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Cobb’s operations for August have
been coordinated with the Brown
Bear in order to cooperate with
the AEC study program. The Cobb
:s an exploratory fishing vessel
and will operate about 30 miles
offshore from Ogotoruk Creek and
30 miles north and south of the
' region investigating the types of
fish and feed available. Investi
gations will include location of
any possible future commercial
fishery. This project, financed
jointly by USFWS and AEC is
under the supervision of Dayton
L. Alverson, Chief, Exploratory
Fishing and Gear Research,
USFWS, Seattle.
Dr. N. J. Wilimovsky will lead
a party to study the biology in
the saltwater lagoons along shore.
^ Dr. Allen Seymour, University
of Washington, will be overall
coordinator of the marine inves
tigations.
Arctic Health Research Center,
U. S. Public Health Service, An
chorage — Studies of large land
and marine mammals will be con
ducted by Dr. Robert Rausch, or
nithological work by Dr. Francis
S. L. Williams and fresh water
plankton and algae by Dr. Doug
las Hilliard.
General Electric Company, Han
ford, Washington — The Radio
ecology Section of the Biology Op
: eration will send three scientists
under the direction of Dr. Jared
Da^is to the area to carry out
ecological studies in the nearby
streams and lakes.
In addition Don Charles Foote,
a Human Geographer, will con
. duct a human ecology study in the
Point Hope region complementing
the University of Alaska surveys
southeast of the site to determine
labits of local residents and their
'ood sources and hunting and
"ishing areas.
II — ENGINEERING
- Holmes and Narver, Inc., Los
vngeles, Calif., is the architect
ngineer and will subcontract for
instruction and logistical support
t the base camp.
U. S. Geological Survey— Will
induct ground water survey, ana
■sis of water, study of geo-ther
■ -.al regime of the permafrost, se
ct location for drilling two core
* *iles each 1,000 feet deep for
\ mples and will catalog the cores.
SGS will also study stream and
toral sedimentation rates and
• tend mapping activities started
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Corps of Engineers, Alaska Dis
ct — Will provide consulting
rvice and perform certain phy
al tests on cores obtained dur
;• the summer.
— BASE CAMP OPERATION
lolmes and Narver will super
e construction and maintenance
:he base camp and furnish sup
's for users of outcamps. It is
mated .that a total of 26 per
s will be employed at the camp
9 for varying periods of time
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| to erect hutments, construct the
1 airstrip and perform other opera
| tions.
B and R Tug and Barge Com
| pany, Inc., Kotzebue, has been
| awarded the contract fo# sea ship
j ment of material and equipment
to the site. Two barges, one out of
| Seattle and the other from An
chorage are scheduled at the Ogo
jtoruk Creek about July 1.
B. and R. is also furnishing la
j bor. Eight of the 26 persons to be
l hired will be used for ten weeks
' according to present plans. The
other 18 will be on the job for
from two to five weeks.
Burtco, of Bellingham, Wash.,
will provide messing, laundry, jan
1 itor service and operation of a
small store at the base camp.
Polaris Engineering, Fairbanks,
survey for the airstrip.
Wien Alaska Air Lines, Inc.,
Fairbanks, has a subcontract for
air transport service.
Boyles Brothers Drilling Com
pany, Salt Lake City, Utah, has
a drilling subcontract for the 1000
foot holes for obtaining geologic
data and chemical and other prop
erties of rock and soil.
IV — ORGANIZATION
Planning and execution of the
Plowshare Program is the respon
siblity of the San Francisco Oper
ations Office — AEC, of which El
lison C. Shute is Manager. The
conduct of individual projects is'
assigned to James E. Reeves, the
Assistant Manager for Test Oper
ations of the Albuquerque, New
Mexico, Operations Office — AEC,
who is Project Manager. Mr.
Reeves’ organization, with a back
ground of experience in conduct
ing test operations at the Com
mission’s Nevada Test Site and
participating in the Eniwetok op
erations, is particularly well
qualified to conduct peacetime
nuclear detonations.
The field representative of Mr.
Reeves at th^ Ogotoruk Creek site
is James Sugden, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, who is Project Offi
cer. Support Coordinator is Clif
ford M. Bacigalupi of Lawrence
Radiation Laboratory and his dep
uty is Roland W. Wallstedt, LRL.
The Holmes and Narver represen
tatives are Ray G. Harbert, Los
Angeles, and Ralph Chase, Los
Angeles. Ernest D. Campbell. San
Francisco Operations Office —
AEC, is Field Coordinator for En
vironmental Studies.
Hagerty Comfortable After
Emergency Appendectomy
WASHINGTON, UPl — White
House Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty was reported making a
favorable recovery yesterday after
surgery for removal of an acutely
inflamed appendix.
Anne Wheaton, associate press
secretary, said Hagerty spent a
comfortable night at Walter Reed
Army Hospital. He was operated
on there Monday afternoon.
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Methodists Plan IV2
Million Drive for College
Religious Centers
ROCKFORD, 111., OP — The
Rock River Conference of the
Methodist Church plans a l'/i mil
lion-dollar fund drive to finance
construction of student religious
centers at eight college campuses.
The Rev. Mr. Clarence Poch,
Joliet, co-chairman of the drive
with attorney Robert B. Kimbell
of Weaton, annunced the three
year project Monday at the open
ing session of a week-long con
ference attended by 700 lay and
clergy delegates.
The schools and costs of the
planned Wesley Foundation cen
ters include Alaska Methodist at
Anchorage, $15,000.
Last Civil War Veteran
Given Hope for Recovery
HOUSTON, Tex., UPl — Confed
erate ' veteran Walter Williams
“looks pretty good” despite his
two-week bout with pneumonia
and may pull through, his> doctor
says.
Williams, 116, last survivor of
the Civil War, developed pneumo
nia June 6. He apparently had re
covered but then suffered a re
lapse. He has been under an oxy
gen tent most of the time for
several days.
Long’s Lawyer
Looks for Early
Court Victory
BATON ROUGE, La., UP) — At
torney Arthur Sims, fighting for
Louisiana Governor Earl Long’s
release from a mental hospital,
said yesterday he would call the
Governor’s wife as a witness Fri
day when the Governor goes to
court seeking his freedom.
Sims filed for a writ of habeas
corpus Monday night and State
District Judge Robert Jones set a
hearing for 10 a.m. Friday.
Mrs. Long signed the applica
tion asking that the Governor be
confined to Southeast Louisiana
(mental) Hospital at Mandeville.
Sims stated he hoped to win his
case before calling witnesses with
a favorable court decision on his
first three arguments: The Gov
ernor can be removed only by
impeachment and locking Long
up in a mental hospital, which is
in effect, removal; the commit
ment papers were not in order in
that they were not filled out prop
erly; and even if they were filled
out properly they were obtained
without proper examination as re
quired by law.
Marilyn In Hospital
NEW YORK, UP — Actress
Marilyn Monroe yesterday under
went gynecological surgery at
Lenox Hill Hospital, a hospital
spokesman reported.
However Miss Monroe’s hus
band, playwright Arthur Miller,
put out a statement through his
wife’s press agent denying any
operation had taken place. *
“My wife is in the hospital for
observation,” Miller was quoted
as saying “There has been no
surgery.”
Miller furthr was quoted as say
ing his wife had not been well for
several days. He added she would
be released by the end of the week.
Big Halibut Haul
SEATTLE, UP) — The third larg
est halibut landings of the season
were reported at Ketchikan Mon
day and Tuesday with 325,000
pounds unloaded during the two
days.
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