DIVER IN SILHOUETTE Carol-Ann Morrow, 18, of Vancouver, in a silhouetted back flip, shows the form that won her the one-metre springboard title for women at the Canadian open indoor diving cham- pionships at Winnipeg. She scored a total of 312.65 points. SCIENCE NOTEBOOK COOPERATION (not competition is key to conquest of space By KENNETH YOUNGER ILL competition be the motive force propelling humanity forward in the exploration of outer space? A suggestion that perhaps it will was made recently in a book written by an American space - authority, A. Edward Tyler. Tyler suggests that “man is a combative and competitive animal who seems to perform ‘best and realize his highest capabilities under the driving “pressure of competition.” In the past, he says “war has been the great competition.” Perhaps in the future the race for space may be “better com- petition than war.” But Soviet scientists have re- cently discovered that coopera- tion, not competition, may open man’s gateways to the start. ARGUMENT SETTLED Jascha Heifetz and Mischa Elman were dining together .when a waiter brought a letter addressed to “The Greatest Vi- olinist in the World.” The two -passed the letter back and forth, each insisting it was intended for the other. Finally they decided to open. it. It began: “Dear Mr. Kreisler.” The Soviet discovery was made in experiments which du- plicated the conditions of long- term space flight. Groups of human “guinea pigs” stayed in hermetically sealed “space” cabins for periods ranging from 10 days to four months. They were bombarded with tiny doses of ionizing radiation, subjected to raised tempera- tures, weird sounds and to other stimuli. In_ selecting these “guinea pigs” Soviet scientists had to pay special attention to their ability to live and work side by side in confined areas isolated from the outside. A cooperative team attitude was a definite as- set in holding out for long per- iods in these quarters. Planning a trip? LET US MAKE ALL YOUR ARRANGEMENTS TRAVEL 615 SELKIRK AVE, - WINNIPEG, MANITOBA - ~ AGENCY JU. 6-1886 The “space journey” exper- iments made other discoveries such as the fact that in the con- fined, sealed cabin the skin tends to lose-some protective ability and bacteria accumulate more rapidly. Thus a real space- ship cabin will need devices to destroy bacteria. Ultra-violet radiation of the skin, special exercise and addi- tion of special vitimins to food all reduced the changes in the human organism in the space- cabin environment. It is worth noting that de- spite his belief in the driving force of competition U.S. space scientist Tyler was also forced to conclude in his book that the ultimate conquest .of outer space will probably demand world-wide cooperation. _ more pessimistic: J.$. Wallace I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls And everything that creeps or crawls Went wobble-wobble on the walls. Lewis Carroll HEN I was last in the Soviet Union (I hope the way I put that hides my pride) they were rejoicing because another leading penitentiary had been shut down for lack of customers. And this week I read (in Moscow News I think) that 80 percent of the cases before the Soviet courts are now of a civil and not of & criminal nature. Yes, they still have troubles. Phoebe told me of a drunk who terrorized an apartment building with a revolver when mad at his wife. And I saw three youths ~ in their late teens brawling on a street corner. How many ~ times I brawled the same way ... the last time when! was 57. Self-defense: at least that’s ‘my story. a ‘The FBI doesn’t include such affairs in its criminal statistics, but concentrates on murder, suicide, rape, armed — hold-ups, etc. Under this heading it used to say that 4” grave crime was committed in the U.S. every 19 seconds. — That was, if I can rely on my memory, about 10 years ago. — Now it counts one every 15 seconds. J. Edgar Hoover has ~ just said that it isn’t safe to walk through Central Park © _ night or day and that armed hold-ups of pedestrians take place even at 9.30 in the evening on Fifth Avenue. Repre- — sentative George W. Andrews tries to take the laurels, © sorry as they are, away from New York. “There is nO place on earth,” he says, “where human life is more in danger after the sun goes down than in Washington.” Norman Cousins of the Saturday Review puts it this — way: “For three hundred years America has been searching” in vain for its soul.” A French writer whose name I should remember is “The United States is the only country © in history that passed from barbarism to decadence without ~ an intervening period of civilization.” 4 That, of course, is going too far. Remembering Lincoln 4 John Brown, Sacco and Vanzetti—far too far. Just the same it is a little disturbing to think Lincoln was shot, Brown hanged, Sacco and Vanzetti electrocuted . . Still for all there is a sound core in the United States and some - day it will assert itself . . . the Negroes are indicating that with their freedom-now ‘campaign. _ Meanwhile,.to save ourselves from the morass into _ which the United States is still sinking we should show _ her a good example by setting our own house in ordef. | As a centennial project, how about getting out of NORAD | and getting Yankee weapons and soldiers off our soil? _ How to make your home fire salt RACEDY all too often strikes in the form of a fire in the home. Here is a checklist if you want to ex- amine your home for potential fire hazards: @ The attic should be kent free of old newspapers and magazises, and other combustibles on which fires feed. @ Old paint cans, oily rags and other trash which accumu- lates in the basement should be thrown out. @ Take care of your heating plant and have it serviced regu- - larly. These are potential hazards. Keép in mind that the major cause of fires is carelessness! Here are a few safety tips which could help to prevent a fire: ~ 2 1) Be careful with matches and smoking: this causes about one-fonrth of all fires. A still discarded clothing - Never smoke in pea under? circumstances. 2) Keep your appliances ! other electrical euipme pt workin; order. One out of & five fires is caused by misU® electrical equipment. Use pr i size fuses in fuse boxes, | avoid the use of multiple 0% plugs that could overload wi” ‘When your TV requires pairs, employ a qualified se ‘lighted cigarette, tossed into a _ wastebasket or dropped on an upholstered chair, can start a fire’ that could destroy your home and possibly take lives. Keep large, non-combustible ashtrays in every room, and urge smokers to use them. Never use plastic coasters for ashtrays. Never discard a iatch or cigar- ette without being sure it is out. Make sure there are no live sparks in ashtrays when you empty them. Never use matches or candles to look for things in closets or Attics. having a fire-safe home. man. Keep the set in a Py where it has adequate ve?” tion. A TV set generates © siderable heat ard proper | tilation can keep the set cot 3) .n the living room, al¥ keep a metal screen in from an active fireplace. a 4) In the kitchen, keep J J oven and broiler free of g!™ Don’t hang curtains or tO” close to the burners. Follow these tips and you 4 have taken a long step t0 February 5, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Pod