The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 April 1965 — Page 6

The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana Monday, April 5, 1965

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MARCH OF EVENTS

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By LESTER L. COLEMAN, M.D.

Readers Are Asking . . .

U. S. OVERTAKING SOVIET SPACEMEN?

OUR ROCKET POWER EQUAL TO RUSSIA'S

By HENRY CATHCART Central Press Washington Writer TI7TASHINGTON — Despite headlines being captured by the W Russian cosmonauts, the estimate in Washington is that the United States is catching up to the Soviets in the space race, and probably has already overcome their principal advantage. The successful three-orbit flight of two Americans in the Molly f , - i Brown demonstrated that the U. S. has developed rockets powerful enough to equal anything the Russians can presently do. When it is recalled that a few years back the superior thrust of Soviet rockets enabled them to outperform Americans in space exploration, U. S. progress can better be measured. The Russian’s walk in space is a feat of importance. However, it is not the kind of thing that the U. S. is unable to match. It is simply that in scheduling the U. S. Moonlanding program a walk in space has been set in the normal course of over-all develop-

ment.

The U. S. continues to demonstrate the confidence in its system by permitting immediate news coverage of all space shots. This is in marked contrast to traditional Soviet secrecy,

sharply emphasized by the 12-hour delay in announcing the landing of the two Russians when their ship deviated from its

planned landing.

Of utmost importance, however, is the solid scientific exploration that is built into the American space effort. U. S. satellites have been credited with being the most scientifically sophisticated, far surpassing those of the Russians. These orbiting objects are sending back priceless information about space that is contributing to man’s knowledge of his environment The information will also pay off in countless ways as the U. S. space program proceeds. In time to come, perhaps shorter than many people now believe, it is this information that ultimately will provide the “thrust” to put the American program unchallengingly ahead of

the Russians.

IS THERE any way to avoid the feeling of a blocked ear while flying in an airplane? The “blocked ear” sensation is not often felt while the plane is airborne. It occurs most frequently during take-off and landing. Improved, modem methods of pressurizing aircraft have | greatly reduced 4 the discomfort, | but this disf . tressing sensation may still

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occur.

Chewing and swallowing may be helpful.

Sometimes spraying the nose just before take-off and again before landing may alleviate the

blocked feeling.

Flying with severe nasal colds is not a good idea. There is always a possibility that the pressure of ascent or descent may force the infection from the nose into the middle ear.

What is a biopsy? To establish an accurate diagnosis, it is sometimes necessary to remove a small piece of tissue for laboratory study under a microscope. The painless removal of this tissue for analysis and testing is called a biopsy. This simple procedure determines the exact nature of the tissue and provides valuable information for diagnosis and choice of treatment.

• INFORMATION PLEASE—Letters to Capitol Hill are a nev-er-ending source of wonderment. Take the one that recently came to Rep. William B. Widnall, of New Jersey, from an out-of-state college student. This broad-gauge fellow wrote: “We are going to have a debate at our school soon, and I would appreciate it if you would send me any free material you may have at the present.” Marvels Widnall: “Now that’s what I call a liberal approach to education.” • • • •

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• AWARENESS—Sen. Stephen M. Young, the Ohio Democrat, likes the story about the congressman who urged his fellow com-

mittee-members to approve a bill they were con-

sidering. The Heat

He was so persuasive that the bill came out to the House for consideration. His colleagues were

surprised to hear the very same congressman de- The Light

liver a strong speech opposing passage.

One of the committeemen who had opposed the measure all along remarked to the congressman: “I’m glad you’ve seen the

light.”

The turncoat replied: “Heck, I didn’t see the light, I felt the

heat.”

Is it possible to become deaf from an overdose of antibiotics? Deafness Is sometimes produced by a high degree of sen-

sitivity or allergy to a particular antibiotic, rather than from an overdose. Streptomycin is the only antibiotic which has been known to affect the auditory nerve of hearing. But a harmful effect on the nerve of hearing from the use of this antibiotic or other drug occurs rarely—very rarely. The physician who prescribe* a drug makes his choice with care and discriminating judgment. He takes into consideration the medical history and the particular condition of the individual patient. Serious reactions occur so rarely that fear of side-effects must not dissuade the use of drugs prescribed by a doctor. In taking any drug, the exact directions of the physician must be meticulously followed. • * * Is it safe for anyone over 70 to have a prostate operation? Age itself does not determine the safety of a prostate operaition or any other operation. The general condition of the patient—heart, lungs and blood pressure—is the important factor. The safety of modern anesthesia and improved surgical techniques have greatly diminished the potential risks of surgery in the elderly. Physicians and surgeons meticulously balance the advantages of surgery against any possible risk. While Dr. Coleman cannot undertake to answer individual letters, he will use readers? questions in his column whenever possible and when they are of general interest. Address your letters to Dr. Coleman M care of this newspaper.

target buildings, will be encased in 50,000 tons of steel and lead. The metal will come from surplus wartime material, including part, of the battleship Indiana. Discarded 16-inch naval guns, armorplate and 155mm field pieces all will have a second life protecting Stanford accelerator workers from the deadly radiation. No one is quite sure yet what the value to taxpayers will be from the huge investment, but scientists point out one can never be sure of the results of basic research.

HUGE TRANSMITTER MADRID (UPI) —A huge radio transmitter is being installed on the southeast coast of Spain by Westinghouse Elec-

tric dorp. ^ The transmitter, built more than 12 years ago, will be used to provide long-range fleet communications for the U. S. Navy.

It Is capable of delivering' elxwt 500 kilowatts of power. The it. equipment was brought out of mothballs at Quonset Point, R. I., and- shipped taere.^'

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As of now, a panel of eminent U. S. scientists will decide which experiments the accelerator will be used for from applications from scientist all over the world. Research will be primarily into studying nuclear particles already discovered and hunting for new particles, but no one knows yet exactly how.

Construction of the accelerator is taking six years, and

i many things not known today

about fundamental particles will be known by the time the accelerator is ready for fullscale use in 1967.

As one Stanford scientist said: “The fact that we cannot now set down exactly how the accelerator will be used is one of the best reasons for building it.”

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Spend Millions On Microscope

STANFORD. Calif. (UPI) — The federal government i s

will emit, sections of the scrapped battleship Indiana and cruiser Vicksourg will have a second life as part of 5U,00U tons of protective metal casing. Construction now is past the halfway mark on the Stanford

spending $114 million here to j ^^ear Accelerator Center, lo-

build the world’s largest microscope, a two-mile long “gun” that will “shoot” tiny atomic particles at speeds approaching 186.000 miles per second To protect workers from ' deadly radiation the machine

cated in the scenic foothills beSan Francisco peninsula. The center is scheduled for comple-

tion in mid-1966.

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An accelerator is a huge microscope used to see things too small for an ordinary microscope. Instead of using light waves which are reflected off the object under study, it uses electrons. The electrons, much smaller then light waves, bounce off a target and their reflections show the object, the same way light waves do in ordinary microscopes.

NEW CASTLE UPI—Charles Crabtree, 29, New Castle, today was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in City Court here in the shooting and beating death of his wife, the second such incident in Indiana in two weeks. Crabtree’s German-born wife, Christa, 23, was shot to death Saturday night on a Henry County road about nine miles northeast of New Castle, in what Crabtree allegedly has described to police as an accident during a violent argument in the couple’s car.

It almost was exactly two weeks ago that authorities found Loyd Key, 30. Marion, standing next to his borrowed car along Interstate 69 near Daleville, with the body of his wife in the front seat. The woman was shot six times in the head and Key and his alleged paramour, Mrs. Phyllis Hazelbaker, 30, an Alexandria divorcee, have since been charged with first degree murder in the slaying.

The Stanford accelerator is a gold mine of superlatives. For example:

—Its annual budget will be about $20 million, half the budget of the rest of Stanford University combined.

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—It will generate a power of 20 billion electron volts, and will use as much every 24 hours as the nearby city of Palo Alto, which has a population of 55,600. -—hTe “barrel” of the accelerator is a four-inch copper tube two-miles long, and will be within one millimeter one twenty-fifth of an inch of being perfectly straight. —The accelerator will detect particles which can only be measured in billionths of a billionth of an inch or .000000000000000001 (17 zeros) inch. —The particles it will measure have a life span of only millionths of a second. The main feature of the accelerator center is a two-mile long tunnel 25 feet below the ground which houses the accelerator tube. At gx-ound level is a long building along the length of the tunnel, in which are located 960 powerful klystron tubes, which supply the energy to boost the electrons along. At the end of the tunnel Is the target area, a series of buildings at which the electron beam can be aimed for experiments. By the use of a magnetic deflector, the beam—only the size of a dime — can be channeled into different areas for each expirament, permitting scientists to conduct more than one test at a time. The effect of the electron beam is much the same as the blast from a shotgun, only the pellets (in this case, electrons) do not spread out, but remain in an area nearly the same size as the barrel. When the accelerator is in operation, it will emit dangerous radiation, but the accelerator's builders are ready for it. First the tunnel is being covered by 25 feet of earth. Then sensitive areas, particularly around the

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