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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH EXPERIMENT ON WHEELS Manufacturer Experiments With Revolutionary Type Automobile To the average American, whether he Is a farmer or city man, laborer or millionaire, there is nothing as fascinating as an automobile. Every year Americans look forward to the day when new models are put on display. Recently an experiment in the automotive future a low, sleek j sports car with dramatic, sweeping lines of a Jet aircraft was unveiled 'by the styling section of General Motors. It gave Americans a glimpse of HH)ijihiiuiij.whi.i uuppuiMwumM' ""'JMjiiiimuwi ' , I figs:? f -.-- . i A simulated tall cone and dramatically ttjled tail fins give the Le Sabre the jet air-craft look. what the future might hold for them. . Harley J. Earl. GM vice presi-dent In charge of styling, said the new vehicle will bear the symbolic name of Le Sabre. In development four years, Le Sabre will be a "laboratory on wheels" for testing tooth mechanical and styling Ideas that designers have sketched on drawing boards and discussed in engineering shoptalk. "This is the car of the future only in the sense that some of its design or mechanical features may appear some day In standard mo-torcars." Mr. Earl said. "Le Sabre is purely experimental. Actually, It Is the second car of ,Its kind, the advanced counterpart of an experimental car we built ,12 years ago for the same reason-- to find out whether some of our futuristic ideas would pay off on the road," he declared. Mr. Earl's 1938 experimental car iwas equipped with a number of styling and technical innovations considered advanced at that time. But they appeared, sometimes in modified form, on later production models. It Was the first American styled car on public display with electric-ally controlled conv.rtible top and door windows, curved glass door windows, pushbutton door latches the aluminum radiator core. Addi-tional slotted air inlets range along the sides of the main inlet. Two other small air scoops are designed on the underside of the front bump-er. Fuel Tanks in Fenders The lighting system Includes a pair of running or parking lamps at the outer extremities of the front fenders, just above the flanking curve of the bumpers. Two sets of three tall lamps are mounted on the trailing edge of the rear fins, outlinglng the car insiae ana out, a low vertical front grille, fender extensions over the idoors and tail lamps recessed in the rear fenders. . Details of the hood and fender treatment also appeared In the de-sign of subsequent General Motors production cars. "We didn't know in 1938 what features of our first experimental car would be used or abandoned as we developed our styling since that time," Mr. Earl declared. "By the same token, it is im-possible to say now what innova-tions we are testing in Le Sabre may be used stylewise or mechan-ically in future production models," 'he said. 300 Horsepower Engine , He pointed out that materials used in Le Sabre, such as magne-sium and aluminum alloys, would be untouchable from a cost stand-point in current production models. Le Sabre will be powered by kn experimental V-- 8 engine with from behind. These operate as tall lamps and directional signals, while below them at the base of the fins are the backup lights. The simulated jet-typ- e tail cone houses the stoplight, centered by a "spinner" or bomb-shap- e hub that serves as a rear bumper. Two smaller but similarly shaped spin-ners are fitted into the split front bumper design at either side of the radiator grille. Le Sabre's twin tall fins have the functional purpose of housing aircraft type rubber-ized fuel cells, one for gasoline and the other for methyl al-cohol. They are similar to fuel tanks In aircraft wings. Although Le Sabre's Instrument panel appears as replete with In-dicators, dials, meters and control knobs as a bomber cockpit, Mr. Earl said their operation would be simple even for a driver at the steering wheel for the first time. Both labels and illumination of the Instrument clusters one on the ju-io- -i compression ratio plus upercbargcr. Its dual fuel ays-te-m will utilize current pre-mium fuels and methyl alco-hol (methanol). Methyl alcohol will be Injected into the combus-tion chambers through the car-buretor at a certain level of the speed range for extra power boost. I The engine, still undergoing tests, lis expected to develop more than 1300 horsepower with supercharger. Stroke and bore will be 3V4 by 3V4 lnches. Piston displacement will be 215 cubic Inches. Engine weight is expected to to-tal 500 pounds. Horsepower to weight ratio, as yet undetermined, is expected to be remarkably high in comparison with standard pro-duction vehicles. Le Sabre's total weight is ex-pected to be in the neighborhood of 3,000 pounds. The low weight factor 'is attributed to use of heat-treate- d magnesium and aluminum alloys in body and engine Construction. The body Is only 36 Vi inches high at the cowl and 50 inches high with the convertible top raised. Wheel-bas- e is 115 Inches and overall length I 200 inches. Overall width at the front fenders is 76 inches. The top section of the front grille Is part of the lighting system. When the front lamps are turned on, the grille revolves out of sight and a pair of close set headlights, fitted on the reverse side of the grille, swings into place. Beneath the headlight-grill- e as-sembly is the radiator air Intake. An inverted bar protects steering post ana me umcr ui center group beneath the crash roll are clearly defined. Various in-dicators are illuminated from be-hind, while the center group of in-struments can be lighted by a fluorescent tube. The Indicators flash red warn-ing signals, such as the fuel, oil and torque converter gauges, to notify the driver when the levels reach a certain low point or a dangerous condition exists. Le Sabre has the usual instrument panel gauges and dials. In addi-tion it has such aircraft features as a tachometer, compass and al-timeter. Other indicators register engine oil temperature and pressure and the torque converter fluid level and temnerature. Hydraulic Jacks Knou controls are illuminated by small bulbs In plastic Inserts in the handles. They light whenever the Ignition is turned on. Electrical pushbutton door re-leases operate Inside and out and windows are lifted and lowered electrically. In the event of battery failure, door releases function me-chanically with an extra push on s or a turn of the car key. Instrument panel controls op-erate hydraulio jacks on each of the car's wheels. In the event of a blowout or flat tire, the driver can jack up the car with-out leaving bis seat. An elec-trically driven screwjack, con-trolled by a switch, Is available to adjust the driver's seat. In addition to a warm air clr-- " - I A "laboratory on wheels" for testing tomorrow's designs and mechanical Ideas le pictured as It will look with top down and ready for the road. with thermostatically controlled electrial seat warmers. These op-erate on the same principle as electrically heated flying suits used by airmen. As with Mr. Earl's eailier expe-rimental car, Le Sabre has an elec-trically operated convertible top. Its construction differs from the earlier version, however, in that It has no visible linkage. Also, it may be partially opened to ease the way for driver and pas-senger to get in or out of the seats. It the car is parked with top down, rain falling on a sensitized spot be-tween the seats actuates the top raising mechanism and raises the windows automatically. rBy JIM RHODYF jf On The Silly Side There are "flocks" of geese mid "flocks" of sheep and r.aybe this goose didn't know the difference. Thomas Erhart of Salisbury Mo., told Conservation Agent E. R. Car-penter of Chariton county that re-cently while herding his sheep across the road to a pasture, the procession was joined by a blue goose. The goose landed at the rear of the flock and proceeded to follow it to the pasture. "For five days Mr. Blue stayed with the sheep," Erhart related, "coming with them Into the barnlot at night and back to the pasture of morn-ings, always on foot and never at-tempting to fly except for an occa-sional trip to a nearby pond and then right back with the sheep. Then the goose left and was gone three dayg after which it returned and stayed with the sheep for an-other two days," from conservation Agem uyae R. Wilson of Ozark county comes this story: "Perry Cowart, Gain-esville service station operator, has been quite busy lately. In addition to his regular duties he has taken upon himself the chore of trying to prevent a male bluebird from kill-ing himself. Once or twice each day, Cowart frightens the spirited bird away from a large silvery sign hanging near the station. The bird sits in a nearby tree and every once In a while flies down and floggs his image In the sign. For those who scoff the super-stition surrounding black cats, comes this recent happening from Conservation Agent George La but a of St. Louis county: "St. Louisian D. C. Bengel was driving along resi-dential Page Avenue of this city one day recently when he became involved in a most unusual acci-dent A black cat scampered wild-ly across his path close upon the heels of which came a large eight-poi- nt buck deer. The cat made It but the deer did not. Result: a front fender of Bengel's car was severe-ly damaged and the deer killed. AAA Still Producing It there were some way to pin a medal on a duck, a somewhat mournful-lookin- g shoveller hen might sport a bronze disc for re-liability and faithful service to science, the Wildlife Management Institute reports. Every year since 1947, just, after, the break-u- p of the ice on the vast aeiiB-marsn- oi ivianuuoa, uui duck, long ago dubbed "Shiela" by personnel of the delta waterfowl research station, has returned to the same little patch of grass to nest. During this time, she has pro-duced some 60 known eggs and has returned to a spot within two hun-dred yards of previous nesting sites each season despite the fact that research workers at the sta-tion have taken her eggs, have trapped her repeatedly, and have daubed her wings with red paint for ease in identification. Ignoring these invasions of her privacy, she has turned up regularly each year ready to go to work as soon as spring has pushed the snows and Ice north of her favorite meadow. Shlela's activities, carefully re-corded by Lyle Sowls, biologist on the delta staff, have contributed valuable data on the renesting and homing habits of waterfowl that may be applied to future manage-ment programs. In the event that fate and a charge of chilled sixes should interfere with her plans for the coming year, the hunter who brings her to bag still can help her make one last contribution to human knowledge of her kind by returning her band. No. to the U.S. fish and wildlife service. AAA How 'Bout It? Do deer really trample snakes to death? Perhaps a doe, in defense of her young, may have done so. How-ever, according to reliable reports from game management experts. CVCl J ucci ciruciu CAlllUIWU .tic utmost terror of all snakes, regard-less of the sex of the deer viewing the reptile. It was tound that even a piece of rope, held in the hand and agi-tated in a manner to resemble a snake, would prevent a buck deer from charging, when a club held in the hand failed of that purpose. As for the question as to which of the deer's senses is the most acute, a query frequently put to game management officials, the answer is the deer's hearing. Air movements govern their sense of smell and their vision is very poor regarding stationary objects. But, man, are they quick to hear any rustle or noisel o. uA uA Casting Minnows When casting the minnow to a spot where you think a big fish may be lurking, cast as fat out into eep water as possible and re-trieve slowly, pulling a few inches at a time. The chances of getting a strke depend to a large extent in the life and action given the minnow. When the strike does come, let the fish take the bait on the first run. After he has paused and started out on the second run, a strike usually will Insure a fUh. Red f THE 'GALLOPING GHOST OF ILLINOIS , SCORED fl 31 TOUCHDOWNS AND GAINED 3,637 YARDS V4 ' IN THE 3 YEARS HE TOTED THE PIGSKIN Wfe4 A fOR THE FIGHTING ILLINI. HiS MOST FAMOUS i Single feat, of coursf, was the day 3, Ji IN 1924 THAT HE SCORED 5 4 IN f U THE OPENING TWELVE MINUTES, AND I f M sained 402 yards on the ground 1 ill Li TO SINK THE MIGHTY MICHIGAN TEAM. VfP V 1- - I (mSHMSCW HOLDS THE GTNER- - I THE MAYOR OP GRANO RAP1D3, MICH., fHUL 1 ALLY ACCEPTED RECORD FOR BASE- - VjOCSSL IS A FOOTBALL OFFICIAL FOR 1 CIRCLING ... 13.8 SECONDS TO BIG TEN GAMES j ROUND THE DIAMOND. DEADLY COBRAS Fear Snakes Are at Large WASHINGTON, D. rence Cottam of the United States fish and wild life service reports he believes the anaconda, a huge South American constrictor snake, Is at large in the United States. He also Indicated officials are afraid other dangerous tropical snakes-inclu- ding the deadly cobra may become established here unless tome action is taken. The service expressed alarm at the increasing numbers of escapes from snake shipments or snake collections, especially small road-side shows catering to tourists. Cottam said he believes that the anaconda, which sometimes reaches the length of 30 feet, has become established In swamps near Jacksonville, Fla. One of Cottam's informants reported that anacondas of different sizes have been collected. Cobras Cause Concern "Though not venomous, the anaconaa is a nuge, secretive, highly predacious snake. It comes from the equatorial regions of South America, and Its success here would not have been antici-pated. "Its escape alone would seem un-likely, for anacondas are large, alow and valuable." It is not known how the anaconda got into the Jacksonville area. The government is reportedly especially concerned at the pos-sibility of cobras escaping and starting wild colonies. Biologist William H. Stickel says a colony of snakes could result from the escape of a single female. "Female tropical snakes can re-tain viable sperm for years," he said. "A female that bad been captive for years without ' mating might reproduce if freed in an ac-ceptable habitat." "It is undesirable for a single individual of the cobra family to escape in this country even if it doesn't reproduce," he said. "Many of them resemble black-snak- es or other harmless species and might be collected or attacked by persons who do not know the difference. Tells of Danger As support for their contention that tropical snakes could natural-ize in this country, wild life agents pointed out that the Texas diamond-bac- k rattler, which ranges normal-ly from California and Texas north through Oklahoma, has set up a breeding colony in southern Wis-consin. The colony was probably started by specimens escaping from, or being released by travel-ing shows. The scientist describes this as an example of "surprising climatic tolerance." Cobras especially worry the gov-ernment because they are so deadly. When guarding eggs they are aggressive. They can catch up with and strike a running man. One bite is enough to kill an elephant. There is no effective first aid treatment. Some of the cobras, Asiatic as well as African, are ex-pert at squirting venom into the eyes. 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NO E MANAGER, it be trouble from the draft or opposing teams, can look into a more cheerful future than Casey Stengel. The somewhat griz-zle- d Yankee man- - Y"sj& 8er na wt tw 5 pennant shots in a row and nothing 3p$5fJ much that happens fr fi ,n 1951 can leave ' I mueh of a dent 111 'JHI his fame. VwT I when 1 rode I V"' New York f i to Los Angeles with C'e ,n GrantlandRice 1918 he gave complete evidence of being a philosopher first and a manager second. You could figure from his con-versation that he intended to give the Yankees all he had and let fate and nature take their courses. "We'll have a good year," he said then, "a very good year. But not everyone can win." Casey says the same thing in the gray dawn of a new year 1951. "We'll have another good year. If we don't win again well, who can win them all? They could and do a good job but Casey Is still the boss. ' One point is that George Weiss had arranged for more farm strength than he ever drew credit for. He bad more than a few good ballplayers in the off-ing when they were needed in-cluding such people as Bauer and Coleman and Woodling. It may be that Rlzzuto won't have quite as good a year as be bad last season. But you can gam-ble he will have a very good year just the same. He was at his all-ti- best In 1950. He won't be far away in 1951. So Casey Stengel looks out upon an upset world and an upsetting game with his philosophy in good working order. He hasn't started borrowing any trouble yet. "Why look for it," he says. "It'll find you, sooner or later." Looking Ahead A real prophet is the fellow who can tell you what eight football teams will be in the four major bowls on January 1, 1952. That's only a year off. This time we had California, Michigan, Texas, Ten-nessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Clem-so- n and Miami. How many of these will be out at the next bowl chow? Michigan, for one. The , Wolverine can't return now in the next three years. i At this time last year Stanford was the team named as the likely West Coast Bowl candidate foi Jan. 1, 1951. But Stanford didn't come close to making it. My guess for next year's Rose Bowl would be Howie Odell's Washington team with U.C.L.A. next. Washington gets a flying start with a brilliant backfield, headed by passer Heinrich. Stanford still lacks depth. U.S.C. will be a problem once more, an unguessable guess. Wash-ington has the better chance out here. From the Big Ten, I like Illinois. This team barely missed out in a snowstorm this last time. Ohio State and Michigan can't come. So the Rose Bowl looks to be Washing-ton and Illinois. All this, of course, is dependent almost entirely In the course of the draft. no one Knows wnai me araii Is going to do," Casey said. "Here is one angle about which no one can complain. We have already lost a young and very promising star In Whltey Ford. He should have been better than, a winner this next season. But the Phillies, Tigers and others have also lost stars and many more will go. Good veterans can mean more to a team today than promising rookies or younger players." Casey survived a absence on the part of Joe DiMaggio in 1949. He also survived 74 serious illnesses or injuries on the part of his play-ers. Same for 1951 He will have the same rough road for 1951. The Red Sox, with Scar-borough and Wight added to their pitching staff, will be or should be much harder to cudgel out. They dtill have the big guns ready. Their defense has been their weakness Cleveland can be better and the Tigers can be rough. But Casey views the future, as fog-ridd- as It 'is, with an undisturbed mind. It requires a considerable amount of morbid detail to disturb Stengel. "We have something of a famil team," he says. "Not many kids around now. Most of us are married men with families. Our pitchers are no longer kids after losing Fold Raschl, Reynolds and Lopat are all far past the rookie stage, not so likely to be called. You can't fill Enrollment In Colleges Drops 9.4 Per Cent, Report CINCINNATI. O.-- Dr. Raymond Walters, president of the Univer-sit- y of Cincinnati, reported recently the number of full-tim- e United States college and university stu-dents dropped 9.4 per cent last fall. He said, however, that the Ko-rean War Is not to blame. California University again led all schools in full-tim- e enrollment with 39.492 students, and New York University in grand-tota- l enrollment with 46,357. Dr. Walters blamed diminlshort 1950 attendance on the low birth rate of the 1930's. He said the low birthrate factor "will prevail for some time." While he discounted the effect of the Korean War in the current survey. Dr. Walters predicted a transfer from campus to camp for nonveteran men . students. GATE FASTENERS use two pieces I OF AUTO TIRE AS SHOWN TO FASTEN FREE END OF A WIRE GATE .SPIKE TO GATE POST. AS DRAWN. Skins of Six Sheep Used To Make Dogma Parchment VATICAN CITY The assumption dogma proclaimed by the Pope re-cently is inscribed on the skins of six sheep. The document, on 26 sheets of parchment, each IS by 20 inches, contains about 6,000 words. Each four sheets required one sheep skin. Five months were needed to com-pile and prepare the document un-der the direction of the apostolic chancellory. It is contained in a blue leather envelope bearing the seal of Pope Pius XII, and a dove holdin.' an olive sprig in its beak. The cover contains a dedication of the Daugh-ters of Mary associations which paid for the making of the docu-ment After it is signed by the pope and other church authorities It will be placed in the Vatican's secret archives. Jet Aircraft Lines Used in Styling The experimental Le Sabre was in development for four years. It utilizes lightweight aluminum and magnesium alloys in its body and engine construction and incorporates the sweeping lines of a jet aircraft in its styling. It is not necessarily the automobile of the future, but some of its design and mechanical features may appear some day in standard motorcars. Designers, however, re-port it may be years in the future. The use of aluminum and magnesium alloys in body construction would make it too expen-sive for the average American. |
