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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 17,
50th Year
No. 100
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Ulfater Coftacis SarocSoooiecfl;
Talent Project Sim Worft SBate
One-Sided Vote
OKs Government
Repayment Pads
Funds to Rehabilitate
District Canal System
A light but one-sided vote
Friday by water users of two
irrigation districts in the valley
approved repayment contracts
with the federal government for
rehabilitation of the districts'
canal systems.
In the Medford Irrigation dis
trict the vote was 163 yes, 6 no;
in the Rogue River Valley dis
trict it was 96 yes, 4 no. A total
of about 1,150 voters was elig
ible, but only 269 cast ballots.
Contract Authorized
In each district, the board of
directors is now authorized to
enter into a 40-year, interest-
free repayment contract with
the bureau of reclamation, which
will handle the rehabilitation
work.
The over-all project, which is
planned to be completed over a
six-year period, will cost an esti
mated $1,712,000. The first
phase, reconstruction of spill
ways at Four Mile and Fish lakes
and some of the more vital sec
tions of canal rehabilitation
work, will cost an estimated
$350,000, which sum was appro
priated by congress last week.
The Friday election was the
last step to be completed before
the contract is signed and bids
are awarded.
Bids Submitted
Bids on the spillway jobs have
already been submitted. The
R. K. Shelton Construction com
pany, Roseburg,. made the low
bid $69,551.50 for the two pro
jects, $9,810.50 below the engin
eers estimates. The other bid, for
$104,345, was submitted by the
E-W Construction company, Eu
gene. Work on each project is
to be completed within 120 days
after receipt of notice to proceed.
The bureau can now get other
phases of the rehabilitation pro
ject ready for bids.
The need for work on the
canal systems has been acknowl
edged for several years. Breaks
have "been frequent and increas
ing in nursber for some time, and
each represents a considerable
hazard to irrigated crops on the
valley floor.
Ho Federal Funds ' '
The waterworks of the two
districts were constructed with
out the use of federal funds, and
the recent appropriation is the
first time the districts have
sought federal assistance for any
of the extensive canal systems.
Four Mile and Fish lakes are the
two main reservoirs, and are
connected by the Cascade canal.
From Fish lake,-water comes
down the North Fork of Little
Butte creek, and is diverted
above Lake creek into.the main
canal, which is jointly owned by
the two7 districts,' as are the
reservoirs and higher workings.
The canal brings the water down
to Bradshaw drop, southwest of
Brownsboro, where the water is
.divided between the districts.
The rest of the way to the val
ley floor, the districts have their
own distribution systems.
Moffett Field, Calif. (U.R)
Navy officials Saturday identi
fied the pilot killed when his jet
fighter crashed into San Fran
cisco Bay Friday as Ensign-Richard
R. Carlston, 23, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ellsworth Carlston of
Sierra Madre, Calif.
Undergarment
To Missing Berkeley Girl
Alameda, Calif. (U.R) Police
last sight found girl's under
garment which they said "could
be" that of missing 14-year-old
Stephanie Bryan under the home
of a University of California
student.
Berkeley Police Captain John
Laird said a brassiere was found
in sand in the basement of the
home of 27-year-old student Bur
ton Abbott.
Police Search Home ,
Earlier yesterday police and
FBI agents, armed with pick and
shovel, ' methodically searched
Abbott's home, after his wife,
Mrs. Georgia Abbott, 'notified
police that the couple had found
a purse containing identifying
papers of Stephanie.
Police started probing early
yesterday morning and located
a pair oi eyeglasses and several
Sports Bulletins
Roseburg Medford Cheney
Studs handed Roseburg a S to
1 defeat in a Southern Oregon
league baseball game here
last night. The teams will play
the second game of the series
at 2 p.m. today.
Sacramento, Calif. (U.R)
Carlos Banner's single and
and Bob Hall's triple drove
home two runs in the top of
the 10th inning to give the
Hollywood Stars a 5-3 victory
over Sacramento Saturday
night to enable " Bob Gar ber
to become the first Pacific
Coast League pitcher to notch
14 wins.
Kansas City (U.R) The
Washington Senators spotted
Kansas City six runs in the
first inning, then worked up
bill the rest of the way to
emerge with an 8-7 victory in
an American League baseball
game here Saturday night. ,
Mindszenty Said
Freed by Hungary;
Details Awaited
; Vienna, Austria - . (U.R)
Communist Hungary announced
Saturday it has released Joseph
Cardinal Mindszenty after near
ly seven years of imprisonment.
Budapest radio said the Hun
garian government agreed to a
suspension oi the Hungarian
primate's life sentence on
charges of treason "because of
his bad health condition and his
age."
"His- place of residence is a
church building selected by the
Hungarian bishops," the broad
cast said.
The announcement indicated
the Communists did not plan to
let the 63-year-old archbishop
who became a martyr of the Ro
man Catholic church resume his
religious activities.
May Be Confined
Presumably he would be care-
ully confined to a certain locality
in much the same manner as
Yugoslavia paroled Aloysius
Cardinal Stepinac in his native
village.
Mindszenty was the first
prince of the church 'to face a
civil court in modern times. His
arrest and conviction after a
five-day show trial before a peo
ple's court made him Catholic
ism's greatest living symbol of
Communist persecution.
Mindszenty, Roman Catholic
primate of Hungary, was arrest
ed by the Communist govern
ment in Budapest Dec. 27, 1948,
on charges of treason, espionage
and black market dealings.
He was convicted and sentenc
ed to life in prison on Feb. 8,
1949. All persons who took part
in the cardinal's prosecution
were excommunicated by , Pope
Pius xn.
Washington (U.R) Officials
said Saturday that Red Hun
gary's reported release of Joseph
Cardinal Mindszenty undoubted
ly was timed to coincide with the
Communist world's pre-Geneva
peace campaign.
The State Department with
held comment pending receipt of
a complete report from the U.S.
legation at Budapest.
. Officials want to know . if
Mindszenty actually has been
freed and if so, what conditions
if any were tired to his release.
Gives Clue
schoolbooks beneath the floor
boards in the basement, which
they said had definitely been
identified, as those of the young
girl, missing since April 28.
Laird, said that Abbott's re
cord was ' "clear" of any past
criminal offenses.
Questioned by Police '
Abbott was being questioned
by police and the Alameda coun
ty district attorney's office about
the brassiere, the: eyeglasses
and the books. -....-.,.
Stephanie had been the object
of a widespread search since
she disappeared on her way
home from school, April 28. She
was feared a kidnap victim when
witnesses told police a young
girl was seen struggling to free
herself from the grasp of a man
driving a gray sedan near the
Bryan horn. - .
Appropriation to
Be Diverted to Job
Plans, Bid Drawing
Construction Funds
Expected in Year
The Talent project is included
in the bureau of reclamation's
work schedule for fiscal 1956,
Harold T. Nelson, Boise, Ida.,
regionaldirector of the bureau,
said Saturday.
Congress has appropriated
$150,000 for Talent. It was orig
inally intended for advance
planning on the Howard Prairie
dam, a main canal tunnel below
the dam, and the Green Springs
power plant, Nelson told United
Press. But, because advance
planning is already virtually
complete, the money will be di
verted to preparing job plans
and specifications for bid, he
said.
Construction Seen Sooner
Construction funds have not
yet been authorized for the Tal
ent project, but the action an
nounced yesterday means that
tne work can be put out for bids
immediately after construction
funds become available, prob
ably a year from now. It is ex
pected that actual construction
can be under way by the fall of
1956.
The schedule of the bureau for
fiscal 1956 (July 1, 1955 to June
30, . 1956) also includes initial
work 'on the rehabilitation of the
canal systems of the Medford
and Rogue Valley Irrigation dis
tricts. A total of $350,000 for
this work was authorized by con
gress. Vote Oks Contract
-The. last hurdle to the rehab
ilitation project was, cleared Fri
day when water users of the two
districts overwhelmingly voted
authority to their directors to
enter into repayment contracts
with the bureau.)
The announcement that the
$150,000 for the Talent project
means that the $22,000,000 pro
ject is nearer than it ever has
been, and almost a" full year
closer than was expected after
Congress cut a proposed $500,
000 appropriation back to
$150,000.
Dr. Sleeler Rites
Will Be Tuesday
, Funeral services for Dr. Rob
ert W. Sleeter, well known Med
ford physician, will be held at
the First Presbyterian church at
1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. John
Reynolds will officiate.
Dr. , Sleeter died suddenly
Thursday morning in Arco, Ida.,
while on a trip with his wife
and a daughter.
Interment will take place in
Siskiyou Memorial Park with
officers of Medford Elks Lodge
1168 holding graveside services.
William A. Barker, H. D. Christ
ensen, Curtis Barnes, Charles
Barnes, A. N. Potter Jr., and Otto
Frohnmayer will' be honorary
pall bearers. Active pall bearers
include Drs. Oscar T. Heyerman,
Roland. M. Mayer, William J.
Miller, Otto R. Emig, John T.
Brandenburg and Charles W.
Lemery.
. The Jackson County Medical
Society will attend the services
as a group.
Friends -desiring to pay last
respects Dr. Sleeter mayv'call
at Perl funeral home on Monday
evening. '. .
The Medford ' Clinic, in the
Medical Center Building, Sixth
st. and Central ave., where Dr.
Sleeter practiced, will be closed
all day Tuesday in his memory.
Boy's Underwater Game
Nearly Costs His Life
Milwaukie, Ore (U.R) An
11-year-old boy's game of "under
water demolition expert" nearly
cost him. his life Friday.
The boy, Robert Draper.'was
swimming underwater at the
Milwaukie Junior High school
pool when water suddenly pene
trated the face 'mask he was
wearing. ... -i - . - , -'- - . --
"Young Draper collapsed, sink
ing to the bottom of the pool. He
was rescued by, lifeguard Rich
ard Westby. " who arretted arti
ficial respiration until firemen
arrived.
Draper, who said he was imi
tating his father, Harry Draper,
an underwater demolition work
er, was in (rood condition at a
Portland hospital.
President Arrives
At Geneva for
Big Four Parley
Soviet Delegates
Expected Sunday
Geneva (U.R) President
Eisenhower arrived here Satur
day night for next week's top
level Big Four talks, bringing
with him "the good will of
America, the great hope of
America, the desire of the Amer
ican people for peace."
The U. S. President was the
last to arrive of the three west
ern chiefs of government who
will join Russia in a historic
quest for atomic-age peace.
His special plane landed at
Cointrin Airport at 7:56 p.m.,
shortly after the arrival of Prime
Minister Anthony Eden and Pre
mier Edgar Faure. Mr. Eisen
hower is the first U. S. chief ex
ecutive to visit Europe since the
Potsdam conference which
marked the splitting of East and
West.
Russians Due Sunday
The Soviet conferees were not
expected here until early Sun
day.
Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bul
ganin arrived in East Berlin by
plane from Moscow.
In a brief speech at the airport,
Bulganin said the Russian dele
gation was going to Geneva
"with the sincere wish to find
means for lessening tensions and
the restoration of trust in the
relations among states as well as
for the settlement of unsolved
questions."
The Soviet premier, accomp
anied by Communist party secre
tary Nikita Khrushchev and De
fense. Minister Georgi Zhukov,
made the stopover in East Berlin
to confer with East German Pre
mier Otto Grotewohl on the sum
mit meeting.
Two U. S. Air Force helicopt
ers hovered over the airport for
45 minutes before the President
landed, readyto deal with any
suspicious activity or to offer
aitf in rase ot a crash in landing".
'At least 3o American security
agents patrolled the field while
the President was there, alert
for any sign of trouble. None de
veloped. Mr. Eisenhower said he was
"deeply touched" by the warmth
of the welcome he received in
this temporary World Capital.
"It is barely 11 years ago thai
I came to Europe with an army
and navy, with the single pur
pose of destroying Nazism," he
said. "I come with the forma
tions of war, under the circum
stances that were surrounding
war.
"This time I come with some
thing more powerful the good
will of America, the great hope
of America, the desire of the
American people for peace."
Mr. Eisenhower said he came
to Geneva "to find if it is not pos
sible to lead the world to a more
tranquil, better fuller way of
life."
The crowd at the airport list
ened to the President's speech in
absolute silence, then roared its
applause. ' - ,
Mrs. Parsons Funeral
To Be Held Monday
Funeral services . for Mrs.
Maude Bemis Parsons, who died
Friday at -the family home on
Hillcrest rd. will be held at 4
p.m. Monday in St. Mark's Epis
copal church. The Rev. George
R. V. Bolster will officiate.
- Mrs. Parsons was the wife of
the late Reginald H. Parsons,
Seattle.
Honorary pall bearers include
George Roberts, Alfred Carpen
ter, Fred Bayliss, Robert Frame,
Donald Clark, Eddie W. Carlton,
Robert Ruhl, H. B. Murpyh, Ed
die Burgess, and Dr. C. L Drum
mond. Active pall bearers i will
be Robert Norris, .William New
hall, Bayard- GetchelL. Warren
Bayliss, Clyde Sturgill and W.
H. Reichstein.
It Is the request of the family
that flowers be omitted at the
services and, in lieu, a contribu
tion be made to the Rogue Val
ley Memorial hospital.
Concluding services will be
held at Seattle. Perl Funeral
home is in charge of local ar
rangements. Maybe Junior's Cat
Is Still in Commode
Longview, Tex (U.R) "
Longview plumber ' Tommy
Daniels said he got a hurry-up '
call Saturday from a frantic
woman who told him: "Junior
just flushed our ca down the
commode. He's holding Us tail
to keep it from going all the
way down. Please hurry."
The woman hung up before,
Daniels could get her
or address.
Riof
Psychiatrist Takes
Stand in Murder
Trial of White
. Defense Witnesses to
Testify on Monday
The trial of Bernice Hampton
(Tex) White, accused of first
degree murder, was recessed
Saturday until 9:30 a.m. Mon
day. Reason for the delay was
the inability of def ense witness
es to testify until then.
The Saturday session lasted
slightly over an hour. Dr. Ger
hard Haugen, M.D., a Portland
psychiatrist, was called to the
stand by the state. Consent of
the defense and judge was nec
essary as the state had already
rested its case.
White is charged with the
first degree murder of Eugene
Raymond Birk, 32, Phoenix
Birk died in an Ashland hospit
al March 2 after being fatally
injured by blows over the head.
He received the' injuries March
2 at a Talent mill where both
he and White were employed.
Condition Rare
Dr.. Haugen, a practicing psy
chiatrist since 1936, testified
that "temporary insanity" is a
rare . condition, but does occur.
Such a condition would include
a "cloudy consciousness," he
said. The person afflicted would
have "no memory of what hap
pened" during the time of its
effect, the doctor declared.
District Attorney Walter Nun-
ley asked if it is possible for a
man with petit mal epilepsy to
bring on seizures voluntarily. In
some cases,-the-doctor testified,
it was. In determining the pres
ence of an epileptic condition,
Dr. Haugen said, electroenceph
alograph (EEG) tests are helpful
but not conclusive proof.
Lack of Awareness ,
Under cross-examination, the
doctor said that people can have
"psycho-motor . seizures" and
walk about, normally. But they
would afterwards be "absolute
ly unaware of what took place
during that time." Violent be
havior is possible during such
seizures, the psychiatrist added.
Under repeated questioning by
the defense, Dr. Haugen stated
that it was his "corroborated"
opinion that unless there is loss
of memory, the condition in
question cannot be considered
an epileptic seizure. Defense At
torney Robert Duncan then quot
ed a Los Angeles neurologist
writing in a recent issue of a
medical magazine.
"Violent . behavior . without
amnesia," Duncan read, "has
been termed, epilepsy but must
be confirmed by a EEG."
Examinations Described
In Friday afternoon proceed
ings, Dr. James C. Luce, Eagle
Point neurological surgeon was
called as a witness for the de
fense. He testified concerning
examinations given White June
8 and other times since he was
jailed. These included general
physical exam, neurological ex
am, pumping air into his spinal
column and brain, taking X-rays
of his head, and testing with
an EEG.'.
Dr. Luce said that he found
"a significant abnormality com
patable with a convulsive state."
His diagnosis, he said, indicated
convulsive seizures on the basis
of probable degenerative chang
es within the brain, compatable
with changes that follow a re
mote injury.
;He expressed the belief that
there would be periods when
White's behavior would not be
normal on an inconsistent pat
tern. - , '"
Typical Cue
On cross examination, Dr.
Luce described White's condi
tion as a typical case of epil
epsy, with the exception of the
brain tissue degeneration. . He
said he had no way of ' deter
mining whether White is sane
or insane.
He admitted, hesitantly, that
by taking several deep breaths,
thus increasing . the amount of
oxygen in the body, it might be
possible for an epileptic s to
bring about . a seizure of the
type with which White is most
frequently afflicted.
Pittsburgh (U.R) A prac
tical joker spilled shampoo into
a fountain in this city's new
gateway center yesterday. The
fountain's .. "Forever Blowing
Bubbles." . .0
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Evening
aMM v Guard
BEAUTY BY THE DOZEN -From here, there and every
where the world's contestants for the title of "Miss Uni
verse" are arriving at Long Beach, CaL, these days. This
group is being greeted by Miriam Stevenson, 1954 contest .
winner, lower left. Lower right is Margaret Rowe, Miss Eng
land and between the two is Leonor Carcache, Miss Ecuador.
Miss Universe Girls
In Native Costumes
Long Beach, Calif. (U.R)
Seventy five beauties from 32
nations and 42 states paraded in
native costumes at Veterans
Memorial stadium last night in
their first public appearance of
the 1955 Miss Universe pageant
to receive the city's welcome.
" The stadium, with a capaicty
of 10,000, was nearly filled with
spectators who paid up to $3
each to i see the cream of the
world's feminine beauty. Pro
ceeds went to the Children's
Memorial hospital fund.
uirii reriecuy urocmea
Despite an ever-increasing
pace of rehearsals, fittings and
posing for pictures, the girls ap
peared perfectly groomed and
composed in the march around
the stadium with an escort of
military color guards . bearing
state and national flags. They
were led by Miriam Stevenson,
current Miss Universe.' ' V
The feature of the evening
was an exchange of gifts be
tween Mayor George M. Ver
million and the contestants. The
mayor presented each wjth a key
Sutherlin House Fire ' "
Claims Second Victim ,
Roseburg (U.R) - Death toll
of a fire that destroyed the four-,
room Charles B. Williams home
east of Sutherlin Friday reached
two when two-year-old "Preston
Wilkerson died in a Roseburg
hospital of burns suffered in
the blaze. '" '' '
The tofs younger brother,
Benton Wilkerson, one died in
the fire. Their grandmother,
Mrs. Charles B. Williams, 46,
was also hospitalized with sev
ere burns suffered when she
tried to rescue the children,;:
The boys were the sons of
Mrs. Mollie Wilkerson of Har
risburg. "" :
Rodney Keating Named
To Centennial Commission
Salem (U.PJGov. Paul L, Pat
terson has appointed nine mem
bers of the Oregon centennial
commission, whose terms begin
today an end Dec. 31, 1961.
The members are Anthony
Brandenthaler of Baker, Rod
ney eKating of .Medford, Jack
likely of Springfield, and S: F.
Woodbury, W. Wheeler,
Bruce Bishop, Howard Lane,
Morrie Sharp, and C. B. Ste
phenson all of Portland. ; . -
Washington (U.R) The Se
curities & Exchange Commission
will issue new regulations Mon
day designed to curb phony dime-
s-chare uranium stock offerings.
Qoovict
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to the city and received a gift
from every girl, plus many
kisses. The mayor's wife- gave
each girl a rhinestqne bandolier.
Among presents the mayor re
ceived were a bottle of cham
pagne from Miss France, cul
tured pearl cuff links and tie
pin from Miss Japan and a pair
of water skis from Miss Mew
Hampshire.
One of the highlights of the
program was a' ritual in which
the stadium was darkened en
tirely except for a single beam
shining on a huge globe, symbol
of the pageant, while the girls
recited, the Miss "Universe creed.
Darrell Miller Jlamed
To Budget Committee
Darrell M. Miller, '317 South
Groveland. ave., has been ap
pointed to fill the vacancy on the
citizens' budget committee cre
ated when 'A. C. Fries Jr. re
signed recently, Mayor Earl Mil
ler has announced.
Darrell Miller served on the
Klamath Falls city -council and
council committees prior to mov
ing to Medford in Nov., 1952.
He holds a law degree from the
University of Oregon and was
admitted to the bar in 1940.
He owns and operates the
Oldsmobile garage, 415 South
Riverside ave.
Fries resigned from the com
mittee to move to Ashland,
where he will manage the new
U. S. National Bank.
Newsmen Given Inside Look
dt Los Alamos
Los Alamos, N.M. (U.R)
Newsmen were permitted Satur
day their first glimpse of the
scientific wizardry of the Los
Alamos scientific laboratory that
produced the dread atomic and
hydrogen bombs and inaugurat
ed the atomic era.
. -Their visit marked the 10th
anniversary of mankind's first
nuclear explosion. -Blast
Anniversary
It was on July 16, 1945 that
the first atomic bomb, developed
here and long since 'made ob
solete, was detonated in the
southern New Mexico desert
near Alamogordo.
Since that fateful, day,, the
United States has set off more
than 60 atomic or hydrogen ex
plosions, all but two scientific
tests. Thosa two were A-bombs
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Third Hostage
Held; Governor
Barred From Cells
20 National Guardsmen
Added to Armed Cordon
Rawlins, Wyo. (U.R) Eighty
convicts who rioted at the. Wy
oming State prison won their
major point last night when
Warden Deane Miller announced
that two .hated guards had .been
fired.
. But the convicts still refused
to release one of their three hos
tage guards, although he was
sick. And they would not agree
to allow Gov. Milward. Simpson
into the cell block where they
are barricaded.
. Simpson called up 20 National
Guardsmen in the Rawlins area
and added them to the armed
cordon surrounding the belea
guered cell block. But he gave
no indication that he intended to
force the issue and risk blood
shed. .
Talks With Spokesman
Miller talkect several times
last night by prison telephone
to Norman Hodges, one of the
four spokesmen selected by the
rebel convicts to air their griev
ances and negotiate with prison .
officials.'
Miller told Hodges during his
latest telephone conversation
that the board of charities and.
reform had fired cell block cap
tain Ben Reeves and guard BUI
Coppenger, against whom the
convicts vented months of sup
pressed fury with their ; im- -promptu
insurrection yesterday
morning, v ;,; ;:.
Reeves, broke away from, the
convicts who jumped him, and
Coppenger was not in the cell
block when the riot began. No
official comment has been made
on the charges made by the con
victs that Reeves and Coppenger
were tyrannical malefactors who
treated prisoners like "dawgs.
The convicts blacked out the
cell Block last night and stacked
ma i. tresses near tne winavwm.
But prison officals did not know
whether they were' erecting bar
ricades against an assault, or
intended to burn the mattresses
in another demonstration of ire.
Simpson, prison and state of-'
ficials and newsmen were all
gathered , in t h e prison office
while Miller made trip after trip
to the switchboard trying to ar
range a second parley. Yester
day afternoon the convicts de
manded that Reeves and Cop
penger be "immediately dis
charged and spelled out a nunV
ber of other grievances to Mil .
ler and other officials who sub
mitted to search before entering .
the cell block. ...
But Governor Simpson de '
manded that the hostage guard
who had been taken ill appar
ently not seriously be released
and that an armed guard ac
company him to a bargaining
conference. To this the convicts
would not agree.
Newsmen, who expected to go
to the second parley If it could
be arranged, listened over Mil
ler's shoulder' when he first
spoke with Hodges by telephone
fist -night But Miller had no
time to explain what the inmate
spokesman had said, so reporters
heard only one side of the dis
cussion. . - - -
The spokesman for the prison-,
ers complained of treatment by.
two guards, poor food, improper
medical care and lack of recre
ation. ';
Laboratory
which tumbled down on Japan
and ended the Pacific war. '
The bulk of the work which:
produced the devices was done
by scientists inside the heavily
guarded $128,000,000 laboratory
which sprawls over 77 square
miles and includes more than
300 buildings and installations, v
Work Top Secret
The intricate and amazing nu
clear workshop, operated under '
contract for the Atomic Energy
Commission by the University of
I California, first was opened in
dui lis worn remainea top
secret until the bomb was drop
ped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Today, 12 years later, the gates
of the technical areas were un
locked for the first time to news-
men and to families of the 3,009
scientists and technicians who
work bert. . . V.-