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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961 8 K VT MM .... ..... - -- " V " ,,,1 . , i v V' A J ' ' I ' Is ' . N ; ' :r (, '.' ' : ' MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE PtiIZE WINNER Photographer James al won the grand award in the White House :," News Photographers Association's annual photo' contest. This photo showing tormer President Elsenhower waving a tiny Amer ican flag at Chula Vista, Calif., on Oct. 21, I960, during the eighth congress of , the Inter-American Municipal Organization won the award for Atherton. ; (UPI Telephoto) Ufa Believed To Have Come rom Space Grown on Earth Washington - (Science Serv ice) - Life believed to have come from outer space Is be ing grown in test tubes here on earth, Several generations of bac- ; terUl-like ' cells taken from ' sterilized meteorites falling to earth's surface from an un known source In space have reproduced themselves, .These bacteria-like cells, found inside stony meteorites, may be proof there is life 6ut- it tha aaih Uawbvai. thav could also be an earth form of bacteria that has seeped Into the meteorite with water after It fell to the earth. Dr. Frederick D. Sisler oHhe U.S. Geological Survey has grown these proto-bacterla in a ster ile laboratory at the National Institutes of Health, Bethes di, Md. Dr. Walter Newton Is bis collaborator. He told Science , Service t: t meteorites are easily "contaminated" with organic t ,tr on their surface, It is -etore important to sterl t them before - breaking vtncn'to.iea It the lnte- .- cu ulna any life forms tint may . have originated somewhere outside the earth, Dens Meteor . The stony meteorite used by Dr. Sisler was the carbo naceous chondrite that fell at Murray, Ky., in 1950. It Is very dense and would not be easily contaminated. Some scl- S!b cr Flared 9305 ) n . SIZES ., Lj sl-im and LiARED ver- slons - two marvelous styles in one pattern! Curvy shoul- , der detail subtly suggests flat tery of a sleeve; neckline is a smart scoop. Sewing? Swift, simple! Printed Pattern 9305: Miss es' Sizes 12, 14, 16, IB, 20, Size 16 (flared) 37s yards 39- Inch.'.- c ........ .. .... - . Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) for this pattern - add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class , mailing'. 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' The particles can therefore not be called bacteria, Dr. Sis ler said. They are not organ isms but behave like organ isms and are made of organic matter. Dr. Sisler said if they are earth contaminants, they are of a very unusual type. : Dr. sisler has worked witn rocks millions of years old and has found that microor ganisms can seep into rocks with water and stay there in an Inactive stage. When this happens the organisms - lose some enzymes and some of their Identity. - . ' It could be such organisms that Dr, Staler has found. He said his research with the me teorites is intended to find the origin of the living parti cles in the meteorites. To be positive the living par ticles were in the meteor be fore it hit the earth, satellites might be sent out. into space to "catch" them before they became contaminated in the earth's atmosphere or on the ground. , . Dr. Sisler said the Nation al Aeronautics and Space agency could help settle this question by developing a satei- lite that would be able to catch a meteor some 50 miles above the earth. Bacteria that could contaminate the meteor have been found as high as 20 to 30 miles, he said. The satel lite would have to be equipped to grab the meteor and bring it back to earth in germ-free condition so it could be exam ined aseptically. Study of Life Form Meteorites could also be gathered in Antarctica for study of life forms, as they would not be contaminated throughout. Bacteria on their surface would be in suspend ed animation, since they can not live actively in Antarctic temperatures. - i' ; . 1 Dr. Sisler first examined the Murray meteorite in 1959 with an Infrared spectrophoto meter,' He discovered several organic radicals found in liv ing material such as anime, nitroso, nltrile and some hy drocarbon,' - , These findings were check ed by Dr. Melvin Calvin at the University of California both by Infrared spectrophoto meter and a gas , chromato- graph and the same results obtained. , , , Now Dr. sisler has snown the material reacts like living matter. U.S. Air Fleet Larger Than Any Civilian Line Washington - (DPD - Uncle Sam is now operating a civil air fleet bigger than any sin gle airline. , Federal civil agencies are flying 431, aircraft, Including the most modern jets. They have requested funds for 52 additional planes. The biggest U. S. airline, American, has a fleet of about 250 planes. The federal fleet does not Include Air Force and Navy planes nor three planes leased by the Weather Bureau for hurricane, tornado and other severe storm research. The taxpayers' bill for operating and maintaining the federal civilian aircraft exceeds $40 million annually. What government agency flies the most planes? it Is not, as might be supposed, the Fed eral Aviation Agency (FA A). The largest single federal air fleet belongs to the - U. S. Coast Guard which operates 134 aircraft, mostly in pro viding air search and rescue aid plus air navigation facil ities over ocean areas. Scond Largest Fleet FAA has the second largest fleet 119 planes, including converted jet bombers and specially -equipped jetliners Most ot FAA s aircraft are used for checking air naviga tion and traffic control facil ities. A few are employed as personnel transports, and a number are assigned to FAA's experimental center at Atlan tic City, N.J., where new Ideas In air traffic control are tested. 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