14'I IDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1953 U.S. Will Build Atomic Plant CHICAGO, Oct. 22 (W)—The United States today told the world it will build a major atomic power plant—turning war's most destruc tive force to the constructive uses of peace. The history-making announcement was made by Thomas E Murray, a member of the Atomic Energy Commission. U.S. to Quit UN Sponsored Sea Program UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct. 22 (JP)—The United States said today it is quitting the UN-spon sored weather report and air-sea rescue program in the North At lantic. The decision came as .a shock to international air officials and to operators of • American transatlantic airlines. The United States has supplied 14 of 25 ships used in relays . to operate 10 "floating ocean sta tions" spotted along transatlantic air routes. They are credited with having saved hundreds of lives. A U.S. letter to the Internation al Civil Aviation Organization said the ships—Coast Guard ves sels—would be withdrawn from the rescue stations by June 3 be cause the program cost More than it was worth. However, State Department of ficials in Washington said cost was not necessarily the main fac tor in the decision to pull out. The ICAO said it cost the United States about $978,000 a year to operate each of the 14 ships. The State Department sa i technical advances in aviation made it unnecessary to continue the constant weather checks. French Troops Stab Vietminh HANOI, Indochina, Oct. 22 (W) —French Union troops captured the deserted city of Phu Nho Quan today and stabbed into the nearby entrenchments of Viet minh division No: 320, only to find their quarry had fled. A French army spokesman said there was "no major contact" in this phase of an offensive launched South of the French-herd Red Riv er Delta , a week ago. The Vietminh division, rated as one of the Communist-led rebels' best, retreated into the-surround ing mountains as the French- Vietmanese troops and armored columns advanced. La Rosa Hindered , By CBS Contract NEW YORK, Oct. 22 (W)—Julius La Rosa's opportunities for cash ing in on big money offers de pend on an iron-clad contract with the Columbia Broadcasting Sys tem that has five years to run. Tom Rockwell, president of General Artists Corp. with whom La Rosa signed a management contract, said today the young singer had received a flood of lucrative bids since being fired by Arthur Godfrey. But they are being held in abey ance, he added, pending negotia tions with CBS on revisions of the seven-year contract signed in 1951 when La Rosa shed his sailor suit to become a "Little Godfrey." TFTE DAILY COLLEGIAN. - STATE COLLEGE. .rr,NNSYLVANL-. It is this nation's first full-scale attempt to harness atomic energy for peaceful work. Murray term ,e d the move "America's answer to recent So viet atomic weapons tests." He also spoke of how the use of atomic energy in generating electric power will exert a power ful influence in the cold war and the competition for vital uranium. Murray, in a speech on the Elec tric Companies Public Informa tion Program, disclosed these de tails: The AEC will build an indus trial power reactor producing at least 6000 kilowatts of electrical energy. That's enough for a city of 5000 population. Cost: "Many tens of millions of dollars." Time: Hopes are geared to hav ing an operating •plant in three or four years. Place: The project may be lo cated "at or near" an AEC facil ity for separating uranium -235, the fissionable material in the A-bomb, from natural uranium. The AEC has one such facility at Oak Ridge, Tenn. It's building others at Paducah, Ky., and Ports hmouth. Ohio. Rear Adm. 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England, share the hon ors and a prize of 175,292 Swed ish crowns or $33,840. Defense Needs May be Unified WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (IP) The administration was reported today seriously considering a single budget requeSt to Congress next January covering both U.S. defense needs and foreign mili tary aid. The main 'objective of a con solidated home-and-abroad de fense budget, officials said, would be to overcome congressional re sistance to a separate military aid bill in an election year. An important part of the pro posed new plan, it was reported, might involve a. system which would permit the transfer of mili tary aid dollars directly into treas uries of NATO countries to be ex changed for local currencies, such -as French francs. „ „„: . fr , v ~./ :„ .z . ; _ P /// •' r ./.;'' , , 4 %-,, ,~,,~: .<.,- r , „ , , its field! 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