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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1954)
Algae May Produce Jfcir for Spcipe Travellers By FRANK CAREY, AP Science Reporter WASHINGTON Nobody has figured out a workable space ship yet But they've figured out a way to keep you alive when and if yon can take off for far places. It's an alzae air conditioner. A University or California sci entist says tiny algae plants like the e that grow as scum on millpcnds look like a good bet for furnishing life-sustaining oxy gen,, and peVhaps even food, for space 1 navigators. j. The scientist. Dr. J.A. Bassham, writing in a publication of the Of fice of Naval Research, offers his conception of the equipment that would be needed aboard your space! chariot to keep5 crew mem bers alive on trips that might last several years. ; . - Every man would need his own "algae air conditioner or, to -7- V tlttSuhin I be more precise, his "algae at mospheric controller." These would be boxlike affairs. each one jjfour feet square and about three feet high, containing at least two pounds of algae. swirled around in some 23 gal lons of liquid. Lamp - Dlnminated The algae and liquid would be distributed; among shallow, trans parent trays illuminated from abpve and below by a battery of fluorescent or neon lamps pro viding about one twentieth of the illumination of bngnt sunlight. The idea of such devices would be to duplicate nature's process of photosynthesis. That's the in genious process by wnicn green plants grow in the presence of sunlight, absorbing carbon diox- . CHAPTER 1 1 i' Steve and Nancy are never ones to rush off to bed, especially on Friday nights when, they don't have to get up early the next morning to go toschool. j When they are told to get ready for bed they put on their pajamas slowly, keeping one eye on the television set, and it takes a sharp word from their mother to get them started up the stairs to their . bedroom. j On this particular Friday night, mother said, "You'd better speed up. It's too close to Christmas to be getting into trouble."! And so with the woodsy smell of the big Christmas tree in the front room in their nostrils, they made their way to bed. i When they go to bed they don't turn on the light in the middle of the room because it always leads to a discussion as to who has to get out of bed .to turn it off. So in stead they use their bedlamps, However, tonight as Steve walked into the dark bedroom to turn on the bedlamp, he stopped short A "Gr-r-rwheexe" Sound! There was an immense- some thing in his bed and it was making a horrible "Gr-r-wheeze" sound. The bed shook every time the "thing" made its sound. Steve backed out the door I quickly. . bumping into Nancy as he did so, "There's something in my bed." he said. "It's making horrible sounds." ! x "Don't be silly," said Nancy. "What could be in your bed." With that she pushed Steve aside and opened the door. Steve grabbed at her and succeeded only in pushing her off balance. She fell through the door and one arm knocked an empty glass off of Steve's desk. It fell to the floor with a terrible clatter and the "thing" in the bed stopped making the "Gr-r-r wheeze" sound. As a matter of fact it sat up and said, "I guess I must have fallen asleep waiting for you kids." 1 "Santa Qaus." both. Steve, and Nancy said at once. I Christmas Shopper I "I hope I didn't scare you," Santa said, crawling out of bed and yawning. "I've been Christmas shopping all day, and I must say it is very tiring." v "You, Christmas shopping?" Nancy asked. "Why should you have to go Christmas shopping?" "It does sound kind of funny, I guess." Santa admhted, smiling, "But you see I have to get all the things to make toys out of at the North Pole. It takes a tremendous amount of lumber and tin and , nails to make all, the toys for all . the children. And plastic is becom ' ing quite an item, too."! As he was talking, the smile faded. from his xace. -"As a matter of fact,' children,1 he said with a sigh, "I'm having a terrible time getting ;tne tnings I need to make toys. There are so many more children -than there used to be. I suppose it is my fault for not planning far enough ahead. Now I find that I can't get anyone to deliver the things I seed before January 1 and you know that won't ide from the atmosphere and giv ing off oxygen, the reverse of the human process of breathing The dimensions of the box. the quantities of algae and fluid medium, and the amount of arti ficial "sunlight" 'are based on the oxygen I requirements of an average-weight man working, rest ing' and sleeping in the enclosed quarters of a spaceship require ments estimated: at 25 quarts an hour. - I I -1 ' ; 25 Gallons of Fluid Dr. Bassham estimates .that about two pounds of algae, dis tributed through approximately 23 gallons of fluid medium, and prop erly exposed to the right amount of "sunlight" would furnish the oxygen at a steady rate to meet a man's individual needs. i Meanwhile, the. alzae in each individual unit artificially nur tured, would increase in quantity. The surplus would have to be withdrawn or the balance of con ditions 'heeded to promote growth of the algae and the release of oxygen would be disturbed. But the "harvested" algae could be eaten by the crew thus elim inating or reducing the need for storage: space, for regular foods. Whati about power requirements for ! "sunlight" Bassham says about four horsepower of electri cal energy per crew member would be needed. "If our 'ship' were powered by an atomic reactor," , be added, "this would require the consump tion of about 10 grams of atomic fuel per year per man x x x." Statesman. Salem." Ore Monday. Dec. 13, 1954 Sec 2) 3 do me any! good for this Christ mas." ' ' . I Asks Steve for Ideas ' "Poor Santa," Nancys said, wish; we could help you." Turning to Sieve, she added, you are al ways making things in the work shop; Haven't you a"ny ideas?" "Well, I don't make things out of nothing.!,' Steve replied. "And I'm I afraid i that the lumber and nails we have in the workshop wouldn't go very far. "How do 'the dwarves and elves that help you make, your toys like this? Steve asked. "They don't like it at all," Santa said; "As if I didn't have enough problems, they have to add to them by grumbling about having to work shorter ' hours. That is why stopped by to see you two j My little toymakers love you so much that 1 thought if you could come witn melto the North Pole again this year and talk to them. You might be able to get them to leave me alone long enough so I can try to find more materials for them to usemakin toys." j Remember Workshops i "We'd be glad to come." Steve said, thinkjng of the beautiful toy workshops aid the busy toymakers they had met when Santa had tak en them with him before. "You go tell your parents you are going with me," Santa told Steve. !' I Steve went downstairs to where his father was sitting, almost asleep in front of the fire in the living room fireplace. "Nancy and I are going to the North Pole with Santa Clans." Steve said. "Yes. sort." Dad ireplied without opening his eyes, and Steve was too full of thoughts about the North Pole to notice that his father hadn't really heard what he said at alt Open the window and out we 10? Santa told Steeve and Nancy after the children bad put on their warm domes. ' Too Far U June - , "But this room is on the second floor," Nancy protested. "It is too far to jump to the ground.' "We are not fi going s to the ground," ' Santa said. "I parked on the roof this time. You children step out onto the garage roof and then walk!: on up :to the top. I'll stay behind you to see you don't slip." U ii "Just a I minute, I forgot some thing.' Nancy said as she darted back into ! the room. When she came back she had a box of an imal crackers in her hand. "These are for the reindeer," she said. When the children got to the top of the roof there was the beautiful silver sleigh, sparkling in the moonlight1 and the reindeer, ! in their gold; harness, stamping their feet, eager to be off and away, Sf'Hop in," Santa said, "And 111 tuck this blanket around you. Now, up, off and away. Anyone! watching would have seen a silvery sleigh with eight reindeer Sail away into the night from the top of Steve and Nancy's roof and Ithey would have heard the sounq of Santa's laughter fad ing; away into the distance, j1 Tomorrow: Steve and Nancy meet the dwarves. Escaped Con. Sought in Rape Cases, Caught MIAMI. Fla. ) William Henry Jr., an escaped ; con vict wanted for questioning in the "phantomj rapist" attacks on 13 women in Miami, was captured Sunday by sheriffs officers. He had! been the object of an intensive manhunt in the Miami area since Dec. 6 when police first announced his description. - John Tyler, chief of the county's Criminal Bureau of Investigation, said Henry was the man he want ed toT question in connection with the "phantom rapist" case. No formal charges have been filed, Henry escaped i from the state penitentiary at Raiford April 15 where he was serving a 14-year term for! breaking and entering. Road Patrolman Bill Geronimo said the fugitive was hiding in the woods near Miami Sunday : when be was .flushed out by -hunters shooting guns nearby. j The hunters saw him run into house 1 under construction and called authorities. . Geronimo said Henry was un armed and without a shirt The officer quoted him as saying he had been trying to escape from the Miami area. Nine women were raped by the phantom" over a period of sev eral months. Other women drove him from their rooms by scream ing, f , Light Plane Forced Down SALMON ARM, B. C. W Three persons were only slightly shaken Sunday when their light plane was forced down in a snow storm near here, about 200 miles north of Van couver. ' 1 The plane was owned and piloted by Dr. L. S. Dewey of Okanogan, Wash. Passengers were Vein Ban gert of Okanogan and Tom Jenner of Vernon, B. C. Dr. Dewey brought the plane down when ice began to form on the nose and wings of the craft and averted a crash; when he loomed under a high-tension wire strung beside the Trans Canada Highway, where he landed the planed I 1 ; - i I: Powder Saw Severs Head PORTLAND A butcher fell while cutting rolls of, paper with a' power saw here Sunday and his bead was sawed off. , He was Isaac. F. Berrone. 41, who last ' week became Droorietor 01 me marset. 31 ; a .UUVVI about Berrong's prolonged ab sence and sent (a friend to the market to check. He found the market locked and summoned fire men who broke down the door. They found the saw still runnin and Bering's lifeless body. Chiang's Navy Getting More U.S. Vessels TAIPEH, Formosa i Chiang Kai-Shek's navy is getting two more destroyer escorts and 10 high-speed patrol boats from the United States,; the Nationalist press reported Sunday. ' These reports, ' not contradicted by official sources, said: Hundreds of Nationalist officers and enlisted men will leave this week for the United States to take over the destroyer escorts and will bring them to. Formosa in four months. I " i Six of the patrol boats already are on the way and will; arrive next month, f i ' . One of the Nationalists' six de stroyer escorts; the 1 aipmg, was sunk Nov. 14 off the Tachens by Chinese Red torpedo boats. The Taiping formerly was the U. S. S. Decker. All present indications are that the United States is placing great er emphasis on developing Chi ang's naval and air power. The first four of the Sabrejets for the air force arrived Nov. 29.. Pop Blesses Lonsecrat ion Of Archbishop VATICAN CITY () A blessing from Pope I Pius XII closed the broadcast consecration Sunday of the new Archbishop of Milan, re garded in some Vatican circles as likely to succeed eventually ' as leader of the world's Roman Cath olics, j i . Pope Pius listened by radio in his sickroom to the service at St. Peter's Basilica marking the ele vation of an old friend and former Vatican prosecretary of state for ordinary affairs, Msg. Giovanni Battista Montini, 57. The service closed with a mes sage the Pope had recorded Sat urday i It was the third and longest rai dio talk by the 78-year-old pontiff since his collapse ; Dec. 2. His words seemed spoken more firmly than the others he has voiced since the beginning of his slow recov ery. ! At noon Sunday Pope Pius had his biggest meal since he became APR 21 MAY 21 3-5-944 522-28-39 cuwt MAY 22 JUNES CANCH JUNC23 JULY 23 3-17-24-36J UO JULY 24 AUG. 23 10-12-31- 57-66-79-851 VWGO 4-7-8-43 tV53-54-71 STAR GAZER" Br CLAY R. POLLAN JK ( row Daily Activity Gvkfe 1 . ;! According to tfc. Start. To develop messoge for Monday read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign. 1 if 2 You 3 Seeing 4 Succeit 5 Prop 6 Mot 7 1st 8 Not In 19 SKorp 1 1 News 31 Or 32 Help . 33 Avwd 34. Don't 35 Problenr 36 Light 37 Let 38 For 39 Now 40 Is. 41 Mental , SffT OCT 1-2W7-61T1 9-708084 12 Differences 42 Attitude 13 Comes 43 A 14 Person 44 Necessary 15 To 45 Solved - 16 Concerning 46 Tension 17 Hove 47 Turn IS OeerfuH 48 Friction l Toke 29 A ; 21 Lough . 22 Is j I 23 Your I 24 Green ! 25 Your i 2ft A ' 27 Outlook, 28 Best 29 Problem 41 To 62 Or J ' 63 Yo 64 As 65 Toward 66 Posbl A7 Dot 68 Swrftty 69 Spend 70O! 71 Aey' 72 Soke 73 Pnvote 74 Ends 75 Health 76 Matters 1 77 Out 78 A i 49 Cmeigeixies 79 Guard OCT 24 JSx NOV 22 6-18.27 JOfitJ U-72-84-90 SAamAHus NOV 23 CEC 22 h 9-26-30-42 fl K5-7887-89MJ 50 Affect 51 Awoy 52 Today 53 Million 54 Miles 55 Business 56 They'll 57 Are 58 Pom 59 Your 20 Hordheoded 60 Wolk Good Adverse 80 Be 81 On 82 Buying j 83 Selling ! 84 Generous 85 Heofm . 86 Money 87 Certain 88 Aigumentj . 89 Person I CAPMCOm DEC JAN D029-4045 W-67-74 V JAN 21 FE8 19 E21-25-35-51 f 1 B6-58-68 men FEB 20 MAR 21 l 1-13-16-55 K2-73-76 Windsj Blow Along Coast SEATTLE m Strong winds blew in with the new! week along the Washington and Oregon coasts. The prospect was: for their,1 con tinuance through! Monday and Tuesday, j : 1 j Storm warnings were posted Sunday afternoon for the Wash ington Coast and small craft warn ings from Astoria to Cape Blanco, Ore. j The U.S. Weather Bureau's warning was for a southeast wind increase to 40 miles an hour on the Washington Coast at 35 miles on the Oregon Coast at times Mon day and Tuesday. ill. He ate sitting in an armchair. The meal consisted of two eggs, chicken broth, mashed vegetables and cooked fruit j And there was another sign of continuing improvement in the Pope's condition. For the first time since, the crisis arose; the Vatican press office closed at noon. NEVER BEFORE Ar Such a LOW, LOW PRICE The Brand New 1955 NORGE CLOTHES DRYER Al HUE 8358 State St. Ph. 8-4538 Man Qiarged With Reckless Driving 1 Ingolf TV Kvale. 549 N. 22nd SL, was arrested by city police Sunday and charged with reck less driving. He later was re leased on bis own recognizance. The arrest came after a car being followed by officers ended up against a coke machine in a service station at Mission and Lee streets. Police said the ma chine was only slightly damaged. Quick'.'. nn f UV.sVdUNJ FOR LATE SHOPPERS $25 to $1500 on signature only, auto or furniture. Get extra cash NOW pay later a little at a time. ONE-TRIP SERVICE "phone first. i ' (or una. ! OtESOie. Room 200, 317 Court SL Phone: 4-3396, Salem Hours: Daily 9:30-5:30; Sat 9-22 ' Open evening by appointment wm to ulln tt mf i I i OhioTransient Confesses to Killing Woman TOLEDO. Ohio (!) Detective CapL Ralph Murphy said an un employed transient Sunday night confessed he slashed a woman's throat and killed her on a lonely downtown Toledo street because I don't like women." Murphy said Thomas P. Leon ard, 34,f who came to Toledo a month ago from Harrisburg. Pa., will be charged with the murder of Mrs. Virginia Thayer, 36, moth er of two. She was killed as she got into! her parked car Thursday midnight. The Officer said Leonard, who was arrested Saturday night at a cheap Toledo hotel, confessed aft er three) lie detector tests. Murphy said the! confession appeared gen- m f w J '1 1 uine Because jeonara aescriDea details of the crime which had not been publicized. Murphy quoted Leonard as stat ing: "Women have always laughed at me. .They've always made fun of me and they're afraid of me because of my looks." Leonard was traced from de scriptions given by two women, one of whom had seen him loiter ing on jthe snowy street shortly before the crime. i 1 I ! ! j i & carets - : " J ! i ' - : i!" "! ' ; '" '1 I - . ! 1 With exciting new Trigger-Torque Power in 3 mighty engines . . with fresh, new J4000 Select Christmas Trees , Individually Displayed . Silvertip Fir, Noble Fir -j Douglas Fir 1 Om Dairy Queen Lot .1 and I 1412 N. Capitol Richfield Station :i 15MN. Caplt.1 ! U W. 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