Boiling Water Reactor Achieves 5000 Kilowatts Power
Argonne National Laboratory reports its experimental boiling water reactor at Lemont Illinois produced a peak 5000 kilowatts of electricity, marking the first use of a reactor designed primarily to light homes and run industry. The test, started in 1954 under the AEC civilian program, showed direct steam to turbine and plans to power part of Argonne’s facilities.
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Chicago
The
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont
AEC
Argonne
Rijpe
Late of Unity
Towa
Gazette Carrier’s Model Plane Hobby Turns Toward Aviation
Bob O Connor, a Gazette carrier aged 15 turning 16, collects model planes and pursues aviation study. He joined the Civil Air Patrol nine months ago and hopes to study aeronautics in college. He delivers to 79 subscribers along Thirtieth Street SE from Towal to Dalewood avenues and has help from his 11 year old brother Phil after a minor car accident. He attends Frank Un high school and is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert O Connor.
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Bob O'Connor
Civil Air Patrol
Bob
Thirtieth Street
Towal
Dalewood Avenues
Phil
Frank UN High School
Robert O'Connor
New Products By Ed Morse In New York
The AP reports Hamilton Watch Company unveils the world’s first electric wrist watch after a decade of research. A tiny energizer powers the balance wheel, eliminating the mainspring. Luria Engineering Company of Bethlehem provides the mechanism. Also featured are movable ground shelters for balloons, faster control transducers by Sheffield Corporation, and new consumer goods from multiple firms, including a Glade odor eliminator and a tubeless Arctic-capable Goodyear tire. A sun-worshipper siesta rug by Karastan and a new portable German-made loader truck are noted, with radar-equipped balloons and an upcoming Lawrence Welk program.
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Ed Morse
New York
Hamilton Watch Company
Luria Engineering Company
Bethlehem
Siesta Beach
Karastan Rug Mills
Goodyear
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Bernard Lansky
Atomic Energy Commisaid
Sheffield Corporation
Wrthington Corporation
Insole
Agendyl
Johnson and Campary
Crete
German Brothers
South Haven
Mich
Carrie
Lawrence Welk
0. S. Weather Bureau
Channel 9
Plextone
Cedar Rapids Paint Supply CO
Thirg Avenue
Paylite
Brant
Armstrong Campus &Hor
Florsheim
Armstrong Street
Nothe Or
Proiptmert
Cy" Brown CO
2Nd Ave
Ome Town
Home Town Playhouse
Armstrong
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