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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, MadforJ, Oregon, Sunday, February 1 AEC Plans To Use Nuclear Power To (Blast pen Untapped Oil Reserves Washington -OB-The Atom ic Energy Commission has an nounced plans to blast open with nuclear explosions what may be the largest untapped oil reserve in the world. The first shot part of the AEC's Plowshare program to demonstrate peaceful uses of atomic explosives, is expected ome time in the fiscal year tarting July 1. A tentative site has been picked in north western Colorado. The commission outlined the project in its 25th semi annual report to Congress. The report disclosed no spec tacular advances in civilian atomic power and mentioned weapons only briefly. The AEC has scheduled no weapons tests for the new fis cal year. It does, however, ex pect to conduct Plowshare ex periments starting not earlier than late summer. Can Recover Oil The commission said nu clear explosions can break up huge masses of oil - bearing shale so that the oil can be recovered. It added that shale deposits in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming "are believed to be the largest untapped oil re- serve in this continent if not in the world." The three-state reserve has been estimated at 3,000 billion barrels. The report said the AEC and Bureau of Mines have reached "an inter-agency co operative agreement" in con nection with the shale project and that the oil industry will PWC Approves County Control Portland (DPD Regulations aimed at giving counties more responsibility in administer ing social security programs were approved by the state public welfare commission Fri day. The new rules, which go into effect in April, provide that counties no longer will have to submit each social security case decision to the state office for review an-approval. Counties long have sought more direct control of their program. 1 Instead of submitting cases to the state, the Commission's field service division will re view each county's operations once every three years and will study a sampling of case actions. The state agency also will fulfill its role of over-all administrator by means of written instructions to coun ties and by supervision through field offices. The Commission also ap proved, tentatively, revised medical care policies, subject to final review by Dr. James Stewart, its new medical con sultant. One provision is that patients may not be hospital ized more than seven days under the welfare program unless "additional justifica tion" is given by the physi cian in charge. Boy, 12, Killed In Roseburg Fire Roseburg (UPD Fire swept through a two - story frame house here early yesterday causing the death of a 12-year-old boy and burning three members of his family, one seriously. Firemen identified the vic tim as Mike McKenzie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger McKen zie. McKenzie was in Com munity hospital in . serious condition suffering second and third degree burns. Mrs. Mc Kenzie and another son, 8-year-old Jeff, were less seriously burned. Firemen said the fire, of undetermined origin, started about 1:05 a.m. and trapped the family in the upstairs bedrooms. FIND BIG FLOWER Padang, Sumatra (UPD The Indonesian forestry service announced yesterday discov ery of one. of the world's largest flowers a trumpet like bloom 24 inches in dia meter and 70 inches high. They said the flower, a mem ber of the amorpholpallus family, .was found in the jungles on Sumatra's west coast. be invited to participate Tentative plans are to use a nuclear device equal to 10, 000 tons of TNT. It would be fired at the end of a 1,450-foot tunnel 900 feet deep in a mesa situated in ; the Maghogany Zone of the Piceance Creek Basin in Garfield County, Colo. The project would cost about $1,500,000, not counting the explosive. The AEC has $7,500,000 in its new budget for Plowshare. j Othr Tests Planned j Another oil recovery proj ect has been proposed for the Athabaska tar sands of north east Alberta. The Richfield Oil Co. of Los Angeles and repre sentatives of the Canadian and U. S. atomic commissions have discussed informally the feasibility of a 2,000-ton test shot in the spring of 1960. The AEC's semi-annual re port said atomic industry "continued a gradual growtn in 1958." Private industry, it said, spent about $70 million of its own money on power reactors compared to $40 million-the year before. Total fed eral and private spending on power and propulsion reactors was about $400 million, up $100 million. Nuclear fuel and explosives production "met or exceeded" coals. WeaDons proof -test in the Pacific last year are going into the stockpile. Although no new tests were scheduled, "emphasis continued on re search and development . . . to improve and increase the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weap ons." Other highlights: SPACE - A flightless fore runner of nuclear spacecran is almost ready for tests in Nevada. "Encouraging re sults" were obtained in re search on an atomic Ramjet "with essentially unlimited range within tne atmospnere. A tiny nuclear generator is being developed with 20 times the power of the five - watt gadget recently demonstrated at the White House. Two other types of auxiliary power plant for space vehicles are nearing the test stage. NUCLEAR NAVY - Con gress authorized 12 new atom powered naval craft, bringing total authorizations to 38 three surface ships and 33 sub marines. ATOMIC PLANE - "Many important milestones" were passed. They included ground operation of turbojet engines in parallel from a common nuclear heat source and 47 flights aboard a convention ally - powered plane of a one- million-watt reactor designed to test crew shielding. By the end of fiscal 1960 the Defense Department and AEC will have spent nearly 'one-billion dollars on this project without actually building a plane. ATOMIC PLANT - The na tion's investment in atomic facilities reached $7,240,000, 000 on Dec. 31. JOHN S. CLARKE Glasgow, Scotland-fUFD-John S. Clarke, 73, onetime secre tary to Nikolai Lenin, died in a hospital here Friday. In addition to his post as Lenin's secretary Clarke fol lowed a number of other careers, including lion tam ing, archaeology, exploring, zoology, journalism and pol itics. He was a member of the Royal Commission of Fine Arts for Scotland, a Laborite member of Parliament and author of the book, "Russia under the Red Terror." 6sy Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins Grange News Gold Hill Grang At a meeting of all the offi cers of Gold Hill Grange call ed by the Master, Charles Foote, plans were discussed for the making of better pro grams for the year ahead. The meeting was held at the hall Thursday, Jan. 29, with all but one officer present. Many plans and projects were presented and will be carried out as time permits. First of these plans was a program for the next regulai meeting of the Grange, Feb. 5. All members and guests are asked to come in old-time costumes, the older the better. This is in keeping with the Centennial celebration of this year. There will be a program of tableaux and music and there will be a display table of oid-time pictures, relics, j utensils, books, curios and ; those attending are asked to ; bring anything they may have for this table. Grace Bruce, Publicity Unwanted Passengers Are 'Ship Worms' Many boats, great and small, sail out of ports carry ing more passengers than the captain or crew of the craft know anything about. They are silent, unseen, unwanted passengers. Within the very framework of the craft may be a colony of "living augers" at work day and night to bring the boat to a state of total collapse. These unseen passengers are tne s o-c ai i e a snip worms," constantly working on the boat's planking until. the structure becomes paper- thin-almost a wooden shell. These "worms" belong to the family of creatures to which the oyster and the clam as well as the other mollusks belong. Many mollusks are really benefactors to mankind. Many others are tolerant to our nearness or utterly oblivious to our presence. Very few are actually destructive. How ever, one in particular has caused man considerable em barrassment and tremendous expense. Boat owners especial ly have suffered from the de- structiveness of the wood bor ing "teredo" worm. A True Mollusk Peculiarly enough this char acter is a true mollusk, a soft bodied animal with a living shell that works within the wood parts of a boat or any other wood that is immersed water. Eventually, if not killed, it will completely de stroy the planking. The presence of these de structive "worms" in warm sea water has made necessary the expensive painting of boat hulls with copper base paints to discourage somewhat the attractiveness of the wood to the home-seeking teredo worm. The worm's destruc- tiveness is due solely to the animal's desire 'for a home They do not actually live on wood, as is the case of tne land termite, but use the tun nel in which to create a lime stone tube. Many boat owners claim the teredo worm will not work in teakwood. The rea son for this aversion is not known, but as this wood too expensive for most fishing boats, other measures must be resorted to. Copper sheathing or copper base paints are part ly the answer. The tiny teredo mollusk enters the wood through a hole no larger than a pin prick. Makes Cavity As soon as he enters he be gins eating at the wood order to make for himself roomy cavity. As he continues to grow he enlarges the tun nel, always eating lengthwise of the wood, or following the line of least resistance by fol lowing the grain. If he en counters a knot or bolt or an other teredo worm, he turns aside, but continues eating and growing. The teredo worm has a long, cylindrical, transparent, almost gelatin-like body, with a tiny pair of shell-like valves on the head. The stream of seawater entering the opening made by the worm carries the wood-dust back out and brings in food and a fresh supply of water. Within the teredo's body is a long U-shaped tube that captures the microscopic animal and plant life constant ly being brought in with the water. For this reason a boat in motion would probably bring more food to the worm than a boat that was tied at the dock, although standing boats in quiet waters are more liable to infestation. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) 4-H Club News Lone Pin Merry Maids The Lone Pine Merry Maids 4-H club in cooking, third year, and child care, met Jan. 24 at the home of their leader, Mrs. Millie Edwards. Roll call was taken, and refreshments served by Linda Betz. Mrs. Edwards served coffee to the three visiting mothers, and Miss Mary Lou Garner, county extension agent, who later showed films on child care. The next meeting will Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. Path Jones, Reporter be Fancy Chiefs Our last meeting of the Fancy Chiefs 4-H club was held at Linda Sommers. We had a model meeting for the younger group. "Our next meeting will be at Joyce Crittean's at 2 pjn. Saturday, Feb. 14. 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