ra, FASTEST us. AIR “FORCE “JET FIGHTER UNVEILED ENS Jaxsrds | invol- also Should, Tole winter i A poorer or little rt then segular times.” A A AK SH OM RR ab i ns the figure is about one thousand. ihe lowest maternal Bas boen re obsolete dis | | THE £101 vOOBOO, the U. S. Air Force's long-range supersonic fighter is upvetied in a fest fight over the Edwards Flight Test Center most powerful in existence. It spokesman said it will be assigned to the Strategic Alr Command. Not Many Snakes Really Sous Sountey, args Sis, he Despite Tradition Of 2.500 es of existing | snakes th the world, mere 200 are a danger to man The World Health Organization has just ted some data on the pe It is estimated that some half | a million persons are bitten an- nuslly by snakes, poisonous or otherwise. In this country there are really only three important poisonous | snakes: rattlesnakes, copperheads |i and water moccasing, aside from the coral snakes seen in the ou- | are widespread in the tropics and | they include the Old-World col ras, mambas, death adders and tigrer snakes, The one poisonous snake in the British Isles is the common Viper | or adder, but there have been ur seven deaths caused by the akes in Bngland in the past 50 “ bout nthe United Sta- tes and whit there are MARY | snake bites, specific treatment has Alo been reduced | with antivenin minimizes fatali- this number with an estimated 35000 deaths a year from snakebite in Alia. 4.9 4000. 108 for | South America. and 1.000 for Africa. it is imposible to pve eatimate of the n due to snake bite entire world There are 1.135.000,000 people a close of deaths | al ¥ in California. The new plane is reported 10 be one of the fastest and can carry atomic weapons and be refueled in Bight An Aw Force {International Soundphote) Ioproncrts Wired Christmas Tree Greatest Danger, Say N. C. Chiefs Zone 1 Firemen Make Plea to Public to Be Sure Wiring, Circuit Capacities Sufficient for Lighting “We think that we shall never for both Indoor and outdoor dec see, # hazard greater than a tree ovations; a Christmas tree that's improp- | Examine all wiring before erly wired. | plugging It to power sources. Such was the opinion this week | Cheek insuintion. there are of chiefs of Zone 1 of the Vol frayed spots, don’t splice, . | umteer Firemen's Assn. of Cam- tape. Play it sain - Buy briana County & Vicinity, Zone | is INDoRey of companies in Nor- thern Cambria County ares, and include Coalport and Ciymer, i Over many holiday seasons, | marred by fires, the volunteers | have learned to view Christmas | trees as potential torches, { Light fixtures have steadily im- | | proved in recent years and most | (of the risk has been removed the fire Chiefs concede. Bul even Lhe ante fixtures are dangerous i | | they ® inataliod carelessly : a “don't” |e - the volunteer firemen | i 1. mew wire, Make mire all | tightly. Correct any wobbly plugs. | I Avoid octopus” plugs - | containing multiple outlets for ex- | | tensions. In Wny Case, never dan- | i gle an “oc topus” over =» thimb In outdoor erproof sockets and cords connectyons At drain I sonnection be ints a wires niust stpled ktaples are insulaled Keep bulb enckets awiy from metal foil decorations or metal reflectors. JLoeate treen away from radiators, stoves or regis ters, preferibly in corners, se that they miny be anchored to the woodwark. Mount tree hase in a container with from six to cight inches of | water EE a Ea Sire {in the countries which publish vi. [in] statistics suitable eakeul sting anake bite deaths fine. 17. A R RR, and some | central European countries do | nol report to the World Health Organization i On the basis of what we know | iover } . {about the prevalence in certain | Nav oBlorsion g Re gy burning | areas of snake bite deaths, De . than ative figure places 50.000 mt let children trim trees | the | { i fon od as total number of peopl | Without adult supervision. and . never let them play with lights. | who dle each year over the world "po srve an entire cureuit for (huge. daxgling outdoor displays. | The spitting cobras of Bashan Don't depend on extension cords aland, South Africa, im for | hooked into circuits already in your eves, beware! use inside The home thos | tree | lighting us) weath- | Never | arrange wiring where waiter may | to | i walls or claphoard, make sure al | most homes are . with 15 ampere fuses and circu capable of of transmitting round Standard tree WT watts encl ow in the nation. fo | 1 | But if your regulition 15 amp | | fuse does blow out, ? hill» stell a bigger. more 1 (fuse. This simply overionds the {wird lend, turn off other Hghts | and applisnces until tree circuit iis able to feed Christmas lights | comsintently without power inter ! ruptions . Finally, when in doubt, call ap | electrician. Other officers are as follows: Robert Culdwell, vice ln Urban Wenver, ot Areuiden secre. tary: John J. Whalen, treasurer: | Named to the Board of diree- tors for one-year terms are How $9,750,000 Iavelved Subject to FCC's OK West es J. Dum, John Lantsy and 1 Fred Willinmas. Mr | since Jan. 1, 1949. and the first {TV station is Pesnsyivania, is subject to the consent of the { Federal Communications Commis- i 5 AIO hi 3! : Tl i ¢ 3 ; | | I Li h i i go A SETS MO in Northern "Cambria aren Chris J. Witting. Westinghouse | Broadeasting president ssid in a i atement ssued In New York, that the FOC will be asked to} permit the WDTV cali letters to! be changed to KDEA-TV. + ! Westinghouse owns and oper- | ates station KDKA, the nation's | pioneer station in radio “In WDTV, Westinghouse pur} {thased the most valuable single | | television station pw party in the | | nation.” Witting =» re Ago. 1 the rec aut HA MBE - Ir I SH Se SR IN |. # safe, too! Sturdy WAGON s ard Bowersox, Mike Pallone, Jam- Pe any
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