Milford chronicle., 1962-08-17
HAY FEVER TIME

HAY FEVER TIME
Those who have their annual trouble
with the sniffles and sneezes in the late
summer and fall can get ready for bump
er hay fever season. The annual peak of
the ragweed season is approaching.
The height of the season comes at slight
ly varying times in different parts of the
country. In the more northerns sections, the
peak of the pollen season comes between
August 18th and September 18th. In more
southern areas the peak is experienced
slightly later in the year.
As a general rule, most people can toll
crate pollen count of less than twenty
five grains in each cubic yard of air. How
ever, some are bothered by a count of ten
or fifteen while a few cannot tolerate a
count of five or less.
Hay fever is not disturbance to be TAX
en- lightly, and it is estimated that several
people oGt of each hundred in the United
States suffer from its effects each year.
That would mean that millions of Ameri-
cans are affected by it.
Perhaps the best remedy for most peo-
pie today consists of injections of an ex-
tract from the ragweed plants. Allergy
tests, and such injections, can help large
percentage of sufferers. This method is
coming into increasing use, and should be
considered by all who suffer from hay fever.
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WEATHER BUREAU VS.. HURRICANE
The weather man is the perennial cham
pion of joksters. There is no end to the
flow of humor about the weather man pre-
dieting sunshine while the rain pours out
side of his window or vice versa
1t is no Joking matter, however, when
the source of great disaster approaches a
region Of the country and we look to the
weather man for our information in this
regard.
Hurricanes are located in a number of
ways. Last year, Tiros HI, the hurricane
hunter satellite, discovered Hurricane Es-
ther as it was forming in the Atlantic. The
satellite further aided in picking up five
hurricanes and one storm which were 10
Gated in the Atlantic. The satellite also
picked up hurricanes in the Eastern Pacific
and nine typhoons in the Central and West
ern Pacific.
Coordination with the Navy and Air
Force also provides a team to help locate
and track the hurricanes. If hurricane is
reported, the tropical storm is Immediately
investigated by Air Force and Navy planes.
Navy hurricane hunters also set continu-
Gus patrol in areas where these ladies of
the sea form.
Weather study has come a long way
since its greatest natural disaster, a hurri-
cane in 1898. During that hurricane, more
than one thousand persons were killed. To
day, with the modern methods and proceed
ures of the Weather Bureau, it is unlikely
that any tropical storm can work such dis
aster upon US. Those who are usually in
jured in such storms have not needed the
advice and instructions provided for them.
The hurricane season is now approaching.
AS usual, the hurricanes are given girls
names and start with A and continue down
the alphabet. In 1862 we will see Alma,
Becky, Celia, Daisy, Ella, Flossie, etc., un-
til the list or hurricanes are exhausted.
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WHERE THE BALL BELONGS
What's wrong with: Low Prices? Com
petition? Fair Play?
And finally, What's Wrong in Washing
ton?
These questions-and potent questions
they are-are posed in a leaflet issued by
the Association of American Railroads.
The leafiet deals with the transporta-
tion problem in general, but it lays special
and well-deserved emphasis on the Admin
istration's eminently sound proposals con-
corning the hauling of bulk commodities
and agricultural and fishery products.
The Administration proposes: 1. Ex-
tending to all carriers an exemption from
approval or prescription of minimum rates
on the hauling of bulk commodities that
may now move by water free of regulation
g. Extending to all carriers an exemption
from approval or prescription OF MINIMUM
rates on transportation of agricultural and
fishery products that may now move by
motor carriers and freight forwarders free
of regulation.
Let it be noted that the proposals, as
offered, apply only to minimum rates, not
maximum rates. The existing regulations
would still apply to the latter, though many
authorities believe this is no longer nec-
essary in these days of intensive competition
for traffic.
The President has thrown the ball where
it belongs - into the hands of Congress
Will Congress tumble it as in the past?