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TUESDAY. JUNE IB. 1959 HERALD AVD NEWS KLAMATH FM.LS. OREGON PAGE nVE Scribe Undergoes Test For Fallout Danger By JFRRY BENNETT WASHINGTON NEA I have been hit by fallout. And so probably have you. Frankly, atomic scientists don't yet know lor sure whether we have absorbed enough to be danger ous. Maybe it is, but probably it isn't. My diagnosis conies from spec ialise at Walter Reed Army Medi cal Center where 1 look a new tvpe of physical examination that delects radioactivity in the body Some day. a test like this may be taken by everyone. Through the ti!e of two enor mous contraptions called the Whole Hody Human Counter and the Steel Room, doctors found that my un derweight physique is radiating Po- tassium-40 and l esium-137. Capt. Harry Claypool. assistant chief of Ihe Department ol Nu clear Medicine, consoled me by explaining that it's perlectlv nat ural to be loaded with Folassium- 40. You're born wilh the stuff. Cesium-137, however, is a prod net of nuclear blasts, and is one of the many radioactive particles that make up fallout. Nobody had any before the bombs started go ing bang in ltMS. Since then ir chine's 10 months of operation NEA CORRESPONDENT Jerry Bennett prepares to have his radioactivity measured in the Whole Body Counter. Policy Committee Chief Urges Strauss Showdown has been showing up in increasing amounts in hundreds ol thousands of persons. There are considerable varia tions, however, in the amounts found in people from different parts of Ihe world. That's why Capt. Claypool. his bosses Lt. Col. .lames B Hartgering and Maj. Kent T. Woodward and Los Ala mos radiation expert Dr. Krnesl C. Anderson built the Human Body-Counter. By testing troops returning from overseas, foreign diplomats and volunteers like myself, they hope to compile information on the radio activity level in individuals lrom all over the globe. This informa tion could prove vital in saleguard ing world health when the fallout danger mark finally is determined My test started with technician Maureen Chapman asking mej questions about my diet. She want j ed to know how much milk. eggs, i meat, vegetables and bread I nor-; mafly ate. ! Like Strontium 90, Cesium-137 is; absorbed from the soil by plants, i You get it mlo your system by consuming vegetables, or meat and milk from unsuspecting animals that munched on contaminated grass. Maureen explained tnat the test I was about to take would not register the amount of Strontium 90 in my body. The Whole Body Counter registers only gamma rays. Strontium-90 emits beta rays that are so weak they cannot pass through the skin. An accur ate Strontium-90 measurement can be made only by testing excreta or by tissue analysis. The Whole Body Counter looks like a toppled-over oil tank. Stick ing out of a small hole in one end is a contraption resembling a coffin. I laid down inside with my feet pressed flat against the end. Then someone pressed a button, the cof fin slid forward, and I was sealed inside the tank. Beside me was panic button I was told to press if I couldn't take the three minutes confinement. So far only two per sons have panicked during the ma machine. The walls, tloor, ceiling I 'and door were made of steel to help blink n.ilural radiation from ihe adioining room. After I sal down, the chair was m m While 1 listened to soft piped-ltihed bark and the X-ray-like de- in music, my body sent out gam-i ma rays' that pierced a thin steel hield inside Ihe tank, the rays then collided with a special chem ical on the other side of the shield. K.ach time a ray hit the chemical. it made a flash of light. These flashes were counted by highly sensitive photo tubes and the re sults relayed to a control panel. The panel showed that I emitted 360 Cesium-137 rays and 390 Po-tassium-W rays per second. In order to insure that my diag nosis was correct, I was sent to the Steel Room. Inside was a large chair like the ones found in dentists' offices. Beside it was a device that resembled an X-ray vice placed above my chest. For! all types of gamma rays. It veri- an hour, I listened to soil music ;fied Ihe findings of the first test. while my body rays struck the weird looking contraption aboe me This machine is equipped with a sensitive crystal that identifies mmmmm ; ' mz- I "A IIT OF EVCRYTHING" . NEW 1 USED SHOP The MERCHANDISE MART OPEN EVERY DAY BUT SUNDAY 2964 So. 6th Klamath Falls, Ore. TU 4-6660 I never did learn what I'd like to know most. Is the amount of Cesium-137 in my body enough to harm me? Cnfortunalely. nobody knows. But if a scientist should some day translate this unknown into bad news. I'll have plenty of fel low worriers. Dr. Claypool says that most of the 1.400 people whs have taken the test showed a radi ation count similar to mine. tmm WASHINGTON (AP)-A Repub lican disagreement over the tim ing of a Senate vote on the Lewis L. Strauss nomination goes to president Eisenhower today. Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, chairman of the Sen ate GOP Policy Committee, said in advance of a White House con ference he is urging that efforts be made to bring a showdown on the controversial Cabinet nomina tion. Senate Republican Leader Ev erett M. Dirksen of Illinois told reporters Monday he is afraid a vote on Strauss' nomination for secretary of commerce will have to be delayed until next week. Dirksen said that unless the Senate can get an agreement to vote by Wednesday, he can't keep a full contingent of Republicans on hand for the rest of the week. But Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Orei said he won't agree to a vote by Wednesday. Bridges said in an interview he thinks steps ought to be taken to get GOP members to cancel out tide speeches and stay around for a showdown vote. "After all of the fuss we have made about the long delays in getting this matter before the Sen ate, we Republicans are not placed in a Very good light if we are responsible for further post ponements," Bridges said, y Eisenhower first sent the nomi nation to the Senate Jan. 17. Ap proved 9-8 by the Commerce Com mittee on May 19, it has been be fore the Senate since June 4. Senate Democratic1 Leader Lyn don B. Johnson of Texas said he may ask for an agreement today to vote later in the week Strauss. He said he plans night Senate sessions after Wednesday and possibly a meeting on Satur day in an effort to dispose of the nomination and a backlog of money bills. However, Morse told a reporter he is not now willing to agree to any debate limitation. Such limita tions usually are arranged by con sent of all senators present. One objection thus could block an agreement. Morse, who is fighting against confirmation, said he thinks the public is just now becoming aroused about the Strauss matter. "There will be plenty of speech es, v Morse said. I want the country to get fully acquainted with what the President is trying to pull with this Strauss appoint ment." '59 HILLMAN 4-D00R ESTATE WAGON Rntmr . . . plrnly mt aptc fr family and l-Kf. ! drt lu fall width Ullfttes . . . I1 utility. CAR LIKE taya: ! Amer Icaniicd ttyllnc, mplt prfarmn- and el rant comfort five H CAft LIFE'S BEST Bl'Y AWARD." $246900 DICK B. MILLER CO. 7th It Klamath Ph. 4-4154 SCREWDRIVER VODKA GIMLET? Maybe you like Screwdrivers, and the prefers a Vodka Gimlet. Just be sure you bold use smooth Smirnoff . . . ond have it your own way yt I lsPll it leaves you breothea mirnoffvomi II t III rml. kiliHil In SH- '"' Siiriill I1"- !") "'it'lti, Chi. 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