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It seemed that . i a ake by the detailed reports presented last evening which appear in a word of commendation on the thorough manner in which they have been prepared. Strenuous Royal Tour - Ht Ey atk ; at Hr TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1965. — In the broader perspective of changing Africa the Queen’s tour can also prove significant. Country after country has risen from the ruins of British colonialism and it is desirable that their relations with the United Kingdom .be cultivated. The royal tour will include visits to the Commonwealth war cemetery at Addis Ababa and to the Africa Hall, birthplace of the OAU and the Queen will later make a five-day state while the Duke will set off on a six- turning to England. His tour wil! in- days in Malaysian Federation trouble wealth troops are facing Indonesian guerrillas in the jungle. ' and Prince Philip, and will join with the Commonwealth in hoping that it will. prove successful in every way. The President's Cold. When U.S. President Johnson was taken to hospital by ambulance in the middle of the night there was an understandable tremor of apprehen- sion throughout the country. As it turned out, he had nothing but a, discomforting cold and a minor fev- fore again the need to make. prpvis- } fon for a presidential disability and succession. . 2 The President has not yet made a verbal agreement with Vice-Presi- dent Humphrey as to what would be done if Mr. Johnson were unable to perform his duties. Such agreement existed between former President Eisenhower and former Vice-Presi- dent Nixon, between the late Presi- dent Kennedy and Vice-President J jg and even between Mr. John- son and Speaker McCormack, who was next in line of succession for 14 | months. But this is not enough. American papers are now urging the need for legal and formal pro- vision to handle presidential disabil- ity. -It-is suggested that ‘Congress should act quickly and fill this gap. Simultaneously it should provide for selection of a new vice-president should the vice-president die, become disabled or succeed to the presidency. — This seems a reasonable precaution, in view of what is at stake. The President’s cold may prove a fortuit- ous factor in bringing the issue to a head + Nasser’s Tough Luck "_- President Nasser of Egypt is re- | ported in bad temper these days, and with reason. A few weeks ago hg publicl? invited the United States .to “go jumpin the lake” with its foreign aid food deliveries to the - United Arab Republic. Russian of- ficials visiting Cairo applauded lustily. That was putting the Yankee imperialists in their place! But now Washington has cut down grain deliveries to the U.A.R. and an appeal from Nasser to the Soviet Union to replace them has met with a firm Russian “no”. Russia hasn’t any grain to spare. So Egypt has gone on food rationing, just as a bill for $400,000 has arrived from Washington de- manding recompense for the gov- ernment-inspired burning of the Kennedy Library at Cairo. EDITORIAL NOTES Let's replace the “Dump ture and Marketing for Nova § He said a greater effort is required to produce the extra auarter millic hog carcasses and the extra 50,0£ head of beef that are required in fis headquarters of the United Nations | economic commission for Africa. The | visit to the Sudan before flying home, | week air tour of eight countries, cov- | ering another 21,000 miles before re- clude four days in Pakistan and six | spots where British and Common- | With memories of the royal visit | | to Canada fresh in mind, we can ap- | | preciate what an exhausting schedule | ‘this tour involves for both the Queen | Her Majesty's subjects throughout | err But the incident’ brought-to-the x jee ‘ tle of the streetcar was in past. jets, which “is creating, and the result is the 3 SCHOOL OF PARIS ~~“ ‘ ut atk pea mite anneal ar a eas a iNT se 9 2 5 bar nS as waren Sia an saab es cxcoe er: Segoe ERRNO ERT SUPERSONIC AIRLIN “Noise Factor Still A Major Problem The sonic boom of airliners | passing over at nearly 2,000 mil- | es' per hour may become as! wake them up. familiar in the future as the rat- | the | But the noise factor is discour- aging development of the super- might whisk pas- | sengers from Washington to | Paris in about two hours. Air- | craft engineers know how to build the craft. but they don't | know how to keep them quiet. The sonic boom occurs when an airplane is flying faster than sound ‘about 660 per hour) All bodies moving through air create disturbances which rad- fate outward at the speed of sound. However, a supersonic plane proceeds through the air faster than the disturbances it formation of shock waves. 4 LIKE THUNDERCLAP » As the plane races across the sky, a huge cone of shock waves follows like a wake. When the shock waves hit a person on the ground. he momentarily . hears a sound likened to a thunder- | ¢lan or a loud vistol shot. Since’ it seems unavoidable, the sonic boom has considerably dampened enthusiasm for sup- ersonic airliner-. A_six- month test using military plaints. The tests seemed to confirm, however, that the low- boom intensities expected with supersonic transvort. operations do not cause direct physical harm to human beings or struc- tural damage to houses. | But the boom has been blam- ed for causing a prize show dog to have a miscarriage and ehic- kens to lay marble-sized eggs. One farmer was allowed damages because his chickens huddled against a wall in panic and suffocated. A‘ Welsh farm- er collected $840 from the Brit- dj : at i ff ill a 3 : i it £ fi ei? ; t i “£2 i ERS National Geographic Society ended, because they had come | to rely on the 7-a.m. boom to bine their efforts to build the Concorde, designed to fly more | than twice as fast as sound. All in all, American officials believe the odds seem to favor | eventual adoption of a superson- | ic airliner on the premise that | The sonic boom. aside, some airlines are not eager to put | supersonic planes into service. Many companies want to get. Blistery Eruptions By Dr. Theodore“R. Van Dellen Pemphigus is a serious~ skin that is difficult to under- stand and treat. Some forms are | fatal. For no apparent reason, blisters form in crops on per- fectly normal skin. They rup- ture and crusts cover the sur- face shortly thereafter. “The open lesions are extremely pain- ful. The blisters (bullae) vary in | size from that of a pea to an egg and appear on any part of the body. The face, neck, mouth and genitals are favorite sites, and occasionally the lesions are generalized. In the early stages of the disorder, the victim is up and about but becomes more disabled as the eruption spreads. | Fever and weakness occur and the open lesions in the mouth make eating and drinking un- pleasant. Bullae arise in crops and oft- en remain months after ruptur- ing, during which time they show fio tendency to heal. They disappear, finally and the indivi- dual has long periods of com- parative freedom from the out- break Recurrences are com- mon. The cause is not known. In the normal individual, a sort of ce- ment holds together the upper and lower layers of skin. This does not work in pemphigus and the upper layer is easily peeled | away from the surface. Large pieces of skin can be pulled off by pinching with the thumb and index . finger. The corticosteroids changed the outlook of this disease. They are used indefinitely by many victims. The signs of the disease may disappear for so long a per- iod. cure is considered. The an- tibioties are needed when the lesions become infected. Sprays containing an anesthe- aap namceng the ROE mie cent pro- | help relieve the pain of open or raw lesions. Several gargles are available to relieve mouth distress. Baths are recommend- ed to soften and remove the | crusts so ointments can be ap- plied. Hexachlorophene frequent- ly is added to the water. In a m lesions. NOT CONTAGIOUS Mrs R. writes: My daughter ny instances, bathing minim- | | izes the odor originating in the countries as well. In Britain. as NOTES BY Novel for those, w' cars won't start. these. cold one ings: try walking. | Star, Just about the time you teach | your children that you can't put | more in a container than it will | hold, along comes a big girl in slacks. — Blair Press. Winter is that peculiar time our house as hot as it was lat summer when we were com- plaining about the heat and wishing we had air conditioning. — Sparta Herald. Ottawa Do you remember? Rememb- er when sleigh bells made tivkl- ing music in crackling Winter air and steel runners squeaked and crunched on hard- packed snow? ‘More ago when farmers and vil- ‘agers were particular about sleigh bells. Some preferred sets of pole ~iimes attached to the shafts: sone favored long sets of body bells A fe were par- tial to the neck strap. . In the days w.er snoa roli- | efs pressed do.7a t. » show after aetorm had blown out, you | could tell who “as coming aiong the row! before the prre sleigh came in sight around the bend. Bell sets have their nai- vidual songs and melodies, even when all were jingling briskly Montreal r LeeRion hl taking place in the Immigration Department should include not | only the elimination of ineffic- iency and malpractices, but also a close look at general Canadian | immigration policy. Immigration policy is always a touchy subject. This is so not only in Canada, but in other | a result of massive colored im- | migration, a Commonwealth im- migration act was brought in, | Children shouldn't pe — Windsor. of the year when we try to keep . Time was half a century “and. Tt more use out of their present | equipment before investing in faster craft. However, Britain and France have sought to com- | No doubt the shade of Mac- | kenzie King would quiver at the | thought, but it is now clear that | the Commonwealth is about to | get a permanent secretariat es- ' tablished and functioning before mid-summer. King long resisted such a de- | vélopment, suspecting that Bri- tain would use it as a backdoor method of centralizing policy. He was: always on guard to en- Even King Might Approve it’s hard not to progress where progress can be made. even if | the progress is noisy—like the automobile, train, and airplane. i manent secretariat {is obviously | needed, if only to update mem- bers on what is going on among _ the rest. Sensibly, the Common- wealth prime ministers approv- ed the idea in princivle at their meeting last year. With no more than a sigh for the mem- ory of King, who might have changed his mind anyway, Can- | ada's present Prime Minister | went along with the rest | est that which resulted in controversy that has not yet died down. In | other members of the family. the United States, President - REPLY | Johnson proposed to reform Am- No. The disorder is not con- | erican immigration laws, in or- tagious, even though many of | der to deal more” fairly with the pimples contain staphyloc- | countries which, in the. past, occi. Acne is caused by enlarge- | have had a less-favored status. ment and overactivity of the oil Immigration policy always in- secreting glands, along with | volves tension for a govern- thickening of the upper layers of | ment. The Canadian govern-— the. skin. { ment, in order to uphold its good OPEN SPINE name and maintain a good im- H. W. writes: What is spina age, likes to make it appear bifida? My daughter was born with this disease and had a spin- al operation right after birth. . REPLY has acne. Can she pass on this condition by using the towels of | This birth defect is caused by the failure of one or more ver- t ; ; lsbral arches to cose Goring de 0" rata em, tt opme: of the fetus. The re vel at | training increasingly has an ad- THE WAY “sub- jected to the will of adults,” says advice from, Moscow. Even when ideas of freedom | begin to creep in, they seem to be the wrong sort of ideas. Windsor Star. A local mother took her son along on a shopping ‘ |.a department store he wander- ed off and was finally ed by a clerk standing by escalator watching it sole: concern. The clerk you afraid of it, son ‘‘Nope,"’ said the lad, “just ing for my chewing gum to back." — Mid - County Times. Those Sleigh Bells Journal as the smooth, Some Chimes. inite in high grade cast bell metal; open bell with iron knockers. Each Belt has a distinct tone in itself , and each bell chimes with the others. The best six bell pole chimes you can buy. Price for six bells on one strap, $1.45." No longer does one hear the music of the bells; no longer do sleek roaders whisk along coun- try roads. A snowcovered road does not fit with a rubber-wheel economy. But there are some who look out on a snow-covered countryside and remember those days of long age. Listen Per- °° haps you can hear them—hear the soft, sweet echoes of the sleigh bells of yesteryear. A Cloudy Polic Gazette this .country., does..no a Rah cpa policy. would like the world to believe that anyone may. come here, regardiess of race, color or creed, provided only that they have sufficient skilts to be em- ployable. , ; In fact, there ts discrimina- tion, especially against non- European peoples. This might be merely a case of built - in discrimination, due to the fact that non-Europeans, coming from a different culture, are less able to fit into Canadian life. But it is discrimination all the same. Perhaps there~might be a vir- tue in facing problems like ' these frankly in Canadian immi- gration policy. In this way, the result might be a fairer and more liberal policy. If the image and the reality are too far out of step, the impression of hypocrisy is likely to spread. “The Will To Learn” Guelph Mercury ed his goal; as has many af other. Increasingly, however, as the have. | no question of common policies | tant sure that the dominions had complete independence in _for- eign as well as domestic policy. ' Today,however, there can be London reports sug. the secretary-general of the new body may be a Canadian, Arn- old Smith, who is now an assis- undersecretary of state. being forced on member nations | Mr. Smith; who was formerly | by London—or, for that matter, ambassador to Egypt and later by Ottawa Commonwealth mem- | to USSR. is a highly competent bership has increased through a | diplomatist. He should be a good proliferation beyond all expec- | man in the fough job of bringing tations of a quarter century ago. some sort of consensus out of an In March, when Gambia joins increasingly disporate com- there will be 21 members. A per- | munity of nations. Double Standard Of Ethics Milwaukee Journal A select committee on stand- Javits also has introduced a | and conduct was authoriz- bill to require senators and -| their aides to make public any to consider problems of conflict communications between them ; . it | and federal regulatory agencigs. no members. Majority Lead- | This is an old proposal, too, | an important one. It would about ready to name three Dem- force senators, because of pub- ocrats. | lie disclosure, to be more cir- Minority Leader Dirksen has | cumspect in dealings with regu- that he plans latory agencies. Republicans—and «7 fee] it is completely incon- of his opposition to fin- | for senate committees to disclosure by senators it | rigorously question’ execittive may not be soon. | appointees on their financial af- (Rep., N.Y.) | fairs when those of us in: con- ao “ne | gress and our staffs are not sub- | ject to similar standards and re- senate order it to adopt an in-| quirements.” Javits said. ‘We ethics for senators | cannot continue to function on on a permanent | this double standard of ethics— . | one standard for the executive code, he suggests. | branch and another for the leg- that all senators | isiative branch.” To which everyone—except, perhaps, congressmen — can fer- vently say “amen.” ’ Shades Of Fu Manchu rT require exec- | employes te oversieeping Devotees of ‘oriental is detail- . Se cite or er ter | od cama’ Ohaaaen ah malo. % Oe Fu Monche wit be intrineed “ coteanty: ‘ FORUM by the announcement of the de-| In the 1990's, when Chiang, Kai a x titig fection to Peking of a high-rank- ~ a ne Formosa intelligence. officer. on mainiand Dr savacemien yt "tenines a "tne reached an interns. | need for more military, belp a ’ Seudsbta AN Yetlers pestened are sav: | 2 Peking via Tokyo. a huge battle in which the Ne- fect to Oditing and condensation where| The Peking report said that | tionalist forces would win but secessary,. The Guardian ts unable | Nationalist agents all over | oly after great effort. . enter inte any corrrespendence SOG" | couth Ching are compromised | The enemy would be routed, <a ee by the defection of such a high. | leaving, for example, 3. dead Yanking officer. on the battlefield, seventy pairs VISITING HOURS In leaving the comfort of | °% boots, 65 rifles, 1,563 rounds Sir,—Mrs. Mary Revell’s | ss, 96 — where it is possible to | °! ammunition, three steel hel- gr ta mana gg live « luxurious existence— the | ets. sever copies of Das Kap- in The 7! bar) a took with him ital by Karl Marx and an empty on the above subject te" timety | knomis documents | Matchbox. and to the ot a wireless | _ Although nobody believed this As one who has spent , Soe ed one car. | Sort of thing good some fine in the I ‘@ magnetic m ine, for another for ee ee 90 hounds of explocives nnd ters | W8e_ Against . sethat0 Eo in all | poison needles for purposes of As there on _ ee artes te assaination. - Hine the mainland time toy” ‘tala have tightened ists are ea oar ere te ie ot gem aples for | all stories Eiru she won | See at te le So let us have visiting hours conversant B4pm.and74pm ~~ . } ways of Chin- - Tein Beets, 5 - Communists ROSE G. RYAN ts alike—will Charlottetows. iS big whopper opening allows a part of the spinal cord to protrude under the skin of the lower back. COUGH AFTER 4 COLD H. L. writes: I have a bronch- ial cough which developed after a cold. One of my-friends says the next step is tuberculosis, Is this likely? ‘ REPLY No, but get a chest Xray to de- termine whether your cough is | Metropolitan Toronto's treasur- | caused by tuberculosis. CLENCHED JAWS R_ W. writes: What would cause periodic clenching of the jaws during waking hours? REPLY Habit, tic, or a response to tension. The person may be un- aware of this tightening until he makes a conscious attempt to relax. ‘ 4 TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— Our. Yesterdays (From the Guardian Files) Line today employing a new of- fensive technique with armored sledges supported by a swarm of 130 airplanes. The attack be- gan last night as Finland’s Pre. sident was issuing an appeal for | othe an “honourable peace.” At the regular Kinsmen meet- ing held at the tetown last evening Jack fe of Mon- i. of the vantage in getting, holding and advancing in his job. But what of the boy or girl who just can- not continue on to university, | who has to go to | hig school ends or, | gencies, even earlier? {" “There is no need to apolo- | gize for lack of formal educa- | tion’, contends G.A. Lascelles, in emer- | er, who is retiring from office. “More important by far is the will to learn and the love of work you are doing”. That “will to learn” can if ap- plied extend the horizons where formal schooling had to stop. In his case, he had to leave school after one year of high school but he took night courses. He did it the hard way but he reach- It was noted here the other day with some sense of satisfac- tion that the often when , With the extravagance that xo | DALE CARNEGIE COURSE — pace of business and industry quickens, higher education as- sumes greater values. More and more, senior matriculation in minimum and university train ‘ing where it is at al! possible, will prove short-cuts to job per- manency and promotion. Back tn the early days ofthe | West an 18-year-old boy who had had to leave school at Grade eight to work in a factory | came to Canada. He had ne friends and no money. He took up a homestead, built himself a sod shack and spent the wintere studying. At 29 he was premier of Sask- | atchewan. He went on to be- | come federal minister of finance | afd cltancellor of a university. | His name was Charlies Avery | Dunning. _ Syria Heard From Montreal Star good reason, that this astonish- ing alliance is directed ae her and not against Is- There is good reason for sus- | Picion because ever since Syria | threw the Egyptians out | solved the United Arab | Last Se (Just to keep the record eo Wag Walt pe et one Wa . ¢ its her with. The ancient Wail- ing Wall is in the Jordanian sec- tor, not the ‘Israeli sector, of Jerusalem and Jews have no ac- cess to it. oe -