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TWELVE MSDFORP (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday. January SO, 19S7
Bomb Production Increase Told
In AEC Report; Safety Lauded
Washington (U.Pi Th
Atomic Knergy Commission said
today that A-bomb and H-bomb
production is swelling at a rate
that necessitates multi-million
dollar expansion of its far-flung
weapons plant.
It also reported "new design
principles," stemming from last
year's H-bomb tests, ' which will
lead to more efficient weapons
that can be more effectively em
ployed." Vari.ty of Ui
This apparently means the
once outsize hydrogen weapon
has been tailored to missiles and
bombs for a variety of military
uses other than mere destruc
tion of cities.
The commission also claimed
"a notable advance" toward nu
clear propulsion of aircraft. For
the first time, it said, a turbojet
plane engine was powered with
atomic heat in a ground test.
These were highlights of the
ACE's 21st semi-annual report
in which it said "significant
progress" was made in the last
six months toward fulfillment
of President Eisenhower's inter
national atoms for peace pro
gram. Report oa Sifaty
As a special feature the com
mission published a five-chapter
report on "radiation safety" in
the U.S. atomic project Al
though 331 persons have received
"overexposures" in the past 13
years, the project nevertheless
has hung up a safety record
"without parallel in industrial
history," the AEC said.
Of the 331 persons, 29) re
ceived their overexposures from
the big H-bomb shot in the Pa
cific March -1, 19. The other
431, two of whom died in 1945,
received theirs in "radiation in
cidents'' at atomic installations
in the United States. In this
country, no member of the pub
lic has been hurt by radiation.
And 99.4 per cent of the near
ly 200,000 workers in the pro
ject have received an exposure
averaging "less than one-third
the amount of radiation allowed
Valley Peach Production
Topic of Meeting Tuesday
Peach growing in the Rogue
valley was the subject of a
meeting attended by about 60
people Tuesday afternoon in the
courthouse auditorium.
Specialists from Oregon Slate
college, the southern Oregon
branch experiment station and
county agents offered advice to
growers on such topics as irri
gation, peach diseases and spray
programs.
Irrigation Diicuited
Marvin Shearer, irrigation
specialist for OSC. discussed
principles of irrigation and
showed how to use the gypsum,
block to determine moisture
content in soil.
Iain MacSwan, OSC plant
pathologist, spoke on peach
blight and leaf curl control. He
noted that peach leaf curl spores
are carried by wind and spray
should be applied before the
buds open. This can be at any
time during the winter, he said.
He also discussed coryneum
blight and emphasized that these
spores are carried by wind
blown rain. MacSwan urged fall
application of fungicide to pre
cent spore infection. If the in
fection is present during the
spring, another fungicide appli;
cation is recommended then.
Insect Influence
Dr. W. P. Stephen. OSC api
culturist, spoke on the influence
of insects on polinization. He
pointed out that most fruit grow
ers request bees too early in the
season. He also stressed the im
portance of using the least toxic
sprays if bees are to be used
in the orchards.
Dr. Stephen spoke in the place
of Henry Hartman, OSC horti
culturist, who was unable to be
present because of illness.
L. G. Centner, entomologist
for the southern Oregon experi
ment station, spoke on peach
aphis and scale control. He noted
that controls which previously
were effective are not effective
now in many cases. He said this
is because the insects have built
up a resistance to control ma
terials. He said specialists are
still working on this problem
and new control materials are
being placed on the market.
Centner also cautioned growers
not to use spray that would
damage polinators.
Fertilizers Discussed
Dr. R. J. Higdon, formerly
horticulturist for the southern
Oregon branch experiment sta
tion, discussed various types of
fertilizers. He said this fall and
winter have been good for ap
plication of 'ammonia fertilizers
because of favorable moisture
conditions. .'
Dr. Higdon noted that ammon
ia fertilizer can be washed away
and is less effective in years
when excessive rains occur after
the fertilizer is applied. He also
stressed the importance of prop
er fertilizer placement and
recommended application four
to six inches deep in the soil.
Spray Program
Dr. Higdon told the group
that nitrate of soda should not
be used in heavy clay soil since
the soda content tends to cause
a hard surface crust when mixed
with the clay.
Don Berry, county horticul
ture agent, presented the 1957
spray schedule for control of
scale, aphis, leaf curl, brown rot,
twig miner, aphis, spider mite,
mildew and , peach blight and
peach root borer.
by strict safety standards."
The commission said its own
experimental program to de
velop economical atomic power
plants to be financed entirely
by private industry has grown
to seven. But the effort to make
nuclear power pay its way is still
"in its early stages."
Stockpiles Increased
Atoms for peace was advanced
by adoption of a statute for an
82-nation international atomic
energy agency. In addition, this
country has negotiated 41 agree
ments to help 39 nations set up
research or power reactors.
The United States still leads
the free world in production of
uranium, the atomic raw mater
ial. In the past half year its
stockpiled more nuclear fuels
and explosives than ever before
in a like period.
This country plans no more H
bomb shots in the Pacific before
1958, but it has scheduled small
caliber A-tests for the Nevada
Proving Ground starting in late
spring.
The semi-annual report dis
closed that the commission is ex
panding its Nevada Proving
Ground, in the vicinity of Jack
ass Flats, into a range for test
ing the bomb-drop characteristics
of various weapons shapes.
The Interior Department re
ported that this extension of the
testing ground involves some
38,400 acres which are no long
er available for leasing.
Mice Get Blame for
Near-Fatal Poisoning
Tokyo ;U.R) Police investi
gators blamed - mice today for
the near-fatal gas poisoning of
three waitresses in a Tokyo res
taurant. They said the mice brushed up
against a gas cock and opened
the jet in the bedroom where
the three girls were sleeping.
Four Flue Fires
Reported in City
Four flue fires were reported
in Medford Monday and Tues
day, according to the Medford
fire department.
Two pumpers were dispatched
to the Harry V. Hayburn resi
dence, 802 East Jackson St.,
Tuesday, when a flue fire ig
nited the roof and burned a 10
by 10 foot hole in it, firemen
said. They extinguished the fire.
Joe Dempsey, 2735 Buckshot
Hill rd., Medford, reported a
fire Tuesday when a faulty flue
at his residence burned an eight
foot area around his stove, it
was reported. The blaze was ex
tinguished by Dempsey before
firemen arrived, they said. Two
pumpers were dispatched.
One pumper was dispatched
Tuesday to a flue fire at the res
idence of Paul McDuffee, 2000
Hillcrest rd., Medford, accord
ing to firemen. They extin
guished the fire. No damage was
reported.
Firemen extinguished a flue
fire Monday at an apartment of
the Ideal Court, Myrtle and
Taylor sts., firemen reported.
One pumper was dispatched to
the alarm and no damage was
reported. Edward Humphrey
was the resident of the apartment.
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Pilot of Stolen
Plane Attempted
To Take Own life
'i
Des Moines, Iowa (U.R)
A 23-year-old student pilot who
terrorized Des Moines in a stolen
plane tried to commit suicide
by swallowing cyanide just be
fore he crash landed, police said
today.
Detective Martin Brightman
said pilot Roy Soderquist told
police if the cyanide had not
worked he was going to shoot
himself.
'Last Big Fling'
Brightman said the only rea
son Solderquist gave for the
suicide attempt was that he was
in debt about SI. 000 and he
wanted to make his "last big
fling."
Soderquist was under obser
vation at Broadlawns General
hospital for injuries he suffered
in the crash landing Tuesday
afternoon. The jarring he took
when the plane nosed over pos
sibly saved him from the home
made cyanide pills.
No Cyanide in System 1
When he landed the seat belt
apparently "hit him in the stom
ach so hard he vomited and
threw them up" Brightman said.
"There was none of the cyanide
in his system."
Soderquist, who had never
flown alone before, had only
15 hours of flight time when he
stole the plane at gunpoint
about noon Tuesday. He had
nearly 19 hours of experience
by the time he crash-landed in
a field in West Des Moines.
Portland Man Talks
At Grants Pass Meet
Grants Pass Dr. Charles G.
Fast, Portland, executive direc
tor of the state association for
retarded children, spoke at a
luncheon Monday in Grants
Pass to the local chapter of the
state association sponsored by
Friends of Retarded Children.
Dr. Fast spoke to the repre
sentatives of several civic organ
izations of the immediate need
of a program for retarded chil
dren and adults in Oregon. He
stressed that the number of re
tarded children and adults in
the state far exceeded the serv
ices availahle and that legisla
tion must be passed for their
benefit.
He also explained that educa
tion legislation must be rjassed
enabling the formation of more
special classes and that there
was a need for legislation to
have an interim committee
make a study or survey of the
retarded in Oregon and report
to the Legislative body in 1959.
PHOENlX
Club to Meet
Phoenix Phoenix Thimble
club will meet Friday. Feb. 1,
at the home of Mrs. Guy Cob
leigh on Fourth st. for a cov
ered dish luncheon. During the
business meeting the newly
elected officers will be installed
by Mrs. Mervin Hixson. Mrs.
James Overturf will be co
hostess. Mrs. Jack Wheeler and baby
son, Mark, are home from the
hospital and doing nicely. The
Wheelers moved here recently
from Central Point and pur
chased their place on Calhoun
rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Frances G. Shea
have moved into the house at
208 Third st. They are from Gar
den City, Kan. Their three chil
dren have entered school, one
in high and the two younger
ones in grade school.
All Oregon Highways
Reported Well Sanded
Salem U.R) All Oregon
routes were reported well sand
ed and chains were needed no
where despite an inch of new
snow at Government Camp and
half an inch at Timberline, the
State Highway department re
ported today.
Spots of ice werereported at
Portland,' Sunset summit, Cas
cade Locks. Corvallis, Roseburg.
Siskiyou, Brothers, Che m u 1 1,
Lakeview, Baker, Ontario, John
Day, Burns and Basque.
Daily's U-Drivs
Medford Airport
Explosions and Fire
Destroy Gasoline
Processing Plant
Whiting, Ind. (U.P) A series
of explosions and fire destroyed
a 10-story processing unit for
high octane gasoline Tuesday
night, causing at least $1 million
damage and. injuring seven men.
The blasts ripped an alkylation
unit shortly belore midnight and
sent rivers of flaming fuel cours
ing through the Standard Oil
Co. of Indiana refinery, one of
the nation's largest.
Sand Dikes Erected
Workmen hastily erected sand
dikes to contain the flames,
which could be seen as far as
three miles from the burning
unit.
The injured men suffered
burns and cuts and all were re
leased after treatment at the
company hospital.
The flames spread to four
Two People Hurt
In Car Accident
Arlon Gene Stockton, 25,
Gerberville, Calif., and Kenneth
T. Burnett, 29, Shady Cove,
were hospitalized with cuts and
possible fractures last night aft
er a one-vehicle accident at the
corner of Cherry lane and Prune
St., according to slate police.
Officers said Stockton was
driving the car north on Cherry
lane and was preparing to make
a right turn onto Prune St., when
lights from another car blinded
him. Stockton's car went across
the street, over a five-foot bank
and hit a wire fence, police said.
Stockton and Burnett, a pas
senger In the vehicle, were tak
en by Medford Ambulance serv
ice to Osteopathic hospital.
Stockton had possible rib frac
tures and Burnett had a possible
broken leg, state police said.
Another passenger in the car,
David K. Holder, 27, of 802 West
Jackson St., was not injured.
The accident occurred at
8:55 p.m.
Eugene Apartment
ildings Damaged
Eugene 'iU.PJ Firemen bat
tled both flames and ice early
today as a blaze caused "several
thousand dollars" damage to two
apartment buildings located
near the city jail here.
Ten persons were chased into
the street in their nightclothes
in five-above-zero weather. One
resident, Otto Hagen, suffered
injuries when he jumped from a
window. A fireman was hurt
when he slipped on the ice.
Two frozen fire hydrants ham
pered firemen.
Firemen said the blaze appar
ently started in a woodshed be
hind one of the buildings and
spread upstairs. A corner and a
roof of the adjoining building
were damaged.
smaller storage tanks, but a
southeast wind prevented them
from reaching 50 tanks con
taining 10,000 to 20.000 gallons
of gasoline each located only 200
yards away.
About 1,200 firemen battled
the flames in near zero temper
atures. Fire officials concen
trated on containing the fire
and let it burn itself out.
A. H. Hayes, assistant refinery
superintendent, said that while
it is difficult to estimate the
damage, "It appears to be in tae
neighborhood of $1 million."
Blasts Rock Area
The blasts rocked the immedi
ate area, knocking out tele
phone communications in that
section temporarily. Flame shot
hundreds of feet into the air and r
dense clouds ot smoke hung over j
the l.buu-acre refinery.
The unit, built in 1942, is
used to process about 5,000 bar
rels of high octane aviation gaso-j
line daily. It consists of a series
of 10-story towers in which the
components of crude oil are re
moved in the production of gaso
line. . The flames also engulfed a
nearby tank containing heating
oil and gasoline byproducts and
three naptha tanks. Other near
by structures in the quarter-mile
refinery area included a power
house, propane tanks and 15
napthalcne stills.
Meany Summons
Warring Factions
Miami Beach U.R) Presi
dent George Meany summoned
heads of two big warring fac
tions of his AFL-CIO today to
try to mend jurisdictional dis
putes that have rocked the
merged labor movement.
Meany was scheduled to con
fer with Richard Gray, director
of the Industrial Union depart
ment, and Al Whitehouse, presi
dent of the Building Trades de
partment. AFL-CIO President Walter
Reuther, head of the CIQ before
the union merger 14 months ago.
is president of the Industrial
Union department made up
chiefly of former CIO. unions.
The Building Trades depart
ment is composed mainly of old
AFL unions. Most of the AFL
CIO's 140 international unions
belong, to one of- the depart
ments.
The two factions have been
warring over jurisdiction ever
since the merger. The disputes
have blocked new organizing
drives.
Meany has recommended a
program for settling the inter
union disputes and also for out
lawing boycotts by one union of
the products of another in the
jurisdictional wars. Representa
tives of the two departments,
however, failed to agree on de
tails of the peace plan.
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