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4a The Bend Bulletin, Thursday. January 27. 1955
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WorkUnderway on Initial
Atlantic Telephone Cable
NEW YORK (VP) The first poundini; o( Breakers at the shore
trans-Atlantic telephone cable is
now beinE constructed and its in
stallation should be completed
next year. It is scheduled to be
in operation by Christmas, 19.16.
The aim is trans-Atlantic tele
phone calls ot clear and constant
quality, instead ot the present
"hit or - miss" system depend
ent on (,'ood radio conditions. More
than twice as many simultaneous
conversations will be possible un
der the new system.
Need for the cable is evidenced
Dy the increasing traffic. In 1927
-there were only 2,000 calls; in
11951 there were nearly 100,000.
The new communications sys
Htcm is a cooperative project of
-Britain's General Post Office, the
"American Telephone and Tele
graph Co. and file Canadian Over
"seas Telecommunications Corp. It
Twill provide 36 telephone circuits
"between Olian, Scotland, und Clar
Senville, Nfd., with Sydney Mines
as the terminal on the Canadian
mainland.
" It will require the laying of two
undersea cables, each 1,9."0 (nau
tical) miles long, and of a .wj
Imile single cable, part on land
"and part under water. One hun
dred and eighteen repeaters, or
"boosters, containing 300 valves
wand 6,000 other electrical compon
"cnts. will amplify Ihe sound at
regular stages along the route so
"the voice will be as clear at Ihe
Zoulcoming as at the ingoing end.
C'onIk Divided
Z. The discovery by . Imperial
Chemical Industries in 1933 of a
'" "substance named polythene, and
-the application of this us an in
sulant, helped pave Ihe way. Poly
Athene has certain ndvanlagaes
JJovcr gutta percha and paragutta,
m formerly used to insulate suhmn
fine cables, and Is considered to
" be ideal for this purpose.
The cable now being made will
uso 1,100 Ions of polythene. It also
will require, for its 1,9'ifl - mile
Z length, some 2,700 tons of copper,
-11,000 tons of steel wire, 1.X00
IT tons of jute yarn, and 2.4 mil-
lion yards of colton cloth.
. Britain will pay 41 per cent of
-the cost of the $35,0(.000 project.
the United Stales 50 per cent and
Z. Canada 9 per cent.
The cable will weigh three tons
" per nautical mile, anil must lie
-; sufficiently slums ami flexible lo
- withstand pressures of up lo three lluiekle il the cable ship lias tojlaving of a Irans-Allantic televi
- tons per square inch, and the stop during the laving. or this siun circuit at some future dale
Rain or
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line.
To construct such a cable, a
new five - acre plant had to le
built in England on the Thames
at Erilh. It will employ over 200
technicians and workers, and will
be capable of producing 4,000
miles of cable a year.
The present contract, which is
for the greater part of the Scot
land - Newfoundland trans-Atlanlie
stretch, is worth $14,000,000.
Another problem that had to be
solved before the telephone hook
up could be planned was the de
velopment of suitable boosters to
amplify the sound at regular in
tervals along Ihe line.
Here, the partnership between
the United Slates and Britain
proved its value, The Brilish, who
liad experimented for years with
co-axial cables and had laid them
successfully between the fsle of
Man and Anglesey and across the
North Sea to Norway, had con
centrated on shallow - water re
peaters. Only One Ship
These had the advantage of be
ing large enough to carry two
way speech transmitters but 'he
disadvantage of being housed in
large, rigid steel containers.
The Americans, on (he other
hand, had turned their energies
lo the development of deep-water
repealer housings, and Bell Tele
phone laboratories ha.l evolved
and laid between the United Slates
and Havana cables with boosters
housed in an ingenious type of
flexible container resembling a
steel snake, which may be coiled
inside storage tank drums. ,
At shore ends, and on the short
er, shallower slrelch between
Newfoundland und Canada, the
British repeaters are lo be
used, elsewhere, the American
tyoe. A voltage of about 3,000 volts
will be required to feed the boost
ers on the main crossing.
There is only one ship in Ihe
world capable of laying such a
length of cable, I IMS Monarch.
the General Post Office's cable-
layer. Even this vessel has had
to have the bow nnd stern
sheaves enlarged for the job to a
diameter of seven feel.
The whole of the first 1.500
mile deep-water section will have
to be laid ill a single operation
without pause, for the cable may
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QUAIL GIVES HUNTERS THE BIRDM-Eight-year-old Laura May Girdscn can give hunters a
tip about quail a quail would rather be fondled than shot at. She knows, because her pet,
"Tweety Bird," is a quail. She found it last July on the lawn of her home near Uniontown, Kan.
It was only a few days old. For two weeks its diet consisted ot two bouseflies per day. Gradually
the menu was expanded and today, Tweety Bird's favorite fool is light toast (dark toast is re
jected) and warm milk. Laura May takes it to the pasture where it feeds on seeds and insects. It
never tries to escape and always walks or flies back to the house. Photo shows Laura May offering
the bobwhite some toast and in the inset, Tweety Bird is wearing a 1954 Kansas quail stamp.
Pretty Lucky,
He Decides
JAMESTOWN, N. Y. (UP)
Kred W. Austin, of nearby
Erewsliurg, considers himself a
fortunate young man.
He was riding alone in his car
recently when it left the highway,
howled over a high tension pole,
four mail boxes and a sign, de
molishing the vehicle.
Police said Ihe high tension
wires, carrying 2,300 volts, coiled
around Ihe car and a thick plank
rammed through the windshield
on the driver's side. But Austin
walked away with only two small
cuts.
reason it npist be done in sum
mer, when a two-week stretch ot
consecutively good weather is a
possibility.
The Jirst cable will, therefore,
I'M" laid this coming summer; tnc
second in Ihe summer of 1956.
It alto appears to presage the
Evert when dried indoors, Clorox-dean cottons
and linens are fresh, clean smelling. ..for Clorox
deodoriies. They're snowy-white, too . . . because
Clorox removes dinginess, stains, even scorch
and mildew. What's more, they're safer for
your family's health ...no other home laundering
product equals Clorox in germ-killing efficiency!
Clorox is etra gentle, safe to use on your finest
w hile or color-fast cottons and linens. For Cloro.
is free from aiustic and other harsh substances
. . . made by an exclusive, patented formula.
And there are no gritty particles in Clorox, a
liquid, to damage your wash or washer,
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writh.iut fiboinfl! Hndfpdl
of public f'i)''h drpot'mpnti
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Thailand Boxing Consists of
Assorted Mayhem to Music
By fiE.N'E D. SYMONDS
United Press Staff Correspondent
BANGKOK (UP) Man, I
used to think Joe Louis, Rocky
Marciano and that crowd worked
a pretty tough pilch. But com
pared to what passes for boxing
out here in Thailand the boys
might as well be rolling hoops.
Fighters in both countries wear
boxing gloves and shorts, and they
fighl in the same sie ring, but
from then on In any resemblance
between the two for style and ex
citement is purely coincidental.
Here feet, elbows, knees and
thumbs are legitimate weapons
and a deftly delivered knee to the
groin, a rabbit punch or an elbow
uppeivut is wildly cheered by the
bloodthii'sty audiences as great
skill.
A ncveomcr to Thai boxing
matches gets the impression of a
particularly spirited Madi
son Square Garden preliminary, a
television wrestling match and u
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, professional football melee rolled
: into one.
The official program is worth
the price of admission alone.
A five-round prelim was do-
scribed thusly:
"Sam, in the red corner, aggres
sive star of Theppichai camp. He
is a kid 'with dangerous limb in
elbow smashes and dangerous
kjiee which provides sensation for
fans to their hearts' content."
I caught the last half of the
.veckly card recently and was tho
roughly entranced. First ot all,)
when the hoys enter the ring they
spend several minutes on their
knees praying. Then they do some
stylized hopping around and arm-
throwing in a loosening up proc
ess. The five-round main event was
between a 136-pound youngster
named Prawat of "Kinglietch
camp'' and a 134-pnundcr, Jenna
rong, "super slar of Loogsurind
camp."
As the boys came oul for the
firat round, the arena band sonic :
drums, cymbals and what sound
ed lite one of those snake charm
er clarinets started playing.
The band is a very important
part of the fights because it is
supposed to provide a tempo for
Ihe fighters and keep tliem mov
ing and mixing il up. If the boys
look like they are slowing down,
the hand steps up the beat and
gets them swinging again.
The first couple of rounds were
pretty lame, with a few fast flur
ries and some barefooted round-
h.uises that made more noise than
damage. Hut in the third round
the. hoys mixed it up. They got in
to a clinch and Red Pants hung
onto Blue Pant's nock and pumped
iwiiy at his stomach with his
kneeso
A little later Blue Pants got Red
Pauls back-peddling across the
ring. So Red Pauls backed up
fast, bounced off the ropes like
''Gorgeous George" m;iking a fly
ing tickle and caught Blue Pants
in Ihe chest with both feel. Blue
Pants got in some good licks right
after that when they clinched by
working on Red Pant's kidneys
Willi both hands and a couple of
good head butts.
In the last round both Imvs were
pretty winded, but Piccolo Pete
and his buddies upped the beat
with their cymbals and drums and
belli fighters rescinded on cue.
Both were up and do,n more
times than I could count, but they
were on their feet al the end. Both
had numerous large bruises on
their bodies.
Red Pants won. I'.ul I never
could figure out what they had a
referee for.
Game Warden
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.Has Tough Job
I i.nwisrox. ic irn
' Roy liray. came warden super
I visttr. was i;it'n the opportunil'
j to ecivi.-.e Ihe widem of Solo
men. Arlhur C. Spraac's ear hi! a
'.li-er and ip.iured it. Miur.i
; llcndshee. another mnturisl.
1 leaped fi.nn his r.ir and hit Hie
Mir wilh a hammer to put il
out of lis m. yen. , tluid man
unidentified, ran up and mm! the
deer.
i ('.My armed en trie scene and
.i asked uii.i should 4et tt,e ven-
II-1 aA.ii'led tiio de.i 1 dr te
Sji.u -4ue, vne ear h.id stniek
I lie (ut l'io Kill S;r.iue de
clined will) thinks, sn Cray ;.ive
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Put in Service.
SACRAMENTO. Calif. 1 (UP)
An obelisk-shaped hitching
post, dating to the 1890 horse and
buggy days, recently was pressed'
into service in a modern con
struction job in downtown Sacra
mento. The use ot the 2'4-foot-high post,
with a ring on the top, occasioned
some notice and may save the
relic from oblivion.
The hitching post was perfect
ly situated in the center of con
struction activities at the site of
a new $7,Q0O.O0O building for the
California department of employ
ment, at a stationary elevation of
21.7 feet. It was used as a bench
mar": for elevation control during
erection of the six-floor, two-
block-long structure.
When the story of Ihe hitching
post appeared in a local newspa
per, the division of architecture
was besieged with calls from per
sons who wanted it as a memen
to of the 19th century. However,
die former owners of the property
asked the division to hold the post.
in order that they may have it
placed in an appropriate museum.
DOCTOR APPRECIATED
WARREN. N. H. (UP)
The citizens of this and nearby
small communities certainly ap
preciate having a doctor around.
When Dr. and Mrs. James Kid
ney came here to settle recently,
W) persons attended a reception
Among the gifts presented to the
Kidneys were groceries and froz
en food and a Christmas wreath
hearing 116 new one-dollar bills.
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