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United Press Correspondent
London (U. Great Britain
is running away with th atomic
hw ihmv in EuiOM. She IS
spending more on research and
development than the rest of
Europe put together.
Her first atomic power plant
will be generating electricity by
. the middle of next year
By 1975, Britain will be pro
oh atom-made elec
tricity to light nearly 40 cities
the size of Washington, D.C.
And the rest of Europe is far
from idle. A survey by United
Press correspondents in 16 capi
tals shows many countries' work
ing with all-out speed to get the
atom into harness on a practical,
. workaday basis.
It is .possible millions of Euro
peans "will have the atom as
their household servant before
many Americans do, even
. though the scientific know-how,
and possibly the very equipment
and materials involved will be
. stamped "Made In U. S. A."
This doesn't mean U.S. science
and industry are slow or short
sighted, or tnat uie umxea
States, which has offered to help
atomic power programs startea,
IS giving away- uu'"'5 -
' could better be used at home.
European Meeds
Certain economic facts of life
have made atomic-electric power
a more urgent goal in Europe
'than it is in the Umted States.
' .America nu cnuugn tuai, uu
' and hydroelectric reserves to
keep generating plants supplied
with fuol fnr voars in . come.
nower comoanies and users of
ventional fuels than to switch to
In Europe the story is differ
ent. Many nations have dwin
dling supplies of coal and oil, or
none at all. Mountainous coun
tries like Sweden, Norway and
Switzerland see the day coming
when their hydroelectric poten
tion will fail to meet their need
for power.
. Under such circumstances,
electricity produced by nuclear
energy would come as a God
send, regardless of price.
Great Britain is staking her
future on the atom. She hopes to
lead Europe through a second
"industrial revolution," as im
portant as the one which car
ried Britain to world ascendancy
in the 19th century.
Under present plans Britain
will spend more than $1,000,
000,000 on atomic development
in the next 10 years, and by
1996 will have 37 nuclear re
actors in operation. British lab
oratories already are Europe's
leading suppliers of radio-active
isotopes for medical research.
Technical Shortage
- Throughout Western Europe,
and in Britain, there is a short
age of trained scientists and en
gineers to carry on the research
and development which must go
into any atomic revolution.
West Germany, a late but
fas t-ru nning starter in the
atomic stakes, hopes to "catch
up" with other European na
tions. But Nobel Prize-winning
Prof. Otto Hahn has said Ger
many's first task is to train
scientists. -t.
Italy, too, reports? that the
greatest roadblock to atomic de
velopment is the shortage of
trained personnel.
U. S. and British technicians
are helping build an experi
mental low-power reactor in
Belgium to train future atomic
engineers. This is part of an ex
change agreement in which the
U.S. and Britain get exclusive
rights to 90 per cent of the ura
nium ore produced in the Bel
gian Congo.- .
Belgium gets the other 10 per
cent, and is looking forward to
the time when it no longer need
worry about dwindling reserves.
France is deep in a 15-year
atomic development program.
'An atomic reactor generating
30,000 kilowatts of electricity
will be running at Marcours by
1957. Foreign Minister Antoine
Pinay is pressing for a Euro
pean atomic pool involving the
six Schuman Plan nations.
Atomic City in Sweden .
Sweden is building Europe's
first "atomic city," a $6,000,000
project south of Stockholm
which will house 400. scientists
and technicians. This is a kind
of insurance. In 20 years, Swe
den's hydroelectric, power re
sources will have been tapped to
their limit.
Norway is at work on a light
nuclear ' reactor suitable for
merchant vessels. The Danes are
prospecting for uranium in
Greenland, and hope to see an
atomic power plant operating in
Denmark within 10 years.
In Switzerland a group of 150
private firms ' is backing con
struction of an experimental re
actor. Austria's venture into
atomic power is still in the talk
ing stage, - until the country's
economic burdens under her
hew state treaty are sufficiently
eased.
Radioactive ores are known to
exist in Spain, Portugal and
Yugoslavia, and each of those
countries has begun to exploit
them. Spain and Yugoslavia al
ready are producing the "heavy
water" needed for operating
certain types of nuclear reactors.
Other South American
Countries Expected
To Be Trouble Spots
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By CHARLES M. MeCANW
United Press Foreign Analyst
Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador
and Guatemala may . become
trouble spots within the next
few months.
Argentina,
Brazil and
Chile, the Latin
American "big
three," already
are in the news.
President
Juan D. Peron
of Argentina
probably has
not heard the
last of his dis-
Charles McCann pute with the
Roman Catholic Church. There
is a turbulent presidential elec
tion campaign in Brazil. Chile
has a dangerous transport and
communications strike.
Thus, it is indicated that Latin
America will be a source of
headlines for some time to come.
A recent dispatch from La
Paz, Bolivia, reported rumors of
plots to assassinate President
Victor Paz Estenssoro.'Paz was
put into office in 1952 after a
coup by the National Revolu
tionary Party.
Pas Popular Man
Paz's four-year term expires
next year. He is a popular man,
who is doing about as much as
anybody could to combat Bo
livia's bad economic . situation.
He probably would win an elec
tion. But under the constitution
he is not. eligible to run for a
second consecutive-term.
The National Revolutionary
Party plans to hold an assembly
in October to rewrite the consti
tution so Paz can run to succeed
himself. Naturally his opponents
do not like that idea. Hence the
rumors.
Dr. Carlos Arroyo Del Rio, for
mer dictator-president of Ecua
dor, was arrested in April,
charged with subversive activi
ties against President Jose Maria
Velasco Ibarra. ,
The government said that sup
porters of Arroyo were plotting
against Velasco. They quoted Ar
royo as predicting that the gov
ernment would be overthrown
by the end of this month.
At the moment, the Ecuador-
ean government is battling a
strike by workers on the state-
owned railroads, who complain
that their pay is three months
in arrears. The army has taken
charge of the roads.
Four Presidential Candidates
In little El Salvador, in politi
cally turbulent Central America,
four men have announced their
candidacies for election as presi
dent next year the exact date
is to be set. Dispatches indicate
that the campaign may break
up in a fight, and that there
may be a coup instead of an
election.,
- Finally, there is Guatemala,
where a Communist-dominated
government was overthrown a
year ago. President Carlos Cas
tillo Armas rules as dictator.
But a new constitution, planned
to return the country to demo
cratic government,' has just been
drafted. After it has been adopt
ed, a presidential election is to
be called.
Dispatches from Guatemala
report first that Castillo is get
ting stronger and that he is meet
ing increasing opposition, from
both left and right wings in poli
tics. It looks as if anything might
happen.
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The train "Rogue River"
will be Discontinued August 7
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A statement to the residents of Southern Oregon
' by Southern Pacific
E,
fffectlve August 7 we're discontinuing the "Rogue River,H
overnight passenger train, which has operated for many years between
Portland and Ashland.
We don't like to do it but we have no other choice. Only a hand
ful of passengers use the service which fails by a wide margin to pay
its way. x
; Operating lose for 1B5 was M53A25. Lose in 1955 would probably
be even greater.
. During the first four months of this year an average of only 18
passengers traveled southbound daily on the train and 20 northbound.
(These were not all through passengers they represented the aver
age total number of people who traveled between any two of the many
stations on the 342 miles between Portland and Ashland.)
Obviously there is not sufficient traffic to justify the train's opera
tion. It's uneconomic, to say the least, to keep on offering nming
the public doesn't want and doesn't use.
Actually from a financial standpoint we should have discontinued
the train many years ago, but we continued to operate it with the hope
that by improving the service we could make it come somewhere near
paying for its cost.
Early in 1952 we put in service a modern chair car with sponge
rubber seats, a fine lounge car with snack meal service; in 1953 diesel
power replaced steam, providing a much smoother ride; in 1954 the
schedule was cut and cost of Pullman rooms was reduced.
But these improvements were of no avail. The "Rogue River" just
couldn't compete successfully with modern highways, the speedy new
family car, the 8 bus schedules and 6 air nights each way daily between
Portland and southern Oregon.
Bernal S. Quayli
General Passenger Agent ,
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAXX. TRTBUNX TTVE
Stevenson Charges
Administration Idle
On School Problems
Chicago (U.R) Adlai E.
Stevenson attacked the Eisen
hower administration on a new
front on Wednesday night, charg-1
ig that it had done "absolutely
nothing" to solve the nation's
public school problem.
Stevenson, the Democrats'
1952 presidential candidate, urg
ed a "drastic" billion-dollar fed
eral assistance program to meet
"America's No. 1 domestic need
schools and teachers."
Severe Criticism
Stevenson has not yet said
whether he intends to make a
second bid . for the presidency
next year, but he has directed
severe criticism at various phas
es of the Eisenhower program
in recent speeches.
Wednesday night's address be
fore the 93rd annual meeting of
the National Education associa
tion was billed as his last major
speech before next fall.
The former Illinois govern
or, suffering from a bad sum
mer cold, accused President Eis
enhower of dodging an earlier
promise to give "prompt, effec
tive help" to the nation's schools.
Instead, Stevenson charged,
Mr. Eisenhower has asked Con
gress 'to pass "not a' law but a
miracle." "
- The President told Congress
only last February that the na
tion needs $7,000000,000 worth
of new schools, Stevenson said,
but administration nroeram calls
for grants of only $66,000,000 a
year for three years.
"This is 33 cents a year to
meet every $35 of admitted,
present, crying need, Steven
son said. .
Figures Cited
In contrast, Stevenson cited
figures of economist Beardsley
Ruml that ' the government
should spend $700,000,000 next
year and possibly as much as
$3,500,000,000 a year by 1965
to "salvage" the nation's school
system. .';
The Democratic leader also
urged support of bills now before
Congress which call for the an
nual spending of $400,000,000
in federal school construction
funds during the next four years
plus federal grants of $50,000,
000 a year to improve teachers'
salaries and help educate more
teachers. : ,
NOT HOT IN HELL
Oslo OJ.R) Hell and Para
dise had practically tha same
temperature today. Tha cities of
Hell, near Trondheim, and Para
dise, near Bergen, both record
ed comfortable reading! near 50
degrees. .
POSTMAN'S HOLIDAY
Madison, .Wis. UR) . Wea
ther, forecaster Al Joos mad
plans today for his annual two
weeks vacation. He said he will
do weather forecasting for a ra
dar station construction crew in
the Atlantic Ocean.
Shady Cove and Trai!
Shady Cove-Trail Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Pettigrew of Califor
nia have been visiting his father,
Frank Pettigrew, Trail'. The
Ben Pettigrew's are on their
way to Alaska.
Mr. and Mrs. Nevin Jensen
and children, Marsha, Diane, and
Nevin, Inglewood, Calif., and
Mrs. F. E. Jensen, Sr., Los An
geles, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Athel Dudley on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jantzer,
Trail, have been gone about a
week on their vacation trip to
Zion and Bryce canyons and
northern Arizona.
Mrs. Fl E. Mitchell, Baird,
Tex., and Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
McElrath and family, Travis 'Air
Force base, Calif., have been the
house guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John Mitchell, Shady Cove.
Girl Scouts of Shady Cove
planning to attend the Scout
Camp, "Low Echo" at Lake O'
Woods starting July 10 are Pat
Barr, Gloria Collins, Susan
Knotts and Mary and Judy Leek-
ey.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Nork en
tertained at their home on Sun
day, July 31, with a party hon
oring Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chubb,
Shady Cove, on their 25th wed
ding anniversary. Color motif in
the decoration theme was deep
rose, white and silver. A number
of gifts were received. Cake and
refreshments were served.
Guests present were Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs.
Ole Hornseth and the Chubb's
daughter, Susan.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vonden-
huevel, Sidney, O., are visiting
Mrs. Vonderhuevel's brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mill
er,- Shady. Cove. -
Mrs. N. Smith and Lee Pitts of
Baldwin Park, Calif., spent the
July 4 holidays visiting with his
brother and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Pitts, Elk Creek,
Trail.
A number of local people
made trips over the July 4 week
end. Among them were Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Segessenman, Shady
Cove, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Ross and Mrs. Mae Lane, Trail,
who went to Fish Lake. Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Kelley, Shady Cove,
who made a rock hunting trip
around the Crooked river and
Prineville. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Buttram, Shady Cove, accomp
anied by their guests, Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Rogers, made a fish
ing trip to Miller lake, near
Chemult. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Hale
and family, made a trip-to Bend.
Mr. and' Mrs. Chester Pfluke
have returned from their honey
moon , trip to Reno and other
points and are now staying with
Mrs. Pfluke's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Segessenman, be
fore going to Berkeley, Calif.,
where he is employed and where
they will live.
Mrs. Carroll Watson entertain
ed at her home In Shady Cove
with a birthday party honoring
Lane Watson, on Thursday, June
the fifth birthday of her son,
30. Following lunch gifts were
opened with the children then
amusing themselves on the play
equipment and swings. Guests
present were Mrs. Delbert Spain,
Delberta and Bruce Spain, Al
len. Quail, Mrs. David Wilkin
son and children, David, Shar
on and Pat Wilkinson, Mrs. Bob
Vincent ' and children, Kenny
and Mario, Carol ad Kevin Hale,
Pat Barr, all of Shady Cove. Mr.
and Mrs. Max Wopschall and
children, Marsha, Maxine, Mari
lyn and Melvin Wopschall of
Reese Creek ayd Mrs. Burle Grif
fin and children, Alan and Mark
of Medford. -
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