Team of Scientists
Announce Discovery
Of Element 102
Chicago HP A team of sci
entists from three countries to
day announced the discovery of
element 102.
The joint international re
search team include scientists
from the United States, Great
Britain and Sweden.
The new element was discov
ered by bombarding cirium, ele
ment 96, with carbon ions.
Argonne Scientists Help
Scientists from Argonne Na
tional Laboratory represented
the United States in the research
project. Other members of the
group were from Britain's atomic
energy research establishment at
Harwell, and the Nobel Institute
for Physics in Stockholm.
Winston M. Manning, director
of Argonne's chemistry division,
said this was the first time any
pf the artificially-created ele
ments had been discovered by
an International research team.
American and British scien-
' tists proposed that the new ele
ment be named Nobelium, after
the Swedish institute where the
actual work was performed.
The institute is named in hon
or of the Swedish chemist, the
late Alfred Nobel.
Argonne provided the rare iso
topes of cirium used in the ex
periments. The cirium was sent
to Harwell where British scien
tists prepared the material for
the experiments.
Carbon 13 Provided
Harwell also provided a rare
Isotope of carbon carbon 13
which was used to bombard the
cirium particles.
The Nobel institute provided
the cyclotron in which the dis
covery was made, in addition to
some special equipment and a
staff of physicists, chemists and
technicians.
The research team said discov
ery of the element and a study of
its properties has extended sci
ence's fundamental knowledge
of matter.
Three Accidents
- Reported in City
Three traffic accidents were
reported in Medford Monday, ac
cording to city police. No in
juries were reported in any of
tha accidents.
- A car operated by Samuel
Gene Bell, Ashland, struck a
parted car registered to the
Dairy Queen, 450 South Cen
tral ave., Medford, on South
Riverside ave. between Main
and Eighth sts., police said.
An accident occurred at North
Riverside ave. and Jackson st.
involving a log truck operated
by Clifford Lee Maddox, Ash
land, ad a car operated by How
ard Warren Mather, 609 North
Rivers? ave., officers reported.
A car aperated by Stanley
Carltaa Schoen, 101 Crater Lake
ave., Medferd. struck a parking
meter on Korth Grape St. be
tween Fifth and Sixth sts., police
laid.
County Court Displays
Visitors Register
The county court this week
is displaying the official visitor's
register which was a feature of
Jackson county's exhibit at the
Lewis and Clark Centennial Ex
position held in Portland in
190S.
Contained in the large vol
ume are names of numerous
Jackson county residents as well
as residents elsewhere in the
northwest. The book was super
vised it the exposition by Dav
id H. Jackson, who was sheriff
here at that time.
On July 4, the register was
presented to the county court
by Charles W. Koyl, adminis
trator in the estate of Minnie
Benice Jackson Koyl of Ash
land. Mrs. Koyl was Jackson's
daughter and once was owner
of the book.
Late this week the court plans
to turn the register over to the
Jacksonville museum.
Two Grsss Fires Are
Reported in CP
Central Point Two grass fires
were reported today by Central
Point firemen. Neither of them
was serious.
The most recent occurred at
6:10 p.m. yesterday on Glenn
Way within the city limits. Po
lice Chief Wallace Bowen said
this morning. Two trucks were
sent from the fire department.
The fire was extinguished before
much damage resulted. Cause
was attributed possibly to chil
dren playing with matches,
Bowen said.
An earlier fire occurred Sun
day on the Snowy Butte road at
tha south city limits of Central
Point. Little damage resulted
Bowen said children playing
with matches may have been the
cause.
Bowen added that none of the
fires occurring so far this fire
season have been serious. How
ever, he cautioned Central Point
residents to be careful of trash
burning and to keep matches
away from small children.
Goy. Holmes Signs
Mining Resolution
Salem HP Gov. Robert D
Holmes today signed a western
governors' resolution calling for
a national policy on minerals
aimed at keeping the domestic
mining industry economically
heilthy.
The resolution is based on
recommendations of the gover
nors' mining advisory council at
the Western governors' confer
ence in Reno last April.
It asks Congress to "rectify
th- errors in past tariff reduc
tions oy the imposition of im
port control, so that the ratio
of domestic production to dom
estic consumption shall not fall."
"TTpless the United States
producer is assured of a fair
share of the domestic market,
he cannot justify continued op
eration," the resolution reads.
Tuesday, July 9, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVZlf
Antares Thought by Some To Be Largest of Stars
By FAY BENTLEY
"What Is the name of that
beautiful red star in the south
eastern sky?" a friend inquired
recently. "I've seen it every
clear night for several weeks."
The star which had engaged
the speaker's attention is An
tares, thought by some astron
omers to be one of the largest
stars ever measured. Its diamet
er is approximately 330 times
that of our sun, or about 285 mil
lion miles.
Red Antares, twinkling madly,
low in the southeastern heavens,
is the Alpha or brightest star in
Scorpio the Scorpion, most mag
nificent of all the summer con
stellations and second in mag
nitude to brilliant Orion of the
winter skies.
Antares, a double star, marks
the heart of the Scorpion. Be
cause of its color ancient people
chose for this celestial beauty
a name meaning "rival of Mars."
But although the reddish hues of
the planet Mars and the star,
Antares, are similar, the scintil
lating light rays from this giant
sun could never be mistaken for
the steady glow of the "god of
war."
Mars may now be seen lowl According to one legend this
in the west for a short time
after sunset as an conspicuous
second mignitude object. By
the middle of August the red
planet will be too low on the
horizon for easy observation
During the last half of July
all five "naked eye" planets
will -he observable in the twi
light sky. Venus, Mars and Mer
cury will adorn the western
horizon for about an hour after
sundown. Jupiter, in the south
west is higher in the sky than
thenthree mentioned above, and
will be visible for three hours
after sunset. Saturn, just above
the red Antares, sets shortly
after midnight.
In order of brightness these
five planets will be: Venus, Jup
iter, Mercury, Saturn and Mars.
Venus, of course, leads in magni
tude. The non-twinkling light of
the planets will distinguish them
from the stars.
The Scorpion is unique among
the sky pictures in that it truly
suggests the object for which
it is named. It is a very old con
stellation; carvings of the Stone
Age show that it was known
during that era.
is the scorpion that frightened
the horses hitched to the sun
chariot which Phaethon was try
ing to drive across the sky. The
high spirited animals had be
come almost crazed with fear
while passing the Bears, the
Bull and the Lion. To see a
scorpion lashing its terrible tail
was the ."last straw." Complete
ly unmanageable, they overturn
ed the chariot and Phaethon fell
into the River Eridanus.
Scorpion Stings Orion
Another myth tells us that the
Scorpion stung Orion the
Mighty Hunter to death and for
this reason these two beautiful
constellations cannot be seen in
the heavens at the same time.
To prevent further trouble, Juno
wife of Jupiter, placed Orion
in the winter sky, while Scor
pius is visible during the weeks
of summer.
To find this brightest of sum
mer constellations look to the
southeast as soon as it is dark.
KOt far above the horizon the
madly twinkling red Antares
will attract your attention. As
mentioned before, this is the
"heart" of the Scorpion. About'
equally distant on each side of
Antares lies a yellow star. The
line of three "eelestial candles"
is easily distinguished.
A line of five yellow stars to
the right or west of Antares,
lying nearly at right angles to
the three mentioned above, rep
resent the giant front claws of
the creature. This part of the
Scorpion is much the shape of
a fan.
On the left or east of Antares
the back of the scorpion curves
downward towards the bottom,
then up to form the arrow-shaped
sting. It is often difficult to
see this portion because of cloud
iness or haze near the skyline,
but the fan-shaped part of this
sky picture is visible on any
clear night during the weeks of
summer.
Bobcat Disrupts Power
Klamath Falls IP Electrical
service along about 25 miles of
Copco lines was disrupted early
today when a .bobcat climbed a
power pole on a ranch and stuck
:t paw into a switch designed to
cause a cutout in case of emer
gency. The bobcat lost its life.
Weed Plywood Plant
Fire Causes Damage
Weed, Calif. HP An early
morning fire at the plywood
plant of the International Pa
per Company's Long Bell div
ision today caused an undeter
mined amount of damage.
The blaze broke out about
5:15 ajn. and was under control
by 7 a.m. It was confined to the
number two dryer, unfinished
plywood products and nearby
motors.
British United Press was or
ganized in 1922 to serve news
papers in the British Empire.
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