New Electronic Eye Will
Help Printers
SCIE
CIENTISTS at the Wayne Kerr Laboratories, Chessington, Surrey, have designed an instru- ment which is likely to save the printing Industry thousands of tons of ink a year.
The instrument~~~ highly sensitive "probe" attached to a
inleroscope and linked to The World
Di
electronle measuring meter- can tell the depths of holes marks Jo materials to within TWO MILLIONTHS of an ch. When printing is dong da gravure plates-any lossy magazines today are printed by thi method-each plate has to tu be examined by microscope
the check its smoothness and depth of impressions on its sur- face.
Because the microseups calid only be focused "by eye," rich accuracy was inst.
Using the new probe, the exuel depth of bolesniu when
the ink dows can be fuld, and the plate altered needingly.
The device can also be used for precise measurement dows or fatigue cracks in air- planes, 15 for telling
of
Science
By Peter Fairley
be
Frat gulnea-pigs will
The teals 100 British children,
will last for up to four years Results will be compared with those from 21 further 100 children who will undergo CD- ventional surgery,
Insects' nerves
Insects iterally "live on their ferir." That is the verdict of an American selentist who has thebeck studying the nerve sys- tems of hundreds of them, flo found that:
depth of cells in hunian Ussuri vital knowledge in certain kinds of medical ruseurch.
'Brain valve'.
A London spital has xioried Britain of 2 the first trials in device (o relleve hydrocephalus
"water on the brain The device is " steel and plastic valve, Jess than quarter-inch thick, invented by
A
U.S. engineer whose 511 suffers from the disorder. Ris fitted to open when the pre-sul of Ruid inside the hond reaches u certain level.
An insert responda suddenly to information plcked up by its nerves; that its reaction is im- pulsive, and not based thought or experience; that the norves themselves are very large by comparison with mammals.
In his report, the selenfist Compares an insect's renelion to that of remon, hearing the alarm bell, racing for his engine w.thout knowing if it is a sinall or a large Are
ut Express Service).
Rustlers tote 'drug guns'
CAT
Great Falls, Montana.
"ATTLE rustlers have brought their guns out again in the Ameri- can West-but it's tran- quilliser pellets they're
now send for help from the US. Foud and Drug Administration. Washington is sending agents
to Montana to investigate."
Senator Gurdon, Murray,
of
Montana, received a letter from Art Wabon, president of the Montana Caftionen's Associn-
on, who wrote: "The gu
firing now, not bullets. rilles and pistols-shoof, with
Rustiers use "tranquilisers Greely any Kung" to njret vartle with
trues that keep them quiet
they
loaded ilus
ns trucks.
are
And ranchers, who in the bad
old days called for the sheriff,
THE
nuise, prilet which contains tranquilisers and ather drugs."
Watson warned that the "quiet gans" could also be used
or other crinus.
--(London Express Scrutcej.
Just Fancy That!
Nottingham,
HE Sherin of Nottingham's house is for sale.
Alfreton Hall in Derbyshire, where, the Sheriff lved in the 12th Century when Robin Hood was supposed to have roamed Sherwood Farest, went on the market to pay the inherliance taxes of Ita lale owner, R. C. Palmer-Morwood.
The sale includes more than two thousand acres and 102 tenants cottages. Tenants are being given first chance at buying their own homes.
--
The Sheriff lived in Derbyshire because at the time of King John, he ruled hotb Nottinghamshire and its neighbouring county.
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This is PRIVATE LINE by CHAPMAN PINCHER
..
and the line opens with a direct talk with the man who flew to Moscow last month
GAITSKELL and the BOMB
What his policy really means
TO MARK the birth of Private Line, a China Mail column which will specialise in news of high significance, Mr Hugh Gaitskell, who flew to Moscow last week-end, disclosed for the first time the full implications of the H-bomb policy he proposes to present at the election; what it holds for the British Forces, for Anglo-American relations, and for world peace.
Here are the Labour leader's forthright answers to my ques- tlons in a pericnal talk in West minster recently.
milaalles. Does your plan imply that each British ship so arm- ed would have to carry Ameri- cans holding the key to the armoury
I SHOULD not have thought It neessory ог desirable for British shpr under normal condition to carry NO, we are
On the other atomic weapons. In war condi But proposing nuclear weapons. unconditional nuclear disarma- hand you know, many tices we should be in just the
Nuto's tut think
of us the rest 1. What we are proposing experts
I position
But I pree 1 is casentini wirr du you attach such that the British Government strategy is at present based too Nato.
non-should we its unique position much on nuclear and too little to eleur up the whole question Importance to your
as the third nuclear Power to on conventional weapons. From of the collective control of A nuclear club proposal?
British and stop the spread of the bomb. this point of view the BECAUSE It we want to Our offer would be this: If all charge might be helpful.
Rusia to other countries except somehow survive we have
America
no1 ngree and and stop the nuclear arms rice
porscs5 nuclear the spread of nuclear weapons produce or
their own and lo more and more countries, wzupons of which is now becoming a very accept the international controls necessary to ensure that the grave danger.
agreement was carried out, then we should be prepared to join the resment under the Enme conditions,
Undermining
to
The velo
IN WHAT way then would Britain be "non-nuclear *?
#10 There would bo British of nuclear manufacture weapons tad no bemb stockpile of our own. The atomic BUT
many other BUT dors not the posses weapons and H-bamb would be countries yet in a position to sion of nuclear weapons of suppited by the United States of produce
nuclear our Dwn
us a lot of Amurien as, indeed, they are to OWT bring weapons?
rresize and power which we a very enge extent today. should be Kiving up under your plan?
are
• their
more
YES. At least 12 countries have the economic and technical cappeily to begin All theso could doing to now. be producing nuclear weapons within five years. And five years frein tow probably 1 other eight countries will have this capacity too.
EVEN if other countries
produce nuclear weapons, why
H-bombs within
alllance.
of the THE SOLE purpose Blue Streak rocket now, being Aft provide developed is to H-bomb-carrying missile under Independeat British control to In case Bellain deter attack ever has to stand alone, What would happen to this project under your plant
IT would have to be verapped alore with similar projects in other countries which endanger
Course world peace. This of WOULD
have would save the taxpayer a lot Americans the right to veto their
use of money about £900 million, an emergency which y believe. POSSIBLY. But this is just even in.
affect 'British the argument that Francis nend might vitally
without affecting Intereals other countries we to justify
those of the United States? their boving their own nuclear. weapons too.
own
Aldermaston
NEVER SEEN BEFORE...
STREAK-The top-secret British rocket which Mr Galtskell wants to scrap.
to
produe-
BLUE
A
of
at
WHAT YES, but it is in, the highest
would happen If we use it to justify keeping degree unlikely that we should the nuclear weapons do our bomb, they will use it to ever resort to nuclear warfare
tion Facilities representing More on our
and without
Investment national justify getting theirs. over, any prestige and power we America on our ele. 1, at least.
of millons hundreds Is this necessarily dangerous? have now will diminish if more um not in faveur of "going it
Aldermaston and elsewhere? FOR three reasons. They wit and more countries also have alone" in a muclear Suez! carry out tests which poison the nuclear weapons of their own.
h
will
we make under atmosphere and when they do Any acerifies this
plan will be abundantly the our undermine agreement now being negotiated jucted if thereby we stop the
uk nuslar arms race. between Amerien, Russia, Britain to stop tests.
HOW dota your plan affect Secondly, if nuclear weapons
our membership of Nator less rel into the hands of
NOT at all. We should re- Governments, responsible
if they especially
are not main members and be in just the frightened of retaliation, there same position as all the
other
In
ships
They would be shut down.. This would save a lot of money, ona incldentally a lot of selen CERTAIN British unfts its now employed on military freed for trained to use nuclear weapons research would be
The investment should be in a state of readi- civilian work,
been wusted if attack will not have Korpriza new again and thels atomio weapons we use our poallion as the third firm to get u
stopo the should be quickly avaliable, Does nuclear Power your plan imply that Bomber agreement which Command airfields and xiomis spread of the bombs and so for all-round decamoment. Blates troops holding the key And thirdly, if 15 countries IF your non-nueltar club is to the atomic armoury? once have stacks of A- and H- get up, would British forces bomb, which are imposible to cease to be equipped with - detect, it is going to be tor, far bombs and other stomie wea more dificult to get all-round pans in an emergency? disarmament with proper <con- trols, which la the only sure way to pesee and remains our chief would stop producing our own far as it is part of Nato strategy be done, I remind them that objective.
nuclear weapons and no longer for British Forces to be included two years ago we were told un possess stocks of our own. Once among those trained to use agreement to stop tests was Again I repeat this merely parts muclear weapons, the answer to impossible.
Governunchis are much more members, except of course the Army units would have United paves the way
likely to use them.
Our offer
Americans.
J
NO, not
As I cald the other day: "It's in a work safe for peace then WE do not believe the inter- better to be without the Bomb the bond in D world national aution jusies the with colossal risk of having bombers ratiling to war." continually in flight with nuclear necessarily, We werpa on board..
But in so
As for those who say it can't
U in the same position as the your question is Yes. To a very rest of Nato except for the considerable extent this is, of
We pushed for i-and it is United States of Americo, course, already the position to- on the way...
day.
ARE YOU proposing
that Britain should give up her As members of Nato we must
bolleve the BUTTO could muclear weapons iconllian- be prepared to play our full THE NAVY intends to fly ally? If not,
under what part in an emergency in what- atom bombs from carriers and happen with the non-nuclear conditions alould we give ever way, is agreed with our to protoci ile vessels against, club-if we push for it too. them up?
'pilles, * including the
-(London Express-Serviça), of luck by firing atom headed
H-bomb-carrying This pictur
the first showing the complete 70(4 mille-was specially cleared by Security recently for PRIVATE LINE.
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