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Show r B8 i REVIEW, A June 16, 1 1966 SWITCH' Rattlesnakes Afraid Of Man The rattlesnakes of western Utah are a bit uneasy this spring they've been invaded by man and modem technoA University of Utah logy. zoologist, Dr. Harold F. Hirth, is using an Ingenious new method of studying the migration and wanderings of rattlesnakes in the mountains surrounding Great Salt Lake. sh 'Although snakes have menaced man in many ways, we know very little about them, says Hirth, probably because snakes have been impossible to track after they leave their dens in the spring. 300-squ- he are counters, an infra-re- d sniper during a single hibernation. As the spring sun warms the scope, special hypodermic nd lead rocks the reptiles rattlers, needles, and a brick wall are all part of the western racers, whip and goequipment the Utah zoologist pher snakes begin to come out of the den. Hirth and his is using in his study. assistants capture them, then inject wires with radioactive Hirth and two graduate as- - Tantalum 182 into their tails. Arthur sistants (24 ear-old Its like a small piano King, an ecologist; and Richwire, Hirth explained, 'one ard Downard, a millimeter in diameter and 600-pou- -y- But the 33 -y- ear-old has found a way. V:; i He Peace Corps Seeks Trade These are a few of the peopla for whom the Peace Corps is putting out the welcome mat. Although it is true that college graduates currently comprise 80 of Peace Corps volunteers, the demand .or trade, technical and other practical skills is mounting rapidly, according to Ed Pytlik, Peace Corps recruiter. Pytlik and his associate, Larry Dash will be in Salt Lake City through June 21. u needs of many countries as the skills and good will the volunteers can contribute Pytlik said. But they do urgently need industrial, trade and technical workers, and housewives, who are able to build, repair, grow, teach and 'make do with a minimum of equipment ' Among the skilled personnel needed by the Peace Corps now are persons connected with all pluses of the mining lers, metallurgists, ves handlers, as well as ual miners. Also needed are electrical and telephone linemen, electricians and electrical technicians, machinists, carpenters, mechanics, - O Q Pli ervico State Inspec Station TRAINED welders, plumbers, masons, heavy equipment mechanics, blacksmiths and sheet metal workers. Their wives are also needed - to teach sewing, food preparation and health practices. two years. Short courses in United States history and foreign policy, world history, general health and hygiene, first aid and physical education are included in the training VOLKSWAGON MECHANICS VALLEY SERVICE 6990 So. 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Hirth's solution: a three-fo- ot high wall of lead bricks on the back of a pickup truck and two reflecting mirrors the kind used by bus drivers. by BLACK OR BROWN Sizes F ro m I to large 7 lCN15, Displaying unusual dexterity, the researchers load the hypodermics with 'hotwires, plug the open ends with vaseline and stack them in a lead The snakes are then pot. clamped into a makeshift operating stand and tagged. The entire ope rati cm is carried out with mirrors Hirth and his assistants never look directly at the equipment. We practiced all winter on campus to perfect the technique, he LYNCH We publish it once ev,ery quarter 'a four-pag- e comprehensive survey filled with enough fact and information to make worthwhile reading foi almost any investor. It begins with a thoroughgoing rundown on the current investment situation. Then there is a discussion of the whole business outlook, focusing in turn on such factors as consumer spending, government outlays, and capital expenditures. 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NAME Approved for all scouts, Cub to Eagle, these official boy scout shoes are constructed to the specifications of the Boy Scouts of America National Council . . . look for the seal We plan to follow them day and night all summer, Dr. Hirth said. The geiger counters will track the snakes 33 feet away cm the surface and 20 feet away 18 inches underground. An Infra-re- d sniper scope will be used to observe them up to 100 feet away at night. Acting as a consultant on the unique tracking system was Dr. Robert C. Pendleton, University of Utah molecular biologist and nationally recognized authority on radioacti- - ADDRESS. CITY wens 4A97 Holladay Boulavard HOLLADAY. UTAH CK & STATE. YOUR PHONE ZIP NO. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC ! If I TOW STOCK UCWME HO 0!f ;P0lCI0L STOCI HI C0SB00ITT EtCIHCE! Kennecott Bldg....Salt Lake City 84111 359-76- 81 Opat Saturday mornings until 1 for your convenience VESIERS OPENJUONJL 2 to mm ( with Hie Deseret News, pioneer daily newspaper la Sait Lake City, for more than 40 years ana recently retired as president of the publishing company. Other visitors will be Elder Myles W, Romney of the Priesthood Missionary Committee and Mrs. Thelma W. Fetzer of the Primary GUIDE FOR IIIUESTOR- S- low dosage of radia- nd industry, such as ore samp- A retired mine machinery They will be at the America MoteL Main Street at 5th South mechanic...., A carpenter who never got Salt Lake City, to interview a high school diploma.... applicants and supply infor-i- n A plumber with an urge to mation on life the Peace practice his trade in another Corps. land Today the college - or A housewife whose skills even the high school - dipare cooking and sewing.... loma is not as vital to the the Tantalum 182 is scheduled to expire. 'The ? Elder Mark E. Peterson a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, will speak at the Holladay Stake Quarterly Conthe effect of radiation on cold- ference Saturday and Sunday, vity. Dr. Hirth said he and his blooded animals and to what June 25 and 26, in Holladay. Petersen has serassistants will actually dot extent do snakes act as dis- vedElder as president of the West and map the snake movements ease carriers? Missions of the European from day to day. its never Hirth believes the study may Church. - He was associated been done before, he realso aid in educating the pubmarked. . lic toward the eventual preSome of the questions the servation of snakes. They Utah scientist hopes to answer, are extremely important to are: How far do snakes move farmers as a rodent control each day? Where do they go? and play a vital role in mainHow long do they spend in a taining the balance - of -particular area? What makes nature1, he said. them leave the den or start The snake research will be MERRILL back for it in the fall; are completed next fall after the they equipped with some kind reptiles return to their den for of biological clock? What is hibernation. tags the reptiles with radio- radiological health specialist) five millimeters (15 inch) active wires and follows them have set up a small-mewire long. Nothing shows on the with geiger counters and it fence around the snake den. outside of the snake. The works. In fact, Hirths foot area wires are injected into the tail It is a first of its kind in which contains fodr rock piles. with a specially designed the country is being backed We dont know how deep they hypodermic needle and synnga are, he said. The den may About 300 will be tagged durby an Atomic Energy Commission research grant. be an ancient gulch or stream ing the next three or four He said the snakes bed. Back in the forties weeks. 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