National Geographic December 1963

YWCA: International Success Story
Three million strong in 76 lands, women of the world join in lighting candles to bring beauty and hope into the lives of those around them.
Florida Rides a Space- age Boom
Florida’s sunny disposition has thousands of Americans flocking to its cities and shores; but with a state- of- the- art space program, a 300- million- dollar citrus crop, and a highly profitable tourism industry, this southern state proves its not just
Crusader Road to Jerusalem { The Capture of Jerusalem; Conquest of the Holy City}
With little more than their religious faith to sustain them, the first crusaders fought formidable obstacles to wrest the Holy Land from non- Christian hands.
Freeing Flamingos From Anklets of Death
In the alkaline- heavy shallows of Lake Magadi in eastern Africa, wildlife conservationists and a team of volunteers save thousands of flamingo hatchlings from certain death by removing shackles of crystallized soda from the helpless birds’ legs.