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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1957
Page
3
Washington reports that Gen Earle Partridge and Dr Walter Horstberger say defenses against intercontinental ballistic missiles are possible. They discuss long range radar, ground tracking, and anti missile interceptors, with Dornberger noting satellite surveillance follow ups.
Caribbean travelers from Montego Bay were among victims as a Kendal Station derailment split a 10 car train. Nine cars derailed after the locomotive uncoupled, with rescuers pressing through twisted steel to reach the dead and injured. In Utah, Reed Swenson, 51, was killed when her car, during a collision, was struck by a second vehicle.
The Soviet defense ministry warns foreign vessels it will take no responsibility for damages in the danger maneuver zone. The Arctic exercise area spans 42 to 74 degrees east and 70 to 77 degrees north around Novaya Zemlya, hinting at amphibious drills amid Baltic and Mediterranean naval movements as NATO watches.
Troopers withstand a massive atomic blast at Yucca Flat in Nevada. The 500 foot tower exploded as the Galileo test, the 16th in 1957 AEC nuclear experiments. A red purple fireball consumed the tower and newsmen witnessed a towering mushroom cloud eight miles away.
An unclear account describes color changes and motion in a formation after detonations. The text mentions nitrous and iron air debris, oxide picked up by a high tower shot, and a mushroom cap appearance following powerful blasts.
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