DESTINliTlO t_t�w rrA O 4 STATE ROUTE No. DESCRIPTION OF ARTICLES, SPECIAL *WEIGHT Class Freight Subject to Section 7 of conditions, If this shipment Is to be delivered to Pkgs. MARKS AND EXCEPTIONS (Sub. to Cor.) or Rate the consignee without recourse on the consignor, the consignor sholl s!gn the i . o i n?^. o —j er following statements T�e arrier shall not make delivery aQhtSt�Lhfl@4ent without payment of "ail * 1� Z char - es to ireig t o__ndd other lawful charges. (Signature of Consignor) San t. If charges are to be prepaid, write or stamp Prepaid." TOTAL Received - to apply in prepayment of the charges on the property described hereon. This Shipment will be forwarded open unless C. Q. D. C. O. D. Apount Is filled in here $ Agent or Cashier. NOTE —W ere . e rate' "is depe ent on value, shippers are required to state specifically in writing the agreed or declared value,of +tl�e operty agr ed or declared value of the property Is hereby specifically stated by the shipper to be _The not a ce�dh / / H �- `` Per per / '� +"��+*��+ CENTRAL FREIGHT L1NES,�INC. (The signature here acknowledges only the amount prepa Charges Advanced: Shipper / rb / n -�-^� �� Pei Address By (i� C/` $ "THIS SHIPMENT IS TENDERED AND RECEIVED SUBJECT TO THE TERPf AND CONDITIONS OF THE CARRIERS' BILL OF LADING AS FILED WITH THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION" NOT NEGOTIABLE ❑" SHIP CENTRAL — IT'S CONVENIENT & SAFE CENTRAL. FREIGHT LINES INC. FILLING CTATION COPY Ni 623 STREET ADDRESS I Se+;PPF_R & B/L NO. W 'N`rr f`e. . :_. . ,. �.f P�f 14 'e .• STRr �A�1 /,- n r m rcuUy r r r 'F4 P V i C DESTIIVATIGN 1`R, t ORIGIN. PAID Olil' ISSUED 3y NET NO. PIECES D F S C R I P T 1 O N WEIGHT RATE TOTAL v ... ..+ o. g:.` E.� wss .: .,. tiC.i eL. eeJ �«.a $x N' 4? € - = y "Y ;.-? �•k' Ne' 6� • s { L. a' EC RECD fN GOCD ORDER_.___. - ___ L: CENTRAL FREIGHT LINES INC. MILLING STATION COPY Nn 62348088 STREET ADDRESS - -F--r74 D DIES INATION DATE NO. 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Lwri la &.r k.... , .C3 ifo • 4.., , • /, _S3____ _ - - lb -- X 11)___M41 #-- iq me.,)"4:644' a_21- 6 - -)/ Alteh * 5Z41,, 2,.. — 0-i , -,-, lb - 44siv4 /4„ 6 - / -- - i 6 - - I - ; it) - 'a- dii(siojth -= MIlat." . 46 _______ _ * rWrrWl% ) r eiimAzuk._ f, - . , • ,., 191,3f imu41441124 Tr- Survival Ration Crackers/Biscuits net gross 89 biscuits per 1b. 1.4 cu.ft. 2.18= 36 45 62 crackers per 1b. 2.4 cu.ft. 6x6 3/4= 402 544 62 crackers per 1b. 2.27 cu.ft. 6x7 = 42 55 89 -95 crackers per lb. 1.7 cu.ft. 2x124 = 242 33 2x122 = 25 34 1.4 cu.ft. 2x20 = 40 48 89 crackers per pound Removed Oct. 1974 B.C. Wormeli Brazos Co. Civil Defense 4 1.5 E 04e, BR.AZOS N ik 0 COUNTY a • JAKE CANGELOSE JAMES PRESSWOOD County Director and Chairman Civil Defense & Emergency Planning Texas A &M University Director J. LOUIS ODLE County Courthouse GEORGE L. HUEBNER Bryan Director Bryan, Texas 77801 College Station Director September 13, 1974 Dear The State and Federal Civil Defense office in cooperation with the International Development Agency has asked us to donate the IDA any shelter cracker /biscuits that are no longer suitable for use due to shelf life. After a spot inspection of the stored crackers we found that these items are no longer useable due to rancidity spoilage. We will be removing these supplies within the next two to four weeks. Mr. Ben Wormeli of the County Civil Defense office will be in charge of the removal of these supplies. At the present time there is no provision for replacing the cracker/biscuits and shelter use policy will be based on individual food supplies if shelters are activated. Your cooperation will be sincerely appreciated. 5 incerely ours, 3�C; CanT ee l `" Bounty Director Brazos County Civil Defense C.J. Allard Keith A. Rowe Jack Gardner Dr. Wayne Dunlap Luke Ruffino William B. Shanks E.P. McSwain Dennis R. Hejtmancik Martin Munoz James F. Aldredge W.B. Davis Ed E. Powell John Godfrey Dr. Robert E. Meyer Jim Schreff Billy J. Adams Bill G. Caesar Raymond L. Zimmermann E.C. Lanehart Dr. Melvin C. Schroeder Z.R. McDonald William D. Harris Ira Lewis Alvin Houston Bobby H. Sherwood Sanders D. Letbetter Charles J. Sodolak Ernest Campbell Donald S. Foster Frank Nicolas Walter M. Davis Jesse M. Southerland Nolan Hamlin Garland Bayliss Tony Lapalia John D. Randall Jerry Bishop Donald E. Feltz J.L. Locke Leonard Bisho H.W. Cook Robert L. Whiting Travis Lipscomb Sol Klein Travis Bryan Donald G. Naugle Henry Buchanan Dr. Robert S. Halliwell Floyd E. Swanzy Robert R. Rhodes Olen S. Cole Richard Puckett John C. Jawues Gideon Hensley Searcy L. Wilborn John W. Norcross Jossie V. Chearis i Alvin L. Withcer Leon S. Rodgers William C. Lever W.E. Hodge Darrel A. Davis Hubert Lewis Clinton L. Matcek John taholek Joe Gomez A.R. Denney Luther C. Little Charles E. Iverson r�e6 /1 Tip r '� Calvin E. Greinert i21 1 . ; PANG I kc_ok -AS Derrel R. Brown A NVC sie. S c � JO U eLA N D Robert J. Cope David B. Gregory f/ Haile D. Perry C ,,}} C �AIEN Q�`� James S. Jernigan 1��. KAYa1oNn g ALL i M1 L( I M DA 1 LLS Zerle L. Carpenter Gary C. Smith <a , i A I Mary Lee Sevison C, i C °1 MA� c- - -c, SE)tbei Guy Franceschini -, ' D JC' r - Peter Groot I \ACLE -3 AQ . Lati t aybss William L. Caughlin 1 `1 W.P. Worley 1 1 TOTC1_01+APLcs'�L C NZ o`Cn JWA ()LEN C oL� ern r Ll_ND�2 M 5e <- AL u s - rd a2 rJ�s -t ,� m P 6 at_ F'oo-tQ LL AN 6 1 E, Prediction True R rli i or Bangladesh ...., DACCA, Bangladesh (AP) — Death, persons who rely on government ration shops disease and starvation in Bangladesh have will receive only five pounds of food grains a ‘ created a 20th century nightmare that shows week per adult, or 11.4 ounces a day. Pre - no signs of going away. viously the ration was six ounds p per week. (l\ "It's here. It's happening, just as Malthus "And we can't reduce the food grain rations ptedicted 150 years ago," said a foreign any more, unless you have some substitute or economist. additional foods such as meat," said A. M. ,lie was speaking of Thomas Robert Khan, the Bangladesh food secretary. Malthus, the 19th century British economist For large sections of the population the only who theorized that population would increase substantial food comes from the government - up to the limits of subsistence — and would supplied food grains. These people have no then be kept in check by famine, pestilence money to buy meat or fish or even rice that and general human misery. might be available on the open market. That, according to a consensus among Rice now costs the equivalent of $1 for a diplomats, international relief workers and kilogram, or 2.2 pounds, four times the price even some Bangladesh officials is exactly six months ago. In a country where the what is happening in this Florida -size country average per capita annual income is only $67, of 77 million that was the province of East the current price of rice is what many Pakistan until the 1971 India- Pakistan War. Bangladeshis earn in a week. The per capita 'It is the world's eighth most populous annual income in the United States is about country and, except for some small islands, $4,400. the most densely populated. The population is What alarms many foreign observers is growing, after subtracting deaths —which that this year's famine does not appear to be a normally total 1.3 million a year, by 2.2 temporary natural calamity that will million people a year, a staggering 3 per cent disappear if there is a good food crop next annual increase. The current annual pop- year. ulation growth in the United States, is less "We have what seems to be a permanent than 1 per cent. problem in Bangladesh, and that is what Bangladesh has an average of 1,400 persons gives the Malthusian theory relevance here," crowded into each of its 55,126 square miles, said another foreign economist. "The nearly double the density of Japan. The Problem is " ^tertwined with high prices, low United States has only 58 people for each purchasing power and population growth. square mile. And then everything is aggravated further by There is a severe famine throughout the smuggling." country. The most conservative diplomatic Authoritative sources say that the estimates say 750,000 persons will likely die of widespread smuggling of food grains into i • ' 1 • or diseases related to malnutrition neighboring India in the past year has cost from August through November this year. Bangladesh at least one million tons of rice — Some foreign economists anticipate a famine- more than enough to prevent mass starvation related death toll of one million. in the next six weeks. The period ranges from early August when According to the Bangladesh government's floods destroyed about 300,000 tons of the own estimates it also has lost at least 400,000 summer crop, to early December when the bales of jute — out of a total production of six winter crop will be harvested. million bales this year — across the border. For all practical purposes, Bangladesh has The loss of jute means the loss of millions of run out of food. There are no more reserves to dollars of desperately needed foreign ex- give the population a minimum subsistence change. Jute last year earned the country diet. The government also is short of money to $330 million of its total exports of $397 million. import food. This year jute is expected to account for $440 Diplomatic sources say that Bangladesh million of export earnings that the govern - had arranged last summer to import about ment hopes will reach $500 million. 400,000 tons of food. But it could take delivery But Bangladesh requires $1.5 billion to pay at the time of only 50, -000 tons because it had its import bill. That leaves a gap of $1 billion insufficient funds to honor letters of credit for that Dacca hopes the international com- the rest. , munity will fill through foreign aid. The result is death for many and misery Since Bangladesh became independent 34 and physical and mental retardation for those months ago, it has received $2 billion in inter - who survive, especially babies whose brains national assistance, including $500 million have been permanently damaged by severe from the United States, either through grants malnutrition. or long -term loans. Bangladesh requires 12.5 million tons of What has especially disappointed — and food grains this year. The government esti- angered — international representatives has mates a crop no larger than 10 million tons. been the officially acknowledged corruption To help fill the gap, the government has that has permeated Bangladesh along with arranged for imports of 600,000 tons for the black marketeering of scarce commodites last quarter of 1974 — either through foreign and hoarding of food grains. gifts or commercial purchases. But the bulk The prime minister, Sheik Mujibur Rah - of the food is not expected to arrive until after man, continually acknowledges these evils by Nov. 15, too late to save hundreds of thou- declaring his intention to crack down on sands. corrupt officials. But there is no sign that the Starting Nov. 1 the more than five million sheik's pronouncements have had any effect. 29 / foresight / November - December 1974 Emergency Foot! for Bangladesh As in 1970, when a cyclone left many homeless and Administration. During the month of September, 7,000 hungry in Bangladesh, (formerly East Pakistan), the Defense tons —a total of 14 million pounds, or 400 truckloads —were Civil Preparedness Agency was able to respond to an urgent on the way to Bangladesh from Seattle, Houston, San requirement this year for civil defense survival biscuits by Francisco, and other ports. An additional 1,500 tons— the Agency for International Development (AID), Depart- principally from California, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico —were ment of State. to feed the victims of devastating floods in donated to CARE because AID was unable to transport that country. The government of Bangladesh asked for the them in the time allotted. survival biscuits by name. In meeting this emergency, DCPA canvassed civil defense Inland and ocean freight charges for the shipment to and emergency preparedness officials throughout the United Bangladesh were paid by the Disaster Relief Office, AID. 4. States to determine what quantities of •survival biscuits The civil defense survival biscuit was especially developed stored in public fallout shelters could be made available for for long storage without appreciable depreciation in nutri- immediate shipment to Bangladesh. tional value. Although some have been stored for over 10 Responding to an urgent call from DCPA Director years, because of their packaging in airtight tins, periodic John E. Davis, the eight DCPA regional directors personally inspections have found them to be in good to excellent supervised collection of offers for this humanitarian cause. condition. State directors called on local directors. Their pooled efforts Research into emergency feeding of large numbers of soon resulted in the availability of some 17 million pounds people in shelters has reduced reliance by the United States of the survival biscuits, or 5 percent of the total stored in on the survival biscuit formerly considered a necessity as a I shelters throughout the country. The quantity shipped to shelter supply item. Greater reliance is now placed on food 5. Bangladesh will feed one million persons for 30 days. which can be taken into shelters if a crisis develops and on Transport of the biscuits to ports of debarkation was food resources already available in buildings designated as handled by Defense Supply Agency and the General Services public shelters. —Mary U. Harris. G ,-, I 41e° 4 1 I / A �..- 4 soosallialfpri/a, i _ �i ,�, iii f } jt x . N. 1 # 1 ;; , f ..... .= ,, ,• * . -, :' +G.rs • sass F „ a , -_ E ti � s y 1 0 g 10 .'kT t} ,. n - !^ { l t. L r .a Y' c °.y,; # r ice.. -ti >t7 t SURVIVAL BISCUITS being loaded aboard a ship bound for Bangladesh. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WILSON E. SPEIR DIVISION OF DISASTER EMERGENCY SERVICES CD-12 Director M. P. BOWDEN State Coordinator Date: February 3, 1975 TO: Mr. Jake Canglose, Director, Brazos County Civil Defense FROM: M. P. Bowden, State Coordinato7/`L� SUBJECT: Fallout Shelter Food Stocks There is considerable interest in the possibility of using all, or most, of the remaining food (survival biscuits) that is presently stocked in fallout shelters to augment efforts to feed hungry people throughout the world. Before DCPA can consider such a comprehensive program, it is necessary that we determine the present quantities of existing shelter food stocks, as well as local points of contact and the probable impact and problems that could occur should such a program be undertaken. Procedures would be developed to pick up supplies at no cost to local govern- ments in the event a decision is made to use the supplies in this manner. This inquiry relates to food stocks only, and it is assumed that sanitation, medical, and RADEF kits would remain in place, even though some of the items in the medical kits are no longer safe to use. The shelter food supplies are the property of your government and use or disposal is a decision for local officials. Will you please advise this office no later than February 17, 1975: 1. The current amount of survival biscuits on hand (five pounds per shelter space). 2. Would supplies be donated for other use if DCPA can remove them with- out cost to you? 3. The name, address, and telephone number for contact. 4+. Attitudes, problems, or difficulties you foresee if you release the food stocks. Your assistance in providing this information is appreciated. ,.. _ 11141111 Feuo-ft P4,44_ i , 3 0 „...s ...- 2 -/ „..c FO-O-A / 3 2.4 ect.44- aAA-C2C3 / g ofet- 2 q „:„.__ "1 g9 t • 7 0 1 . &--,0 • 0 11 ,, 1 pby, --sthri,\ /cc_ 74 ii.ak R k x Ito 4 (1 6444_ 76 ,tk. cr./ • . kti 1 „,,,,,.. a=it 2 6 Ay cittaze_ (71” 4 st:die #0>ne gi,.... 1? a r-ti, *47 kiz- ce ...A,72_ ), • var.). .4,:,.6.10 / i 2 - (). (4- (J0016034 , _ BRAZOS COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE FILE CY' February 10, 1975 TO: Mr. Marion P. Bowden, State Coordinator FROM: Brazos County Civil Defense Director SUBJECT: Fallout Shelter Supplies Reference your letter dated February 3, 1975 the following information is submitted as approved by the local governments of Brazos County, Bryan and College Station. 1. Approximately 54,000 lbs. (gross) survival biscuits on hand in Brazos County. 2. Approve donating supplies to DCPA at no coat to our political sub - division.. 3. For coordination contact: Jake Canglose- office- 845 -6013 area code 713- home - 823 -0524 alternate: Ben Wormeli- office 822 -7373 ext.219 home 846 -4182 4. Problems forseen: These supplies are located in 23 buildings located in Bryan, College Station and Texas A&M Campus in quantities of 20 to 160 boxes. Removal of supplies would take extra time. Sinperely urs, / 6 ., ke ang s Director Brazos County Civil Defense County JC:dl 12 / foresight /March-April 1975 iztoi mato Fxti. - . , --, ,.. 7 ' : F - , ,,,,-... i " i ' r: ';,_ . Ili,„ ,,,,,k, CARE photo in Niger, North Africa. be ext — —�sNlt•:r r � po IP def e _ ]� to . " b peo � .. ' r des] ', t� ,: • She 1 villh . She Def, c Def ' 4 1]' .. ' a� Pre °. war * shell relat . s �`` saint ':" Hit , - .., 111*--.. [h shelf °.` biscti p ili n s cracp s +` in va ''''''''' _ local nir.. , s + 9� � � � v with Q pers t' ip , %., 7 e' 45 Unite � A place. 9 0� Unite • j t , G ° o o �C1Yll 4 % b L, i�9 i, c o G . +:ati °;c9 Two \ s ON, '° ,9� occur. ., \\ e r E ..� u ` �' ,. older ` °' shelf �. �„ Army l most their '�. r' y 13 / foresight / March -April 1975 '` By RUSSELL B. CLANAHAN Hunger knows no boundaries. A simple fact in a world would have to be discarded. Reliance is now placed on bedeviled by food shortages, capricious weather, and food supplies in normal distribution channels rather than exploding populations in many countries. Nuclear war is a fearful evil. Another fact in an uneasy pre- stored foods in the event of a nuclear attack, world ear wa hard for peace, y On the other hand, a combination of exploding popu- P yet conscious of the lation and disastrous changes in climate were threatening possibility that such efforts may still fail. the food supplies of more and more of the world's "have Ironic, then, that efforts by the United States civil not" nations. defense program of a decade ago to help prepare people The two lines first converged in November 1970 when to survive the modern day nuclear evil are now helping a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal pushed a tidal surge over people to survive their ancient enemy famine in Bangla- heavil desh, and Honduras, and parts of West Africa. y populated coastal areas of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). An estimated 200,000 persons were killed in Shelter Program Spinoff the most lethal natural disaster of this century. . Responding to calls for help from the stricken nation, relayed through the U.S. Agency for International De- It's all because of a spinoff from the National Fallout ihelter Program, which was started in 1961 by the velopment (AID), DCPA, at the suggestion of an em- )efense Department's Office of Civil Defense and con- ployee, promptly "English 500 tons of the crackers. inues today under OCD's successor, the Defense Civil Instantly dubbed English tea biscuits" at their destina- _ 'reparedness Agency, tion, the crackers proved highly acceptable and saved the Officials reasoned that if people threatened b nuclear lives of uncounted refugees from the floods. Only 14 far might have to spend up to 14 days in a fallout one person for a mop h, plus water were needed to feed helter while radiation levels outside were subsiding to ;latively "safe" levels, then they would need food, water, More Shipments Made irritation and medical supplies stockpiled in public ielters, plus radiation detection instruments. Through AID, the Catholic Relief Service, CARE, and From 1962 to 1964, about 165,000 tons of "survival the generosity of local governments in America stock - iscuits" were produced in the United States for stock- piing the food supplies, other food emergencies over the ling in public fallout shelters. These are a wheat -based next four years were met by shi acker, resembling a graham cracker, specially packaged Y Ap. t easily trans - ported vacuum- sealed cans for long storage life. g ported, hard -to -spoil survival biscuits. I n 1971, the Phili- � Eventually, enough shelter supplies were distributed to ppines received 500 tons after severe flooding. Colombia cal communities to stock some 105,000 shelter facilities and Chad got 500 tons in 1972, another 500 tons went th a 14-day sustaining ration for more than 65,000,000 to Nicaragua after the disastrous Managua earthquake, and rsons. The great majority of these supplies are still in 2,500 tons were sent by CARE to various destinations in throughout the received some and South America. food o total s. 19 countries ice today, owned by local governments throw g received some of the emergency food rations. cited States and managed by local civil preparedness By 1974 — a year rich in climatic freaks of drought, vil defense) offices. flooding or other acts of nature — the full value of these +o Trends Converge famine - fighting food supplies was apparent to many hard - hit countries. Over the years, two seemin Bangladesh was again foremost among these. When gly unrelated trends were monsoon floods wiped out much of the country's crops wiring. ur '- in late summer, officials of that nation, familiar with the Dri the one hand, the survival biscuits were getting earlier life- saving success of the survival biscuits, asked er — well beyond their originally estimated five -year AID for 7,000 tons. Through DCPA, the request went out If life. Although periodic quality checks by the U.S. via State Governors to local communities to make avail- ay Veterinary Corps showed — and still show — that able surplus food stocks. A of the crackers were remaining edible long after Moving quickly, local authorities in 34 States told r estimated expiration date, sooner or later they DCPA of crackers available for donation. The vital cargoes , 14 / foresight / March -April 1975 were trucked under General Service Administration con- pounds, still remained in the public fallout shelters tracts to meet ships in Seattle, San Francisco, Houston, storehouses of American cities and military bases. L New Orleans, and Brooklyn, New York. Transportation officials estimate this would be enough to costs were paid by AID. 10,000,000 people for 60 days. Disaster Str les Again Fortunate Twist of Fate As the first precious cargoes moved toward ports, Hurricane Fifi struck Honduras, leaving tens of thousands Preparedness lAgenc only m d st claims for homeless and many dead. Another 2,000 tons of the has so far been done, or even what can be done wher crackers were needed there and in parts of drought- limited resources available are compared with the we stricken West Africa. immense food needs. In effect, the donations mai Meanwhile, nature underscored the need in Bangladesh virtue of necessity, since the crackers would inevit when another cyclone struck coastal areas on November have become inedible within a few years anyway. 28, making more thousands homeless only a few days Yet, the fact remains that a supply program origir after the first shiploads of biscuits arrived there to help conceived to lessen the impact of man's extreme it alleviate the earlier flood- induced famine. manity to man has, through a fortunate twist of 1 Altogether, by the end of 1974, about 27,000,000 been made to serve humanity. It gives the hungry in si pounds of survival biscuits had been shipped to needy of the world's poorest nations a reprieve to pick up t nations. An estimated 150,000 tons, or 300 million lives and carry on. t a Y 4: i s -- J «.:, y,. '4 .. . ' 71 ' . ... fitill‘ t r ----- -= it \--........ a 7 ' '''. ''''' 7 z4t*14 f illriAt - 1 ; , ' s ",,..-._. 1 :41.:-7.7. ^,, .... _ ----- 7 '". °. �lll i it ' 4 , * r �^ . try �, . , " sp y ` i . . ^v.'�t*'- ' • " f / d ",s , ' a .li ' -'--- r e ,'"J X '� ' ---4. s t,� .. ,i , 1 _ f ,, _ .?s E x +r -sr'' a g K f � . .. iV/ --� SURVIVAL BISCUITS arrive to help victims of the Bay of Bengal cyclone -tidal wave. i / pp f / Al .‘44,‘ / i 1 �� AV 4 dirff � .e�:. / .• / / .. V im, 1 A / I / /,/ A it .,. -- - - - / N ( " A.4iA44 ____ !../ 0 / A arl:4dAat f / ' / / fiF . A i ,. Lim i �� ,� ► ,�_ i i