Fort Greely’s
Nuclear Power
Plant in Operation
FT. GREELEY, Alaska UP) — A
medium-sized nuclear power plant
installed to produce heat and elec
tricity at this big northern Army
base became operative yesterday.
The Army Engineers said the
plant, first of its kind in Alaska,
“went critical” at 12:38 a.m.,
achieving a self-contained chain
reaction.
The reactor will go into full
scale production after tests of
initial reaction are completed.
The plant has a capacity of
4,000 kilowatts of energy. The
Army Engineers said 2,000 kilo
watts will be used for electrical
generation and 2,000 will be used
for heating base installations.
The output, the Engineers said,
is sufficient for the needs of a
town of about 2,000 population.
ODuring the initial phase of
operation, the Engineers said, the
plant will be studied closely to
develop further peaceful uses of '
the atom at remote installations. |
Construction work on the nu
clear power plant was started by
Peter Kiewit & Sons, Seattle, in
the spring of 1958.
The reactor is of the “pressur- j
ized water type” in which the i
atomic reaction takes place within
a pressurized chamber, sealed off
from the outside.
The fuel, which is highly re
fined uranium 235, is used in the
form of rods. The uranium was
brought to Fort Greely around
two years ago, Army sources said.
By the phrase “going critical,”
scientists mean that a self-gener
ated sustained atomic reaction is
achieved in a reactor.
HISTORICAL SITE . . .
BOSTON — A North Shore
legislator came up with a telling
argument in urging state replace
ment of a bridge between Salem
and Beverly over the Danvers
River.
Rep. Cornelius Murray said the
bridge Svas built in f789. When the
structure was only a year or so
old, Ke said, one of those who
used it waS George Washington.
The bridge is regarded as the
oldest lni&fe1in*Massa&hu&i*ts.
Salem .(Mayor Francis Collins,
also favouring a new bridg-p, was
asked by the Committee on High'
ways if he ever had thought of
mftkihg it a historical rite.
“It already is one,” he said.
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NOISY GHOST . . .
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. OB —
Glassware has been breaking up
j all over Mrs. Renate Beck’s home
without apparent cause — one
piece even flying around a corner
before shattering.
The police are baffled, and their
presence doesn’t inhibit the pol
tergeist — that’s a noisy ghost —
or whatever force is moving the
glassware around. A policeman
was struck on the back by a glass
as he was investigating Monday.
Mrs. Beck, 32, Vienna-born
restaurant operator, said it started
Sunday night when a piece
of German crystal on top of a
bookcase in an upstairs bedroom
crashed to the floor about four
feet from the bookcase.
Figurines, ash trays, vases,
goblets, drinking glasses and
other glassware started sailing
through the air and smashing, she
said.
In Magistrate's Court
Alfred Sahlin and James Savok
Jr. pled guilty to assault and bat
tery and were each fined $100 and
given a 30 day suspended sen
tence.
Davis Mehdalook was given
30 days on a drunk and disorderly
charge.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Project No. Alaska 61-C-901-A11
City of Nome
Nome, Alaska
Separate sealed bids for pro
viding all labor, materials, equip
ment, etc. necessary for alterations
and additions to the Nome Grade
School will be received by Mr.
Conrad Potter, on April Sth at the
office of Superintendent of Schools
until 9:00 o'clock p.m., Alaska
Standard Time, Zone 3, (Bering
Sea Time) 1962, and then at said
office publicly opened and read
aloud.
The information for Bidders,
Form of Bid, Form of Contract,
Plans, Specifications, and Forms
of Bid Bond and Performance
Bond may be examined in the
office of Linn A. Forrest, Archi
tects, A.I.A., located at 622 Hem
lock Way, Juneau, Alaska; Super
intendent of Schools' office at
Nome, Alaska; Associated Gen
eral Contractors, Inc., 215 W. Har
rison Street, Seattle, Washington;
Associated General Contractors,
Inc«, Central Building, Anchorage,
Alaska. Copies may be obtained
at either the office of the Archi
tect or Superintendent of Schools
upon payment of $20.00 for each
set. Any unsuccessful bidder, upon
returning such set promptly and
in good condition, will be refund
ed his payment, and any ' non
bidder upon so returning such a
set will be refunded $2&00.
The owner reserve* fherighi
to waive any informalities : or to
reject any or all bids.
Each bidder must deposit with
his bid, security in the amount,
form and Subject to the Condi
tions provided in the Information
fbr Bidden. - ■
Attention of bidders is particu
larly called to the requirements
as to conditions of employment
to be observed and minimum wage
rates to be puid under the con
tract.
No bidder may withdraw his
bid within 30 days after the actutl
date of the opening thereof.
March 9, 1962 City of Nome
Nome, Alaska
Pub: Mar. 14, 19, 26, 1962.
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"JUST WORKING HIS
WAY THROUGH COLLEGE"
GREENVILLE, Tex. W — Don
Allen Elliott, 23, arrested with
three others yesterday on burg
lary charges, was quoted as say
ing he was “just working his way
through college.”
Dist. Atty. Cameron McKinney
said Elliott, of Dallas, and Tal
madge Jackson, 19, of Killeen,
Tex., were students at East Texas
State College. He said the other
two accused of burglary, Robert
Box, 18, of Denison, Tex., and
James McKinney, 18, of Dallas,
were students at Paris (Tex.)
Junior College.
The district attorney said state
ments by the four cleared up 17
burglaries, 10 cases of theft, and
35 cases of breaking and entering
coin-operated machines.
EASTERN SEABOARD ALTERED
AS RESULT OF STORMS
NEW YORK <£> — The Eastern
seaboard coastline was altered
substantially as the result of last
week’s storms that swept in from
the Atlantic, a federal govern
ment official said yesterday.
Capt. Lawrence Swanson, the
U.S. Coast Guard and Geodetic
Survey’s asst, director of Physical
Science, said some channels were
filled in and others created.
A spokesman for the survey’s
New York district said prelimin
ary reports indicate major shore
line changes at Westhampton,
Long Island, and Long Beach, N.J.
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY LICENSE STICKER
CODE OF CITY ORDINANCES
Sec. 18*6. City Sticker—Required.
It shall be unlawful for any
person to ''-drive or operate any
motor vehicle upon any street in
the City without having attached
upon such vehicle a license pre
scribed and issued by the City and !
in pursuance of rules and regula
tions hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 18-7 (2) The license when
issued shall consist of a pre
scribed paper sticker and the
owner, operator or driver of
any licensed vehicle shall at all
times during the year for which
issued license permanently
stuck on and attached to the
windshield of the vehicle for
which It was issued; provided
that where the vehicle has no
’windshield, such license shall
be permanently stuck on and
attached inside the vehicle
here it may be viewed.
Sec. 18-f. Sam* — Regulatory
under police power.
The licenses provided for here
in are regulatory under the police
power of the city and are to pro
vide revenue for the governing,
management, supervision and reg
ulation of motor vehicle and motor
vehicular ttaffie within the City.
THE ABOVE ORDINANCES.
FOR THE 1962 CITY STICKERS,
SHALL BE ENFORCED BEGIN
NING ON THE I6TH DAY OF
MARCH. 1962. THESE STICKERS
ARE PURCHASED FROM THE
CITY CLERK DURING THE
WEEK DAYS.
Robert W. Oliver,
Chief of Police
Pub: Feb. 21, 28, March 7, 14,
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WINDOWLESS SCHOOL . . .
DETROIT tf) — The 120 young
sters in suburban Wayne’s many
windowed Hoover School wil
spend the next school year in
classrooms without windows.
This is part of an experiment
to determine whether the chil
dren learn their lessons faster
when they can’t look outside at
the flight of the butterflies and
bees or the contrails of a passing
jet aircraft.
It is being financed by Educa
tion Facilities Laboratories Inc.,
supported by the Ford Foundation.
The coordinator is Prof. C. Theo
dore Larson of the University of
Michigan.
Before the new school year
begins the windows in Hoover’s
classrooms will be replaced by
opaque panels.
Phoebe Circle to Meet
The Phoebe Circle will hold a
social on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
at the Phoebe Hall.
The refreshment committee will
be Elsie Okitkon, Dorothy Lee and
Esther James.
The game committee is Edith
Sagoonik and Jennie Oksoktaruk.
The devotions will be by Gladyce
Savok.
There will be a short business
meeting. All members are urged
to come as there will be a finan
cial report given.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 62-4 P
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF
SIDNEY CHAMPION, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
undersigned, Robert W. Oliver, was on
the 10th day of March, 1962, by an
order of the above-entitled Court ap
pointed Administrator with Will An
nexed of the Estate of Sidney Champion,
deceased; that he thereupon qualified
as such Administrator in the manner
required by law; and all creditors of
and persons having claims against the
said decedent are hereby required to
present their claims, with the necessary
vouchers, within six <6> months from
the date of publication hereof, to th<
undersigned at the office of his attor
ney, Thomas J. Balone, Box 111, Nome
Alaska, which office the undersigned
hereby designates as his place of busi
ness in all matters connected with th«
said estate.
DATED at Nome, Alaska, this 13th
day of March, 1962.
Robert W. Oliver
Pub: March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 1962.
SENATE KILLS ESC , . .
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Sen. B. J. Logan said he was
a gainst the bill because (1) it was
discriminatory in that the in
creased benefits go only to those
workers in the higher wage
brackets and (2) it involves the
integrity of the State.
“When we borrowed from the
Reed Fund,” Logan said, “we con
tracted a bill. Now the experts
are trying to figure out how we
can keep from paying it.”
Sen. A1 Owen said the legisla
ture once approved a bill which
would have provided the money
to repay the Reed Fund debt.
“But,” Owen said, “the then
governor was beaten down by the
businessmen of this state and he
vetoed that bill. Now the busi
nessmen have to live with this
debt and they don’t like it. Its
their fault.”
Sen. George McNabb presented
figures which he said indicated
the state’s employment security
fund would have an adequate bal
ance by H164 to repay the Reed
Fund debt, even with passage of
SB205.
McNabb said Alaska was the
lowest of the states in the amount
of employment security benefits
paid in relation to the average
weekly wage.
Sen. John Coghill said that
“until we pay -back the Reed Fund
debt, I don’t see how we can in
good conscience raise benefits.
“We should face up to the fact
that we have to pay off this debt*”
Coghill said.
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