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NEW ENLARGED
TOWN COUNCIL
Continued from Pase One

Rebuilding Of Commerce st.
Town Manager Rex D. Gilmore
outlined for the benefit of the new
members the situation in regard
to the imminent rebuilding of
Commerce Street by the State
Highway Department and what is
involved. He also reported on
progress on the new sewage dis
posal plant under construction;
the proposed bond issue, water
and sewer services; and tour of
the towns facilities and proper
ties was arranged to be conducted
under Mr.. Gilmore's direction to-
day at 4 pm. SO that the new
councilmen may get the complete
picture. A. special meeting of
council is scheduled for Friday,
March 2, and the regular session
will be held on Friday, March g..
Smyrna times., 1956-03-01
1855 DEATH BENEFITS
Insurance Institute Report Pay
ment of sS,s24, 900 to DeIawareans

Insurance Institute Report Pay
ment of SS,S24,000 to DeIawareans
Delaware families received S.
324, 900 during 1855 in death bene-
fits from their life insurance COM
panies, the Institute of Life In
surance reports. These payments
were made under 6,971 policies.
The 1855 death payments COM
pare with s9,O5s,000 the year be-
fore, under 6,526 policies.
THE annual flow of death bene-
fits in this state has risen 120 per
cent in the past decade" the In
stitute commented. "In 1945, they
amounted to s3,7sO,O00. under 81
4O3 policies. The increase has
been primarily reflection of the
greater amount of life insurance
owned and not a rise in, death
rates, which nationally declined
about one-fifth in these years.
Ownership of such protection in
this state increased 144 percent
between the start of 1945 and
1855. There has been a material
gain in the family security pro-
vided through life insurance. Many
more families are MOVE given the
means through policy benefits of
holding together and maintaining
their improved standard of living"
OF the 1855 death claim pay
ments in the state, 50, 1000 was
under 1,411 ordinary life insur-
ance policies; S2,57s,00 was un-
der 896 group life insurance GER
tifcates; and $1,190,000 was un-
der 1854 industrial life insurance
policies.
For the nation as a whole, the
1855 aggregate of death claim
payments was s2,240, ,731 900 un-
der 1,660,949 policies, compared
with s2,O72, ,206, 900 under 1880
policies the year before and ST.
1857, 900 under 1,31s,334 poll
cies in 1945. Last years payments
were made up of S1,379,O7, 900
under 489,514 ordinary life insur-
ance policies; S591, ,435,00 under
242,683 group life insurance GER
tifcates; and $2es, ,5S9, 900 under
Smyrna times., 1956-03-01
BACK CRUSADE
FOR FREEDOM
Century Club Supporting Cru
sade For Freedom
Campaign
MAKE CONTRIBUTION

The Twentieth Century Club is
cooperating in the Crusade for
Freedom campaign in support of
the leadership taken by the Gen.
eral Federation of Womens' Clubs.
Mrs. Theodore S. Chapman, presi-
dent Of the federation, has said,
EVERY individual American can
sign the Freedom Scroll and con-
tribute to the Crusade for Free
dom, which supports Radio Free
Europe which sends truth and
hope behind the Iron Curtain.
have seen this personally, have
talked with refugees who were
given courage to escape and take
up the fight against Communism,
and have heard first-hand ac-
counts of the inestimable good
that is being done by this broad
casting" Members of the club, or
others who wish to make a con-
tribution to this great effort, may
get in contact with Mrs. Harold
E. Wickham, president of the loe-
al women's club. At the meeting
of the club last Thursday many
members signed and $26.25 was
contributed to the crusade.
Smyrna times., 1956-03-01
TaylOr's Bridge

Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Unruh and
daughter of Odessa spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph McClain
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert MacNam-
ara and Mrs. Rebecca MacNam-
ara of Camden, N. j. spent SUM-
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
Newman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson A. Dav-
i'd spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Reynolds, near
Odessa.
Friendly Neighbors Home DEM
onstration Club will meet Tuesday
afternoon, March 6, at 1:30 with
Mrs. G. Arthur CHM in Smyrna,
Mrs. Ellsworth Walker of Will
mington spent Saturday with her
mother, Mrs. Walker Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Newman
spent last Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Long and family, near
Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stats,
Jr. and family, of near Smyrna,
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Reynolds, Sr., last week.
Mr.. annd Mrs. Clifton Elliott
and daughter, of Goldsboro, Md,
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Shock
ley.
Miss Mildred Deakyne of Will
nlington spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Deakyne.
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CHEST x-RAY SCHEDULE

To Operate in Kenton, Clayton
and Smyrna Week of March 5th
The State Board of Health Mo
bile Chest x-ray Units will oper-
ate in Kenton, Clayton and Smyr-
ma during the week of March 5th.
In cooperation with the Delaware
Anti-tuberculosis Society this SER
vice is offered free to all citizens
Is years of age and over. Every
one is urged to take advantage of
this worthwhile program. Kenton
Grange No. 62 is sponsoring the
unit at Kenton, scheduled for
Wednesday, March 7th at Clifton's
Store from 1:00-4:00 pm. and
5:00-8:00 pm. Mr.. Paul Palmer
is general chairman; Mrs. Paul
Palmer is in charge of publicity;
and Mrs. Chapman Shockley is
Hostess Chairman. Clayton is
scheduled on Thursday, March Sth
at Clements Supply Company
from HOO am. 100 pm. and
2:00-6;00 pm. Mr.. John Roth is
general chairman, assisted by the
Lions Club. Mr.. James Clarke is
in charge of publicity, and Miss
Mary Burke is Hostess Chairman.
Other committees will be organ
lied before Community meeting
to be called by Mr.. Roth. In
Smyrna, the two and a half day
events sponsored by the Woodland
Beach Sea Gulls All Club, whose
leader, Mrs. Ethel Robinson, is ad-
vising on activities. The members
of this club are: Carolyn Marsh,
Carole Reynolds, Zane Robinson,
David Marsh, Danny Marsh, Franz
Media, Janice -Lafferty and Gay
Robinson. The unit will be locat-
ed in Smyrna at Golden's Drug
Store. The schedule is as follows:
Thursday, March S-2:00-4:00 pm.
Friday, March g. 1:00-4:00 pm.
and 5:o0-S:00 p. m. Saturday.
March 10 - 1000 a.m.-1:00 pm.
and 2:00-5:00 pm. Hostesses
have been secured for all three
days. In addition to the members
of the Woodland Beach All Club
those serving in this capacity are:
Mrs. Milton Lord, Mrs. Elmer
Robinson, Mrs. Howard Sparks,
Mrs. Vernon Ford, Mrs. James
Fleming, Mrs. Carolyn Marsh,
Mrs. Fletcher Truax, Mrs. Eleanor
Helm, Mrs Edward Boyles, Mrs.
Leon Morris, Mrs. Mary Seward,
Mrs. Addie David, Mr.. Brinton
Reynolds, Mr.. Harley Mears.
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KentOn

The Homemakers Club held the
February meeting at the home of
Mrs. H. Hilyard on Thursday,
Feb. 20. The president, Mrs. K.
Wooleyhan, called the meeting to
order at 2 pm. The meeting open
ed with prayer, creed and flag sal
ute; roll was called with 13 men,
bers present. Committee chairmen
reporting were Mrs. H. Hilyard
on safety, Mrs. Kizzie Crossley on
health, Mrs. Belle Everett on COM
munity work, Mrs. Belle Palmer
on sunshine, Mrs. S. Knots, pub
licity. Sunshine cards were sent
to Mrs. Clifton and Mrs. Dill. A
donation was made to the Heart
Fund. The March meeting will be
group meeting. Topic, "Civil De-
fense." Date, time and place will
be announced. Mrs. Wooleyhan
presented the topic, Shortcuts
in Cleaning" with some very good
information on cleaning hints
The social hour was spent in play
ing games. Prizes were awarded
to Mrs. K. Crossley, Mrs. L. Clark,
Mrs. I. Wooleyhan and Mrs. H
Rowlinson.
The chest x-ray Unit will visit
Kenton on Wednesday, March q
at 1 to 4 pm. and 5 to 8 pm. The
location will be at the corner Of
Clifton's Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Darrell an
nounce the birth of daughter in
Kent General Hospital on We'd
nesday, Feb. %. The baby has
been named Wilma Ann.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Clough
were guests at the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. Dudley Clough of near
Sudlersville on last Tuesday even
ing. The occasion being Mr..
Clough's seventy ninth birthday.
They also had as their visitors on
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar
Smyrna times., 1956-03-01

Reial and children of West Ches-
ter, Pa, and Mrs. j. F. Clough
of Newport.
Mr.. Carl Prettyman spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Morgan of Houston. Miss Dot
Minner was also a guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Faulkner
and son Bruce were visitors on
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph Gsell of near Chestertown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Hazel had
as their guests on Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Olejniczak of Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Numbers
had as their recent guests the
Rev. and Mrs. ]. Parker and Mrs.
S. G. Walker of Wyoming.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes and
daughter Mary Lou returned home
on Thursday after several days
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Conley of Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hughes,
Jr. had as their guests over the
weekend Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Maltenport of Philadelphia.
The junior choir is sponsoring
skating party to be held at the
Dover Rink on Monday, March
IL. Mrs. Helen Lucia is pianist
and also directs the choir.
Smyrna times., 1956-03-01

s2s,752 industrial life insurance
policies.
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WILLIAMSBURG
SLIDES VIEWED
Continued from Page One

Col. Rafael Kerr, a member Of
the club, was given by Robert
Everett. Col: Kerr, u S. Air
Force, has been transferred to
Spain. He expressed his thanks
for the privilege of being men,
ber of the club for a brief time
and for the warmth of his friend
ship with club members. Brinton
Reynolds announced that a work
detail of Lions would work at the
Youth Center on Sunday and that
Lionesses would serve food to the
men.
Smyrna times., 1956-03-01
BEAN FARMERS
RECOGNIZED
72 Delaware Lima Bea n
Farmers Cited for Out
standing Job in 1855
REVIEW PRACTICES

Seventy-two Delaware lima bean
farmers were recognized as doing
an outstanding job in 1855 at a
meeting in Milton on Thursday
evening, conducted by the Della
ware Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.
DR.. William Mcdaniel, econo-
mist at the University of Della
ware, gave report on how Della
ware farmers compare as bean
growers with farmers in Wiscon-
sin and California. Some 10000
acres of baby limas" are raised
each year in this state mostly for
freezing and canning, more than
any other area. yet" says Mr..
Mcdaniel, unless we can MAIN
tain and increase our production
per acre, we will lose our present
competitive advantage in the mar
ket place"
The cultural practices carried
out by these successful growers
and the University were review
ed by Robert F. Stevens and E.
M. Rain, horticulturists at the
University. Their recommends
tions are listed as follows:
1. Plow under a cover crop of
rye and clover, barley and clover,
or similar legume cover.
2. Use manure, if available, at
five tons per acre of poultry man.
ure, or ten tons per acre of pound
manure on the cover crop only.
5. Apply lime enough to keep
the soil at PHI 6. Have soil test
ed.
4. Fertilizer-Use 100 to 500
lbs. per acre of 5-10-15 in the
planter plus 400 to 300 lbs. of g.
10-15 per acre drilled deep. Exact
amounts can be determined by
soil tests, manures applied and le-
gume sod turned under.
S. Seeding Rate-Try to have a
stand of 8 plants per foot in 80
to SO" rows. Planter should de-
liver four seeds per foot or slight
ly more. About 40 to As lbs. per
acre in 80 to 36-inch row is usual
ly enough. Increase seeding rate
during early May paintings or if
you intend to rotary hoe one or
more times.
6. Use chemical weed control if
you expect trouble with weeds.
z. Irrigation at bloom is prob
ably the most important time. Ad-
ditional applications two weeks
before bloom and ten days before
harvest may also pay.
8. To control insects, such as,
the Mexican Bettle-use Rotenone
1 per cent or Parathion 1 per
cent; for (such as corn
ear worms and others)- DDT
up to 80 days before harvest, or
Marlate if the vines are to be
used for livestock feed, or if used
within 80 days of harvest.
8. For downy mildew disease
start applications when called for
by the forecasting service. Use 40
to 60 lbs. of fixed copper dust.
For more detailed information,
contact the county agent by tele-
phoning Dover 2621, or by drop
ping a card, or by visiting the Of
ace in the Postoffice Building at
Dover.
Smyrna times., 1956-03-01

Sylvester, and Mr.. and Mrs. Arth-
ur Thomas were received into the
fellowship of the church.-The De-
votional Reading for Today: And
whatever you ask in prayer, you
will receive, if you have faith
Matt. 21:22.
Items-Staff Sergeant Hynson
Cole, us. Air Force, has returned
to his home base at West Palm
Beach, Florida, after a fying-visit
with his mother, Mrs. Bertha Cole
and family.-Janice Hollett, a stu
dent nurse at Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington, was home recently
for a visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William j. Hollett, and
sister, Karen.-Born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Friedel, a son, at
Kent General Hospital, on Feb. II.
Eleanor Burke, local nurse in
the Office of DR.. r. w. Comegys,
has been elected secretary of the
Kent County Nurses Association,
Dover.-Mr. and Mrs. w. Marion
Smith observed a wedding ami
versary on Tuesday just pasta
special birthday congratulation for
Mr.. Robert Day, today. Mr.. Day
is retired railroader and long
time resident. = Much excitement
prevailed on Monday afternoon
with the sudden appearance of
Dover Air Base apparatus, with
sirens wailing, on their way to
the Delaney's sector on a search
for a downed pilot. Word soon
filtered through of plane crash
ing on the farm of Robert O'Dell,
about two miles west of Blackis-
toms, and George Salter witnessed
the pilot bailing out, and drifting
in a northerly direction. Shortly
afterward, David N. Boggs, local
milk dealer, noted the pilot fold
ing his parachute near the road
leading from Delaney's to Clay
ton, and about five miles from the
scene of the crash. State Police
took the flyer, Richard Wenzel, "a,
of Columbus, Ohio, test pilot for
the North American Aviation Co.,
who was uninjured, back to the
wreckage of the plane, a FLA
Navy jet, out of the Patuxent
Naval Air Station, Md.-A movie,
"You Can't Take 1t With You,
sponsored by the Clayton School
PTA will be shown tomorrow
evening, beginning at s in the
Clayton School Auditorium. Ad-
mission for adults is soc, for stu
dents, 25c, and children, under six
will be admitted free. A door
prize will be given. Birthdays
this week. for Paula Bickling,
last Sunday, Lester c. Smith,
Monday, Mrs. Daisy Davis, on
Tuesday, and little Miss Linda
Ely, l year old this Saturday.
Don't forget to jot down your
date at the Mobile X-Ray Unit,
due at the Clements Supply Co.
corner, on Thursday, March 8,
from 10 am. to l pm. and again
from Q pm. to 500 pm. 1t takes
only one minute, no : undressing,
and no appointment is necessary!
A pleasat surprise for Brownie
Troop 141 at recent meeting
when they received a package
from their former leader, Mrs.
Paul Rittenhouse, with a gift for
each one of the girls. Mrs. Rit-
tenhouse is now living in Terre
Haute, Indiana.
The weakly wit: Early to bed
and early to rise will take those
bags from under your eyes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-06-01

Conservation committees among in
dividual farms according to past acre
age of wheat, tillable acres, crop ro-
tation practices, type of soil, and
topography. Individual allotments will
be mailed to producers well ahead of
the referendum date.
ALI Montana wheat growers who
would be affected by quotas-those
who will have more than Is acres of
wheat for harvest as grain in 1857
are eligible to vote in the July 20
referendum. If quotas are approved
by two-thirds of the eligible persons
participating, producers who stay
within the acreage allotted their
farms will be eligible for the full
level Of price support. Producers who
do not comply with allotments will
not be eligible for price support, and
will be subject to marketing penalties
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-06-01

ture last week when the Wisconsin
State Board of Bar Commissioners
accused Mark Catlin, Jr., top state
Republican leader, of taking nearly
$4,000 from three inmates in the
state prison on the promise of using
his Influence to free them.
Catlin, speaker of the State Assem-
bly, and now candidate for the U. S.
Senate against Senator Wiley has
been the main sponsor of anti-labor
laws in the states legislature. He
drove through the legislature last
year bill to muzzle trade unions by
forbidding them to make any kind of
political expenditures, even for post
age on letters endorsing pro-labcr
candidates.
He has been previously under fire
for his lobbying activities on behalf
of special interests. This time, he
faces possible disbarment from the
legal profession or other penalties
should the Supreme Court uphold
the charges leveled against Catlin.
The charges were filed by the Bar
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-06-01

on excess wheat, if they have more
than Is acres of wheat for harvese5.
If quotas are turned down by
producers on July 20, price support
at SO per cent of parity will be
available to producers who comply
with allotments. Producers who ex-
coed allotments will not be eligible
to receive any price support but
there will be no penalties assessed.
Wheat producers have never dis
marketing quotas. In last
years referendum on quotas for the
present (1956) crop, 77.3 per cent
of the 347,652 farmers voting ap-
proved the quotas. Montana farmers
voted 1914 to 2,249 in favor of
quotas on this years crop.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-06-01
Coop Banks Expect To Up
Loans By SIS Million

NEW YORK CITY-(CNS)-The
nations 10 banks for co-opeartives
announced May II they would sell
$55 million worth of 9-month notes to
investors so as to pay off $50 mil
lion worth of similar notes that fall
due June 1 and have additional funds
to lend farmers marketing, purchas-
ing, and service co-ops. John T. Knox,
agent for the banks, explained that
these notes aren't federal obliga-
tions.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-06-01

association with the court on Wednes-
day shortly before LABOR went to
press. The association said that in
addition to the $4,000, he got further
amounts from five other prisoners
or their families to use his "pull" in
freeing them.
Catlin, who branded the charges
as absolutely false'', has 20 days in
which to file a formal answer.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-06-01
INFLUENCE Deal
Laid TO CATLIN.
UNION FOE

MADISON, visa bombshell was
tossed into the Badger political pic
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-06-01
STATES wheat Allotment
INCREASED FOR 1857 CROP

Montana's share of the 1857 55-
million acre national wheat allotment
will be slightly larger than the states
allotments for the 1855 and 1866
crops, Leo S. Kolstad, State Agricul-
tural Sterilization and Conservation
administrative officer, has announced.
The state allotment for next years
crop will be 4,042,62 acres as COM
pared with 4,002,138 acres for the
current crop and 4,029,173 acres for
the 1855 crop. The national allot-
ment has been 55 million acres, the
minimum permitted under existing
law, in all three years. The national
allotment is apportioned among states
on the basis of acreage seeded for the
production of wheat during the pre-
ceding 10 years, with adjustments
for abnormal weather and for trends
in planting. This formula permits
variations in state allotments from
year to year.
QUOTA REFERENDUM JULY 20
The 1857 allotment was established
by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson on May Is. At the same
time he proclaimed marketing quotas
on the 1857 crop, subject to approval
of wheat producers in a referendum
on July 20.
The state allotment, Kolstad ex-
planned, will be apportioned among
counties using the same formula pro-
vided in legislation for dividing the
national allotment among states.
County allotments will be apportioned
bv Agricultural Sterilization and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-06-01

Farmers Union Elevator company-BeIf
Farmers Union Elevator company-Big Sandy
Equity Cooperative Association
Equity Cooperative Association-Conrad
Northern Montana Mustard Growers Ass'n.-Conrad
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company-Denfon
button Cooperative standardization
Union Elevator Company
Equity co-operafiv
Smyrna times., 1956-07-05

quesne Lights outlay is SIS mill
lion.
The Yankee Atomic Electric
Company, formed by IL New Eng
land electric companies, will start
construction next spring on a pres
surized water reactor. This nucle-
ar-fueled plant will have. a capac-
ity of 1S4, 900 kilowatts, and cost
S33, 400, 900.
The Nuclear Power Group, made
up of seven companies, including
Commonwealth Edison Company
of Chicago, will start construction
this summer on a nuclear reactor
of the boiling water type. This re-
actor will power a plant with a
capacity of 10000 kilowatts. The
project will cost S45 million.
Pennsylvania Power & Light
Company intends to build homo
geneous type reactor by 1862. The
reactor will fuel a power plant of
minimum capacity of 100000
kilowatts. The cost has not been
stated.
Three Florida eletcric compan-
les have joined together in a nu-
clear power project which will
have capacity of 100000 kilo-
watts, and cost around $50 mil
lion. The group now is making
studies to determine the best type
of reactor. The target date for
start of operation is 1862 or 1868,
General Electric Company and
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
are building a boiling water type
reactor for a generating station
of 5000 kilowatts capacity. The
Smyrna times., 1956-07-05

a fast breeder reactor has been
approved.
Approximately So million has
already been spent on this design
and the associated research. In
addition, reactor parts have been
ordered for testing purposes total
ing some 81 million. The plant
site is now being prepared for
ground-breaking ceremonies sched-
uled to take place during August.
The completed plant is expected
to be in operation by 1860 at a
total cost of S55 million.
The Edison Electric Institute,
an industry trade association, has
set up an appraisal task force on
nuclear power reactors consist
ing of nuclear scientists and ex-
ecutives to evaluate research and
keep utilities informed of the lat
est developments in designs and
types of reactors most likely to
be economically successful.
The production of electric pow
er by conventional means through
private investment and research
has given the United States world
leadership in electric power pro.
duction. With continuing research
Smyrna times., 1956-07-05

and vision this leadership win be
maintained in nuclear activities
contributing to this effort and in
addition, to other research activi-
ties.
Today there are 54 investor
owned electric companies partici-
pating in nine nuclear power pro-
jects involving several different
types of reactors. Together they
will have a generating capacity
of 1,112,500 kilowatts and will
cost over $500 million. More
plants are under study.
A major objective in the devel-
opment of these plants is to de-
termine which type of atomic re-
actor can be perfected and refined
to the point where it will be COM
petitive with convention fuel burn
ing generating stations.
A roundup of such projects, in
addition to the one in which Del
aware Power & Light Company
is participating, includes the fol-
lowing:
Consolidated Edison Company
of New York is building a pres
surized water type reactor near
New York. This plant, when COM
pleted in 1860, will have a 1capa-
city of around 236,000 kilowatts
1t will cost $55 million. The plant
will be a combination atom;c-fuel-
ed and oil-fueled generating sta
tion. The reactor will produce
steam with a temperature of SOC
degrees Fahrenheit, and an oil
fired superheater will boost the
temperature to 1000 degrees.
Smyrna times., 1956-07-05

cost to the utility will be $780,
600, and it is expected the pro-
ject will be in operation next year.
Southern California Edison is
building a $500 kilowatt capacity
turbine generator 80 miles outside
Los Angeles, at the site of the
solium graphite type reactor the
Acc and North American Avia-
ton Company are building there.
The Southern California Edison