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Theyll Do It Every WHEN Ths - hit hia with uku I J L 1 ' K SCIENCE AT WORK New York' (U.R) A horror possibility for some future time when atomic energy has been turned to peaceful uses, has been suggested by Dr. George L. Weil, atomic scientist, consultant of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commis sion and leading authority on the : nuclear reactor. Suppose, said Dr. "Weil, that a nuclear plant generating elec tric power has been "operating for a relatively long time with out change of fuel; this means that a substantial amount of long-lived fission products has" been produced and is contained In the core." Suppose further that the plant has been shut down and is being started up again. In this case the nuclear reaction could get out of control. "Then the power output would increase at a rate that doubles its level every thous andth of a second, and the fuel temperature would rise accord ingly," he said. "In a fraction of a second the fuel is melted and vaporized, chemical reactions take place be tween materials in the reactor core, and the rapid formation of gaseous products creates an ex - plosion that damages the reactor structure and releases the radio active fission products to the en vironment." Fission Cloud The reactor has been destroy ed. The whole building and its equipment have been, made radioactive beyond salvage. The " human beings in the building either have been killed outright or exposed to lethal doses of radiactivity. Even worse, about half the fission products have entered the atmosphere "in the form oa cloud." This cloud "remains close to . the ground as it drifts slowly away from the plant with a pre vailing wind of three to four miles an hour." He went on to assume , that the cloud "passes over populated areas, and that an hour after the accident a rain storm arises while the cloud is passing over farm land, over drainage areas that provide the local water supply, and over residential and industrial areas." .The results of this combina tion of circumstances following a nuclear power plant accident would be: "(l)Teople in the path of the cloud within a distance of sev eral miles from the plant could c Tou don't want gadgets if you have trouble hearing you need the help of an experienced , local hearing aid espert, backed by a nationwide rganization producing fine in ternments year in and year out. That's what you will get foe your money when you place your trust in Sonotonc, world's leading hear ing aid manufacturer and distrib utor. No high pressure selling but friendly help in finding the right bearing. We have helped hundreds of yournci?.hNrs-we can help vow. 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Adamson District Manager 839 East Jackson Blvd. Time - - v:,17 ly DELOS SMITH United Pru Scitnce Editor receive lethal doses of radiation . . . ; (2) if the cloud actually touched the ground . . . the dis tance within which people would receive lethal exposures . . . . would extend out substantially farther . . .". ; (3) people exposed to the cloud beyond the lethal distances "would receive varying degrees of temporary and per manent injury; Complete Understanding "(4) In the areas of rain-out there would be widespread ser ious contamination sources of food and water would be lost; population would have to be evacuated for an extended pe riod from industrial, business, and residential areas; (5) Finally, not to be dicounted are the many individuals who would be obsess ed with . continuing anxieties about their fate, even though they had sustained no observ able injury at the time of the accident." Dr. Weil said he was outlining the worst possible peace-time ac cident stemming from peaceful atomic uses. Writing in an organ of The American Association for the Advancement of Science, he was urging a full "understanding of possible abnormal as well as normal behavior of the equip ment and an appreciation of the consequences in the event of malfunctioning." ' On the other hand, the atomic energy commission has been op erating many types of reactors for 12 years with complete safe ty which, he said, is "convincing testimony to our understanding of the technology and en courages us to believe that the problems of the future can be met with equal success." He formerly was in charge of the. commission's reactors branch. Cooperative Mill Plans Abandoned Myrtle Creek, Ore. (U.R) An effort to raise a $1,000,000 co operative mill here to take over operations of the now-defunct Umpqua Plywood Corporation will be abandoned, according to a spokesman for Myrtle Creek Plywood Corporation. William Kennedy, financial consultant for the co-op, said it had been planned to start opera tion of the mill after $350,000 in common stock had been raised. However, Kenndy said that after six weeks, sales amounted to less than $100,000, an options taken by the new corporation on use of the mill and purchase of 200 million board feet of Ump qua timber expired May 18. The Umpqua mill was once this town's largest industry, em ploying 360 men. . Parke-Davis, Union in Tentative Agreement. Detroit (U.R) Parke - Davis & Co. and the CIO Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union have reached a tentative agree ment on a new contract covering employees of the firm, one of the najor producers of Salk vaccine. The agreement temporarily eased one of two strike threats against the company. It still must be approved by the union membership. The comany still is negotiating with the AFL International As sociation of Machinists in an ef fort to avoid another threatened strike. 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I would be host and act in some. In fact, I may just drift into character parts," the affable ac tor said as he polished off a truck-sized lunch at his favorite haunt, the Lakeside Country club. Broadway Calls The Theater Guild also Is pag ing Jack for a Broadway play, and he may co-star with Oscar winner Shirley' Booth, in a movie. Carson thinks his TV program hasn't broken any rating records because it's only on once a month. "You don't have a chance to build anybody," he said. "Every night is starting again. But the disadvantage of being on every night is that you're worn out too much." ' Carson, with his usual "ah shucks" grin, thinks he passed the acting grade "because if you have a great part with meat to it, you get praise." "Also, everybody is so over whelmed by the fact you do something you're not suppesed to do like Frank Sinatra in 'From Here to Eternity.' If a regular character actor had done . that part, you wouldn't have noticed it. Mashed Potatoes "I did 'A Star Is Born', and people say, 'Gee, the depth of feeling' when all the time I'm just thinking of mashed pota toes. "Besides," he added, "I'm not a comedian at all. I don't think like one. Carson likes being a dramatic actor "because the ham in me comes out." His beautiful wife, Lola Albright, also will be hap py when he gets out of comedy work. "With a comedy show you've got nerves and worry," he re flected. "This morning my wife said, T love being married to you. You're fun. And I was wor rying 'Now about that joke in the script' she coulda killed me. She can't stand me when I'm doing a comedy show." FINANCIAL REPORT Portland U.R) The Portland exposition-recreation commis sion, in a report filed with the city council, said it spent $43, 520 between July 1, 1954 and March 31, 1955. The bulk of the moneys, some $28,338, went to pay for studies of prospective sites for the $8,000,000 proposed center. Mrs. Smith, Wolf Granted Extension Portland (U.R) Attorneys for Mrs. Marjorie Smith and Victor Laurence Wolf have won an extension of two weeks before pleas must be entered in the bomb slaying of Mrs. Smith's husband, Hermit. The pair is charged with caus ing the explosion which killed the 30-year-old Portland attor ney April 21 as he started his automobile to leave a country club card party. Multnomah County Circuit Judge James W. Crawford set May 19 as the date for the pair to appear in court. The woman has continued to deny any part in the slaying. Wolf has confessed in detail, and said the woman planned the murder to collect $21,000 in in surance money. SALEM LEADER DIES Salem lU.Ri Carl Hogg, 62, local civic and business leader and a former chairman of the State Liquor Control Commis sion, died Thursday after col lapsing while placing' an out board motor in his automobile here. 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Judge Dobson allowed a mo tion by. Defense Attorney Irvin Goodman to extend until May 18 the deadline for filing a motion for a new trial. ypy' I may be a story about you needed money bad. That's why he was willing to sell Jones a good piece of property for 5,000. Jones offered him $1,000 down and .a 20-year mortgage. But no one, includ ing Brown, wanted Jones' mortgage. So when Smith came along with an offer of $4,500 spot cash he got the property. Two years later, he re-sold for a $1,000 profit. The same old story is happening around you every day. The man with the ready cash is the man with the power. While others dicker and hunt for money, you step in and buy usually at a lower price. While others pay out interest, you receive interest. Have Cash Power? get cash power has been in the face for years: the MEDFORD 8undar May 8, 1955 Stale GOP Treasurer Submits Resignation Portland U.R) Lawrence M. Neault of Baker, has announced his resignation as treasurer of the . 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