Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 12, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16 pesticide findings stir plea Washington a Interior Secretary Stewart Udall called on Congress today to lift the present limit on appropriations for pesticide re search citing a new report on the Complex effects of pesticides on wildlife. The Interior department re port discloses that among Sam Ples of Young ducks and eggs collected More than 100 Miles North of any known insecticide application the eggs and immature ducks contained More pesticide residues than any adult samples. It and related compounds were involved in the Canadian samples which were taken North of great slave Lake. Scientists assume that the adult ducks were exposed to pesticides somewhere on Migra Tion on wintering areas and passed the residues along to their progeny in a yet unexplained manner that apparently concentrates the chemical Resi the department said. The report says contamination of wild forms is wide despite a report by the entomological society of Amer Ica that 75 per cent of the United states has never been treated by any insecticides and that Only five per cent is treated each year. Supporting its Contention that contamination is widespread the Interior department report said "25 of 26 specimens of Bald Eagle Analysed by the service contain it and of specimens of Birds and mammals in 22 states and the three provinces of Canada 75 per cent contained residues when Analysed. Even in Remote areas of the world animals have residues. Water fowl and their eggs in the far North and resident fish in streams in Alaska were collected on areas far from any known pesticide application and they contained residues of insecticides As did the surrounding vegetation. Also Marine fish from Dif Ferent oceans of the world have been contain Winnipeg free press monday August 12, 1963 More about Nehru continued from Page 1 the Congress party meetings Here have been devoted largely to a consideration of proposals designed to revitalize the party image. Madras chief minister Kamraj Nadar unsuccessfully sought to induce party office holders in National and state governments to resign their offices and dedicate themselves to party organization Al work. The proposal would have included or. Nehru. Gesture All party Cabinet ministers or. Nehru included made the gesture of offering to resign in the course of the committee discussions. The committee specifically went on record As reject suggestion that Nehru re sign and empowered him to de cide which ministers if any should leave office in favor party work. The committee said in a unan Mous Resolution that or. Nehru resignation from the prime min ister ship would be totally opposed to the interests of the nation and would defeat the Pur pose in there were no signs indicating that a major shakeup in the Nehru Cabinet might be in sight the prime minister appears to have emerged form the meeting. Saturday with greater Power to resolve state Intra party Dis Putes. The Washington Post daily store hours 9 to . Open thursday and fonday 9 m. To 9 . Dial Sunset 3-21 2 a depart menu. Explosion averted on ship Auckland . Reuters firemen monday brought under control a Blaze aboard the Brit ish freighter Suffolk that had threatened to explode a cargo of explosives and chemicals. Wearing oxygen masks fire fighters worked in shifts to move hundreds of bags of ammonium Chloride and sodium Carbonate so that other firemen could reach the Blaze. As the firemen battled the flames longshoremen unloaded 160 tons of Gunpowder explosives and ammunition from the vessel. The ship carried a mixed cargo of about 200 tons of chemicals and explosives. The first started Early Mon Day while the Suffolk with a Crew of 57, was anchored off to Tihe Island 10 Miles from Auckland. Attempts to smother the fire with Carbon monoxide Gas failed. Water then was pumped into the blazing hold. Five passengers aboard the ship were landed before the fire broke out and seven race horses also aboard were unloaded onto barges while fire men and dockworkers fought the Blaze. The Suffolk arrived at auck land from Liverpool saturday and was to unload the explosives at to Tihe Island before continuing into Auckland har Bor. Washington the . House of representatives foreign affairs committee says it will recommend curtailment of Aid to both India and pakis Tan if they fail to resolve their dispute Over Kashmir. But the committe said Friday it rejected such a move at this time and would keep the mat Ter under continuous in a report on the foreign Aid authorization Bill which will reach the House floor in the next several weeks the committee said it recognizes the complexities of the Kashmir question. It the committee does not presume to pass judgment on the claims of either the report but it is mindful of the fact that to the extent that the dispute emitters relations Between India and pakis Tan it reduces and May even nullify Pur assistance to it said an amendment was carefully considered but not adopted to drastically reduce our Aid to both countries until such time As the Issue is re it noted Small but encouraging measures that have been taken by both parties to remove this but was prepared to recommend curtailment of Aid to both parties if there was no evidence of an improve ment in the fallout Levels hit record Ottawa Ley Els of Long lived radioactive fall out reached record Heights in Canada during june but were still Well within acceptable Lim its the health department said monday. A departmental report on fall out in june also said that Levels of Short lived radioactive materials dropped sharply some of them so much they could hardly be measured. The Rise in the Levels of Long lived fallout including Stron tium-90, was expected by the department As a result of the last russian nuclear bomb tests in the atmosphere in Decem Ber 1962. Long lived isotopes do not Start to fall to Earth until some months after a nuclear explosion. The drop in Short lived fallout including iodine-131, also was anticipated. These types of Iso Topes decay a few months after a explosion and now Are so Low they Are almost impossible to detect. The june level of strontium-90 the department said was Well above May and will Likely re main High in july and perhaps August. However an official said that if there Are no More nuclear tests in the atmosphere Levels should Start to decline in the fall and Winter months. New Delhi Dia with British and american help is training and equipping eight new Mountain divisions to defend the Himalayan Border against any attack by communist China reliable sources said Here today. Britain and the United states Are believed to have agreed to help equip five of these Divi Sions which should be ready be fore the end of the year and India now is planning three More divisions for which she is hoping to receive further West Ern assistance. All eight divisions will get Spe Cial training in Mountain War fare and be equipped with the latest weapons. With the strength of an in Dian division put at Between 000 and this Means in Dia will be Able to put men specializing in Mountain warfare along its Frontier. According to Indian reports the chinese Are estimated to have massed about men on their Side of the Frontier in the Wake of the sino Indian Bor Der fighting last fall. Many of the Indian units will be composed of men from Bor Der areas already acclimatized to living at Heights up to feet. Pm denies Sod turning Breaks Law Montreal up .prime1 minister Pearson said monday there was no question of any illegality in his participation in a Sod turning ceremony for the 1967 Montreal world s fair site. Or. Pearson questioned by reporters during a 20-minute sight seeing tour of Montreal with. Quebec Premier Jean be Sage and mayor Jean said if there was anything illegal about his role it would be a Mere technicality and could be changed if necessary. The Premier was commenting on a Toronto report that the site on St. Helen s Island contravenes the Federal act that the fair be on the Island of Mont Helen s Island is in the St. Lawrence River across from Montreal Harbor. Asked by a reporter if the report was a form of sour Toronto s part or. Pearson replied there s a wonderful fair in Toronto a ready. It opens next he was referring to the Canadian National exhibition. I . 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