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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." ,
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