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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.
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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.
A Minneapolis fireman
named Louis Rober is cred
ited with inventing the game
of softball in 1895.
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