A $137,858,850 contract for construction of the nation's first Safeguard ballistic missile defense system facilities being installed in the area of Grand Forks, ND was signed by Colonel Robert W. McBride, Huntsville Division Contracting Officer. Source (2).

• Looking on were Brigadier General R.P. Young, Huntsville Division, Engineer; Joe Leas, Executive Vice President, C.H. Leavell & Co.; E.M. Armstrong, Vice President, Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc.; Lee Rowe, Vice President, Peter Kiewit Sons' Co.; S.E. Davidson, Regional Vice President, Fischbach and Moore, Inc.; and Colonel Bates C. Burnell, Huntsville Deputy Division Engineer.