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March 10, 1972

TO MY SIX SCIENTISTS

(I am late getting to this...because of so many things happening to me since January. However...better late than never.)

Some years ago...I ended the East Coast Six Years Drought, and the 2-year killer drought in India...after first going on Jack McKinney's "Night Talk" radio show, WCAU, in Philadelphia, and announcing my intent over the air. (Then backing it up in writing to my contacts of that time.)

I have just done it again. (See New York Times newsclip attached: "KENYA; THE DROUGHT ENDS"

In Brad Steiger's book, "What The Seers Predict For 1972", Lancer pocketbook, on page 140...is the following (in the chapter devoted to my work):

"RAINS IN AFRICA"

"In Africa the rains will come and fill up the empty rivers, streams, and water holes where wildlife go to obtain their water. I have set this up in 1971, and the PK should be working up great power for this in 1972."

That's three times now!...I have documented such a major happening in advance. Isn't that wonderful coincidence?

Best....

Owens
YEPK Man

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AY Times 1/31/72
THE NEW YORK TIMES, MC
Kenya: The Drought Ends
Argus Africa-Photo Trends
In addition to wildlife parks, tourists in Kenya can view "woodhenge" figures done in
Kigangu style, at Kenyatta College. Tourism, major money-maker for Kenya, is improving.
NAIROBI, Kenya-Marked
economic improvement is the
hope for Kenya this year
after some setbacks in 1971,
including a drought that last-
ed for many months.
Two major factors are ex-
pected to figure in the rosier
1972 picture.
The first is Kenya's deci-
sion to peg her currency to
the dollar. This move, taken
along with the Governments
of the partner states of Tan-
zania and Uganda, is expect-
ed to afford greater leverage
in both domestic and foreign
monetary transactions.
The second important fac-
tor in Kenya's economy was
the ending of the long
drought, which had retard-
ed agricultural production.
Farming accounts for 70 per-
cent of this East African
country's economy.
Kenyan farmers' incomes
declined in 1971, while rising
prices in industrial countries
led to an increase in import
prices for Kenya.
Informed sources here said
that because of the drought,
it seemed likely that the
country's 1971 growth rate
would turn out to be below
the 7 to 7½ per cent it has
averaged since 1964.
Agriculture may continue
to be hampered to some ex-
tent this year, but investment
in manufacturing continued
steady last year, and some
experts believe it will be
strengthened by measures to
replace imports with domes-
tically made goods.
Kenya's agricultural staples
have long included coffee and
livestock products, including
meat, hides and dairy prod-
ucts. The country produces
tea, sisal and a variety of
other crops.
Tourism, a major earner,
is on the upswing, based on
the attraction of Kenya's
spectacular wildlife and game
parks.
The prospect of more
American tourists raises par-
ticular hopes. The average
American visitor spends
about $42 a day compared
with about $25 for the aver-
age European.
Kenya's main trading part-
ner is Britain, but she has
trade and aid links with a
variety of nations.
Imports from the United
States are likely to increase,
because the pegging of the
Kenya shilling to the dollar
has made the pound sterling
more expensive.
American investment in
Kenya is estimated at be-
tween $90-million and $100-
million, mostly industrial -
in petroleum marketing, can-
ning, battery manufacture,
tires and bottling.
Economic relations with
other nations include sub-
stantial imports from Japan.
The country's most serious
economic problem is rising
unemployment, and the chal-
lenge of creating jobs is ex-
pected to grow as the popu-
lation, now about 11 million,
increases.
Although Kenya's balance
of payments position at year-
end was described by the
Government as "very healthy"
and foreign-earnings pros-
pects for 1972 "very good,"
a serious long-term problem
was brought to light in De-
cember-the need for proper
land usage.
Parts of the National Re-
port on Human Environment
were published and one of
these dealt with the country's
soil-carrying capacity.
Four-fifths of the country
is arid, thus limiting the area
that can produce food sur-
pluses and cash crops for ex-
port.
With one of the highest
population growth rates in
the world (3.3 per cent a
year), some of Kenya's areas
with fertile soils are reach-
ing their carrying capacity
and some - notably in west-
ern and central Kenya -
have already exceeded their
carrying capacity.