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Oshawa Times (1958-), 2 Nov 1961, p. 20

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20 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, November 2, 1961 CHECKS RADIATION EFFECTS Scientists Working To Protect Canadians OTTAWA (CP) -- Scientists| are working in a nuclear-age laboratory here to protect Can- adians from over-exposure to harmful radiation. Tight controls on the growing use of all radioactive materials} in Canadian hospitals, universi-/ ties, private industry and Bov-| ernment laboratories are main-| tained by the tiny group in the) radiation protection division of} Canadians exposed to radia- tion,' Dr. P. M. (Peter) Bird, a senior federal radiation ex- pert, said in an interview. The 33 - year - old native of Gananoque, Ont., has as one of his many duties the job of ad- vising Health Minister Monteith on radiation matters. ISSUES BADGES He answered technical ques- the health department. jtions with the minister recently The laboratory technicians in-/when Mr. Monteith announced spect establishments using the| increased levels of radiation in dangerous material and chéck|Canada as a result of resump- thousands of employees for ra-|tion of nuclear testing by the diation exposure. Soviet Union. "We're interested in all as-| He and the staff of the labor. pects affecting the health of/atory that occupies three floors of a downtown Sparks Street) building have a far more im- b, th th, of tchir Transport Men vr:as! it, tours, of watenine adians working with radioactive Take ALook = ===. | They help to ensure that the exposed to only 5,000 milli- roentgens of radiation a year-- a figure set by an international commission far within the limits of safety. "A person can receive this dosage for his working life-time|™ with no ill effects," said Dr. B ird as he conducted a tour of} the laboratory to explain the complicated testing machinery and a filing system that keeps track of some 12,000 workers|§ being tested If a person receives more than the prescribed dosage, em- ployers are advised to take him off the job, at least for a time. Of the 12,323 persons checked last year only 14 received dos- ages of more than 5,000 milli- roentgens--nine in irldustry, one in research, two in private practice and two in hospitals. USED IN INDUSTRY Most of the workers are em- @ ployed in hospitals, but radio- HAIL THE KIN KING EDWARD "THE GREAT" "THE GREAT" MATTRESS BUYER OF ALL TIME MY SUBJECTS: Marts. Sane ton you all tor your faith with justice. Those who buy at my castle shall receive discard that sack of straw (formerly known as rest. You will no longer be mistreated in the the mattress trade and promises you all double _and trust. | shall rule my domain fairly and double their tithing in value. Now, every peasant can a mattress), and exchange it for a good "Knight's market place for "The King" himself has taken over value for every shilling you spend. ~ "Serta" Salutes the King a With This Outstanding Offer! it's unfair, but who is going to argue with The King ! HIS MAJESTY "KING" EDWARD "The Great" SERTA "SPECIAL" : ae F ----- specie! 5 doctors, nurses, dentists, x-ray|* 4: ' "pss rb ¢ 4 ".jactive materials are finding a At Piggy Back technicians and factory and) - rowing use in industry. OTTAWA (CP) -- Canada's top transport men are taking an industry-wide look this month at the spectacular possibilities of a new cargo-handling system called containerization. Containerization--that's a 16- letter word for what is also known in the trade as piggy- back, fishy-back and birdy-back. It's a cost-cutting technique laboratory nuclear experts don't} become over- exposed to the| lethal material. | Equipment with radioactive materials, for example, now helps find leaks in gas lines and thousands of tiny badges to the| metal in factories. employees across the country.| Also falling within the scope Films from the badges are of the laboratory are the testing checked at the laboratory every of milk samples for strontium- two weeks for radiation con-|99 and objects, such as watches, The laboratory has issued! measures the thickness of sheet for pieces Serta has co-operated with the King to bring you this the greatest bedding event of the year. You get not ONE... but TWO . . . mattress and box spring or two mattresses ot ONE LOW PRICE ! Genuine Workers are allowed to be that puts many individual pack- ages into a specially designed container for shipment by rail, truck, ship or plane. While it is not a brand-new concept, the idea caught on only fm recent years in Europe and the United States, promising to revolutionize the vital business of hauling goods. But in Canada, the system is not yet in widespread use, ex- cept in railway carriage of| truck trailers, the booming piggy-back business. To co-ordinate industry think- ing on containerization, the Na- tonal Harbors Board has called transport experts and execu- tives together for a one-day conference Nov. 9 in Toronto. HARBORS AFFECTED Aim of the conference is to tind out what the transport in- dustry thinks about the system, who plans to use it, what facil- ties will be needed and when it may be expected on a large scale in Canada. Travellers' Outlooks Broadened TORONTO (CP)--Four stu- dents at Toronto's Havergal Col- lege who travelled separately in Europe this summer came home with a broadened outlook and greater appreciation of Canada. "I have come home believing that you must try to under stand others' point of view, then work out your own," says Helen Terry, 17, who spent six weeks touring Ireland and England with her parents. "You can't translate a person tamination. lfor dangerous use of the radio- active material. One manufacturer was ad- vised to change the luminous) paint on his watch after labor- atory testing found it contained a dangerous amount of stron tium-90, To Join Up France- U.K. First Moves PARIS (Reuters) -- The first steps have been taken in France and Britain toward the construc- tion of a link between the two Channel. begin preliminary negotiations whether to build a tunnel un-) der the channel or a bridge over from another country until you understand how he thinks, so you must know these people. Once we can do that, then we it. Those in favor of a tunnel} j}point to the fact that it would) The conference will bring)can form the basis of world|be cheaper--an estimated $462,- more than 300 leading trans-| port men together--top repre-| sentatives from the railways,| truck lines, shipping lines and} airlines, from freight forward-| ers, stevedoring firms, customs} orokers, warehouse operators,| from major manufacturers, in-| cluding those who make contain-| them in their business. understanding." Helen said she found young people in other countries have far less freedom than teen-agers in Canada. "It teaches you the fact that you must accept re- sponsibility." Philippa Wallace, a 15-year- }000,000 compared with $700,000,- |000 for a bridge, and would have in the event of war. Those in favor of a bridge, and they are many, point to the countries across the English The two countries agreed to [ but they still have to decide|# greater immunity from attack # fact that it would be shorter, mM only 20.6 miles against 32.2 miles|§ | for a tunnel, and would more | ers and those who could used Grade XI student, spent @leasily accommodate cars asf |year in Athens while her father! wey) as trains, since there would The National Harbors Board|WaS a guest professor at the s interested in the outcome|American School of Classical because it must plan ahead for freight-handling facilities at the aight major ports it adminis- ters, including Montreal, Van- Se Halifax and Saint John, The other conference partici- pants also have a big stake, de- pending on where they sit in the transport field Their biggest problem is to agree on some standard sizes of containers, with standard fit- tings. The ideal 'universal' container should be easily 'oaded and unloaded on rail- way flatcars, in ship's holds, on truck trailers, and should be suitable for use not only in Canada but almost anywhere in the world. ~ INSURANCE LOWER Already, efforts are under Studies. Before her stay in |Greece, she had planned to | study languages. | "Now I have a purpose. I |have decided to study the clas- jsics .. . and I want to go back |to Greece." | |APPRECIATES CANADA After a five - week tour of Europe with her parents, Sher- rill Taylor, 16, said she returned with a fuller appreciation of ome. "Before, I had no point of comparison. Coming back to Canada, I realize and appreci- ate how much I have." Sherrill says she has a new- found respect for languages after having tried to speak to natives of other countries. Jacqueline. Cogan, 17, visited | Scandinavia, Berlin and Munich way for a world-accepted set of|with hér family. "I have come container standards. If this is achieved, then the day may not be far away when @ manufacturer in Saskatch- ewan may load up a_ huge container with his products, move it by truck to a railhead, by rail to an ocean port, by ship overseas to a foreign des- timation, whence it could be moved by truck or train to its final delivery point. In -this kind of pattern, the saving can be attractive. The benefits\ include lower handling costs, protection against pilfer- |home wanting to go out and do more for peace in the world," |she said. Her East Berlin visit came before the barricade between eastern and western sectors of the city was thrown up. "As soon as you go through the Brandenburg gate you can feel the air grow tense. East Berlin was pathetic; it was all in ruins. We were allowed to get out at a German cemetery. There were Russian soldiers all over and the buildings were just fronts in that area--the backs ing, lower damage claims, lower|were all down... . insurance rates and lower pack-| 'Now I would like to go on ing costs. In the U.S., the poten- tial savil have been estimated the Peace Corps. I hadn't be no ventilation problems. Militarily speaking, its sup-| be vulnerable in the event of) war. One or two well - placed bombs might knock it out of action, but they argue that care-| ful bombing and sabotage could) also put a tunnel out of com- mission. | French motoring interests) think the British, believed to) favor the idea of a tunnel rather) than a bridge, greatly underes-| timate the traffic which would travel direct to England rather than being placed on railroad ears for transport through a tunnel. | They believe that in 20 years) nearly 2,000,000 cars would be) using the bridge each year, at! about $17 for each one-way trip.! 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