This report is about the pros an cons of deploying an anti-ballistic missile system (ABM) for defense against missile attack.

A Planck law relationship between absorption and emission spectra is used to compute the fluorescence spectra of some photosynthetic systems from their absorption spectra. Calculated luminescence spectra of purple bacteria agree well but not perfectly with published experimental spectra. Application of the Planck law relation to published activation spectra for Systems I and II of spinach chloroplast permits independent calculation of the luminescence spectra of the two systems; if the luminescence yield of System I is taken to be one-third the yield of System II, then the combined luminescence spectrum closely fits published experimental measurement. Consideration of the entropy associated with the excited state of the absorbing molecules is used to compute the oxidation-reduction potentials and maximum free-energy storage resulting from light absorption. Spinach chloroplasts under an illumination of 1 kilolux of white light can produce at most a potential difference of 1.32 eV for System I, and 1.36 eV for System II. In the absence of non-radiative losses, the maximum amount of free energy stored is 1.19 eV and 1.23 eV per photon absorbed for Systems I and II, respectively. The bacterium Chromatium under an illumination of 1 milliwatt/cm{sup 2} of Na D radiation can produce at most a …

This paper describes procedures which relate to the process of extracting tritium from irradiated lithium aluminate target elements.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of Senate Bill 317 of the 60th Legislature authorizes Justices of the Peace to exchange benches.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The method to be used by the County Clerk to extend or renew chattel mortgages recorded prior to July 1, 1966, the effective date of the Texas Uniform Commercial Code, and related questions.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Commissioners Court of Harris County may require that plans and specifications of storm sewers of Fresh Water Supply Districts be submitted to the County Engineer, for his approval, prior to construction of such sewers when the storm sewers are to be located within the areal confines of Harris County roads; in subdivisions not within cities; and whether Texas Water Rights Commission has any authority to exercise supervisory power over such districts during the construction and maintenance of such storm sewers.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Constitutionality of Senate Bill 255, as amended.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a person who has been convicted in a justice court, and does not have the money to pay the fine and court costs is entitled to lay out the fine and court costs at the rate of $5.00 per day, without being required to stay at least five days in jail.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the Attorney General could approve bonds supported by the fifteen cents per one hundred dollar valuation, should S.B. No. 419 with the amendment be passed by the Texas Legislature.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether, under the stated facts, the five year provision of Act 7519a, V.C.S., precludes entry of an order cancelling permit No. 313.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the State Building Commission can enter into a legally binding contract with a contractor for construction of a collection station, when construction thereof is to commence prior to the construction site being transferred by Mexico to the United States under existing agreements.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; In accepting bids for insurance on county buildings and contents, whether the commissioners court can purchase such insurance from any insurance company licensed to write this type of insurance company licensed to write this type of insurance in the State of Texas; or must such insurance be purchased from a particular type of company.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether H.B. 489 requires 30 days notification before introduction under Article III, Section 57 of the Texas Constitution and related questions.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a person recieving disability benefits from the Teacher Retirement System, who becomes engaged in a gainful occupation, should have his disability benefit reduced or suspended on the basis of his current earning capacity.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether Harris Countycan accept the payment of a fine in a felony case that was transferred from Harris County to Brazos County on a change of venue, under the stated facts.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of House Bill 659 which would authorize state-supported institutions to establish clothing and appearance requirements.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the County of Galveston may expend flood control funds derived from the collection of taxes under the provisions of Article 7048a, V. C. S., for the maintenance of seawalls constructed and financed under the provisions of Article 6830, V. C. S.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Who has the responsibility of physically transferring a juvenile, being kept in custody under the provisions of Section 29 of Article 5143d, V. C. S., from county detention facility to the appropriate Texas Youth Council institution.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Construction of House Bill 788 of the 60th Legislature relating to the trial of minors charged with the offense of driving while intoxicated under the provisions of Chapter 302, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under the stated fact situation, whether an employee must be given time off to vote while engaged in working overtime hours at his request, and if the employer is compelled to allow the employee sufficient time off to vote, is the employer required to compensate him at the overtime wage rate.

Areas of work reported include: general radiation effects; toxicity of radioelements; studies on the molecular and cellular levels; environmental radiation studies; atmospheric radioactivity and fallout; marine sciences; radiological and health physics; and radiation instruments.

This is a progress report on analysis of thermal data from the Black Rock Desert of northwest Nevada. Hot springs at Soldier Meadows, Fly Ranch, Gerlach, and Pinto Mountains were mapped, and water flows and temperatures measured, by G.W. Berry and G.R. Downs in 1965 and 1966. These data have been studied further by Frank Hadsell (geophysicist) and L.T. Grose (geologist) at the Colorado School of Mines and with the computer facilities of the School of Mines Graduate Research Center, in an effort to determine geothermal power potentials. Power generation by hypothetical Carnot engines has been calculated for the four thermal areas. Data from seven prospect holes at Pinto Mountains have been exploited in plotting geothermal gradients and computing heat flows. It is emphasized that this report is to a large extent an exercise in arithmetic and thermodynamics, fraught with assumptions that may not endure. All of the conclusions are tentative. However, they consider this a valid line of practical research. To the extent that the figures and conclusions are applicable, they are generally encouraging in themselves and in comparison with those of developed geothermal areas, as to the geothermal power potential of Sun acreage in the Black Rock Desert …

Report providing comprehensive descriptions of design methods for analyzing the stability of slopes and foundations.

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