Twenty Years Since the Alamogordo Atomic Test
On July 16, 1945, the Trinity test near Alamogordo signaled the birth of the atomic age with a light brighter than the sun and a 20,000 ton TNT yield. Scientists like Oppenheimer and Kistiakowsky faced victory and wagers as the device exceeded expectations, triggering a nuclear era full of arms races, treaties, and future power dreams.
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Washington
New Mexico
Jornada del Muerto Valley
Alamogordo
Samuel K. Allison
University of Chicago
Desert
Earth
New Mexican
Los Alamos
N.M
J. Robert Oppenheimer
George B. Kistiakowsky
Harvard
Dwight D
Eisenhower
Science and Technology
Allison
Kistiakowsky
Opie
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Harry S Truman
Josef Stalin
America
Stalin
U.S
Russia
Nuclear Club
Great Britain
France
China
United States
Britain
Ralph E. Lapp
Lapp
Moscow
The
American Medical Association
Alamogadro
National Window The Welfare State and Power Politics
In Chicago racial demonstrators protest Democratic Mayor Richard J. Daley and schools chief Dr. Benjamin C. Willis, demanding Willis be fired for resisting school integration. Daley, in his fourth year, secured the Negro vote to stay in office, aided by welfare-state politics and support from local managers.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Benjamin C. Willis
Willis
Daley
Raby
French Italian Tunnel To Be Dedicated Today
The seven mile Mont Blanc tunnel linking France and Italy opens with Presidents De Gaulle and Saragat attending a ceremony in Chamonix. It costs $60 million, took six years, and will speed Paris Rome travel by 137 miles. Initial traffic limited to 14 hours daily while settling.
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Chamonix
France
UPID
Italy
Mont Blanc
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Giuseppe Saragat
Paris
Rome
Milan
Turin
Lyon
Courmayeur
de Gaulle
Saragat
Television schedule a dense daily lineup
A listing of broadcast times across the day from 5:00 to late evening with programs including News Weather Dateline Boston Huntley Brinkley Sunset Strip Rawhide Bewitched Flintstones Addams Family Saki Survival Jack Benny Peyton Place The Creative Person as etc plus radio and daily notices. Hollywood note mentions Howard Morris signing a deal with Columbia to direct a series of movies starting with Who's Minding the Mint.
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Bozo
Lloyd Thaxton
Dateline Boston
Earle Pudney
Senator
Connecticut
Walter Cronkite
Huntley-Brinkley
Sunset Strip
Congres
Pete Williams
Big News
Pathfinders
Rawhide
Bewitched
Flintstones
the Barn
Bob Hope
Password
Addams Family
Saki
Cara Williams
Hollywood
UPI
Howard Morris
Columbia
Farm Income Soars Past 1953 Record
Washington reports net farm income for the year near 13.5 billion dollars, the highest since 1953. Agriculture Secretary Freeman tells the Senate Agriculture Committee that rural earnings improve, with parity goals and cheaper food for consumers.
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Washington
UPI
Orville L. Freeman
Congress
Freeman
Senate Agriculture Committee
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Joseph L. Myler
Glenn T. Seaborg
Atomic Energy Commission
National Window
By Lyle Wilson
United Press International
Morris Directi
Albert A. Raby
Coordinating Council On Community Organizations
CCCO
Fdr
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
LBJ
House
Jack Benny
Peyton Place
Creative Person
Jack Paar
Slattery’s
Joe Kelly
Mr. Mayor
U.S.A
Davey and Goliath
Satellite Six
Deputy Dawg
Hector Heathcote
Capt. Bob
Robin Hood
Graw
Underdog
Cartoons
Wally Gator
Fireball
Cochise
Bugs Bunny
Hoppity Hopper
My Friend
Flicka
John Page
Marion Harris
Bulletin
Faith Pryor
Nat’l Guard
Civil
Navy
Red Sox
WBTN
Erik Hoffer
Elliot Norton
Bat Masterson
B.C
Blondie
By Charles VM. Schulz
Johnny Hart
Hau
By Chie Young
Steve Canyon
Hong Kong
Tain
Heart of
Juliet Jones
By Mike Caniff
Royal Air Force
Colonel Canyon
U.S. Air Force
By Stan Drake
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Bennington, Vt
Drysdale’s Free Parking
Adams Clothes Shop
Paul’s Corner
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Main Sts
Bennington
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