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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
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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;
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"(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 $100,000, an options
taken by the new corporation on
use of the mill and purchase of
200 million board feet of Ump
qua timber expired May 18.
The Umpqua mill was once
this town's largest industry, em
ploying 360 men. .
Parke-Davis, Union in
Tentative Agreement.
Detroit (U.R) Parke - Davis
& Co. and the CIO Oil, Chemical
and Atomic Workers Union
have reached a tentative agree
ment on a new contract
covering employees of the firm,
one of the najor producers of
Salk vaccine.
The agreement temporarily
eased one of two strike threats
against the company. It still
must be approved by the union
membership.
The comany still is negotiating
with the AFL International As
sociation of Machinists in an ef
fort to avoid another threatened
strike.
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Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
United Press Correspondent
Hollywood U.R) Jack Car
son, weathering his first regular
TV comedy series, today allowed
"" as how it may
I$L ' he his last be-
K cause of his
new-iouna ac
claim as an
I "actor."
Round-faced
Carson launch
ed a monthly
NBC -TV pro
gram last fall
which, he ad
Aline Mosby
mits, "'got some bad reviews
and some good ones." But while
Carson the comedian did not set
any TV sets on fire he drew
raves when he turned dramatic
actor twice on the ABC-TV U.S.
Steel Hour.
He also scored in. motion pic
ture theaters last year with his
conniving press agent character
in . "A Star Is Born."
"My TV sponsor wants a dif
ferent format next fall so we
may do a dramatic series. 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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Walla Walla, Wash. U.R)
McNary dam has become the
second largest power producer
in the Northwest, ranking just
below Grand Coulee dam, ac
cording to Army engineers.
An engineer's spokesman said
the addition of the dam's eighth
generator to its producing facili
ties last month boosted its rated
capacity to 560,000 kilowatts.
This week, operating under a
15 per cent overload, the dam
has been producing 644,000 kilo
watts, the spokesman said.
Fongs Sentenced
Portland (U.R) Wey Him
and Sherry Fond have been sen
tenced to life terms in the state
penitentiary for the murder of
16-year-old Diane Hank.
The Fongs were convicted a
wee kago Friday.
Sherry wept and her husband
looked glum as the mandatory
sentences were imposed by Cir
cuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson.
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.
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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.
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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 . Republican
State Central committee.
Neault, in a letter of resigna
tion to the committee, said he
decided some . time ago not to
seek reelection to the post which
he has held for five terms. He
said he felt a reduction in work
load and responsibilities was de
sirable at this time.
The state Republican official
suggested that a successor be
elected May 21, the date a new
state chairman probably will be
elected to succeed Ed Boehnke,
whose resignation becomes ef
fective at that date.
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At Newspaper Stories
New York (U.R) Radio and
TV entertainer Arthur Godfrey
said Friday "I don't give a
what they print"' in the news
papers about him. The blank
was a purposeful pause, not a
word.
"I'm going to do it the way I
think it's right, and if you don't
agree with me, just don't tune
in any more and we'll find it
out quick," Godfrey told his
CBS radio audience from his
Virginia home.
Godfrey described some of the
news stories about him as "pure
canard. Dure manufactured
lies, no basis in fact at all."
Washington U.R) The
Defense Department has issued
a draft call for 10,000 men in
July, all for the Army.
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