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Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29

to line To- million-gallon salt
water storage reservoir in
Snyder, Texas LIFE
TIME plumbing is in prospect
for new houses, according to
Tube Turns Plastics, Louisville,
with plastics that are so easily
handled that it takes as little as
a minute to make a joint that
can be expected to be leakproof
for the life of the house.
HOW does COW know when
it's hungry? Don't laugh. Uni
versity Of Wisconsin dairy sci
entists take the question quite
seriously because the amount
Of milk COW gives depends on
how much she eats. The re-
searchers figure that bacteria
in the cows paunch break down
complex food molecules into
simpler compounds such as
acetic, propionic, butyric and
Tactic acids, and they believe that
a build-up Of one or more of
these acids helps turn off the
animals appetite. AUTO
NATIONS dramatic effects are
shown by these federal govern
ment figures: In 1947, 100
we're required to pro-
duce 1000 tons Of steel, only
10, 900 are needed today; in 1947,
310.5 man-hours to produce
car, 153 today; in 1947, 1900
to produce 1000 tons
Of coal, 500 today; in 1947, $40
man-hours to produce 1000
bushels Of wheat, 120 today.
ONE ASPIRIN tablet a day may
kill a cat within a week, says
DR.. E. ]. Larson, Michigan vet
erinarian. He believes common
ly used dosages are dangerously
nigh. THE BEST American
indian moccasins are made in
Hong Kong, says Ruth Cox, presi-
lent Of Laughing VOLTS trading
post in Anadarko, Okla. About the
only Indian souvenir that cannot
1e duplicated by the Orientals,
she says, is the war bonnet with
zeal eagle feathers. The U. S.
exporting eagle feath-
.rs but the japanese make a
,ood imitation bonnet using Asian
feathers.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29

that's true. But observation OF
this fact led to a common idea
that you are more liable to the
disease If a member of your
family has 1t another version
Of the "runs in the families"
fallacy, and almost as untruel
Anybody who has the active dis
ease can transmit the TB germ
the tubercle bacillus to any
body with whom he comes In
contact, although not everyone
infected becomes sick.
Still another popular health
delusion is that TB infection
promptly causes loss Of weight
and other symptoms OF Illness.
AS a result Of this notion, people
have been known to ignore a CON-
mon cough, shortness of breath,
or even SO obvious a sign as
expectorated blood. They're
husky and plump, they feel fine :
so how could they possibly be
in danger Of anything like TB?
Unfortunately, anybody can be :
because the disease often doesn't
betray Itself through symptoms
until it's well advanced.
TB plays no ofavorites. The only
way to be sure you're not in
fected with the active or Inactive
germ is the way recommended
by all physicians and tubercul-
osis associations a periodic
tuberculin test or chest X-ray.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29

Hunter Safety Program has been
instrumental In reducing ac-
cidents In the hunting field. Cur
rently thirty-four states and two
Canadian Provinces are actively
sponsoring this NRA program.
To date, almost two million stu
dents have been graduated and
the total number Of field acci-
dents has declined even though
the number of hunters has
greatly increased.
The new NRA Home Firearm
Safety Course will In no way
supplant the Hunter Safety
Course but will help to expand
the total firearm safety educa-
tton available to gun owning
families. The program Is de-
signed to promote safety among
those who normally do not use
firearms for recreation but have
them In their home. It will also
serve as an excellent refresher
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29

a satellite for the first time. A
27-pOund nuclear generator.
SNAP-9A, is whirling around the
earth inside a satellite put into
polar orbit. The U. S. Navy will
use it to relay navigating data
to ships at sea :. ROCKET
ENGINES are being attached to
cars by Detroit manufacturers,
but not to eclipse the competition
at traffic light. Engineers
studying the effects of cross
winds mount the rockets on the
sides of autos. Their thrust
Stimulates severe wind effects as
the motions Of the car are re-
corded.
PHOSGENE, a colorless gas
which smells like new-moWn hay,
plays an important role in the
manufacture Of po1yurethane
foams which have rapidly grow
ing insulating and cushioning ap-
plications, reports Chemetron
Chemicals, Chicago, major
phosgene producer. The name
derives from Greek words mean
ing "light" and "to produce"
because it was first made in
1912 by the action of light on
mixture Of carbon monoxide and
chlorine 80. ONLY 900 cases
OF pOliomyelitis were reported in
the U. S. in 1862, says the Health
Information Foundation. This
compares with approximately
SIS, 900 in 1852.
COMMERCIAL benefits from
space age technology are tagging,
according to the Denver Re-
search Institute, which has just
completed two-year study. |
Even when technology from a
multi -billion-dollar space prof. |
ect does eventually sift down to
commercial application, the
report contends, the transfer
takes too long. The National |
Aeronautics and Space Admins
(NASA) is meeting with
major contractors In an effort \
70 spur dissemination of space
originated technology and so i'm
prove the record. THE
JAPANESE are growing tallerl |
A diet emphasizing meat and
milk instead Of rice has pushed |
I5-year-old boys an average of
3-1/2 inches higher than World
Var II counterparts. One result:
schools are providing larger
iesks.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29

Three of the victims were a
49-year-old physician, his wife,
and a travelling companion who
bathed in a fresh water pool
during caribbean vacation, the
authors said. The fourth case,
29-year-old man, apparently
contracted the disease in Egypt
from bathing in water from
canals or rivers.
The disease is contracted by
persons washing clothes, bath
ing, wading, or working in con-
taminated water. Unsanitary
sewage disposal is one Of the
important sources OF these spe-
cies of blood flukes in streams
and rivers.
SchistoSomiasis is distributed
through the world and is be-
lieved to affect about $50 mil
lion persons, making 1t probably
the most important parasitic dis
ease affecting man.
The disease is not entirely
unknown in this country, the two
physicians wrote in the Journal.
Several thousand persons in the
armed forces became infected in
the Philippines during World War
-
countered among some immi-
grants and a few persons who
have lived or worked abroad,
they said.
With increasing tourist travel,
the disease may become more
significant in this country, they
said.
The caribbean travellers be-
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29
Pig cons Muy Be
Health Menace

GENERALLY ineffective wars
have been waged against pigeons
for years, on grounds that they
deface buildings and destroy
lawns and shrubbery. But now
New York City health authorities
have laid a more serious charge
at their roost: disease carrier.
They point to two recent deaths
from a type Of brain inflamma-
tion as directly traceable to
pigeons. "Pigeon proofing"
buildings is the best control
method, says the U. S. Public
Health Service. This technique
uses screens and spikes to keep
the birds away from roosting
areas, and a coating Of special
slippery varnish on roofs and
other surfaces. And, health
authorities add, please don't feed
the pigeons.
ATOMIC ENERGY is powering
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29
Facts VS.. kon-Faets
About TB

Despite one of folklore's hoar-
lest bits of wisdom, what you don't
know can hurt you. And that
usually goes double In matters
affecting your health.
There's the ancient question
Of tuberculosis, for example :
it's been vastly reduced in the
last few decades, though getting
1t down to absolute zero will still
take a lot of doing. A couple Of
generations ago, the common be-
lief was that TB "runs In FAM
iues." Most people thought 1t
hereditary. Medical science fin
ally succeeded In convincing just
about everybody that it's trans
mitted by germ and in no other
way.
No sooner was this bit of
mythology laid to rest, than a.
mother took its place. TB VIC
times living at home are most
apt to communicate the disease
to members Of their families =
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29

came i'll after returning to this
country, the authors said. The
initial symptoms we're general
ized aches, chills and fever, they
said. The physician became
acutely i'll and was hospitalized
while his wife was moderately
i'll for a few days and the third
patient was only mildly Ill, they
said.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29
Polluted w ufer
Bath lnfecfs
Tourists Abroad

Four Americans contracted an
infectious disease from bathing
in polluted waters while abroad,
DrS. Harry Most and Daniel |.
Levine, New York City, re-
ported.
The four cases of schistoso-
miasis, produced by worms
which penetrate the skin and in
wade the blood vessels, were
described in the current journal
Of the American Medical As
sociation.
They said the cases were the
first Of their kind reported in
American tourists.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29

for those who handle firearms
frequently.
For further Information con-
corning the NRA Home Firsarm
Safety Program, contact the Pro-
gram Division Of the National
Rifle Association, 1900 Rhode
Island Avenue, N. W., Washing
ton, D. C. 20036.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-29

BALTIMORE (AP) = Mrs.
Aileen Cipolloni had a dreadful
head cold, which was becoming
worse and worse.
Then she remembered the blue
pills prescribed for her cat,
Brave Eagle, for an infected
leg. The veterinarian had said
they were fit for human consump-
ton.
Mrs. Cipolloni took two of the
pills, six hours apart. Next day,
she said, she was we'll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
tMosterfuI Operation

These words, voiced in thanks by
Frank Sinatra, pretty we'll sum up the
latest performance of the FBI. 1t was
a case right out of crime fiction-the
hoodlums charged with the kidnapping
are behind bars; the handsome son
Of the famous film star is safely at
home, and the bulk Of the huge ransom
bundle has been recovered-all in less
than week. The fictional analogy is
strengthened by the conduct Of Los
Angeles police, who, in the best detec-
tive-story tradition, were complaining
right up to the dramatic climax that
the FBI procedures were making things
"too easy for the kidnapers."
With that said, the Los Angeles
officials can be left to their own en-
barrassment. For the rest of us there
can only be mental note of apprecia-
ton, not only for this case, but also
for the amazing record rolled up by
the FBI-675 kidnapings solved out Of
678 reported abductions for ransom
since 1882.
Conclusion: Any hoodlum who even
considers entering the kidnapping bust
ness In the face Of such odds ought
to have his head examined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
Highway Twist

American inventivenesS takes many
twists and turns. Consider the Virginia
truck terminal operators who offered
not only to buy the land, but also to
build an interchange, on an interstate
highway in Hanover County. Appar-
emily overwhelmed by generosity, the
State Highway Commission gave the
go-ahead.
But the brilliance Of the idea was
not lost on other businessmen, some
of whom own places on highways. How
come, they asked Gov. Harrison, these
fellows are allowed to buy cheap land
and put up their own interchanges,
whereas some Of the rest of us we're
stuck more for our ready-made invest
mentS?
Gov. Harrison has thought enough
of the complaint to order a public
hearing tomorrow. Perhaps he agrees
that the proposal would create unfair
competition for other businessmen. Or
perhaps he is simply appalled,, as we
are, by the thought Of private highway
interchanges springing up all over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
SUNDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1853

damage today. The District, Maryland
and the Federal Government are In
the midst Of an intensive investigation
Of interstate freeway routes to the
north-at least one Of which involves
the western portion of Montgomery
County. Technically speaking, we sup
pose, the officials of the three juris-
dictions concerned are violating the
law by even considering such roads.
This is absurd. 1t is no wonder
that these officials, as a first step to-
ward breaking the current impasse over
Washington highways, have pleaded
with Maryland Senators to seek re-
peal of the freeze. Senators Beall and
Brewster should initiate the necessary
legislation Immediately, and Congress
should approve it without delay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
Justice by Computer

Everywhere one looks, some egghead
is Matching out another kind Of COM
puter. The worlds Of war, peace, in
dustry, business and science are jun
gle of flashing lights, whirring levers,
clacking programmes. Somewhere be-
hind them are men, but they are all
busy computing ways of building more
sophisticated computerS. Or at least so
it seems to the ordinary man.
One days digest Of the news reveals
that the Air Force is seeking a new
computer for any emergency, New York
State is planning to recodify its laws
computer-wise, attorneys are figuring on
computers to brief their cases (good-by
law clerks). And now the Secret Service
is considering using one Of the contrap-
lions to run down wouldbe presidential
aSSaSsins.
At this rate, computers mated with
automatons could soon produce suffi-
cient offspring for us all to retire and
let them do the work. AS soon, that is
as a few bugs are ironed out.
For instance, we have had little
experience with these wondrous devices
ourselves, since much of The Stars type
setting is now done with computers. We
we're interested to note that our first
edition story on the anti-assassin COM
puter contained at least five typograph-
ical errors, including reference to out
NODDED procedures acknowledgements
woago."
Maybe the Air Force, the bar and
the Secret Service had better keep
few plain old human brains on the job
for a while, yet, anyway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
About Nothinq

I take issue with william
Hines statement that the
neutrino is about as close to
nothing as it is possible to
get. It's not q question Of
size, mass, electric charge, or
whether it can be observed.
Walt Disney was closer to
nothing with that muffin
but a nuttin', not a thing at
ALL" as Mickey Mouse put 1t.
Anything newsworthy Is far
from nothing. The way to
get to that is via the null
class, which Susanna K. Lam
ger in IAN Introduction to
Symbolic Logic" says "iS the
class which has all incom-
patible properties, which all
absurd combinations Of con-
cepts define. 1t is the class Of
round squares, secular
churches, solid liquids, and
fellowmen without fellowmen.
For to any Of these we must
say there is no such thing"
There is only one such class
and that's nothing" Any
thing not in this class Is
as far removed from 1t as
anything else. craftsmanship
is not possible here.
CsI-- H-..A-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
Prods Virqinions

Virginians, what has be-
come Of your heritage for
leadership In the cause Of
liberty and democracy Vir-
ginians long have been in the
forefront Of the fighters for
American freedom with lead
ers such as George Washing
ton, Thomas jefferson, Pat
rick Henry and Woodrow
Wilson.
Let 1t not now be said that
owing to two willful, obsti-
nate, old men Of Virginia
liberty is being strangled
and that democracy cannot
move forward. That Presi-
dent johnson is unable to
move forward! Senator Harry
Byrd and Congressman
Howard Smith are blocking
the democratic process and
preventing the will Of the
American people being ex-
pressed through their duly
elected representatives.
Let all Virginians Of good
will who truly believe In rep
resentative democracy de-
mand by mail, telegraph and
telephone that Senator Byrd
and Mr.. Smith cease to make
a mockery Of democracy, and
let Congress demonstrate the
ability of the free American
people to act on legislation to
promote the welfare of all
the people to wit, the tax
reduction and civil rights
bills. Darius v. Phillips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
Newest Weapon

We read in The Star OF a
major advance in rifle bull
lets, a new projectile which
has an effect like a dunn
dunn bullet but which tech
nically does not come under
the Geneva ban on the lat
ter.
1t may be passe these
days to question the moral
ity Of weapons, but 1t is
ironic that we use our tech
nology to find loopholes in
the few humane interna-
tional agreements we have.
OF course. we must de-
velop these devices lest an
enemy get a monopoly, but
let us proceed to ban the
"flechettes" as we have
banned the dum-dum. The
ban on the latter has largely
worked, through two world
wars. which is a precedent
for the successful outlawry
of this kind Of weapon.
John S. James III.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
Nkrumoh's Justice

Ghana'S Chief Justice has COM
mitted the objectionable sin. A special
court over which he presided found
three of five accused men not guilty of
treason.
President Kwame Nkrumah, lead
ing figure in what is spoken Of as the
newly emerging African states, has
dealt with this piece of impudence by
the simple device Of revoking the ap-
pointment of the Chief Justice. Let this
lesson be clearly understood in Ghana.
When President Nkrumah brings a
political enemy to trial he wants him
convicted, and no nonsense about 1t.
The two men who we're found
guilty have been sentenced to death.
But no one should suppose that those
who we're acquitted will go free. Not
in Ghana. They are being held in jail
under something called the Preventive
Detention Act, and the prosecutor has
stated: 1.-THE government wants to en-
phasize that the decision Of the court
will not affect the detention orders
made against these three persons. They
will continue under detention until the
orders made against them have expired
according to law"
According to law, Ghana law, a
person can be held in jail for five years
under the Preventive Detention Act,
and this can be renewed at will for
additional five year periods. A very
handy little device for political leader
who doesn't want to be bothered with
the nuisance Of opposition.
This, of course, is Ghana's business.
But that does not make 1t less CALLING
when some spokesman for Ghana or
one of Ghana's African allies gets up
in the U. N. to denounce social injustice
in the United States, or when our own
representatives close their eyes to what
is really going on and undertake to
buy the. good will" Of this petty tyrant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
Bad Weather FIYinq

GfCI yOlI1Cp Jul lib IItC Aoo1
20 years, q national air
disaster has occurred. I have
had the urge to write this
letter, and have not done so.
I see no reason whatsoever
for the needless destruction
Of so many human lives. as
has occurred in the mainte-
nance of commercial airline
scheduled and non-scheduled
flights. I do not believe any
life should be lost due to an
airline wreck during bad or
violent weather conditions.
As these flights are under
the direct control and super
vision Of q governmental
agency, 1t must be that the
Governm emit is directly
responsible.
The statistics on plane
crashes are not available to
me, but 1t seems the majority
Of them occur during bad
weather conditions. 1t also
seems the blame is more
often designated as pilot
error. Having been q pilot,
and having flown a BIZ in
the 9th Air Force during
World War II, I think I
became somewhat familiar
with weather conditions and
pilot error. It Is not humanity
possible, no matter how good
a pilot or how much expert
ence and flying time, for any
person to cope with every
facet Of some emergency stu
atoms. Today's jet aircraft is
Just as susceptible to weather
conditions as any other plane.
With the modern tracking
systems now in use, there
should seldom be a case Of
not being able to predict
good, clear flying weather,
and to distinguish between
that and extreme weather
conditions, especially In the
vicinity Of the airport. Expert
ence has proven. I think,
beyond a shadow Of a doubt,
that there will always be
major air tragedies as long
as planes are permitted to
fly into storm conditions.
1t seems to me It is high
time for legislation to control
the Government agencies
that have the lives Of our
people in their hands.
Wallace b. Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
100 Years Ago

Russia came close to being
an active ally Of the Fed
eral Government during the
Civil War. The Cars war
ships, built along lines of our
clipper ships, visited both
Americas East and West
coast ports late in 1868, and
indicated willingness to oper-
ate against Confederate raid
ers. Such Intervention never
materialized, but Northern
officials made much Of the
visitors. One squadron of
Russian men-of-war, under
command Of Admiral Lii
sovskii, anchored off Wash
ington. Secretary Of State
Seward and Navy Secretary
Wells greeted the visitors
warmly. They were wined
and dined. On December IA,
1868, The Star reported an
official party Of 400
Washingtonians including
many members Of Congress.
was received aboard Lii
sovskii's flagship: 81. The
visitors were agreeably sur
prised by the handsome and
tasty arrangements, and it
seemed that, instead Of being
on shipboard, we were in
some fairy garden. Over the
deck was thrown a canopy.
lined inside, on the top and
on the sides with the flags of
all nations, prominent among
them our own Stars and
Stripes entwined with the
imperial standard Of Rus
STA. Around the mizzen mast
was a rack of muskets, and
in the muzzle Of each a
lighted candle, the whole
gracefully interviewer with
evergreens, the center being
filled with different colored
moss to represent hills and
dales. Along the mizzen
hatchway there was a square
formed of pistols, each con-
tanning a candle; and in the
center Of the saloon q chan
delier formed of bayonets,
bearing about $50 candles,
shed its light and made the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
Association Aqoin'

I wish to express my graft
tude as one Of the many
thousands Of UkrainianS who
are deeply appreciatative Of
your December 4 editorial,
Association Again"
Your editorial was like a
ray Of sunshine breaking
through the dark storm
clouds Of vicious attacks and
distortions being stirred up
by another Washington
newspaper in opposition to
our efforts to erect q statue
to Taras Shevchenko.
The Russian Communists
naturally wish to give the
world the impression that the
Ukraine is happy with its
Communist rule and that
this Communist paradise" is
what Shevchenko had hoped
and died for, when, in fact,
Shevchenko cried out for a
free Ukraine-free, like the
land founded by Washington
and not that the Ukraine
should become the enslaved
and captive nation that 1t
now Is. The Communists
have taken the ideals of this
great man and twisted them
to suit their propaganda.
How clever they are to take
the side Of Shevchenko and
present themselves as free
dom-loving too. Too well
they know that the Ukraini-
an blood is seething, the
desire for Ukrainian national
independence is burning. and
that a blunder like opposing
the revered hero, Shevchen-
ko, could we'll erupt into
another bloodbath like Hun
gary.
Nadia O'Shea.