Argonne Plans $10 Million Fuel Center at Lemont Site
Argonne National Laboratory outlines a new fuel technology center at the Lemont site to speed plutonium fuel research for reactors. The one building facility will cover about 220000 square feet with reinforced concrete and brick walls, featuring one and two story spaces and high bay areas. Construction bids are hoped to be invited late spring with completion expected early next year.
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Argonne
Ngmaster & Breyer
New York City
John H. McKinley
Argonneusiness Manager
McKinley
Beause
Giants add Haller. fuel fabrication facility planned
The article notes Giants acquire Tom Haller and discusses Argonne National Laboratory expanding plutonium work. A one story Fuels Fabrication Facility shop is built to support production scale processes and is set to operate early next year, with extensive studies continuing.
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Argonne
Metallurgical Laboratory
Fire traps targeted in Joliet crackdown
Capt Edwin Burke head of Joliet Fire Prevention Bureau and Leonard Randels city building inspector lead a campaign to fix or demolish fire trap structures. Under city council authority, City Manager Chester B Lewis and Fire Chief Harold Rasmussen have achieved repairs or razing of 34 buildings and will continue area wide until all fire hazards are removed.
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Edwin Burke
Joliet
Leonard Randels
Chester B. Lewis
Harold Rasmussen
Burke
Randels
Joliet Fire Department
Revention Bureau
Leciack Randels
Ke and
Phote
Mysterious painter climbs Joliet library pole in minutes
A stranger who offered to paint the Joliet Library flagpole, earning about 3 percent of the pole at nearly two feet per minute, completed the job in about 20 minutes. Librarian Robert Pohl reported the incident and the painter left after collecting payment while spectator A. Ray Pelley photographed the scene as the man climbed the pole.
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Joliet
Robert Pohl
Pohl
Chester B. Lewis
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Lewis
A. Ray Pelley
Pelley
New Illinois Bell office opens in Lockport serving 14 000
effective march 10 patrons in 10 Will county towns including Brightwood Elwood Frankfort Lemont Lockport Manhattan Mokena New Lenox Plainfield and Wilmington will be served by a new office at 901 State street Lockport. Howard Gramm says the office will improve service and personalized attention with local collectors in each town and a night deposit box for after hours payments.
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Illinois Bell Telephone Company
State Street
Lockport
Howard Gramm
Braidwood
Elwood
Frankfort
Lemont
Manhattan
Mokena
New Lenox
Plainfield
Wilmington
Joliet
Gramm
Geraldine Kempffer
Eleanor Purdy
Patricia Kern
Charlotte Eich
Dianne Cox
Nadine Zelko
Barbara Garson
Barbara Yound
Catherine Eaton
Weather Turns Showers Cold This Weekend Ahead
Light rain becomes showers tonight with cooler air. Rain mixed with snow is forecast tomorrow with temperatures in the mid 30s. Warmer conditions look unlikely as unsettled weather may persist through the weekend.
Painter Said to Have Painted Flagpole
The speaker notes a friend did the flagpole paint job and Lewis says he never heard of the painter. The remark concludes that the job was well done and the price was right.
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Pohl
Lewis
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