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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 1 1, 1955
The Hanford Story-
(The following is the sixth of
a series of seven articles disclos
ing the highlights and sidelights
which have accompanied the na
tion's development of atomic
energy. Prepared at the Hanford
atomic energy plant, the series
deals with the human things
which followed in the wake of the
first historic announcement that
man had harnessed the atom. It
touches upon the things which lie
ahead.)
By Bill Jury
General Electric News Bureau ...
Hanford Atomic Plant
In the industrial world of the
next decade, radiation from the
widespread use of radioactive ma
terials for peaceful purposes may
exceed by tens of millions of
times the world's present supply
of radium.
But radiation hazards on any
foreseeable scale are controllable,
according to one of the nation's
foremost experts on radiation,
and eventually workers should be
able to protect themselves from
"normal" radiation in an atomic
plant just as they now guard
themselves from acids in other
industries.
Dr. Herbert M Parker, General
Electric company scientist at the
Hanford atomic energy plant
near Richland, Washington, has
said that the people working in
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future power plants or factories
using radioactive materials easily
can be protected from external
radiation. Harm from radioactive
materials deposited inside the
I bodies of human beings also can
be prevented, but this may in
volve imposing excessively high
safety standards, at least until
some of the present unknowns
have been solved.
Dr. Parker, who has been work
ing on radiation protection ever
since the beginning of the na
tion's atomic efforts 12 years ago,
points out that the atomic energy
industry was spawned in safety
at the expense of considerable
j investments in radiation protec
tion.
Safety precautions at the plu-tonium-manufacturing
works at
Hanford by necessity are all-encompassing,
and some of the pro
tective clothing worn by employ
ees are grotesque and wierd by
today's fashion standards. But
much of the paraphernalia is just
as vital to the safety of the Han
ford employee as the diving hel
met and the air hose are to the
salvage diver.
The plastic, man-shaped radi
ation barriers developed at Han
ford and later copied by other
nuclear research industries here
and abroad enable a man to
enter a contaminated area, oper
ate instruments, perform main
tenance and repair work, or ac
complish other tasks that must
be done but can't be done r
motely from the outside.
Since termed the "plastic man"
outfit, the suit is connected to the
outside by means of a tunnel
which serves as an entrance and
exit for an employee and also pro
vides him with a means of ob
taining clear air from the outside.
In effect, it provides a little is
land of 'safe space In the midst
of an area contaminated with
deadly radio-active material.
At present, there still is a con
siderable monitoring force at
Hanford and other atomic plants
whose duty it is to "make sure"
for thousands of workers that an
area is safe and to prescribe pre
cautions. But the future, scientists
predict, there will come a day
when workers will be able to deal
with the problems of radiation,
just as they now guard them
selves from acids, and recognize
the danger of walking under lad
ders. (Next Week: "The Road Ahead")
Suggestions Given
For Farm Storage
Of Oregon Grains
Although 1955 wheat and bar
ley production in Oregon is ex
pected to be one-fifth less than
last year, suitable on-farm stor
age will continue to be a prob
lem, says Ray Teal, Oregon State
college seed and grain marketing
specialist.
Farm storage of the two grains
July 1 was about the same as a
year earlier. Farm-stored barley
supplies were three times great
er than the previous year which
closed the gap left by smaller
wheat supplies in farm storage.
Teal reminds farmers that safe,
acceptable farm storage is need
ed to meet commodity credit cor
poration requirements to qualify
grain for government loans. He
says grain can be stored safely on
the farm for more than a year,
providing a few precautions are
taken.
Particular attention must be
paid to moisture content of grain.
Also, farmers must use structual
ly strong and weather-tight build
ings to qualify for the govern
ment program. Plans to help fi
nance storage structures are
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By Martha Matteson
(Editor's Note Correspondent's
weather report: "It's HOT and dry
over here!"
L. D. Vinsen reported for work
Monday morning with the Col
umbia Power Cooperative on the
line going to Susanville. This is
a 31.2 mile line that will serve
around 22 families which have
not had electricity. Work start
ed July 25 and power Is expected
to start flowing by fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Flemings
spent Sunday at their home here
from their jobs in harvest. They
had one of their grandsons from
Milton-Freewater with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Rounds
and children of Mt. Vernon were
n town for the weekend.
Melvin Geinger, Ray Ward and
Harry Scott moved their trailer
houses from here to Long Creek
Sunday.
Rock hunters were busy Sun
clay. They Included Rush Crab
tree, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Flower
and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Settle.
Laula Lee Shank, George and
Grace Sterritt have all returned
from John Day where they have
spent the last 10 days receiving
medical attention.
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The Ralph Erhardt family of
John Day were in town Sunday
visiting his brother and family,
John Erhardt.
LeRoy Buxton and Sam Scott
drove to Vale Saturday morning
taking Miss Elinore Scott back to
her home. She has been visiting
here with her sister's family for
six weeks.
Wilbur Flower spent last week
end in Long Creek on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Copeland
and family of Salem took in the
Prinevllle rodeo Sunday, coming
on to Monument in the evening
to spend a week with her bro
ther, Stanley Boyer and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern McCarty and
family spent Sunday at Spray
visiting at the home of his bro
ther, Bud McCarty.
Louis Corley of Hamilton was
visiting here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Lewis'
daughter and family arrived
Sunday from California to visit
them, and her sister Mrs. Nestle
Davis and her brother, Earl Lewis.
Mrs. Stella McCarty reports
that her sister Mrs. Clayton
Sweek of Springfield now has a
new baby boy. Clayton is a bro
ther of Mrs. Roy Bowman and
Jack Sweek.
Maynard Hamilton is doing
some remodeling at the Stanley
Boyer home.
Donald Gilman, a student at
EOCE at La Grande, spent last
weekend visiting his parents,
Mead and Linnie Gilman.
available through local ASC com
mittees. Place only clean grain in stor
age, the specialist stresses. Crack
ed grain, screenings, chaff and
dust provide favorable conditions
for the development of insect In
festations. 9
Even clean grain with a safe
moisture content cannot be stored
and forgotten. Occasional inspec
tion is necessary to detect leaks,
insect infestations, and moist,
molding, or caking grain.
Remember, too, Teal cautions,
that buyers may refuse to pay
food-grain prices for grain that
has been contaminated by rats,
mice, birds or insects. The special
ist's final reminder is that far
mers should protect grain against
all hazards whether holding it for
on-the-farm use or for govern
ment loan.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hager have
returned from an eight day vaca
tion in Canada where they visited
with relatives.
Cattle Stomach Worm
Controls Outlined
By Veterinarian
Oregon beef cattle operators
who have noted poor gaining ani
mals on lush irrigated pastures
are advised to have a veterinar
ian check the cattle for stomach
worms, a growing problem on
heavily-stocked improved pas
tures. Paul Allen, Oregon State col
lege veterinarian, recommends
immediate treatment of infested
cattle with a phenothiazine
drench. 12.5 grams of phenothia
zine per 100 pounds of weight.
This would be up to six ounces
of material for 400 to 600 pound
calves.
Heavily infested yearling beef
calves drenched with phenothia
zine gained three times faster
than untreated calves at the
college last year. Treatment was
not started until animals went on
dry-lot feeding in September to
Ussure a heavy build-up of the
parasites for test purposes, inais
are under way this summer to
measure weight-gain compari
sons when drenching is started
as soon as stomach worms are
noted.
Allen points out that stomach
worms are an increasing menace
because of improved pastures, es
pecially irrigated pastures. Con
centrating more cattle on less
acreage under conditions that are
ideal for worm growth, he adds,
is bound to build up infestations.
Worm losses take several forms
including poor feed efficiency,
w nf rarff lnwpr resistance to
other parasites and disease, and
death. Such infestations can be
noted best in weaners and yearlings.
Ci,mntnm include scouring
and" general unthriftiness. Light
ly infested young animals are
more difficult to diagnose, but a
rough coat and slow gaining are
i;notir.n Mipn cavs worms
can frequently be responsible for
'a 100 to 150 pound weight loss in
a 400 to 500 pound animal.
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Janet and Patsy Wright were
hostesses for the Busy Stitchers
4-H club when they met August
4 at the Wright home.
We reviewed some of the main
points for the wool sewing con
test and the judging contest to be
held during the fair.
Those present were Sharon Rill,
Sally Palmer, Helen Graham,
Lynda Borman, Meredith Thom
son, Mrs. Walter Wright, leader,
and the hostesses.
Our next meeting will be some
time after the fair so that our
record books can be completed.
Meredith Thomson, reporter
w i Rifiarl Trnedson
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thpv visited nt the home of Mr.
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