Page 8 University Daily Kansan Monday, Nov. 17, 1952
U.S. Adds H-Bomb To Atom Weapons
Washington—(U.P.)-The hydrogen super bomb, capable of destroying whole cities in a flash with blast and fire, has now joined America's arsenal of atomic weapons.
Bigger Bomb Planned Congressman Hints
Many individual members of the task force which conducted this fall's historic tests at the Eienwetok proving ground in the Pacific wrote vivid reports in letters home of the H-bomb's incomparable blast and flame effects. Many gave Nov. 1 as H-day. Some hinted at more than one hydrogen explosion.
Chapel Hill, N.C. --(U.P.)—Rep Carl T. Durham (D-N.C.), acting chairman of the joint congressional atomic committee, hinted today that a bigger weapon than the new hydrogen bomb is being planned.
But the Atomic Enery commission in yesterday's meager announcement withheld all details. AEC Chairman Gordon Dean said "any amplification might give aid to potential enemies" and that, therefore, "we will make no further announcements."
Mr. Dean also said the commission "is concerned" by the eyewitness letters. He said investigations
"Time doesn't stand still." Durham told a reporter last night. "We'll continue our development program in view of the present international situation."
Durham said the hydrogen bomb gives the western world a powerful new weapon which, so far as he knows, the Soviets do not have. The North Carolina congressman said he thinks it will help deter would-be aggressors.
are under way which may result in disciplinary action or prosecution for violation of law or security regulations. He did not, however, refute what the letter writers wrote.
The bomb gains its tremendous destructive force through fusion rather than fission. In the A-bomb, the nuclei of heavy uranium or plutonium atoms are broken up to release energy. This is called fission.
In the H-bomb, the nuclei of very light hydrogen atoms are fused under intense heat to create helium. Fusion—or thermonuclear fusion as the scientists call it—is the same process that accounts for the sun's heat and brightness.
There have been at least 38 nuclear explosions since man began tinkering with the atom's vast power.
The Atomic Energy commission's
Professor's Recital Set for 8 p.m. Today
A piano recital by W. Henry Gibson, assistant professor of piano, will be represented by the School of Fine Arts at 8 p.m. today in Strong auditorium.
The program will include "Capriccio in B Flat Major," by Bach; "Sonata in C Minor," opus 111, by Beethoven; "Carnaval," by Schumann; "The Fountain," by Ravel; "Goldfish," and "Isle of Joy." by Debussy.
Weather
The heaviest rains in three months fell in Kansas last night. High winds and hail accompanied the
welcomeed moisture and snow fell at Goodland. Greatest rainfall reported was 2.35 inches at Minneapolis in north central Kansas. It was the most moisture received in drought-stricken Kansas since mid-August. It will
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pull a switch and plunge to the 20s tonight in the northwest and to near 40 in the southeast. Snows and high winds were forecast for northwestern Kansas today and tonight, with as much as 4 inches of snow expected to accumulate on the ground.
official announcement did not say how many blasts were set off during the recent H-bomb tests at Eniwetok. But it used the plural term, "experiments," indicating at least two.
The United States had previously set off 32 atomic bombs. Russia is known to have set off three, and Great Britain one.
Washington — (U.P.)— Philip Murray, in his last official act as CIO president, made the surprise recommendation that active wage and price controls be dropped.
Murray Asked End To Inflation Curbs
The recommendation, a reversal of previous CIO policy, was contained in Murray's annual report, which was to have been presented to the CIO convention today. Murray's sudden death last week caused a postponement of the convention until Dec. 1, at which time the report will be submitted to the delegates for approval.
In calling for an end to anti-inflation controls, Murray noted that "widespread inflation pressures have subsided" and that there is now "the danger of a deflationary tendency."
UN Guns Blast 750 Reds Massed for Sniper Hill Raid
Seoul, Korea—(U.P.)—United Nations artillery last night ripped to pieces a Chinese Communist battalion massing for an attack on Sniper's ridge where South Koreans clung to the crest under heavy bombardment from Red guns.
American sabrejets handed the Communist air force its worst licking in five weeks when they shot down five MIG-15s in a series of high altitude duels over Northwest Korea's MIG alley.
At Sniper's ridge, the key height north of Kumhwa that has been the scene of blazing action for more than a month, Allied artillery caught a Communist force of some 750 men as it formed for an attack just north of Allied outposts.
Red shelling yesterday ended a
24-hour hull in the bloody "Battle of the Ridges" on the Central front.
Mt. Everest Still Unconquered
New Delhi, India —(U.P.)—A Swiss expedition failed to conquer 29.002-foot Mt. Everest, world's highest mountain, after climbing to within 150 feet of the top, reports reaching here said today. The Swiss mountaineers, however, climbed higher than man ever has before in their unsuccessful bid to reach the summit of the unconquered mountain.
A responsible consulting organization has reported the results of a continuing study by a competent medical specialist and his staff on the effects of smoking Chesterfield cigarettes.
At the beginning and at the end of the sixmonths period each smoker was given a thorough
A group of people from various walks of life was organized to smoke only Chesterfields. For six months this group of men and women smoked their normal amount of Chesterfields - 10 to 40 a day. 45% of the group have smoked Chesterfields continually from one to thirty years for an average of 10 years each.
examination, including X-ray pictures, by the medical specialist and his assistants. The examination covered the sinuses as well as the nose, ears and throat.
The medical specialist, after a thorough examination of every member of the group, stated: "It is my opinion that the ears, nose, throat and accessory organs of all participating subjects examined by me were not adversely affected in the six-months period by smoking the cigarettes provided."
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