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SECTION 1 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, KY. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1956. 13 Who Spare fir Empty The Neighbors By Georga Clark 1 It's Easier To Tell What Radiation Does Than To Explain Why or How If I Br JOSEPH LANDAU, are heat rays (or infrared rays, as they are called); light rays the ones we can see and others, like the ultraviolet, that we can't sec; rays; and then the gamma rays. (There are other radiations, like cosmic rays; but we don't know anything about them, either, so we'll ignore them.) take place in it, and gamma rays come out. Since in an atomic or hydrogen explosion, atomic nuclei are either split apart or put together, all these rays come olf.

They all travel at the speed of light 186,000 miles a second. These electromagnetic waves form a continuous spectrum, and it is impossible to tell where visible light leaves off and ultraviolet light begins, just as it is impossible to tell where downtown Louisville ends and the Highlands begin. When these extremely energetic rays and gamma rays strike a person, they penetrate deep into the body. They will pierce the cells and tear apart the atoms inside the cells. This process liberates heat.

The heat proceeds to cook the very protoplasm in the person. The result is that the cells are cooked like hard-boiled eggs; they can no longer function, and the person dies. Courier-Journal Staff Writer Then the inner electrons begin jumping away. That is why when iron is heated, first it glows red, because only low energies are needed to tear off the outer electrons. More heat is needed to tear off the inner electrons, and the iron changes from red to orange on up to blue showing that a lot of energy is changing around.

Eventually, the heated electrons begin giving off ultraviolet rays, which we can't see, but which affect our photographic plates. When we start breaking away the electrons close to the nucleus, the inner electrons, then we are getting our energy in the form of rays. Pretty soon, we have stripped away all the electrons. But as more energy is applied to the atomic nucleus, changes start to CHARLES M. BLACKBURN State official prominent in veterans affairs Party Politics "We'rs out of debt at last! Don't owe a dime except those few doctor bills." fTWE air lately has been as full A of talk about radiations as it has been full of real radiation.

There has been talk about the dangers of radiation from atomic bombs and from atomic fall-out. One doctor even objected to mothers' having their children's shoes fitted by means of fluoro-scopes because he thinks we're exposed to too much radiation as it is. Radiation is a name given to the process of transferring energy through space. And it hag to be capable of going through space, or it isn't fair to call it radiation. For instance, energy can be transferred through water in the form of water waves; or sound can go through the air or some solid matter; or shock waves can be transmitted through the earth but they are not forms of radiation.

None of these can be transferred through empty space there's nothing like a vacuum to kill sound, for example. Through Empty Space But true radiation can go through empty space. How or why, no one knows. It has puzzled men for years, and probably will for a long time to come. Radiation, tlien, is the transfer of energy through space.

And this transfer of energy takes the shape of what are called (for convenience) electromagnetic waves. They probably aren't waves, but they seem to act so much like waves in water that they're called waves. Radiation includes everything from extremely long radio waves, which have a wave length, or distance between successive waves, of thousands of meters, down to gamma rays, which are only a billionth of a centimeter apart. Or, to put that measure into English, 254,000,000,000 gamma rays laid out in a row would cover one inch. In between the radio waves RILL LADO'S Radio and TV Almanac Action on Vets Board Is Setting A Precedent It's Farewell to Herbie Koch on WHAS Tonight Many Types In Blast When an atomic bomb goes off, it gives off all these rays, with the possible exception of radio waves.

It gives off infrared rays in the form of heat, light rays that blind, and ultraviolet rays, rays and gamma rays that kill. The only difference between any of these rays is what part of the atom they come from. Actually, they form a continuous band, the only difference between them being their wave lengths. The shorter the wave length, the more energetic the rays are, so that short gamma rays are billions of times more powerful than the long radio waves. If we'll remember how an atom is put together with a central nucleus and then electrons going around the nucleus in a series of concentric circles we can trace down the origin of each of these waves.

When an atom gets excited, it moves faster, and we say its heat rises. It then passes on this heat to cooler objects by means of infrared rays energy going from a warm body to a cooler one. The sun's heat reaches the earth in the form of infrared rays. Electrons Jump If more energy is put into the atom, some of its outer electrons jump away from it, and we see that jump in a flash of light. First, the outer electrons jump away, because it doesn't take much energy to strip them away they're so far from the nucleus that the hold is rather weak.

AROUND the radio-TV beat: Old friends will gather tonight on WHAS radio at 10:30 when they say fare-well to the Herbie Koch Show. Herbie is retiring from radio after 22 years at WHAS. Stories, some true and some legend, will be recounted. There will be recollections of the old with Jim Walton. ft Herbie's playing of "Star- 1 dust" from Hoagy Car- uW" michael's original manu- chapter.

Write her at N.B.C.,30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, 20. "The Line-Up," the TV cops and robbers, is going to get a full-length movie treatment. Loretta Young said good-by for the summer last Sunday and went to work next day on her fall series. Janet Waldo is the wife of plavwright Robert E. Lee, the coauthor of "Inherit The Wind." Gale Storm is filming her series due on TV next fall.

Perry Wilson, who plays so many TV dramatic roles, will play baseball star Jim Piersall in the movie. Meant Business Vlnce Clephas of WHAS radio and TV went to Mexico with the Jefferson County Playground and Recreation Division's "Youth Ambassadors" carrying one still camera, two movie cameras and a tape recorder to send back news material. He'll be busier than a sword swallower with two heads. Sam Lcven.son, a former teacher, gets more double-meaning ad libs than you would expect on "Two for The Money." Richard Kieth, a 5-year-old drumming prodigy from the Horace Heidt show, will play Ricky Ricardo, on "I Love Lucy" next season. Margaret Truman was supposed to be on the first Steve Allen show, but she still has that throat trouble.

Leo Guild of Hollywood Reporter says Bob Hope has the perfect deal with N.B.C. on his movie, "That Certain Feeling." Hope keeps the money, but N.B.C. can make all the free plugs. but "Weekday" hasn't produced much revenue, Soldier 3'i Years Jackie Gleason is rerunning for the summer. Maurice Gosficld, who plays Doberman on the Phil Silvers show, was a soldier for 3Va years.

He couldn't have been that dumb in real life because he came out a tech sergeant. If you think Jim Arness acts like John Wayne, Arness was under the Wayne influence for some years while working for the Wayne-Fellows Production company, a movie firm Wayne founded. When Charles Collingwood joined C.B.S. at age 23, an official thought it would be better if the newsman seemed more mature. So they announced the signing of the "28-year-old Charles Collingwood." Charles swears the announcement got in the same paper that carried a society item about his parents' 25th wedding anniversary! Horn In Kentucky Lonnie Burr, the dancing Mousketccr on the kid TV show on Chanel 3 weekdays is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Howard A. Babin, the old vaudeville dancing team of "Dot and Dash." Lonnie was born in Dayton, in 1943 "Ding Dong School" now has a with committees being formed to help "Miss Frances" Horwich guide the preschool set. You can get a monthly news bulletin from her if you want to form a was published will be re- KOCH called. Herbie will play a part from his original score for "Ten Commandments." Bill Pickett, Peggy Pul-liam of WAVE, Dick Lohr and Bob Fisher and many others will take part.

Herbie will continue to do some of his outside work, but he's getting away from the radio-TV scramble. Best wishes from many, many friends, Herbie! Director Henry King of "20th Century-Fox" hour is on a solo air trip to 25 Eastern cities scouting talent. Marge and Gowcr Champion expect the heir in November. Libcrace is the honorary Mayor of Sherman Oaks, Cal. Dinah Shore broke the house record at that Las Vegas joint All-Star baseball game will be on Channel 3 July 10.

"Weekday," that N.B.C. radio daily programming idea may bite the dust and N.B.C.-affiliated stations will hear its fate Friday. "Monitor," the weekend service, is a cinch to continue, I I A It II Says; Nehnis Aides Hinted He Might Cancel Visit WASHINGTON Several cables were exchanged before the State Department was able to sidetrack the long-scheduled visit of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India. At first, Nehru was advised informally that the President's illness would interfere with the visit, and that while Eisenhower would be delighted to see him briefly, most of the Br JOE HART, Courier-Journal Staff Writvr rpHE CHANDLER Administration set a precedent in taking .1 control of the Kentucky Disabled Ex-Serviccmen's Board. Up to two years ago, the American Legion nominated the (hire appointive members of the board.

The lieutenant governor and adjutant general are members by reason of their offices. A change in the law took from the Legion the privilege of nominating board nirmbers. Lawrence W. Wetherby, then Governor, reappointed the board members then in office. Active in getting the board authorized by the Legislature in 1922 was attorney Henry J.

Stites, a Louisville Republican. Stites served as secretary for about a year without pay or expenses. No sign of party politics showed up until recently. Democrats and Republicans worked side by side on the board, at headquarters and in the field. All concerned expressed determination to keep the board free of politics.

The reason for that determination lay in the purpose of the board: to help disabled veterans prosecute their claims before the Veterans Administration. Cain Experience As the years passed, those connected with the board became experienced in helping veterans prepare their claims and present the evidence, pretty much as a lawyer aids his client in court. The late James D. Sory, a Democrat, served for many years as secretary of the board. C.

N. Florence, a Republican, likewise served as secretary under Democratic and Republican Administrations. The motive for the present complete, or nearly complete, reorganization cannot be known. On the surface, the Republicans do not seem to be faring too well. W.

S. Taylor, who served on the board nine years, was asked to resign a few days before his term expired. He refused. Taylor, retired head of the Government Alcohol Tax Unit, is a lifelong Republican. Alex B.

Combs, Hazard, has been assistant director for nine years. He is a strong Republican, outside of board work. He was dismissed on short notice June 1. Two Democrats on the board also were dismissed or asked to resign. Tiro Legislators Are Ousted Thev are State Senator C.

M. Maloney, Madisonville, and George Williamson, LaGrange, a member of the House. Some fairly large appropriations are involved. The 195S Legislature appropriated $30,000 additional to be used by three veterans organizations for contact work. The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wart and Disabled American Veterans will get $10,000 each for contact work with disabled veterans.

The total appropriation for the board for 1956-58 is $244,500. Combs, a severely wounded combat veteran of World War was replaced by R. R. Thomas, Elizabethtown. Thomas will replace Stanley Hudson, the present director, on July 1.

Hudson will become the board's contact man for veterans organizations. The new board is made up of Lieutenant Governor Harry Lee Waterfield, Adjutant General J. B. Williams, George D. Miller, Bardstown; Lester H.

Spalding, Lebanon, and William K. Vice, Paintsville. Governor Chandler is reported to have turned over veterans affairs to Charles M. Blackburn, Versailles. Former Commander of Legion Blackburn was Legion commander for the state in 1949.

He was chairman of the Veterans Committee for Chandler in the gubernatorial campaign. Blackburn was campaign manager for Joe Bates in his unsuccessful campaign for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. He recently was named commisloner of motor transportation. Thomas, the new director, has been granted the power to hire and fire at will. Previously, that was a board function.

Undoubtedly some veterans-organization politics is mixed up in the board operations, but that probably has been true in the past. If it existed, it never showed up in such forms as ousters and reshuffling. conferring must be done with Secretary of State Dulles. ferred until Eisenhower was fully recovered. THERE'S A TRICK to everything, including running for Congress.

When Representatives Ayres of Ohio and Davis of Wis consin, both Republicans, decia-cd to fly some balloons at the Congressional baseball game, the Democrats tried to stop them. This did not please Nehru, who has talked to Dulles before and doesn't particularly like him. He hasn't forgotten Dulles's statement siding with Portugal in the row with India over Goa. As a result, Nehru's aides indicated that he might not come to the United States at all. It was at this point that he sent a cable to the President suggesting that the trip be de- Avres and Davis knew that the annual baseball game be tween the Democrats and Re publicans would be televised.

So thev prepared some balloons BUDGET-MSB JAWAHARLAL NEHRU Delays his visit BUT YOU HATE TO KEEP BOOKS STAN DEI, APLATSE Ponteard Any Way You Pack, It Still Won't Fit marked "Ayres is a sure hit" and "Davis is your friend" and ordered them delivered to the ball park. But they ordered employees of the Post Office Department to put them on a mail truck for transportation to the stadium. The Democrats got wind of this and Postmaster Morris of the House of Representatives stopped the truck. After that, Davis and Ayres had to hire their own truck. They got the publicity, all right, but the taxpayers didn't pay for it.

Press Comments SOME of the outstanding Republican and conservative newspapers have been extremely frank regarding President Eisenhower's second illness. Wrote John S. Knight of the Detroit Free Press, Miami Herald, Akron Beacon-Journal and associated newspapers: "The seriousness of the President's illness has been minimized by friendly editorialists who point to Adlai Stevenson's operation for kidney stones; Harry Truman's gall-bladder operation; the recent surgery on Governor Averell Harriman's prostate gland; Senator Lyndon Johnson's heart attack, and Senator Stuart Symington's sympathectomy for high blood pressure in 1947. "How idle and misleading it is to pretend that the President, a former heart case and chronic sufferer from gastric disturbances, can fully regain his old vigor. But in their anxiety over the future, the Republican strategists and the big guns in the business world are determined to have Ike run, even though he may not last through a second term under the pressures of the job." The Toledo Blade said: "A great many doctors must have said to themselves that they never before heard a doctor speak with such optimism about a patient right after he had undergone major surgery." Richmond, News-Leader (Democratic but strongly pro-Eisenhower): "Surgery is nothing to laugh off.

It means a strain on an already weakened heart. Twice within a nine-month period his body has given way. What might happen in the future is anybody's guess." Copyrltht, San Francisco. MOST of the airlines will send you a booklet, "How To Pack for Your Vacation." So will the major gasoline companies. State Chambers of Commerce will flood you with maps.

Bus companies will plan your itinerary. THEN YOU NEED a Citizens Fidelity checking account. Citizens Fidelity check stubs provide an accurate record of all payments made. You know where your money goes budget planning becomes easier more efficient. And your cancelled checks are sure receipts.

For your convenience, Citizens Fidelity provides both regular and special checking accounts. The SPECIAL CHECKING ACCOUNT requires no minimum balance. The reason for this is that 80,000,000 Americans are on the move. Or wish they were. Or intend to if they ever get the scratch.

The total outlay being somewhere in the neighborhood of 17 billion dollars. (I wish I lived in that neighborhood, but cannot afford it.) This bundle is so juicy that thousands of citizens make their entire living on it. Selling gasoline or postcards. Poisoning the ruthlessly. (I did not think this up myself.

I read it somewhere a long time ago, and am still rolling on the floor with laughter.) You can discard as much as you want. You will still NEVER get it all in the suitcase. Get that through your head and you will be saved a lot of disappointment. I recall from some travel advice, "Don't force a suitcase closed. It is apt to warp.

Pack carefully instead." Let's Face It There is NO suitcase in the world that will close without the whole family sitting on it. Absolutely none. Face it. The best way to do this is to put two adults on each end (where the snaps are). Then have a child stand on it in the middle and jounce up and down.

With each jounce, you reach down, between your legs, and try to catch the snap. As an old suitcase packer, I have found this works every time. Once snapped, you will find you left your.shirts out. They are in the center drawer. That is why 1 advir.e having the child to help you bounce on the suitcase.

Their weight is of little value. But when you find what you have left out, you can cuff their ears off. And this gives you a little relief. With a few snarling well-chosen words, you ran prove beyond doubt that it was the child's fault that you left the shirts out. Or if you can't, you have no business packing a suitcase anyway.

It needs a strong temperament, and we start with the idea that somebody else is always wrong. CITIZENS DELITY MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCI CORPORATION FEDERAL RESERVI SYSTEM sturdy public with things that are sold under the sign "Good Eats." In short, it is a matter of Big Business. Therefore, worth a noble look at the noble cause. I mention this only because I have been packing myself. Did it all without a "colorful descriptive folder." Nor did I cheat by asking the oil-company people.

Packing is a matter of getting things into a suitcase. Should lie Square, The suitcase should be square. At least, it should have square corners. A square-cornered suitcase is just what you need in a small motel room. Because if you rise in the dark, its square corners catch you right in the shin.

This proves you have not been robbed while you were asleep. The suitcase should be packed with necessary things. Lay out all your things then discard 4.