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Atomic test site spectacle tops day as divers thrill crowd
Albert Heys watched Stan Lindberg dive into a small tank during a daylight nuclear test at Nevada’s test site. The 50th detonation since testing began lit the sky, with observers noting a bright flash, rising cloud, and strong fallout readings. Nearby Las Vegas felt the blast, doors rattled, and walls cracked at a nearby entrance. In Formosa, Vietnamese refugees arrived in Keelung after stealing a junk and heading toward Hong Kong to work on a Communist project.
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