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GONE FISS'ON The atomic cloud of the third detonation of the 1955 spring series
rises 27,000 feet above Yucca Flat and begins to disintegrate. The test was set off on
a 300-foot tower in place of the "big" test that has been postponed since Feb. 15. This
; photo was made from ML Charleston, 55 miles away.
B52s, Carrying Hydrogen Bombs,
To Join Combat Units in Spring
Washington (U.R) The B52
Stratofort, built to carry hydro
gen weapons at the world's fast
est bomber speeds, will start
going into combat units in late
spring.
Air Secretary Harold E. Tal
bott disclosed today that first
combat models of the giant jet
bomber will go to the Strategic
Air Command's 93rd Bomb
Wing, Castle Air Force Base,
Merced, Calif. That wing now
Scientists Pushed
To New Frontiers
In Meiai Research
New York (U.R) The prac
tical theorists who are working
toward space ships, super-super
jets and the peaceful potentials
of nuclear energy are pushing
scientists to new frontiers in met-1
allurgical research to meet the-
unprecedented demands of the
atomic era.
Steelways, official publication
of the American Iron and Steel
Institute, said that basic new
needs have developed in such
fields as chemistry, electronics,
aviation and atomic energy due
to extraordinary conditions of
heat and corrosion now being en
countered and to the effects of
radiation.
Meials Investigated -
The magazine added thai fa
miliar metals are being investi
gated from fresh directions, and
that scarce metals heretofore
used merely as alloying elements
in steel now are being probed
as base metals themselves. Rare
metals are being pried loose
from their ores in quantities, and
some metals that were mere
laboratory curiosities are being
considered commercially.
Of all the new metals, titan
ium has shown the most rapid
development, largely due to de
mand from the Air Force, the
magazine reported. Once plane
designers knew there was a
metal only a little heavier than
aluminum but nearly as strong
as steel and highly resistant to
corrosion, they wanted plenty of
it in a hurry even though it could
not compete with stainless steel
at high temperatures.
Greedy Hafnium
Nearly all the production of
titanium metal has gone into the
making of parts for jet engines
and airframes.
Zirconium, beryllium and ti
tanium are not the only exciting
new metals. For example, mo
lybdenum, long familiar as an
alloying metal for steel, is now
the subject of experiments as a
base metal, and shows great
promise of becoming a real Cin
derella of high temperature
materials for jet engines.
Other alloying elements, such
as tungsten and vanadium, also
are under study as possible base
metals, but results either are
inconclusive or hidden behind
security regulations.
Hafnium is the subject of con
siderable interest because of its
ability to grab neutrons with
greedy abandon. It makes ex
cellent control rods for atomic
piles, cutting off the chain re
action or regulating its intensity.
Germanium, metallic silicon,
lithium, gallium every known
metal and combination of metals,
plastics and ceramics are being
explored. Metals today are the
key to progress in nearly every
field of science and engineering.
flies 600 mile an hour B47
Stratojets, much smaller and
slightly slower than the B52
185-Ton Monster
Costing $8,000,000 each, the
Stratojet is a 135-ton monster
with eight engines mounted in
pairs under its thin, swept-back
wings. Each engine delivers 10,-
000 pounds of thrust, driving the
behemoth through the air like a
fighter plane at close to the
speed of sound. Sound travels
860 miles an hour at the 10-mile
altitude where the B52 will
operate on globe-girdling mis
sions.
Talbott said arrival of the
93rd Wing's first Stratofort "is
scheduled in the late spring."
Other sources indicated the out
fit should have its full comple
ment of 30 heavy bombers a few
months later. More than 20 have
been built at Boeing Airplane
Company's Seattle plant and are
in various stages of flight tests.
Inflight Refueling
The Air Force eventually will
have a $4,300,000,000 inter-continental
jet bombing force com
prising 11 wings of B52s with
Gilman's Dairy Files
For Incorporation
Salem U.R) Articles of in
corporation were filed here to
day for Gilman's Dairy Farm,
Inc., of Medford. They were
signed by Lester H. Gilman,
Leila M. Gilman and Robert D.
Dames.
The incorporation is the result
of a planned expansion and con
struction program of the dairy,
Gilman said today. Final plans
have not been made and con
struction date has not been set.
high speed jet tankers for in
flight refueling. The force will
have about 350 Stratoforts and
200 tankers under the present
outlook.
The all-jet heavy bomber force
will supplant the Strategic Air
Command's B36 super bomb
ers, America's chief means to
day of delivering the H-bomb.
The B36, powered by six piston
engines and four jets, is a longer
range plane than the B52 but
much slower. Without refueling,
the B52 can fly better than 600
miles compared with the B36's
10,000.
Portland PTT Worker
Wins Service Award
Portland A Portland Pacific
Telephone employee, Harry E.
Fisher, has been named to re
ceive the Bell System's national
award for public service, the sil
ver Vail medal.
Fisher, a construction foreman
for the telephone company,
earned the medal and a $500
award for rescuing a frightened
10-year-old boy stranded, part
way up a rocky cliff here.
The telephone company also
announced that Glenn Fuller, a
Baker lineman, has been named
to receive a bronze Vail medal
and an award of $100. He saved
a nine-year-old Baker boy from
possible electrocution after the
boy had grasped an accidentally
charged irrigation pipe.
Survivors of workers who
died before September 1950
after working on jobs covered
by social security for six quar
ters years) may now be
eligible to receive social secur
ity payments.
Tokyt
Love Causes Quake;
o Feels Jolts
n- 1 I M A Mnwt.
quake shook Tokyo Tuesday!
while Pfc. Pat Sheridan was
playing the tune "Love Can
Cause An Earthquake" over the
Armed Forces Radio network.
"That Was Love Can Cause
An Earthquake," Sheridan an
nounced when the song ended.
A second quake promptly jolt
ed the city. . "
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