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EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 1P62 Page 5A New Belt of Radiation Won't Halt Orbit Shot By HARRY KELLY Of the Associated Preu WASHINGTON The United States is studying a new man made radiation belt to learn whether it may force a change in the astronaut program sched ule. Present evidence indicates it will not, according to a state ment Monday from the Defense Department and the Atomic En ergy Commission. The "new radiation belt is primarily above the path of current manned flights," the statement said. The belt produced by the U.S. high altitude nuclear test over the Pacific July 9 varies in height from perhaps 200 miles above the Earth to 500 miles. These altitudes are higher than the American or Soviet space flights. The astronauts' orbits varied from 100 to 167 miles above the earth, the So viets' from 100 to 145 miles. The belt rimmed the Earth at the time of the recent twin flights by Soviet cosmonauts Andrian G. Nikolayev and Pavel R. Popovich. The highest either reached was Popovich's top alti tude of 145 miles. The belt's relatively high alti tude, plus indications that its Indecision Slowing Farm Legislation WASHINGTON Ul Congress appears headed toward passage of stopgap legislation postpon ing decisions on major seg ments of a permanent farm pro gram until after this year's elec tions. Kennedy administration lead ers optimistically contend they have assurances of support by both houses for a wheat mar keting certificate plan which Peace Corps Post Taken By Eugenean James H. Gardner of 1750 E. 26th Ave., Eugene, who has just completed eight weeks of Peace Corps training at the Uni versity of Pittsburgh, will leave for Liberia Thursday. Gardner, 22, is one of SO Peace Corps volunteers who will teach in Liberia's elemen tary and secondary schools. He is a graduate of South Eu gene High School, and received the bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Oregon in June. "I became interested in the Peace Corps when the program was introduced last year," Gard ner said Monday, "and I thought about entering then. But I decided to wait until I got a degree." ; At the University of Pitts-1 burgh, he said, training con sisted of 60 hours a week in class from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. There was also six hours of physical education. They received instruction in African studies, American stud-' ics and personal health. "I was very favorably im-' pressed," Gardner said, refer ring to his introduction to the Peace Corps. "1 think it is a 1 wonderful program." He will teach English in Li beria. Gardner and the other teachers will have a week of or ientation at the University of Liberia, then be assigned to teaching positions throughout the country. would involve strict production controls. But the legislative road to approval of this remaining por tion of President Kennedy's ori ginal tough proposal to give farmers the alternative of ac cepting production controls or losing their price supports is pitted with indecision on the part of members of Congress. This indecision reflects sharp ly divided opinion among wheat growers themselves. Even if the certificate plan were approved by Congress which Republi cans say is highly doubtful it would need two thirds ap proval of the farmers in a 1963 referendum to become effective in 1964. The administration officially abandoned Monday its efforts to slap tight production controls on corn and other feed grains. Chairman Allen J. Ellender, D-La., of the Senate Agriculture Committee told his colleagues he is convinced the House won't accept such a provision in a farm bill now before the Sen ate. Ellender proposed continua tion for a year of the voluntary feed grain program now in ef fect. Thus both wheat and feed grains would be covered by tem porary programs well along into 1963. radiation principally high en ergy electrons is rapidly losing potency, gave hope there would be no delay in U.S. space flight plans. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, cooperat ing in the study, said it is pro ceeding with its schedule to launch Navy Cmdr. Walter M. Schirra into a six-orbit flight late in September or early in October. However, informed sources said the plans would be changed if the studies reveal unaccept able hazards. The new belt merged in its upper reaches with the Van Al len belt of natural radiation. The official statement dis closed that the new radiation was so powerful immediately after the July 9 blast that it damaged solar cells in three U.S. satellites. The cells were designed to capture the Sun's energy and convert it into power for the satellites' equipment. The statement said it was gen erally expected that the blast would produce the radiation belt and that "the phenomenon entails no hazard to the Earth or its atmosphere." In London, Britain's leading space authority, Prof. Sir Ber nard Lovell, had an "I told you so" reaction to reports of the new radiation belt. Lovell said vigorous protests against the U.S. high altitude blast had gone unheeded "and obviously we are suffering the consequences which we in fact foretold." Epidemic Strikes Flooded Town BOGOTA, Colombia WL An epidemic of bronchitis broke out Monday after floodwaters swamped the jungle town of Florencia, killing 41 persons and leaving 136 missing. A burst dam on the River Ha cha, swept tree trunks and huge boulders into the sleeping town early Saturday. About 3,000 of the 20.000 inhabitants are homeless. No injuries were reported among members of an Ameri can military mission stationed in Florencia, 250 miles south of Bogota. French Police Seek Legion Deserters AJACCIO, Corsica M" Police reinforcements from Paris are helping organize searches in Corsica for many of the 63 For eign Legionnaires who have de serted in the last month. The company of 70 national police was brought from France to bolster the local gendarmerie against a wave of shootings and robberies blamed on Foreign Le gion deserters since the corps moved its headquarters from Algeria. ft IRINGV REPAIR Your Car Now ! Volkswagen Parti tt Serrlce 543 Blair DI 5-5112 Betaaen W. lib 6th people do read SPOT ADS W . . . you are DI 5-1551 FT I tor complete V I advertising I services REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. THIS SYMBOL on your electrical panel assures you that the wiring in your house meets the Standards of the "ADEQUATE WIRING PROGRAM" This means that it has been installed with enough size and quantity to meet electri cal loads of the future. Look for it in your new home . . Ask for it when remodeling . . . 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Mrs. Kennedy was boarding a launch for the return trip to IV Ravello after visiting the nearby Italian coastal resort. Antonio is IVlcin the son of a sailor, Alfonso Gambardella, who helps pilot the vaca tioning Mrs. Kennedy on her boat outings. WASHINGTON IP Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall Mon day announced award of a $689. 000 contract to Allis Chalmers! Manufacturing Co. for equip-' ment for an experimental extra- j high-voltage power line in Ore gon. The line, to be used by the Bonneville Power Administra tion, will be five miles long. It will convert the regular alter nating current from The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River to direct current at a very high voltage 1.1 million volts. Task Force Last year, the government endorsed the report of a special Interior task force which recom mended an extra high -voltage direct current power intercon nection between the Pacific No Toy Brumus for Him Red Shuns U. S. Politics By NEIL Gil. BRIDE Of (he Associated rres WASHINGTON A furry toy model of Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy's dog, Brumus, won't be in Soviet political attache Valeri Kravchenko's suitcase when he goes home to the So viet Union next Month. Although Kravchenko has a young son and daughter back home, he gave back the toy he won Monday night at a cocktajl party sponsored by Republican congressmen. The Russian at first laughing ly fended off reporters who tried to pin him down as to his reasons. "Excuse me, gentle men," he said, and walked off. Later he said he didn't want to get involved in American politics. "This Is some kind of Repub lican parly," he laughed. He was dead right it was a party thrown by Rep. William H. Ayres, R-Ohio, the GOP pub licity chairman, to make fun of Brumus' recent trips to the Jus tice Department with the attor ney general while Kennedy's family was out of town on vaca tion. The theme of the party at a private residence on Capitol Hill was "The Dog Days on the New Frontier." Along with sev eral hundred guests, most of them from the Washington news corps, several dogs attended. Brumus was not among them. Refreshments included liberal portions of "the hair of the dog," and plates of cold hot dogs. Kravchenko smiled through a series of jokes, the singing of such songs as "How Much Is That Doggie in the Justice De partment?" and the crush of questioning newsmen. The Russian laughed when Ayres handed him one of the four toy dogs distributed as door prizes and jestingly sug gested Kravchenko "would like to defect." Kravchenko later said he did not understand what Ayres was saying. Ragweed Free Area PORTLAND (DPD Western Oregon will be a real haven be tween now and the first frost for persons allergic to ragweed pollen, the State Board of Health said Tuesday. It said the whole of Western Oregon prob ably is the largest ragweed free area in the United States. Northwest and Pacific South west. The Senate has passed a bill which would give the Pacific Northwest first call on any sur plus power before it was sent out of the region over the pro posed high-voltage line. The measure now is pending in the House Interior Committee. Udall's announcement of the contract for the experimental line coincided with the observ ances in the Pacific Northwest of BPA's 25th anniversary. 'New Era' "This pioneering venture in power transmission, made possi ble with a special program ap proved by the Congress through appropriations, signals the start of a new era of conveying huge blocks of electricity long dis tances," Udall said. "It is conceivable that with the magic of direct-current and extra-high-voltage, international and inter-regional lines could pool the general capabilities of Alaska and Canada with the Columbia, the Missouri and the Colorado River basins, and the Pacific Southwest. . . 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