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Monday, December 3, 1956
MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBtfWE THIRTEEN
Smithsonian Alerts A!! Against Invasion' of Foreign Termites
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There are some 2,000 known
species of termites. Snyder has a
fossil termite that lived in
Southern California 55 million
years ago. Termites thrived in
Siberia before that.
Bungted Penicillin
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5hofs Kill Childri Q
Washington (LRi - The ; beachhead, miaht be even worse. ( plete termite collection i
Smithsonian Institution ' alerted j It mi2h. be difficult or ira- i world. Snyder assembled
the
ant." The oldest item is a report
ness.
Snyder, a well-preserved,
well-tailored 72, has devoted his
life to the study of termites. He
is still fascinated by their so
cial and wood-working skills.
They can transform the insides
of a two-by-six into a highly
organized city.
termites feed and milk. These
termites are "crazy about" their
beetle juice, which affects them
as catnip does cats.
Pay Dearly for Jags
But they pay dearly for their
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Belgrade (U.R) Eleven
the
in Sanskrit, published in 1350
B.C., on "destroyers of wood. '
Wants Experts Trained
Snyder wishes industry would
finance training of termite ex
perts. He says it would cost
S6.000 to $7,000 to train a young
man for a Ph.D. degree. Unluck
ily, "It is very difficult to per
suade the Congress or industry
of the value" of such expert-
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chjldrenorecovetS'atpfrom tuber-
cular meningitis did in Skoplje
Children's iisp)taPfron)n in
fection set off by 'Bungled peni
ciilin shots, jf special radical
everyooay Tcoay agamy, possi-, possible to eradicate," Snyder
ble invasion of The dated States ; said.
next largest. It was given to the
Smithsonian last spring. It in
cludes 230,031 specimens, 77,
276 not yet identified.
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-'nil' " - j . As of
no-, the United States
Stockton, Calif. (I3J) Mr;
and Mrs. Elian Grim were just
that when they returned home
and discovered a stranger had
auctioned their television set,
washing machine, lawn mower
and other possessions to neigh
bors for S400.
inc termites uxjeduy i,peidt-,
only two taxonomists (ex-
ins nert are naa enouen. ac-
G cording" to Dr. Thomas
eVr, Consultant to the
F 5n- ' tiassiiitouui.i jn 1949 Snyder put together
i beetle-juice jags. The beetle, "a
wolf in sheep's clothing," eats
their eggs and young. Snyder
commission eporie) o-iu
night ;o Jo o
Twenty-onp other chJJdrenore
main in crilicalocondiy&n. Only
three of the 55 young meningitis
victims estaped fiifoclion.
SrnitU-1 rv.i.uj, v,.. uH-.a catalogue 01 Known termites.
sonian, resident termites do $100
5 miUion damage to U. S. build
ilfis every year.
A tropical species such as Cop
tntermes, if it established a
.c ul,1,, uc o..,-1 and tnls IaI1 ne pub ishea
ujf diiu i-ti. a. c. Lmfriun 01
Tropical termites raise live-! supposes this is a device by na-
stock. Their livestock is a spe-1 ture to keep the tropics from
cial kind of beetle which the ' becoming buried in termites.
anu ur. a. r.. tratrsun oi through the. Smithsonian a 305
the University of Chicago. page book wnich reports in all
Dr. Emerson ha the most com- j languages on the socalled "white
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Council
but
BAVIDI.-1 iove her ,
His h. her faults.
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MUIIAM B. He is dominated
bjr hi faTntlr,
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DAVID L. I am 24 and am
in lov, with a sr-rl two years
younger, whom I have known
since childhood.
G For the pat three years we
have- been talking seriously
about marriage, yet I'm begin
ning' to have more and inure
doubts. My family points out lit
tle things about Miriam that I
an't helpCseeirtjt are true. For
xample, she is quite jealous and
just goesto pieces if 1 talk to
another girl. Another thing is
that she depends on me to solve
all her problems. She never
makes a deciaion without my ad
vice-, t) J
The.? are wifnoc faults and 1
reaiiy love' Miriam verv much.
.but 1 ft-rnehow don't see her as
my wife and J dm't feel that I
should take up mure of tier time
If 1 can t promise marriage. -
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MIRIAM B. David i com
pletely dominated by his family
particularly his mother. He has
allowed them c to spoil ca!3 very
beautiful relationship, o o
I know I am jeslous and de-
pendfBt on David, iit;it's only
because I ,lve, him so much.
Isn't it natural to be that way
about jn)merme you care for? "
David anal I make a perfect
couple. We agree about every
thirijS; We'll often turn to ojie
another and say exactly0 the
same 1'Wng too same time.
Our friends say we would be
the-only hrjaband and wife in
the world who would never quar-
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If only (Pavid canrgov; up
and stop letting his mother dom
felate him, we could be happy t
gcther. O o 0
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"THE COtJNCIlJ Miriam cls
figfetinc a straw mao David's
family. -' u
David $as art up this
matt iiiniaelf c6ecause it
Snrd for han asrforr Jliriam
lace the truth. He does not want
to marry Jler. o
There are undoubtedly strong
bonds, evenj-love, (-in this rela
tionship. David is probably cnot
lying when he says he loves Mir
iam. A childhood friendship" iiiat'
has blossnmed- through adoles
cence and fcas sulted in' the
close meeting of adult minds
that MkiamjdescTibesv is a prec
ious thing and oot easily cast
aside. f6tien, Jn "spite of such
strong bonds and Hcira long
friendship, David feels unable
to "promise cjarriage,". it is
evident that something is lack
ing in toerelationsh!r and that
David is trying fceally to de
tach himself.
straw
is a?
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faults"
David
describes arenot the reaU rea
sons i the breakup: Both David
and iiiriaai probably recognize
that fief' jelousy and depend
ency mereiy c"epresent her ef
forts toehold him.
Far note likely, it is the very
perfection of- Uie relationship
that worries David. Things are
too gsmooth. There are differ
ences jndGirxitatians tn a rela
tionship in "hich twa irdivid
uftjfcs are growing. This relation
ship has already reached its
fulfillment and lacks excitement
and possibility for both Miriam
and DavidP ,
Forberjown sarr. as well as
Davids Miriam shtmld be brave
and h-i tii bov-off ihe hook. '
(Copyrrghi"li,36, -Geaeral
feature! Corp.)
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Avalanche gill0
Fout iiy,Switz9tland - 3
2iric Switzerland U PJ
Two avalanche ai.ccu;nta killed
fout persons uing'the week
end in SiUeri;itid's ftr.it snow
slides of thajyear, police report
ed today. o
Three workers wert,killed and
one esapedwhe an avaianche
buriecf lc'ia near Grifdelwald
Saturday. Ari) Aln;ne fortress
guar?! di3( &nd Utive other per
son were injured-in a second
accident in entral Switzerland
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MA" SAV-E MARRIAGE ''
Los Angiie &1 Diablo's a
devil trut he iay save a mar
riage.CSVhen iIr. and Mrs. Arlie
Laaib wencito diwc court last
week. One "Judge awarded Mrs.
LSrivb cus:d;0rt D,ablo on week
days an4 Lar.b custody on week
endsN"6w cjhe LJmbs say they
may reconcile because tBsy mis
the pocket-iipd chihuanua o
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