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egr.T T D N in : P O P U I± ATIO N _STU PIES | "T h e B . M . I. acquired valuable properties for relatively low expenses. Stauffer 'w ith r e s p e c t to raw f t ® ° f th* W° r ld ’ S W M C h em ica l, operatin g *ix *ul1 chl* l ganese C om pany is operatin g in the units p ro d u ce rs of ch lo rin e . P io ch e * fl £ e rro m anganese fo r use as a a cq u ired b y C om bin ed M etals * ch has a supply plant a few m ile s ste e l a llo y . U .S , L im e » rod u cts (wh^ ^ & m a jor p art o£ the W est C oast southw est of the D istrict) s^PP W estern E le c tr o c h e m ic a l a re oper ste e l in d u stry. T itam um ^ a n i u m M etals C o rp . , a su b sid ia ry of i ating under a s e cu rity an 6 n heny Ludlum Steel C o rp . , is o p era m g N ational L ead C om pany and M g Y ^ M etals a lso is getting a I in the units a cq u ired b y w orld p rod u ction of titanium ( new $ 11. 000, 000 plant w hich . g manu£acturing guided m is s ile and I eight tim e s . W estern E le c r o c 000, 000 plant bu ilt b y the U, S. avy. I je t -a s s is t e d -ta k e -o ff fu els in a n e $ . ^ 000, q00 nQt in ci uding the co n - B H W B B B i I mm I I Las Vegas itself the a^d with about 700 persons employe'* d city include the Cinder-lite | cla S sifica tio n y a rd s . Other ^ C o n s t r u c t i o n ? building m ater ia ^ B lo ck C om pany and s e v e ra l W arehousing is a lso fa ir ly ; plants, and a s t a b l e - e a t as a d istrib u tion center fo r I im portan t, both fr o m L as V eg P . p oint of en I «gjg try to California, of southern Nevada taxes. The Union Pacific With stored goods escaping Basin in l953 as 29, 93 I I .T h e N ellis A ir F o r c e B a s e , l o c a t e d t h e of L as V e g a s, is an A ir sch ool and o landings ^ m onth one w o rld . T h ere a re m o re than 30,000 taken M the B ase is to gave e v e ry 30 secon d s during a flyin g day. P£ A ll p ilo t candidates have figh ter p ilo ts fin a l com bat training tes o£ b i n a r y fligh t p re v io u s ly r e c e iv e d fligh t train ,n g. » “ * o£ cou n tries in the H I sen ior A ir F o r c e B Q B and fo r e ig M £unction of N ellis is to - com bat- "N e llis A F B has b een G M | | m anent m ilita ry in sta lla tion . C o“ P 'ev er it8 o p e r ation is estim a ted to b y re a so n of m ilita ry se cu rity . H gg | g annuaUy. It em p loy es a p p r o x ,- in volve an expenditure of about $ ’ • £ q£ about $2 , 0 0 0 , 000 and has m a tely 500 civ ilia n s w ith an “ n P ^ u of abont $10, 000,000 annual y. about 4 , 000 m ilita ry p e rson n el w ith a pay -2 0 -