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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1957)
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, January 31, 1957 U.S.FindsWay To Concentrate Ii-Bomb Power AEC Report Says l'yi6 Eniwctok Tests Aid To Efficiency By I'ltANK CAItEV Associated Press Science Writer WASHINGTON 111 -The Unitc.l Slates indicated today it has found a way to ricve'op more efficient hydrogen bombs. The Atom'c Energy Commis sion, in its 21st scmiarnual report to Con-res, disclose! that last year's tcs'.s at Eniwclik "save important information relating to . . . new dcsiin princ'p'es, which will lead lo more .effier-t vo'i pons that can be more effectively employed." The commission declined lo am plify but presumably it mc.ml that ways had been found to gel more c:;n!osive welion from a jvven amount of bomb material than heretofore lo niL'ke more of tbe bomb's ingredients take part the explosion before the bomb flies apart. Outside AEC there has been scientific sneculation in the past Hut chair'cs in the geometry of design thai is, the arrangement of bomb ingredients mi"ht lead to more efficient urc of nialcr ials. Obviously, such an nch'evc mcnt would mean sm.""'.'r-s'ral bnm'ss for a c,ivcn n'tfiuil of en ergy release. Tile AICC report s lid "substan tial progress" was made in the last six months of l!i.lli "in ex panding the peaceful uses of litem ic energy as well as in the basic production of nuclear materials and the development of essential applications for defense pur poses." The report contained a special six-chapter section on "Hadiation Safety in Atomic Energy Activi ties" in which the AEC detailed the procedures (hot ore de signed to protect atomic workers anl the general public from over exposure to radiation resulting from work in atomic plants or from testing bombs. Credit Agency Cuts Mortgage Interest Price WASHINGTON Wl The gov ernment's home mortgage buying agency Thursday lowered the price it will pay for government-1 insured home mortgages henring 4'A per cent Interest. The action was interpreted ns n further tightening of available home mortgage money and ns pulling a damper on expansion of home construction. The Federal National Mortgage Assn. (Kannic May) announced a ono-hair point drop In prices il will pay for 4'i per cent mort gages insured by either the Fed eral Housing Administration fl-'HAI or the Veterans Adminis tration VA. Purchase prices, effective at once, will range from !TO In 9.V4 points lhal is $!lft.50 to t'.a.M for each $10(1 of the mortgage. The range has been fill In !I4. Gov. Rosellini Asks High Dam OI.YMPIA m - Federal con struction of a high level dam in the Hells Canyon area of the Snake Hiver was endorsed by Gov. Rosellini Wednesday and it appeared the stale Senate would follow suit. The governor, reversing the stand taken by former licpuhlicnn Gov. Langlic, Ihrcw the slate of ficially behind the high dam pro posal. He asked the attorney general lo prepare a brief for submission lo the U. S. Supreme Courl which would give the slate's hacking to efforts by the National Hells Can yon Assn. to obtain federal de velopment of the Snake Itiver damsitc. Boeing Drops Plant in California SEATTLE OB - The Hoeing Air plane Co. apparently has aband oned plans In build llomarc guid ed missiles in California. A company spokesman said yesterday Moving bad nlloued an option obtained on the Foul Motor Co. plnnl at Hiclimond, Calif., to expire, and that Hoeing does not plan to exercise options now held on two land trnels near Pleasant on. Calif. The Seallle Times coiniiicnlcd the announcement mennr thai Boeing will build Bomarc guided missiles in existing facilities here and at Wichita, Kan. The Times went on lo say the Air Force is expected to order production of the ground to-air pi lotless interception missiles with In the next few weeks and that al ready about 5.000 employes are believed lo be working on the project here. ONI.V GHKF.N OPPOSED WASHINGTON up - Oregon's Democratic Itep. Edith Green was the only Pacific Northwest congressman who voted Wcdnes day against the resolution npprov Ing President Eisenhower's Mid die Last policy. Set of 3 Plastic Topped Occasional Ta bles With Every Living Room Suite Pur chased During This Event These Tables Sell Regularly at 26.95. They're Yours FREE With Your Living Room Suite Purchase or May Be Purchased Separately for Only 17.64. m H ' Sofabed and Chair Reg. 179.95 15.00 Down Drop back sofabed with club chair. Blonde lane-red leg;, hard finish modern weave fabric. Plus free set of occasional tables. Limited quantities. 4? 0 " i"r. ' jl rsiW?"'"- - A0.07 reg. 229.95 Itcvcrsible spring filled cushions. Coil spring base. 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