b'N O T E SSee Groueff, Manhattan Project, 381, for 16. Marvin Walker, interview with author, 9. John Horan, interview with author, July 29,gaseous diffusion plant. March 15, 1999. Walker, Johnstons driver 1997.5. Details Revealed for Plan to Build West and document courier, heard Johnston 10. John Horan, July 29, 1997.Atomic Field Station, Post-Register, March remark several times that the NOPwould 11. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, Survey, 54, 70,8, 1949, 1; Arco Site Named for Atomic have been an ideal set-up for the AEC head- 80. Harold T. Stearns and J. StewartPlant, Arco Advertiser, March 25, 1949, 1; quarters, except for the lack of commitment Williams, consulting geologists, wereand Leonard E. Johnston, AEC Chief Here from Pocatello. See also Plastino, Coming of subcontracted by Smith, Hinchman & GryllsTakes New Job, Reports Say, (see note no. Age, 17. to summarize their understanding of the4 above). 17. AEC news release, May 18, 1949, IHS aquifer. See Geological and Hydrologic6. AVillage Wakes Up, Life(May 9, 1949): AR2/22 Box 1, Series 1, File: Atomic Features of the Pocatello Site, Idaho, in the98-101; Arco Site Named for Atomic Energy Plant, part 1. Survey.Plant, Arco Advertiser, March 25, 1949, 1. 18. David Lilienthal, The Atomic Energy Years, 12. Gradual Expansion of Arco Plant PlannedSee also Vardis Fisher, ed. The Idaho 1945-1950, The Journals of David E. by AEC, Arco Advertiser, September 30,Encyclopedia(Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Lilienthal, Volume II(New York: Harper and 1949, 1; Hewlett, Atomic Shield, 211;Printers, 1938) entry for Arco. Row, 1964), 513-514. Testing Proves Ample Supply, Arco7. Village Alert to Problems and New 19. Purpose of Arco Site Explained, Arco Advertiser,August 19, 1949, 1.Business Firms Move In, Arco Advertiser, Advertiser,August 5, 1949, 1. 13. Marvin Walker, March 15, 1999.1; to Chet Moulton from Governor Robins, 20. Jacqui Batie, Marvin Walker, and John Ray, 14. Hewlett, Atomic Shield, 218-220. For aApril 14, 1949, IHS AR2/22, Box 1, Series interviews with author, March 14 and 15, history of the hydrogen bomb, see Richard1, File: Arco Atomic Energy Plant, part 1; 1999. Rhodes, Dark Sun, The Making of theand Federal Housing Administration, A 21. Problems Mount as City Squares Off to Big Hydrogen Bomb(New York: Simon andPreliminary Plan and Program for Arco, Job, Post-Register, May 22, 1949, 4. Schuster, 1995).Idaho, 1949, in AR2/22, File: Arco AtomicEnergy Plant, part 3. 22. R.L. Polk and Co., Polks Idaho Falls City 15. Gradual Expansion of Arco Plant Planned8. (Quote) to Robins from Cy Davis, Idaho Directory(Omaha: R.L. Polk, 1952), 13. by AEC, Arco Advertiser, September 30,Falls Chamber of Commerce, March 28, C H A P T E R F I V E 1949, 1.1949, IHS AR2/22, Box 1, Series 1, File: 16. Rick Bolton, USGS technician RodgerArco Atomic Energy Plant, part 1. Epigraph: Bill Johnston to C.A. Robins, July 13, Jensen reflects on 30 years in the sagebrush9. (Quote) Robins from Cy Davis, March 28, 1949. See note no. 1 below. INEL News(May 19, 1992); A Village1949, cited in note above; to Robins from Wakes Up, Life(May 9, 1949): 101;Joe Call, Idaho Falls Chamber of 1. AEC Offices in New Location, Arco (Johnston quote) Purpose of Arco SiteCommerce, March 28, 1949, IHS AR2/22, Advertiser, July 22, 1949, 1; letter to C.A. Explained, Arco Advertiser,August 5,Box 1, Series 1, File: Arco Atomic Energy Robins from Bill (L.E.) Johnston, July 13, 1949, 1.Plant, part 1. The towns were Island Park, 1949, IHS AR 2/22, Box 1, Series 1, File: 17. AEC Given Custody of Naval ProvingWarm River,Ashton, St. Anthony, Rexburg, Arco Atomic Energy Plant, part 2; (bubble Ground, Arco Advertiser, December 9,and Arco. rumor) Hewlett, Atomic Shield, 219. 1949, 1.10. Mayors Form Committee to Cooperate with 2. Hewlett, Atomic Shield, 218-219. 18. Hewlett, Atomic Shield, 495; Fresh WaterAtomic Project, Arco Advertiser,April 8, 3. Holl, Argonne, 87. Test Well Contract Bid and Batch Plant1949, 1. 4. Gradual Expansion of Arco Plant Planned Equipment Moved to Atomic Site, Arco11. Telegram to Robins from John Sanborn, by AEC, Arco Advertiser, September 30, Advertiser, October 7, 1949, 1.April 12, 1949, IHS AR2/22, Box 1, Series 1949, 1.19. Deslonde deBoisblanc, interview with1, File: Arco Atomic Energy Plant, part 1. 5. Marvin Walker, interview with author, author, January 16, 1999.12. Who Cares for Letterheads? Arco March 15, 1999; Hewlett, Atomic Shield, 20. Marvin Walker, March 15, 1999.Advertiser,April 29, 1949, 1. 495; William Ginkel, interview with author, 21. To Robins from Johnston, August 24, 1949,13. Robb Brady, interview with author,August February 3, 1999. and September 9, 1949; to Johnston from27, 1998. 6.Jack M. Holl, The National Reactor Testing Robins, September 2, 1949; all in IHS14. Robb Brady,August 27, 1998. Station: The Atomic Energy Commission in AR2/22, Box 1, Series 1, Arco AE PlantIdaho, 1949-1962, Pacific Northwest 1949, part 1.15. Blackfoot eyes Possibility of Atomic Quarterly(Volume 85, No. 1, January 22. To James Reid, Idaho Bureau of Highways,Future, Post-Register,April 3, 1949, 5. See 1994): 18. from J. Bion Philipson, November 22, 1949,also Ben Plastino, Coming of Age: Idaho 7. John Horan, interview with author, July 29, IHS AR2/22, Box 1, Series 1, File: ArcoFalls and the Idaho National Engineering 1997. Atomic Energy Plant 1949, part 1.Laboratory(Idaho Falls: Margaret A.Plastino, 1998), 7-8. 8. Exploratory Surveys Start at Atomic Site, 23. (Robins quotation) to Johnston from Robins,A rco A d v e rt i s e, July 1, 1949, 1. r November 30, 1949, IHS AR2/22, Box 1,2 8 3'