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SANDUSKY Rlftftflt IGLOOS 1 COULD STORE FUEL NASA May Take: Over Additional Ordnance Area The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) may eventual* - ly obtain use of the remaining 3,000 acres at the* former Plum Brook Ordnance-3 Works south of Sandusky, the Register learned today. NASA now has a Use per-* mit from the Department of Defense for the northern 3,500 acres of the old TNTj plant. It was learned by the Register that the NASA office in Washing- ton has filed a letter with the De- partment of Defense asking for use of the southern sector at Plum Brook should the facilities be de- clared surplus. For several years the Erie Ordnance Depot has had use of the land and storage igloos for containment of ammunition. Col. Glenn E. Nida, command- ing officer at EOD, indicated that the 3,500 acres at Plum Brook have not been declared "surplus" as yet. He stated that it would be up to defense department of-' ficials to declare the facility no longer needed for ammunition storage. EOD is still using the area. A spokesman for NASA at the Lewis Research Center, Cleve- land, said the letter sent to the defense department was primarily to protect their own interests. It was indicated by the official that should the 3,000 acres no longer be needed by EOD, NASA would like to obtain a use permit for possible future expansion. When the former NACA was given the task of building a nuc- lear reactor to conduct experi- ments leading to development of an atomic airplane engine many sites were inspected. Tho former pentolite area of Plum Brook was chosen as the best possibility in northern Ohio and a use permit for 500 acres of land was ob- tained from the Department of Defense. Later an additional 3,000 acres at the former TNT plant was de- clared surplus by Washington and NACA received a use permit for the facilities. It was on this land that NASA, which succeeded NACA, started construction of rocket test facilities. The rocket laboratory facilities, now nearing completion, are lo- cated around the triangle of Ran- som, Taylor and Fox Rds. This location is fairly near the land now under control of EOD. Should NASA later take over this south- ern land it would offer an addi- tional buffer zone for protection of civilians in the area. There are approximately 100 re- inforced concrete storage build- ings or "igloos" in the southern sector of the facility. In time NASA might find a use for the ig- loos, possibly for the storage of rocket fuels. Loading docks with protective barricades are also lo- cated on the grounds and may be used at some later da'.w. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road tracks from Willard to San- dusky pass just west of the for- mer TNT plant and a spur track runs through the grounds. The reactor core and other pieces of equipment were brought into the facility over these tracks. ,u During World War 2 the Nickel.,, Plate Railroad had a spur track,* running into the loading area front',.* near Avery. The spur track is„, still in existence and could be..,, put into operation on jhort notice ^ should the need arise. Switches ^ from the NKP mainline to the. spur were removed some time ago and put into storage for possible , future use. Presently most materials for.., the nuclear reactor and rocket testing facilities are being brought t- in over existing highway.*. The " Ohio Turnpike, just south of t h e ^ facility, is used much by NASA ^ personnel in traveling back and forth from the Lewis' Research'* Center. When the Sandusky Ex- pressway is completed there will r ; be an interchange near Milan! ' and Bogart Rds., just a short diV 1 tance from the NASA entrance. " Blood Drive Falls Short Of Goal Here After several successful blood collections in recent months, the Red Cross te\ short of its 125 pint goal on Monday when only 120 pints were donated. This fur- ther increases the deficit for the year to 204 pints. Al Gongos, recruitment chair- man for the sponsoring Elks Club, said Tuesday that 220 persons had indicated that they would donate blood when the mobile unit came in from Cleveland. Eighty-six of these persons failed to keep their appointments as only 14 potential donors were deferred and 120 oth- ers were able to contribute a pint of blood each. Drayton Bickley and Mrs. C. E. Kennedy each donated their 16th "• pint of blood and received gold _ two-gallon donor pins. Seven others joined the ranks of gallon donors by giving their eighth pint of blood to the Red Cross program. They were: Har- ' old Suter, Walter Kropf, Arthur , Zeiher, John Hertlein, James Beav- ers, Richard H. Paule and Wil- liam Cullen. For the first time in several months there were no three or four gallon donors. Next visit of the bloodmobile to the area will be on Dec. 28 when " the unit is to be set up at tht ' Ford Motor Co. plant on Tiffin; 3 Ave.

NASA May Take Over Area (1959) - Plum Brook History - … with driving without an operator's license. A passenger in the Morrow car, Richard C. Bradley, 5, 4311 S. Co lumbia Ave.,

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Diseased Tissues Saved, Studied (Continued from Page One)

Pfe«operative and post-operative consulations provide double checks tor the patiettts. Staff review of ever-present records is an important function.

The surgeon is never alone. Me has the jopinion of experts in tha reading of X-rays and tissue. A one-doctor diagnosis is im­possible.

An operation, witnessed at Good Samaritan, was an unforget­table experience. The exactness of the surgeon's moves, the im­portance of the anesthetist who alone knows the patient's condi­tion, the always present nurses, and the watch in the recovery

room made deep impressions. All three hospitals had gleaming operating rooms, huge ster­

ilization machines, and light reflecting instruments. Safety Of the. patient is paramount. Surgery entrance regulations are strin­

gent. All who enter wear protective masks and gowns. Footwear is non-conductive because of gases. Even light switches are spe­cially built to eliminate sparks. The daily scrubbing of surgery is a detailed process.

At Providence and Good Samaritan, space allows segregation of surgery patients to one floor. At Memorial, in an expansion state, post-operative patients are kept away from medical pa­tients with infectious ailments. Sneezing or coughing visitors are particularly herded away at all hospitals.

Self-policing, outside inspectors, skilled surgeons and constant sterilization protect operative patients in Sandusky hospitals.

NEXT—Records, a sacred trust.

Improvement Of Perkins Avenue OKd

Legislation was adopted by the city commission Monday night to proceed with work of improving Perkins Ave. from the west line of St. Clair St. to 10 feet west of the east line of Lot 728 Perkins Ave. by construction of a water main.

Total estimated cost of Engi­neer E. E. Hartung is $1,566.81. City portion is $799.08 and the pri­vate property portion, $767.73.

Bonds are to be issued in an­ticipation of the collection of as­sessments by installments.

Pack 7 Cubs Hold St. Mary Meeting; Awards Are Given

St. Mary parish hall was the scene of a meeting for Pack 7, Cub Scouts, on Sunday afternoon.

Special commendation was giv­en parents and Cubs of Den 12 for 100 percent attendance, under the leadership of Mrs. L e o n Etowski, den mother.

Cub Scouts Who received the "cup cake" award and book of rank from the entire Pack for birthdays celebrated in November were Lynn Joerger, Ray Ritzen-thaler, Gary McGregor, Alan Ger-ber, Mark Klepper, Michael Volz and Stephen Fischer.

Lion awards were presented to Richard Kaman, badge; Thomas Haar, badge and gold arrow; Wil­liam Michel, gold arrow. Bear awards went to Brian Sartor, badge; 'Kenneth Sumser, badge; Richard Kaman, silver arrow; Gary Ebert, silver' arrow and James Herzog, two silver arrows.

Wolf awards went to, James Roth, badge; Frank Hohler, one gold and one sibber arrow; Thom­as Weigel, two silver arrows; Stanley Fischer, silver arrow and Mark Weber, two silver arrows.

James Brown received his Webelo badge from his parents. He was accepted into Troop 7, Boy Scouts, by Assistant Scot-master Charles Schemmer. He attended his first Scout meeting Monday at the regular Troop ses-sioit.

Principal Will Speak At Toledo

Otto V. Walker, principal of Sandusky High School, will re­port as ehairman of the resolu­tions committee on Saturday be­fore the Ohio Education Associa­tion meeting, scheduled for Dec. 3-5 in Toled6.

The association is composed of the state's teachers and adminis­trators.

As delegates, Louis Koloze, Richard Poggiali and Karl Lehr-er will represent the teachers.

Superintendent of Schools Wal­lace Glenwright will attend ses­sions of the school administra­tors scheduled on Friday.

TISSUE L I B R A R Y — G l a s s jars hold former living human Tissue removed during surgery or an autopsy. Ranging from brain matter +o kidneys, they all pass through the microscope of Dr. Eugene Martos, Providence Hospital pathologist, who makes "pocketbook surgery" impossible.

City Is 'Desperate' For New Air Route Sandusky and eleven other Ohio

cities will ask the Civil Aeronautics Board this month for a wide­spread increase in the number of routes served by Lake Central airlines.

Air-minded officials of the doz­en communities met in Columbus Monday to discuss the areas where they felt the recommendations of a CAB examiner fell short. The ex­aminer, in his report which fol­lowed extensive hearings t w o years ago, called for vast expan­

sion of Lake Central service toihave the air customers to use the Ohio airports. ! routes they seek.

The local officials agreed with! State Seeks Routes the examiner's recommendations! T , ,, .,, , ,, . , , ., . , , , , 11 j Thev will ask the CAB to em-but they said they would ask t h e . ,, •-. „ . c <• i „ . n , J \ , , Iploy its concept of use it or lose

it in deciding which routes Ohio cities can afford. If the cities do

CAB for more routes to and from | their communities.

They said they needed more service to cities in central and southern Michigan, northeastern West Virginia and Indiana.

The Ohio cities have until Dec. 14 to file brief: with the CAB ask­ing for. a chance to show that they

LIFTED I N T O W A I T I N G A M B U L A N C E , accident victim Freda Morrow pared for ride to hospital. (Register Staff photos)

Woman Hurt In Crash Recovering

A 29-year-old woman injured in ! an auto accident about noon yes- j terday, is in good condition at I Good Samaritan Hospital today i with leg injuries.

Freda E. Morrow, 4311 S. Co- [ lumbus Ave., sustained injuries when her auto collided with a car driven by Mary M. Stephens, 18, 1819 W. Monroe St., at Neil and Warren Sts.

Miss Stephens told police she was going west on Neil St., when her gas pedal slipped off its pin. She looked down momentarily and failed to see the stop sign at War­ren. Her car entered the inter­section and was struck by the Morrow auto.

Miss Stephens' car went out ot control, tore up a street sign at the intersection - and ran into a house at 915 Warren St., occupied by Mrs. Cora M. Herbel, damag­ing the center part of the dwell­ing.

Miss Stephens was cit?d by po­lice for failure to yield the right of way. Freda Morrow was charged with driving without an operator's license.

A passenger in the Morrow car, Richard C. Bradley, 5, 4311 S. Co­lumbia Ave., was uninjured.

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not use authorized service, they lose the routes under the princi­ple, used by the CAB in other re­cent decisions.

State officials will seek more routes, too. C. E. A. Brown, chief of the Ohio Aviation Division, and Pat West of the Ohio Aviation Board said they will seek a Cleve-land-to-Cincinnati route via Akron-Canton, New Philadelphia, Zanes-ville, Parkersburg, W. Va., and Portsmouth.

Brown said the state will object to the examiner's recommenda­tions on the grounds that they are not flexible enough to allow Lake Central to change its minor routes without dragged-out CAB hear­ings, that service to lower Michi­gan and Cincinnati is not suffi­cient and that Northern Ohio cities do not provide e n o u g h flights,to West Virginia.

Sandusky Desperate Donald Meng, representing San­

dusky, said his city was desperate for good southbound travel facili­ties. He said the Ohio Turnpike and the New York Central Rail­road adequately serve Sandusky for east-west travel, but facilities for southbound movement a r e few.

"Any airline that goes into San­dusky is going to be' amazed at the amount of traffic generated,"

Township Sewers Discussed Future of the Perkins-Margaret-

ta Sewer and Water District un­der annexation h a s b e e n questioned by many persons this year, including Perkins Township trustees.

County commissioners discussed the question briefly Monday, and reviewed a contract with the Ohio Citizens Trust Company that would seem to demand retention of the district, at least for water supply purposes, by county com­missioners.

The bond contract, which is dated August 1, 1955 and covers $665,000 in revenue bonds, is de­vised to run to 1985. Bonds are callable in 1964 or thereafter. First payment - of $15,000 w a s scheduled for this year under the pact. Bonds are in the amount of $1,000 each.

Several sub-sections of the con­tract, all under section 10, speci­fy county retention of the system as long as bonds are in force. Contract is designed to protect the investments.

Sub-section (e) reads In part, "will for so long as any bonds are outstanding retain under the exclusive control of tht county commissioners, subject only to the operating and maintenance provi­sions of the supply contract, all facilities from time to time com­prising the system."

Sub-section (c) dealing with supply of water, reads in part, "will maintain all contracts for supply of water to the system in good standing for so long as any bonds are oustanding."

Another sub-section, dealing with division of the district, reads in part, "will not exercise any right or privilege reserved ro it under the supply contract to exclude any portion of the area covered by terms of said supply contract without furnishing to the trustee (bond holders) written determi­nation of the consulting engineer that such proposed exclusion will not substantially reduce annual revenue of the system."

Public Invited To Visit Four School Classes

Parents and other persons inter­ested in visiting the four Sandusky classes for Exceptional Children are invited to Osborne School on Thursday, Dec. 17 from 10 until 11 a.m.

This will be a conducted tour with an explanation given of work being done in each class before entering the rooms.

Next regular meeting of the Erie County Council of Parents and Friends of Exceptional Chil­dren will be held at Holy Angels' gymnasium on Tuesday, Dec. 15. After a potluck meal, the mem

SANDUSKY Rlftftflt

IGLOOS1 COULD STORE FUEL

NASA May Take: Over Additional Ordnance Area The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) may eventual* -

ly obtain use of the remaining 3,000 acres at the* former Plum Brook Ordnance-3 Works south of Sandusky, the Register learned today. NASA now has a Use per-* mit from the Department of Defense for the northern 3,500 acres of the old T N T j plant.

It was learned by the Register that the NASA office in Washing­ton has filed a letter with the De­partment of Defense asking for use of the southern sector at Plum Brook should the facilities be de­clared surplus. For several years the Erie Ordnance Depot has had use of the land and storage igloos for containment of ammunition.

Col. Glenn E. Nida, command­ing officer at EOD, indicated that the 3,500 acres at Plum Brook have not been declared "surplus" as yet. He stated that it would be up to defense department of-' ficials to declare the facility no longer needed for ammunition storage. EOD is still using the area.

A spokesman for NASA at the Lewis Research Center, Cleve­land, said the letter sent to the defense department was primarily to protect their own interests. It was indicated by the official that should the 3,000 acres no longer be needed by EOD, NASA would like to obtain a use permit for possible future expansion.

When the former NACA was given the task of building a nuc­lear reactor to conduct experi­ments leading to development of an atomic airplane engine many sites were inspected. Tho former pentolite area of Plum Brook was chosen as the best possibility in northern Ohio and a use permit for 500 acres of land was ob­tained from the Department of Defense.

Later an additional 3,000 acres at the former TNT plant was de­clared surplus by Washington and NACA received a use permit for the facilities. It was on this land that NASA, which succeeded NACA, started construction of rocket test facilities.

The rocket laboratory facilities, now nearing completion, are lo­

cated around the triangle of Ran­som, Taylor and Fox Rds. This location is fairly near the land now under control of EOD. Should NASA later take over this south­ern land it would offer an addi­tional buffer zone for protection of civilians in the area.

There are approximately 100 re­inforced concrete storage build­ings or "igloos" in the southern sector of the facility. In time NASA might find a use for the ig­loos, possibly for the storage of rocket fuels. Loading docks with protective barricades are also lo­cated on the grounds and may be used at some later da ' .w.

The Baltimore and Ohio Rail­road tracks from Willard to San­dusky pass just west of the for­mer TNT plant and a spur track runs through the grounds. The reactor core and other pieces of equipment were brought into the

facility over these tracks. ,u During World War 2 the Nickel.,,

Plate Railroad had a spur track,* running into the loading area front',.* near Avery. The spur track is„, still in existence and could be..,, put into operation on jhort notice ^ should the need arise. Switches ^ from the NKP mainline to the. spur were removed some time ago and put into storage for possible , future use.

Presently most materials for.., the nuclear reactor and rocket testing facilities are being brought t -

in over existing highway.*. The " Ohio Turnpike, just south of t h e ^ facility, is used much by NASA ^ personnel in traveling back and forth from the Lewis' Research'* Center. When the Sandusky Ex­pressway is completed there wi l l r ; be an interchange near Milan! ' and Bogart Rds., just a short diV 1

tance from the NASA entrance. "

Blood Drive Falls Short Of Goal Here

After several successful blood collections in recent months, the Red Cross te\ short of its 125 pint goal on Monday when only 120 pints were donated. This fur­ther increases the deficit for the year to 204 pints.

Al Gongos, recruitment chair­man for the sponsoring Elks Club, said Tuesday that 220 persons had indicated that they would donate blood when the mobile unit came in from Cleveland. Eighty-six of these persons failed to keep their appointments as only 14 potential donors were deferred and 120 oth­ers were able to contribute a pint of blood each.

Drayton Bickley and Mrs. C. E.

Kennedy each donated their 16th "• pint of blood and received gold _ two-gallon donor pins.

Seven others joined the ranks of gallon donors by giving their eighth pint of blood to the Red Cross program. They were: Har- ' old Suter, Walter Kropf, Arthur , Zeiher, John Hertlein, James Beav­ers, Richard H. Paule and Wil­liam Cullen.

For the first time in several months there were no three or four gallon donors.

Next visit of the bloodmobile to the area will be on Dec. 28 when " the unit is to be set up at tht ' Ford Motor Co. plant on Tiffin; 3

Ave.

Brown predicted. will" fill children's Christmas Meng said Sandusky will seek ,

Lake Central routes (o Columbus,, s a c k s Cincinnati and Detroit.

Other citie-s seeking additional routes included New Philadelphia, Lima, Portsmouth, Columbus, Cin­cinnati, Akron, Dayton, Findlay, Toledo, Cleveland and Zanesville.

Metal Products Addit ion Cost Set At $ 2 0 , 0 0 0

The city building official has is­sued Sandusky Metal Products Co., 504 F . Market St., a permit to add to its warehousing facili­ties, at a cost of $20,000.

j The addition will provide a sec­ond story on an existing E. Wash­ington St: .structure, expanding storage faciliiie.s.

Contractor is Practical Builders of Sandusky.

Hoak Sells Rambler Dealer Operation

Neil K. Hoak Motor Sales, Inc. has sold its American Motors (Rambler) dealer operation to Huron Motor Sales, a new com­pany located at 606 Main St., Huron, former site of the Hoak dealership.

The new dealership will be managed by Jerry Montgomery of Milan.

The Hoak dealership will con­tinue to sell and service the Rootes Group English cars, the Hillman and Sunbeam, in a new location to be announced at a later date.

Presently Hoak" will operate from a location just south of Huron Motor Sales.

Rail Empties Creak Over Venice Rd„ Stall Traffic

INTRUDER — Car rams bay window after tak ing out street sign. Sign smashed glass.

Tempers of motorists flared this morning as a 123 rail car string of empties s l o w l y creaked across Venice Rd. head­ed for the NYC yards.

Routes 2-6 were blocked from shortly after 8:15 a.m. ti short­ly after 8:30 a.m., creating an east-west traffic jam.

Kail cars were transferred

from the Pennsylvania to NYC yards enroute for mainline pick­up toward Cleveland. Impatient motorists walked around their cars and chatted with each oth­er.

One driver said that it was the first time in two years that he had been caught at the crossing for any length of time before 8:30 a.m.

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C O U R T E S Y P A Y S OFF IN H A R D C A S H — The city's three most courteous sales people split $300 three ways, ending the Downtown Retail Merchants' Association hunt for the ideal clerks. Charles H . Ackerman and Gerald Moore, split $150 between them the result of a tie in the voting and Rose W o o d s , far right, received $150 as the ideal female clerk. Handing out the largess is David K. Tabor, Chamber of Commerce manager. (Register Staff Photo)

City's Most Courteous Clerks Rewarded With $100 Checks

Courtesy paid off in hard cash for three Sandusky sales person­nel today, with J. C. Penney Co., contributing two "most courteous" , sales people and Walter's Shoej Store the third in the Downtown! R e t a i l Merchants Association; Courtesy Days' promo!ion. j

Rose Woods,. 1332 Putnam S i J a 22 year employe of the j . C. Penney Co. was top female clerk, winning $150.

A tie caused Gerald Moore. Vickery, J . C. Penney Co. clerk, 1

and Charles H. Ackerman, 907 W, Washington St., Walter's shoe; store to split $150 for the best male clerk, ' ]

The promotion started in late October and ended on Nov. 25 and in which customers of the merchant stores were asked to vote for their favorite sales or service personnel by ballot, with 30,000 being £ s t .

The c o n t e s t it was suid, also

produced unsolicited cards and letters to various retailers on em­ployment of courteous sales persons.

Mrs. Woods is employed in the foundation and lingerie depart­ment of the Penney Co.

Moore is in the men's furnish­ing department of Penney, an em­ploye of the company for ihre.e and a half years, is married and

has a daughter, Tony Lynn. Ht originally came here from Clint-wood, Va., three and a half years ago.

Ackerman, a salesman for Wal­ter's has been with that store for a year, and in the shoe retailing business for 38 years, 10 of them in, Sandusky.

Married, he has a daughter. Connie.

Baumhart Keeps Lorain Office Congressman A. D. Baumhart;

Jr., announced today that his Lo­rain office at 209 Sixth St., will continue to be op^n thixnigh the remainder" uf .his term in I960. Mrs. Gabnele Jevec will be avail­able as in the past, and Congress­man Baumhart will frequently visit the office for conferences and meetings with his constituents.

Baumhart has maintained an of­fice at 206 Feick Building, Sandus­

ky, during the time Congress' w«a not in session. This office will bf closed as of Dec. 15 iu ant*oip»-. tion of his return to Washington for the coming session ol Con­gress.

Major scheduled airlines in Un­united States had 54 acefcfeota m& 195$ that involved WW* flf f*4

tal injuries qr •ii^rtlii) age to pkaw, I f