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Hurricane Hunters Score In Most Destructive Year Despite a year of record devastation, hurricane hunting Is paying off. Last year was the most da maging hurricane season In United States history, though far from the most deadly. But man may be close to easing the hurricane's menace. Property ua>nage soared to $1,481 billion In 1969. All of it was the work of the only storm to hit the United States. Camille. which lashed the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Ala bama with 200-mlle-an-hour winda, then ripped north to flood Virginia Hill country. Camille. though far from the worst killer hurricane to ra vage the United States, claimed 285 lives, the National Geo graphic Society says. liie toll might have been a thousand higher without the warnings that alerted 75.000 persons to flee the coast, ac cording to Robert H. Simpson, director of the National Hurri cane Center in Miami. Corn Silage Needs Booster F eeding Corn silage makes an excellent feed for cattle but results may be disappointing unless certain precautions are taken, warns North Carolina State University extension specialists. "Corn silage does have a few weaknesses," according to Guy S. Parsons, dairy specialist. 'The greatest deficiency is its low protein content," he added. The overall feeding program should compensate for this weakness. A forage program based entirely on corn silage cannot be adequately supplemented by a ^single concentiate mix in feeding dairy animals. Parsons said that dairymen feeding heavy on corn silage will need to feed an 18-20 percent protein grain mixture unless they are feeding heavy on grain (25 to 30 pounds per cow per day). "People have never been warned so well or so often." he says. Hurricane hunters spotted Camille soon after It was spawned as i mere tropical storm off the coast of West Africa. They tracked it by plane, radar, and satellite tele swirling across the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and into the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf Coast received 12 hours warning. In 1900 a hur ricane slammed into Galveston. Texas, with little notice, taking 6,000 lives. Besides providing better warning, hurricane hunters of Project Stormfury have been flying their planes into the teeth of these most dreaded storms to learn how to tame them. After the 1969 experiments, they believe they now know how to blunt a hurricane's bite. Dr Cecil Gentry, head of the National Hurricane Re search Laboratory in Miami, syas the planes dropped silver "Even then," he said, "as production decreases and grain is reduced, silage makes up a larger percentage of the total ration and protein becomes a limiting factor." At this time production begins to decline more rapidly than it should because the lower producers in the herd do not receive sufficient pounds of even a 20 percent feed to do the job, if they are being fed according to energy requirements. The specialist suggested that the efficient and most economical solution to this problem is to feed additional protein. In case of forage programs that include hay or silage cut relatively early and continuing legumes, the problem of supplementing adequately the silage part of the total feed isn't as difficult. A 16 percent concentrate mix usually does the job. iodide crystals near the center or "eye" of hurricane Debbie, causing the wind to drop brief ly from 113 to 78 miles an hour. After years of semi-suc cesses. tills was considered a great breakthrough. Dr. Simp son speculated that "in five years time we'll probably set up operations for regular seed ing of all hurricanes threaten ing the continent." Seeding will never kill ahur ricane, but it helps to distri bute heat throughout the storm, weakening the uprush of hot air that causes a powerful chim ney effect near the center. This power is enormous. Hurricane winds are produced by only about 4 percent of die storm's heat energy. And the heat energy produced in one day by a mature hurricane equal to all the electrical energy generated in the world for three years. When it comes to keeping the hurricane's might from th# Sales Tax Deductions Listed In IRS Tables Greensboro?The amount North Carolina taxpayers can deduct for sales tax on Fed eral tax returns can be found in tables printed in the 1040 tax instructions. J. E. Wall, District Director of Internal Revenue for North Carolina, said the tables show the sales tax dedutcion by fam ily size and income. The table is based on con sumer spending patterns and shows the average sales tax paid by North Carolina resi dents, he said. The sales tax on automobiles purchased is not included in the table. Taxpayers who bought cars in 1969 may add deductible sales taxes paid on them to the amount shown in the table. The table is furnished as a guide for the convenience of taxpayers who do not keep detailed records of payments. Taxpayers who prefer to de duct the actual amount of state sales taxes paid during the year should have records as proof of payment. Wall said. coast, the scientists may never be the match?despite all their planes. Instruments, and know ledge?of the islanders on Sal pan. Early last year the Island was threatened by a typhoon, the Pacific Ocean version of a hurricane. The Island legis lature promptly voted a reso lution forbidding the typhoon to come closer, and it stopped abruptly 240 miles at sea. Charitable Contributions Can Be Tax Deductible Greensboro?Gifts to ap proved charities may be de ducted on 1969 Federal income tax returns by persons who list deductions. In addition to cash, gifts of new or used clothing, furni ture or other property can be deducted, explained J. E. Wall, District Director of Internal Revenue for North Carolina. For these items, the amount to deduct is the fair market value, he said. A new IRS publication, "Valuation of Donated Prop erty," explains the rules and methods for determining-fair market value. The booklet, Publication 561, discusses problems and pitfalls in mak ing the valuation, particular ly for the more common types of donated property. The book let is available free of charge. Just drop a post card to the IRS District Office in Greens boro. Taxpayers who claim char itable contributions should be sure to keep the records need ed to substantiate the gifts. Wall said. Deduction should be sup ported by cancelled checks, receipts and other evidence showing the amount of the gift, date made and the organ ization involved Wall said. Epicurus, the Greek philosopher, estimated about 300 B. C. that the sun "is just as great as it appears" -? or, in his view, about two feet in diameter. Actually, the sun measures 864,000 miles, compared with earth's 8,000 National Geographic says. Save. Take a quiet break Get a price break! The facts favor Fordl This special edition of our quiet Ford Galaxle 500 is now sale-priced below all other full-size V-6 hardtops. The famed Ford quiet is built in, not added on. Comes with a 302 V-8 and special interior trim. Four-door sedans sale prlced, tool Raeford Auto Co. North Main St. Dealer License No. 1303 Phone 87^2125 Foot Rot Among Ailments Beet cattle producers and danymen must include loot rot among iltcir animal health concerns. This ailment is common and can pioduce severe lameness. Fool rot is caused by a bacterial organism that is widespread in nature, according to Di Robert F. Bchlow, extension veterinarian at North Carolina State University. F.ven though the disease is common, farmers whose herds have a high incidence of cases probably will find a predisposing cause it they look around the bainlot It may be due to a wet, muddy bamyaid with coarse gravel or sliaip stones, a mud hole at the watering lank, a bad spot in the lane where the cattle walk frequently or a rockv creek bed. Lameness is the first indication of fool rot. Belilow said. A close examination probably will show that the skin between the claws 01 at the bulb of the heel is red and swollen. If the infection is not stopped, it undermines the sole and walls of the affected foot. In advanced cases, the infection spreads deeper and affects tendons and joints. Foot rot seldom causes death loss, but it docs cut down severely on milk production and gain. Dr. Behlow said. tarly treatment is the most effective. Where foot rot is suspected, examine the foot first for nail or wire punctures, cuts, wire wrapped around the foot or foreign objects between the claws. Many of the cases suspected of being foot rot are quickly treated by removal of the foreign objects and routine treatment of the wound. In more severe cases, it may be necessary to bandage the loot. Dr. Behlow suggested that farmers dealing with an early case of foot rot may get the best results from using the sulfa drugs -- penicillin or streptomycin - intravenously. A comburation of these type drugs can be used. AND THE UNIVERSITY . OF NORTH CAROLINA y By William Friday, President University of North Carolina The significant contributions of North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill to the healing of the sick are well known in this state. A dedication ceremony at the hospital last week marked a development that will great ly expand and accelerate those contributions. The Ambulatory Patient Care Center was dedicated as a major addition to the hos pital. This Center will treat the sick while they are still on their feet, keeping them out of expensive hospital beds and permitting them to continue on their jobs. "A referral hub in the re gional wheel of medical re sources" is one description of the new facility. AN INNOVATOR The Center will be both an innovator and a demonstrator of new ways to deliver better health care to North Carolin ians. When it is fully staffed and outfitted, the Center will in crease Memorial Hospital's out-patient capacity to more than 250,000 patient visits per year. The center of the operation is the J. Spencer Love Clinic complex, named Phr the founder and president of Bur lington Industries who was such a staunch friend of the University until his death. The complex contains 181 out-patient examinations and treatment rooms in which 57 out-patient clinics are con ducted 28 each day. The new building provides a new entrance to the hospital and includes in-patient admis sions offices and out-patient registration. OTHER FEATURES Other features of the struc tun' include .1 l.i'cJtl square foot emergency mi vice area. Ill radiology diagnostic and treat ment moms, pharmacy, clinical laboratories, immunology, bac teriology. teaching and confer ence rooms. There is an ultra-modern surgical suite, as well as fa cilities for occupational and physical therapy. An entire floor will house a clinical research unit. The Center contains nearly six acres of floor spare. Built at a cost of $10.4 mil lion. the Center is the largest single state-funded project in this state. So you can set* ?hv Me morial Hospital lays claim to "the newest and finest facility in the entire South for the treatment of out-patients." Incidentally, the day after the dedicatory exercises, some nationally-known e d u c a t o r s met in an all-dav session to discuss "The Vertical Patient." All of us are expecting CTeat things from the Ambulatory Patient Care Center. It is a most important addition to your University's resources in the healing arts. Got too much insurance? Could he. Find out.Free. Then sleep better. Say "Confidential Analysis" to your man from Nationwide, and he'll give you the facts ? straight. VARDELL HEDGPETH INSURANCF AGENCY mj/V. Elwood Avenue N^xt door to Shoe Shop RAEFORD. N. C. Nationwide Irmirance The man from Nationwide is on \our tide In 1940, Bogey played Chips Maguire in"It A II Came True." You paid 20 cents to watch And if you were really in the money, you had a nickel left over for a bag of popcorn Since then, the cost of living has gone up about 160 percent But the average price of electricity for your home has gone down ^4 percent, nearly half what it was when the chip-, were down for bad <? uy Maguire CMUL Corolino fowef & Light Company
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