A-Bombs Anniversary Ten Years After the Trinity Test
Elton C. Fay recounts the dawn of the atomic age at Alamogordo in 1945 and how Groves, Bush, Conant, and Oppenheimer shaped a weapons era. Ten years later leaders assess the political drift, fallout dangers, and choices facing humanity amid tactical and strategic nuclear devices.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Bikini Atoll
Bikini
Robert Openheimer
Leslie R. Groves
Nevada Proving Ground
Marilyn Monroe Accused Of Spare Tire By London Paper
The Daily Sketch criticizes Marilyn Monroe for a so called spare tire around her midriff after printing a four column pinup showing her on a sofa with an arrow highlighting the bulge. The caption proclaims Marilyn Monroe has a spare tire.
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London
Daily Sketch
Marilyn Monroe
Stomach as emotional sounding board analyzed by doctor
Dr D L Kyer from the Mental Health Institute in Independence Iowa argues the stomach mirrors emotions more than the brain. He links hunger and insecurity to a nervous stomach with symptoms like heartburn and general stomach discomfort and notes ulcer development relates to emotional strain.
Cedar Rapids Ranked Fifth in U.S. for Sales Per Family
Cedar Rapids area ranked fifth nationally for sales per family in 1954 by Sales Management magazine. Total area retail sales reached 165,963,000 with 5,794 families and a buying power per family of 4,688 dollars, while effective buying income per family was 5,439 dollars. Population estimates put the metro area at 110,500 and 77,200 for the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Sales Management Magazine
United States
The
Dr Kyer Publishes Fundraising Column booklet
In response to many requests for copies of this column, Dr Kyer has prepared a booklet of columns available by writing to Box 111 Independence Indiana and enclosing 25 cents to cover printing and mailing costs.
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Kyer
Independence
Psychotherapy Combined With Other Therapies Urges Balance
A historical note asserts that psychotherapy alongside other approaches is essential for treating unhappy, worried, and insecure patients. It emphasizes that multiple methods are needed for effective care.
Metropolitan area manufacturing totals for 1954
The report shows the metropolitan area’s income exceeding $7,000. It lists 1954 manufacturing outputs with food products at $42,000,000, machinery at $33,000,000, and electrical machinery at $27,000,000, all slightly below 1953 levels.
Kids War Game Turns Fatal in Sacramento Shed Blast
In North Sacramento California 13 year old Jimmy Whitley was killed during a deadly war game in a shed stocked with gasoline kerosene paint thinner and paint. His 10 year old brother Michael said he kicked over a gasoline can in the scramble to escape. Firefighters found a fireworks cap suspected of starting the blaze.
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Sacramento
Calif
Jimmy Whitley
Jimmy
Michael
Telephone voice dialing by machines envisioned
Scientists work on a system that could someday connect a call by mechanical means after a person speaks a number into the telephone.
Boy Given Full Dentures After Calcium Deficiency
Barry Ketterer, a three year old from Salt Lake City, received a full set of false teeth after a dentist fitted them following a calcium deficiency from birth. The dentures are to be worn until about age five when permanent teeth emerge. Barry is a twin.
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Salt Lake City
Barry Ketterer
Barry
Free Maico slide rule aid helps hard of hearing
A new slide rule calculator from Maico Laboratories offers a rough appraisal of hearing impairment. One side lists loss types and degrees, the other suggests actions. A simple slide movement matches condition to recommended steps, claimed quick and easy to use.
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Maico Laboratories
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Elton C. Fay
Russia
Alamogordo Air Base
Albuquerque
Manhattan
Thomas F. Farrell
Army
Drs
Robert Oppenheimer
Vannevar Bush
R. F. Bacher
James Conant
Enrico Fermi
Alvin C. Graves
K. T. Bainbridge
Groves
Bush
Dr. Conant
Farrell
Gates of Heaven
Pacific
Desert
Pacific Proving Ground
Eniwetok
Island
Atomic Energy Commission
D. L. Kyer
Mental Health Institute
Independence, la
C.R
U.S
Iowa
State University of Iowa
Lee Kielson
Mary Diltz
Necia Powell
Troy Mills
Judy Morford
Bristow
John Hogan
Dundee
Charles Steffens
Dubuque
John Baker
Cedar Falls
H. P
Maico Co.,, Inc
Minneapolis
Minn
H.P
Checker Electric Supply Inc
First Street
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