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Paternalism & Subsidization. Despite their windfall, Los Alamos' new owners may have difficulty adjusting to life without Government paternalism. The Zia Co., which the AEC helped set up to maintain Los Alamos homes and neighborhoods at no cost to the residents, will go out of business, leaving homeowners to make their own repairs and mow their own lawns. Owners will also have to begin paying real estate taxes to the city of Los Alamos, which hopes eventually to attract private business and achieve a stable economy of its own. To smooth its path toward financial independence, the U.S. is donating...
Although population and building booms are expected in labor-short Los Alamos as a result of the sale, the town will retain the unique character imposed on it by its atomic industry. On its Los Alamos payroll of 3,700 people -virtually the entire community labor force-the AEC employs 478 Ph.D.s, 316 people with M.S. degrees and 618 with B.S. degrees. This concentration of intellect has pressured Los Alamos schools into keeping pace by adopting advanced curriculums, has placed a premium on educational excellence. Los Alamos children have heredity and environment on their side even before they start school...
According to reliable sources, CEA director Stanley Livington last month prepared a comprehensive report on the blast but withheld it at the request of the AEC...
...building would be located on Harvard-owned land adjacent to the present CEA complex and would probably cost less than $500,000 to build, Collins estimated. He said that the AEC has agreed to make a special request to have funds for the building included in the next federal budget...
JULY 21--An AEC investigating team issues an interim report saying that the cause of the explosion has not been found...