Cheyenne Base Atlas launch pads bid dates set
Bids on six Atlas missile launch pads near Cheyenne will open July 8 with bids sought around June 6. Project includes two launch operations buildings, storage tanks, power substations, and air conditioning facilities. Pads measure 133 by 104 feet and will use reinforced concrete with weather-protecting shelters.
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Big Corps of Engineers Bid for Massive Intercontinental Site
The bid proposal covers about 204099 cubic yards of dirt, 101000 square feet paving, 6000 feet of culverts, 24000 feet of water lines, two sewage lagoons, and pump facilities. The successful bidder must start within 10 days of award and finish in 490 days. The total cost is undisclosed but expected to run several million dollars.
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Colorado Senator Urges Special Session On Unemployment
Democratic leader Bam Taylor of Waltenburg urged a special session to address unemployment compensation law, seeking to raise weeks and benefits. The plan would extend the 26 week limit, increase weekly benefits to about 80 percent of the average wage, and align with federal law signed by Eisenhower.
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Sack Slayer Denied Freedom Bid in Morgan County Court
Fort Morgan Colorado AP Henry Harrison Markley a 35 year old convicted sack slayer from Brush lost a habeas corpus bid from his cell in the Colorado penitentiary Judge Hilbert Gehauer denied the petition arguing double jeopardy. Markley was convicted March 24 1940 of first degree murder in Morgan County District Court and his earlier hospitalization and escape were part of a lengthy legal saga.
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House Committee Approves 88 Air Force Projects
The House Armed Services Committee tentatively approved eight eight new Air Force projects totaling 261.566 million as part of a 1.684 billion military public works authorization bill for the program.
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Air Force seeks five million for North American defense headquar ters at Lowry
Air Training Command plans five million dollars for a permanent North American defense headquarters at Lowry Air Force Base Denver project. Brig Gen Rentz told Congress the Hunt AFB Colorado Springs facility is unsatisfactory and Joint Chiefs have not set a date for a permanent HQ. Committee granted tentative approval to build at Lowry or an alternate site chosen by the Joint Chiefs.
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Highway Dept Reports 107 Road Projects Under Construction
Denver dispatch reports the Colorado State Highway Department issued a monthly bulletin listing 107 road projects underway spanning 560 miles. The count is down from April, with about 40 miles less of highway currently under construction than previously.
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Ten-year-old shoots father after spanking at ranch
In Hobbs New Mexico a 10-year-old boy Paul Slime told officers he shot his father William Jima in the back with a 32 rifle after a spanking for running away to see Rattlesnake Draw. His eight-year-old brother Leroy was released to an uncle. The shooting occurred on the Lima ranch south of Eunice.
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Brothers at ranch house in shooting incident
Sims tended the garden while brothers Leroy and Paul located a .92 caliber oil box near their father. Leroy found a box of abella, then hid in a tree as Paw fired when their father groaned and fell. The trio led officers to the ranch house and reported the events. Raleigh Sims notified police.
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Loveland Soldier Killed in Greenland Tragedy
AP reports Pvt Clyde Harris 20 of Loveland Colorado was killed Tuesday when a military vehicle plunged from a 200 foot cliff at Bondestrom Greenland. Spokesman cites Greenland reports confirming Harris death and injury details pending official notice.
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Vehicle overshoots cliff during turn incident
A vehicle backed off a cliff while attempting a turn. Harris had departed Fort Story in April with the 563rd Transportation Company as part of an advance party of the Northera resupply unit. Australia begins its first polio vaccination program for adults in Capberre.
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