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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1958)
MOTORISTS, take note! You are looking at the model of what may la- the atomic •powered car of the future. This is the Nucleon, 3/8 scale model developed by the Ford Motor Co. It features a power capsule, suspended between two beams at rear which would contain radioactive core providing mo tive power. Core could be recharged periodically at charging stations which largely replace service stations as we now know it. Cars like the Nucleon might travel 3,000 miles or more, depending on size of the core, without recharging. THIS IS AN .ARTIST’S CONCEPTION of a nuclear rocket missile. Studies and research for such a rocket are being conducted under C.S. Air Force contract by Itocketdyne, a division of North Amer ican Aviation, Inc., at Canoga Park, Cal. In theory the rocket would be capable of hundred-fold increases over payloads of today s missiles. Further in theory nuclear rocket vehicles may make interplanetary travel possible with single rather than multi stages. In concept, the engine would use energy of nuclear fission to convert a working fluid into propulsive gasses—much as heat from an electric plate turns water into steam. Wm / ' —— mum ■ i — KING HUSSEIN of Jordan, right, smiles broadly as he welcomes King Faisal II of Iraq at Amman airport on the latter’s arrival. The two 22-year-old monarchy proclaimed the federation at a sun rise ceremony. The two kings agreed to merge their armies, economies, finances and foreign affairs. The monarchy will retain their separate thrones and their local governments, but Faisal was named chief of state of the new federation. ROY YV. JOHNSON, 52-year old General Electric Co', vice president, faces newsmen in New York, after thp announce ment that he would head the new advanced research projects agency. He will thus become the architect for the U.S. plans for exploring space — but he does not want to be referred to as a space “czar.” The AREA is intended to coordinate space researc h i nthe Defense Depart ment and eliminate interservice rivalry in this field. TWO FIKKMKN fighting a wooden bridge blaze ut Compton. Cal., run for their lives as a seven-inch gas main under the bridge ex ploded hi a roaring ball of fire The firemen, Capt. Orne Ardtnger and Clarence Wilkinson, drop|tod their, how as they ran. They and five other fire fighters who were nej%r the explosion sustained singed hulr and eyebrows but did not require medical treatment. A woman spectator was trampled by people escaping the sudden blaze and sustained u broken lug. DAVID FLEMING JR., 6, is hugged by his sisters. Tut, 10. left, anil four-year-old Eileen as he prepares to leave St. Francis Hos pital at Iloalyn, N.V., after successful heart operation. David’s heart stopped beating for 2</2 hours when his uorta burst during the operation but surgeons transplanted a dead man's aorta, suving David’s life. THINGS ARE BALLOONING in Italian styles these days. The Roman fashion house of Fausto Sarli terms these creations the “Thermal Line,” probably with the spring and summer hot weather in mind. Dress at left is of white papillon silk covered with fancy flower designs. The other is of white pique, also printed with many-colored floral representations. JUNE GONG, 21 -year-old Uni versity of New Hampshire senior from Miami, Fla., was chosen Miss Chinatown U.S.A. at San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival. June, w ho weighs 120 pounds and has 34-23-80 measurements, competed with 10 other entrants from various parts of the nation. She is five feet, six inches tall.