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zzs$i (llhli vi:4" J A j. Vi ' " .lr &m i ATOMS AWEIGH The USS Halibut, the first nuclear powered submarine capable of firing guided missiles, slides down the ways during launching at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Vallejo, Calif. The 5000-ton submarine is 350 feet long and costs $36 million. Relationship Between Radiation, Leukemia Disagreement Factor Washington -(Science Ser- vice)-There is still disagree ment among scientists con cerning the relationship be tween radiation dosages and the incidence of leukemia, ac cording to a recent report de livered by a six-committee council here. A group of scientists report ing for the United Nations has agreed that there is either a straight linear effect of ra diation exposure or a "thres hold" minimum dosage that will induce leukemia, or can cer of the blood, as it is sometimes called. The linear effect refers to a direct in crease in damage to the blood as dosage increases. But a six-committee coun cil of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council on the biological ef fects of atomic radiation has pronounced other ideas. Induced by Radiation They propose that any leu kemia that is induced by ra diation is due to a number of variables, which may in clude either does effect pro posed by the UN. The committees stated that they were inclined to view many forms of cancer, in cluding leukemia, as changes that arise through a more or less complex series of re sponses. Knowledge to date is too incomplete to permit an ac curate estimate ot the num ber of cases of radiation-in duced leukemia, bone cancer or other types of tumors, the six-committee report stated. There is perhaps too great an impression created that leukemia is an inevitable re sult of radiation, neglecting the fact that leukemia devel ops in only a fraction of ra diologists who are heavily ex posed by occupation. More and wider research, including compilation of data, will be necessary before any definite relationship can be determined, the committee report said. Astronomers to Record Ultraviolet Light Cleveland. Ohio - (Science Service) Astronomers at Case Institute of Technology here will start next March usine a new device, the first in the United States, to re cord ultraviolet light from faraway stars. Called an ultraviolet prism, the device will permit as tronomers to analyze invisible radiations given off by stars 6,000 times as bright as the sun. The stars in which they are particularly interested are thousands of light years away in the outer spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy, the gigantic pinwheel of billions of stars in which the sun earth and other planets are located (A light year is the distant light, traveling at 186.000 miles per second, covers in Ike's Budget To Show Surplus Washington Two Repub lican leaders reported after a White House briefing today that President Eisenhower's new budget will show a sur plus of about SI 00 million. The figure was mentioned by Reps. John Taber (R-N.Y.) and John W. Byrnes (R-Wis.) following the President's first regular weexiy comerence with GOP leaders of the 86th Congress. Taber said he understood there was no change in the President's announced plans to submit a S77 billion budget for the new fiscal year start ing July 1. He said he under stood the figure would be $77,100,000,000. Redwood Wreck Claims Second Victim Grants Pass -(UP&- An acci dent Dec. 27 in which a pick up truck left the Redwood highway just south of the Oregon border and plunged into a canyon claimed a sec ond life Sunday. Dover Delaware Monnin, 56, Crescent City, Calif, died in Josephine General hospital here of injuries suffered in tlie crash. His wife, Elsie, was killed, outright in the accident. one year, nearly 6,000 billion miles. It would be represent ed virtually exactly by one mile on a map on which the earch was one inch from the sun.) Grant to Purchase The National Science Foun dation granted Case $10,500 to purchase the device. It will be used to study the "blue" stars, classified by as tronomers as the OB group. Much of the radiation emitted by these relatively young stars, with ages measured in millions instead of billions of years, is in the ultraviolet range. Ultraviolet rays are the part of the sun's light re sponsible for tanning skin. The prism is two feet in diameter and weighs 72 pounds. It breaks up the star's radiations into a band of rays that can be photographed and studied. Very faint stars can be photographed using the new device, so discoveries of previously unrecorded blue stars are expected. Aurora Mayor in Hospital Following Fight at Meeting Aurora, 111. Mayor Faul Egan, never one to duck a fight, was hospitalized today because he apparently failed to duck in a melee with the city's building inspector. Egan entered St. Charles Hospital late Monday, his face cut and bruised. A hos pital spokesman said the may or was resting comfortably. The mayor's opponent, H. M. Halbesma, who doubles as sergeant-at-arms in City Coun cil meetings, was unmarked. Egan, a short, paunchy man, was mismatched in the fight. Halbesma, a former Ma rine Corps sergeant, is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. The trouble began Monday during a City Council meet ing when Egan told the city's four commissioners he would refuse to conduct any business until they recognized his fir ing of police chief Don Cur ran and the entire police force. Feuding With Police Egan has been feuding with his police department for months, and has been jailed twice by police once when he called a meeting to recruit a new police force and again when he tried to crash a party attended by Gov. William G. Stratton. The commissioners ignored Egan, whereupon the mayor set up a din by banging on his desk with a gavel. Halbesma wrested the gavel from the mayor. Egan resumed his pounding with a glass ash tray and a plastic tray until both broke. He then banged the desk with his fists. The commissioners retali ated by adopting a motion to eject him from the council meeting for "disorderly and disgraceful conduct." Egan ignored the commissioners. Fight Begins Halbesma again went into action, pulling Egan from his chair and out a back door. The mayor shouted an un complimentary opinion o f Halbesma and the fight be gan. A short time later a police captain and three officers pried the two apart. Wit nesses said Egan went down Republicans Colled More Than Demos Washington -(DPD- The Re publican high command col lected and spent more money in last year's election cam paign than the top Democrat ic organizations. This was disclosed today in final reports on campaign expenditures filed with the house clerk by the two po litical parties. The Republican National committee and the GOP House and Senate commit tees reported that they re ceived contributions totalling $2,349,804. The three commit tees spent $2,267,909. The Democratic National Committee and the Democrat ic House and Senate Cam paign committees receiving contributions totalling $1, 239,480. They spent $1,268,-734. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Jack Lyle Cowley, illegal posses sion of venison. $30. Donald E. Ort. 609 Sherman St., Medford. driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, $225. Richard B. Norris. following too close. $15. Ernest R. Kennedy, improper lane changing. $10. Willard E. Robertson, failure to stop for traffic signal, $10. Leslie A. Ladd, no operator's li cense on person, $10,- Wallace M. Rice, failure to make traffic stop. $10. Jack A. Rinn Jr., racing, $10. at least once, but it was not determined whether it was a knockdown or a slip. The mayor grabbed a taxi and went to the hospital where he refused to talk to newsmen. Chief Curran remarked "something is going to have to be done about things in Aurora." Halbesma admitted "each of us threw a few punches." "A fine way to start a Mon day," he added. Metals Industry Enters 1959 on Optimistic Note New York - (CPD - The non- ferrous metals industry enters 1959 on a note of optimism as many of its biggest customers continue to fatten their stocks for the continuing post-reces sion push. Top-heavy production and liquidation of surpluses played hob with non-ferrous metals early in 1958, toppling prices and eroding profits. Here and abroad the indus try reeled under a combina tion of blows including a de clining demand, a weak price structure and inventory reduc tions on the part of consum ers which sent producers' stocks zooming. The metals industry also was plagued by Russian dumping of metals. Some ex perts believe the Russians may unload more of their surpluses in 1959, which could have fur ther disrupting effects on the prices of some metals. Faith in Ability But the industry is putting its faith in the economy's abil ity to broaden its recovery swing in 1959 and put its members, especially copper, zinc, lead and aluminum, back into high gear. . Factors behind the expected improvement: A continuing rise in industrial output, higher construction activity and the rebuilding of reces sion-starved inventories among consumers. Copper is touted as an out standing bet for a fast pickup while further advances for lead and zinc are expected to be less spectacular. Copper should have a good year if autos, machinery, ap pliances and construction con tinue to gain. Already demand for the red metal is being stimulated by the rising post- recession needs of these four key industries. . As in copper, commercial demand for aluminum should rise sharply, with a big assist from two bellwethers con struction and autos. The experts say aluminum consumption by the auto in dustry could show an advance of nearly 50 per cent in 1959 based on a projected produc tion of some 5,500,000 cars. Salem Youngster Drowns in Creek Salem -(UPD- Randy Blais- dell, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs Charles J. Blaisdell of Salem, drowned Monday afternoon when he fell into a creek near his home in south Salem. Police said the child had been playing with other chil dren at the time of the accident. EX-STOCK BROKER DIES Washington - (CPD - John F. O'Mahoney, 65, a former New York stock broker and one t i m e vaudeville performer, died Sunday, four days after suffering a heart attack while here on business. UMM 5 Why feed the big thirst of bigger '59's? See the Compact New S Even More Economical for 1959! Now for 59, Rambler gives you even more miles per gallon, saves even more on first cost, too up to $214 on comparable 4-door models. Easiest to turn and park . . . first with Personalized Comfort: individual sectional sofa front seats. Go Rambler! . New 100 inch wheelbase RAMBLER AMERICAN $1835 SogtstJ dslrverad pric it Ktnssht. Wisconsin, for 2-door wdfl ft left Stat and local taw, if any, automatic trans mas too and optional aquipmanC utra. LEA MOTORS, Bartlett at 5th, Medford FORMER JUSTICE DIES Amsterdam, N.Y. -UPI)-Former New York State Su preme Court Justice Christo .pher J. Heffernan, 76, died Monday after a long illness. Georgia has yielded to Cali fornia in peach production but this state still leads the nation in other crops, among which are peanuts, watermelons, pi mientos and pecans. Persons between the ages of 21 and 50 and pregnant women up to their seventh month have been found to be particularly susceptible to sunburn. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday. January 13, 1959 3 The oldest forest fire look out station in Maine is still in operation. It was established on Squaw Mountain in 1905. 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