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Medford Tribune SECTION E MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25. 1960 PAGES 1 to 4 Ike Says Demos Distorting Facts When They Criticize Benson for Farm Problems By TOM NELSON United Press International Washington -CPD- President Eisenhower said Wednesday that Democrats who blame his administration and Agricul ture Secretary Ezra T. Benson for the farm problem are dis torting the facts for political purposes. The President launched in to a strong defense of Benson and his controversial policies when asked at his news con ference about criticism of Benson by Sen. John F. Ken nedy, the Democratic presi dential nominee. Kennedy, in a speech at Des Moines, Iowa, last Sun day, attacked what he called the "disastrous" programs fol lowed by Benson and support ed by Vice President Richard M. Nixon, the GOP president ial nominee. Eisenhower said that he had tried in vain for eight years to get a real reform of the farm laws. Praises Benson's Courage He praised Benson's hon esty, courage and selflessness and said no one should be so free as to crucify Benson. In other highlights of his news conference, the Presi dent: -Said religion should not be an issue in the coming presi dential campaign. He said he is not so naive as to think that in some areas it will not be, but nevertheless he would never believe it could be a legitimate issue. -Announced that he had signed into law a bill which paves the way for the net works to offer free time to Nixon and Kennedy for a series of historic television debates in the coming cam paign. He said it was a fine thing that the networks stood ready to perform this public service. -Said that, despite their big majorities in both houses of Congress, the Democrats ap parently are not getting any where in the current congres sional session. E i s e n hower said the Democratic margins are so large that they could do anything they wanted to if they could only get to gether. Politics in Foreign Affairs -Reiterated his position that politics should end at the water's edge but nevertheless conceded that the conduct of foreign affairs probably will be an important issue in the campaign. -Defended this country's de cision to acknowledge that pilot Francis Gary Powers was on a reconnaissance flight when his U2 plane was shot down over Sverdlovsk, Russia. He said that if this government repudiated Pow ers, that would have made him out to be some kind of an adventurous flier who de signed, built and flew the plane, which didn't make sense to him. -Said that when the chips are down, the United States would invoke the Monroe Doctrine and take action to prevent foreign domination in Latin America. He did not spell out what kind of action. -Said Nixon, has partici pated actively in top level discussions with him through out their administration but that the vice president has not made policy decisions. Eisen hower said no one participates in these decisions because no one can make a decision in the national executive area except the president. -Asserted that relations be tween Cuba and this country have by no means reached the irretrievable stage. He said he would always be ready to participate in any kind of conference of heads of gov ernment that could achieve something useful, although he said he would not want to speculate that this type of a meeting is now in the works. -Said the question of whether he should go to New York next month to address the United Nations General Assembly is under discussion, as it has been every fall when the assembly convenes." He said whether he goes would hinge largely on whether there was a point he par ticularly would like to em phasize to the organizatipn. Reservoirs 01 Sunshine Provide Cheap Power Rehovoth, Israel, (Science Serviee)-A network of sun shine reservoirs, pools of salted water storing up the heat of the sun, can provide with an easily available and economic source of energy, an Israeli scientist has re ported here. Dr. Henry Tabor of the National Physical Laboratory of Israel, authority on solar energy, reported on his new plan for "pooled" solar pow er to the scientists and states men meeting (Aug. 15-30) at the Weizmann Institute of Science for the first Interna tional Conference on Science in the Advancement of New States. In the new scheme, salts would be dissolved in water at the bottom of a square pool, two-thirds of a mile on a side. Then the heat of the sun would concentrate and remain at the bottom because the heaviness of the salted water would prevent the heat from rising to the surface The surface layer of the pool, , however, would remain at a constant temperature since it would lose heat at the same rate it picks it up. The suc cess of the operation would depend only on keeping the water in the pool undisturbed. Construction costs are esti mated at about $1 million. The investment would yield a return in heat energy val ued at $250 per kilowatt, producing electricity at one tenth the cost of any other solar aparatus to date. Dr. Tabor does not believe the development and use of solar energy will be adopted by the developed areas of the world; but it may pro vide the economic independ ence so- eagerly sought by the arid underdeveloped reg ions of the world which boast little else in the way of na tural resources than the blaz ing energy of the sun. He predicted that in the future this heat may be con verted to energy that para- MAR-A-WAY'S MAGIC MAKES'.- J WHITE niFIOP I WIIIIC ItlUUO VANISH Now you can buy the same magic MAR-A-WAY that professionals use to restore fine wood finishes that have been scratched, marked or marred. Just rub on wipe it off! MAR-A-WAY comes in walnut, mahogany, maple or neutral shades. Kit includes applicator pads. Safe permanent economical. Household khonlv $1.69 doxically will supply air - con ditioning and refrigeration. Dr. Alvin M. Weinberg, di rector of the Oak Ridge Na tional laboratory, Tennessee, nd winner of the Ford Atoms for Peace award, hail ed Dr. Tabor s scheme for a solar pool built upon the prin ciple of water density as "the most important theory so far presented" at the conference. An authority on nuclear energy, Dr. Weinberg warned that making the sun or any other energy source pay off will require adequate financ ing operations. The underdeveloped coun tries of the world must look to . foreign investment and capital for the financial en ergy needed to develop phy sical sources, Dr. Weinberg said. The economic self-suf ficiency sought by the new states through power devel opment will contribute to world peace and stability as well as to national stability Another source of energy independence for the new states is the use of breeder reactors, Dr. Weinberg said. Such reactors can be fueled with residual uranium and thorium which exist every where in the earth's crust. He predicted that energy in dependence among . the na tions of the world eliminate access through the Suez to the Middle East as "a major po litical issue." New Membrane Developed To Filter Sea Water Los Angeles (Science Ser vice) - A membrane to filter the salt out of sea water has been announced at the Uni versity of California, Los An geles. It is said to be 100 times more effective than previous commercial membranes. This new and promising filter was developed by re search engineers Sidney Loeb and Srinivasa Sourirajan. The membrane, or film, has a large number of tiny pores which in effect filter the salt water and separate the brine from the potable water. To make their film, the UCLA engineers mix cellu lose acetate with aqueous magnesium perchlorate solu tion and acetone, and then cast the sticky mixture cold on a glass plate. Membrane Mounted After putting the glass plate into cold water, a film four thousandths of an inch thick is stripped from the plate and then shrunk slight ly in hot water. The finished membrane, which can filter water 100 times faster than previous commercial turns, is mounted on each side of a porous steel disk. Any number of disks are then stacked in a frame press, salt water is circulated through the unit at 1,500 pounds per square inch pres sure, and the desalted water flows out from the bottom of the unit. Single Filtering With their present film, Loeb and Sourirajan have been able to get potable wa ter at the rate of eight gal lons a day per square foot of membrane area. Furthermore, the potable water is produced in a single filtering from a brine containing a 5.25 per cent salt concentration, which is much saltier than ordinary ocean water. Loeb and Sourirajan be lieve that their process holds nnccihilit inc fnr fiiturp lartfp- ........ j - o scale, commercial use, because the film is both cheap and durable, the equipment is sim ple and can run 24 hours a day without maintenance, ana power requirements are as low as for any other desalin- lzation metnoa. Asphalt Improves Construction Work Tulsa, Okla.-IUPll-Railroads have found two new uses for asphalt -and neither of them involves paving high ways. !). The American Petroleum institute reported that "atom ized" asphalt-a metal preservative-can effect a 75 per cent saving in the' cost of preserving railroad bridges. The Jersey Central railroad sprayed a bridge with asphalt and found that it did the work of two coats of paint and cut in half the man hours needed to treat a bridge. Asphalt costs 21 cents a gallon compared with $2.85 for conventional paint. And the Illinois Central railroad sprayed a test sec tion of its roadbed with as phalt to preserve and stabil ize the rock ballast and pre serve the crossties. Resident Builds Bar From Salvaged Boat T.akp Mahawlc. N.J. N O r- man Rintoul has built a bar for his game room from the shell of a salvaged motorboat. The deck supports drinks on a raised "dry dock" stand. Mixes are stored under the spat, a cooler unit is under the deck and an oar is used as a footrail. Council Condemns Use of Lenses Chicago - The use of night driving lenses or windshields whether tinted, reflecting or polarized has been condemned by the American Medical As sociation's council on industri al health.' ., The council said that a night driving lens or windshield re duces the light transmitted to the eye and actually makes seeing at night more difficult. in v tasted ' vMrs. Feriaiis ,r Gherkins? LTif Mar-a-IVav t a M 14 M.Wl Better not she's apt to take a barrel stave at you if she catches you nibbling at her delectable dills. So don't be a picklepuss attend the fair for fun and excitement. . rides prizes races displays surprises judging u u u a L, M i t 11 I jjkWi i - Big 14 Cu. Ft. 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