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ftFRIDAY, MAY 27, 1955A LIFT FOR TODAY. *. Who is my neighbour?—Luke 10:29IN THIS DAY of need and world-wide confusion, we have* (* • •full opportunity — and individual responsibility — of proving ourselves good neighbors at home and abroad.May we, O Lord, love our neighbors as ourselves, as Thou§hi* commanded us to do. —Park• i i-O-EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITilobeson County has had at least one accidental drowningco far this year—that of a child who went swimming in a■ *canal. A report of this drowning indicates that death overtookthe child while on the way to a hospital in an automobile.■ • •Artificial respiration on the spot—that is, the promotion of breathing by pressure on the body, applied by a person trainedIn first-aid technique*— might have saved this child's life.•« *In such an emergency, there is no time to learn. There is the immediate need for first aid training and skill, already’acquired, to be put into practice.• . ,! • 9But in some emergency situations, training and skill are• • . . * 1 * ... ts. ; .. • • % wk •not enough. The requirements of the situation may be greater+ % +. 1than any one' person’s strength or endurance. In the case of a• * . . .person pinned in or under a wrecked automobile, for example,* * • * * . .it may be necessary to pull apart a crushed section of the car or cut an opening through which the injured person can be removed. For this kind of rescue work, bare hands are inadequate.In a case of drowning, when the drowned person has dis-•* ! r .appeared under water, a diver without equpiment can stay■ , i* t * •• •under only a minute or so at a time looking for him. In fast-moving water such is found in Lumber River, diving is likely to be a hit-or-miss proposition. Equipment including a. * i * * }~ i ' 1 : ’ • ’ ^boat and a rope'long enough to stretch across the river is\• t- . ; 1 .needed for a system a Vo search to .be made. Although the inspiration of rescue^worK Sometimes gives a person superhuman* . • *. * r * • *endurance, a diver who succeeds in recovering a body may be.* * • * • . »too near exhaustion himself to carry on artificial respiration• ■ : • *for any considerable time afterward.Special equipment can be valuable in rescue work. Such Equipment—$8,00 worth—is sought for a Robeson County emergency resuce unit, to be established by the auxiliary policeforce of Lumberton's Civil Defense organization.• . ■ • *Dillon, S.. C. and Laurinburg already have such rescue unitsin use. The Laurinburg equipment was inspected here thisi •week, when city and county officials took a look at it. It in-* * ■ * •eludes life-saving and.first aid equipment (with two resusci-• i f«tators), heavy tools for moving wrecks, cutting torches, fireextinguishers, and a generator for floodlights. The proposedemergency rescue unit for Robeson County would have this. * . •equipment with the addition of a boat on a trailer and an outboard motor.Public solicitation is to be made next Tuesday for $1,000 to start a fund for the rescue unit. The Robeson County Commissioners and the Lumberton City Council are to be asked to make heavy contributions. County-wide use of the unit is planned. In fact, such use seems necessary to justify the large ex-• • • 1 'penditure involved. Local personnel in various parts of thecounty would be trained in rescue work, so as to be able to go, * 1 . .ahead and do what can be done before the equipment arrives, and then to make fullest use of it.Contributions are to be sought from persons in other towns » . . * . * and communities as well as in Lumberton. Such contributions,iif they are made, would have a two-fold effect. They wouldi * * . • . ** » ...help to pay for the equipment, and also would show the county commissioners that this is something in which people in their various districts are interested.Present plans call for the rescue unit to be stationed in Lumberton. This may not be the most universally popular place for it, but it does seem to be the most practicable. A central location is desirable in order to permit a call for the equipment, from any section of the county, to be answered promptly. It is probable that the equipment would be stationed in other towns on a day-to-day basis during the training program for personnel, but on a permanent basis it seems necessary that the equipment be in one spot so that one telephone call would be enough to bring it. Several years ago, when North Carolina had its motor vehicle inspection law in effect, inspection lanes were moved about from town to town, spending just a few days or weeks In each location. A motorist whoremembered that the inspection lane was in one town last week might drive there this week and find that it had been moved to a different location. The resulting, delay and confusion were among the things that made this law unpopular and caused it to be repealed.At $3,000, the emergency equipment comes high; but if an adequate first aid and rescue training program is given along with it, throughout Robeson County, the investment seems justifiable. The training program can be worth just as much as the equipment. A life saved by the application of a rag-and-stick tourniquet to stop bleeding is just as valuable as a life saved by artiflca] respiration with mechanical equipment. But having the rescue equipment on call would enable local rescue crews in any section of the county to tackle almost any job with confidence in their ability to handle U. getting the equipment if needed.Policemen and firemen, doctors and cliuggists ges many emergency calls already. Usually they live in town. Schools frequently have some faculty member who has received first aid training, but this is not necessarily the case in every school.important.He said he thought American developments were about three years ahead of the Russians.A month ago the Russians displayed over Moscow swarms of planes, fighters and long-range bombers, some of new types. That touched off public warnings that the Reds were pulling abreast, if not ahead, of American air power.Sep. Symington (D-Mo), who was secretary of the Air Force under President Truman, said Wilson had underestimated Soviet air strength. The Defense Department issued a statement saying the Russians were cutting into this country's lead in production of heavy, long-range and medium bombers.Three days ago Wilson said this country is maintaining a ‘military capability superior'' to that of Russia. He listed the kinds of new planes seen over Moscow this month.Yesterday the Air Force announced it is ordering a boost in the production of American’s newest long-range jet bomber., the B52. What is the tally, between the United States and Russia, in planes and their development?Here is a boxscore put together from the information provided by Wilson and information put into the Congressional Record by Symington:Long-range heavy bombers—For years the Russians had no long-range bomber. The United States stayed ahead with its long-ranger, the B36. of which it had plenty. But no more B36s are being built They will be succeeded by the B52.The B52, an eight-jet bomber, is not yet in operation in Ah* Force squadrons. The Air Force will have perhaps 15 or 20 of them by midsummer. They have a speed of over 600 miles an hour, can range over 6,000 miles.Over Moscow the Russians dis-. •played 10 or more oE their newEPsTO?^- SuSdeST£9 r’efc. U$C t.\! a.col,eMmty DFlong-range jet bombers, calledType 37, which Wilson himself said is comparable to the B52. It is said to have four jet engines and may be more powerful than the B52.Medium bombers— .The American B47, with six jet engines, can go long-range withrefueling. About 1,500 have beenbuilt.'Its Russian counterpart was shown over Moscow. It is ca'iled Type 39. It has two jets, to six for the B4?, but is described as larger and perhaps more powerful. Fifty Type 39s were flown over Moscow.The Russians also showed a plane—called the IL3S—which is a turboprop swept-wing bomber. Besides acting as a bomber, it could be used for refueling other long-range planes for reconnaissance. Wilson said the Russians showed at least nine.The United States has no turboprop bombers but has some in production.Fighters—As a counterpart of this country's day fighters—the FS6 Sabre and the supersonic F100—the Russians have the MIG15 and MIG 17. This country has thousands of the FS6. The Russians are believed to have thousands of the MIG15-The United States has turned out several FIGGs. It is now known how many MIG 17 s the Russians have.WASHINGTON—While one lady in high office who has helped cause confusion in the polio crisis is planning to bow odt, another lady who lias done a terrific job for the American public in regard to television is being fired.The first lady, of course, is Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, who will leavethe cabinet when the Salk vaccine§ •confusion has died down and when will not be retreating under6re.i he second ladv is Miss Frieda Hen nock, first woman ever to be appointed to the Federal Communications Commission, who is being dropped as her term expires in June. Her replacement will be Richard Mack, a Florida utilities commissioner, reported to be a friend of the Telephone Company. His appointment will be the third utilities commissioner and friend of A.T. and T. Ike has appointed; the others being John Doerfer of Wisconsin and John McConnaugh-ey of Ohio.Meanwhile, scores of little broadcasters and TV independents^ meeting in Washington this week paid tribute to the lone lady who has fought the battles of the small Radio-TV stations.It was commissioner Hennock who demanded and got 257 TV channels set aside for education It was Miss Hennock who foughl valiantly for the smaller ulttra high frequency stations which hav€ been blanketed out by the big networks.It was Miss Hennock alone whlt; dissented from giving AmerieaT Tel and Tel an $80,000,000 increase in rates. It was Miss Hennock \vhlt; fought for S00 small daytime radilt; stations, who campaigned agains crime and horror on televisionrand who opposed the increasing trend toward monopoly of com munieations.And it’s Miss Hennock who, de spite her battles for the publi and for the little broadcaster, i now being fired.NOTE — It was the late Senate Taft who largely put across Mis hennock1 s appointment to the FC( Taft, a Republican, vigorously suj ported Miss Hennock, a Democra because he was a stanch believt in the principle of free compet tion.SOFT TOWARD COMMUNISMThe Democrats have had the noses so relentlessly rubbed in U charge of being soft-toward-Con munists that it will be interestir to see what they do about Ike recent error in the same dire tion.He has just appointed a itu to the Subversive Control Boai who was definitely soft toward tl Communist film-writers in Holl wood. Ex-Cong. John S. Wood Georgia, the Eisenhower appoi tee in question, also paid $15 it tiation fee to join the Ku Kli Klan though later, he says, bac ing out; also hired a former Klar man, Walter LeCraw, to be couns Committee. The Klan, of cours is on the list of subversive orga iza lions which Wood as a mei her of the Subversive ContiNumerous Red Cross lirst aid classes were conducted in theearly day of World War II. but there has been much moving about since then and there is no assurance at this time that every community has a trained first aider among its residence.Public interests in rescue work may be indicated by the fact that some eighty per cent of the school children in Robeson County carry accident insurance. Their parents gladly pay two dollars a year per chii. for this insurance, which is, in effect* a payment in advance for doctor's services.The widespread installation of telephones in rural areas makes it possible now for a call to be placed from almost any station of Robeson County, and increases the potential effectiveness of a rural fire protection program.Right now, the rescue unit is in the ’‘talking*’ and “wanting” stage. Next Tuesday, when the drive for funds is conducted, sponsors will find out whether there 5* a general public demand for such equipment. In the meantime* citizens of each community may be able to determine how many times in the past year such equipment would have been usuable in their community, with a view to estimating probable future use. Also, they may be able to find out, by inquiring whether there is any person trained in first aid or rescue work living nearly.iChurches, as well as schools. might find that their membership is large enough to indicate the need for at least one person trained in this manner. As it happens, th* mild who drowned this smson had gone swimming m a lt;■.*. i church just after leaving Sunday school..1
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Lumberton, North Carolina, US
Fri, May 27, 1955
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