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/ Setting a Course For Snowmobiles As spring puiis the apron of winter snow up the con- tinent into Canada, a num- ber of ecologists and gov- ernment officials will be sur- veying the countryside for signs of snoWinobile damage. No doubt, as was feared at the outset, they will find some littering, some dam- age to young trees and golf courses. And they will hear complaints about the noise, the running to exhaustion of wildlife, and the cowboy foolhardiness of many of the snowmobile owners. Two things seem likely. The damage is likely to be not so great as early reports have made it out to be. Bu\ second, the evidence will likely show that the newest outdoor fad seriously needs controls. The simple fact is that al- most everyone - law en- ' forcement officers, legisla- tors, conservationists - mis- judged the growth of · the sport. Snowmobiling grew like Topsy. There was no safety training, no restric- tions on where they could go, no registration require- ment. And now in. the snow- belt states and Canada offi- cials are having to catch up. We believe there ought to · be uniformity in. regional codes, imposing noise limits and, particularly, establish- ing certain wilderness re- gions out of bounds. F'or as spring comes and we would like to contemplate visiting lakes uncut by the buzz of outboard motors, so we would like to look ahead to next year's snows and relief from the snoVI'rnobile's whine. - Christian Science Monitor VOl.. 69--NO. 40 U-SSR Asks For Major Arms Cuts By HENRY .SHAPIRO P - o·· ar· .~ ··r- ,. .. ·:- --- · .. :~ - ... . . . ·: . . . \• ~ - . _:': . ~ • • \<;:.\ . -