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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27. 1958 HERALD ANT NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE 5 A OUTWARD TO THE STARS (9) Dinner in Space By Don Oakley and Ralph Lane 1 3) ( l ' P Experts Warn Of Soviet 1960 Submarine Threat Secretary of the Navy Thomaj S. Gates, who said, "All of us in 'the Navy are keenly aware of this critical' threat we face in the field of undersea warfare." (1) Once men achieve prolonged flights in orbit round the Earth, next to solving the problem of air supply, providing a means for removing carbon dioxide and body wastes, and recirculating air and water, the problem of food will be of prime importance. Most foods will have to be taken in ( liquid state, sucked through a tube as this Air 'Force man is demonstrating in a test. Foods in squeeze tubes are also being considered. (2) In a condition of weightlessness, dinner in space could be a hazardous adventure. Unless magnetized, utensils would float in mid-air. Knives and forks could still be used, but for any kind of solid food a modern version of chopsticks may perhaps be devised. Any cooking would have to be done in entirely closed containers. (3) Another space hazard of no less Importance is that of sudden decompression. In the vacuum of space, unless protected with a space suit, a man's blood would boil and the air explode from his lungs, tearing his throat and nose tissues. Air Force man In decompression chamber illustrates what happens to a bottle of water suddenly opened at low pressure. The same thing would happen to the body fluids in space. (4) Even In a pressurized, thick-walled space ship or orbital station, the danger of sudden de compression will be ever present. This space station has been punctured by a large meteor, al lowing air inside to rush out with explosive force. Automatic devices immediately seal oft the punc tured section. Although a collision with a meteor this large is expected to be a rarity, the possibility will always exist. And men will not know how great that possibility is until they actually go into space. Next; Loneliness of Space. Rosy Predictions Pile Up For Year's Remainder By ELMER C. WALZER I'PI Financial Editor NEW YORK (UPD Predictions of a rosy nature are - piling up for the remainder of the year. International Statistical Bureau forecasts that total production based on the Federal Reserve Board index may reach 138 to 140 per cent of the 1947-49 aver ase. It was 126 in April, the bot tom of the recession, 133 in July and 145 a year ago. The Fitch Survey finds con sumer buying showing improve ment with competition keener. It notes profit margins narrowing in fabrication with reduction in price spread to increase sales and adds . that bargain sales get good response. The official Washington figures, says Business Week, show that production has recovered one third of its 1957-58 loss. "And many government economists be lieve gross national product will be back at us boomtime peak by vear end." Some sections of the ' nation don't know what recession is un less they read about it in the newspapers. U. S. News & World Report lists cities where business is best, Casper, Wyo., for example, shows a gain of 13.1 per cent over a year ago in its income. San Diego, Calif., has a gain of 12.8 per cent. Denver is up 7.8 per cent; Wichita. Kan., 6 per cent; Phoenix, Ariz., 7.1 per cent: Washington. D.C., 7.1 per cent; Jackson. Miss., 6.9 per cent; Bat on Rouge, La., 6.1 per cent; and Burlington. Vt., 6.8 per cent. Many others showed smaller gains. There is a difference of opinion on profits. Standard & Poor's looks for a sharp upturn in the final quarter. The current Bar ron's savs "There is no assurance as yet, nor tangible indications of a sweeping upsurge in profits suf ficient to support a further major broad market rise The Commercial & Financial Chronicle notes that the highway buildina program in the United States is being accelerated with practically every state planning to increase its construction work during the coming year. Construction is under way on 3.267 miles of the multi-laned Interstate highway system in this country at an estimated cost of $1.8 billion, the magazine notes. The Chronicle finds that there is more engineering research now going on in road building than ever belore ana as a result roads of the future should be sub stantially better." The automobile industry is the key to the future that every one is watching just now. How well the new models are received will spell out whether there will be a big push this autumn. Prentice Hall notes that consumers' liquid assets are at an all-time high and auto sales in 1959 could bounce back, to around 5.7 million units against 4.7 this year. Regardless of what .happens in automotive, the steel market is well on its way to recovery, ac cording to Iron Age. Money is expected to be plenti ful for legitimate business pur poses but higher rates are looked for. Three Federal Reserve banks have raised their discount rates. Several others in recent meetings have taken no action which leads the American Banker, daily bank ing newspaper, to remark; "From this non-action one may infer a lack of unanimity on money management policy of tightening at this time. On the whole the business news is good. Now Wall Street would like to know what the stock mar ket will do. It went, up when business was much worse and the future it was discounting is now approaching. Many Vessels Answer SOS Call LONG BEACH, Calif. (API -The fishing boat Skipper II, sink ing off San Nicolas Island, sent out an SOS. The fishermen mar veled at the response, which in cluded; The cruiser USS Los Angeles. The aircraft carrier USS Bon homme Richard. The freighter P&T Adventurer. Two Coast Guard seaplanes. A Coast Guard cutter, which towed the craft and fishermen John Marcus and Robert E. Mc- lnerncy of Los Angeles to port here yesterday. Geologists Say No Water Worth While In Imperial Old-Timers Set For Good Time PITTSBURGH (AP) Grandpa and grandma are going to kick up their heels. They're some 90 members of the Irene Kaufmann Settlement And not a one will ever see age 55 again. They left yesterday for a 10- day jaunt to the Emma Kaufmann camp in Harmony, Pa., about .in miles from here, where sing, dance, swim, play checkers and canasta and see movies. SUCCESSFUL NAMPA, Idaho (AP) Flames destroyed the empty Majestic Theater yesterday, but firemen were successful in keeping the blaze from spreading to an adja cent building the fire. station INDIAN'S WANT FEATHERS CHICAGO (UPD A collection center for ostrich, eagle, parrot and pheasant feathers has been set up here in response to an ur gent"' call. Chief Swiftwind, a Navajo, said Indian tribes in the Southwest are fresh out of feathers needed for tribal ceremonies. He asked housewives to ransack their attics for out-dated feather boas, hats and stuffed birds. SAN FRANCISCO (UPD Twoi California geologists claim there is no underground water worth; bothering about in the Imperial Valley. The geologists, Elmer Marliavc of Sacramento and John F. Mann Jr. of La Habra. made this as sertion Tuesday while testifying as rebuttal witnesses in the Colorado River water suit. Marliave and Mann said they drilled seven wells at an estimat ed cost of $40,000 in the past month. They drilled the wells at points where an Arizona geologist, Samuel F. Turner, said water bearing strata existed underground. Although they drilled as deep as 600 feet, Marliave and Mann said they found no sand and grav el bearing formations that might carry water. They said they did find impermeable silt formations that would make it almost impos- cikla fnr Mia nrnnnH trt ahenrh they'll , . .., I.,.. couij he numped out. They also said they found some' water, but it was so salty it could not be used. The existence of usable under- ground water in the case is im- portant because it affects the amount of water California re quires from the Colorado River. Arizona had claimed that 325,000 annual acre feet could be pumped from the Imperial District along the All - American Canal. But Mann estimated that seepage from canals in the district would amount to only 86,000 annual acre feet. Marliave said strata under the Imperial district arc unsuited for the production of much water be cause water-bearing sand forma tions are small and isolated, rath er than continuous. He said large amounts of , silty sand stop Ihe water from sinking into the ground. Arizona had previously criti cized the drilling tests because Cal ifornia had refused to let observ ers from Arizona watch them. Special Master Simon H. Rif kind, who is hearing the case for the U. S. Supreme Court, said he was unable to force California to open the tests to Arizona observers. However, he said he could give only "negligible weight" to tests conducted by a single party in the suit. WASHINGTON (AP) A groupi of experts warned today that by the early 1960s missile-firing So viet submarines will be capable of devastating American cities. "A massive attack with such weapons could level our entire ur ban society," said flic Underseas Warfare Panel. The group was (ormed to advise the Military sub committee of the House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee. In its 16-page report, the panc.1 painted a -picture of grave peril ahead for Ihe United States unless this nation's own submarine and antisubmarine programs are pushed with more vigor and on a much larger scale. 'In a future war," the report said, "the ocean could be our en emy as never before." Therefore, said the panel, it j was making these recommenoa- tions for meeting the danger: 1. The Navy should proceed with all speed with construction of sub marines capable of firing the 1.500-mile Polaris ballistic missile. Present nlans call for the first of these submarines to be available in 1960. 2. The Polaris submarine pro gram should be kept separate from the Navy's regular ship budget. Polaris money requests should he determined by the secretary of de fense and the National Security Council as part of the nation's over-all strategic deterrent bud get. 3. There should be a significant increase in the rate and scale of building attack submarines the ones that track down enemy suns The report described as too small a Navy goal of some 75 attack submarines by 1970. 4. The Navy's research and de velopment budget for undersea warfare should be doubled, with substantial increases year by year. There should also be a substantial increase in the Navy's budget for basic research. 5. Greater use should be made of universities, private research centers and industry for grappling with undersea warfare problems. The report was released hy Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash), chairman of the Military subcom mittee. Sections of the report were censored by the Defense Depart-, ment. It contained a comment from GUARANTEED Vacuum Cleaner REPAIRS Specialized Service on all Makes! 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