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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                19s th6 stars and stripes Page. 7 -j-_rfrt.�_.--_-.n-.r.1 i it i i in a juy termed Law in  dec to a Toiv dumping of a waste off 4 states Washington yupik the atomic Energy. Commission has announced / that it plans to authorize disposal of atomic wastes off the coasts of Virginia Massachusetts new Jersey and califor Nia.  the waste to be clumped at a minimum depth of 6,000 feet is Low in radioactivity. The dec said a License for disposal of the wastes would be is sued to the Navy s military sea transport service Mats aug. 25 unless a request for a formal hear ing is  wastes would be dumped by Mats about 200 Miles East of Cap cod mass., 105 Miles East South East of Cape Henry va., 120 Miles Southeast 6f Sandy Hook ., about 185 Miles West Southwest of los Angeles and 115 Miles West of san Francisco. The Navy s disposal operations would be limited to the handling of waste materials generated in Federal laboratories and installation including those operated by commission contractors. The dec said the types of waste to be handled generally consist of residual solutions from experiments contaminated paper cloth glassware and equipment animal carcasses and sealed sources of radioactivity which have been reduced to unusable Levels by the natural process of radioactive  Navy follows of cancels plans for exotic fuels Washington up the Navy has followed the air Force s Lead in dropping plans for production of an exotic " Jet fuel better than Petroleum. Pentagon officials disclosed the abandoned programs Cost More than $232 million. The Navy project which called for mass production of liquid Boron compounds was halted before Quantity output started. The defense department said it vane efforts v i Steeple Jack Laurie Young  Breezy workout while repair ing the weather vane of to of Boston s tome4 part Street of i photo was reviewing whether to continue research on the Boron compounds the Boron compounds had Bee planned for use in liquid form to give added bursts of Speed and Range to future Jet air planes. The have about 50 percent Fri Ore Energy per Pound than Ordinary Hydro Carbon Jet fuels. The final decision to cancel the production programs was said to be based on a combination of Factor including the High Cost and difficulty of handling Boron compounds in Jet engines. Improvements in Jet engines using Ordinary fuels in the seven years since  development program got started. Jets now can drive an airplane2,000 Mph. Princeton plans professorship of journalism Princeton a , up Princeton University will use a half million Dollar bequest to establish a professorship of journalism and Public relations it was announced Here. President Robert h. Goheen said Douglas Cater Washington correspondent for the reporter Maga Zine had been named to the chair the first in  
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