Idaho Falls Post Register, November 18, 1981 "Perhaps in no place outside of Washington has the news of the retirement of Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, known as the father of America's nuclear Navy, brought greater impact than in Idaho, where is located the sprawling Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and the training ground for nuclear sailors." ... "He then discussed with enthusiasm one of his favorite topics - the fact that Navy men stationed here frequently marry Idaho girls. "The boys," he said, "can't resist the beauty and tenderness of the girls from Idaho." "Now," he said, "that's all the questions that I'm going to answer." And that was that.