They Surviver Could a man of the 20th Century survive if civilization were suddenly wiped out and he found himself the last man on earth? WOULD A FAMILY survive? Could them SALT through LAKE Tribune a compelling will answer experiment be- ing carried out somewhere in a vast forest wilderness of the western United States. A family of five has gone into the wilds to try. THEY HAVE ONLY the clothes. on their backs, one axe, a pocketknife apiece, a 50-{t. wees THE “LAST MAN on Earth” in this is Bud Boyd, a news- | the — unique survival test paper outdoors writer. With his is his Ves wife and children take it? In the twinkling of a hydrogen flash, these questions could become terrifyingly vital to any one of us. THE They have no blankets, no ‘raincoats, oe } soap, no coffee, no tobacco, no matches. length of rope, a ball of twine and some salt. Betty; daughters Susan, \ and a son, Bruce, 8. The Boyds hope to make it for six wenn, but Mr. Boyd is not certain. He must keep. his family dry and warm and fed—dry and warm without a home or a tent, fed out a supermarket or corner grocer, Can he do it? with- THE SERIES OF articles telling lor the | meee Boyds’ experiences will begin, Monday in Ghe Salt Lake Tribune One of America’s Great Newspapers » |