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Atoms For Medicine
Scientists have long been troubled by the question "How do antibiotics
work 7 With the aid of the first privately owned atomic reactor to be
built for industrial and medical research, they may soon get some
answers. i
Scientists have long since dem
onstrated that antibiotics are po
tent destroyers of disease-causing
bacteria. They now are searching
for clues as to exactly how an anti
biotic acts once it enters the human
body.
By incorporating in the antibi
otics radioactive substances to be
^ generated by the new reactor, they
will be able to track tfie course
of the drug in the body. These
radioactive elements have been in
extremely short supply, thus lim
iting research in this field. The
new reactor will eliminate this
problem.
To be constructed near New
York City, the reactor will be com
pleted within a year. Isotopes gen
erated by it will be used for medi
cal research by Chas. Pfizer & Co.,
Inc., one of the eight companies
supporting the project.
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According to Pfizer’s president,
Dr. John E. McKeen, the reactor
project will make possible the
study of atomic radiation as a
method of sterilizing drugs and
preserving foods.
The reactor, he said, will also
enable Pfizer to investigate use of
radio-isotopes in such fields as
agriculture and fermentation
chemistry, and will expand the
radioactive research program be
gun several years ago at the com
pany’s Therapeutic Institute, May
wood, N. J.
The reactor will be built by U. S.
Atomics, Inc., a subsidiary of
American Machine and Foundry
Co. Also taking part in the project
are the American Tobacco Co.,
Continental Can Co.,Corning Glass
Works, International Nickel O ,
Socony-Mobil Oil Co. and U d.
Rubber Co.
Rita Hayworth Moves
To Divorce Hubby No. 4,
Singer Dick , Haymes
RENO, Nev., Uft—Rita Hayworth
has moved to divorce her fourth
husband, singer Dick Haymes, in
a complaint filed from Paris,
France, where she has been visit
ing her third mate, Moslem Prince
Aly Khan.
The complaint wais airmailed to
the actress’ attorney. It said that
Haymes had caused her “great un
happiness and injured her mental
health.”
Haymes said in Chicago: “I will
not contest the divorce in any
way.”
Miss Hayworth, 36, and Dick
Haymes, 37, were married at Las
Vegas Sept. 4, 1953, shortly after
he had divorced his third wife,
Nora Eddington Flynn Haymes.
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Mid-Canada Radar Line
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OTTAWA, UP)—More than 100
million dollars worth of contracts
have been let so far for the mid
Canada radar line, Defense Min
ister Ralph Campney said Satur
day night. Total cost of the chain
along the 55th parallel is esti
mated at about 170 million.
Campney said the big construc
tion project, despite hazards and
difficulties, is on schedule. Target
date for its completion is secret,
but the best guess is 1957.
The line is scheduled for com
pletion at about the same time the
DEW radar line in the Canadian
Arctic is finished. Canada is
building the mid - Canada chain
and the United States the DEW
line.
Son Born To Walter Dowds
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dowd are
the proud parents of a# son, Albert
John, born November 4, his pater
nal grandmother’s birthday. Al
bert John weighed 7 pounds and
three ounces at birth.
The Dowds, of well known
Nome and Kotzebue families, are
with the ACS here.
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Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
This is an excellent time to ob
serve the movement of a planet.
Whenever a planet is close to a
fixed star, almost daily move
ments of the planet can be detect
ed. One can notice the changing
position of the planet with refer
ence to the permanent location of
the star.
Jupiter is the planet that is now
very close to the star Regulus,
which is the bottom star of the
constellation Leo. Because of the
nearness of Jupiter to this star,
just a casual glance into the south
eastern, morning sky will point
them out.
At present, Jupiter forms a sca
lene triangle with the lower two
stars of the constellation Leo with
the planet on the right hand side.
Soon it will be in the handle of
the “Sickle” and then will form a
triangle on the east side. It will be
another 12 years until Jupiter is
again in this position because it
moves approximately 30 degrees
in one year.
The Nome Explorer Scouts held
their first meeting this Saturday.
They have been delayed about
two months because they did not
have an advisor. Mr. Berretinni
will take over this position vacat
ed when George Bell left Nome
to attend the University of Alaska.
New officers were elected at the
last meeting. Crew leader is Jerry
Trigg, secretary is Taylor Moto,
and assistant crew leader is
Franklin Okealasuk.
Any boys 14 years old or over
are invited to join. Meetings are
held every Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
‘Maximum Effort’ Needed
To Keep Ahead of
Foreign Aircraft Engineers
TRENTON, N.J., un—'The U.S.
deputy chief of naval operations
says the United States must exert
its “maximum effort” to keep
ahead of foreign aircraft engi
neers.
Vice Admiral Thomas S. Combs
Friday addressed a group of 650
military officials, engineers and
politicians at the dedication of a
$41 million naval air turbine test
station at West Trenton.
Combs said: *
“During these times fraught
with uncertainty, it is required
that the United States retain su
premacy in the air, in the inter
ests of our national security.”
British Study Air Routes
Over Icy Wastes of Antarctic
LONDON, (tf)— A British ex
plorer predicted Saturday a new
air route over the icy wastes of
the Antartic some day will speed
travel between America and Aus
tralia.
Dr. Vivian E. Fuchs said that
was one of the practical reasons
for a 1955-58 British trans-Ant
arctic expedition he is leading
along with New Zealand’s Sir Ed
mund Hillary, co-conquerer of Mt.
Everest.
Fuchs spoke at a luncheon
launching an appeal for 175,000
pounds ($490,000) for the expedi
tion.
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Britain, Victoria and Ellesmere.
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