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Pilgrin By KAREN BURCHSTEAD Staff writer She has walked 25,000 miles in 19 years for world peace. Her name is Peace Pilgrim and she says she will remain ''a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace." Peace Pilgrim, a spry woman with silver hair worn in a pony tail, has been at USC Clean-i plan The enviromental clean-u Student Government's Fr mittee has been scheduled Tim McConnell, chairman. The key day of the pro jec ticipants will collect recyc certain trash-covered areas Students will work on s programs and enviroment junior high schools; recyclii clean-up of Richland-Lexing enviromental appreciation groups in schools, clubs, Department of Vocational F with Blind Crafts and recor and socializing with inmd stitutions. HOWA NEW SI MEN'S FAM WIDE BELTS Size 28-42 Reg. Priced 7.50-10. ( NEW S BRUSHED BELL BOTTOM Low Rise Size 21 Excellent Fit REG. 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Store for mi objects. "But I realized my life was empty. I gave up this life and entered a period of spiritual growing, of serving and seeking;" she said. "I lived this quiet life for 15 years and then began my pilgrimage," she said. "My friends thought I has lost my senses- I was not athletic and had never done much walking. "But since that time I have obtained the blessing of good health, ' she said. Peace Pilgrim, who began her pilgrimage from Los Angeles, dresses in blue slacks and shirt with a tunic that bears her name on the front and "25,000 miles on foot for world peace" on the back. "I literally have no home; I wear or carry everything I own," she said. Peace Pilgrim said that though she has no blood relatives, she is uniquely free. "I'm part of a large family; all human beings are my brothers and sisters." Peace Pilgrim said that three-fourths of the time she is given a place to sleep by strangers and seldom skips more than three meals at a time. Upcominj efforts of A group of Californians' efforts to live in harmony with their en vironment which caused a pitched battle with local authorities is dramatically described in a new book, "Canyon' by John van der Zee, to be published Feb. 23 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Canyon is a rustic community just a few miles east of San Francisco. Several years ago a group of people, eager to escape teh restraints of urban society, moved to Canyon to enjoy the freedom of open space, breathe fresh air and live among the redwoods close to nature. They wanted to teach their children their own values away from manicured lawns and two-car garages. They built geodetic dome houses, tree houses, and glass houses of unconventional materials like railroad ties, scrap lumber, eucalyptus trees complete with foilage, and old window panes. Whatever material they used had to be cheap. Banks refused mortgages in Canyon; so money was scarce even though most of the people had jobs outside the com munity. Some of the people who had been living in Canyon for decades ob jected to the newcomers' long hair, rock music, casual way of living, and unconventional clothes. Three of them, carrying a petition signed by several others, appeared before the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and demanded that the building codes be strictly en forced to expell the newcomers from Canyon. In February, 1969, there was a showdown when country officials came to Canyon to post eviction notices on the new houses, They inkind "I don't even think about eating until it's offered." She said that in 1954 she lived for 45 days "praying and fasting." Peace Pilgrim said she is booked for speaking engagements until 1977. She said she has been "tested in many ways. I once faced death in a snow storm but I found an old packing box under a bridge and was able to sleep there through the night. "Once you have passed the test you can always look back on these experiences as good," she said. Peace Pilgrim said that for years her message was "Let the killing. in Vietnam cease." Vietnam is a sympton of our terrible immaturity." "If we were mature, there would be no more Vietnams," she said. "We watch are physical growing but forget about the more important spiritual growth," she said. "Spiritual growth begins when you are completely willing to leave the self-centered life and ends when you become God centered and part of the whole." : book de 5e environm came in force with building in spectors, armed escorts, and narcotics agents. Even the dogcatcher arrived with a tranquilizer-shooting rifle. Expecting just a bunch of hip pies, they were instead confronted by newspaper reporters, television cameras and a group of people of widely varying ages, incomes and Hotelbus Europe Taking their hotels along with them, busloads of young people will explore Europe next summer and sleep in the specially designed mobile hotel that accompanies them. Pan Am's Hotelbus tours are designed around a new vehicle with beds, kitchen, showers and toilets mounted on a truck that drives right along with the bus. Compartments for six, nine or a dozen people contain three-tier bunk beds, foam rubber mattresses, all the necessary bedding, private locker space and closet, reading lamps, and an ad justable window for each bunk. The Hotelbus usually overnights at campsites, giving the travelers the op portunity to meet European families who are camping their way through the countryside. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and t wo snack s are prepared in the , ro,li.n.g ,l)et,e.1 by a steward or hostess and-srvd.in th~e nn. 40 Peace Pilgrim scribes ientalists life styles united by a tirm belief in the liberating power of land. The struggle between the authorities and these Canyon residents lasted for two years. Finally, in 1971, compromises were made on both sides and a court battle avoided. 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