EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday. January 6, 1956
P
ans for 1 956 H-Bomb Tests in Pacific Expected To Be Told Soon
Continuation of
Nuclear Weapons
Vork Made Clear
Washington (U.R) Look for
an official announcement soon
?at the United States will stage
new H-bomb tests in the Pacific
this year.
President Eisenhower made it
clear Thursday that this coun
try will not be duped by foreign
propaganda into calling the
tests off. c
Atomic sources saw in his
State of the Union message as
surance that the United States
will continue to perfect nuclear
weapons for defense of the free
world.
A congressional authority
said the new tests will be held
this spring at the Eniwetok
Bikini proving grdund in the
Marshall islands. The last tests
there, in the spring of 1954, were
of "super H-bombs" comparable
in violence to 15,000,000 or 20,
000.000 tons of TNT.
"This year," the congressional
authority said, "we are thinking
in terms of 400,000,000 to 50,-
000,0.00 tons."
Message Mentions Atom
In Thursday's message Mr
Eisenhower mentioned the atom
in 10 different paragraphs. Five
of the references were to peace
time uses.
Tho PrpsiJent sDoke of U.S.
efforts "to harness the atom for
the betterment of mankind.' He
said "nuclear war would be an
iotnlorahlp disaster." And he
thaf this country will
IrAPn trvins to eet Russia to ac
cept a perfidy-proof system of
arms control.
But he also noted that Soviet
leaders so far have refused :'to
create the indispensable condi
tions" for a secure peace.
That being the case, the Unit
ed States is beefing up its power
to deter ,or repulse aggression
by "making operational new
weapons and by integrating the
latest scientific developments,
including new atomic weapons,
into our military plans." You
can't do any of that without
field experiments to prove the
fruits of research.
Others Oppose Tests
So the 1956 tests will go on as
scheduled despite political
pressure from the Communist
world, from India, and from
British Laborite circles for an
East-West agreement to ban fur
ther H-bomb development. -
Preparation for this year's
tests have been under way a
long time. The test organization,
Joint Task Force Seven, is a
semi-permanent agency.
President Eisenhower is un
deleted to have given his final
okay for this year's tests to AEC
Chairman Lewis ' L. Strauss
shortly before his pre-Christmas
returnCfrom Gettysburg.
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ON DISPLAY The 1956 Cadillac Eldorado
Seville, above, is now on display at Skinner's
Garage, 143 South Riverside ave. The Seville
is powered by a newly developed 305 horse
power engine and features Cadillac's "con
trolled coupling" hydramatic transmission.
The car's tailored roof panel, custom trimmed
in padded Vicodec material, blends with char
acteristic Eldorado swept back fin effect and
new oval exhaust ports.
Is That So?
The week's mail. "Why does a
moth fly into a flame?" asks
P.D.B.
"Do animals get sick with hu
man diseases?" writes John M.
"What is the shortest and
what is the longest living ani
mal in the world?" asks S.O.M.
"And what about birdi;, insects,
fish?"
Moth and Flame: Man of
course is constantly searching
for human parallels in the ani
mal kingdom. Pairing for life.
Mother love. And suicide. Off-
By UNITED PRESS
Background on A-Bomb On
Jan. 31, 1950, President Truman
ordered development of a hydro-
een bomb until a "satisfactory
plan" for international control
of atomic energy could be
achieved.
World diplomats still have not
agreed on such a plan.
On Nov. 16, 1952, the Atomic
Enerev commission announced
it had staged successful H
bomb "experiments" at its Eine
wetok .proving ground ,in the
Pacific. The disclosure was made
after a flood of letters from task
force members told of being
aboard ships 30 to 35 miles away
Qvhen a tremendous explosion
was set off on Nov. 1, 1952.
Fallout on Japanese
A series of hydrogen bomb
explosions were set off during
Marcn and April of 1954. Dur
ing one of the series the March
1 shot a sudden change of
wind caused radioactive fallout
to dust a boatload of Japanese
fishermen and nearly 300 Mar
shall islanders and U.S. service-
men. Many countries asked that
the H-bomb tests be stopped.
Russia set off an H-bomb on
Nov. 22. 1955. British nuclear
tests in Australia this year are
expected to include detonation
of the first British H-bomb.
Northwest Gas Pipeline
Arrives at Hermiston
Hermiston (U.R) Eighty-
eight flatcars loaded with more
than 19 miles of 20elnch pipe for
the Pacific Northwest Pipeline
Corporation's natural gas line
into the Northwest have arrived
here. - - -
Company officials said the
pipe would be used on sections
in northern Oregon and southern
Washington.
hand, this may seem like the
latter self-destruction. But
the moth cannot help himself.
When light falls upon its eyes,
its wings beat faster. When the
light falls more strongly on one
eye than on the other, the wings
on one side beat faster than
those on the other. As a result,
his flight curves toward the
source of light and if he reaches
an open flame, he singes his
wings or dies.
Of course, this drive for the
burning candle must have de
veloped millions of years . be
fore man came on earth and
learned to use a flame. (Maybe
it was directed to a night-bloom
ing flower, which are usually
white to attract moths for pol
lination.) And now, the helpless
moth pays with its life for this
development.
Fish, too, are sometimes at
tracted to light at night in
fishing with cormorants, the
Japanese have employed this
knowledge for a long time. Deer,
too, will stand in the rays of
a strong light and fall to the
fire of illegal hunters.
But as for the moth hasn't it
pointed the way to many a
moral?
Animals Get Ailments
Animal diseases: Yes, animals
get many of the ailments from
which humans suffer and die.
Bacteria, viruses get into ani
mals just as they do into hu
mans with the same effects.
As for malaria, yes inded,
mammals are subject to ma
laria. So are birds, toads and
even snakes. You see, malaria-
bearing mosquitoes bite birds
and toads and snakes and deer
and thus transmit the disease
from bloodstearm to blood
stream. Animals also get tumors and
cancers. They get infections and
impacted teeth. Skin disorders
and heart ailments, An epidemic
may sweep through a migrating
flock and decimate it. Even trout
get sunburned.
But even so, the great ma
jority -f animals die by violence
a rabbit is killed by an owl;
or by natural mishaps a deer
may break a leg in leaping over
a log; or by violence by freez
ing and starving. But mostly,
being caught and eaten by an
other animal.
Shrew Shortest Lived
Longevity:' . Restricting the
subject first to mammals, the
shortest lived is perhaps the
shrew, which is also the small
est, with perhaps a life-SDan of
three years.. Most of course die J
Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
William E. Brooks, failure to stop
at stop sign. S10.
Harold L. Fitzsimmons. improper
load. S10.
Thomas C. Griggs, violation of basic
rule. S15.
Augustine F. Lewis, overload, $56.
CIRCUIT COURT
Geraldine Christine Wright vs. Wil
liam Harrison Wright, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGfE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
James WUford Cureton. Austin.
Nev.. and Lana June Moore, route
1. box 26. Central Point.
Roy Allen Swim and Marie Julie
Jacohson, both Ashland.
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
The longest lived is the elephant,
reaching perhaps 100 if all goes
well.
As for insects, the shortest-
lived perhaps include the May
flies. Their adult life is reckon
ed in hours, some even in min
utes! With them, adult life is
so short that they aren't even
equipped with mouths to feed
with.
As for fish, a carp has been
credited with reaching a cen
tury I doubt if any official rec
ord would go beyond 75. As for
the shortest lived fish, that hon
or would appear to go to the
white goby, the course of whose
life is run in a single year. This
is perhaps the only backboned
animal that runs its lifespan
within a year.
The parrot, owl, eagle and os
trich may outlive a human and
it is said that an ostrich may
possibly attain 100 years.
Including all animals, quite
likely the giant tortoise has the
over-all life expectancy record!
A few venerable members may
have attained 150 years, possi
bly 250. And claims are made
for 300.
(Copyright, 1956, by Eugene
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P-l Group Plans
To Stay in Portland
Portland (U.R) R. L. Clark,
president of the Pacific Interna
tional Livestock Association,
said today the group intends to
keep its livestock show here al
though it apparently has been
left out in the city's proposed
new $8,000,000 exposition-recre
ation center.
There have been reports that
the show might be switched to
Spokane or some other city. The
association has said that it could
not show at the South Auditor
ium site near downtown Port
land' which was chosen yester
day as the location for the voter
approved center. No provision
was made for a separate facility
for the livestock show.
Clark said the Pacific International-
has "grown continuously
into one of the great shows of
our country and one of Port
land's biggest assets. We fully
expect to continue it and we ex
pect to continue it here."
He said a move to another city
would be only as a last resort.
Moro Woman Announces
Republican Candidacy
Moro, Ore. (U.RK-Mrs. Collis
P. Moore, of Moro,. Sherman
county Republican chairman, an
nounced today that she would
be a candidate for Republican
national commiteeewoman for
Oregon.
The present committeewoman,
Mrs. Marshall E. Cornett of
Klamath Falls, recently an-
much before this maximum age. reelection.
NOTICE!!
Beginning January 1, 1956, and until the completion of
our new building THE MEDFORD FEED & SEED will do busi
ness temporarily in the old Co-op building at the corner of
4th and Fir streets. Across 4th Street from where we are
now located.
The telephone number wHI remain the same
Geo. C Barr, Mgr.
Medford Feed & Seed
Henry Kaiser Returns
Home From Hospital
Honolulu (U.R) Industrial
ist Henry J. Kaiser returned
home from Queens hospital last
night after a three-day treatment
for "aches and pains" suffered
in "a pre-Christmas fall.
His son, Edgar, rushed here
from Oakland, Calif., Tuesday
with three prominent California
physicians. He said his 73-year-old
father was eager to resume
work on his plans td" enlarge
tourist trade in the islands.
Seasonal Layoffs Increase Number Of Oregon Jobless
Salem U-R New seasonal
layoffs, mainly in lumbering and
construction, added 9100 to Ore
gon's unemployed during De
cember, the State Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission
said yesterday.
The year-end total of 46,800
active jobseekers was 6400 un
der last year and slightly below
the postwar average.
Lumber, construction and
food processing accounted for
more"" ..than two-thirds of the
claims for compensation, which
reached 24,507 for the last week
of 1955, highest since last March.
Initial claims also rose sharply
to 7456, indicating new layoffs
during the holiday period.
Number Slightly Higher
Downstate offices of the com
mission in western Oregon re
ported two-thirds of the newly
unemployed, with the number
slightly higher than last winter.
The total was lower east of the
mountains.
At The Dalles, dam workers
being returned to jobs more than
offset seasonal losses. The Port
land area, including most of four
counties, counted only 16,200
unemployed as against 22,400
a year ago.
Payments to insured- workers
last month were $1,684,830,
nearly double the November fig
ure of $883,574. i
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TESTIFYING before Senate
probers in Washington, James
Glaser, ex-editor of New York
Communist Daily Worker, says
Reds once tried to ruin small
businessmen. ( International)
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