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.
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Here's a true ladies' man in the making. Seven-year-old Antonio
T J Gambardella kissed the hand of Jacqueline Kennedy in a courtly
LiClQlGS gesture while his mother watched at Positano, Italy, Monday eve
ning. 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. . .
"Our goal is to pave the way
for making more power avail
able to more people at the low
est possible rates."
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