The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-06-07

Mississippi Moves Into Space Age With Test Facility

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which it will be considered an in
tegrated complex or part for the man.
u~facture and test of manned lunar
landing vehicles.
At Michoud the iChrysler Corpora
ton and Boeing Company have already
received contracts to manufacture and
assemble the advanced Saturn boosters
= and by mid-1964 the Boeing Com
pany will use its personnel at the Mis-
sissippi Test Facility to conduct test
firings of the Saturn Booster (S-1C).
Two other important factors in
the decision to locate the test facility
in Mississippi, other than its near
ness to Michoud, was the available
water transportation and the sparse
ness of the population, the latter mean
Ding that fewer families would be com
PEELED to move.
Only one hundred families reside
in the area where the facility will
actually be constructed. About $50
residences and other buildings are in
the easement area with the total being
only $50 residences, churches, business
establishments, ETC., which must be
displayed or relocated. Farming, graz
ing, timbering or mineral operations
may continue in the easement area if
desired by landowners.
Business and manufacturing firms
throughout the state and area will
gain.
Hundreds of individual and private
firms will be necessary to provide the
needed services and supplies at the
Mississippi Test Facility. These will be
privately contracted for under pre-
scribed rules and regulations, standard
government procedure. They will be in
the fields of reproduction, photo
graphic service as well as printing;
communications, operation of telephone
and teletype exchanges; food service,
cafeterias and vending machines;
medical, dispensaries and first aid;
transportation, operation and main
%tenance, upkeep and routine repair Of
buildings and utilities; plant engineer
ing provision Of engineering service
for routine maintenance, repair and
minor alterations of buildings and
utilities. Other support services will
include security, fire protection, Gus
todial, messenger and mail, and refuse
disposal.
There will be hundreds of en-
ployment opportunities available from
Boeing for highly skilled and educated
personnel, all paying excellent salaries.
To qualify for these positions persons
must hold degrees in one Of the follow
ing fields: Aeronaqtical Engineering,
Architectural Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Civil and/or Structural
Engineering, Electrical and/or Elec-
tronic Engineering, General Engineer
ing, Industrial Engineering, Metallur-
gy, Mathematics and Physics.
The type Of positions to be filled
by Boeing include structural design,
stress analysis, dynamics, acoustics,
propulsion system design, propulsion
systems analysis; industrial engineers
in the fields of analyst, f~orecaster,
procedure writer's, schedulers and sta
flstlclsn; apalysists for mechanical,
electrical and electronic systems.
We believe we have told our read
erls enough for them to recognize the
enoorrllnnous potential offered by the Mis-
siissiipppi Test Facility in South Missis-
ssiinpii and it is our fervent wish and
hope that Mississippi people will make
the best pessible use of the opportuni-
Ties presented to serve our nation and
state in 4 post credible manner.
This is truly our golden oppor-
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