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Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
RIVER OF HEALTH

There seems to be some histori-
cal question as to whether Christie
pher Columbus, Lief Erickson, John
Cabot, or perhaps still another sea-
rover actually discovered the Wes-
tern Hemisphere. But it lis pretty
we'll established that Columbus, on
his second voyage to the Caribbean
in 1895, brought the first milk cows
to this half of the world. And look
what's happened sincei
Pasteur invented pasteurizing.
DeLayal invented the cream sepa-
rator. Thatcher invented the milk
bottle. Last year U. S. families
alone produced a record crop of
100000 offsprings, and according
to, the Milk Industry Foundation,
U. S. dairy farmers produced a riv-
er of milk which, if not employed
otherwise, would have been 1926
miles long, 40 feet wide and three
feet deep. And if you want your
river deeper, you have the choice
of making it shorter or narrower
but it still accounts for 56 billion
quarts representing the best eff
forts of 22,406,0 600 milk cows val
ued at $3,252,510,OO0.
Nearly half of this river is swal-
lowed in fresh, fluid form by young
and old But, according to nutri-
ti0nists in and out of the u S. De-
partment of Agriculture, this is
not nearly enough to meet mini
mum dietary standards. Even
though per capita consumption is
about II per cent higher than he
fore World War III, it still amounts
to less than pint day, when it
should average a pint-and-a-half
to a quart a day for good health.
There is still no chance, how
ever, for you to take a. milk bath
in that river, since the so-called
milk surplus is mere trickle.
If a quarter of us drank as much
more milk as the experts say we
should, or if all of us drank less
than two ounces more of it a day,
there would be a shortage !. and
we might have to call out the Ma
tional Guard sto prevent milk loot
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13

to the fence circuit may be poorly
installed
2. Poorly made connections.
3. Loose gate connection or
wire spliced so that it will cause
arcing.
4. Copper and aluminium wire
used in the same fence.
If your fence controller is loca-
ted inside a building, the insulated
wire connecting the controller to
the fence on the outside of the
building should be well-supported
on knob insulators.
Never run this wire along a wa
ter pipe or other metal surface,
Scarborough warns. The insula-
ton usually found on such a wire
is not able to resist the high vol
tage produced by an electric fence
controller. If this wire comes in
contact with some metallic body.
it may cause arcing which will
burn away the insulation and may
send out static which will be pick
ed up on radio aad TV sets.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
MORE THAN WE DESERVE

In view of the confusion prevail
ing at the demise of the Federal
Aid bill for school construction, it
will probably never be known whe-
ther the Powell Amendment-deny-
ing such Federal funds to states
with In-integrated school systems
was, or was not the cause. At
one point, another amendment,
changing the method of granting
the money, automatically cancelled
the controversial Powell! proviso-
which was later reinstated.
Finally, the bill was laid to rest
by a vote of 224 to 1874 But it was
no act of craftsmanship, merely a
Providential reprieve for Ameri-
cans who do not want control of
their schools taken over by Wash
ington..
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
Electric Fences Sometimes
In Broadcasting Business

An increasing number of electric
fence owners are in the broadcast
ing business. Their programs con-
s1st of buzzes, crackles, static and
other annoying noises.
Ii you are bothered with noises
like these on your radio or TV set
for D0 known reason, check your
community for a defective electric
fence, suggests Ernest Scarbor-
ough, agricultural engineer at the
University of Delaware.
First, disconnect your fences
and ask your neighbors to do like
wise. If the static disappears, the
trouble is definitely in one of the
fences.
To find out which one, turn them
off one at time. Then, if you still
aren't able to track down the Off
ender, you'd better call your pow
er company or an electrical con-
tractor.
There are several reasons why
an electric fence will start broad
casting static, says SCARBOROUGH.
l. The wire from the controller
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
July 9. 1856

Dear Friends:
These summer evenings do you
sit in your yard and watch the
traffic go by? Do you work il your
flower and vegetable garden We
did too. but no longer can We relax
in our yards nor enjoy working in
our flower gardens Early this
month we received notification that
every house in our Air Force vii
lage is for sale.
You can't imagine the repercus-
sions the news of this mass sale
brought upon the $50 Air Force
families who live here. People abb
solutely have no place to rent in
Topeka. We have people here at
the base guest house who are
Maxwell Field, Ala, friends of the
Jack Lingo's formerly of Lewes).
The Let's were told to come to us
for help in rentals and when they
arrive here they find that we are
iust about to be evicted on the
streets.
The government loaned this
housing project money with the
provision that they rent it to mill
tary personnel for a stated length
of dime. They fulfilled their obli-
cations, have paid off their loan
and now the houses are being sold.
There is no other topic of CONVEX
sation with any of us. We have been
stationed here for three complete
years and very definitely do not
want to buy any house, but if they
call from the office tomorrow and
say, ''our house is sold. You buy
it in 80 days or out you CO." What
choice do we have? The war may
be over, but there are still familiar
traces of it here in Topeka.
Everything always works out for
the best so perhaps when I write
to you again we will be living our
normal Air Force life, but | can
tell you we are quite upset now.
Last Wednesday 21 of us went
on picnic together 1t was the
fourth of July as we'll as our
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13

woman buyer in the huge auto
firms construction purchasing de-
partnent.
She buys construction materials
and labor, often seeing a new
building through from the archi-
tect's blueprint to the final foot
of fencing around the completed
plant
Mrs. O'Reilly believes women
make good purchasing agents be
cause, by nature, they're rather
cold blooded about money. There's
nothing as relentless as a woman
on the trail of a bargain"
It's still not an easy field for a
woman to crack. Mrs. O'Reilly
learned her job ia years of tipping
purchasing orders. contracts and
other correspondence as a steno-
grapher in Ford's plant engineer
ing department
Her 26 years experience quail
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13

fed her TO be named assistant to
the head of the purchasing engin-
eering department. She worked up
TO buyers post-one Of five in the
division-with the aid of night
school college courses.
Mrs O'Reilly wouldn't trade her
joG for anything.
Sure, if you slip up when you're
spending someone else's money. il
can cost them thousands and you
your job" she says. But that's
what keeps you on your toes"
Although she keeps the accounts
at home, her husband of less than
a year, Leo F. Nike O'Reilly. a
power engineer at Ford, does the
grocery shopping.
81 don't mind going myself" says
Mrs. O'Reilly, but Mike is fascin-
ated with supermarkets so l just
turn him loose"
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
ONLY S1.623

An old-fashioned, but nevertheless sound,
view has it that debt reduction is a good
thing. BY this standard, citizens of the Uni
ted States ought to be doing a bit of rejoic-
ing these days
In recent years the national debt has
firted with the maximum permissible by
law, 275 billion dollars. On two occasions,
Congress has allowed the ceiling to rise tenn
porarily to 281 billions so that the Treasury
could borrow money to squeak by during the
period of slim tax receipts. Now the debt
has dropped by more than a billion and a
half dollars from the 1855 total. It's now a
mere S., ,623 for every man, woman and child
On second thought, that's plenty.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
POLIO ON THE RUN

During the month OF June, 17,172,396
shots of Salk poliomyelitis vaccine were re-
leased to the public. This, the U. S. Public
Health Service noted, was almost twice as
much as had been released in any previous
month.
AS a result of this substantial increase,
the vaccine shortage is virtually past in many
parts of the country. There is still short
age in some areas, but it is being easeG.
That is excellent news, but it does not
mean that the threat of polio is about over.
AS was pointed out by Marion B. Folsom,
secretary of health, education and welfare,
state and local health officials must continue
to make maximum use of the vaccine The
danger of polio is greatest in August and
September. Therefore, there is still urgency
about getting as many children and preg-
nant women as possible inoculated in July.
If health officials and the public take Fol-
SONS timely warning to heart, the nation
will have taken another big step toward
eradication of this disease.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
Washington Letter : BY Robert Nelson Taylor

neering fact that two plus two
equals four is escaping too many
of our students today.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
The Lady Has A Dream Job
Everyday Shopping Spree

Observation-Disclosures with a
four million dollars spend her husband doesn't
a about
That's because the
OReily belongs Co Mrs ORev is the only
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
RADIATION PUZZLE

DR.. Ralph Lapp, one of the nations lead
ing nuclear physicists, has become sort of
gadhy to the Atomic Energy Commission.
He has consistently differed with the Aces
optimistic view that atomic and hydrogen
bomb test explosions add negligible amounts
of radiation to that already present in the
atmosphere.
Recently DR.. Lapp carried his attack on
the Acc viewpoint step further. Refer
ring to the report on radiation made by the
National Academy of Sciences, he said the
world is much closer to the maximum level
of radioactivity than that report indicated.
The MAS conclusion that testing of nuclear
weapons could be increased 25 or 80 times
without harming the worlds health is, he
said, misleading"
1t is DR.. Lapp's contention that the MAS
report refers only to external radiation,
whereas human tolerance is much lower for
internal radiation from particles taken in
with food water and air. He believes that
by 1862 there will be enough radioactive
strontium committed to the stratosphere" so
that when it has fallen to earth it could pro-
duce the maximum permissible amount" in
the entire human race.
This is speculative; it is one mans esti-
mate, quite different from those made by
other reputable scientists. But to ignore
such warning would be unwise, perhaps
tragic. 1t underscores the apparent fact that
science does not yet know enough to be posi-
tive about the amount of radiation danger
from tests of nuclear weapons.
This is not matter for complacency, but
for continuing alertness and study by our
most skilled scientists. For DR.. Lapp may be
right in thinking that by the atomic clock,
it is much later than we think.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
TRAFFIC COPS ALOFT


On the average, four airline planes in the
United States are involved in near-collisions
every day. During the past six years, more
than 130 civilian planes have collided in mid
air. This kind of accident reached its awful
climax recently when two giant airliners
smashed together and plunged into the Grand
Canyon.
The Grand Canyon tragedy has given
rise to a stir of demand, in Congress and
out, for an improved system of air traffic
control. Previous events already had amply
justified such demands, but the smashup that
took 128 lives has focused bright new light
on the matter.
The plain fact is that air traffic control
methods have not kept pace with the tre-
mendous development of flying in this coun-
try. This is not to say that flying is unsafe.
On the contrary, the passenger fatality rate
is only 0.55 per 100 million passenger miles,
compared with almost six per 100 million
passenger miles in the mid-30s.
But all evidence points to a growing need
for faster, tighter control OF air traffic. That
means not only improved regulations, but
better communications between air and
ground 1t means continuing pressure, by
the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Civil
Aeronautics Administration, to see that
rigid safety precautions are adhered to.
The time seems to have come for thor
ough going study of the situation, followed
by corrective measures. Air traffic is in
creasing in both amount and speed. Traffic
control must keep pace with it.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-13
THEY'RE YOUR DIMES

"A good thing to remember says the
Abilene, Kansas, Daily Reflector, 'in these
days of all kinds of federal aids is that the
federal government hasn't got dime that
it doesn't take away from the people, so it
can't give anything to school system, build
ing program, county welfare, flood control,
crop surpluses or anything else, without first
having taken it away from the people"
In this gigantic federal process of taking
and giving, large chunk of the local tax
payers dollar goes to support the bureau
cracy which provides "give away" services
that in most cases could be better handled
locally in the first place. Moreover, the mon
ey that is taken from the people and return
ed in part under the guise of federal aid
is to large extent extracted from the tax
payers indirectly. The next time you hear
the political cry for higher tax on bust
ness or an industry, you should remember
that the latter are like government too, in
one respect. They have no money except
what they take from consumers in payment
for products or services. Their profits are
either regulated by law or by competition.
When additional taxes are levied against
them they are forced to become collection
agencies for government. The taxes are
passed along to their customers.
The old saying that you can't get some
thing for nothing is still true, even though
many of us act like we don't believe 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-29

care. Much less expensive than
Russian broadtail.
Leopard (Source: China, Africa :.
beige, brown and black For mild
weather. medium wearing quality.
A luxury fur becoming more rare
each year
OcelOt (Source: Central & South
American Similar to leopard but
with oval markings, and usually
less contrast between the markings
and the background. Less expensive
than leopard, and with same
warmth and wearing quality
Short Haired Thick Furs
Beaver Source: Best. skins from
Quebec, Canada. Others from
northern u. S. Alone of the
greatest North American furs and
one of the earliest of our natural
resources" having been used as a
means of trade since the 160O's.
Natural skins are plucked to take
out wiry guard hairs and leave
soft under hair Modern beaver
is also sheared to make hair shorter
coat less bulky. Natural brown
with lighter sides which are worked
to form stripes" The value of
the stripes is that they show how
many skins were uSed-the more
skins, the more expensive the coat.
Very warm, sturdy fur for heavy
duty and all-purpoSe use. Needs
little care beyond cleaning and
occasional electrifying to restore
evenness and luster. Medium
priced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-29

Squirrel tSource: Russia, Europe.
Scandinavia, Canada. Japan, China)
Natural grey squirrel coats are
fluffy, warm and moderately priced
but require care. Dyed squirrel is
used for coats and wraps to initiate
mink shades. Must be marked
dyed squirrel" Can be bleached
or dyed in variety of colors and
shades
Rabbit, formerly called lapin or
coney (Source: Australia, France.
Belgium, Germany, Japan, China.
Chile, and u. s. A)-A warm. soft,
inexpensive fur which can be dyed.
plucked and sheared to resemble
seal. beaver and nutria. The blonde
shades are popular today.
Otter (Scurce: Labrador, Can
ada, Peru and BraziD - Soft.
plucked fur. flatter than seal, and
naturally brown. Oriental otter
is low priced and much shorter
mapped fur
Sheared racc0On tSource: u. S. A.
--Processed by shearing to produce
soft, fluffy pelt for excellent wear
ing, warm and smart inexpensive
all-purpose coats. Can be bleached
or dyed in variety of colors and
shades from. almost-white to- navy
blue and black.
Sheared Fox Source: Russia,
Canada, Scandinavia, U.S.A)-
Processed by shearing. Sturdy soft
fur with finer nap than Sheared
raccoon. inexpensive and with ex-
cellent warmth and wear. Also Of
ten dyed in colors.
Australian OppOsum (Source:
Australia) = Natural. soft, fluffy
grey mixture fur. Long-wearing.
warm all-purpose fur. Medium
priced-also frequently sheared and
dyed.
Dyed MOutOn PrOcessed Lamb
(formerly called Mouton) tSource:
South America. North America.
Australia. Africa - Sheepskin
Continued ON Page Ella
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-29

Nutria, sometimes called "coypu."
(Source: Argentina, Chile, Uru-
quay, United States) - Beautiful
taupe, even-napped fur from the
nutria rodent, plucked to remove
wiry guard hairs. AS warm. but
more supple than beaver. For all
purpose wear. Higher in price than
beaver because more skins and
labor are required for coat.
Muskrat Source: All parts of
the United States. Canada, Russia,
South America: best from U. S. A0
Naturally short. thick and lus-
trous hair in mixture of dark and
lighter brown or silvery grey and
beige. Used in its natural color and
texture, .muSkrat makes a hand
some, warm and inexpensive coat
for sturdy wear and requires little
care. Most muskrat is dyed today,
and was formerly offered as mink
dyed, "sable-dyed" or (when dyed
black as Hudson SEAL" All such
muskrat is now labeled dyed
muskrat." The parts of the animal
used must now be identified as
back" Cbest) flank" dover grade)
and belly" 0east expensive)
Dyed Fur Seal (Source: Pribiloff
Islands Of Alaska) Soft thick fur
in black (top guard hairs plucked
OUT, Matara brown very dark
or Safari (coppery). This is one of
the aristocrats of furdom controlled
by the United States Government
to protect the dwindling species of
animals. Warm and long wearing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-29
If YOU'RE UNDECIDED
Persian? Mink? Nutriu?
Capsule Fur Dictionary

If you've ever wanted to know
more about furS-read on.
Here is a capsule fur dictionary
to keep on hand and consult.
Knowing more about the flattery
of furs means you appreciate them
that much more.
The Flat Furs
Dyed Persian Lamb (Source:
Turkestan, Afghanistan, Southwest
Africa and RUSSIA. Closely curled
fur with a high luster. Natural
color, gray or grown. Most often
dyed black Popular for all-day
wear. Medium warm, moderate in
price and long wearing with rea-
Sonable care.
Dyed BrOadtaiI Lamb (Source:
Same as Persian lamb. Thin,
silky fur with shimmering wa
tered" surface derived from pre-
maturely born flattailed ! ambs.
Naturally gray of brown, but often
dyed black or midnight blue. Used
for fine afternoon and evening
coats and wraps. A luxury fur for
mild weather. Brown broadtail is
more rare and consequently. more
expensive.
Persian BrOadtail Lamb. Same
as Russian broadtail, but with
heavier skin and thicker fur.
Dyed South American PrOceSSed
Lamb (Source: South America,
formerly called American broad
tail. Sheared South American
lamb with watered surface like
broadtal but slightly thicker hair.
For mild weather wear. Requires
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fur which tailors handsomely and
is also used for dreSsy coats. Prices
fluctuate due to Government con-
trolled auctions. Expensive category.
Cape of Good Hope Dyed Fur
Seal (Source: Cape of Good Hope.
Africa "A shorter haired seal.
slightly less expensive and not quite
as durable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-07
You SoVe Four Ways

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extra capacity means three-ton unit will
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ofmany other makes. You save on operating
costs, too. You get 23.4%%S more cooling per
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Westinghouse in making commercial air
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operating continuously during summers for
over IS years. Also! A Swear warranty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-07
Fairfax 10 Push
Sales Tax Plea

The need for new sources Of
local revenue-including a sales
tax-will be stressed by Fairfax
County in its appearance before
the State Tax Study Commits
sion in Alexandria tomorrow.
The Board of County Super
visors yesterday adopted a series
of resolutions instructing County
Executive C. c. Massey to APP
pear at the tax hearing with
the following recommendations:
/. The board recognizes there
is a definite need in the North
ern Virginia area for added
revenue sources, and as a means
of increasing revenue the board
agrees a sales tax is a proper
source.
2. If sales tax is adopted,
the county favors q limit of /
Iper cent at the State level and
up to . per cent for local taxa
ton.
3. The county has had to rely
on real estate taxes as Its major
source Of local income, and be-
lieyes other means of raising
money are essential to relieve
the real estate tax burden. Fair
fax has just increased it's real
estate tax rate by so cents.
The Fairfax sales tax action
generally follows the stand taken
by Northern Virginia as a whole
"A tax attorney. William thinner
OF Richmond. will appear at the
hearing in behalf of Northern
Virginia to urge the local sales
tax feature. if a sales tax is
adopted in Virginia.
Chairman Joseph H. Freehill
of the Fairfax Board said he is
opposed to a sales tax in prin-
ciple.
Brig Gen. Richard P. Oven
shine said no single tax should
be assumed to be perfect. He
declared that the sales tax
would I'LL in some Of the gaps"
not covered by existing taxes,
particularly in collecting revenue
from transients.
The tax commission will meet
at 1890 am. tomorrow at the
Alexandria Recreation Center to
hear comments from Northern
Virginia residents about the
States tax structure. |