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Thursday, Mjrch 17. 1960 D MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. J Atmosphere Found To Swell, Contract It! Response To Sun . rgtiigton - (TPD - The 4igh atmosphere fpe43$ fmi contracts in re t&m the changing moods Jlw mm. tfijs s reported in 'a state en4 7 the Smithsonian As tophysueel Observatory on its Studied f satellite orbits. U n ejected irregularities i the ath of Vanguard I, Measles Vaccine Long Way Off, Scientist Says Washington - (Science Serv ice) - There is discouraging news for America's youngsters today. They will continue to be subjected to the discomforts of one of childhood's most common infectious diseases, measles. This gloomy fore cast is based on a statement by a Buffalo virologist that a measle vaccine is not expect ed to be developed in the near future. Scientists are still a long way from such a protective vaccine, Dr. David T. Karzon of the department of bacteri ology and immunology at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine, told Science Service. Distemper Antibodies Commenting on research wrth the measles viruses, Dr. Karzon explained that there is some relationship between them and the viruses that cause distemper in dogs. It has been established that chil dren that develop measles de velop antibodies against both measles and distemper, he told an audience at Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania. Scientists believe the viruses are only distantly related, however, because this double action does not occur in all species of animals. Puppies immunized with measles viruses are capable of challenging very active dis temper viruses although the .puppies do not exhibit abun dant distemper antibodies as a result of the measles infec tion. This unexpected reac tion remains a puzzle, he said. May Not Be Dangerous When asked if a distemper vaccine could produce the re verse effect, that is, stimulate the development of antibodies against measles viruses, . the virologist replied that he did not know. For one thing, he explained, distemper may or may not be dangerous in man. As far as is now known, man does not contract distemper, but there is no positive proof that distemper viruses inject ed into man for the purposes of producing antibodies would not affect humans. Distemper and measles have similar symptoms which in clude fever, "runny nose," fa tigue and discomfort. As a childhood disease, measles is relatively harmless if it runs its normal course. Possible complications include brain fever or encephalitis, how ever. In conclusion, Dr. Kar zon noted that puppies im munized with infectious measles viruses do not de velop chinical symptoms of the disease. x Congratulations on your 50th Anniversary 'your official launched March 17, 1958, led jto discovery of the pulse-like behavior of the upper atmos phere. Scientists attribute the fluc tuations to changes in the rate at which the temperamental sun emits ultraviolet radiation and charged particles. Varia tions in such emissions affect the temperature and density of the atmosphere at great heights. Long -period swelling and contracting of the atmosphere was linked to fluctuations in solar ultraviolet radiation. Short - term changes were as sociated with ejection of par ticles from the sun. Night-Side Contracts The observatory also found a correspondence between the atmosphere's conduct and the sun's rotational period of 27 days. Moreover, the report said, "as the earth rotates the atmosphere of the night-side, not directly subjected to solar radiation, cools and con tracts." The sun is a fairly stable star. But it is by no means quiescent. From time to time giant eruptions, called flares, hurl vast numbers of particles into space. Some authorities believe this and other kinds of solar activity may have a profound ly disturbing effect upon the earth's weather. Not Enough Known Weather bureau scientists, however, say that if there is such an effect, not enough is yet known about it to help forecasting. The Smithsonian Observa tory did not express an opin ion on what influence if any is exerted on the weather by the sun-induced pulsations in the high atmosphere. "All the details of the re lationship," it said, "are not yet clear." Rotation Affects Growth of Plants London -(Science Service) The health of your potted plants may depend on the di rection in which you rotate them. A New Zealand researcher took several types of plants under fixed conditions o f light, temperature and humid ity and turned them continu ously about a vertical axis at the rate of one revolution a day. He found that the plants used - cyclamen (member of the primrose family), scarlet runner beans, and oats were sensitive to the direction of rotation. Clockwise rotation, when viewed from above, in hibited growth while counter clockwise rotation stimulated it. 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