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s. ould, .be, 'read into prove its nuclear. -Aa 'er b fur-
�>a�'���A'�Fltx�t�:EA� A�''ttic ailingailingi
the "'concept" of yuelea,r war- ther .elaboration of its arsenal.
Sig . Solly Zuckerman is the tare.
Now let us turns to the widely
• i ' 'fiAdviser to the It- is therefore essential to held belief, that nuclear weap-
Ch of nSei mix e ons might be used on the battlg-
Trktish , Ministry ' of Defence,•$•1'y and -put flesh on some of w field to redress a disparity in
1 e was bo1'rt..:in -1904, educated abstractions which have gr numbers of melt.
.4'tile University of Cape Town up in discussions on measures
and married 'the -`1 dost daughter such as "kiloton"; 'megaton"; Zuckerman has always been
of the 2nd Marquess of Reading. Ierins such as tactical and stra- a sceptic of the notion of tact- under some old_ gentleman try -
Prior to his present aPpoin,t- tegic nuclear . weapons; words ical ,use of these weapons. If ing to got ,zcross the street
metat"he was Professor of An- like deterrence; escalation and you assume an attacking force before the light changes.
with a three to one numerical ,, u: _;: ei
superiority, and that the sue- But rafter a wild look around
fenders hay a no chane
to see if thei e s something I
cess unless tney can reduce could destroy without makes
their opponent'sadvantage to my wife sore, like maybe a pa -
about two to one, then„ hand per cup, Ike discovered the
reds of weapons would be need- source of my vile mood. There
ed by each defending corps. they sit, stacked about' the floor
These ntimhers, fired on a of my study, those piles of trivia
corps front would cause damage on which I've spent the past
on 'a scale to make any form eight hours -With ono obvious
of warfare meaningless. ' Those change in their altitude. Exam
TSE SEASON FOR SNARi ANG.
-a-,d when„you_
feel depressed,, even surly, with
no apparent reason? That's the
way I am today.
- Usually a sweet -tempered, lov-
able chap, I feel right now .like'
kiclfing the crutches out from
otomy' at $iraningham Univei's. c1oo,msday machines.
fist 1?'or .exahi.ple it is totally be -
At first sight his present ap-
pointment may seem a bit un;
yond comprehension to under-
stand • what some writers think
. usual fora medical Irian, but he they are saying when they talk
fills an essential slot in a ' De- about a "nuclear exchange" in
,fence Departi}tent. He -supplies which the U.S.A. takes 100 mil -
the broad 'background of rea- lion casualties followed by the
soning, against which weapons, assertion thaa the e s
urvivors
wtrategy and tactics may be' could reconstitute a thriving
evaluated.
civilization.
He has recently given the Asingle .megaton, weapon ex -
Lees Knowles• lectures at Cain -11)1(14'd ov r one cf our major conclusions have been borne out papers.
bridge on science and military cities woul mean its total elim-' by sophisticated war gamest :,i
affairs, when. he discussed i :'tat ion. lf, into one focal point Tbe corollary is that the pe.- .Marking exam papers is,
"Facts and reason in a Nuclear' and at one focal moment you tential destruction in nuclear guess, good for the soul. It's
Age „ I could coneenu ate all the de- war has assumed such proper -
;about the only thing it is good
His thinking, offers laymen a';tructioie) suffered in •Britain in tions that i; moves warfare into for. It's had on the eyes, the -
vital context in which to place' the last war, it would not . be as a dimension completely differ- nerves, the tailbone and the
fears of wars " and hopes;•,of bad as a one megaton bomb. en.' from the one of which we temper. ,
• peace and his careful reasoning g Furthermore, at the lower have experience. It would be :1: ;*
is the ldnd of communication we end of the scale, the radius of impossible to say where tactical .But it has a salutory e -ee on
need from our scienitists—an. ''last damage 's proportional to warfare differed from strategic the ego. It's a little like trying
argument comprehensible equal- the c'ibe rooi of the yield. If ,nuclear war. 1 -to pull in your stomach and
ly by the man on West street'he i-.Idius -of-"total destruction • Mr. McNamara's publicized' finding that your chest doesn't
and the nian on the Nevsky 1 tom a four .megaton weapon "full option" approach to NATO' go, out any more. Or catching
--7Ppospe-ctI_.h,Iv:e tried.. to distil were re sliree miles, a one and a- strategy is a far cry from the that first horrible glimpse of
,,- . __...'
his vietuvs for you quartI
er megaton weapon would- lief- that any land -o1•rer€rtioni'•t-fie -naked-ba'Id-spot which -you
in NATO Europe would immedi- thought was merely a thinning
ately "go nuclear." Even the' on top.
Russian High Command has up- :1: * .4:
held the contention that in an Yes, it's humbling. You have
attack by Western forces on the, ,
Soviet bloc, the fight would'•'be ,
waged in a non-nuclear -or con-, port of forces in the field, can
ventional fashion. 'be seen only as weapons to
Thus fl 11ows • that nuclear deter aggression.
weapons deployed in direct sup- (To be concludednext week)
begun to build up — with no
reailYgovd�r,aaso.n, extePtihaa
you haven't, been. fired -- the
idea that you're an excellent, if
not outstanding teacher.
The. Potential .of The Bomb have a corresponding effect, over
The basic facts about the a radio; of • twb. miles and . 160
bomb and its use are 'terrifying kilotons over a radius' oft one
for civilization, and while it may mile.
be said that we have learnt to "Strategic"and "Tactical" •
Alive with the bomb, there is no - Concepts
1,, need for us to drift into the pisniissing the mombo-jumbo
position of being prepared to1 of the theorists, the basic strat-
die for it:. c^ic facts are quste simple.
Speaking- ge-nerally of every- First:., .N.uclear weapons exist
Lley experience, the man in 'the and cannct be brushed aside.
street takes /science 'and its
fruits for granted with seldom
any questions asked. Electric
light; radio; TV; the telephone;
.flight, ,
Rarely do we find the expert
less the person we thou.ht he
was. But in the field of nuclear
weapons this •no longer holds:
•'Phe scientist (.knows how to
• make aa variety of Weapons of
high and low yield and •he has
''had .the experience of effect at
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What
he does. not know is what true
They are deployed by thous-
ands by both the U.S,A.' and
by the U.K. and Prance
to. a smaller extent, while China
is in the earlier stages, of the
process. Second:' The two sup;.
er-powers, U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.,
have shown over a matter of
'years that• they both fear the
balance •of- strategic deterrence
might be disrupted, but those
who. ought to know th-e .facts
have argued that there is little
reason 'to. suppose that either
power could ;significantly' im-
yi :;:
Then you start to read what
your' students have "learned"
from you in the past six months.
Nothing. Zero. You have mere-
ly-
compounded their ignorance.
You have only "confused the
simple teen-age philosophies
they have acquired from tele-
vision, hbotenanies, Mad maga-
zine and the poolroom. _
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Some young and tender' teach-
ers,' faced with this shattering
moment, have been known to
turn green, rush to the school
board, offer their resignations
and even, in drastic cases, at-
tempt to pay back the salaries
they have accepted since Sep-
tember.,
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For the older, tougher teach-
ers, it is not quite such a trau-
matic. experience. Oh, they may
swear' a bit, tear their hair 'a
bit, and froth slightly at. the
mouth. But they do not offer
lo return their salaries. The
last known case of this, among
older teachers, was in 1714.
.,,Snarling" I Danger Of :Distemper
ars accept this. dis11.10sionment
as they do the changing of the
seasens. They, 'know that by
some magic alchemy Of spring,
gaster holidays, parental pees-
sure, and three months ,of un,
relenting labor on their own
parts, it will be all sorted out
Early ...a is the anter.
1 arly spring' the danger.
period for distemper -that high-
ly contagiousdisease, that kills
an estimated 253000 dogs in
Canada each year.
Some ' veterinarians say the
death toll, runs higher °since
many strayRdogs become infect-
st_ of the kids ed by distem _er and; not hrlInng
Y,�9�ao�-:and. Too ., . .x .. f' , - - ,
will advance a,grade. own rs, theyjust wfinder off
.;: :i: . and die. .
And it must be admitted that But there's a brighter side.
Inarkin''bams is not unmitigat- 'first, dogs' can be immunized
ed misery.` lt.. as..its, moments. against, distemper through vac -
On several occasions, respond. cination • and more and more
ing to peals of maniacal laugh- ' ,
ter from my study, my wife has And then, of course, amid the
dashed up the stairs, ready to Welter of ',confusion, comes the
call the boys in the white coats. • sudden stab of ore,. refreshing
is I. delight, the discovery of an or -
There's the student who tries, .l incl, perceptive mind, trying
the shot -gun approach, Scatter to • make sense out of all this
your gems as widely as possible, nonsense It's like finding a
and you're bound to hit some-
cent
solid piece of ground in a
thing right: One such, in afi d swamp, a cool spring in the
e desert.
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The more experienced teach -
John D. Rockefeller thus: H
was a Prime Ministerof England
and very important in the labor
movement.” 'Therumble heard
at the time was John D. trying
to' argue his way back to this
world so he could strangle the
kid,
Sometimes it's nbt funny. On
a recent exam, junior students
were asked to pi,ck the right
verb from this sentence: "They
have (drunk, drank) all th
water.., A little blonde girl with
troubled eyes chose `.`drank b
cause, . as she pointed out,
"Drunk is not . a verb, It's a
noun." She had good reason fo
her answer. Her father is on
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e-
r
e.
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That's the moment when the
poor old teacher is hooked once
again by that most, irritating
nuisances, faithof
in -the future of
the humans race. And bleary-
eyed, but with alighter heart,
he bows his weary head once.
more over the wasteland. of
words, looking for the diamond
in, the coal -mine.
dog owners are taking this
owners are tatting this
course --particularly with young
pups. They are particularly
susceptible to distemper shortly
city leaving their mother.
Vaccines have also unproved;
"Today we use live vaccines that
have been clinically proven to
be 99�10 eflectiye," says Dr. Rod-
erick Mier,- president (of 'the
Academy 'of Veterinary Medi-
cine. Dr. Davies added: "With
such vaccines. a ,.dog builds up
the required resistance to dis-
temper. Pups should receive
their first injection at approx-
imately nine weeks of age and
the second vaccination at 12
weeks. A11 dogs should have a
booster shot each year,"
Damp weather and marked
changes in temperature "are most
conduciVe to the spread of any
virus—particularly ., distemper.
More dogs succumb to distem-
per during early spring and late
fall than during all the other
seasons combined.
mina, s
The preliminary • y •mtoms of p
distemper vary so greatly and in
many- cases are so mild that
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they are recogn1e only •b o y to a
trained professional. On the
other hand, the disease may
be ushered in by violent con-
vulsions. Generally, the .affect-
ed dog shows signs of discharge
from -the, nose and eyes, diar-
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"Distemper in its secondary
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Even if ' we are " successful in
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Since the virus is air borne,
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