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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1958
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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
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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.
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