THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1964 THE MICHIGAN DAILY . Katharine ,k. Gibbs Memorial 1 ,S S Scholarships Full tuition for one year plus $500 cash grant Open to senior women interested in business careers as assistants to administrators and executives. Outstanding training. Information now available at the College Placement Bureau. 21 Marlborough St., BOSTON, MASS. 02116 200 Park Ave., NEW YORK, N. Y. 10017 33 Plymouth St., MONTCLAIR, N.1. 07042 155 Angel St., PROVIDENCE, R. 1. 02906 J EEThari c SECRETARIAL U.S. Plans To Detect N-Tests Underwater By FRANCIS STILLEY Associated Press Newsfeatures Writer The United States is going underground to detect under- ground nuclear weapons tests else- where in the world. Actually, to put it more precisely, the United I - - I NOW s " S at QUARRY PHOTO'S SOUND DEPARTMENT PANASONIC TRANSISTOR TAPE RECORDER States is going under water tof do it. It will be a sort of super-sensi- tive seismograph-the instrument ordinarily used to record earth- quakes placed on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. At the same time, the ocean- bottom seismograph will be used to carry out a number of other studies of a purely scientific nature. Lamont Tool The instrument is a modifica- tion of the lunar seismograph de- veloped by Columbia University's Lamont Geological Observatory at Palisades, N.Y., for landing on the moon. The ocean-bottom seismograph project is a joint undertaking of Columbia scientists and the Ad- vanced Research Projects Agency of the Office of Naval Research. Columiba terms the instrument as being "capable of accomplish- ing a major breakthrough in de- tection of underground nuclear weapons tests. It will be placed more than two miles below the surface of the Pacific at a spot approximately 115 miles south and west of Point Arena, Calif. A coaxial submarine cable will connect it with recording instru- ments on the shore near Point Arena, which is about midway be- tween Cape Mendocino and San Francisco. The United States has a num- ber of ways of checking on above- ground nuclear tests by other na- tions. However, underground ex- plosion - permissible under the nation's limited test ban with Rus- sia-are not so readily detected. Good Site Maurice Ewing, director of the Lamont Observatory, said the bottom of the ocean will provide a good seismic site because it is far from man-made noises. He said also that the ocean it- self serves as a buffer to shield the ocean floor from horizontal stresses of the wind. Ewing continued, "There are various seismic methods by which some improvement in our knowl- edge and technique for handling the underground weapon test sur- veillance problem can be obtained. "These include use of quiet seis- niograph locations, improved seis- mographs, vast seismic arrays. The ocean-bottom seismograph, how- ever, is alone in its capability of making a major breakthrough in this surveillance problem. It could provide completely new techniques. This seismograph is a superb scientific tool." Other Tests Considerable underwater test- ing has been carried out with less sophisticated instruments. The Lamont Observatory will build, install and operate the Cali- fornia instrument and monitoring station under the Navy contract. For purely scientific study, it will include devices to measure variations in the earth's magnetic field, ocean pressures, sounds, water temperatures and possibly ocean bottom currents. These too would be recorded at the shore station. Offers Job Alternati-ves WASHINGTON - The Civil Service Commission is suggesting an alternative to a House-ap- proved bill that would make thou- sands of summer jobs in federal agencies available to students across the nation, the Washing- ton Post reported recently. Last summer, about 80 per cent of the estibmated 10,000 jobs were filled by students from the Wash- ington area. But a bill introduced by Rep. Lindley K. Beckworth (D- Tex) would allot summer jobs to each state on the basis of its population. But, Civil Service Commission Chairman John W. Macy said that he feels that a strict apportion- ment law is not the answer to "the difficulties experienced by members of Congress in attempt- ing to counsel high school and college stu'dents" who want to work in Washington in the sum- mer. Macy suggested instead that a nation-wide announcement for the jobs be issued early each year by the Civil Service Commission. Ap- plicants would then take an as- sembled test which would evaluate reading, verbal and arithmetic skills. Examinations would be rated, with points for veterans' perfer- ence added. All applicants would be advised of their rating, Macy added. The competitors would then be split into three groups according to their test scores and govern- mental agencies would be permit- ted to select employes from the high-scoring students in the group assigned to them. He said that the principal dif- ference between this and the Beckworth bill is that the House- approved legislation "places pri- mary emphasis on state of resi- dence and secondary emphasis on merit. This proposal places pri~- mary emphasis on merit regard- less of state of residence." UN Truce Teams Highlighted As New River Crisis Develops By The Associated Press JERUSALEM-An Arab sum-pLaely theeest-a mit meeting in Cairo, considering line has been the 49-mi ways to stop Israel from diverting. tier between Israel and the Jordan River to irrigate its Problems there have c Southland, places more attention largely of the return of I on the small, but effective United By contrast the Israe Nations truce team. border, though only 45 mi The Arabs heard from their is the most sensitive. Fif military staffs and considered po- . 'UN observers operate at litical maneuvers as a new Middle tions along the boundai East crisis seems brewing. round-the-clock basis. The Israelis hope to complete There have been aroun the Jordan River project this year, dred shooting incidents but have kept secret the day when stretch during the past 12 the water diversion will begin in comparison with about fearing Arab retaliation. all the other three armist No Talks together. The project has been consider- Israel Protest ed for 10 years, but the Arabs In August, Israel prot and Israelis refused to agree on a the Security Council that joint project. Israel then went. . ian soldiers had crossedt ahead on its own der to slay two 19-year-o All this maneuvering puts new ers. emphasis on the UN truce team, During the same moni which has been patrolling a gen- U THANT was a brief but violent e erally quiet border. Only Syrian of gunfire between Isra firing near the water project has When the Israeli-Arab armis- Jordanians in this city, punctuated the calm. tices were signed in 1949, the divided between the two cc Previously, United, Nations Sec- Mixed Armistice Commissions However, the 329-mile retary-General U Thant had sug- were set up to iron out any prob- between Israel and Jorda: gested that UN member states lems which might arise. wise has been relatively q consider the possibility of cutting They are made up of equal the two countries have wo down on the size and cost of the numbers of representatives of Is- gether through the Mixed 5000-man UN Emergency Force raelis, the various Arab countries tice Commission to dealw sent to the area after the Israeli and the UN Truce Observation problems of malaria, ra invasion of Egypt in 1956. Organization locust control. Sinai Station, , The emergency force is station-. . .. < f ed in the Sinai Peninsula and Ga- ^ za Strip areas between Israel and Egypt. On the basis of a request by the UN Security Council, the sec- ,t+ retary-general also has requested a new overall report on the Is- rael-Arab armistice situation. The request was made of Nor- wegian Gen. Odd Bull, who is { a, ; a ff° ' ' chief of staff of the United Na- tions Truce Observation Organiza-to I e. tion in Israel.~ Bull ReportA 2 4rta br Bull's report will cover only the. . .. . .. .. . .. working or non-working of the * . } 108-man Truce Observation Group t +' and four Mxed Armistice Com- missions which operate under UN auspices. officers J "J )4.... Bull has a staff of 108 officers who make observations at vari- __________a_____y e }4 ous points along the borders be-'..4.....~s{x" . tween Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Egypt. 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