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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1958)
o 3rd Year Medford Price 10 Cents Tribune 2ni SEOTON MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1958 Pages 1 to 6 3 mr1k3ftJP I V J- . ft) COVERING SOUTHIM t ABT of Eaton, Ind., flood waters of Mississinewa River force hundreds of residents to tvacuate homei. Normal course of river is at top. (UPI Telephoto) Summer iesf Time To Be Bitten By Snakes; Death Rate Said Low Bf LOVI CiUILI i eonous snake bite is usually Units 9em Ileaa nel effective. The fatality rate o Washington UP Mn has I for untreated poisonous snake Jlflt and feared sngges since the time c Adam. And this it the seiion when both people and snakes get out of their homes to explort the the wood a, fields tnfl stream. The U. S Health S e r v know exactly tre bittn It quotas one estimate of 3,000, and says this may be "far too lo Public Health records do show the number of deatha from poisonous snake-bites. It averages about 14 per cant in the United States. There are two reasons why the death rate is so low: Most snakes and hence most snake-bites 'are non-poisonous, o Prompt treatment of a P- Louit Qassels ice does not how many people by snakes each year, bitea is 10 to 15 per cent Dr. Henry M. Parrish of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health re cently made a detailed analy sis of snake bite deaths in all parts of the country. He found: August and September are arc peak months for snake bites. June and July are close behind. Maar Victims Children Three times as many men as women are bitten. Nearly 40 per cent of the victims are children under 15. More than half of the vic tims are bitten on the foot or lower let." About 37 per cent are bitten on the hand or low er arm. Reptile experts at the Wash ington Zoo said there are 135 known species of snakes m the United States, of which 20 re poisonous Maine is the onTy state" that is "relatively free" of poison ous anakes. and it has a few L He teed USED RlrfMMORS Therefor, make yu . . . ii SXCIPTIONAL OFFER f Oft YOUR OLD.. REFMGERATOR! II I Ji Come in . . and Let Us Show, . You the MANY UODELS to Choose from of New, Modern erators Your present refriferater will, more than make a down paysient The Balance, easily financed on low monthly installments. Don't Porjtt City 'Appliance's . PROYKCTIVI DUYING PLAN In the event f layaff, ar less f job, r unemployment due to ill ness or injury, YOU HUB MAKI MO PAYMENTS for a full quarter-year period, provided at feast paysteats have been made. CITl' APPLIAfJCE INC. Service Is Our Most Important Product 127 NORTH CENTRAL PHONE SP 3-5306 timber rattlers. Vermont and Ned Hampshire have s the sparsest snake population aft er Maine. ,The southeastern states, from North Carolina to Texas, have the most kinds of snakes (60) as well as the most snakes. Without getting into scien tific nomenclature, there are four general types of poison ous snakes in this country. They are: Rattlesnakes Every state has one or more varieties. More than three-fourths of all snake-bite deaths are caused by rattlers. The South has the huge and deadly diamond back which reaches a length of eight feet; the East has the timber rattler; the Great Plains have the prairie rattler; the Far West has at least 12 nasty specimens. Coppedheads Like Populations . Coral snakes One species Sfound in the Southeast, an- i other in- Arizona ana xview Mexico. Water moccasins some times called cottonmouth moc casins. Found in the South east from Virginia to Florida, and westward to southern Il linois and Texas. The so called moccasin of the North east is a different, non-poisonous species. Copperheads Widely dis tributed east of the Rockies. Unlike other species which move out when man moves in, copperheads like to remain around habited areas to hunt rats and mice. They inflict more bites than ony other poi sonous variety but fortunately their venom is comparatively weak and they cause few fa talities. Here are a few tips from Dr. Doris Cochran, curator of reptiles at the Smithsonian In stitution, on how to avoid be ing bitten by a snake this sum mer: "Most people get bitten be cause they don't look where they, are going. Snakes hide under logs, in thick under brush, and in rocky crevices. If you are climbing, examine a ledge before you tnrust your hand into it. If you are walk ing tnrough the wooas, step up on a fallen tree and look before you step over it. Never step' or reach into under growth without probing first to see if there is a snake there. Good Protection . Boots or leggings offer good protection, since snakes rarely strike high.- Carry a flashlight at night and be doubly careful. That's when snakes go prowling in search of food." Remember, also, that a snake does not have to be coiled in order to strike. That's an old wives' tale. If. in spite of everything, you are, bitten by a poisonous snakes, the American Red Cross recommends the follow ing first aid steps: Stop all muscular activity at once. AddIv a tourniauet above the bite. Make it tight enough so that blood barely oozes from the wound, but not so tight as to cut off the flow oi deep interior vessels. Sterilize a knife blade with match and make cross-cut incision into the actual venom deposit, which probably will be below the fang marks (a snake usually strikes down ward). I Suck the wound (never mind about cuts in your mouth) for an hour or so. Get the victim to a doctor Necessity To Sign White Collar Men Seen for Unions T rT TUTTTJ f WIT 7PD UPI Financial Editor New York (UPI) White collar workers are rising in number while the blue collar group holds static or slips back, posing the question: "Are labor unions on the skids?" Iron Age in its coming is sue brings this out in an Elmer Walzer article enti tled: "Union Growth Lags as Automation Begins to Take Its Toll." "By 1965," says Iron Age, "there will be an estimated 30 million white collar work ers against 29 million blue collar workers. By 1975, the mix will be 36 million white collar men against 33 million blue collar." The magazine points out that union membership has held around 16-18 million for the past five years. Eighteen million members represented 40 per cent of the non-farm work force in 1950; they rep resent about 30 per cent to day. According to Iron Age the 25 per cent of the blue collar force that is organized is dif ficult to get since the group is in small plants. White Collar Unions? Hence the only way for the unions to grow is to attract white collar groups, their of ficials admit. So far the efforts to union ize white collar workers have been inconclusive. In 174 elec tions conducted in 1955 and 1956, Iron Age notes, office workers split about evenly on the issue of unionization. Unions won bargaining rights in 80 contests apd lost in 94. About. 5,100 voted for the un i o n s; 4J80pvoted against. ; Iron Age says the union ef forts so far have been heavy handed and misguided. "Or ganizers have come into of fices with standard leaflets, designed for plant workers. They have waved red flags and talked wildly about bread lines." Labor relations men said the unions used the wrong pitch and that they will have to tone down anti-management approaches if they ex pected "to attract white collar workers. New Techniques They are said to be doing that right now, training their organizers in new techniques that will not offend the new prospects for unionization. Iron Age notes that most industrial relations men are firm inv their attitude toward white collar unions. They don't . want them. The maga zine quotes one: "The variety of jobs and people in the salaried force calls for individual treatment. It's better for the company and it's better for the man. And when you must deal with organized groups you can't maintain the same flexi bility." i Some other labor relations men held the unions are on the skids and that the office worker and his technical cousin will never warm up to organized labor. They assert the union is basically a plant animal, drawing strength from .community effort and anchored to a position of hos tile separation from manage ment. More Trustful "The office guy is closer to management, less angry with it and more trustful than the plant man. He identifies him self more closely with the company." Unions reject this thesis and are setting out right now to organize white collar work ers, starting with the alumi num, industry. They expect to kick off this aluminum drive within the next three weeks at a conference in Tennessee. Knowland Wanfs Facts on Adams San Jose, Calif. (UPI) Sen. William F. Knowland (R-Calif.), Senate minority leader, called Monday for a full disclosure of the facts surrounding the controversey over Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams lest his use fulness to the President be undermined. , "The facts," Knowland told a press conference here, "should be completely dis closed. Otherwise the respon sibilities he has with the Presi dent would be seriously un dermined." Knowland met with Repub lican leaders here and prom ised them he would put up a "jugged fight" in his cam paign against Democratic At torney General Edmund G. Brown, for the Calif orrila governorship. House Subcommittee Sets Klamath Hearing Washington (UPI) The House Indian affairs subcom mittee completed taking testi mony Monday on a bill to pro vide for disposal of Klamath Indian lands in Oregon. The subcommittee was to meet today to begin closed door consideration of the bill. The measure already has passed the Senate. Burns (UPI) Sputnik III, Russia's latest entry in the race for space, was sighted by Oregon's moonwatch team here Sunday. PRECISE, NEAT LAWN EDGES Quid at afkafy fl 1 1 . . . just walk alone. f guide the bed-knife as it picks-up, cuts and bevels lawn edges to a perfect trim. No cords, mainte nance free, works as you walk; edging up- to loo teet per minute. Self-sharpening blades Tube-steel construction "Tractor" tire Fully guaranteed -See at Your Local Hardware or Garden Dealer TOWNE Equipment Co. 2030 SE 7th Portland, Ore. r I MEDFORD SUMMER FABRIC CARNIVAL Special Purchase of Jimely Cotton Values Famous name cotton broadcloth that washes like a dream. 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