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TEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, July S. 1958 World Can Live With Atomic Radiation in Peace But Not in War, Physicist Declares Ttr u : mn. T- . ro natural liark. I u-sb mncprvalivp Tavlnr mnha-' pvnlosions that COVerS the great-! hours would ha-o r:,. 3jii .. af Washington 'UP; Dr. Lauriston S. Taylor said today that atomic radiation is some thing "we can live with in peace but not in war." Taylor is chief of the Atomic Radiation Physics Division of the National Bureau of Standards. He 'is one of the nation's fore most authorities on the effects of radiation upon life. The United Press asked his opinion of Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin's recent testimony in Con gress that an atomic attack "in force-' on Russia would kill "hundreds of millions of per sons" in Eurasia, depending on wind directions. Taylor's belief is that Gavin, head of Army research and de velopment, understated the case. He said that an all-out nuclear attack whatever country it was aimed at, would jeopardize hu man life all over the planet. No Present Menace But he made, and then empha sized, this point: Radiation from whatever source natural back ground, medical x-rays, atomic weapons tests is not now a men ace to mankind. All that the experts, including those who made the recent Na tional Academy of Sciences re port, want to do, Taylor said, is alert mankind to the dangers of possible future great increases in the radiation level. Given peace, Taylor said, man now has all the knowledge he needs to protect himself against all foreseeable boosts in the amount of radioactivity stem ming from exploitation of the atom. But if full scale nuclear war breaks out, the result can be on ly "catastrophe," Taylor said. Gavin's testimony was given in general terms. He did not de fine his terms. He did not say how many H-bombs it would take to cause the millions of deaths he predicted. Nor did he mention time. In saying Gavin's warning was conservative, Taylor empha sized that many of the disastrous effects of atomic war would be come manifest over a period of generations. Delayed Effects Nuclear weapons inflict death in many different ways. There are the immediate effects of blast, heat, and earth shock. There are the delayed effects of radioactive fallout which get in their deadly work in days, weeks, months, or years. There also are the genetic effects which show up in subsequent generations. Gavin's figures obviously as sume maximum fallout because that is the effect of big atomic explosions that covers the great est area. To kill all the people Gavin mentioned with blast, he a t , and radioactive fallout would require thousands of ex plosions. But Taylor assumes the atomic powers have enough weapons to bring about this grim fate if they are insane enough to do so. He pointed out a fact, generally not stressed in reports of Gavin's tes timony. This fact is that Gavin was trying to express the utter absurdity of all-out nuclear war. A bomb detonated by the Unit ed States on March 1, 1954, so poisoned a region of 7000 square miles that all unprotected per sons staying in that area for 36 nours would have received fatal aoses oi radiation. Something over 1000 such bombs might similarly poison a continental nation like Russia But the lethal effects would not be confined to Russia and her neighbor countries. According to Taylor, they would spread throughout the northern hemi sphere and probably the world. Genetic Catastrophe Take radiostrontium, a radio active product of atomic fission that lasts in death-dealing form for an average of 40 years. It gets in the bones of animals. En ough of it and an all-out war would provide enough of it would cause fatal bone tumors. Radiation changes hereditarv mechanisms, almost always for the worse. The result is defective lives in the future and, when such lives are too unfit for re production, "genetic death." Al though present radiation levels are no menace to the race, and future peacetime levels can be safely handled, a nuclear war would be "a genetic catastro phe," Taylor said. In that sense, he believes Gav in's figures were conservative. Having said that, Taylor came back to his main point: That peacetime uses of radiation ev erything from X-rays to nuclear power can do more good than harm if handled right. As he put it: I omic radiation in peace; In war "We can live safely with at-1 we can't" worth C0ES FARTHER, TOO! On The Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King future! Syndicate. Inc.) T ther n rarth a spare so Hear. As that ilhin the bussed sphere Tho loving arms entv. Ine? Thomas Moore Why has the name Carrie nev er been popular with song writ ers? I can bring to mind only three songs about girls so nam ed: "Good Morning, Carrie," "Every Time I Kiss Carrie" and "We Had To Carry Carrie To The Shore' Because Carrie Couldn't Carrie A n y m o r e." There have been some beautiful songs written about young wo men named Caroline. Of these my javorne is can t i ou ntar Me Callin', Caroline?" A fine recording of that one would probably sell at least a million copies. Aikinu Queries from Clients. Q. What was the name of the New York dentist who made an upper and lower set of false teeth for George Washington? A. John Greenwood. Washington's den ture was made from walrus and hippopotamus teeth. History does not tell us if the general suffer ed much from a slipping den ture or how efficient the equip ment was when it came to con suming a steak. I believe the denture being discussed can be seen on exhibition at the Smith sonian institution, Washington, D. C. Q. Of what woman was it first said that she had "the fatal feift of beauty '? A. The reference was not to a woman but to a country, namely Italy. It was made by Vincenza Da Filicaja who wrote, "Italy! Italy! Thou who art doomed to wear the fa tal gift of beauty." Great Horn Eddie Arcaro, who has won more stake races than any living American jockey, says he has ridden many "good horses" but only one "great horse." And that was Citation. Very interesting. What does that make the gallant thoroughbred Noor who defeated Citation four times? Passing By Vincent Lopez. If he isn't the dean of Broadway, bandmasters who is? Did you know he began his professional musical career in Brooklyn? At Villepogue's Restaurant in Sheepshead Bay? That he was once the pianist for the great vaudeville team of Pat Rooney and Marion Bent! That he made his Broadway bow as a bandleader at the place called the Pekin at 49th St.! That he was the first bandleader to play a rumba tune in this country! That was the lively number called "The Peanut Vendor." So you knew all that. Well, then I suppose you also know Mr. Lopez is one of the country's leading amateur astrologers. So They Say The most romantic females of the Zodiac are those born under Aries (March 21-April 20). They are in love with love. Never really happy unless in the midst of a romantic interlude. They make very interesting compan ions on moonlight strolls. When married they want the honey moon to continue indefinitely. If the spouse of an Aries girl doesn't tell her he loves her at least six times a day with ac companying hugs and kisses and holds hands with her under res taurant tables and at the movies she begins to consult time tables and fare prices to Reno. Men born under Leo (July 24-Aug. 23) and Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) are best able to handle the diffi cult task of keeping an Aries woman contented. Or, so say the stargazers. Horses and Women Today I viewed with alarm a news picture of a new style of headgear which is predicted will be popular among our country women. It is a tall hat. Very tall. A greater threat to a spectator's view at a sporting event than a merry widow hat. I am immedi ately launching a campaign against the wearing of this style hat at race courses, baseball games, etc. This battle will be listed as Bitter Campaign No. 987654A. I will not be content with the race track and ball park managements merely requesting that "ladies will please remove their tall hats." I will demand that it be plainly stated, "the wearing of tall hats by women i patrons will not be permitted." ! fro 2L bs- FvTATO Red Ripe Field Grown Medford's Finest Meats Since 1940 ALL OF OUR MEATS ARE INSPECTED 3 2 June Weather Here Rated Cool, Dry June weather in Rogue val ley was cool and dry, according to weather bureau figures here. The monthly average tempera ture last month was 61.3 de grees, 3.1 degrees below normal, and precipitation in June totaled .80 inch, .17 below normal. 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