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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Nov. 30, 1967—PAGE 7
Is A Silent Killer
Loose In Your Home ?
A silent killer may be loose
in your house.
The deadly criminal is car
bon monoxide—CO—a colorless,
odorless, tasteless gas produced
every time a carbon-containing
material burns.
A leaflet from the American
Medical Association reports that
CO combines with blood 200
times more easily than oxygen. If
you breathe air containing a nor
mal amount of oxygen and a
moderate amount of carbon mon
oxide, your blood will be starved
for oxygen. When blood cannot
supply oxygen to your brain, per
manent brain damage or death
may result.
Dangerous quantities of CO
usually accumulate when a cool,
slow fire burns in limited air.
Since you can’t see, smell, or taste
it, the gas is hard to detect except
by your symptoms — drowsiness,
headache, tightness across the
forehead, confusion, nausea, and
muscular weakness. CO poisoning
may confuse you so that you can
not reach fresh air to relieve the
symptoms and prevent serious in
jury.
To prevent a carbon mon
oxide attack in your home—
• Have all heating systems
checked annually for operat
ing efficiency. Make sure that
vents, pipes, flues and chim
neys are tight.
• Make certain that your heat
ing plant is not starved for
air.
• Be sure that all heating de
vices designed for venting
are properly vented to the
outside.
• Provide additional fresh air
for charcoal grills and hi-
bachis used indoors.
• Never tamper with ducts or
vents of a heating device to
get more heat out of it.
• Be sure that heating devices
have been tested by a repu
table firm. Follow the man
ufacturer’s recommendations
for installation and use.
• When changing types of fuel,
ask a qualified serviceman to
adjust all appliances in
volved.
• Don’t close your fireplace
damper until you are certain
the fire is out.
• Be sure that your garage is
sealed from the house. Never
run the car in a closed
garage.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3
Mike Douglas, 4:30 p.m.
NFL Football, 1:30 p.m.
Ricardo Montalban is co-host
for the week. Color.
Arthur Smith, 8 p.m.
The Crackerjacks present an
all-hymn program. Color.
Thursday Movie, 9 p.m.
“The Money Trap,” with
Glenn Ford, Elke Sommer, Rita
Hayworth. Color.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1
Freedom’s Finest Hour,
7:30 p.m.
Ronald Reagon narrates the
story of the American Revolu
tion. Color.
RONALD REAGAN
Gomer Pyle . . . USMC,
8:30 p.m.
Gomer is sold a $500 pearl
ring for $18. Color.
Friday Movie, 9 p.m.
“The Horizontal Lieutenant,”
with Paula Prentiss, Jim Hut
ton. Color.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2
Double Header: Dallas Cow
boys vs. Baltimore Colts; Chi
cago Bears vs. San Francisco
49ers. Color.
Ernie Ford
The Tennessee
Ernie Ford
Special, 9 p.m.
Tennessee Er
nie Ford, Andy
Griffith, Danny
Thomas star.
Color.
Mission: Impossible, 10 p.m.
The IMF must rescue the
captured leader of a small Bal
tic country. Color.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4
Mike Douglas, 4:30 p.m.
Don Rickies is co-host for the
week Color.
Best of Hollywood, 7 p.m.
“The Girl He Left Behind”,
with Natalie Wood.
Carol Burnett, 10 p.m.
Guests are Jonathan Winters
and Barbara Eden. Color.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5
Daktari, 7:30 p.m.
Clarence hides in the jungle.
Color.
Southern Conference
Basketball, 8:30 p.m.
Davidson Wildcats vs. Fur
man Purple Paladins. Color.
1967 National Drivers Test,
10 p.m.
Audience participation with
emphasis on winter driving.
Color.
My Three Sons, 8:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6
Katie’s Aunt Cecile arrives in
town unexnectedly. Color.
Hogan’s Heroes, 9 p.m.
Hogan plans to wipe out Ger
many’s top military leaders.
Color.
Mannix, 10 p.m.
Mannix is hired to stop a
blackmail plot. Color.
Theater Three, 7 p.m.
“Eight Iron Men,” with Lee
Marvin. Color.
CBS Playhouse, 9 p.m.
“Dear Friends,” with Patricia
Barry, James Daly, Rosemary
Harris, Anne Jackson, Hope
Lange, Pernell Roberts, Eli
Wallace, David Wayne. Color.
Improvements
at Greenwood
State park set
Projects planned at Green
wood State Park under the pro
posed permanent improvements
budget of the Department of
Parks, Recreation and Tourism
would cost $60,515.
Lloyd King, superintendent
of the park, said the largest
expenditure planned at the
park under the proposed budget
would be $30,000 for a 50-site
camping area.
Other items for the park
included in the budget request
are: water supply systems cost
ing $5,400; new sewer systems
for the bathhouse and camping
area, $3,000; a rangers resid
ence, $15,000; 100 picnic tab
les, $2,000; 50 grills, $1,115;
and a contact station, $4000.
Greenwood is one of the
most populai - state parks in
the state. King said the propos
ed improvements at the parks
should aid in increasing tour
ism in the area.
Benefit checks
totals given
Miss Martha Pressly of the
Greenwood Social Security of
fice has furnished the follow
ing figures pertaining to num-
er and the amounts received by
Social Security beneficiaries
in this county:
At the beginning of this year
there were 568 social security
disability beneficiaries receiv
ing a total of' $37,472 monthly.
Of this number 381 were dis
abled workers, 51 were wives
of disabled workers and 136 of
them children. The disabled
workers average about $27 and
each child about $27. The aver
age monthly benefits for a fam
ily unit would be about $139.
Individual monthly amounts
can vary greatly from $44 to
about $135 depending on the
disabled person’s past work
history and earnings. Wives
and children receive benefit
amounts based on the worker’s
benefit. The same is true for
retirement and survivor bene
fits. Close to 15 percent of the
residents of Newberry County
receive social security monthly
benefits totaling about $263,000
monthly.
Death rate on
highways is
edging higher
In just 15 day’s South Car
olina’s traffic fatality rate
took a sudden plunge that no^
threatens to push the numbei
of victims to last year’s re
cord level or higher.
For most of 1967, safety
authorities have taken comfort
in the fact traffic deaths were
down substantially from the
1966 level. However, since
October 24, a rash of accidents
has sent fatality figures spir
alling.
For instance, through Oct
ober 24, there had been 693
persons killed on South Caro
lina Highways. During the
same period in 1966 there had
been 757 persons killed. This
meant the state had exper
ienced an improvement of 64
fatalities for corresponding
periods.
By November 8, this “mar
gin” of 64 had been whittled a-
way in a series of multi-death
accidents to where the new mar
gin was only 28. With the busy
Thanksgiving travel period
coming up shortly and after
that, hurrying, scurrying Chris
tmas shopping season, it is im
portant for all drivers to ex
ercise special caution, the State
Highway Department observes.
Last year, 968 persons were
killed on state streets and high
ways, which was an all-time
high for South Carolina. Only
through diligence and care on
the part of the motoring public
will a repetition of that tragic
performance be avoided.
In November of last year,
there were several especially
bad days for traffic accidents.
3n November 12 there were 8
Natalities in South Carolina.
November 13 had 5, November
14 had 7, November 20 had 8,
November 26 had 7, and Nov
ember 29 6.
WITH MEN IN
THE SERVICES
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia
—Aviation Electrician’s Mate
First Class Rou G. Schumpert,
USN, son of Homer E. Schum
pert of 1203 First St., New
berry and the husband of the
former Mary F. Foster of 213
W. Creswell Ave., Greenwood
was cited by his comanding
officer for his contribution to
his squadron’s safety program.
His squadron, the Fighter
Squadron 84 “Jolly Rogers,”
won the Chief of Naval Oper
ations Safety Award for 1967.
The squadron logged 3,295
flight hours during the acci
dent free year and operated
mostly from the attack aircraft
carrier Independence in the
Mediterranean. Flying F-4J
“Phantom” jet, the squadron
competed with all fighter
fleet.
USS VULCAN. — Fireman
Larry S. Kyzer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Kyser, of
403 Crosson street, Newberry,
is serving aboard the fleet re
pair ship USS Vulcan home-
ported in Norfolk, Va.
The Vulcan, a floating re
pair base, is the Flag Ship for
Commander Service Force, U.
S. Atlantic Fleet.
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anion Jorum
By Marilyn Manien
SAY IT ISN'T SO
“Last night I looked upon the stair;
l saw a man who wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there again today—
/ wish that man would go away.”
This childish nursery rhyme is the most apt
description for a current and equally childish
attitude on the part of the United States—the
attitude toward the Communist fort ensconced
only ninety miles from our shores. Despite
evidence to the contrary, American observers
of one sort and another continue to conclude
that Castro’s sun has set—that he is no longer
(if he ever was, of course) a powerful mem
ber of the international Communist conspiracy
(if it really exists in the first place). The gen
eral idea is: “If we ignore it, maybe it will go
away.”
Every straw in the wind that would sub
stantiate the innocence of Cuba is hastily
grasped by those who believe in the Non-
Threat. The straws “prove” that Castro is per
fectly harmless, or that his mischievous med
dling in Latin America is simply his own
personal hobby, and has nothing to do with
Moscow or Peking.
A few months ago, for instance, the Non-
Threat Group fell eagerly upon a public an
nouncement issued by the Soviet Union. The
Russians had issued a “demand” that Castro
put an end to his participation in the revolu
tionary activities within Central and South
American nations. Since that demand followed
closely upon the heels of the Glassboro sum
mit conference, the optimistic conclusion was
that Johnson had pulled a real coup: He had
managed to convince Kosygin to convince Cas
tro to stop spreading Communism in Latin
America.
If such a conclusion were valid—if our
President could ask a favor like that of Kosy
gin and have it granted graciously in return for
a luncheon invitation—then summit confer
ences would surely be the answer to all of our
international problems. Indeed, LBJ ought to
invite Ho Chi Minh to lunch as soon as it’s
mutually convenient.
Unfortunately, however, there are reasons
to doubt that (1) Johnson convinced Kosygin
that Communist expansionism of any sort,
anywhere, should cease, or (2) the Soviets are
really intent upon putting a stop to Castro’s
export of revolution.
If the Russians really wanted Castro to stop
his meddling, all they would have to do would
be to cut off his allowance. He currently re
ceives $400 million a year from Moscow.
We will believe that the Soviets mean busi
ness when they put their money where their
mouth is—when they recall their funds from
Havana to Moscow.
The straw-graspers are more recently re
joicing over the death of Che Guevara in Bo
livia. Since he is dead, the line goes, he can no
longer foment revolutions, and, therefore, the
danger is over. This is an interesting argument,
especially when it comes from mouths which
previously insisted that there was no revolu
tion, or Che Guevara, in the first place. '
But Guevara’s death ended only a personal
effort to “create a second or third Viet Nam”
(Che’s words) in the Americas. Guevara him
self was not the organizer of the drive to
capture Bolivia for the Reds. Nor was he the
financial backer. He was merely one of Cas
tro’s deputies, receiving instructions from Ha
vana, who in turn gets its monetary wherewithal
from Moscow.
The revolution goes on—in Mexico, Guate
mala, Bolivia, Venezuela and Colombia, to
name a few. And the money keeps coming
from Moscow. (And we keep trading with
Moscow, helping her also to send supplies to
Hanoi).
What is the reason for pretending? Could it
be that we’ve promised the Soviets to leave
Castro alone? Might it be true that Kennedy
promised Khrushchev that Cuba would be pro
tected by the United States from invasion?