The American Legion Magazine [Volume 91, No. 2 (August 1971)]

Cover Sculpture by Stanley Glaubach Photo by Joseph Reynolds -- The Easiest Way to Destroy the Dump Piles: The Outlay of Millions of Dollars for Solid Waste Disposal Has Been Largely Unsuccessful, but Here's a Simple Plan That Can Do the Job and Cost Us Hardly a Cent by Peter D. Bolter -- Another Sad Note on American Journalism: In an Article on the American Legion, the Wall Street Journal Presented a Picture of a Great Organization in Decline. A Look at the Facts Shows Otherwise by R. B. Pitkin -- The Earth From Space . . . Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: Space Exploration Can Tell Us a lot About the Earth That Living on It Never Could. Here's What the Spaceboys Are Doing to Help Solve Some of the Problems on Their Home Planet by Harvey Ardman -- A Legion Romance for Vietnam Amputee: A Photo Feature -- Causes of Teen-Age Auto Accidents: Two Studies Which Pinpoint Causes of Accidents by Young Drivers Can Help Teen-Agers and Parents Alike by Jack Harrison Pollack -- Should We Enact a National Service Program?: Two Sides of a National Question Pro: Rep. Jonathan By Bingham (D-N.Y.) Con: Rep. Parren J. Mitchell (D-Md.) -- The Things We've Used for Money: Our Colonies Used Seashells. Tobacco, Corn, Etc., for Money -Then Relied on Foreign Coins. Later Paper Money, Hank Issues and the Gold Standard Plagued Us with Problems We Aren't Out of Yet. Here's a Look at What Has Served Us for Money by Lynwood Mark Rhodes -- Letters to the Editor -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of the American Legion -- Dateline Washington -- Life in the Outdoors -- Personal -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots