November 18, 1956

Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, world's most precise and powerful atomic machine, under construction at Brookhaven Lab; unit will be atom-smasher and atom-maker, produce protons, neutrons and anti-neutrons and act as 'atomic microscope' to study nuclei of atoms; beam of protons will travel at record 25-30 billion electron volts, 10 times energy of beam produced by Brookhaven cosmotron; giant tunnel will enclose ring of 240 7-ft-long magnets to develop force of 10-13,000 gauss; tunnel site illus; '52 discovery at Brookhaven of strong magnetic focusing principle makes possible keeping beam of atomic particles on course without deviating more than 1/500th of inch every 100 ft and bldg of machine with no more than 4,000 tons of steel and 400 tons of copper

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Pacific Maritime Assn breaks off pay talks with ILWU charging ILWU work stoppage in sympathy with ILA strike violates no-strike pledge in pact

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17--The United States was urged by Britain and France today to make clear that it was behind Secretary General Dag Hammarskjoid of the United Nations in his efforts to keep the United Nations police in the Suez Canal Zone long enough

Eisenhower approves implementation program submitted by Chmn Strauss; steps include establishment of new schedule of charges for uranium-235 sent abroad, authorization for AEC to extend accords with 37 nations beyond 10-yr term, establishment of prices for plutonium and uranium-233 to be bought by US from operators of foreign reactors, decision by AEC that it is ready to buy all uranium-233 and plutonium produced abroad for period ending June '63 at prices cited, proposal by AEC to seek Cong authority to set guaranteed prices for both for periods not to exceed 7 yrs and decision to consider exch of uranium-235 for source material with cooperating nations; Eisenhower stresses benefits; Strauss recommends sliding price scale for uranium-235 based on its enrichment