WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27. 1958
HERALD ANT NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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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
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