Folk Festival And Folklore Conference At Schaefferstown A variety of authentic Penn- “Wcinbaucrm” culture whose sylvania German crafts from practitioners produced fine rye egg painting to the use of the whiskey and applejack, will be exhibited at Among the unusual crafts ie I ,^i, r^.? nn 1 Schaefferstown demonstrated will be pine tar Folk Festival and Folkhfe Con- burning, a by-product of which ference in this historic Lebanon was used as axle grease for County town July 26 and 27. Conestoga wagons, and cigar- The festival and folklife con- making. The tobacco-based eco ference will take place on the n omy which once flourished old Alexander Schaeffer farm here will be examined, which, more than 200 years ago, The festival officially opens was the site of a thriving Swiss at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 26, but □ VENTILATION FANS • FEATURES Inside Shutter Louvers Stainless Steel Hinge Pins & Bushings Long-lasting bearings, rust and corrosion on Louvers resistant. 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July 19,196?—19 Bull Says Suspension Of DDT Use Will Have Limited Effect Suspension of federal pest con- chemicals named in the saspen trol programs involving the use sion oidei aie dieldnn endun, of DDT and eight other peisis- aldnn, chloidane, toxiphene Un tent pesticides will have limited dane, heptachloi and benzene effect in Pennsylvania State Ag- hexachlonde which is also nculture Secretary Leland H known as BHC Bull said this week The biggest problem, he said, ment of Agncultiue will cooper will involve nui series using these ate with USDA duung the 30-day pesticides to control Japanese suspension of the specified fed beetle giubs and othei soil in eiai-state pest contiol piogiams,” sects in compliance with federal Secretaiv Bull said regulations governing mtei state shipments of nurseiy stock The U S Department of Agu culture eaiher this week oideied immediate suspension of pio grams using persistent pesticides pending a 30-day review of such operations This includes federal supervision of tieatment pro grams required for interstate shipments of nurseiy stock, Sec retaiy Bull explained The suspension order followed increasing demands to ban the use of so-called “hard” or per sistent pesticides, especially DDT. “DDT has not been used since 1963 in any spray program 01 pest control work of the Penn sylvania Department of Agricul ture,” Secretary Bull said In 1964, he explained, DDT was re placed in the gypsy moth con trol program by non-persistent chemicals —those that break down quickly and leave no haim ful residue The suspension oidei applies only to federal progiams 01 co- operative federal-state pest con- Western maps generally show tiol programs, Secietaiy Bull ex- the north slope of Mt Everest m plained It does not affect the Tibet, the south slop in Nepal use of these pesticides by faim- and the summit on the boundary crs or other individuals, nor by between the two countries, agricultural industries, health agencies or communities combat- The self-made man is often ting mosquitoes, he added something less than perfect as a In addition to DDT, the other designer. “The Pennsylvania Depart- Howevei, he urged “contiohed use of these pesticides latner than a complete ban on them” Some aie beneficial in pioteet mg public health he explained, pointing out that DDT is hignly effective against mosquitoes that transmit encephalitis—a b’ am in flammation—to humans He also called foi intensified research to develop adequate substitutes for these persistent pesticides “Since we eliminated DDT from our gypsy moth program,” he explained, “this insect has spiead westward from the Dela ware River to Centie County In 1963 the last yeai we used DDT, gypsy moths were found at six points in eastern counties. In 1968, they were found at 654 points At this rate, the gypsy moth will very likely spread across the entire state in the next few years unless we have an effective tool to check it.” Everest’s Location
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