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Prof questions MX safety
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The
U.S. Air Force is trying to pre
vent the White House from
seeing a letter written by a
Nobel Prize-winning physics
professor that says MX mis
siles may not be protected suf
ficiently from Soviet attack
under a new basing plan, it
was reported Wednesday.
The professor who wrote
the letter, Charles Townes
from the University of Cali
fornia, headed a study group
which was set up by Defense
Secretary Caspar Weinberger
to examine the new plan.
The Washington Post re
ports that the letter expresses
doubts about whether the Air
Force can build the kind of
superhardened underground
concrete and steel silos need
ed to protect the MX missiles
from the blast, heat and radi
ation of an attack.
Townes also reportedly
says it may be easier for the
Soviets to modify their mis
siles to cope with the new plan
— Dense Pack — than it will be
for the Air Force to build su
perhardened shelters as
planned.
Weinberger, who returned
from an overseas trip Mon
day, is to submit his recom
mendations on the MX to
President Reagan soon.
The Post said Weinberger
is ready to recommend a go-
ahead on Dense Pack to the
White House, although he is
lukewarm about the plan and
has incorporated Fownes’ con
cerns into his recommenda
tion. He is aid to value
Townes’ opinion highly.
Dense Pack involves group
ing the missiles together on
the theory that a blast from
the first attacking enemy mis
siles would deflect or destroy
the trailing missiles and leave
the MXs relatively secure.
The Post said Weinberger
probably will not make a spe
cific recommendation on the
politically touchy question of
whether New Mexico, Nevada
and Wyoming ought to be the
location for the missiles but
will leave that up to the presi
dent.
In his letter, Townes says a
degree of silo hardness would
have to be achieved substan
tially beyond anything pre
viously done and that the
Soviets must believe it can be
done.
People can’t lace
tamper-proof bottle
Two weeks to vaccinate
Flu epidemic may occur
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — One of
every 10 Americans faces aches,
fever and the risk of developing
pneumonia this winter due to a
potential “moderate-sized epi
demic” of the flu, public health
researchers says. .
Dr. Sarah Braud, state health
officer for Louisiana, said the
cyclical nature of viral diseases
translates into a greater flu out
break nationwide this winter
than last.
Dr. Robert Couch, professor
at the Baylor College of Medi
cine in Houston, said his re
search indicated a Bangkok-
type flu would hit 10 percent of
people in the Houston area
from early December to mid-
February, with its greatest con
centration in January.
Braud said Couch’s figures
could be applied to the entire
nation.
“Based on what’s happened
in the rest of the world we can
probably say there’s going to be
more flu this season in the U.S.
than last winter,” she said.
Couch said most researchers
are expecting a type-A influenza
epidemic this winter, based on
historic patterns and outbreaks
of the virus around the world
this year.
“Our prediction is a moder
ate-sized epidemic this winter,”
he said.
Couch said the virus has not
yet been identified in the con
tinental U.S., but researchers
feel it’s likely.
“Those type of viruses were
epidemic in the Philippines and
Southeast Asia in the summer
and have already been identi
fied in outbreak form in Alaska
during the month of October,”
he said.
Couch, a representative of the
National Foundation for Infec
tious Diseases traveling around
the country to encourage people
to get vaccinated against the flu
and pneumonia, said older peo
ple and those with health prob
lems should take special precau
tions.
The doctor warned there are
about two weeks left in what
would ordinarily be considered
the vaccination period and said
people who get the flu risk the
chance of developing potential-
ly-fatal pneumonia.
Pneumonia, caused by a viral
infection in half of all cases, is
the fifth leading cause of death
in the U.S. and has a fairly high
fatality rate, Couch said.
People with chronic heart,
lung and kidney diseases, sickle
cell anemia, diabetes and meta
bolic disorders and those who
have had their spleens removed
or damaged face the greatest
danger from pneumonia, he
said.
United Press International
HOUSTON — A Turkish
businessman working in the Un
ited States says he has produced
a tamper-proof bottle safe for
use around children.
The businessman, an inven
tor who requests anonymity,
said he believes his small bottle
will add only about 25 cents to
the cost of manufacturing the
current most popular dispen
sers — all of which he says can be
fouled with poison.
He developed the prototype
bottle under the company name
Future Research Design and
Manufacturing and says he has
submitted the necessary papers
for patent.
“I’m not marketing the pro
duct myself,” he said.
He came up with the new de
sign after a rash of poisonings in
this country, apparently by peo
ple who contaminated contain
ers that were thought to be safe
ly packaged.
The key properties of the new
bottle are:
— glass as the main body;
— an impenetrable twist-off
cap;
— a cap that when moved
slightly loses its grip and has to
be replaced;
— a secondary cap that is
child safe;
— an outside plastic covering
that contains broken glass;
“There’s no way you can get
inside this product without
knowing it,” he said. “At best all
we have now on the market are
tamper- resistant containers.
Mine is tamper-proof,” he said.
In a demonstration in the
company offices, company
spokesman Marc Dickey showed
that many medicine containers
seemingly safe were not. He was
able to introduce dye into them
in such a way that the tampering
was not evident.
With the new bottle in hand,
Dickey could not drill through
the top using a small bit.
The bottle Dickey used had
the walls of the bottle broken.
But the shards were contained
and not dangerous.
The company is concealing as
proprietary information the
chemical makeup of the top and
the pliable outer layer.
The inventor said a cel
lophane safety seal around the
lip of a bottle cap is not the
answer because most caps can be
penetrated by drilling.
He said he revealed his pro
duct to the news media in the last
few days so a potential manufac
turer and marketer would see
the product and contact him.
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Unemployment checks
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — Another
650,000 people applied for un
employment checks in the week
ending Oct. 30, the third con
secutive week of slightly de
creased first-time claims, the
Labor Department said
Wednesday.
The latest week’s total of ini
tial jobless claims was down
27,000 from the previous week
after adjustment for routine sea
sonal layoff patterns.
The total also was down, but
less dramatically before seasonal
adjustment. Actual claims for
state jobless benefits went to
575,100 in the week ending Oct.
30, a drop of 2,500 claims from
the week before.
On Nov. 5 the department
reported the overall unemploy
ment rate was 10.4 percent of
the workforce, a new post-
Depression high representing
11.6 million people out of work.
The monthly unemployment
report is based on a survey that is
taken in the week that includes
the 12th of the month. Initial
claims during that week last
month were at a level of 687,000
after adjustment.
The latest report showed that
for the fourth consecutive week
the rate of unemployment
among people covered by em
ployment insurance was 5.3 per
cent after seasonal adjustment.
That represented a total of
4,673,000 receiving unemploy
ment insurance benefits under
state programs, down 12,000
from the week before.
Before seasonal adjustment
the rate of insured unemploy
ment fell from 4.5 to 4.4 per
cent, representing 3,860,000
people actually getting benefit
checks, down 33,100 from the *
previous week.
Initial jobless claims hit their
high point during the week en
ding Oct. 2, when 696,000 peo-
E le applied for unemployment
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