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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOR0. ORE. THURSDAY. JULY M. I960 6 New Device for Amplifying Light Passes Tests New York -(Science Serv . ice)- Successful operation of an optical maser, a new de vice for greatly amplifying light beams, was reported here. It is expected to have im portant applications in send ing and receiving signals from satellites and other ob jects in space, in projecting television pictures, in photo graphing astronomical bodies, and in medical diagnosis by X-rays or fluoroscopy. It will give a super-sharp picture heretofore unobtainable. The optical maser, which produces a very sharply de fined light beam using atomic methods, will also pro vide scientists with a new method for establishing stand ards of wavelength, for per forming basic experiments in physics and for true amplifi cation of light. Dr. Theodore H. Maiman of Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, Calif., plans to report details of the optical maser in the Journal of Ap plied Physics, a publication of the American Institute Physics here. Suggested in I9S9 The new atomic method for amplifying light beams was suggested early in 1959 by Dr. C. H. Townes of Columbia University here and Dr. A. L. Schawlow of Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., who this year received a patent for it. In the Hughes device, a light source, such as a power ful flash tube lamp, irradi ates a synthetic ruby crystal. This optical energy excites the atoms to a higher energy state, from which the energy is re radiated in a narrow band of frequencies.. The excited atoms are cou pled to an atomic resonator anr stimulated to emit the ra diation together. (Maser is an acronym for Microwave Am plification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.) In ordinary light sources, the atoms radiate individually at random and the light from such sources is therefore in coherent. The light from an optical maser is coherent. High Court Rules On Multnomah House Restriction Salem -ffiPD- Certain restric 'tions on lots in the Tunnel wood park subdivision of Multnomah county are not ap plicable, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The opinion by Justice Pro Tern Orval J. Millard affirm ed Multnomah County Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson but modified his decision slightly. The proposed restriction sought to prohibit erection of more than one dwelling on a single tract of land. Mr. and Mrs. Herman A. Schmitt, owner of one large lot, wanted to subdivide into three parts and build three houses. Neighboring property owners objected and the Schmitts brought suit. The high court held that purposes o f t h e restriction was to prohibit only the build ing of multiple dwellings on any one tract but not subdivi sion and building of one house on each subdivision section Millard also wrote that the trial court went too far in re moving the restriction as a cloud of the plaintiffs title because the restriction to build more than one house on a subdivision section is still legal. California Pilot Wins Powder Puff Wilmington, Del. -OIPD-Mrs. Aileen Saunders, 1 Cajon Calif., won the Powder Puff Derby, the transcontinental air race for women pilots, for the second consecutive year Wednesday. Mrs. Saunders has compet ed four times in the race which began from Torrance, Calif., last Saturday and end ed at nearby New Castle County Airport, a distance of 2,500 miles. Flying her Cessna 172 with Miss June Douglas, Fall Riv er, Mass., as copilot, Mrs Saunders averaged 118. IS miles per hour to receive a plus 15.19 based on the handi cap established for each plane, Par speed was 103 miles per hour. Mrs. Saunders will receive a trophy and $800 in cash here Friday at a banquet of Ninety-Nines, Inc., sponsors of the cross country flight wmcn began with 79 teams. CHARGE NUCLEAR PLANS Tokyo - (UPI) - Communist China today accused Japan of. planning nuclear armament by considering the develop ment of missiles. 1 ADDRESSES DELEGATION - While Sen. John Kennedy, right, .listens, Idaho's Sen. Frank Church, standing on a coffee table, addresses the Idaho delegation in the Bilt- Summit, Japanese Fiascoes Renew Traditional Channels By BUEL W. PATCH (Editorial Research Reports) Washington -With summit diplomacy put out of favor by the Summit and Japanese fiascoes, the advantages of seeking solution of interna tional problems through tra ditional diplomatic channels or through the United Nations are re-emphasized. President Eisenhower said, eight months after he took office in 1953, that the United Nations represented "man's best organized hope to sub stitute the conference table for the battlefield." Today he is probably more firmly of that opinion than ever. Vice President Richard M. Nixon said on May 31 that it was time to give up summitry and go back to traditional diplomacy and to discussions within the United Nations. Regular Procedure U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold pointed out on the morrow of the failure at Paris that the United Nations provides a framework for di plomacy on any level govern ments desire, and it does so "as part of a regular proced ure, without the building up of both expectations and prob lems in the way which it is difficult to avoid" in over publicized summit confer ences. The United Nations, with delegates of all member coun tries stationed at headquar ters in New York, provides also a framework for "non- publicized negotiations in which it is possible to play on the whole range of ap proaches which have grown out of the experience of tra ditional diplomacy," he said. The roster of United Na tions members has grown from the half a hundred of 1945 to four score and more today-82 to be exact. And the rapidity with which former- ly independent territories, es pecially in Africa, are setting up for themselves promises to push membership of the world organization past the full hundred mark not long after another 15 years roll by. Radical Changes The United Nations, like any other youngster, has gone through some radical changes in its early years-changes at least in the sense of differ ences between 1945's expec tations and 1960's realities. The economic, social and humanitarian activities of the world organization - covering almost everything from agri culture, communications and banking to human rights, the status of women, and refugee relief-probably are more var ied and more far-reaching than most people dreamed of in the beginning. As for peace enforcement, which supplied the most com pelling reason for creating the United Nations, activity has been more restricted and less successful than expected. Cold War Complications The Security Council, com posed of the five great powers and six non-permanent mem bers, was supposed to bear the brunt of that burden, but since 1951 the General Assem bly has taken on more and more of it. The cold war is responsible. The peace machinery set up by the Charter could work as planned, in most cases, only if unanimity prevailed among the permanent members of the Security Council. Such a condition has not prevailed, As a result, the Soviet Un ion has used the veto power Indiscriminately to block de cisions favored by a majority of other Council members. Soviet - Western differences, moreover, have deprived the Security Council of the troops and planes that were to be 7 V placed at its disposal to give it means of enforcing its de cisions. Some Successes Despite these handicaps, Security Council intervention by peaceful means in a num ber of places-Indonesia, Is rael, Kashmir, for example- has helped to bring about Placebos Show New Principle Of Drug Action Washington (Science Serv ice) Placebos - inactive pills with no power except that of suggestion - are far more effective in giving re lief from pain when stress is present than when the pain is induced experimentally. The same is true of certain active drugs, they are more effective in relieving pain when psychological stress Is present. A Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Henry K. Beecher of the department of anesthesia, M a s s a chusetts General hospital, Boston, said in the journal Science pub lished here that "unsuspect ed ties between mind and body" are revealed in this new idea. The new principle is this: Certain drugs are effective in relieving internal pain only if the psychological state of the person is anxious or stressful. Apparently the stronger the psychological state, the more effective the drugs, Dr. Beecher said. "Similarly, cer tain common symptoms, pain for example, appear to emerge only if an essential psychological state (anxiety, stress) is present. Physiologi cal derangement (stimulation of pain endings) is not enough." Two Concepts Dr. Beecher said that two general concepts grow out of this observation. Not only does the effectiveness of placebos increase with in creased stress, but the effec tiveness of certain active drugs does also. Real pain, or pain of patho logical origin, produces more anxiety, or stress, than does experimentally c o n t r i ved pain. Placebos have long been used by physicians to pacify their patients when no active drug was needed. More re cently they have been used as controls in experiments to determine the value of medic inal substances. SOC Trip to Lake Planned Ashland - Southern Ore gon college will again pro vide planned recreation for its summer session students and any interested townspeo ple when the SOC bus leaves Ashland at 7 a.m. July 16 for a day at Lake of the Woods. The student affairs office at the college is taking reser vations until Friday noon. The travelers are urged to pack picnic lunches and par ticipate in swimming, boating and hiking opportunities at the lake. However, lunches may be bought at the lodge. The bus will return at 4 p.m. Other events coming up which are also open to the public are a trip to the Ore gon Caves, July 23; Dr. Ar thur Taylors' trip to histori cal Fort Jones and Yrcka, Calif., July 30; and a visit to Crater lake Aug. 6. rutin. N Hi more Hotel in Los Angeles. Sen. Kennedy appeared at the Idaho caucus unexpectedly on the eve of the Democratic convention's nominating session. (UPI Telephoto) cessation of hostilities, If not in each case a full settlement of disputes. A fortuitous com bination of circumstances-absence of the Soviet delegate from the Security Council, the proximity of large U.S. forces, lack of any question as to the identity of the aggressor -made it possible for the Se curity Council to move vig orously in 1950 against the Communist invaders of South Korea. Force of public opin ion rather than force of arms brought about British, French and Israeli compliance with General Assembly appeals to withdraw from the Suez reg ion in 1956. But nothing could prevail on the Soviet Union that same autumn to withdraw from Hungary. Any number of proposals have been made to revivify the Security Council by elim inating or modifying the veto power. A related question concerns voting in the Gen eral Assembly, where the smallest and weakest country casts a ballot that counts just as much as the ballot cast by the largest and strongest country. To even things up a bit, weighting of votes ac cording to population, gross national product or some oth er standard has been pro posed. Amendment Difficult Most plans for voting re forms would require amend ment of the Charter. And there's the rub! Amendments to the Char ter have to be approved and ratified by two-thirds of the members of the United Na tions, including all five per manent members of the Se curity Council. In other words, the veto applies.) So viet Premier Khrushchev said as recently as June 5 that Russia was not interested in changing the Charter, least of all the veto power, until the number of Communist countries more nearly ap proached the number of cap italist countries. Existence of the veto pow er accounts for a tendency to seek machinery outside the United Nations to enforce vital international agree ments. Back in 1946 the Unit ed States proposed a plan for an independent international Atomic Development Author ity in which there would be "no veto to protect those who violate their solemn agree ments not to develop or use atomic energy for destructive purpoes." The Western pow ers now are proposing a vcio free International Disarma ment Organization to control application of the disarma ment agreement they are try ing to negotiate at Geneva, and they favor similar means of policing a nuclear test ban. The Soviets say they would support an international po lice force to do police duty in the completely disarmed world they propose, but only a police force subject to the Security Council, where the veto operates. State Fisheries Director Named Portland IUPD - The Oregon Fish Commission Wednesday named Robert W. Schonlng as new director of fisheries for Oregon, Schoning, assistant direct or of fisheries, succeeds Al bert M. Day, who is resign ing. Schoning has been with the commission for 13 years. He has served as an aquatic bi ologist, project leader for the Columbia River Investiga tion, Assistant Director and Director of Research, and as sistant director of fisheries. Rockefeller Sees Needs for Lower Level Leadership WashlngUm-lUI'D- New York Republican Gov, Nelson A. Rockefeller believes the pub lic does not realize how many high policy determinations are mado by subordinates be fore the President is con sulted. Rockefeller told a special Senate subcommittee study ing national policy machin ery that decision-making on Important domestic and Inter national problems would Im prove if there were "strong presidential leadership" reach ing to the lower planning levels. The GOP governor, a spec ial presidential assistant in 1955 and a rebel critic of the Elsenhower administration, gave his views at a closed ses sion of the committee July 1. Chairman Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) revealed the testi mony. Process Criticised Rockefeller criticized the "trickle up" process of policy making, going from planning boards to the national securi ty council and thence finally to the President. Rockefeller, a veteran of many NSC planning board meetings where U.S. policy is born, said "The public docs not recognize the degree to which the planning board really does 95 per cent of the work, and it is not very often that a paper (containing poli cy recommendations) Is chang 'Sitae U.S. Savings Bonds can go a long way toward making your retire ment more comfortable and more fun. And you can start now with small installments. As an example, save as little aa 631 a day for a month and you'll own a $25 Series E Savings Bond (coat price $18.75). Add a Bond each month for 17 years, 8 months more and you'll have 213 Bonds cash value $5,587. Now redeem enough of the oldest Bonds (the ones worth the most) to collect $2,900 in a lump sum for a leisurely trip. Then, after you return, there's an additional windfall you'll have enough Bonds loft over to add an average of $27 a month to your income for the next ten years. Tht tf.ft. fltAxrnmtnt do not pay for thti adviriitlng. THm Treaiury Vtnort mnt thanMi, for tWr patriotic dona tion, Tht Adverttint Council and ed by the security council (It self)." "So the real work," Rocke feller said, "Is done in the planning board on theso posi tion papers and . . . very few papers are substantially changed." Usefulness Impaired Rockefeller said ho felt "very strongly" that Issues should be put to the President so that he could sea the clear cut alternatives before mak ing the final decision on vital domestic and foreign issues. Ho said his proposal for a first secretary to rank above cabinet level and act as the President's right hand would give the planning board and the cabinet guidunco on White House policy while relieving the President of tho burden of many ruutino policy de cisions. Important Need Seen Rockefeller said "There is an important need for cabinet officers and their deputies to have somebody to whom they can go in the White House to get policy guidance, and who will participate with them In the planning and thinking for the future. . ." He said that when he was undersecretary of health, ed ucation and welfare, "we wanted to sit down and talk with somebody in tho White House as to what national pol icy was on (federal aid to ed ucation)." He said "There was not WKl pi IPBtfe You save more TfTr rTl rTTl . UL'smarass Smithsonian Asks For 'Fallen Stars' Washington, (Science Sorv-lcc)-A cull for fallen "stars," meteors that havo survived their passage through tho earth's atmosphere, has been Issued by tho Smithsonian In stitution here. Tho meteorites are badly needed for a variety of scien tific research problems, slnco theso "rocks from space" are tho only samples available on earth of extra-terrestrial ma terial, The Smithsonian has agreed to serve as a central agency for a contlnent-wltlo collud ing program. It will Investi gate all reported falls, en courage active search for me teorites, inform interested sci entists when new material is available, distribute samples for research and keep accu rate records. Any Information concern ing recent meteorite falls should bo sent to Dr. F. L. Whipple, director of tho Smithsonian Institution As trophyslcal Observatory, Cam bridge, Mass., or E, P. Hender son at the Smithsonian's Na tional Museum here. It is hoped the new pro gram will increase the num ber of meteorite falls avail able for research from one per year to five or more falls per year. anybody there who was re sponsible for that except the bureau of the budget. 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