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EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thuridiy. September 27, 195t Russian Physicists Repeating Western Experiments, Traveler Says Editor'! not: The folio win t Jlf-piu-h. ihr fourth of a icrtri or five, li aa xcrpt from the diary of Dr. I-oun AUirn. noted Americas phy leiU ho vlilted th Soviet Union lait May. It wii obtained b rour iev of the publication "Phyilcs Today.' Br DR. LUIS W. ALVAREZ Diilributed By United Preii The high energy physicists (in Russia) are repeating all the ex periments done in the Western world and extending them to the higher energies available at the Volga Lab. Their work appears to be very well done, with good accuracy. on excellent equipment. The big question marlc is this: Of the huge pool of technicallyj competent people, what fraction will be able to do original work when they have completed their big program of training on pre viously done experiments. Although I heard of some very novel and even brilliant ideas in the field of quclear machine de sign, I didn't see or hear of a single new idea for an experi ment in nuclear physics. I feel sure that some of the new crop of experimental physicists will be able to think of ideas for new experiments, but I don't know how favorable the climate will be for them to try them out. May Be Halted The Russians operate on the German system with one "pro fessor" per institute. If the pro fessor isn't receptive to the ideas of the younger men in his in stitute, he can keep them from doing original things. With the great financial re wards for success, it is possible that the spirit of cooperation be tween men in a particular insti tute may be hurt by jealousies. My guess is that there are at least a few really good physicists but that the "trade school" type of training they receive may hurt the development of originality ... no director can think of everything so he must trust his young people to try their own Ideas, even if most of them are no good. About 60 of us visited . . . Mescherakoff's Institute where the 680 million volt cyclotron is. It is the most powerful cyclo tron in the world, but it will be only a few months more until the Berkeley University of California) machine will be run ning at 720 millions. High Quality Work We were all bowled over when we saw the cyclotron itself and all the experimental apparatus which was set up for business. The workmanship on all parts of the cyclotron was of the very highest quality. 1 have seen all the large Amer ican cyclotrons and this is better engineered than any of ours. But even more impressive than the accelerator itself was the amount of experimental equip ment, its techincal excellence from the engineering and physics standpoints, and the number of experiments set up simultaneous ly. After an hour or two at the cyclotron site we drove. . .to Veksler's Institute where they are completing construction of the world's largest bevatron 10 billion volts as contrasted with Berkeley's 6 2 billion. The machine looks very much like ours but weighs 36,000 tons instead of our 9,000 tons. They have done a few things better than we did and a few not so well. The labs are surrounded by a pair of tough looking barbed wire fences separated by about 10 feet with guards at handy intervals. Experiment FUxlad They had a large diffusion cloud chamber to show us but it had apparently just stopped making tracks. They let us look in but we didn't see anything I was cheered up to find they are human enough to foul up a demonstration just like every body else. We then went to the main con trol room which is out of this world. It is 60 feet on a side and two stories high with racks of electronic equipment around the walls on both stories. In the center of the room is a large con trol desk which NBC could be proud of. I was taken to the Institute for Heat research which is run by Alikaniaoff. He won the Sta lin Prize several years ago and his brother. Alikanian. announo ed the discovery of a new "elementary particle" at the con ference yesterday. We went to Alikaniaoff s home which is on the institute grounds. It is a beautiful place, well furnished and very large and comfortable. This is the way the typical big shot scientist lives in Russia. We heard they were privileged members of society and I can certainly confirm that. Meat CerenkoT Mrs. Alikaniaoff was a gra- Blood Test for Drunken Drivers Running Into Trouble in New York New York 0J.R) This state's "scientific" drunk driving law was threatened today by wide spread refusal of doctors to ad minister its blood test. The phy sicians' lawyers said the testing can get the doctors in more trouble than the drunks. (Frustrated state police, who have been forced to continue un scientific breath - sniffing and chalk line tests In the absence of blood are drafting a new law they hope will eliminate the legal objection, It was learned. The problem, according to at torneys for the Medical Society of the State of New York, is in the law itself which blandly con tradicts itself in succeeding sent ences as to the suspect's rights in refusing to a test. This leaves a doctor wide open for suit for assault or malpractice if he draws blood from an unwill- j ing or befuddled subject, society counsel William F. Martin said. Want To Cooparata The society is on record as eag er to cooperate with the state. The doctors are asking for legal assurance that the state will de pend them against possible suits and pay the damages if there are any. Such a law presently protects physicians serving with out fee in city hospitals here and elsewhere. Physicians own insurance against malpractice suits does not apply under the drunk driving law, Martin said, because no proper doctor-patient relation ship exists between the suspect and the testing doctor. If such a relationship were established, the test would be of no value because the doctor would then be in a confidential relationship to the patient and unable to testify, Martin said. Doctors have been treating the law warily since its enactment. State police said large numbers of them have refused to admin ister the test. The society last spring passed to its legislative committee a resolution calling for suggested legislative amendment. The com mittee was told this week that the state police already are work ing on draft legislation and the doctors agreedly left it to them, with consultation hoped for and promised. Contradictory Statements Martin said the confusion In the law arises from the contra dictory statements that: (1) Any person operating a motor vehicle is presumed to have given con sent for a chemical test of his blood, breath, urine or saliva, and (2) That if the suspect re fuses to submit to the test it shall not be administered. A doctor can be found guilty of assault, Martin said, if he takes blood from anyone without the subject's consent. And if the subject is unconsicous or incap able of rational consent, that could be malpractice. George M. Scarle, assistant su perintendent of state police, said the blood test is the simplest and .';' dpi clous hostess at the lunch party. About six of us were invited to have a private tour of Veks ler's Moscow Institute. We were met by Prof. Cerenkov, the Rus sian whose name is most familiar to American physicists. We all use Cerenkov counters which are based on the effect he dis covered in 1936. It is apparent by the enthus iasm Veksler shows for tftei phy sics being done in his small' Mos cow Institute that this is where his heart is rather than at the big Volga Lab. I would guess he was told to outdo the Americans at the Volga and he has done this as a job. But the main work is done by engineers. The Moscow State University . . .is the most imposing build ing in the whole country and it dominates the skyline. The tow er is over 800 feet high. There are 16.000 students and all but 1.000 of them live in the sky scraper. There are 2,000 students majoring in physics and of these 500 are girls. American schools train very few women physicists. Most Natural Party One evening in Kapitza's of fice we got into a typical phy sicist's session of puzzles and jokes. This party was the most natural one of the conference. Both the Russians and visitors have gotten quite used to being with each other so it no longer is the case of everyone con sciously trying to be on his best behavior. Everyone spoke Eng lish, so we were freed from the stifling effect of intrpretation. There was lots of laughter and some hot arguments about phy sics between the theoreticians including Landau, the chief theoretical physicist at Kapi tza's Institute. Some of our the orists say we have no one as good as he is. They all regard him as one of the best theorists in the world. In iha final installment, to ap pear tomorrow. Dr. Alvarez says that ha doairl't remember hear ing Stalin mentioned mora than once. Lenin is still a diaty but everyone wants to forget Stalin, Dr. Alvarez writes. EVERYTHING For Your Hunting Trip! Best Buys Best Quality AT , IPorti r OK MARKET 1202 North Rrranlda OPEN EVERY K NIGHT TIL most reliable of chemical tests available. In most cases where a driver refused to submit to a test, he said, he has been found guilty in subsequent hearing. ZOLA VINCENT At Now York Conference Foods Editor at New York Parley Mrs. Zola Vincent, whose food columns appear weekly in the Mail Tribune, is in New York where she is covering the annual Newsaper Foods Editors Confer ence, being held in the Waldorf Astoria hotel. Hosted by 29 groups including nine industry and governmental agencies, aproximately 160 food editors from leading newspapers throughout the country are eat ing and "reporting" their way through 33 sessions that include five breakfasts, five luncheons, five receptions, four banquets on a grand scale and a midnight supper with presentations offer ing more food and food for thought mid-morning and mid afternoon throughout the week. Program of Interest Of special interest Is the pro gram at the United Nations, which will include a tour of the building, a briefing session by of ficials of the U.N. and the U.S. Mission to the U.N., a reception and dinner in the Delegates Din ing Room, arranged with the United Nations by General Foods Corporation. Another program highlighted will be the Danish Midnight Sup per following a performance of the Danish Royal Ballet at the Metropolitan Opera house, both hosted by the Danish Information Office. A "Jamaican Jamboree" will further international inter ests when Reynolds Metals Com pany hosts a luncheon. Purpose of the conferencing over food is to listen to experts from top food companies, from food "associations" and agri cultural interests as foods editors learn what is new, interesting and vital in production, distri bution, use and preparation of foods. WRONG TV Olean. N. Y. U.R When Philip Molica walked up to his home he noticed his television antenna was missing. He tele phoned police. Repairmen for a television service admitted sheepishly they had made a mis take. They were supposed to have removed the antenna on the house next door. The first silk mill established n the United States was in Mans field. Connecticut, in-1810. Pow er looms were introduced in about 1838. Read and Usa Classified Ada BEWARE Of IMITATIONS LOOK FOR THt HAPPY UTTLt DOG TOPS IN QUALITY! LOW IN PRICE Wallowas Scanned For Escaped Convicts Pendleton (U.R) Search for two escaped Washington state penitentiary inmates centered in the Lookout mountain area of the Wallowa mountains of north eastern Oregon today after dis covery of a yellow pickup truck in which they were believed to have fled Meanwhile, officers were keeping a lookout for a third convict who fled the prison farm yesterday. Prison officials identified the third escapee as William Guy Cole Jr., 21, of Wenatchee. He was sentenced to two years in prison, Nov. 30, 1955 for second degree assault. Cole escaped from the same work farm near College Place that the other inmates had fled a day earlier. Police identified the two escapees who walked away from the work farm Tues day as Walter Leon Daniels -nd Orville Maynard Shipp, both serving time from King county. Business Manager, Editor Resign From Raider Staff Ashland Resignations from key positions on the staff of the Southern Oregon college year- book, the Raider, have left the business manager's and the edi tor's posts open, according to Hugh Simpson, adviser to the publication. Peggy Gran, editor, resigned to 'attend Northwestern univer sity in Chicago this fall. Her fiance, Don Westrom, sopho more pre-dental student at SOC last year, has received a teaching-fellowship there in the art department. Monte Robertson, Ashland, re signed as businesa manager be cause of a heavy scholastic and work schedule this year, Simp son said. He said those interested in the posts should contact either him or Bob Myrick, student body president. Editor Praised ' Herb Colley, editor of last year's publication, was praised by Simpson for getting this year's Raider sales under way during registration. Among salesgirls listed by Colley were Nancy Jennings, Marjo Murray, Colleen Warnock, Medford; Marjie Reed, Sandra Sander, Ashland; Becky St. Clair, Scott's Mills; Mary Thums, Sweet Home; Mary Lou Cook, Janet Craig, Grants Pass; Zela Flanagan, Beatty; Roberta Wade, Klamath Falls; Jill Rice, Coos Bay; Jan Owsley, Lakeview; HORNBROOK Deer Hunting Reports Good By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN Hornbrook deer season start ed off with a "bang" last Sat urday morning in California. Friday evening the side roads leading into the mountains took on the appearance of main thor oughfares with men in red hats on the way to their favorite hunt ing grounds. The weatherman cooperated this year in contrast to recent years, when the advantage has been on the side of the hunted rather than the hunter. The rain which fell last week lessened the danger of forest fires and softened the crackle of boots on dry leaves as hunters stalked their prey. After the first three days of buck hunting, it was found that, while no official count was kept. the bag of Hornbrook hunters far exceeded that of any in recent years. A day at the Pendleton round up was the highlight of a trip taken by Mrs. Grace Quigley re cently. She was accompanied by her sister. Mrs. Carl Lobsien and son Ron-Id. of Artois, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Barton of Horse Creek, Calif. After attend ing the roundup, they drove to Walla Walla, Wash., then down the Columbia river to Astoria. They stopped at Hammond, where they visited a cousin of Mrs. Quigley's, Lew Jensen, who lived here many years ago. Another recently - returned traveler is Mrs. Minnie Bloom ingcamp who in company with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wyatt and sons Stephen and Paul of Central Point, drove to Colfax, Calif., where she visited a girl friend They drove to Grass Valley to visit friends and to Oakland, where they saw Mrs. Esther Ear heart, a former resident of Horn brook, who lives at the King's Daughters home. Mrs. Blooming- camp stated that, although 94 years old and partly confined to a wheel-chair, Mrs. Earhart is in good health. They also Visited a brother of Wyatt's in San Francisco, and took a boat excursion around the bay. Sunday was spent in San Lorenzo with friends, the S. J. Johnsons, who took them to Santa Rosa to hear their son the Rev. Gilbert Johnson, who is pastor of the First Baptist church there. The Johnsons for merly lived in Hornbrook and Gilbert spent much of his youth here. Mrs. Bloomingcamp returned home Monday night Sept. 24, and on Tuesday her sister-in-law, Miss Dolly Bloomingcamp. ar rived from Los Angeles for a visit. Miss Bloomingcamp,- who is 84 years old, makes the trip alone by train each summer to visit in Hornbrook, and In Bo gus with her sister, Elsie. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Payne left Friday for their home in Toledo, Ohio. Their first stop on their return trip was at Vina, Calif., where they visited a nephew who is a monk in the Trappist monastery there Their friends, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Chapman, left on Saturday. also bound for Toledo. The Paynes and the Chapmans have been visiting at the home of Chapman's brother, H. H. Chap man Bill Jesperson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jesperson, returned home Sept. 24 after spending the summer riding in rodeos in Colo rado, Utah, Idaho and Oregon. He will be at home until later in the year when he will appear in the Cow Palace in San Fran cisco. . . An American housewife aver ages 63 hours of work a week. 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