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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOBD. OREGON SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1962 J ouse Okays Construction of Hanford Nuclear Power Plant Portland (IPI Power fa cilities at the H a n lord. Wash., atomic works should start operating by late 196S. the managing director of the Washington Public Power Supply System said Saturday. Washington-IIPK-The House Friday approved construction of the world's largest nuclear Glenn Responds To Charge by Fellow Astronaut , Houston - IUPH - Astronaut 'John Glenn, answering a 'charge - by fellow astronaut jWaltor Schirra that Glenn Is not up to date on the space program, said Friday, "I don't "want to add any more state ments to a situation that has all the aspects of a tempest in teapot." Schirra, scheduled to make a six-orbit flight at the end of this month, said Glenn was "'about wiped out of the space ( program" because of the per sonal appearances he has been making. , "Juggling of my time for maximum benefit from a tech nical and national space pro gram's standpoint has been continually reviewed by both Dr. Gilruth Robert and the management at NASA head quarters," Glenn said. Support Flight "Wally and I are good friends and I will certainly continue to support his flight as well as I possibly can," Glenn said in a statement. Glenn has been assigned as liaison man in California for Schirra's flight. Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. Schirra, appearing on a tele vision program Thursday night, also denounced the 40 minute "black - out" when Scott Carpenter made his landing from orbit. Schirra said officials knew where Car penter was and had radar "fixes within six miles" of where he landed. Al Chop, deputy public af fairs officer for the manned spacecraft center in Houston, said Glenn's popularity result ed in so many public appear ances. Gilruth, director of the spacecraft center, said Glenn remained very much a part of the National Aernoautics and Space Administration program. power plant al the Atomic Energy Commission's Hanford Atomic Works. The House reversed its ear lier rejection of the plan un der which a public power agency would build the power plant to use waste steam from a plutonium - producing reactor. The House, in accepting a House-Senate conference re port recommending the pro posal, paved the way for quick final congressional approval of the plan. All that remained was for the Senate to go through the formality of reaffirming its stand in favor of construction of the 800,000 kilowatt power plant by the Washington Pub lic Power Supply System (WPPSS). Best Attempt Before approving the power plant by a voice vote, the House beat back an attempt by Rep. James Van Zandt (R Pa.) to send the proposal back to conference. The roll call vote gainst recommittal was 186 to 150. Rop; Chet Holifield (D-Cal- if), chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, told the House that purchase of the waste steam by WPPSS would return up to $125 mil- Tickets Available For Band Concert The U. S. Marine Band will give a concert Oct. 18 at the Hedrick junior high school auditorium. All money raised will be used for the uniform fund and traveling expenses of the Mcdford high school band, ac cording to Band Director 1. R. Mirick. Tickets may be obtained from Mcdford band members, from Puruckcr's Music House, John Lusk and Emerald Music company, Mann's and Swem's. The band personnel include carefully and screened and se lected people from the na tion's leading conservatories, symphony orchestras, high school and college bands. lion to the federal treasury. Holifield also defended t h e plan, rejected by the House four times previously, on na tional defense grounds. He said use of the reactor tor power production would allow it to be placed back into plu tonium production quickly in the event of the breakdown of any future nuclear disarm ament plan. Standby Status He said if the reactor were used only for plutonium pro duction, it might take up to two years to place it back into production from a cold stand by status. "Every reactor we know of in the Soviet Union is lha dual-purpose type," he said. Van Zandt, seeking unsuc cessfully to block passage, charged that the plan would lead eventually to federal ownership of nuclear power plants and creation of a na tionwide atomic power grid In contending that approval of the power plant would hurt the coal mining industry. Van Zandt said its construction was opposed even by the Washington state coal indus try. "It would be the death knell of the coal industry in Washinglon." he declared. The compromise as approv ed by the conferees calls for: All expenses for modifi cation of the reactor and for its operation for power pur poses to be borne by WPPSS. Any losses to the BPA to be passed on to its custom ers through higher rates. The offer of 50 per cent of the power to private utili ties. Specific congressional ap proval before any federal agency may take over the power plant. Washington -lUPli- Sen. Hen ry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) said approval of the Hanford, Wash., nuclear power project would be "speedily ratified" by the Senate. Jackson, who led the suc cessful fight for the plan in the Senate, said Friday House approval was a "victory for local citizens who never gave up hope. "Not only will taxpayers j recoup as much as S125 mil lion over the years, but pres tige of the country will have been enhanced enormously by having brought into being the world's largest nuclear power plant," he said. "In having the world's larg est power plant it will help to give us the same prestige that came from having '.he world's largest hydroelectric dam at Grand Coulee until recent Soviet accomplish ments. SHIP IT LflSME to or from Oakland, San Fran cisco, Lot Angelei and other California poind. mJack Fitzgerald tZL 773-7761 FHA CONVENTIONAL G.I. COMMERCE INVESTMENT INC. Specialists in Real Estate Mortgage Loans at Low Interest Rates We are happy to announce the opening of our office in Medford 207 U.S. National Bank Bldg. Serving Southern Oregon Floyd Eastwood Manager Phono 773-7272 Group Approves JFK's Reserve Call-Up Authority Washington - OJPD - The House Armed Services Com mittee Friday approved uani mously President Kennedy's requested reserve call - up authority, but Rcpubli cans managed to stall a House vote on it for at least a week. The committee, at a closed session, approved the Senate passed bill that would let the President mobilize up to 150, 000 reservists if he sees fit while Congress is adjourned. But GOP members com plained about plans to call the bill up for House action Mon day under a special procedure barring amendment limiting debale, and requiring a two thirds vote for passage. They said there was no rea son the legislation could not be considered in the custom ary way. "The lives of 150,000 Amer icans are affected," said Hep. Charles S. Gubser (R-Calif.). "I resent and I protest this procedure." Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga.) then announced that the scheduled Monday action was cancelled. 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