\ j 4 ia LAR > :POSITORY N Los AlAmes AAT — Cl~- o COLLECTION soxne HONS by 7 —LL3-2/—= ASTLE Geovesl rover H | February 26, 1954 4 Me, Willian R. Kennedy t. G. 7.1, 77. aPo 187, EON =P,0. Dox 5 BEST COPYAVAILABLE c/o Postmaster |. Sen Francisco, Galsfornie Dear Bill: wa You may feel perfectly free to pass this letter around so that it can be seen by Tom, Pat, Roy and John Servis. Actually there is not very mech to report at this end. Your half of the building remains deserted and the rest of us rather rattle around. Lynn has gone down to Texas this week, so we are even fever in number, We have continued to have the same mild and beautiful weather that we were having when you left. On a couple of days the wind has kicked up the dust, but it never lasted more than a day up here, About a week ago there was a notice in the Albuquerque paper that the Shell O41 Company had struck of] in a well which was located about 15 miles south of Currant, Nevada. A booming oi] field in thet region could certainly complicate the Test Manager's job. Harry Foreman continued to treat his patient with EDTA up to last Friday. This week she has shown counts descending from 11 to 6. She has also acquired a mild urinary infection which might or might not result from the EDTA. The case of Bob England was a rather rude greeting on Roy's arrival. Perhaps it should be pointed out to Clint Maupin that this quite successfully took matters out of his hands. Fe nee enna deo recre eee en bees o ctale mesber ave eince the (17th. He managed to get a Western Area duplex on 47th Street. ¢ . . We are all set to:patch any fald~out or increase inbackground thet msycome cur vay from the West, andve will try to keep you posted es to the results. Villbelieve Ltee sn at the beokground bes gone up by « factor of 10s pou will believe At... me VE . os , ; Co 81 ts busy modifying the modification of the eniffer. A newversion is guarenteed to discriminate between beta and gamma activity. Ford Kalil keeps busy but seems a little unhappy in that there is no one here he can talk to. f