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MAIL TRIBUNE, Mefforl Or.
A Thursday, Aug. 20, 1959
President Fil
For European Trip
Washington-(Science Serv
ice) - President ' Eisenhower
is "fit as a fiddle" for his
impending trip to Europe.
The President will not
have any special physical ex
aminations or medication be
fore flying to Bonn. West
Germany, on Aug. 26. The
President will not even have
a smallpox vaccination be
cause he traveled outside of
the country .less than three
years ago and therefore still
has this protection.
The President's personal
physician, Maj. Gen. Howard
McC. Snyder, will probably
accompany the chief execu
tive on the trip.
The President is reported
to be a good sleeper who is
accustomed to taking a daily
nap. He also receives a daily
checkup. Mr. Eisenhower is
scheduled to spend the next
two week 'ends on his Gettys
burg, Pa., farm where he will
rest in anticipation of the
trip. :
The chief executive will fl
from Bonn to Great Britain
and France, returning to the
U. S. Sept. 5 or 6-
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By Jimmy Hatlo
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; Substance in Roseburg Blast ,
Long Unrecognized as Explosive
DOUGLAS BATTLES TAXES
Los Angeles - (UPD - Actor
Kirk Douglas and his wife
have filed an appeal against
an Internal Revenue service
claim that they owe $143,
519.99 in back taxes, it was
revealed today. The govern
ment charged that they made
excess deductions on their
1955 income tax return.
Washington-(Science Serv-
ice)-Ammonium nitrate, gen
erally harmless and an ex
cellent fertilizer, not only
blasted out eight city blocks
of Roseburg, Ore., but also
was responsible for three of
the five greatest accidental
explosions of the past.
The white solid substance
has such peculiar detonation
DroDerties that it was not
recognized as an explosive for
centuries. In fact, in its rela
tively pure form, it is almost
impossible to explode.
Become Popular
Only recently, it has been
found that when mixed with
fuel oil, ammonium nitrate
becomes extremely sensitive
to heat and shock. Its explo-
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sive power sometimes equals
tnat of tnt. in tne past two
or three years, because it is
cheaper than dynamite, the
ammonium nitrate-fuel oil
mixture has become quite
popular as a useful explosive.
Victor E. Haninger, an In
terstate Commerce Commis
sion explosives expert, told
Science Service that two of
the more important safety pre
cautions for storage of am
monium nitrate are:
1. Do not keep it in un
ventilated confinement. A
build-up of heat and pressure
in a container could cause an
explosion similar to that in
the Texas City disaster 12
years ago.
2. Store it away from
sources of fire and other ex
plosives. A full report on the Rose
burg disaster has not yet been
made. An explosives-laden
truck, parked near a building
that caught fire, blew up. The
truck was carrying ammonium
nitrate and dynamite. It is
not known what exploded
first, something in the build
ing, the dynamite, or the
nitrate.
Originated in Ship
The Texas City explosion
originated in the hold of the
ship Grand Camp, possibly
due to a lighted cigarette butt.
The hold, loaded with millions
of pounds of ammonium ni
trate fertilizer, was closed
while the fire smoldered.
Upon discovery of the burn
ing nitrate bags, tne snips
attenuated to smother
the flames with steam. Water
might have ruined some of
the cargo. Steam servea umy
v,o hniH hotter, and
IU uian
the nitrate blew up. A second
,in o-mlnried the following
ov aHrline to the catastro
phe' that almost totally de-
stroyed tne cuy "u
mr.ro than 560 persons.
In the same year as the
Texas City disaster, 194, a
Inarlerl with am-
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monium nitrate fertilizer ex
ploded at Brest, France,
deaths resulted,
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and major destruction spread
over a three-mile area.
Th wnrst of the ammon
ium nitrate explosions took
r.iano in i A21 at ODDau. Ger
many. About 9,000,000 pounds
of the substance blew up. ine
Wast left a lake one-third of
a mile in diameter where a
warehouse and a nitrate plant
had been. Major damage cov
ered an area of four miles.
Some 1,000 persons died.
Nearly Normal
Temperatures Seen
Suitland, Md. - (Science
Service) Temperatures high
er than normal during the
next 30 days are predicted
for the northeast section of
the country by the U. S.
Weather Bureau's long-range
forecast experts here.
- The 30-day outlook for the
period from mid-August to
mid-September calls for tem
peratures to average near
normal along the Gulf Coast
and in the upper Mississippi
Valley, but above normal in
the remainder of the nation's
eastern half, with "greatest
departures" in the Northeast.
In the western half, tempera
tures are predicted to average
below seasonal normals, ex
cept for near to above normal
along the Pacific Coast.
Precipitation is expected to
exceed normal in the north
central portion of the coun
try from the Great Lakes to
the Rocky Mountains. Sub
normal amounts are predict
ed over the far Southwest,
and also in a broad band from
Texas through the southern
Appalachian Mountains to
New England. In unspecified
areas, near normal rainfall is
indicated.
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Britt, Iowa - (CPD - "Scoop
Shovel Scotty" and "Boxcar
Betty" were crowned king and
queen at the annual hobo con
vention Tuesday.
Far East Growth in
Population Could
Upset World Peace
Washington (Science Serv
ices-Failure to control ex
plosive population growth in
the Far East "will certainly
adversely affect the peace of
the world," a population ex
pert warns.
Robert C. Cook, president
of the Population Reference
Bureau here, foresees "social
invention of the highest ord
er" as the only way to cope
with the problem. t
"Those countries which are
prepared to attack this sur
passing problem of the bal
ance between births and
deaths," he saids, "should be
given all possible technical
assistance."
More than half of the
world's population lives in
Asia and the Far East, China
and India accounting for al
most 70 per cent of the to
tal. Japan, Indonesia, and
Pakistan, each with more
than 80.000,000 people, are
among the seven most popu
lated countries of the world.
Continuance of the present
growth rate will double the
population in Asia and the
Far East in 30 years. - -
The only population-control
success in this area, has been
achieved in postwar Japan
with one of the most dramatic
birth-rate reductions "hi his
tory." Unlike its neighbors,
however, Japan is an indus
trial, urban nation with high
levels of education and large
groups of technically skilled
workers.
Cook attributes the drop in
population growth to the
Japanese Government's em
phasis on family planning.
Public interest in steriliza
tion and abortion are at least
partially responsible. Abor
tion now seems to be on the
decline as a result of a vig
orous information program
on contraceptives.
Cook believes the other
underdeveloped Far Eastern
countries cannot match Jap
an's outstanding success, nor
can they approach the prob
lem in the same way.
"The varied ' social, relig
ious, economic and political
'climates' .... indicate that
different approaches' to the
problem are essential," he
says. "Just what these are re
mains to be discovered. Acute
necessity may bring about
some radical and effective so
cial inventions."
Although most of the Far
Eastern nations recognize the
seriousness of their popula
tion trends, Cook says, they
must produce results within
the next two decades or face
frustration of their hopes for
a new life. .
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CLAIMING. SHE IS DESTITUTE, Mrs. Opal Quisen
berry. Atlanta, Ga., says she has given away several of
her eight children and plans to offer others fur adoption.
She is being held on suspicion of abandonment .
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Miami - (UPD - Capt. Roy
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American World Airways
with 30V4 years, 27,000 fly
ing hours and 6,000,000 air
miles behind him, retired
July 31 at the age of 60. His
retirement plan? TraveL
"Practically all my travel has
been from U. S. gateways out
ward," he said. "Now I want
to see the United States."
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