Cuba Threatens
Germ Warfare
HARRISBURG Reports
■fey a Cuban refugee scientist
that Cuba is considering bac
teriological warfare against the
United States today prompted
State Agriculture Secretary
LeCand H. Bull to issue an
alert on any such develop
ments.
Secretary Bull immediately
notified all veterinarians nr the
state. Hr asked that informa
tion on any exotic disease out
break among the state’s farm
livestock be relayed immed
iately to his office or the de
partment’s district offices.
His action followed release
of a commercial press dispatch
from Miami, Fla , in which the
scientist, Oscar Alcade Ledon,
told of the threat Alcade said
that just before he - fled Cuba
recently, Capt. Antonio Nunez
Jimenz, head of the Cuban
Academy of Science, told him:
"The Americans are making
bacteriological war against the
communists in Southeast Asia.
The Cuban government is pre
paring to give the Americans
some of their own medicine.”
Alcade is a former head of the
Academy.
Secretary Bull said the fed
eral-state Emergency Disease
Organization, aheady set up,
would take chaige of any de
velopments Heading this unit
are Dr John C Shook, acting
director ot the department s
Bui eau of Animal Industry,
and Dr Ralph W Boone, fed
eral veteimanan attached to
-.he bureau.
The Pennsylvania EDO is
staffed hv 60 federal and state
veterinarians stationed at the
department’s offices All veter
inarians in the state total
aiouhd SOO
Demonstration
Night Held At
Kirkwood 4-H
Demonstration night was
held recently by the Kirkwood
4-H club in the home of Mr
and Mrs James Martin, Kirk
wood RD.
Lois Johnson and Dennis Al
len demonstrated the selec
tion of flowers and vegetables
for roundups and fairs
A committee was appointed
to prepare a float for the
Southern Lancaster County
Community Fair parade The
committee is William Maule,
Marty Greenleaf, Kenneth
Rutt, Barbara Maule and Lois
Johnson
Mrs Frances Ross, Mrs
Lewis Shoemaker, Sr., Mrs
Helen Shoemaker and Mrs
Ruth Crawford, of Farm Wom
en 15, served refreshments to
the group
The club made plans to tour
local industries in the near fu
tuie
Providence 4-H
At Swim Party
A swim party and picnic ad
ded to the fun at the recent
meeting of the New Providence
4-H club recently at the home
of Mr and Mrs Floyd Atkins,
New Pi evidence R 1
A shoit business meeting fol
lowed the swim in the Atkins’
pool and a delicious picnic sup
per
The next meeting of the club
will be held August 29 at 7 30
pm in the New Providence
School
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people from jumping down
your throat is to keep the
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