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...objection that the United States is cluttering space is far more serious. Already the U.S. has a poor international reputation for its "behavior in space," due to the Starfish experiment. Project Starfish was one of the nuclear tests conducted at Johnston Island last year. A 1.4 megaton bomb was detonated at an altitude of 250 miles on July 9, injecting radiation into the earth's magnetic field and creating and artificial Van Allen belt. This radiation did not disappear as American scientists predicted--in fact, it has rendered useless three satellites, as well as interfering seriously with the work...
...anti-inflationary note was introduced into cancer research last week. Dr. David A. Karnofsky reported that for preliminary testing of anti-cancer drugs he uses the fertilized egg of the sand dollar-a lowly echinoderm, kin of the starfish, and a delight to beachcombing children...
...popular-science sellers: the Porter Chemical Co.'s Biocraft Biology lab (list price: $20), which includes a frog, a perch, and a crayfish pickled in formaldehyde, and the Fleet Manufacturing Co.'s Chick-U-Bator, a two-egg plastic incubator. Other eye-catchers: Margarete Steiffs stuffed frogs, starfish and turtles for children's TV seats; Boombass Co.'s one-man band mounted on a bouncing stick (list price...
Following Paddock's lead in gunite construction are the Anthony Bros., Inc. of South Gate, Calif. (1958 sales: $8,000,000 ). The four brothers this year will market 50 models, including starfish-and boomerang-shaped pools, priced from $2,800, expect sales to top $10 million. For the nation's largest pool-equipment maker, Swimquip, Inc. of El Monte, Calif., the torrent of 1959 business has come so fast that all materials allocated for the first half were used up in the first quarter. Said President William O. Baker: "This year the business has gone crazy...
Adventures in Science (Sat. 3:15 p.m., CBS). Rutgers' Dr. Frederick Aldrich discusses the starfish...