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The Oshawa Tones Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont: Puge 4 Wednesday, December 2, 1959 Reactions To Hazards Often Without Reason An irrational side of human behavior shows strongly in our reaction to danger. Not only does man tend to have an unreasoning fear of the unknown; he has a dread of the new or the unusual hazard that is often out of all proportion to the real danger. The news that a small section 0 cranberry crop in the northwestern United States had been contaminated' in a way that might affect the health of someone who ate large quantities over a period of several weeks became a leading topic over the whole continent, and undoubtedly affected the buying decisions of millions of housewives. The news that a dozen babies had suffocated in Canada in the first half of 1959, through the misuse by adults of thin plastic film, led the headlines and some almost hysterical demands for govern- ment intervention. Proper steps, of course, should be taken to meet every newly-discovered hazard. But as the Ontario Safety League points out, it become illogical when we contrast the widespread excite- ment over these "new" dangers with the apparent indifference to far greater perils--such as mishandled automobiles, which kill three thousand Canadians every year. Discovery of a bottle of arsenic in the bathroom closet would throw any parent into a near-panic. But many other. wise responsible people habitually drive old cars without checking the exhaust system for leaks, even though it is known that carbon monoxide causes more 'deaths than any other poison. Carbon monoxide is a silent killer, and the full list of its victims is never known. Most known deaths from this cause occur in parked cars and closed garages. But it is suspected that many solo crashes and rear-end collisions are the direct result of drivers becoming stupefied through carbon monoxide leak- ing into the cars because of a faulty exhaust system. Images For Politicians A Conservative official recently talked about the creation of an "image" for a political party. Washington is said to be worried about the U.S. "image" over- seas. American political parties are also concerned about their "image" with the voters, and politicians are advised to make or change their "image" to ensure success at the polls, The word is part of the jargon used by advertising agencies and public rela- tions men. The best comment on its use has come from Senator Hubert Humph- rey, the Minnesota Democrat who hopes to be a presidential candidate. In a recent speech he said: "What does it means to 'change your image'? It means to present yourself as something you are not. If the 'old' Sam Jones is beginning to be distrusted by the voters, become the 'new' Sam Jones. Change your image from .a hostile stranger to the farmer to a warm, cran- berry-eating friend. "Images, images, images. Sometimes I wonder how Abe Lincoln would have greeted a make-up man who wanted to cover up the warts I think the American people are getting a little tired of 'images'. Of nonsense as the image of common sense. Of public relations as the image of public service. Of showman- ship as the image of leadership." erald's Double Vision e amusing and enlightening stories came out of the recent election in the United Kingdom, and The Printed Word recounts this one as an example: On its editorial page the Daily Herald, a supporter of the Socialists, took the view that under free enterprise the rich got the breaks and the poor got a raw deal. Just before the election, the paper published an advertisement about itself in the Financial Times, in an effort to increase its own volume of advertising, This ad was so different from the editor- ials that one might wonder if the Herald's editors and salesmen lived in the same country. "There is a new class of spenders in this country," the ad said. "In the last Big Monkey The monkey business is growing. At one time 30,000 monkeys were enough to fill the needs of research work. Today ten times that number are required, and 300,000 are sought after for "several purposes. { The New York Academy of Sciences met recently to study and report on the monkey business. Dr. De Valous said monkeys, which closely resemble man physically and emotionally, suffer greatly when re- moved from their native forests. To keep them healthy they need water every four hours, are fed with bananas, sweet potatoes and given vitamins. The Oshawa Times T. LL WILSON, Publisher end General Menoger €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ana the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863). is published doily (Sundays and statutory holidays excepted). s of C Dally Newsy s Pu Association, The Canadion Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the Ontaric Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation, Conadian Press is exclusively entitled fo the use for republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters,.and also the locol news published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved. Offices Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, , Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince le Grove Hompton, Frenchman's Bay, Tyrone, Dunborion, Enniskillen, Burketon, Claremont, Gr Kinsale, t Hope, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 45¢ per wedk. By mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery oreas 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year. Average Daily Net Paid as of Nov. 30, 1959 16,560 five years or so the skilled and unskilled manual workers have emerged as the biggest spenders on a wide range of goods traditionally regarded as 'middle class products' . . . These wage-earners have increased their ownership of house- hold appliances at a faster rate than any other class. This upsurge of buying by people who now have the money and the inclination to improve their living standards cannot be ignored." Perhaps the advertisement persuaded advertisers that the pages of the Daily Herald are a good medium for pro- moting sales. But it also made the paper look a little silly for claiming editorially that only the Socialists would give a break to the lower--sorry, former lower classes. Business They travel by air and are looked after in Lonodn by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. On their arrival in the U.S. each monkey is given a shot of penicillin and attested for tuberculosis. A three weeks' quaran- tine follows this before the monkeys are released. At one time 20 per cent of the monkeys died from various causes. Now antibiotics have reduced the deaths to 6 per cent. Tranquillizers are given monkeys if they need these. The Connaught Medical Research Laboratories in Toronto have produced a new virus -- B, eucephalitis vaccine which is showing promising results on monkeys, India has a 10,000,000 monkey popu- lation. The rest of the world harbors another 100,000,000 and these are being eagerly sought for research work and for other purposes. Two monkeys were recently sent into space by the Russians, and returned intact, none the worse for their venture. It costs up to $75 each to obtain these monkeys and with more than 300,000 needed a year, the monkey business is fast becoming big business. People used to speak of "monkey business" as some- thing laughable and frivolous. Times change. 'Bible Thoughts Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt, die, and not live--Isaiah 38:1. We need to put our affairs in shape for an exchange of worlds. WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BI GALLUP POLL OF CANADA Mercy-Killing Opinions Reveal Wide Difference BY CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION If a person, dying, and in great pain, asks for a fatal drug, his doctor should give it to him. That the belief of more than reported that 62 per cent of the Canadian people could not think of any circumstances in which a doctor would be justified in tak- ing the life of a patient. People feel differently today for certain cases. In the columns below the nation answers three questions on mercy killing put to a scientific Sate by interviewers for the Attitudes among Roman Cathol- ics and Protestants are compared to the national average in Svery kill- mentally Yes, should 1% 15% No, should not 2 81 No opinion 7 4 AN ---- ' 100 100 "And what if a person dying in great pain asks for a fatal drug --should the doctor then give i or not?" Roman Protestant Catholic Yes, should 55% 29% No, should not 87 6% No opinion J 1H] 0 1 "And what about the mercy killing of hopelessly deformed or deficient very young QUEEN'S PARK Government Buys Land For Future By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- It is strange how second-sight can show a lack of foresight. d the Departments have been spread all over town, and doing business has been as crazy and difficult The government other dav it had bought $7,700, 000 worth of in the government again in one close- knit area. As readers know, the situation regarding office space here has been increasingly ridiculous. as finding out the future from a cross-eyed fortune teller. LOTS NOW The government now has in its hands enough land to provide or inal} ble fu Pp any for ture. Let the men from Mars arrive and take 'us over and they, even FOR BETTER HEALTH Follow "Social Diet" For Slimming Results [ ] HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD YOU CAN'T lose weight with- out dieting. Just about every doctor will tell you that. How- ever, most doctors have different opinions about diets and dieting. Each has a few pet ideas of his own. The biggest problem confront- ing any patient on a reducing diet is, of course, how fo remain on the diet, especially when din- ing with the family or with friends. NEW AND SIMPLE A New York doctor recently came up with a new but simple diet which he says is almost sure to take off a few excess pounds while causing the dieter as little inconvenience as possible. In an article in the Journal of the American Medical Associa- tion, Dr. Milton Plotz prescribes what he calls "The Social Diet." WHAT HE RECOMMENDS In this diet Dr. Plotz recom- mends: Reduce portions of everything. For breakfast you can have cereal or one slice of toast, but not both. No more than one slice of bread should be eaten at any meal. Eat no gravies. LIMIT DESSERTS Desserts should be limited to one ounce of cheese, one portion of fresh fruit or, if you insist, a small slice of angel food cake. Since any diet needs variety, Dr. Plotz suggests that the lean meat -- green vegetable routine at dinner can be varied by using 1 small portions of rice, spaghetti, noodles or even cracked wheat, or maybe portions of peas, lima beans or a small baked potato. EAT SAME FOOD Now the best part of such a diet is that, as a rule, you can eat just about the same things everyone else at the table eats. You simply cut down om the quantity. Dr. Plotz tested his diet on some 100 patients. He reports that in many instances the pati- ent's friends and even members of his family were not aware that he was dieting. OBVIOUS ADVANTAGES they, will have enough room fo park their space helmets. Let government even head to- wards that day fast arriving when each citizen will have his own civil servant and there will still be Sound on which to build for m. wy NOT? question, of course, is why now Why not years ago Why did not the government buv the property some years ago when it could see the need for expauision. 0 not be too hard on it. It has a good defence. It can be recalled that in 1045 and 1946 everybody, from the Premier Drew down, was prepar- ing for retrenchment. Nobody, and that means NO- BODY, saw the fantastic ahead which later developed. The logical thing to do was to go ahead on a cautious basis and wait for the expansion to start' falling apart. This did not happen but the government can not be particu- ry blamed. Nobody else did er. YOUR MONUMENT Dvintuaty, that is in some magy years to come, your Parlia- ment Buildings should be quite an impressive spectacle. A cabinet committee is sup- posed to be starting right away Wf pple s will n comple night . . . huh! ¥ over But inevitably now you can be sure that eventuallv there will be a large plan and the greatest liv- ing monument in Ontario to the people of Ontario will be here at this site of government, MECHANICAL ROUNDUP NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (RP)--It wasn't the western style, but city police found their own The advantages are obvious. SCHOO You can accept dinner invita. tions to eat out without any un. and due embarrassment. And, of course, the homemaker is given a real break, since she doesn't have to prepare sepa- rate meals for the dieter and for the rest of the family. QUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. W. D. S.: My son, 18, never was troubled with pimples until now. Can you tell me what causes them and how they can be cured? 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