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Colonel Carl C. Cable PE (11 June 1911 to 6 May 1982), also known as Carl Cable and Carlos Cable was an American public works engineer, energy research scientist, army officer and musician. He was one of the architects of the Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Bill and Act 1977, regarded as part of the foundations of modern nuclear energy policy. [1]

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Early life

Carl C. Cable was born on 11 June 1911 in Brookville, Pennsylvania, the son of Eugene Cobelli (later Cable), an immigrant from Friuli, Italy, and Margarite Payne. [2] His grandfather was the naturalist Giovanni Cobelli, and the entomologist Ruggero Cobelli was his great-uncle. Cable received his degree in civil engineering at Drexel University before serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before, during, and after World War II. [3] Cable reached the rank of Colonel and advised the OSS on amphibious operations in Europe. [4]

Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Bill and Act

As a senior public official and maritime engineering consultant, Carl C. Cable was a prominent member of WEDA (Western Dredging Association), WODA (World Organization of Dredging Associations) and WODCON. [5] U.S. Congressman Joe L. Evins, who Cable had served with in the army, pushed for Cable's involvement in the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations in the preparation for the Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Bill from 1976 onwards. [6] Cable was instrumental in writing the Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Bill and Act, signed into law in 1976, a landmark piece of energy legislation. [7] [8]

Music

Cable was an accomplished saxophonist who occasionally played with and mentored Tim Eyermann. [9]

Retirement

Carl C. Cable spent his retirement in Redondo Beach, California [10] and later in a veterans' home in Haywood County, North Carolina, where he died aged 70, leaving no family, on 6 May 1982. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ GovTrack.us, Tracking the United States Congress, https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/94/hr14236 accessed 14 March 2020
  2. ↑ Bryan Keith Aldridge, Casper Cable and Descendents, 1755–1990, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1991, p. 134
  3. ↑ WODCON (World Dredging Congress), Proceedings of WODCON, Volume 5, 1974, WODCON, University of California Press, Berkeley CA, 1974, pp. 225-226
  4. ↑ Victor J. Fox, The Pentagon Case, American Opinion, New York, 1961, pp. 10-12
  5. ↑ WODCON, World Dredging & Marine Construction, Volume 17, WODCON Association Press, 1981, p. 16
  6. ↑ U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Public Works, Volume II, Volume 78, 1976. pp. 1181–1183
  7. ↑ S.3823 Water Resources Development Act of 1976 on Congress.gov (Library of Congress)
  8. ↑ http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/.PDF
  9. ↑ Discogs online discography, https://www.discogs.com/artist/6577291-Carl-Cable accessed 14 March 2020
  10. ↑ Patch.com, Despite 'Bar Rescue,' Breakwall Closes https://patch.com/california/redondobeach/despite-bar-rescue-breakwall-closes accessed 14 March 2020 Archived 2014-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Bryan Keith Aldridge, Casper Cable and Descendents, 1755–1990, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1991, p. 134
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