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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, March 13, 1956
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Under
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fluclear P
truction; 14
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ore Planned
(Editor's not: The Atomic Energy
Commission said recently that 13
civilian nuclear power plants are
"under construction, in process of
design or proposed"' for completion
between 1957 and 196;:. Fllowing is
a report on their current status.)
q By JOSEPH L. MYLER
Jniled Press Correspondent
Washington (U.Rj One civil
ian atomic power plant is actu
ally under construction.
Fourteen others have been
proposed. As of now, however,
the Atomic Energy commission
has awarded no contracts and
granted no licenses or building
permits for any of them.
The plant under construction
is at Shippingport, Pa. It is ex
pected to be completed some
(jime next year. It is strictly ex
perimental. Although it will generate 60,
003 kilowatts or more of electri
cal power, it will do so at an
economically prohibtive cost
Plans for Klamath
Insulating Board
Plant Announced
Portland (U.R) Plans for
construction in the near future
of a multi-million dollar insul
ating board plant near Klamath
Falls have been confirmed by
A. R. Fisher, New York, presi
dent of the Johns-Manville
Corp., it was reported here
Monday.
Cost of the new plant was es
tin(ited at 12 million dollars.
Fisher said operations were ex
pected to start in the summer of
19570 About 250 persons will be
employed with an annual pay
roll oftbout one million dollars.
Future Expansion -
The announcement said a pro
vision in construction plans for
future expansion would mean
the plant ultimately would em
ploy 400 persons.
It will be located about 20
miles north of Klamath Falls on
Highway 97 and the Williamson
river. The operation represents
one of the first major commer
cial uses developed for lodge
pole or jackpine and will re
quire about 50,000 cords of this
type of timber each year. Wood
will be obtained from the Rogue
river, Deschutes- and Fremont
national forests and from pri
vate lands.
q The new insulating board
plant will cover an operating
floor space of about 275,000
square feet. Fisher stressed that
manufacture of insulating board
is not a chemical process and
therefore the water pollution
problem is minimized.
Building Board
Among produtcs to Be manu
factured will be natural finish
building board, decorative ceil
ing panels and wall plank, in
sulating board sheathing, ac
coustical panels and roof insula
tionPincluding a new roof .insul
ation and inside finish in one
operation.
The Klamath countv Dlant is
part of a 34 million dollar ex
pansion program the firm is un
dertaking on the Pacific Coast.
Johns-Manville currently has 32
plants and three mines in the
U.S. and Canada.
Disagree on How Soon
Sleam Power Needed
qiympia (U.R) The State
Power commission disagreed
Monday with an estimate by
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie on how
soon steam power generating
facilities will be needed to sup
plement' Washington's source of
electrical energy.
In an interview, Langlie esti
mated that a steam plant would
not be necessary in the state
for 7 to 12 years. The governor
emphasized that his estimate
was based on an assumption
that "low-cost hydro-electric
power will be developed first
and it should be."
J. Frank Ward, managing di
rector of the Power commission,
disagreed when asked to com
ment. 'T don't know where he
got his information," Ward said.
'"He didn't get it from rue."
Ward agreed that hydroelec
tric power is the most desirable
source, out he said its develop
ment is so slow that steam
plants would be required within
five to six years at the latest.
Grange
Central Point Grange
Ben Tucker, county agent,
will be the guest speaker at
Central Point Grange when it
convenes at 8 p.m. Friday,
March 16.
The county agent will speak
on "Public Relations," to the
subordinate Grange, then will
talk to the Juvenile Grange on
"Farming."
Serving committee for the
evening will be, Mr. and Mrs.
Clem Ault, Mr. ' and Mrs. Wal
ter Sutherland, and Clinton
Charleyo
52 mills per kilowatt-hour at the
start.
The total cost of this plant,
counting research and develop
ment, will be about S35 million.
It is being built for the AEC by
the Westinghouse Electric Corp.
and Duquesne Light Co. Du
quesne is paying about S15,000,
000 of the cost, the AEC the rest.
Industry Pays Half
The Shippingport plant was
included by the AEC recently in
a list of 15 civilian atomic power
plants "under construction, in
process of design or proposed . . .
for completion during the pe
riod between 1957 and 1962."
It said total costs of the 15
plants will be over $50'o,000,000
with industry paying about half.
"As presently proposed" the
plants will generate a total of
nearly 1,000,000 kilowatts of elc
trical power.
The 14 plants not yet started
include:
Four costing nearly $150,000,
000 which industry would build
at its own expense under AEC
license.
Three large plants which
would b,e built under the AEC's
"power demonstration program"
at a total cost of 5165,000,000. Of
this, the government would pay
S55.000.000. The AEC has ac
cepted these proposals as a basis
for negotiating government-aid
contracts.
Seven smaller plants proposed
by non-federal public groups for
construction under the demon
stration program with govern
ment help. Costs and cost-sharing
have not been firmly estimated.
Status of Proposals
Here is the status of the four
privately-financed proposals:
General Electric Co. - Pacific
Gas & Electric Co., 5.100-10,000
kilowatts, Livermore-Pleasanton
area, Alameda county, Calif. li
cense applied for, not yet grant
ed, not expected soon.
Consolidated Edison Co., 140,
000 kilowatts, Indian Point, N.
Y. license applied for, not yet
granted, but may get building
permit soon.
Such permits can be granted
in anticipation of license.
Commonwealth , Edison Co.,
180,000 kilowatts, Dresen, 111.
license applied for, not yet grant
ed. May get building permit
soon. ,
Pennsylvania Power-Light Co.,
150,000 kilowatts, eastern Penn-
Honest Parly Replaces
Sheared Off Birch Tree
Salem (U.R) Two months ago
someone drove a car over the
front lawn of Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Kelley here shearing off
a small tree.
Monday morning, the Kelley's
looked out the front window to
find a new white birch tree
planted in place of the old one
during the night.
Mrs. Kelley said the roots of
the old tree had been removed
and the new one planted in a
"professional" manner. The
grateful Mrs. Kelley said she
guessed "there still were some
honest people in the world."
sylvania. This company, accord
ing to AEC, has merely "indicat
ed its intention." It has not ap
plied for license.
The three large power demon
stration proposals:
Yankee Atomic Electric Co.,
134.000 kilowatts, Rowe, Mass.
no license application yet; no as
sistance contract negotiated.
Johnson Asks Stand
On Amendment
Washington (U.R) Senate
Democratic Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson suggested today that
the administration take a stand
on the new version of the Brick
er Amendment before the Sen
ate tackles the controversial
proposal.
There is no point, Johnson told
the United Press, of calling the
amendment up for debate and
"tieing the Senate in a knot" if
the proposal does not have ad
ministration backing. The amend
ment, a point of controversy for
some years, would limit the ef
fectiveness of treaties as domes
tic law.
It was believed Senate Repub
lican Leader William F. Know
land (Calif.) would bring the
matter up today at a meeting of
GOP congresional leaders with
President Eisenhower. Knowland
has said he would support the
revised amendment and hoped
the administration would too.
The revised version of the
amendment was approved last
week by the Senate Judiciary
Committee. It is now up to the
Senate Democratic Policy Com
mittee to decide whether to call
it before the full Senate for de
bate. The new version was drafted
by Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R
111.) but it has the full support
of Sen. John W. Bricker (R-O.),
author of previous versions of
the amendment.
The proposed amendment, as
now drafted, would state: "A pro
vision of a treaty or other inter
national agreement which con
flicts with any provision of this
Constitution shall not be of any
force or effect."
Consumers Public Power Dis
trict of Nebraska, 75,000 kilo
watts no license application
yet, no assistance contract nego
tiated. The seven smaller plants (Elk
River, Minn.; Gainesville, Fla.;
Piqua. O.; Hersey, Mich.; Orlan
do, Fla.; Holyoke, Mass., and
Anchorage, Alaska) the AEC so
far has accepted none 'of these
proposals as a basis for contract
negotiations. They are .under
study.
New Enzyme Diagnosis
Fatal Children's Disease
Washington (U.R) Govern
ment scientists have finally
solved thevriddle of a mysterious
disease which often blinds and
kills children who cannot toler
ate milk.
They announced they have dis
covered a new enzyme in the
blood of normal persons and that
the absence of this enzyme
causes this condition known as
galactosemia or galactose diabe
tes. Piles Like Poison
Infants born with this basic
defect in their chemical machin
ery are unable to utilize or even
tolerate galactose, one of the
sugars in milk. The more milk
they take the more the galactose
piles up in their system like a
poison.
The first symptoms are diar
rhea, lack of appetite, loss of
weight, and jaundice. In the
later stages, the disease leads to
cirrhosis of the liver, blindness
and finally death.
These serious complications
can be prevented if the disorder
is diagnosed early and victims
are immediately put on a
completely milk-free diet. But
the disease sometimes isn't
discovered until it's too late
because the symptoms resemble
those of so many other diseases.
Simple Diagnosis
Hence, the importance of the
new enzyme. Scientists at the
Work on State Voters
Pamphlet To Start
Salem (U.R) Work on the
Oregon voters pamphlet will
start early this week, David
O'Hara, state elections super
visor, said Monday. State law re-
National Institute of Arthritis
and Metabolic Diseases said it
dosen't offer a cure. But they
said it does promise physicians a
simple, surefire and safe test for
diagnosing galactosemia before
it causes serious damage.
It also provides researchers
with a tool for looking into the
possibility that errors in gal
actose chemistry may be respon
sible for a number of other
diseases including some
obscure mental and eye disor
ders where the causes have
remained a mystery.
quires that the pamphlet b la
the mails 15 days prior to the
May 18 primary election.
O'Hara said the primary pam
phlet probably would be the
largest in several years.
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