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Kefauyer Accuses Eisenhower, AEC Of Corruption En Route With Kefauver (U.P.i Sen. Estes Kefauver today ac cused President Eisenhower and Atomic Energy Commissioner Lewis L. Strauss of corruption of the commission's independent status. In a statement issued as he campaigned by motorcade in New Jersey, the Democratic vice presidential candidate renewed his attack on Strauss' adminis tration of the AEC. Once again the controversial Dixon-Yates power contract was at the heart of Kefauver's charge. Going to New Hampshire Fighting a "very bad cold and sore throat," the Tennessean moved his hand-shaking cam paign through south Jersey with stops at Salem, Bridgeton, Mill ville, Vineland and Pitman. Ke fauver was to fly to Manchester, N.H., later today. The atomic energy statement was Kefauver's promised expan sion of a charge, made at the government's Los Alamos, N.M., atom laboratory, that Strauss plunged the AEC into politics with the President's acquies cence. As a result, Kefauver said in a speech last Tuesday, the United States has dropped behind Britain and Russia in the struggle to produce economic electricity from the atom. Withdrawal Demanded In a statement issued at the White House, Strauss had de manded that Kefauver withdraw the charges made in the Los Ala mos speech. Kefauver promised to expand them instead. Kefauver said the "AEC" is Independent by law" and charged that Mr. Eisenhower and Strauss "have virtually destroyed the principle that each member of the commission has an equal voice." A growing number of Great lakes freighters are now pow ered by oil, but coal still is gen erally used. Current world population is estimated at 2,700 million. Aspects of Scientific Progress Discussed at Knife, Fork Club The Rogue Valley Knife and Fork club last night heard a wide-ranging talk on a dozen different aspects of scientific progress from Dr. Gerald Wendt. chemist, lecturer, author and leading "popularizer" of scien tific subjects. Neil Davidson, new club presi dent, conducted the first meet ing of the season at the Rogue Valley Country club, introduced new members, paid tribute to Mrs. Edith Eden, for eight years secretary of the club, and intro duced the new secretary, Mrs. Scott Hcathenngton. Many Subjects Dr. Wendt, who during his career has been dean of the de partment of chemistry at Penn sylvania State college, science editor for Time magazine, and has held a number of different positions all related to science, skipped from one subject to an other in a talk which covered such things as a new theory of virus duplication and the dan gers of smoking. His talk, he said, was based on the pace of scientific change, with its tremendous and increas ing impact on the lives of peo ple, many of whom are worried about "science." He cited the vast growth in funds being spent on research, which have climbed from SI 16 million annually in 1930 to more than S4 billion today, and he pointed out the many things provided by research which have been created in the past 25 to 50 years, including cars, planes, electric lights, television, movies, plastics, and dozens of other innovations, all of which have had a part in the raising of living standards. Virus Theory The new theory of virology described by the speaker was, he said, originated by Dr. Linus Pauling of the California Insti tute of Technology, and, in es sence, is that viruses are not, strictly speaking, "alive," but do have the capability of dupli cating themselves by a process of like attracting like, with pro teins in living cells being re formed into other virus mole cules. He predicted that the virus dieases. now checked only by the body's own immunity built up by vaccines, would be con quered within a few years by extension of this theory, mean ing the end of polio, the com mon cold, and other virus-caused ailments, as bacterial infections have been largely conquered by antibiotics. This new theory is the first real break-through in virology. Dr. Wendt indicated, as up to now scientists have not known what viruses are. what they look like, or much of anything else about them. Atomic Implications Much of Dr. Wendt's talk con cerned atomic energy and its implications here and abroad. Because of the United States' vast energy resources, he fore sees little development of atomic power plants in the near future here, but pointed out that energy-poor nations such as France, Britain, India and other "backward" nations, can well afford the high cost of atomic installations because of their lack of other energy sources. Touching on the war potential of nuclear power, the speaker said it is "inconceivable" to him that there would be another full scale war. for it would mean the end of life on this planet, and that the world's leaders know it. In peaceful application, atom ic energy will mean a revision of the world economy, he pre dicted, as agricultural nations develop into industrial nations. Process Developed To Extract Alumina New York (UP) Anaconda Co. announced it has developed a new process for extracting alumina, principal raw material for aluminum, from low grade domestic clays, and said it will build a $1 million pilot plant at Anaconda, Mont., to test the process. In this, he said, Russia has a long head-start, as revealed by its progress shown at the recent Geneva international conven tion of atomic energy, and ly its production of engineers and technicians, which is more than double that of the U.S. Solar Promise Solar energy taken directly from sunlight and converted to electricity shows great promise for non-industrial uses, the speaker predicted, particularly in isolated communities. The important thing, he said, is that the first step has been taken, and further development is bound to follow fast. Dr. Wendt also discussed the virtually-proven connection be tween cigarette smoking and lung cancer, pointing out that the normal death rate of 16 per 100.000 persons per year jumps to 120 among normal cigarette smokers and 233 among heavy smokers, but predicted that con centrated research soon will find the agent responsible and elim inate it from tobacco. Problems of Aging Another item touched on by the speaker was the problems of aging, and he cited the in crease in life-expectancy, from 48 years at the turn of the cen tury to about 70 today. He said he hopes research will now con centrate on the postponement of senility, rather than death, and he discussed the againg fac tor of a hormone produced by the adrenal glands, advising his listeners to avoid "going on your nerves," which floods the body with adrenalin but also the aging factor. Amplification of light was mentioned by Dr. Wendt as a coming development, allowing wall TV sets. Other develop ments mentioned were "panel" lighting, radiation for the preser vation of foods, and the poten tial of sea water as a source for many needed raw materials. This was Dr. Wendt's second appearance at the club. His first was in 1948. Next meeting will be Nov. 5. Lincoln Presents Models for 1957 Detroit (U.R) Lincoln in troduced today its longer 1957 cars which feature 300-horse-power engines, sweeping rear quarter panels and four head lights set in vertical pairs. The headlamps, called "quad ralites," are housed in chrome rimmed, oval-shaped settings. The slightly smaller auxiliary lamps, located just under the regular headlights in the oval settings, may be used alone or with the headlights. Coupled horizontally below the headlights are massive park ing lights and directional sig nals enhancing Lincoln's newly designed grille. Rear panels bend outward to ward pyramid tail lights. Other rear styling changes hide ex haust outlets under wrap-around bumpers. The Ford Motor Co. division announced that two new models were being added to its '1957 lines, which will be shown in dealerships across the country Oct. 16. They are a four-door hardtop, called the Landau, and a "thin pillar" sedan. 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