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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1955)
.- 1 Atomic BulIoSo HJood 4o Sterilize, Precoma. Fob'd WASHINGTON (UP) Thtl Army disclosed Thursday that it is using heretofore1 wasted "atomic bullets" to sterilize and preserve food. These bullets are in the form, of highly penetrating rays emit ted by spent fuel elements re moved from nuclear furnaces op erated by the Atomic Energy Commission. The food preservation project is part of a five-year research program being carried out at Dugway - Proving Ground near Salt Lake City by the Army's Quartermaster Corps, Chemical Corps, and Medical Corps. Results to date establish that the safe storage life of meat and other foods can be greatly pro longed by irradiation. Th Ouarterm&ster Cores got permission of the AEC to use "hot" fuel elements as a source of penetrating rays. Normally, the spent luei eiemenw we jui aside until their radioactivity sub iM annnffh in nermit removal of atomic fuels remaining in them. twin mm - "cooline" Deriod. hitherto, the slugs' Intense radio activity has been wasiea. ine Army now is using it, returning the elements to the AEC when their activity hi diminished. AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said recently that research al- ready has shown that 'prepack aged meat, if exposed to mUd gamma-ray pasteurization, can re main, in the grocer's stock for nearly 21 days instead of three." Potato storage has been simil arly extended through irradiation. The Army said gamma rays can completely penetrate ah entire carcass of beef or a No. 10 can. Radiation destroys the ability of micro-organisms to reproduce and thus eliminates," the Army said, "the most important factof involved in the spoilage of foods." jv Radiation also destroys food- infesting insects and the trichina worms found in pork, it said. The Army said it has found no indications thus far that this so called . cold sterilization of food produces any harmful substances. A GOOD GROUP . BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (UP) For a group that has no consti tution, no president, no regular meeting time and even no official name, a "friendship circle" of about 10 women here is one of the closest and - most active around. The women, all friends for more than a quarter of a cen tury, have met frequently during the past six years to have break fast, visit and remember birthdays.'.; Dam Plans Fund ' Said Inadequate : WASHINGTON (UP) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore) said Thursday that a 1500.000 plan ning fund requested by Army en gineers for John Day 4am was in adequate. Neuberger tald two million dol lars would be needed over a two year period to do the Job properly. He added he would seek an addi tional $250,000 for -the first year in the Senate Public Works Com mittee. The half million dollars was con tained in a lump sum request of five million asked . in President Eisenhower's budget message for advance planning and engineering., .Statesman, Salem, Ores on, Friday, Jan. 21, 1955-Sec 2)-5 Battleship Orego ns Military Funeral Plans Given Setback PORTLAND (UP) Harry S. Williams, chairman of the Battle ship Oregon Commission, has re turned from ' conferences with the Navy, department in Washington convinced that plans for a full military funeral for the famed ship are unworkable. "The burial is Just a Hopeless situation," Williams said. "I had several conferences with the sec retary of the Navy and his aides and they said it would tike a spe cial act of Congress." They were very nice." Wil liams continued, "but they couldn't very well establish a precedent supposing the people of Missouri wanted the ' Battleship Missouri buried with full military honors some day? Jt might Just go on and on." The Navy, however, presented Williams with an alternate plan: "They thought we might be able to get another ship named 'Oregon' not a battleship, because they don't make those now, but maybe a carrier." This, Williams believes is the best way out , Shooting a Lock Won't Open Door CHICAGO (UP) Hold It, cow. boy. Don't shoot that padlock! Harry Soref. a loci company executive, says that shooting a padlock in the manner of a horse opera cowboy rarely opens - it. Shooting Just Jams the works, ha said. i "Also, a bullet striking a tad- lock may ricochet and wound the would-be lock-breaker," Soref warned. . "If you've lost the key to your 'own padlock, then a locksmith is your best friend. If you're a bur glair, then change vour orofessioa. But lay that pistol down." , 155 N. Liberty Phone 3-31 SI Values to 2.98 UNBD A Wide Selection of Women's Cotton Tailored or Dressy Blouses. Save Today. 32-38. Reg. 0.98 home us snsr You Can't Beat This Yalue in a Wool and Orion Skirt. 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