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Show Page 14 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, December 3, 1987 Moroni community enjoys stamp's notoriety MORONI. Utah (AP) issued with the name of our town on it," said Moroni Pos- Burge said Giovanni Battista Moroni's 16th century painting, "A Gentleman in Adoration Before the Madonna," is the basis for this year's traditional Christmas stamp. "It's a once in a lifetime thing to have a postage stamp This central Utah community is preparing honors for a new postage stamp based on a portrait by an artist named Moroni, the U.S. Postal Service says. Postal spokeswoman Beverly tmaster LaMar Beardall. "Even though the painting doesn't have a connection with Moroni, Utah, we feel the tie with the same names gives a little recognition to our com Scientists watch creation of chemical molecules nique to a camera or microscope that can see exactly how chemicals react to form other chemicals. "Observing the instant of a molecule's creation is for a chemist what observing the big bang' (that theoretically created the universe) would be for an astronomer," he added. That comparison is "a little By LEE SIEGEL AP Science Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -Scientists say they have used laser beams to watch chemical molecules the instant they were created, an unprecedent- ed step in understanding how chemicals react to produce other substances. "For the first time, we can actually observe the birth of new molecules," which contain atoms of chemical elements, said chemist Richard Bernstein of the University of California, Los Angeles. "We can observe the formation of a new chemical bond as it's actually being formed on a of a time scale of cf a second," he added. "We've never been able to observe it before. It's a milestone." Bernstein was part of a team headed by Ahmed a professor of chemical physics at the California Institute of Technology. Their findings, published without fanfare last summer in the Journal of Chemical Physics, were announced Tuesday by Caltech. method to observe a chemical at the instant it is formed "is a first, and a very important one." "The essence of most of what goes on around us is th th Ze-wa- wail's studies as "the first experiments to show molecules at the very moment they react." The experiments involved two simple reactions: that of hydrogen and carbon dioxide really chemical reactions," said Kinsey, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, adding that Zewail's technique allows scientists to "understand the simplest chemical reactions at a level that goes Understanding chemical reactions in detail might make it possible someday to cheaply and the universe around us are made of molecules, and it is of fundamental "We series of studies aimed at understanding chemical reactions. Dudley Herschbach, Yuan Lee and John Polanyi won the 1986 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing nonlaser methods to study how chemical reactions occur. fects, Zewail said. But he and Kinsey said such efforts will be difficult, and chemists are now less optimistic about the prospects than they were a importance to understand how molecules get together to form new molecules," said Zewail. He compared the laser tech hand-canc- el MAKE YOUR MOVE WHEN SHE LEAST EXPECTS IT. 3-- 4th-5t- Payson-Santaqu- in They had 12 children, raising to maturity. Nine are still living: Mrs. Linwood (Erma) Campbell, Pioche, Nev.; Mrs. Steve (Margie) Pintar, McGill, Nev.; J. Ray Crook, Lander, Wyo.; Mrs. Wayne (Noreen) Bentley, Cottonwood, Ariz.; Mrs. Elwin (Joan) Cole, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Curtis (Mary) Bursik, Coos Bay, Ore., and D. Lynn Crook, O. Doyle Crook and James N. Crook, all Santaquin. 10 single pulse of light from a laser beam was shot into the chamber to start the reactions. Zewail emphasized his research is only the latest in a produce desired substances, such as medicines and industrial chemicals, or to perform laser "surgery" on human genes to correct inherited de- ltural community a turkey, sheep and cattle, was created by local artist Catherine An open SANTAQUIN house will honor Ida Fay Patten Crook for her 90th birthday, Saturday, 5 p.m. at the h LDS Ward Santaquin Church, 345 W. 100 N., Santaquin. The event is open to all friends and relatives. She requests no gifts. She was born Dec. 8, 1897 in Colonia Dublan, Mexico. She came to the area when she was 10 years old. She married Oscar F. Crook March 23, 1917. He died in 1942. metal vacuum chamber that had a small quartz window. A before." From noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, the Postal Service will have a booth near the town's Christmas tree to items bearing the new stamp with special postmarks. crook turning 90 - to produce carbon monoxide and hydroxyl, and the breakdown of cyanogen iodide to produce iodine and cyanide. In both cases, the gaseous chemicals were injected into a beyond what anybody has done il, which features a map of Utah, and as symbols of the agricu- Mrs- - few years ago. Sidney Benson, a University of Southern California chemist, said Zewail's method is comparable to using an ultraslow-motio- n camera so that "when people shake hands, you can see the fingers clench around each other in excruciatingly slow detail." An article in the Aug. 27. issue of the British science journal Nature described Ze- overblown," chemist James Kinsey said, but Zewail's The cancellation design, hang in Moroni City Hall. munity." Beardall said he and other community leaders have arranged to present a color enlargement of the stamp to Moroni Mayer Danny Dyches on Saturday. The photograph will She has 120 43 v i This holiday season, capture her heart w itli a gift of exquisite diamond jew elry. Diamonds with a winning strategy. Timeless style and brilliant simplicity. Let us show you our fine quality diamonds from the Checkmate Collection, like the beautiful necklace and ring shown here. Its your mow. grandchildren, and great-grandchildre- n, r v KH) Provo. one She is a gold star mother, having lost her second son, S Sgt. Oran E. Crook, U.S. Air Force over Italy in World War . Goldsmith. University I tah 375-522- 0 I E W E L E R S a.m. to 6 p.m. Parking in Rear 10 THE CHECKMATE COLLECTION II. Nephi power official leaves job will manage the $24 million agency by assuming the daily affairs of UMPA. UMPA will be looking for new and more reliable resources at the lowest possible cost, said Judd. UMPA manages power resources for member cities with NEPHI Nephi's power superintendent is leaving the city to accept the position of general manager of the Utah Municipal Power Agency where he has served as manager of the technical department. G. Richard Judd resigned after serving in the position for six and a half years. Judd the main office located in Spanish Fork. Nephi, Levan, Defector to discuss mutammmmamagiBma m mi mi, I m bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He was an intimate and advisor to Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and worked with and personally knew all of the Soviet leaders Unit- ed Nations will examine how the Soviets view the White House. The public lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Wilkinson Center Ballroom. On April 6, 1978, Schevchen-k- o turned his back on 22 years in the Soviet Foreign Service. At that time, he held the highest diplomatic ranking of Am inui mi ill summit Soviet-U.- S. Secretary General to the Ambassador Arkady whose 1978 defection from the Soviet Union made Soviet him the highest-rankin- g official to ever defect to the United States, will speak tonight at Brigham Young University. In his lecture entitled "Summit Preview," the former Soviet ambassador and Under Schev-chenk- o, j. Provo, Salem, Spanish Fork, and Manti all belong to the public power agency. "I'll still be looking after city interests, as general manager of UMPA, since the city is a member of UMPA and my goal will be to make sure UMPA is doing an efficient job," explained Judd. from Nikita Kruschev to Mikhail Gorbachev. The ASBYU Academics Office is sponsoring this American Experience lecture. 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