Mosokv,-was iof 1951

It Came Too Soon Unable to agree on the danger of radiation in nuclear tests and not knowing how to deal with the perils on which they do agree, some of the scientists are turning their attention to the dangers that are certain to arise as soon as atomic power in volume is made available to industry. Dr. W. B. Rankin, an expert at. tached to the United States Food and Drug Administration, dwelt on this matter in a iecent issue of "An- tibiotic Medicine and Clinical Ther- apy". a scientific magazine. He said that so far no one has the slightest I, knowledge of hoiv to get rid of i!t- atomic waste of which. he estimates, there will be 200 millions gallons in the United States alone by 1980. as- suming that the ”atoms for peace” :3 program is carried forward as plan- ned. A lot of this. perhaps all of it. in the initial stages will find its way into the farmlands and water sup- plies of the nation and into the oceans. One big. problem will be how to obtain water from sources safe- guarded against radioactive contam- ination. Some sort of regulations will have to be devised to protect water and food supplies, canning methods, chemical deposits and the like. but Dr. Rankin admits that so far little has been done to meet the situation. The only reassuring word he had to say is that "I have no doubt that the various problems will be worked out to the complete pro- tection of the public." But that is of little comfort, since the problems are already here to some extent and are getting more serious by the hour. The fact is that the atomic age has come too soon. Perhaps it would have been better if it had never been

born. Missed Opportunity

Nikita Khrusht-hev's radio and television appearance over an Amer- ican network was, of course. a dra- matic attempt to make political capital, especially in the so-called "uncommitted" countries. The fact that he consented to be interviewed in this manner by an American newsman constituted in itself a neat bit of propaganda. since it gave him a splendid opportunity to remind the world that the Soviet Union does not hesitate to justify its cause be- fore the world.

The contents of the program were exactly what might have been expected: The Soviet Union wants peace; the Soviet Union wants nu- clear tests to be banned; the Soviet Union wants large scale disarma- ment to be put into effect: the Soviet Union has no designs against any country: Mr. Khrushchev wants the "people" to decide important issues; within a generation or two ”Social- ism" (Mr. Khrushchev's word-for Russian Communism) will he su- preme-and a few additional bits of twadrlle.

Never did it public figure make himself more vulnerable to attack. Never did President Eisenhower-or anyone else-have a better opportun- ity to state the free world's case in rebuttal to patent nonsense. But, ap- parently. this is not to be. After lengthly consultations with his ad- visers the President has decided not for "equal"

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Soviet people in I way which goes far beyond the powers of President Eisenhower in the United States. Once again, it seems. the Soviet Union is to be handed an advantage in propaga'nda-spreading. As Repre- sentative Rcuss of Wisconsin point- ed out ”it' all we do is nothing, we give the Russians an incalculable

advantage."

Commonwealth Duty

The process of allowing the col. onies to form their own governments- and go their five way has proceeded so far that there is talk of the Colonial Office some day closing its doors, as did the old and equally powerful India Office. To the extent

that the word "colonial" implied authority over people who craved self-goicriiiiiciit, says the Globe and

Mail. this deiclopmcnt will be wel- comed. But there is another side to the coin.

A ('0l(lllliLi power has duties and expenses as ucll as the benefit from natural i'est)ui'ccs such at the rubber in Malaya. soon to be free. One ex. ample is the i2o.tiil(l,000 provided annually for the Colonial Develop. ment Fund from L'nited Kingdom revenues. This valuable assistance can hardly be continued when 8 colony becomes free and in fact it would be damaging to the pride of a new nation to seek help from such a fund.

What is afoot. with the emerg- ence of new nations within the (Tom- moniicalth. is a plan for a Common- iveallh Development Fund to help states such as Ghana, recently the Gold Coast colony. to maintain eco- nomic self-sufficiency. This fun d naturally would interest all Common- wealth members anxious to forward the causes of the free world. And through it nations other than the United Kingdom would have oppor- tunity to make their contribution to the progress of Commonwealth com- radcs.

The participation of Canada, the senior overseas Commonwealth mem- ber, would be in accord with policies supported by all parties in our recent parliaments. With the Colonial Of- fice and the Colonial Development Fund no longer an influence in so many parts of the world it behooves the older, wealthier Commonwealth countries to see that the damage which would be caused by leaving a vacuum is avoided.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Be sure and vote! 0 O O

Now's the day and how's the

hour: See the front of battle lour. O O C

An American educator says that colleges ”graduate all sorts of stu- dents." Certainly, because all sorts go in and they have to come out some time.

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It is to be hoped that M. Maurice Bourges-Maunoury will be success- ful in his efforts to form a govern- ment for France. His name, how- ever, is not easy for non-French tongues to handle. The last Premier was fortunate in that almost anyone could say his name without stumb- ling over syllables.

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Dr. Kwama Nkrumah, the Prime Minister of the newly established slate of Ghana. recently said that his country owes a lot to Christian missionaries who will continue to be welcomed. Incidentally. most of the Ghana Cabinet are graduates of mission schools.

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This is a timely season in which to he reminded that good manners are just as essential out of doors as they are in the home. Those who persist in smiling woodlots. stream banks and public areas should be fined: just as the city dweller would have'the farmer fined who camped onhistrontlawnorcutdowns shade tree for firewood.

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Satellite Wcitchers' Job

By Allnn L. Blakeslee Associated Press. Cambridge, Mass.

Scientists are getting set to fling a tiny man-made moon into spare. ;

Then comes a consuming and possibility embarrassing question -"where did it go?"

Finding the little moon after its launched could be enormously difficult. Only the size of a bushel basket. it will whiz around the earth si five miles a second at heights of 200 to L500 miles.

But scientists expect to find and track the shining moon, by three different systems-human. tele- scopic. and radio. Much depends on some dedicated volunteers standing watch on the skies.

The thrill of being the first hu- man io see the satellite could fall to a housewife, truck driver. schoolboy. lawyer, doctor. baker,

or a tailor-

CIIAIN OBSERVER! They make up

teams of Operation hloonwalch.

the human chain of observers de-

Charming

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in the West there is an anthropo- morphic revulsion for snakes which finds its explanation in the Bible; in lndia the snake is a member of the Hindu Pantheon. feared for his lethal bile. admir- ed for the sliteihering grace of its department and worshipped for its powers. and there is a very real- snake-msn relationship which can still be seen even the cities.

When I visited the city of Wai. in the Deccan plateau. by the sa- cred river Krishna. I met a snake priest. complete with his snake.

A little scruffy man carrying a large kerosene tin was passing us, with a toothless grin. when my guide called him and introduced "Meet Sri Panse. our snake priest. he makes part of his living from catching cobi-as." The rest of his living. Sri Panse said, comes from land.

He was very modest as be ex- plained his powers over snakes. Many years ago Zie it as initiated by a famous.guru: for a whole year he had to learn the sacred mantras viznomi -- like incanta- tionsl. nnd he has to observe to this day ii series of ritual taboos. MONTIILY EARNINGS

The initiation cost him E37 10: in food and clothing for his guru. it was well worth it. because be- sides the respect he derives from his power over snakes Sri Panse earns a steady 30s it month from his art. Whenever a cobra is sight- ed they call '.itm to remove it. not only in the city of Wei but in the neighboring villages. He comes Ilongyvith his old kerosene tin. the snake crawls by himself into the tin. and Sri Panse gets a fee for his services. This is as much sl 7: lid if the snake is a big one.

Besides this fee he gels paid at the rate of is fid per foot of life cobra by the Hatfkine insti- tute where antidotes are manu-

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the amateur l ridian l earth.

tcrmincd to spot the wheeling ball.

There will be volunteer teams in the United States. Japan. South America, South Africa. Guam, Yap, Wake island. Hawaii and elsewhere. Each team has 10 to 60 nicnibers and has a particular part of the sky to watch.

The satellite moves (on fast for anyone to see it with naked eye binoculars. unless he

or even knows where to look. in 10 mln- , uies. it will cross the Unitedi

Stairs, in 100 it will circle Lhe world on a round-trip. GUARD OWN MERIDIAN

In their own towns, each team will guard its own meridian. the imaginary north-south line over- head across the sky. At each loca- tion. a tall pole is set up. Atop the pole is a wooden or metal mast. set precisely upon the me- lina at that

'Aground. the observers lit in

Cobras For A Living

in the Manchester Guardian and the Ottawa Journal -

faciurcd out of the live venom.

Sri Panse has his own way of catching snakes. The moment he sees one he recites his sacred man- tras and the slippery creature. mesmerized. has to bid his will. it is as simple as saying Jack Rob- inson in Sanskirt. "Do you want to see my last catch." grinned Sri Panse proudly.

''It is a superb five-footer King

Cobra," and before i could say

"yes" he had opened the lid of his tin. A slippery silvery monster un- coiled on the sizzling pavement, hissing like I distant railway en- glne.

"Do not fear." said his amster. "So long as i am here he cannot bite” and he began to tease tlie cobra with a stock in puff its head before the camera like a bad boy. LOOKED LIKE PARATROOPER

As the head began to swell and the snake looked like a paratroop- er ready lo jump. Sri Panse was explaining that hr cures snake

bites - always without taking money -- by reciting other man- tras and by sprinkling blessed

water on the victim. "l can cure people from it in i2, and from 2 to 6. round the clock. but not in be- tween. because in between i am not in the required stale of purity,

3 and although i can help my pow-

ers are much reduced.”

lie had forgotten his captive and was strolling along t'.ie river em- bankment: yet the snake showed no sign of slipping away. "He can-

. not escape me." said Sri Panse.

quite casually. "You see. the mo- ment. i set my eyes on him we entered into I covenant. and he has become my servant.

"But it does not always work. When people call me to remove a snake, the iiiiake sometimes re- tunes to come out of its hiding. Unless I can see it i cannot make the pact. in such cases. there is no catch."

RITUAL MILK

Ritual xi-ialie catching is com- mon In India. Friends of mine have told me very seriously that if one feels neither fear nor revubioa at the sight of a snake one is im- mune from its fnngn; others have

.1,-'-"..1:'.""'..".,." .',:'.'."..,.,.""' told me that there are persons I-nun who enter into covenants with .... b lid that the snake signs

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lit.-With the Hillson property Ambrose Street changing last week. the following &I! of interest to our people. Find the ifs the whole City

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chairs on I lhin north and south of the pole. Each peers into a tele- scope focused on a mirror. so he sees one circle of the sky over- head.

if the satellite whips by, some- one will see it. Two will see it if it speeds by at points where the circles of vision overlap.

Whoever sees the ball will call out. ”lve' got it!" Then he'll cry out at the instant the ball blinks as it passes over the mast. lie. or she. will call out again when ilie ball disappears from his tele- scopic view.

His call-outs will be recorded. timed precisely with a time signal being received by radio. Where and when the satellite passed by will be known.

This data will be telephoned to the Smithsonian astrophysical ob- servatory here at Harvard and fed into an electronic calculator- This machine already will have memo in: the locations of each observing station.

Once the general orbit is spot- ted. special telescopes will pick up, watch nnd photograph the flight and track even tiny In- fluences upon its orbit to learn significant facts. These telescopes will be at 12 locations around the world.

The Bookmobile

Unesce Bulletin

A pilot public library in Colom- bia started just over two years ago by UNESCO and the Colom- bia government carrles out a care- fully-timed schedule of visits to factories. schools and villages - a total of forty-five stops a week.

When the bookmoblle pulled up outside I shirt factory. at the curb of a busy road. they came in a steadily increasing stream - wom- en in their wurkng overalls. on their way to lunch in the canteen. grimy mechanics from a garage on the other side of the street. housewives with their shopping. In orderly fashion they climbed up near the driver's seat. turned in cards, and browsed through the shelves, emerging triumphant from the Van's other door with the week's reading unto their arm.

At a machine shop the bookmtr bile drove right in between the ma- chines and stopped in front of the foremaiis' table. A big. burly man, the foreman. was the first to climb

aboard. One by one his men drop- ped their tools. wiped the grease off their hands and followed suit. gingerly lifting their old books by a corner to avoid stilling them.

One of them had a heavy volume under his arm: A book on home medicine. "i have eleven children" he said. "and there's always some- thing wrong with one or other of them. i don't know what lid do without this book. Besides it has chapters on adolescence and the facts of life. and my daughters are growing to the age where they need uidance on such matters. l'v' hadtebookoutforsiamonths and I renew it each week. I've also got the Holy Bible but I'm trying to save up to buy my own copies so that i can return these to the library and sorrow differ- ent boolu-" ,

Two of the most, idely read books are the Bible and Dale Car- nosinis "How to Win Frlslb." .m...,..................... is why he could never be trans- lerred from Oultahui where be

urved forlllolllnlfmwhile more and more telegrams kept

pouring in. i la the relive they Hf! tall efliim andoft inesyimsse has saved: there are IHHI Om believe in the ltatioumnstsn low- era as fervently as seisntbte IO- tn no nnttdun I 3 IC- kfne institute.

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Trontiiuillzerst i How They Work

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Since the introduction of the VI!- loua tmiquilizln: drum: 4030" have found innumerable uses for

the . In they used solely

N Inger are to rglleove tension states or anxiety re-

neurosis. Althouzb this lull mains their prime l3urD0S9- "RY Igw gi-edfmlpdloyed to treat a ver- igty of 'so era.

Let's look at Just one of these tranquilizers. mcnrob-mitt of Milltown. as it is more POPHIIFIY known.

CLINICAL srunii-zs

As with similar drugs. countless clinical studies of Milli-DWI! HIV! been madeiand reactions of hun- dreds of patients have been check- ed thorougblY- g g ,

Acting in its tranquilizing capac- it calms ilie nervous patient suf- fering from anxiety. reailessneu. hyperemotionalism and irritabili- ty. ll relaxes the muscular ten- i sions associated with these symp-

toms. INDUCES SLEEP it also is effective in inducing sleep. although it is not a hyp- notic in the usual sense. its value in treating insomnia appears to be that it removes the physical and emotional tensions that ob- struct the onset of natural sleep. Tension headaches are also re- lleved of this drug. apparently be- cause it alleviates the underlying anxiety and relaxes muscle ten- sions. it is valuable. too. in treating premenstrual tension and for a wide variety of conditions lnvolv. in muscle spasm. It has helped cerebralpalsy victims and is re. ported of "considerable value" in treating petit mal.

it has value. also. as an adjunct to electroshock therapy. When giv- en the drug prior to electroshock. Patients were less apprehensive and experienced less confusion af- ter the shock treatment. SOBEBING-UP PHASE

Miltown helps to control with. dffwll Iymptoms during the sob- ering-up phase of lcoholism. it is also used to help the alcoholic stay 0" liquor by cutting down his symptoms of anxiety. tension and insomnia. it often makes him more willing to cooperate with the doc- tors trying to help him break the booze Eiabit.

it is well to remember. how- ever, the medicines should not be taken without first consulting your doctor for advice. QUESTION AND ANSWER

Mrs. L. J.: My grandson was born with a receded lower jaw bone. Can this be corrected?

Answer: Usually. a child with a receded lower law bone can have an operation performed with suc- cess to correct in is deformity when he is I to 6 years old.

The Age Old Story

The Lord direct your heart: into the love of God. and into the pat- lent waltlig for Christ.

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"notes BY THE WAY

new are only tin speak on the highway today-the lawful and the awful.-Braatford Expositor .

Many a bride In tuned an old rake into a lawn mower.-Var

couver Province

A bachelor might be donned as a man with no tins except those that need cleanldg-Kltchsneih Wniterloo Record

Within the past law an we have been dellventely cut off with inches to spare. by cars which approached the stop sign as we began crossing the road. The calm assumption on the part ol this kind of driver seems to be that pe- destrians have no right to be on the mad and if they want to get knock- ed down he is the boy to do it.- Klugston Whig standard

A IZBJE lakes 1 m.” (N her daughter tlnllally intends to returns it as well.-Guelph hlpr. Cur!