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Show rijfrf,iQi''ii)pr Tj ' ijjfy " UtOCKCi i'ltvVi, New type mine detector could help find buried bodies BUFFALO, N.Y. UrI) a portable radar designed for the U.S. army as a new type mine detector also may have some peacetime jobs, including locating buried bodies. The device, developed by the Calspan Corp.. with Army funds, probes the ground with more than I million radio pulses a second and the nature of the signal bounced back can be interpreted to tell what lies below the surface. The radar was sought by the army to detect nonmetallic mines, especially the plastic tvpes, in Vietnam, But it could be just as well used to dete'et bodies, locate hidden cracks in roadways and foundations and spot underground conduits. While it is in the final stages of development for the Army, Calspan scientist Anthony V. Alongi said it v'ould be 1 ,000 some time belore the device would be available to law enforcement agencies for body detection. For our commercial applications we're interested in developing a unit that can see deeper in the ground, he said. T... radar now can probe only one foot through the clay like soil in western New York and about two feet through sandy soil. demonstrated its applicability in detecting cadavers in a paper pr? ented at the First International at Elelronic Crime Countermeasures Conference Edinburgh (Scotland) University m July. The body of a collie dog was buried 10 inches deep in sandy loam at the Calspan test facility. The radar was able Alongi to find it by detecting air pockets, such as the lungs and chest cavity, Alongi said. The nature of the radar return distinguishes these substances from each othet and from such natural subsurface formations as rocks and boulders," Alongi said. Tt measures their size and depth below the surface within a few inches, thus telling precisely where and how to dig. and The drawbacks are that it has a limited depth range, if a body is decomposed it could be pretty difficult io detect. Alongi said the device could be fooled by burning an the same size as a body. A lot depends on the ability of the operator to interpret wave forms and spatial dimensions of the object he is looking for. object approximately 1 r iv,.ic tnjrviUrti , :;i? : Before it is made available to law enforcement authors hes there are several things that must be worked out he said, including what the interest is and the market poten- ;; '! tialis." t -; Although the prototype models were developed byhand, none has b en produced commercially. Alongi eSte mated that each would cost about $10,000 to $12,000 if U , commercially produced. Ways are under consideration for making equipment available to agencies, he said, t something that might make the job easier for authorities? investigating mass murder cases, such asthe one last year v I tn Houston. "The whole unit is under 20 pounds and an officer could be easily trained to use it.," Alongi said. ., monthly Japanese ski iovers like Alaska ANCHORAGE, ALASKA Snowy Alaska may (AP) not yet rank as a winter vacation haven, but Japanese ski enthusiasts are discovering it by the charter-load- . TOMATO JUICE I OMELET MIX Winter visitors from Japan have doubled over the past year and are now pouring m at the rate of 1,000 skiers a month, said Director Frank Seymour of the Alaska Visitor's Association. Mt. von Imhof, Chris Alyeska ski resort manager, said he has printed duplicate menus in Japanese and hired Japanese-speakinperosns for his desk and information FRENCH'S PLAIN OR SPANISH BURGER SPREAD VNEW FROM PET 50 staffs. He ... LB. BAG 7" 0dogTood g "T 5 FLAVORS RALSTON HOT CEREAL g described the winter tourists as being between 30 and 35 years old and mostly one of single. Theyve the most and hospitable people that we accommodate, he added. Von Imhof said Alaska isnt really that far away for the Japanese ski enthusiasts. He said it takes quite a long time for the Japanese to travel from their urban centers to Japans ski slopes. It takes five or six hours by jet form the Japanese urban areas to Anchorage. In fact, they probably can get more skiing time in on less crowded slopes. Von Imhof added. Japanese skiers pay between $350 and $330 for a weeks package including two days in Anchorage and four at Mt. Alyeska. - 1 -- LB. 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