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New era of power for benefit of man revisits Hiroshima coverage
The Des Moines piece surveys newspaper coverage of the August 6 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It traces dramatic headlines from The Chicago Daily News and The Washington Post to wire reports and White House statements, notes early ethical questions and secrecy, and recalls reports from Oak Ridge and Nagasaki including magazine coverage and implications for journalism's role in the dawn of the nuclear age.
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Robert D. Woodward
Iowa Newspaper Association
Des Moines
America
Banner
Hiroshima
Japan
U.S
Chicago Daily News
Washington Post
Wire Service
Truman
White House
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Time
Newsweek
Robert Shaplen
Nagasaki