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U - - 5-l A Refreshing Canal Story Waterway on Film Index MILLIONS OF PEOPLE throughout the United States and Latin America soon will be learning more about the Panama Canal, pleasantly and without moving from their school desks, 4 dinner chairs, or television-viewing positions. Their opportunity will come through a 28ininute color film which was given a special preview last month by the Panama For Your Health 3 Canal Company Board of Directors and soon -will be circulating to schools, television stations, and interested organizations throughout the Western Hemisphere. Latin American Schools 5 Filmed in the Canal Zone and the Springfield, lass., studios of Bay State Film Productions, Inc., the movie captures the Villa Caceres 6 historic background, construction-era effort, economic signifi- eance, cooperative effort, and community life which centers at the "Funnel for World Commerce" which crosses the Isthmus of Making of a Stamp 8 Panama to connect two great oceans. This month's cover shows Harold M. Fischer, Bay State's production manager for tile film, Audubon of the Zone 9 shooting a ship in famous Gaillard Cut. Employing the talents of three bi-lingual actors-Carlos Mon- Nuclear Construction Proposed 10 talbAln, Luis Van Rooten. and George Gaynes-the movie was filmed in both Spanish and English, thus avoiding any necessity for "dubbing in" voices in either language. Of Toys and Dolls and Laughter 11 All three actors are experienced performers of stage, screen, and television. Mr. Mlontalbn, who has directed, written, and C narrated in addition to his acting, is well known throughout Anierica for his frequent roles in Spanish-language movies. Mlr. Van flooten. -who has appeared in numerous motion picture Worth Knowing 16 and television roles, is perhaps best known for his role as Knobby Walsh in the oJoc Palooka" television series. In the Canal film, M r. NiontalbAn portrays a Canal engineer, \MrI Van looten plays the role of a Canal executive, and lI r. Canes fills the role of a visitor to the Isthmus. Promotions and Transfers 19 1, the special preview for the Board of Directors of the n .( nal (Companu last month, Mr. MlontalbAi and Edward -afety 20 r, 11 profe sional aithor who wrote the script, accompanied I md PI sident of Bay State, to Washington and the mmtimn Canal Ilistory 21 - 1m< lits for widespread distribution of the film :istribtition channels now are being made. A i d filing is being reviewed prior to being made Shippimg Statistics 22 ablishowing. h (Continued on page 12) Shipping 24 2AxA 4, 1962 FOR YOU R HEALTH A4

Conditions on the job are controlled by Health Bureau unit to protect employees of waterway.

Too much carbon monoxide? Dr. Robinson and I erminals Training Officer Barrett discuss possibility %%bileexamining exhaust pipe of fumes-producing forklift truck on Cristobal piers.

IT IS OBvIOUS that wearing a "hard transmit yellow fever to man. Using ized section is headed by Dr. Donald hat" in situations where a knock on the this knowledge, Dr. William Craw\ford Robinson, who has had approximately noggin may occur simply is common Gorgas and his co-workers launched 15 years of experience in the field of sense. The hazard to the old bean in such a determined and continued attack prexventive medicine and industrial many work situations is well-recog- oim the Atdes aegypti and Anopholes health. nizedi and the need for safeguards mosquitoes on the Istlmnius that y ellow lany of the long-istablished pro- is apparent. fever among construction workers was grams in1orimnally considered a part of a There are other on-the-job hazards, eradicated and malaria was reduced to comprehensive industrial health pro- however, that are not so obvious or a bare minimum. gram have been brought under the new readily apparent as the threat of a plum- The effort madc to improve and con- section and new programs are being meting hammer or wrench. These not- trol Isthmian conditions related to the added to establish a more complete so-obvious hazards offtimes are not health of employees did not end with industrial health program. The long- readily apparent to any of the five senses completion of the Canal, of course. established programs include pre- which normally alert individuals to Such efforts continue today The Safety employment physical examinations, danger-but they can be just as deadly. Branch is primarily responsible in the periodic examinations for certain em- Your sight or hearing, or both, may field of "accidental injury" and the ployees, and supervision of industrial warn vou of an object hurtling at you; Health Bureau is primarily responsible first aid and nursing services. your seise of touch may cause vou to in the more general field of illness. New measures being developed by move from tlanger's path even as you Direct benefits from the high sue- the section include establishment of are brushed by it; your sense of sell cessful efforts of Dr. Gorgas and his routine procedures by which informa- may warn you again st a poisonous associates were not limitedtoenmployees, tion possibly pertinent to job-related substance. but extended to everyone living and health problems is channeled to Dr. But none of your five senses will warn working in the Canal Zone and area. Robinson for evaluation. By correlating you about carbon monoxide gas; it is The infectious nature of the diseases such information, a previously unre- colorless, otlorless, tasteless-but it will being combatted made improvement of cognized problem may be brought kill just as surely as a skull-erushing community health conditions an integral to light, blow by a falling object. Nor will your part of the main problem of keeping "For example," Dr. Robinson says, senses warn you that microscopic parti- employees well and on the job. "a single ease of skin rash among 50 clis of dust are penetrating your lungs Coinmmnity-wide conditions affect- employees doing the same job or work- like tiny darts, causing you to develop ing health are a major concern of the ing in the same shop probably repres- silicosis. And, of course, none of your Health Bureau and have been for many cots only an individual medical problem senses can give warning that you are in years. Part of this problems is directly and is of no special concern to the contact with disease-causing germs or related to working conditions and the Industrial Health Section. But if several viruses which will sicken or may even newest unit of the Health Bureau was employees show up with identical com- kill vou. organized just a few months ago for the plaints, it indicates that something may There was a time-to take a case in purpose of dealing with this specific be wrong in the working environment. point--when mosquitoes were consid- aspect of community health. That's where we come in." ered merely irritating pests. Fortu- This unit, the Inlustrial Health See- Indicators which may alert the Indus- nately for those who built the Panama tion, is part of the Division of Preventive trial Health Section to possible problems Canal, Dr. Walter Reed and his associ- Mledicine and Quarantine headed by include chronic absenteeism and acci- ates proved that certain mosquitoes can Dr. Sidnex B. Clark. The recently organ- dents, as well as reported illnesses, A

TimE PANAMA CANAL REVIEw 3 atr falbset eism or acei- aIllditcronidi-"nIalthful J th job wh tl have nOt be1 s 1 recogizedby ether1 the emlpL'yees h la S oru the sul)rvisors. The 'eC- ttii aIso Wlarns of possible probleins thrloL visits to job sites, shops. and other work locations "All these things help us pinpoint prtt~l~llDi lIhilsoilSIIS. rt titIs there adequate problems arcics," Dr. Rlobinson~ says, "but the most direct and effective means by ventilation where which problems c(a.n be found an] Fred Trout solved are through reports from individual employees, members of their is workmg? families, or supervisors. In other words, Only a scientific We need and seek assistance from atmospheric test laymen with firsthand knowledge of Working conditions." can tell. All requests for assistance by supervisors are followed by an interview and a study of the job iln question. Some- times such requests include interview and examination of one or more individuals to determine if they have been affected by job conditions. In all individual counseling, the normal confiden- tial relationship of physician and patient is respected. "This definitely is a inaement pro- concern of management, even though Once a problem is recognized and graim." Dr. Rlobinson says, "but, like the preservation of employee health its causes determined, the Industrial the attack oil disease-carr\ing mosqui- can product sizable savings for the Health Section prepares a recoinmeil- toes, it can benefit eilployees and resi- enterprise involved, whether it is the dation for correcting it. This may be dents of the community, as well as Panama Canal Company or some such a simple procedure as having the management. After all, an individual's private enterprise." tmployee or employees wvear a proteet- health is a matter of major interest to Several examples Of problems which ive mask. earplug, or other device. Or him and anything -we can do to protect hav been dealt with by the Industrial it may call for a major physical change his health certainly is of benefit to him Health Section are pictured vith in the working environment. and not simply soie wholly selfish this article.

Is the residue being removed from these lock gates damaging Eyesight is important to all persons, but lack of good vision may to health? Probably not, but workers wear nasks as precaution. lead to accidents, hence this test of dockworker Frank Mahon.

4Av 4, 1962 LATIN SCHOOLS 1 OPEN 7

NEW A __A_ WITH dA t A and IMPROVED * Facilities * Instruction * Curriculum

education. The new Paraiso swimming pool vill enable schools there to expand physical teach shop at the Rainbow City Junior THE LATIN AMEIICAN SCHOOLS selves, students elsewhere. They vwere to better High School; Alcides Bernal, physical of the Canal Zone will open teiir doors seeking the training required I igh next week to approximately 3,935 pupils qualify them i as teachers and earn education at Paraiso Junior-Seior D.C., School; Sergio Ruiz, social studies and from kindergarten through high school advancement to the Washington, teachers Spaish, Paraiso High School; MIrs. and with a number of new facilities, salary schedule. Several other josefina Cordero, and Mis. Alicia Sienz, teachers, and expanded programs. now are stu(y ing in) the United States thc 1oth im the Paraiso Elementary School; The new facilities inchide kinder- and will remain there throughout Mrs. Avis Dick and lI rs. Elsa Skeete, classrooms at the elementary new school year. garten both in Raimbow City kindergarten; schools in Rainbow Citv and Santa Cruz Teachers w\]ho completed degrees at February Mrs. Luz Berrocal, Santa Cruz kinder- partitioning of the Paraiso Elemren- the Universitv of Panama in and City garten; Irs. Anne Baird and Mis. Cora- tary School kindergarten rooi into two are Miss Miaria Sanjur, Rainbow lia Serracin, Paraiso kiidergartrn; and classrooms. These 'iew facilities are to Elementary School; Miss Gladys Ureia, NIiss Alberto Abrego, physical education at be used for the free kindergartens which Santa Cruz Eleicntary School; High are to be operated in the Latin Aimeri- Blandina Waterman, Paraiso junior- Rainbow Ci ty Junior-Senior Greaves, School. Also nex to the schools will be can school system this school year. Senior High School, Alfonso School; NIiss Ana Nlaria Tornro, librarian at Rainbow Another inajor addition to Latin Rainbow City Junior-High \Mrs. City juinior-Senior High School. American school facilities is the ew Thelma Lee, special education; Duncan, In addition to the iiewx kindergarten swiiniig pool at the Paraiso Junior- Pearl Chilcott and NMrs. Viola Paraiso swximmiling pool, Senior High School, which opened ill both of Rainbow City Junior High classrooms an(d Knowles, other improvement projects completed March. Use of the Paraiso pool by the School. One teacher, Harold the during the vacation period included there will permit all secondarv received a bachelor's degree from schools installation of acoustical tile in Rainbow school students in the Latin Amenrican Unix ersitx of Nebraska. School, Raimbow Citx schools to have swiminiig as part of Teachers planning to be in the United City Elementary start- Juiimior-Semior High School, Santa Cruz their regularly scheduled physical cdi- States throughout the school ycal and in Building 128 cation classes. The Santa iCruz and ing this month are Leslie Thomas and Elementary School, High School. Dressing Rainbow City schools previously have Saturnin NMauge, both of Rainbow City of the Paraiso Mrs. Daisy Red- and shower roois were enlarged for had such programs. Junior High School; Vilma Best, and Irs. Joyce- the Santa Cruz ginlasim. and hot The new facilities and changes in head, Niss water svstemns were installed at the of Paraiso Elementary xater Ctyx iynstamled swith instructional programs and seledoles1 lyn Blugh,~~~~ all Raniow CitN yniaiutadsi and rxvim- wifl be discussed hiringg a 1-day Teach- School; Mrs. Clarice Bryan, Rainbox. gxtipaiu andoing ers' Institute scheduled for all Latin City Elemnentary School; and Cleveland ps mn( eo tin were the to the Rainov American school staff members May 8 Ennis, Rainbow City High1)1 School. Ellis HighHirs School, the roof of the Raiiihow at the Paraiso Theater and Junior-Senior Fawcett, Principal of the Paraiso Junior- City High School shop was painted, the and exterior of Iuilding 128 High School. Registration of pupils Senior High School, and Nliss Julette interior ai d classroom sessions will start on Carrington, Principal of the Pedro of the Paraiso High School and gym- Thursdav, Nlav 10. Nliguel Elementary School, plan to nasiti n were painted, the Santa Cruz Vhile pupils in the Latin American leaxe later this year for study in the gvmnasitin xwas screened, ald totich-up schools xxere preparing for and partici- United States. painting was done oil Building 132 of the Santa pating in the vacation recreation pro- A number of i(xw teachers have been the Paraiso High School, and the \Iount gram hiringg February, larch, and added to the Latin American schools Cruz gyminasiumil, Stadium. April, some of their teachers were them- this year. They are Luis Sealy, xxwho will Hope

THE PANMA CANAL ReViexv 5 Housing development is designed for middle-income families. 2 r

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VILLA Cooperative project provides CAC ER E home-buying opportunity

SEVERAL HUNDRED Panamanian any elplo\ II who calls at either the match, 300 square meters. The two- citizens ciployed 1 the Pananma Canal Balboa or (Cristobal housing office of bedroom houses contain approximately Company and the Canal Zone Govern- the Community Services Division. 50 square meters of living space, while meant are am ong those eligible to The Canal organization also is pr*- the three-bedroon houses have about become homeowners at modest cost viing basi employment iformati 70 square meters. a Panamra-United vdn ai mlomn nomto throught cooperative for applicants, as requested by Caja de The homes are eonstrueted with States program aimedlat helpingSi middle- Ahorros. This. .hitludes data as to salary, concretehoe bloek orar claycosrce tile walls, con-wit incomne families bity, houses of the ir oxvn c t blc or cla til wals con ie f s o length of time empo yed, type of work crete floors with tile surfacing, and a thPna housing deveopat o performed, place of work and rating. roof. Villa Caceres. built-up Each house contains clo- The applicants also are required to sets, complete plumibin The Canal organization and otherI g and electrical gI provide e evidence of Panamaian citi- installations, a laundry tray, and clothes- U.S. (oerit t agencies oii the Zone zenship, a Panama "Paz y Salvo," a cdrvin g facilities. Refrigerators, ranges ar assisting aiiploycc who ha statement that they do not presently and other furnishings will have to be tprssed- desir tohoes ofrlic t ow ii a home, a cash down payment of provided by the purchasers. or thre-bcdroo houses.pre linar 15 percent of the total purchase price of for purchase loans applicationstheio house, and iniior "closing costs." Assignment of the houses to buyers from Caja de Aorros, Panaia savings Th down payment and losing costs will be on the basis of individual sclec- bank, ar b preparedaing with the assist- will total $675 to $800 on each house, tion, or may be blV drawing lots. The anl( of thc Canal enterprise and for- according to Panama officials. houses will be sold and assigned as they warded to the bank for processig . arc completed and loan applications arc canal officials also have readied 'a Panaina officials associated w ith the approved by Caja de Ahorros. said the miniinum income for a pr iraim to help im1 uployees solve diffi- program 'IIs the may incoiiiter ii attempt- a ty ical family qualifying for a loan to The Villa Caceres housing develop- it blu oriii of the homes. This buy one of the houses will be approxi- ient is located along the Transisthmian Itfhassistaicc to employes is mately $150 per month, although lighway ahout 5 miles from Balboa. d ii insure 'II possible coi- applications from families having less Work oi the cooperative project started I r those desiring to buv than $150 per month incorne also will last October and sonme of the houses I v ltdvlopuii t. The effort he coisidere. were sold and assigned last month. A )l seeking to buy The Iistituto de Vivienda y Urba- second group of houses now arc under Jr 1ranwis Ia i ichIid nisiio is developing tie land and super- contract and plans call for contracts to \pril by order if vising constriction of the houses in the be let oin ahout 50 houses each month project iinder terns of aii agreement until the development is completed. ill both Span- with Caja de Ahorros. Each house is The project is expected to include h bi prcparcd for located oi a lot containing approxi- construction of at least 635 homes.

6 \Alv 4, 1962 The Villa Caceres development is being financed through a cooperative oS om loan agreement between the U.S. Agency for International Development Tr and Caja de Ahorros. The loan agreement calls for AID to lend up to S212 million to Caja de Ahorros over a period of 18 months to 2 years. through an agreement betweenC(aja de Ahorros and the Instituto de Vivienda v Urbanismo (IVU), the $212 million loan is being underwritten by the ii Republic of Panama. A Under terms of the agreement between AID and Caja de Ahorros, the sas ings bank will provide all the ioner for home mortgage loans, then will ------obtain an AID loanIequal to 76.5 percent of the total sale price of the house. firmed in the special 9-point program Ahorros. Buyers also are required to liv Fifteen percent of the total price will he of benefits for Panama announced in in the homes they buy and not to rent paid by the purchaser and the balance 1960. The loan agreement between AID theim to someone IIse. of 8.5 percent will represent the direct and Caja de Ahorros was signed onl Under its agrteemnit with Caja de investment of Caja de Ahorros. F'hroarv 10, 1962, after construction Ahorros, the histituto de \vitndaN In addition to the funds provided by of the first homes already was started. U.rbanism10o contracted to offer thl AID, the savings bank will provide Loans to honebuvers, under terms of houses for sale at prices not to exceed $250,000 from its own resources each the loan agreement, are to be payable 85,000 for any house and lot. year for 5 years. This will make a total in m(onthlv installments over a period of Cal officials hase urged aill cmplmy- of $3,750,600 available for the home 20 years. Principal, interest, and insur- ees liitercsted in purchasing onIe of thc construction program. The entire 82t 2 ance payments under the mortgage homes to ma k e application its soon ais million loaned to Caja de Ahorros agreements signed by the hiombcliers possible They point'(e out that the loanl through AID is to be repaid in 22 years, will be 830 to $35 monthly, depending terms a\ ailabl to buyers of the hones with interest at 4 percent per year. The on the size and type of house selected are collsiderably Inttlr than tonlillonl individual mortgage holders will pay an by the purchaser. Utilities and other available locally and e ll mans1in interest rate of 6 percent per year. homeowner costs will be in addition to places in the United States. "It's a good The $212 million loan was made the monthly mortgage loan payments. (leal for our employees'" one official under the fourth point in the U.S. Under terms of the individual Imort- collmmlted, ald I hope that all thosc Government's 1957 Latin American gages, those buying houses in the devl- who can do so \\ ill takc advantage of 9-point program. The willingness of the opment will not le able to resell them the opportunity to acquire a hom1 of U.S. Government to provide it was reaf- except with the approval of Caja de their own throw 1g this programi.

Gvernior Fleming and other Canal officials re-

Caceres project at the invitation of Norberto Navarro of IVU.

TilE PANAMX CANAL RIITEw 7 *rg ofa Stamp

Those postal necessities don't suddenly just appear from nowhere - - they are carefully considered and planned.

C.Z. Stamp Adisory Committee examines new issue in print. From left: Hugh Cassibry, Grover Luee, Robert Stevens, J. B. Clemmons, Paul Bunnestrand, Gerald Doyle, Earl Unruh.

BECOGNITION for an historic pcr- Gerald A. Doyic, Jr. Chi f of the Archi- readilv, or Gcrry max be asked to try soilage, a datt to be commliilmlorated, tectral Branch of the Enigitiecring Divi- sevcrail more ideas. ani extnt of significance, a national or siolt, starts sketchint "notes" with his Generally, the committee members wsorldid effort to focus attention oi agil fingers. Thes preliminary sketches xill agree on a tentative design and a particular siibj eCt, recognition of an max mect with tentative approx al quite shape for the new stamp, then ask institution, invention, or discover Any Mr. Doyle to make rough sketches of thse-or a number of others-max ---- wvhijlcnbe eva] acted antiddisssed at be thw siibject of a iit'5w Canal Zon ZN E the iiext meeting. These preliminary Postage staip. designs are carefully "edited" and An idta or proposal for a nixw- Canal screened. Some are discarded entirely, Zone stamp sets iii motion the Canal r others have a few details added or Zone Stamp Advisory Committee, xNhich ^ changed. Finally, from the ones ap- dcidis ( ith color, dsign, anti Soiie- proved, the artist is asked to prepare timiies the delnomiiation of I ness stamp, a semi-finished sketch. although the latter generally is deter- 44 Sometimes, when several tentative mined ii xadvance bx the netds of the designs meet with committee approval, postal St rxie. Rough sketch. the artist is asked to work them into a The Advisorx Committee mtets only semi-finished stage. In that way, the hAen. it has wuork to do i conneoniniittee will have a better idea of the with th Canal Zon postal systemic. appearance of the completed stamp and Whole months may go by without the is able to make a final decision. This cotonitto holding t\ ('11 one, mt etitng. course was followed inl developing the TIhen thro are tims, like t11 Prslit, stamp)) recognizing the U.S. Armv Carib- whti tho e aro mts~ lie tiandr sen, yan School at Fort Gulick. The com- wit Ste 4tral stamllps indir considration mittee asked for seini-finished sketches UTE CAN onboth vertical sil and horizontal designs,tisinolx. C A sggesttiI1 fir a itt w5 staip may C ANAL Z FR G then selected the horizontal model as I eriinatf d by a iltember of, the coii- the most desirable. Ir y S'iltoole oitsitie the commilit- Final, aptiroved sketch. Approval of a design by the Advisory t n outsidc orraltizatioti, by al Committee is the last step before sob- ii postal ihargis sshitt neces- A 1 1 1Al L mission of the final sketch of the stamp iine Of a stalip ill itwM to th Governor for review' andfinal l, 01m )i Director of Posts actionl before it is sent to the U.S. Bureau I whosm a' point to th of Engraxing and Printing iin Washing- I w\t 5n staip+ ton, D.C., li the Dirtetor of Posts, with ticn is slibilitted to the P -Y writt n iinstruetions on the number of tte discltssd, lon^g models to be prepared anid any minor ttions is ito whattt o' envisan refinements or changes desired. Tht I In't appariin BitrtA a experts then complete the artis- insbegin to take tic work required, make the engraving lwitteltlllir Finished product, from which the staip isto Ile printed,

s MANi 4, 1962 and actually print the stamps order(,( Iv the Zone Postal Division. At the printing stage of the project, extreme care is tsed to inspire against goremlins" arbitrarily altering the approved stamp-and tlhereby producing a collectors' item of uniusu al valuie. But, despite all precautions, things sometimes go awry in tit' Bureau of Engraving and Printing and what other- wise -would be merely another stamp costing a few pennies' is transformed ito a rare item sought by philatelists. One printing boo-boo involving a create(] a smnali number of stamps to-w given a catalog value of :2.000. This stamp, cryptically cataloged as Scots No. 31 A 15. inverted center, overprilt reading dt," is a gren and black, I-cent stamp issued by the Republic of LI Panama and overprinted \ ith tlhe words Miss Lois Morgan applies finishing touches to hird painting. "C'anal Zone. The gremlin-afflited- andl, therefore, valuable version-is inl the Zone's 1909-1910 series and is M iss Lois M organ extremnciy rare. The boo-boo copies have the head of Vasco Nutiez de Balboa upside tdowni un--and eC-1z-Audubonthle 'anlal adZone overprint reads down iiistead of up. of the Zone Another valuable Zone stamrip, in a BIRD FANCIERS need no binoculars observations, Miss Nloigan checks her mpre reeit seies is a 31-eenlt aiml il to see a treastlir troX c of Isthillian birds iit, s a )ainst books at the Canal Zone stain p wanth the maap aiid globe. All error . Librar before proceeding to color the otciirred in peroraio of some of tile at9o'ri~ n l i i ttaol ii n ttitI i10 i'tl 1 cproration someof trMatN Nf alreadv havt se I tli eolorfil p ieiliId sketches. Using transparent stamps, wit] som i thi'ii being per- coIl-tion aiil thosi wNho live iot still wattrtolors and oilitting Ise of opalue foratcd horizontally oilv and nlot ver- have about a week in which to (10 . white for lightening. sit luist carefully ticll A pair is rei jiiretl to shoXX' tihe ' e erroa. A apair is r Ied t sOth Where? il ti( Civil Affairs Buildin plai all white and liglit arias before errr-ana Zschas isued at litit S. in Ancon. sil starts. The paintings wich result The Canal Zone has issued about 50ar iil ral e the ees postage stamped papers rie, the birds are not specimlyellns to bv stampsanhut and I they are X'vX'cr\ linlit lik ini thet lookIlg atset. and plans for 2 more now are being ti iative if T ledi iliss organ readied. One of these is all anti-malaria Iinar life-sizie wa ttr color paintings ill ative of >oed Mis hiri. whi th t1hy iiave betii captured h) v Iiss has skct ci itid paintic all he life. s i 11 i gl in i ii as pait of a World smp igpMorygan, spr Lois Diarlo Hxeights i hrcie d ler1bachelor of arts and Iltalth Organization campaign oi1 tachelitJdgndidg st o fti id. t 'tae prom ts ie behalf of i malaria eradication. About Iigh School teacher and able artist. i 90 countries have either issued stam p s The feathered ciatur s caught I \ r sktilh peil Trl af s ihe vIode It b as part of the program, or have signifid the delicate strokes of liss in iorgai-iiai att thiir intention to do so. The Republic brush are not rare oi exoti lingi ti rtl T-tio IIisum of Art aid th' Toledo of Panama already has issued its anti- but the conlinoll varioti S she tnoi to Artists Club, as XfAi as at the Uo- malaria staimlp and the United States' kiiow by observing thini at friends JWB and the Canal Zome Library oni tihie stamp iii the series XXas issued March 30. birtlfeedigli stations and in the trt'ts Pacific- sit of tht isthis. Another staip now being planned is near hler1 Willamson Place itieit Oit of hcr previtis Canal Zone to commemorate the opening of the 'Onepossible exception to the "coilion Shws O t'fitured Liisiaina sties paiiited Thatcher Ferry Bridge across the (Canal. variety labol is the eacitiue, wXi 1 wXhil visiting Btoii anaigc adth iters MIembers of the Stamp AdVisory Miss lorgan says site wvas forttiuiatt linde dliring a course of botallical Committee, in addition to Ir. DovlIe enolig to observe at a fediig station studies il 1 hirida Xhile on a Fort are: Chairman J. B. Clemmoins, 'Jr., on Alicon Ilil- FlIlowship. She has travelled ill South Assistant to the Director of the Civil Th' Diablo Ieights ttatier, hi Americ, iii cis )aiited st't li Palln- Affairs Bureall; Executive Secretary water colors hav won riz s i both ama fioin El \'all(, to the Darien and Paul M. Ruiicstrand; Hugh W. Cas- her natit State of Ohio and tile Caal from tilt, San Bias Archipelago to sibry, rates ana st front the Budget and Zone, bcgan makiiig iird skc ttlics soilei Tabtga Island. Rates Branch of the Ofbce of the Comp- Years agoi. She first skt't lics tilt birds I rl-d paintings at tite Civil Affairs troller; Robert A. Stevens of the Wage from life, ill characteristic poses, usaly building are labeled with tith( scientific and Classification Division of the Per- th a petil, aidi] ki s ibst'xatii . ad popular names of bothavi tilt' birds sonnel Bureati: and Grover D. Luce of notes as she watches tIte birds for hours and tit iiative flowers and plants with the Internal Audit Branch, who is desig- at a time sc slhe can more ably capture Which the are shoi, with Sturgis' Iiated to represilt the general public their cliharttr i iI'F piitings - "Fild Bok of Birds of the Panama and philatelists. Unwilling to rely solt]eVy oi her own Canal Zone as the authority.

TiE PANAMA CANAL BEVIEW 9 I iinessee - Tombigbee

* NASHVILLE Nuclear

TOMBIGBEE I Construction CANAL NOMY

Proposed ME; G U L F OF

Lie following article, (dited sliglitly to E x c o rediucli its length, is reprintd by iuirtesy of thc Pwini oi MomL , on monthly maga- zinc in which it first appeared. The possibility of uisllg mle1ar Ixplosiues to build a ner Isthmiin iateruay mak s it of special interest loctly.

THE IDEA of a navigable route atomic energy-not for war-but for the coul be used to open part of the water- heteolen the TuIlieessee River and the advancement of man. As it stands now, wav and in 1960 he brought the idea Tomllbiglhle River to tile Gulf of NbeXieo mno close to tite project believe thl ibeforetheT nnessee-Toibigihe Water- is almost as old as the settlen t of the waterway mlay bcollm the first public way Development Authority, made LP area the 5watcraav w1old traverse. vorks project in history in which of representatives of three States. Frlich Settlers thought of it first. nuclear dl ices actiially will do 01) ID. Settle some benefits: Dr ttl told or oebeeis A'rolImd P)I0, I group of Kinox County to niow res rxeJ foi. plainly old fashioned L The project would be a bold step Tciiesseaiis saw it as a mecais of (asy dYnaimit ( I lan nuclear explosive s forward in brain gig aoit man's ambi- exchangc of their hides and tobacco for w would b.11 sd ol a portion of the .1alal. fisti to rwsar , atomic energy peace alV. the luxuries Europe couli provide, and The proposal to do this belongs to 2 us ats r ete stmaes pfititioncd ( congress for a ssaterwas. Andrew Suttle a tall, baldinlg scientist A feN blasts (Dr. Settle estimates Ili 1913 ( ong1 ss gase the okay from MIississippi, who heads tlhe State's a total of eight now) would not only to stdil(l the idea antd the US. C orps Industrial and Technological Research remove 90 million cubic yards of 4t I nil wrs did, but turned ill a re port Center. earth (this would be the eqIuivalent of 45 I n his I om a iuessee- Ci"When te r. Suttie sass hknows tie 765,000 box car loads of dirt) it would Tololbgl< uatcr5iti wouldn't listif\ top scientists oi tie AEC' and ill til also compact the ratherr area to prevent tl' I xiIos Of hi ing it. Tbhis dismal ID)epartmnlit If 1D) se, he ( as ll 1 loss of water into porous formation. aitliatloll

10 NIAy 4, 1962 1. A river section 168 miles long from Demopolis to Amory, Miss. This section will have four locks and dams, will raise the water level 117 feet. 2. Above Amorv a lateral canal 45 miles long will be dug and five locks will take the water level from 190 to 330 feet. 3. A divide cut 40 miles long will bring the water up another 85 feet to the level of Pickwick Pool. The divide cut will slice through a sparsely populated area of Tishomingo County'. Miss., and for this Dr. Shuttle proposes the us- of "prompt" inelear devices. "Prompt" is a term nuclear scientists like to play around with. In this sens( it means *eklan" devices having relatively little fallout. And here is a problem. Even a little fallout could set off a wave of public reaction. In a sense, handling public opinion will be as much an experiment as the actual blasts. Not too much has been said so far. The area has few people and no one has registered more than a mild comment. Inl fact, Dr. Siittle savs that the residents of the area have slown "extreme cordialit " toward the idea and haven't heen ' frightened by it. ' "At any rate," he says, "the AEC's first consideration is public safety. Mrs. Fleming. standing, and daughter wateh youngsters on lawn of Goerilor's residence. And no project will ever he con- ducted by the AEC unless the public health is completely free from alx Of Toys and Dolls and Laughter danger whatsoever." Bombs used would be iii the kiloton A COLORED BALL on a stair or house which has b)en hom'' to all 14 range, a kiloton meaning the equivalent terrace. a pull toy with various intri- Gov(rinors of the Caa Zolin of 1,000 tons of TNT. g fig swiiig 7gurisabout inside a Th re'-and-a-ialf year old Marion Dr. Souttle andi his advisers are dis- plastic ball, a soft doll of the kind Estelle is poised and attiVe, ( er rea~ldy cussing eight blasts-six small and two little folks find so cuddly, i shriek of to relate her most rce lit iithusiasimIs large. Costs would range from $500,000 lighter, or even ia ainguished wail. and adventIi re s with the breathless to $1 million apiece. These sights and sounds emanating excitet mlit )I]ly a child of hlr age call Shortly after Dr. Suttle made his froiim the y'ouiiger g. lieration cause w) bring to the task, The twins, 13 ijamii proposal' to the Tennessee-Tombiglwe surprise if endouttrid in th X\hit Bloweis Boasley and Robrt Flminig Waterway Development Authoritv in House, at Buckinghain Palace, or at the B1a sley, still are i't too intirested in the outside woffiialwoiI, but are nonwthI'less as June, 1960, Tishomingo County had a resideice of Canal Zone Gdov. distinguished visitor-Dr. Charles E. Hob. rt j. FLIiiniig. J. 'Toddlers and tots active, iinquisitive, and iiipird ictable Violet of the Lawrence Radiation Lab- are at home at each of thes ' locations as all I 6-inonth-olds. Baby John Edward oratory at Livermore, Calif. The lab, At 107 Balboa HIiihts, the Gover- still is pretty much a non-participating an arm of the University of California, nor's official resid''ec, there's it little observer of the passing seile. does a large amount of research and bloiid girl at the wide-eved charm r Marion. wh-]o prouidl tells of accol- developmeit for the AEC. A great many stage )1 half-past ~3 y ears, hr I6-utl- panving her grandfather on a visit to his scientists consider Dr. Violet the top old twin brothers, and a fulz z -patcd ofhee iii the Balboa Heights Adininistra- authoritv on underground nuclear explo- hah hrother barel' 4 in ilths old. To tion Building, current is awaiting the sions. fie showed immediate interest, these voingsters, the Governor and himeiomiii of Demi a fri'id if loio along with his colleagues, Dr. Edward First Lad of the Canal Zone are simply staidiig. Demi is short for D moiselb Teller, Dr. G. XV. Johnson, and Dr. (arx Grandfather and Grandmother. (tovrn.ir aid lrs. fleming's lpprt- Higgins. All influential, the Livermo'e The children arrived it the Canal t m omei have been heavy supporters of an Zone in march with their mother, Mrs. Ilon g ren po e, ia experiment at Tishomingo. Bficni amin B. Beasley, the formIer Patr- Officiall', how does the idea fare? cia Na niie Flemimg. wif- of ai Arlm Iils In ill quaraitin at Corozal sill No one will sav. But meni close to officer 'se'tly stationeI in neranii v ariving o tllt Isthmus tiIN i ary. Her 120-day stay w\ ill be completed Dr. Settle sax 'the sci 'ntist's private and ilder datIghtter of G ove riior and wll the Gox- opinion is the project stands a hetter Mrs. Flemig. 'ithinoimds impos d May 12 and sl-- then jil than possible chance of hetoming a by pariltal elis'ipli th qIartt tis enir'household. much to the delight nuclear experiment. brought a childish Zest to the staid old of Marion and her brothers.

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Bay State President Morton ad capture lock-side ship scene for new film.

Carlos Moitalhbn script in hand, ciwusses roles with actors Gaynes and Van Rooten.

A REFRESHING CANAL STORY # (Cibiudr .groups, compte dletlils will le pub- A Inauhtiy of prijt of th finislwd hShed II TH PANIA CANL REEv w- fihn-i both, spaish and Eigish Nil Aprofessional distribition firm \u hich be prepared lor nsv ill th, oi-loa dis- ba, rviewcd the fill has advised Pan- tibualon and for sale to organization allm Canal offiias that a mlinimum of inI the nlit statu s or Idi Id]als dh1r- 6 million tvivvi.ion vi(wers and more- i g .1cop of thvir own. AS soon as finml than 100,000 mnvmbeis of civic and irranglvils are vomlpletd for pro- othri organitbions fnil I expected to Cut widening features b blasts, and m l manage Fische cords oie moi. vidiI4 copis of the filmii to interested M', fin i during it, first %can

eduittiut (niu Inc itrem ceis ,(ihued a ii' i se u ecs nuue tuili in if the CSound% rceIded it nuitrial Diaiinilp provide authentic atmosphere. 4

Assistant production manager A. Herbert Wells plans shooting schedule.

Ships pictured in film are of many nations all of which use Canal on equal basis.

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Workmen enploy ed b% contracting firn install line which will carry chilled water of centralized air conditioning system.

OO O air conditioning system AN LCentralizedto raise comfort level in Zone.

THE CANAL ZONE is gettinIg cooler mans by whicli Ih oul nakcmii his to air condition many of the public these days. The steaming jungle, the q quarters more comfortable thai ih buildings onl the Pacific side. burning sun, the sweating office worker bgain builing small air conditioning Tit idea of replacing individual air sitting bx a blizzinig fan, all are still with units to cool bedroolis Iilhiby shop", conditioiniig units already installed in us, but aii coiiditioning is making then auid ini some cascs, an itir luiSi 0r offices and private buildings resulted A little imiore renote. apartieit. Sonw public biilding-ts, front a survey of the problem by R. L. NN hilt litter (,ai be done about the several tleaters, and ianumilr i Diffe r &: Assciat s, an eingiineeriiig jungle iir th sun, modern science is clubs Soo were equipped N\ ith cooliniUl consultant firm of \liami, Fla. liking working and living a lot more systciims. The ID)tfier firm said that iinless there comfortable for the inside worker, Tli, obvious publi dcsir foi lir \\as cntralization, the Canal organiza- iih tier he livs ill the tropics or ill coniditioinlg, and a behif that it wolild tioin eventually would be faced with tfpi patt ( limat s. increase the efficiency aid prodiictivit\ ti( problem of operating and naintain- Tii hida of raising tlic omfoirt l evl of k mployes lid ti( Canal adiniiiistra- ilg dozen]s of different types of equip- Ihihn tlji h at i xi I is of comisc tioi to toisl Iidi iistallatiiion in sxe r11 miit ill various stages of deterioiration tic iii thoighouit uinil b buildings. In) search of this goal, tit and olsolsce ice. Standby equipment, l, I tii i, d inOtli pirts idea of aci mtral air coiiditionilig systi Im Siirpils refrigeration, and spare parts ii itinmg as aii ci di- torl aii iitir ar a was evolved. And, or th many different systems would vi i it xxas pra cteally if pri selit plils ilaterializ, it may b! lcomii a sizable item of cost at some dth, ( in YolntdzI iiiti tii that w\itlin a very fixw x ars stimffy fitur time, unless there were cell- Ii jot il - 'a iisitivc buildigs dod tin 111111m of falls will be tralization, the Miaii consultants said. oil ioin 15 St ii to all exCeptionl and not thu role ill th Th citcd the systems in Federal iloi lnllo ti proi-l Canoal /ont, building complexes ini Washington. dILoit 2 xi lix . io Th first step toward this promise of D.(, aid ii a miiiber of large shop- g im tix cx in future comfort is a big olie and is N igw , pin- enters built in the United States takn ight iiox by the Panama (Cial dii llo" thc past decade ill support of l plom e company, with installation of' a (i otral tHi ir it ionniiiation for a centralized Swith t6 stei xiti whif h C(nal migin eer plaii sytmil.

14 NIAi 4, 1962 The one finally adopted and nox being installed oh the Pacific sids of the isthmus is to be operated b> distribution of chilled wvatcr from a citral \orkmen appl cooling and pumping station at Diablo asphaltic paint Road and lioostvlIt Avenue. Four and glass fabric 1,000-horsepower csntrifugal comprs - sors xill cool the water, which is to be tape to pipe pumped through nearly 4 miles of under- for centralized ground pipeline now bein Tr conditioning Thousands of gallons of chilled water will course through the insulated pipes systeil]. which vill parallel Roosevelt Av nl and Gaillard Highway to An'son beforel making a vast circular swetp ts tie usx Gorgas Hospital building and tack to the station, cooling buildings as it goes Engineers planning the installation say the water, whieh will be chilled it toxic 420 F. at the Balhoa pumping station, ONE DAY not long ago, J I ink, or ibeow Because of the funes can make the complete circuit through vice presidsnt of th West Indws Piping givei off iy the foail, the spray gsun the miles of p ipe line, cool all the build- (Cirp. waA luimi xlked its ths sff sptratr 10st lt protected y a mask wings ioooked into the system, and returi f Ii. 1. Fenex, (hit fof th Cotract which looks something lik a bee- to the central station no more than 16, nsd Inspection Diision f the Panama keeper's protective mask. a n warmer than when it left. C al Compat)'s Engii I t ing and Con- After each Iiligtl of pipe receives a At the station, the process of cooling, struction Burs .and tiost a.1d plastit- I-inch-thick coating of plastic foam, it and circulation throgli the network it ioatsd objiet oil his desk. is Iifted tnti a stsrag' u-ad it lift ths t r s a poreltaii fig irots inside until it can be treated with two coats pipes will start all ov r again, with 1 water lieiiig reooed ts 42 ltfrs that packacs said \Iir. Link, "nt I'i of a thick, asphaltic-txpt paint, which resuming its endless and circuitous giig to itail it hoille to myix wife just wil act as a vapor barrier. journey. like thatC" To apply the asphaltic paint, work- . lr. Link, whos compallny has the imlen lift the pip onto another machine Entortn, the which will sprdutertm contract for constrtiction of tI central iere it rotates while two successive tt ma lineein s huidi wisart t'con r air conditioniltg svste ml) oil th Pacifi coats of th e paint are sprayed on by tothe m inl. at-u ds titeiotingttd sid(, was demnistratin smllw of the haid in layers vhich are one-sixteenth theairysoitiitioieih x'ii the iigs't may q ualities of a vesatil plastic of ani inth thick. While this is still wet, foan i'g Iw elit d as insulating material the whole pipe is wrapped in abandage wxitii a smaller tirt-tlationi sx xttmittN 71 swirniarto th attllerrlto sysek w~oi the pip"s which will carry chilled of glass fabric tape. simlartothawichnowkeps he watcr thrloll(h the lew air conditioning The lengths of pipc which have Balboa Heights Administratisi lilig sxsts. lindergone th complete insulation at a comfortable temperature. - Th inattial, kiioxx ill Comllin racial treatment are no being laved by the 1 Aiong the first structUres which are fit s as polurthane foam, has leit contractors in) 8-foot deep trenches tisg to be connected w'ith the new system used Ii\ tis construction industry for through the Ancon and Balboa districts are Balboa iigih School and Canal Zone dozs of purposes, including insula- from th central pumiping plant oi Junior College buildings. The contract tion, shock proofing, asidjrelinfsitillfta cit. Dialo Road. for modifying the two masonry build- it is being used oin ti5 Isthillus for ings so thex ca be air conditiond the first tiie l\ the Florida Coating efficiently was awarded in March to Bil- Co a subcontractor for \\t'St Indies Plastic spray is applied automatically. don, Inc. The work will cost S315,560. Piping Corp. Also to be connected to the central Conatinl- almost 4 nll, tof pip, to system when it is completed next year 'alr tith ichill xxatcr fl tiht r ai oll- are the itw Gorgas Hospital building, diti initig s istsas lcial job all iii the Treasurer and Payroll offces, the its 'L Th polllstit~ t<) til ioets two Personnel Bureau buildings in ai ppli' tiit >i gtii tr e Ancon, the Middle America Research miv d ill all alittiitiC llt t r ilt - building near Gorgas, and the Balboa 'h iins igth of ip te be spra sd us Retail Shoe Section buildig-h

Future plans tall for air conditioning at the sitle tintc causs S the pi p e to lioxethe horizontally Supply past Division the sprav gui.headquarters in the m Balboa Industrial Area, the Balboa TO Obtain a uniform I-inch coating of Retail Store complex, the Ancon Dis- foam, the spt d of the pipe's rotation trict Court, and( the Balboa and Ancon and forward mlovemnit must be synl- 41 Elementar' Sthools. chronicled Xith the rat of dischar-g The Adiniistration Buildinig at Bal- from th spray gtun. boa Heights and the Civil Affairs Build- B 'Catis, Of thC higihix volatile nature ing in Ancon, wvhic now have their (,f th raw matrial fromn whxxiich th own air conditioning systems, also irt fo'ml is imadl , it is stored il an air ton- to be connected to the central plant. ditilted box at ai titprature of 75

THE PANsiA CAx( L REIVIiw 15 Second Divisa Student Completes Zone Training

ANOTHER STUDENT from the __ _ _ _ National Institute of Agriculture iin Divisa. Republic of Panama, last month every phase of Mindi Farm's operation, completed a 10-wevek period of on-the- including the use of a tractor, milking job training at NMindi Farm and returned machine, bottling plant, and other to his farm home in Chitre prior to duties. Dr. Paul H. Dowell, manager of renew ing his training at the Divisa the farm, said the youth was a very will- institute. ing and adaptable student, intelligent Juan MIanuel Peralta is entering his and alert. 12th year of school this month and, Just a year ago, another Divisa stu- while at Nlindi, voiced the hope that dent, Alfredo Orange, spent 2 months he can obtain a scholarship so he may at Mindi iin on-the-job training. Both continue his studies and eventually students were sent to the farm through enter the veterinary profession. a cooperative prograin between the Di- Young Peralta worked at virtually visa institute and the Canal organization.

James A. WilliamsV

New Director Named AIPOINTNIENT of a 59-ear-old telc phone company executive as a member of tile Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Company w\'as announced last iionth bv Scerctarv of the Arnms Elvis _ J. Stahr,'jr. the C'Mipany stockholder. Juan Peralta gives The new director, James A. Williams' Mindi beauty a bath. succeeds C. Owen Smith, a Mlaine mag- azine publisher, wvho resigned from the Board to accept an executive post in tile Offict of D'fense Nlobilizatioii. Director Williams is Vice President in charge of Public Affairs for the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. A native of MIaneester, Vt., where Iih was born oniAugust 21, 1902, he now livcs in Milton, Mass., and has offices ili Boston. A gradiuiate of the School of Business Administration, La Salle College'Phila- delphia, he once served as secretary to Robert Todd Lincoln, Sol of the civill War President lie left his position Civil Affairs Bureau Historic Telegraph Key with \Ir. Lincoln to join Bethlcheii Receives Safety Trophy Is Used Again Steel Corp. for 5 years before joining R v V xw England Telephone & Telegraph PRESENTATION cereonionies of the A TELEGRAPH KEY which played a iN 94.1 Governor President's Annual Safety symbolic role in the opening of the in addition to his duties with the Trophy Award tor 1961 were held in Panama Canal to commercial traffic on teIcphoie company, the new director the Administration Builing at Balboa Agust 14, 1914, was called into service ha's vrved as Assistant Director, Office Heights on May 1. agTai last ionth, President Keinedy of D( fe sc Mobilization, Reiuirenients The trophy 'was presented by - ising it to transmit a signal officially nid \ltrials, Director, Office of ernor Fleming to the personnel of th opening the Stattle World's Fair. Defese Mobilization for Prodiietion; Civil Affairs Bureau through Burecao The key, made of gold nuggets from Mis rcitly, as Executive Re- Director B. 1. Everson. The Civil Affairs th Kloidike, was ised bx President i ic DeI)itfe lse Mobilization. personnel earned the trophy by achI' 'i son ti set tf a bIast that office all ' I has n, rd as a iifiilr of the ing the greatest percentage safety M w ii \Ieetingi and as improvement of a\ major unit cdir- >pcm ed yP ta (' ri nt s h I)Dimocratic Town i g calendar year 1961. A 76 peircit . . inmc lding President hli, improvement over its previous 3-vear similar occasions, 11Simtixng (A the rate was recorded b\ the Bureau,' the Taft, who Used it to ipt'n the Alaska- h ii a Cana. second straight yea r it has earned Yukon-Pacific Exposition iat Seattli on thetrophy,i\Washiigtonl.Jiul1,l909. J

16 MNAS 4, 1962 I(nowingflO~tfl ~Panama ani Fair s Litterbugs, Beware! LITTERBUGS in the Canal Zone are Rolling likely to run a!oul of a ia-w regulation which wvent into effect May 2 unless they refrain From seat terin g litter along Zone highways. The in'ew riegulation, suggested by tht Pacific Civil Council, is ailed at cli im inating the unsightlioess al] hazards created byv highway litter. It prohibits 4ii " titrwtd niw ing atl\igxa tvlas lass, itc nails,, wiro tacks,.it DRY wire4 SEASON is fair season in the cans, p garbage, rubbish, trash public of Panama and the Panama t refu se, or ither pi ititllt, hzard]ils (al Cmpany, following a practice of or defaeini g nmtater i l pi tx Zos several Nears standing, has participatd highw a. -in several of the events through invi- higway tatitili from the eitnttttlittce5 ill c,dtaiwe. Signed onl April 2 b then Acting ttal f thi calites fn \hrl Governor, W. P. Leber tie regulatio A total of seven calves from Mindi ecame effective ilt \av 2. Putish- Farmis have been donated for use as ment for violation is a fite of2.t more prizes at three different fairs-David, than $100 or 30 dax s iin jail, or both. os Saltis. and Ctori ra-with three of In other efforts to nece litter inett Si ven g)ing to the latter event and Canal Zone communities, refitse reccp- two cacI to thte others. Special photo- tacles located throughout the Zone arc grapic exhibits of Catal operations at d being painted in blighter colors, Covins itproviment programs also were dis- for themll are b"'in g ridd, d sehos played at the Los Santos and Chorrera arc conducting contests to select anti- fsirs. litter slogans for use on the receptacles. held last ionth, wec atteh 1irir v Lt

DO YOU KNOW onetime Panama Gov. W. P. Leber and Gov(rnor Fleing Canal pilot Capt. M. W. Baisieux, or respectively. The Lieutenant GoVeno . where he or his family now are living? and Mrs. Luber attended the David Fair. Lt. Gov. Leber, President Chiari, and par- Mindi calf it Los Santos Fair. Joe MIorgan, Adjuiant of Elbert S. In addition to the official Catal Waid Post, American Legion, Cristobal, ticipation i thi Chorrena Fain, which would like to locate Captain Baisietix itncludcd the loan of sotie decorative presented a program of square and or some member of his family iin order panels, flags, and a section of bleach-rs, round dancing ad a groip of Canal to return a past commander's medal the Star In A Circle Squar neI-c Celb Zone riders pr'seitted a horse show. issued by Elber't S. Waid Post which carries the following inscription: "To Capt. M. W. Baisieux for Dis- tinguishecd Service. E. S. Waid Post No. 2, 1933." The Illecdal was found iin Nisw York City last year and forwarded to thl local American Legion Post inl the hope that Captain Baisieux might be located throu-gh it. Canal records show that Ninitiec W. Baisieux was a Canal pilot from October 4, 1927, to June 30, 1933, anci that lie was born itt San Francisco on August IL 1890. Amvon with information abotm Cap- IA, k tain Baisieuxi- is urged to contact officials O of the Post.

THE ISTIINIIAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY is to conclude its observance of National Cin Week on iav 6 with a day-long exhibit of rare andch unusual eoin1s at the Panamanian-Noirth Ameri- call Institute itn Panama City. Tile exhibit was on display in the Canal Zone throUgh May 4. This pictorial exhibit of Canal activities and ope atios has drawn numerous spectators at jut

THE PANA.MA CANAL EVIEw 17 ANNIVERSARIES (On the basis of total Federal Service)

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU MARINE BUREAU Raymond George Anthony C. Lynn Clerk Chief Foreman, Marine Aleide B. -rnist Police P ivate . 1. rds A INE AU ENGINEER NT AND SUPP UREAU ,ar s csntel CONSTRUCT B1 EA . Conrad liver 0. Bo%% n 0. Beekles'L High Lift T 1e Operator Leader BHcaivE .ab TRANSP T TION AND IIEA I B E eS BUREAU Elvira L. ie ' Ctrd Nurse Supe generall Guar upervisor Medicine and Surgical Adolphus E. NMapp Hospital Helper Autoiotive Miachinist

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU Exier J. Hopkins SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY Louise E. Cargill Patrick F. MlDonnell Supervisory Accounting SERVICE BUREAU Utility Worker Police Sergeant Assistant Charles M. Nelson Lillian M. Baseombe Esten J. Scott Pedro Visquez Commissary Store manager Sales Clerk Police Private Leader Exterminator Enuniet T. flarper Ruperto Jemmott James K. Bedsworth Alice E. Suisman Commissary Store Manager Clerk Finance Branch Clerk-Dictatingr lachine Marv B. Franklin Milray L. Barrow Sup( intendent ' ranseriber Counter Attendant Stock Control Clerk Miguel B. Picado MARINE BUREAU Eunice L. Wittaker Lenora Johnson Fire Sergeant Oscar 0. Brown, Jr. Counter Attendant Sales Clerk J. N. Carrington Marine Traffie Controller Luisa E. Scott Rosa M. Diaz Elementary Teacher Principal, John L. Fischer Sales Cheeker, Food Service Utility Worker Latin American Schools Supervisory Clerical Mary L. IHunt Evelia Saldarriaga Sylvia V. MeDonald Assistant Utility Work r Retail Store Sales Checker S-nior litgh Tather, John Mi. Morrison Martin Campos Joaquin Cedeflo Latin Ameritain Schools Leader Lock Operator Storekeeping Clerk Warehouseman Laura G. de Perez Machinist Mam , refas Antonio Urquilla Senior High T acer, D~onnvan Ge arbagg. etor Grounds Maintenance Latin Amerit an Schools nlaintenan e S iis rei ns Equipment Operator Norman Griffith Sidney Lione ird ales Cler Pedro F. Prez Truck Driver Helper Lock Operat inelia F. Lee Utility Worker Ernest M. Krueger Sales Clerk Lela S. Cadogan ENGINEERING AND Lock Operator I n A. Scantlehn v Counter Attendant CONSTRUCTION BUREAU Medardo _Maravil Sales Check I tail Store Carmen B. Benjamin Utility Worker ReHben SeidmanRenben Seidotan Erne~stHelper A. LockSe per or ert W. W tedniai s Elctric mier est Se - tte dant TRANSPORTATION AND F61ix A. Aviles olphus J. ntTEANASB EU jhtr Manul O\uer TERMINALSBUREAU Asphalt or Cement \\orcer Angel Guevara Anna E. Calvit IIEALTII BUREAU Jerald S. Burke Meat Cotter Supervisory Accounting Clerk Hobert G. MMathenev Stock Control Clerk auricio Rodriguez Renigio N16ndez C:icf Divilon tf Vttrinar) Pedro Garay Grounds Maintenance Leader Railroad Trackman Boatman Equipment Operator Owen N. Lawrence R Oidimo,ponteFl atin Plant iarold P. Smith Helper Automotive Machinist X 1 antu Al hMIIki J(tr Sctt Service Station Attendant Antonio Carrillo BoatSan Luis C. Barrios Laborer Charles Blackman I IeavY Laborer Howard C. Callender Oiler Ceferino Nino fleavy Truck Driver Jose Ml. I>pez Garbage Collector Clifford Bocker Painter, Mlaitntenance Ambrosio Del Cid Industrial Tractor Operator Dairy Worker George Moore OFFICE Alrick A. Campbell Helper Liquid Foels OF TIIE COMPTROLLER Ctility Worker NN harfman Julian M. Mountain Panchita C. Graham Jos6 F. Mlontes Systcin A cVount tnt Retail Store Sales Checkr Boiler Tender

is MAY 4, 1962 PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS March 5 through April 5 S. MNcKee, John A. Madison, Genova EMIPLOYEES who were promoted or Maintenance Division Hatn and 1 n C. Duncan, fromn Paintet, to sidt J. Gibbs, Kenneth L. Middleton, Eugene transferred lbetws eten 'March 5 F. Kleasner, John A. Dombrowsky, I1. A. ad tainter. April 5 art listed belos. cthit-ta Escobar. fron Helbptr Hooft r to Sneckenherger, Oscar Johnson, Harry F. prii aud \Villenbrock, Adrian 11'. Webb, Emmett promotions and jolt rlassifliatioits art Roofr. W. Maxwell S. Morgan, from Asphalt or 0. Kiernan, Joseph J. Riley. Richard not listed. front Lead SnCEnt Worker, to Stockman. Abell. Donald P. lutchinson, OFFICE OF THE GOH BENO- Foreman (Lock Ope rtions) to General PRESIDENT A iEALTII BUEAL Foreman (Lock Operationsl Luis . isuete. from Laborr, o t John R. McGlade, from I tck Operator AnnagraphyB. B. PescodsdinttIatsitBrnc, (teno- Sei Nices Division, to lleavy-IPest Control Miachinist, to Leader Lock Operator graphy), Admnmstrative Branch, to Laborer, Division of Sanitation-.ciit I br li of Saiain Machinist. Clerical Assistamnt. Gorgas Hospital Theodore F. Babich from Lowing Loco- INTERNAL SECURITY OFFICE Roy T. High, from Pharmacist, to Super- motive Operator, to Lock Operator fron Elsa E. Watson, from Clirk-Typist, to -isorv Phrmat ist. Worker-W tlder. Security Clerk. Helen MI. Hanson, from Staff Non. to Calvin E. Brown, front Narine Machinist, Operator Machinist ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH Staff Nurse (Obstetrics). to Lock Sueiying C. Lee, fromn Stalf Nirse, to StafIt Stergios J. Garos, Guard, from Supply Earl E. Bennett, Earl II. Jarvis, front Mli Division. (Trajl tH tJ fmt iltilit - Nurse (Pediatric. tilith Operator Darkins, Bernardo Frio, from torit Olga . de lenderson. from Clerk to Elec- Marcos Opratir, hritnting antrocardiograph Technician. Helper Lock Optrator, to Oiler. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU Eselyn Ni. Spencer, from Salts Clerk, Lloyd 1. Anthony. Julio Avila, from Liie Fire Division Supply Division, to Nursing Assistant liandlir, to lt'lper Lock Opt rator. R. Lewis, from Firefighter, to Driver- (Nedicin e and Stirciro OFFICE OF THE C OMPTROLLER John to Operator Firefighter. Alberto L. Ilope, from Coiter Attendant, Pauline L. Blais, froin Clerk-Typist, Charles A. iullings, Nathan B. Thomas, Supply Division, to iHouseihkein Aid. Accounting Technician, Accouitin. from Truck Driser, Motor Transporta- Joseph D. Buendia, from Ilo'pital Laborer, Dis tiott. tion Division, to Firtfighter. to Ward Service Aid. Frank W. Alberga, from Clerk-Typit, Gor- Police Diision Coco Solo Ilospital gas lospitafl, t' T ime, Leave and Payroll Nlar% L. Poell, Staff Nuirse (Mtedicint and Cirk P. roll and M achine Acut'nting Jacob Decker, Jr., from) Signalntan, x.\ ont- Braui lth tia n Divisito, to Polic Privaae. Sirnry) from (,orgas ilosital. Cecilia IH. Byington, from Staff Nurse, to SUPPLI kND CONIIUNITY SERVICE Ernest T. Blades, frot Labortr Cleaner, Staff Nurse (Mledicme and Surgery' George N. Ateck, iron lttail St'rt Sipt - on tG ru s His William P. Escoffery. front Stock Control visor, to Coniissiry Start Nlanager. thin Guard. . . Clerk, to Stock Control Clerk (Typintt Edsn B. James, from Iad Foreman Division of Schools Lorenzo Iloider, frotl Clcrk, to File Cletk. Heavy Laborr, to Lad o reman Gar- Beverly A. Bonnell, 'Myrna R. Gassel, front ARINE BUREAU I Collte*tor. ha.e Substitute Teacher, to Elemtentary and Nav igation Division Ilumtberto Valencia, Ihenn6genes Puga, Secondary School Teacher. Joseph W. Chamberlain, Louis M. Pascav- Eleuterio Grajales, Vicente Lucena, Eloy Herman 0. Nlyrie, froti Library Assistant, age, from Towboat or Ferry Nasiter, to Diaz, fron Luadtr Heass Laborer, to to Clerk-Typist. pilot-in-Training. Leader Garbag Collector. Andr6s L6pez, from lieasy Labore r, to Thomas C. Francis, Thomas S. Grant, Fitz St. Marie L. Lafleur, ftroi H( avy Laborer, Maintenancenan. R. Spooner, Lucas Scott, Esteban Nc- to Warthousetmta. Hamilton E. Atherley, Ira N. I Iinkson, from Kay, Leopold IH. Anderson, C. A. Sis- Louis F. J. Babb, from Hteavy Laborer, to Laborer Cliner, to Litisy Lalirer. nett. Shaphan Jenkins. James W. Scrap Mlaterials Sorter. Canal Zone Libraries Johnson, Auhrey R. Sealey, James V. Nesta II. Bowen, Leroy Davidson, George Alfred C. Bushell, from Clerk, to Procure- Forbes, Ernest II. Webster, Wilfred B. A. Foster, Thelma F. Ward, from Utility ment Clerk. Simon, John Stephens, REcyes Escalona, Worker, to Counter Attendant. Waiter, to Counter Marguerite G. Arens, from Library Assist- Ascensi6n Santizo, Simon B. Smith, Mar- Jesus Becker, from ant, to Clerical Assistant. cos M. Waite, Allan A. Smith, Jos6 Attendant. Archibold, Winston E. DaCosta, Joseph James R. Corinealdi, Ruben G. Cox, from ENGiNEERING ATR.EGGAND CONSTRUCTION Smith, Granville U. Gordon, from Package Bo, to Utility Worker. Murray Klipper, from FIectrician, to Ins- Launch Operator, to Mlotor Launch Ricardo Cameron, from Plwka ge Bo, to pector (Electrical Systems), C contract and Captain. Laborr Ceaner. Inspection Division. Gilberto Escobar, from Clrk-'Typist, to Ilenry G. Fergus, from Laborer Cleanr, to Dredging Division Supervisory Clerk-Typist. feav Laborer. Francesco Viglietti, from Motor Launch Osborn C. Robinson, from Dckhand, to Brigido' Jim6n z, from Dairy Worker, to Mlilker. Captain, to Master, Small Tug. Deckhand (Boatsatin Ram6n Castro, Walter C. Gooden, Sted- Rey N. Blake, Joaquin P. Ruiz, from Deck- Victor E. Waite, from Pinsett, r, to Utilith dens MeFarlane, Cyril A. Warren, from hand, to Launch Seaman. Worker. Launch Operator, to Motor Launch Ernesto R. Shepherd, from LaunchSeamnan, TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS Captain. to Seaman. Terminals Division Ter- Jos6 D. Nergara, from Boatman, to Debris Edgar R. NMcCollin, frotm Utility Worker, Edward B. O'Brien, Jr., from marinee Control Winehman. Supply Division, to H'eavy Laborer- minal Superintendent (Superintendent, Erasmo G6mez, from Seaman, to Floating Industrial Disision Teriinals Division), to Terminal Opera- Plant Oiler. Maurice B. Nickel, from Production Engi- tions Supterintendetit (Superintendent, Richard A. Lindo, from Linehandler, Locks neer, to Chief, Industrial Division. Terminals Divisionk Division, to General Helper. Cristobal L. Joseph, Gabriel Vargas, frot Thomas J. Burhine, frot Service Center Faustino Abrego, Rant6n Garcia, from Rail- Helper Carpenter, to Msaintenanceman Stpervisor, Supply Division, to Guard road Trackman, Railroad Division, to (Boats. Super isor. Laborer. Cleveland G. Davis, front General Helper, Lenord A. Bishop, Gouldbourn Lewis., Cecilio Puga, from Laborer, to Helper Dredging Division, to H11per Pipefitttr. Winston A. Nicholson, Stephen E. Ed- .Machinist. Luis A. Fajardo, from Laborr, to Hcav wards, harry A. Dawkins, Oscar R. Vernal Electrical Division Laborer. James, Frank A. Reynolds, Kazimierz Bazan, John L. -Mason, from Locks Division Wright Gerald Charles, Carlos Diar. Electrician, to Senior Operator (Generat- Joseph -M. Nandergrift, Fred Schwartz, from Clerk Checetr, to Ctrgo Cheer. ing Station). Fred A. Newhard, Arthur F. Crusey, Totas Ruiz, from Stesdortk to (ar mu Alfred A. Legister, from Laborcr Cleaner, John F. Greening. Milton L. Nash, Grace Checker. to Helper Central Office Repairman. G. Thomas. Kenneth NI. Edwards, Wil- t t P-

Tie PANAMA CA NAL REVIEW 19 t o 19) Iis igston \olan. SAFETY t\,i Carg-o Marker. S i o.z Ao I aguna. Augusto ! sit di to XXininall.ii. K i s W l a MaIonuelI Sratiz. G il BonillIa, Aniires ( hiivez D).iid (,onez. Fahricio E. G' K ids W ill E at iAlez. \Main Ilenriquez, Mariano Nieto, I uc ano P1rez , Juan Ramos, Sotero Salazar, Gumersindo L. U'reiia, Ernesto C. Victoria. from Dock Worker, to the Darndest Things Railroad Division Enrique Riviere, Faustino Garrido, Carlos IF A BABY had his way his diet might which will block his air passage or go A. Chen, Antonio Carrillo, Francisco Paredes, Avelino Picota, Ildefonso Rosas include buttons, bones, marbles, keys, into his lungs. A number of children die Juliin Lasso, Jer6nimo Alguedo, from coins, rings, toys, andi a conglomeration each year from this cause. Laborer, to leavy Laborer. of other indigestible items youngsters Objects children most frequently Motor Transportation Division seem to have a passionate appetite for. consume are safety pins, tacks, pea- Dona T. Craig, from Clerk-Typist, Office Left to its own devices, a baby may' nuts, small toys, seeds, buttons, beads, of General anaiager, Supply Division, to forage all kinds of inedible goods and coins. AScounti rClerk. i whien all too often b'coine stuck in his Follow these precautions: Simon J. Bryee, front Leader Automotivc .Dntltyu hl a uso Equipment Serviceman, to Leader Tirt throat or lungs. 1 Don't let your child eat nuts or liebuilder. Take for example, Linda, ol. candy( .ear bars with nuts until after he or Clifford Lewis, front Deckhand, Navigation - ,she is 5 years of age. Division, to Chauffeur. For some time her mother coulclnt get 2. D ye agw Donald 0. Zohel, from Automuotihe Equip- her to eat solid food. It just wouldn't . Dot leta og clhe-won ment Serviceman, to Truck Driver go down. No wonder. A doctor's x-ray pencils, toothpicks, or other wooden Agustin Martinez, Wilfred C. Warner, showed that for 11 months a ring had objects because splinters from them can Truck Driver, from Supply Division. be mhaled or ingested. from Utility Worker, been lodged in her throat. be i ecor ingestedh Gordon B. Gordon, -ce 3. Before you place at baby oms thle. Supply Division, to Warchouseman. Tommy had a favorite little green floor to plav, inspect the area for small OTHER PROMOTIONS plastic toy he liked to stick on. One day objects. PROMOTIONS which did not involve it wsvnt down his throat and although 4. Never leave purses, sewing bas- changes of title foliowv: a pediatrician worked for hours he kets, or such containers within reach John E. Fisher, Chief, Aecounting Policies couldn't locate it. Tommv died. of babies. and ]Procedures Staff, Office of the 'Thcn there was a little girl who 5. Never allow children Comptroller. s to play with Edwvin F. Righy, General Supply Officer, swallowd a hatpi while slie wis dress- tcys small enough for them to swallow Supply Division. ing h r doll. Why? Because she was or with tovs having loose or detachable Thomas G. Toda, Structural Enginecr, holding tlh - pin in her mouth the wayv parts, such as eyes on animals or bells Engineering Division. I1rm oth r did on pull toys. Ilarvey E. Beall, Thomas J. I)wyer, James V. Higgins, Jr., Leon T. Williams, Ad- Children just can't he trusted with If, in spite of precautions-or from measurcr, Navigation Division. small objects. And ldantger is not simply lack of them-your child chokes on a IIenry B. De Voll, Marine Traffic Control- from swallowing; it is also from inhala- foreign object, turn him upside down Edna B amel tall urse (Operating tion into the lungs. For example, sip- and slap him gently on the back. If this Room), Coco Solo Hospital. pose you give a baby 1 pidce of cancv doesn't dislodge the object take the Catherine M1. Brown, Librarian, Canal containing a whole peanut. I le will suck child to the hospital immediately. Zone Libraries. the candy until it is gone and only the Never try to remove the object from Iuthcr \,. Nor; od, Ser;iee Center Sup- peanut remains in his mouth. Then he his throat with your fingers; you may ir; ior, Supply Ihiiymmn. Ruth P. Iluldtquist, Acceounting Clerk, Will spit the peanut out, swallow it push it down into the windpipe. And Nav.igation Division. whole, or choke on it. If lie does the don't try to make the child vomit. This Constance C. Nelson, CI rk-Stenographer, latter, he is likely to inhale the nut, ma; only complicate the situation. N igat ion Div ision. iRuth It. Beck, Cltrk Cot o Solo lIisiital. Gabriel A. Riemers, Clief Fngineer. Tow- Tow

\\altero G. Frr-iegonL~aurie, Gordon I1.ivison Thompson, Be Careful - Not a Statistic Chif 'or, n. Fuel 0 operations, Termi- als Dixi ion. -ACCIDENTS Rom W. Peikins, \laxwell C. Sanders, iWn, rl F'oreman, I nel Operations, -Oh I moni'k Divison. \\ ilbr J. Docker Worden E. French, THIS MONTH tirker P. Ilanna, Irvin E. Krapfl, Lead uIl ( operations, Trmninail A N / il. \tfierles 'my, a is ,i'.ory se4,mTHIS ( lerk-Tv pist, .iiI YEARYA 1 5 sI clarin, (I, ik Is pist Na i-

rIcis, ( Co.( SolARFI AI) DISALI\G DAYS , CASES INJURIES LOST ,o ufi spoply1n 'm'n 62 161 '62 'Gi 62 '61 1 Ilk S pplI ALL UNITS 306 314 75' 10 15 319 317 32 R TO0np DATE 709 1340 "ma 34 41(4) 6S79 978 s8 - immi io iti , clude' iIn total,

20 MA-i- 4, 1962 HISTORY

50 Years Ago water supply of tgoe Canal Zone was ti!l- started soon between Pana a and CONCRETE WORK at Gattin Locks jected to an unprecedented strain. By Miami, and Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover, was so near completion 50 years ago this the middle of the month, however, oine. Chief of the Army Air Corps, told Con- month that the steel form's used in th of the heaviest rainfalls on record fell gress that Hawaii, the Philippines, and construction of the walls of the locks in the Ancon area, producing a total of tie Canal Zone -would be easy targets were offered for sale and the rock- 7.05 inches of rain during a 5i-hour for invading air fleets doe to the short- crushing plant at Portobelo, which sup- period. ag( and obsolescence of U.S. Air plied stone for the concrete, was closed. Corps planes The month of May 1912 also marked 25 Years Ago The Board of Directors of the Pan- the end of 8 years of Canal construction A BILL authorizing the Panama Rail- ama Railroad accepted a bid of work on the part of the U.S. Govern- road to sell certain lands in Colon at $12,120,000 submitted v the Bethle- ment. TilE PANAMA CANAL RECORD prices to be fixed by appraisal vas hem Shipbuilding Corp. for construe- pointed out that Canal work on the Isth- passed by the U.S. HoUse of Represen- tion of three modern passenger and mis started on May 4, 1904, but that tatives. Canal Zone authorities said the freight ships which were to replace the first 3 years were largely devoted legislation was to permit implementa- the foor Panama Railroad ships then to organizing a work force, improving tion of the amounced U.S. intention i operation. sanitary conditions, and developing to dispose of real estate holdings of a plans for excavation and construction commercial nature in territory under 10 Years Ago of the waterway. Panama's jurisdiction. THE GREATEST shift of high Canal The dry season ended in Max 1912 Pan American Airways announced personnel since 1907 occurred 10 xCars was the driest on record and the potable that a new 1-day air service would be ago as the result of retirements and changes of assianient. For the first time since the (anal organization was formed, the two highest officials left RETIREM ENTS the organization at the same time. Gov. Alfred 1. Laxergneau, TrFck Driver, Motor F. K. Newcomer departed early in Ma BETIREI ENT certificates xvere pre- Ar .Lv1952 and Lt. Gov. IHerhert b. \ogel sented at the end of March to the Transportation Division: 32 years, I" I month, 10 days. left at the end of the month to become employees listed below, with their posi Emerish NcKenzie. Leader Seaman, Dredg- division engineer of the Southwest tions at time of retirement and years of ing Division; 39 years, 10 months, 1 lay, 1ivisiin, Corps of Engiieers. Canal service. jose Martinez, Seaman, Dredging Division; Barn' 31 years, 8 months,31 ear, 21days.DuringT218moths (1:1)5 tile Samne month, three b-,reau Harry Akers, General Foreman Cannan, Manuel A. Nldndez, Stevedor, lerminals directors retired or left the service. Railroad Division; 32 years, 11 months. Division: 14 years, 2 months, 2 days. They were MafiGen. C. W. Rice, Health William H. Anderson, Lead Foreman, Bail- Thomas Palmer, Helper, Lock Operator, Director; William H. Dunlop, Finance road Division; 15 years, 23 months, Director: and ('apt. Robert MI. Peacher. Herm6genes 1. Avila D., Stevedore, Ter- Joseph nV. Prescod, Roofir, Maintenance Marine Director. It also xxas announced minals Division; 22 years, 2 months, Division: 40 years, 5 mouths, 15 days. that Lindslev H. Noble, the Comptrol- 25 das w Natividad Rangel L., Wharfnm n Term inals ler of the Atomic Energx William'S. Browni Leader Stevedore, icer- Division; 20 years, 5 mionthis, 11 cI- Commission,iiamsss minals Division; 22 years, 5 months, Roy D. Reece, Assistant Electrical Eni- had accepted the appointment to the 25 days. neer, Electrical Dixision; 32 cars, new job of Comptroller of the Panama Heriberto Cabeza, Stevedore, Terminals 1 month, 13 days. Canal Company. Division; 17 vears, 5 months, 5 days. l lR ' Joseph N. Coote, Warehouseman, Supply Manuel Renteria, guard, Panama Local The nomination bv President Truman Division; 18 years, 11 months, 6 days. Charles C. Rogers, Helper Eletrk ian, of Brig. Gen. John S. Sevbold as Gov- Clayton Cummings, Stockman, Nlainte- LocWs Division; 28 years. 7 months, ernor of the Canal Zone was approved nance Division; 46 years, 6 months, N davs. bv the Senate. 17 days. Victor Ruiz.Garagze Collector, Community ~ Nicolis Estrada, Meteorological Aid, Elec- Services Division; 30 years, 26 days. trical Division; 36 years, 4 months, Barbino'Snehez,Boatman, LocksDivision; One Year Ago 17 days. 34 years, 9 months, 24 days. ELVIS J. STAHR, jr., Secretary of the Cupertino Garrido, Lead Foreman, Dredg- Fitz N. Sandiford, Chauffeur, Motor Trans- ing Division; 41 years, 7 months, 7 days. nortation Division; 42 years, 2 months, Army, announced appointment P a new Roger C. Hackett, Dean, Canal Zone Junior 9 davs Bard of Directors for the Panama College. Dixvisio if Schools; 31 years, JoS Schmidt, Laborer Cleaner, Terminals Canal Company a year ago, shortly months, 6 Division; 21 years, 8 months, 26 days. before the' were to meet on the Isthmos. Joseph Holder, Leader Seaman, Dredging Zedekiah E. Smith, Guard, Motor Trans- Th 55 A . i N Division; 48 years, 2 months, portation Division; 47 years, 8 months, Ore o non arrived t Nse Albert W. Howard, Laborer, Terminals 3 days. Division; 45 years, 3 months, 4 days. Headle's A. Thompson, Deckhand, Navi- on the new and shorter run het;wen Ernest James, Guard, Navigatioi Division; gation Division; 33 years, 9 months, the Zone and the United States. The 38 years, 1 month, 12 days. 3 (lavs. Anco soon was to he succeeded bv Julius Joseph, Chauffeur, Motor Transpor- W. Van Underwood, Leader Lock Oper- ts tation Division; 28 years, 6 months, ator, Locks Division; 27 years, 10 months, the Cristobal, which was undergoing 2 days. 24 days, overhaul in New York.

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 21 1RICMOVEMENT OVER MAIN TRADE ROUTES Canberra to Transit ii ho (lkie riumer of transits of large, commercial vessels (300 net TIE NEWEST t )t eivhi maini trade routes: and largest ship of the i l e tP & 0-Orient Lines, the Canberra, is ThI rd QuriI Fxi, ,l Y( at sclicliled to arrive at Balboa on June 10 for I r first transit of the Panama Canal. 1962 19 Transas With an overall length of 820 feet, a beam of 102 feet, and gross registered 1,, ,I 109 102 146 tonnage of 45,000 tons, she is slightly I aitd tates aInd South Aknri 620 57o 44 larger tat fl ited tte and Central Americ S6 III 1_19 " than P&O-Orient's Oriana,which .1 ofat UnitedI1ates and Far East 3717 261 transited for the first time last July. IeNtat Cad, east COast and Australasia 59 65 48 Built at the Belfast shipyard of Har- Iu d \% ,01t coast of United States Canada- 259 230 193 land & Wolff, Ltd., the Canberra is the E I itd South America_ 292 295 1r01aL Anstralasia 116 104 95le l t 121 largest >assenger liner built in England All Ihr rout s_ 626 659 ,33 since the Quo 17n Elizabeth. With a Total traffie-, r7 ,07 3 5 capacity of 548 first class passengers, 2,S 7 1,690 toll]rist class, and a crew of almost 1,000, her sea-going population can MONTHLY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND TOLLS range above 3,200 persons. Vessels of 300 tons net or over Like the Oriana, the Canberrahas a 7 (Fiseal Years) service( speed of 2 ' knots, is equipped Gros Tolls with a shipboard television installation, Iransits (In thousands of doilltr and more than 1,000 tons of aluminum N were used in her construction to lighten 1962 1961 Transi 1962 19. I Tls th topwcight. Constructed at a cost of 1951-55 11 842 million, the Canberra is insured for il 9 941 557 S4 776 I 684,0 4 - 16 million pounds, a million more than A9t4 912 554 4,749 1585 2,403 the oriana. S2 847 570 4,323 4,17 4.4952,55'i6074,646913. tler 5 2,431 HavinT made her imaiden voyage r )b ,,)57 568 4,443 1.20)9 2 161 last suinmer, the Canbcrra will transit et mb1 r W) 4 S70 4,315 2,545 the Canal oi a run from Svdnev, Aus- JIuary 17 892 580 1,7 35 14 4 ebruan, 144 tralia. to Southampton, via Auckland, '14 1 S431 559 1.38S 4j113 2,349 1(1Honolilti, Long M arc h 9,N) or:37 6.32 5, ()9 1 1,725 2,6i57 Beach, and Panama. ril .608 2.580 She is scheduled to arrive at the Canal \Lay 629 2 672 Jun about S p.m., dock overnight at Balboa 59 2,528 mid transit the next day. She will be tIt'lls to) f l't represented at the Canal by Norton, 9 moni t (ifII Lilly&Co.,ic. fiscal %ear 8 25's 1,tjI 1 5,22 6 421229) 22S- 1 322, 11 1 ds, iUlt 71 of i 9,, , ( \P 1 NewLaunches Due TWO 53-FOOT LAUNCHES, built for the Marine Burtal CA NAL by Blount Marine COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC BY NATIONALITY Corp. of Warren, 1.1., which also built A I ( )uantF-I ii L U thc Caial's sightseeing launch Las Cru- cts, are to b1 delivered this month in NVtillalt1 1961 55 th. C,tial Zon, after being brought N InI Tons Nuber ToIiis Avrag ArIgt at1s tache Caribbean froin \Iiami under of of of of number tii, theji own power. transits ar.1i transit Iar") transits Of (I The launches are the first of four being 79 2l 2 142 ,.7 )02 1,699.596 2, 19 2 built by Blount Marine for the Panama IIa!, 31 211,833 23 178,1 30 17 h 17 122 12 16 85,027 6 5 1,59 C11lanal ( lnpiniv at a total contract cost 68 NO1.1967 104,754 35 >17 Wi115of ,$200,920. Thesecond pair is to be 4,797 923 67 271.7 35 57 224v852 Iady fo- delivvrv before the end of twotheasmainnersamein16miisP,210,57535191>l 1i 12 10A.11 10 17.744 36 2> juin( aid will be brought to the Isth- 9 II_ isi1122 7 79.5 3S 54 10972 17a I s78 93 j 110 I1302,906 29 > 278 scheduled to arrive this montll. 7 e 14 2.11 36 46,479 97 1;0 (s, The new vessels are to 1e i use( to ?I 7 15 34,808 - 1ncrtase the Na\ igation Division launch 49 , 16 226 47 259,2)2 2,6-9 tilete2 and will be I"put into service soon s 92 2307 26,971.172 8 100,445 after arrival.201 N anmes choseri for the 1 141 112 87 135 721.93S 30 151,179 nw launches are Ray, Flying Fish, 78 2 448 :54 2,33,.79W] 203 ' i,741 Sailfih, and 17 'ern. 71 Sit) 112 58-1,676 116 6,039) kAlvin Rankin, floating (7 7137 2 12.3,955 4 91 35 equipment 4 7 21 174,517 - insl)tor in thel Marine Burau, visited S 49 237) 46 I9.8 124 thc lount MIarine vard in April to 4 17 2,4135,031 498 ,088,092 inspect the first two I 1L8 62 216,707 vessels, wh ich (8 144,78S wtrc lamiehed April 17. All four of the I( 9i5 26 I 715955 1 77 9,0h , >92 Ia iini hi s are of welded steel coti struction.

22 MAy 4, 1962 Hotel Ship Due CANAL TRANSIT - COMMERCIAL AND U. S. GOVERNMENT THE SHAW SAVILL LINE'S 700-foot, 26,463-ton motorship Dominion Mon- Ibd iuarte, F 1l ar A9g No, arch, which is to be used as a floating 1962 1961 Tnanit. hotel during the Seattle World's Fair, is 1951-55 expected to arrive at the Canal at the Wt Lante Pacih t end of May on her way to Seattle to to Tol Tot a Totdl from London. Pacific Atlantic Since her regular run has been """it-r"ia 40 12 7 2 77, between London and Australia via the Small -- 99 29 128 122 284 Suez Canal, this will be the vessel's first transit of the lsthmian waterway. She will arrive here, however, with 1'S. Governiuent vessels : neither passengers nor cargo. According Ocean-going--- - 27 24 51 53 151 to W. Andrews & Co., agents for Shaw - -*14 44 58 52 71 Savill, the ship probably will be sold for Total Govermnent 41 08 109 105 222 scrap after she has completed her Total commercial and U S. Go 52 assignment at the fair. r- -- -i 'Vessels under 300 ijct tons or 500 display e ini, tit (onis Tanker Midbody Transits -Vessels on which tolls are credited. Pror to July 1, 1951 Govermnent-opcrated AN UNUSUAL CUSTOMER for the ships transited free, Canal during April was the midbody for a T-2 tanker, which was being towed PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES SHIPPED THROUGH THE CANAL from Japan. where it was built, to hal- Pacific to Atlantic timore, where it is to be fitted to the two ends of a T-2 tanker as part of (All cargo figures in long tons) a capacity enlarging process called- - -- - "jumbo-izing. I iird Ouartr riS(,dl I r The midbody was being towed by """""i199 erao the recently-built Japanese tug Nissho 1951-55 Mart and was to arrive at Balboa about On., arrows 1,751 ,1 I J' 601 749 961,032 April 28. The tanker midsection, nearly 1"l r 1,022 575 952 264 868,62S . . Pe troleum iand pioduts,exeltu dt-s ishlt) - 403,8.3 3 298,090 249,439 as large as all ordinary ship, weighs \\; 433.134 551,600 508,144 13,500 tons, is 415 feet long, and has a Sugar 445,90 698. 516 233,804 beam of 75 feet. Canned d food product, 220,450 221,-79 304.337 250,111 226,oi66 360,514 The tug taking hthe midsection to NitrateBarlev of soda 318,567 225,622 58.964 Baltimore is an ocean-going craft with Biana, -71 676 255J324 192 445 a crew of 37 men. Five crew members M3etal sriols 342:049 265, 47 162,399 . . Food product,inI Iigriirtion it xePt trtsb 6,4 are being aboard the tow. This F rod t i re.r'gea4ion (except f.esh carried This knt)- . - 605 221.9MO 163,265 is the second midsection to make the F rtilizrs, iniiA llanous 3102,186 184,414 3.545 Canal transit in the past ycar, another Oilseeds 134,6.34 114,446 26,259 Iron and t I manutda tore, 141.215 90,412 60,502 one having made the northbound transit Pulpwood nd product., 123,407 126,447 48.257 in July 1961. Norton, Lily & Co., act All otL rs-_-- 1 295,225 1,191,94 717,508 as agents for the tugs and their tows Tttal 775, .30 7234,76 4.909.34 - at the Canal. -

New Cruise Season Atlantic to Pacific d WITH THE 1961-62 winter cruise ~~hir Quarter, Fisca t r season hardly finished, C. B. Fenton & Commodity 1962 1961 Average Co., Inc., Isthmian agents for Norwegian 195 1-55 America Line, reports that the .motor vessel Oslofjord will arrive at Cristobal Petroleum and products txxluds aspliall. 2,463,840 2,703.732 968,7 1 Coal and coke - _ - _- _-- 1,600,782 1,28',761 676,946 October 1 on her autumn cruise around Corn . 654,753 261,05 19,177 the world. She will berth in Balboa Phosphates 479,224 431,181 195,587 during tie afternoon and leave later NIetal, scrap 470,155 656594 16,632 Iron and steel manufactures. 423,511 356,924 420,153 that night en route to Los Angeles, Sugar - .--- -. 415,026 134,861 101,508 Honolulu, and Hong Kong. Soybeans .- - 332,67( >3,633 134.079 Ores, various 213,629 19(,770 27,416 During the 83-day cruise, the Oslo- Chemicals, unclashied 148.796 152,706 41,882 fjord will cov r 26,027 miles and visit Ammoniun compounds 142,433 58,574 48,380 18 ports, including Bangkok, Singapore, Fertilizers, unclasified 136,338 75,987 34,616 Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez, Port \Xhea -- 123,070 69735 16,947 Cotton, raw 110,949 217, 5 35 66,290 Said, Haifa, Naples, Villefranche, and \achinery 99,105 91,452 72,754 Tangier, as well as the Canal and New All others 1 415.584 1 357 851 1 201 173 York, where the cruise ends. Totall .9229,S65 S,38(. 879 41)42.11

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEw 23 \lOI CARGO moved through the 'l N 1 'B ()(IV ( I on -which tolls are assss (d. Panama Canal inl March than during IN Each ship which arrives at the Cnial for its firstally transit isprevioussubjected month in thc history of ( the waterway. Some 6,200,000 tolis of Inn i to a completeIileasi ircmni cit by the i m ili cargo wereadmeasmrers. shipped The Panama throughCanal nlet aboard I 980 commercial vessels, while approxi- I tonnage thus obtained is used thereafter matcly 5,560 passengers madpi15('l.g. t~~ irl (11io If tol J5oil (ach tian sit, tatii f t transit o 204 ships. unless the vessel undergroes structural Exactly how much do these ships, alterations. After such alterations, she and all others scrvcd by tilt, Canal, pa\ ii 4 4 O0l must be remeasured. for the cost-saving transit froim ocean- t0 tM' There are marked differences iln the to-oc(an? It depeiIds on their capacitT7 revnil('u-producing capacity of various Tihe r vI'int->dcii] gcapa c it 01 topes of ships-evcn when their exterior cach ship using the Canal is determind diAnlsils are similar. in accordance with the Hliles for thl 0,200 tI3 III The 71.5-foot passenger ship Caronia Measticioient of Vessels for til Panama has a Panama ( anal gross tonnage of Caial. as prescribled by the PresidI t I36,185 tons. Public roois, propelliig of the United States. pwer space, quarters for her large The Huhs for Measurncit state crew,% and other allowable deductions that tolls on merchant \esscls, Arm - brings her net tonnage down to 16.221, and Nav transports, collieirs hospital however, or less than 15 percent of ships, suppl ships, and yachts shall i( above the uppermost full-length dcck her gross. based on tlc net vessel -tons of actual are computed. These, minus soli Th' 736-foot tanker World Glory, larniig capaiitys This tolls-paying, or deductions, determine the Panama although oigcr than the Carotim, has warning capacity is knowNn as Panama Canal gross tonnage. a gross tonnage of 29,532, or some Canal iIet toimilagc," which is estab- From the gross tonnage thus estab- lcss thai the paseigerI,653 vessel. Iished at the ratc (f I toll for each Iished, the adieasurers subtract all But bccaus the World Glory has far 100 eubic f(t of enelosed, revilue- space used for navigation and operation less space x hici is deductible, her Part- producing space aboard the vessel. Tolls of the ship, all ballast space, all space ama Canal net tonnage is 23,713, or on fighting ships. floating drvNdocks, and devoted to living quarters for the officers mor tian 70 percent of' her gross and dredlges are computed ip Ii the basis of arid cre, all space occupied by the some 7,492 more than the Caronia. displacement tolnag which is a wigit engineroom and(1 propelling milchincry, The ore carrier Dynamic, 8 feet imsimet dlet riniied 1\ the to- and, if it is a passenger vessl, all piblit longer thaii tilt, World Glory and 29 feet naio lwater "displaced" It the vsscl. rooms. in all ships propelled by pow'i loIlgr tha th Caronia, has a gross tol- .111d most of themWhen are these ai (lax s-anship. 1gi ofo thllr30,881, considerahithan those under the i charged i a dispillm t toinag(' additional deduction equal to 75 ill r- passenger xessel but slightly higher bai, scarringbass, ansnycaro crryngagl mdn o-pso pa- cent of the space devoted to propelling thall the( tanker, but her actual cargo Panaia nlgers, whlethter ftillx lade or oli Imachinerv also is deducted. llt' gross space is CIIuial to only 11,928 parial hedeseadn, ischrgll tonnagec, millus these deduictionls, detcr- Canlal nect tolls, less than either of the 90 cn'ts per tol for its entire Panama mies the PanaiIa Cmlial ict tonilaoe other two vessels. Ca01,1 ilet tolilagi. If the ship is ill hal- last, with no cargO andlor passengers OCEAN-GOING TRANSITS abtoari, the cliarge is 72 cents for (acLI THROUGH PANAMA CANAL Panama ( anal iit ton. illhe \1 Iss11 (Iharyed (,i a displacemnlt-tonl basis pay 5(1) cents for each displacement toil. Thei(seI rates appi y equally to thle ships 100N of all ilations except xlssels ownid by li tl Govermlilit olthe republic of Panr 961 B amak C olombiall na\'d vessels, thos" R msiigfor repairs or drydockinv and l11atiig equipmillut of till( Canal 800 Irga litin. Ihls transit fti e. R F,) ('Mablishj thc amount of Panlma A --- 700 N mdneoage( for anyv vesscl, Canal olmesur d) (4tb]ad, tap, measiure i asun, tl total capacity - E Gii of the 1-1Th xact cubical con- imi 2al b llth uppermost __J_ J 11I-en t 11ad all pt rianently JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN I' c IoIhttl ~il illMONTHS

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