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...Nuclear Fleet. At his Pentagon desk, Burke smacks the dottle from his pipe against his heavy Annapolis ring, looks far beyond today's Navy and sees Nautilus as the forerunner of the all nuclear fleet. Burke's Navy no longer makes conventional submarines: the atomic Sea Wolf is ready for commission, seven more A-subs are under construction or authorized, another six are scheduled in the budget now before Congress. That budget makes a pair of historic requests: one is for a construction start on the first nuclear-powered surface vessel, a missile cruiser of about...
Hawks Through Peepholes. One day last week, Burke warmly greeted a visitor to his office. He sat behind his small desk, puffed on his battered pipe, and, while Filipino stewards served coffee, talked easily. The gentle, almost ingenuous, fagade was deceptive: watching like hawks from behind one-way peepholes at each end of the office were Burke's aides. They knew that they would soon be struck by a blizzard of memos, ideas and questions, all growing out of Burke's seemingly casual conversation. It is the same with every conversation Burke...
...feet, 15,000 feet-their hopes sank as fast as their costs rose. Drillers had to battle hole temperatures up to 350°, pressures up to 20,000 lbs. per sq. in. Bills for a special heavy drilling mud skyrocketed. It took eleven hours to pull the pipe out and replace a drill bit. Last November, when costs reached $8,000 daily, the partners considered abandoning the well...
...they kept going, pushed the pipe down more than four miles to 22,570 ft., and thereby made Louisiana Land and Exploration Co. Well 1-L the world's deepest well.* Last week, after the three partners had spent a total of $2,450,000 on it, 1-L came in, was flowing about 200 bbl. a day. If it leads to a big new discovery on the 10,000 acres they have under option, the partners can consider their big stakes well invested. But by itself, 1-L is no big profitmaker. After paying royalties to the landowner...
...served 25 years or more. This year, however, only those who will complete their 25th year in June will attend. The list of 12 women and 30 men, includes the Lowell House superintendent, Fritz Rau, six maids, three policemen, three chefs, three engineers, a bus woman, a pipe coverer, carpenters, watchmen and librarians...