Secret Was Well Kept At Atomic Plant
History’s best kept secret exploded 20 years ago at Hiroshima. Workers at the Richland Hanford plant produced plutonium for the first atomic bomb while government secrecy kept the project hidden from nearby towns like Richland Hanford and White Bluffs. Names and memories reveal how some suspected and others were told only partial truths as the nation moved toward Nagasaki.
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Richland
Wash
Hiroshima
Sagebrush
Arthur Mook
Nagasaki
W. J. Morrell
Atomic Energy Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
Hanford
White Bluffs
Blanche Martin
Prosser
Robby Johnson
Leslie R. Groves
Thousands Attend Fair Day Amid Heat At La Crosse Inter State Fair
More than ten thousand people joined the La Crosse Inter State Fairgrounds events as hot humid conditions persisted. Attendance reached 9 234 with 2 811 in the grandstand for stock car races. Children under 12 admitted free. thousands attended the junior fair horse show and 4 H demonstrations.
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la Crosse Inter- State Fairgrounds
Hiroshima 20th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing Observed
Hiroshima marked the 20th anniversary with a one minute silence at 8 15 am a Peace Memorial Park service drew 30 000 people and added 469 new names to the cenotaph. The city reported 61 443 identified victims while Japan cites 200 000 deaths and U S officials estimate about 80 000. Typhoon Jean spared major damage as mourners gathered.
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Hiroshima
Japan
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Peace Memorial Park
Jean
Shinzo Hamai
Atomic Bomb Hospital
Japan Sea
U.S
Nha Trang
Saigon
South China Sea
2Nd
U.S. Air Division
Gilbert L. Meyers
Grant Supports Minnesota Geometry Teacher Program
The University of Minnesota’s School of Mathematics and Science Center received $262,590 from the National Science Foundation to continue the geometry course for future high school math teachers through June 1966. The grant raises federal support to over $500,000.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
School of Mathematics and Science Center
National Science Foundation
Ghana Foreign Minister Delivers Nkrumah Peace Message
Ghana Foreign Minister Alex Quaison-Lackey arrived in Washington on a peace mission carrying a message from President Kwame Nkrumah to President Johnson. He would not reveal details but hoped the message would advance peace amid stalled Vietnam talks.
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Washington
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
Viet Nam
Kwame Nkrumah
Johnson
Quaison-Lackey
Nkrumah
Dean Rusk
State Department
Accra
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
U.S
South Viet Nam
102nd Infantry Breaks Camp at Camp McCoy
The 102nd Infantry Division departs Camp McCoy reducing population from 8,700 to about 6,400. The 103rd Infantry Command Headquarters will begin training from Des Moines Iowa as part of XIV Corps. New units arriving include the 306th Quartermaster Ames Iowa 156th Detroit 322nd Chicago 5501st Ft Snel ling 5091st Milwaukee 495th Burlington 327th Chicago 5038th USAR St Louis. Naval air support with four A4B Skyhawks aided a three day infantry exercise with live ammo.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
102Nd Infantry Division
103Rd Infantry Command
XIV Corps
Des Moines
Iowa
306Th Quartermaster Battalion
Ames
Detroit
Chicago
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Milwaukee
Burlington
5038Th
Usar Command and General Staff
St. Louis
102Nd Division
5Th Army
XL Army Corps
Chief of
Naval Air Reserve
Glenview Naval Air Station
Great Lakes
Ill
We Want Filet Mignon Not Tea and Cookies Rally
Reverend Ralph Abernethy, aide to Martin Luther King Jr., rejects tea and cookies at Negro problems conferences and demands filet mignon. He says Negroes seek equality and reject being white man's brother-in-law, insisting on full brotherhood and an end to racial amalgamation.
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Washington
Ralph Abernethy
Martin Luther King Jr
Abernethy
King
PSC Approves Diesel Generator for Viola Utility Plant
The Public Service Commission authorized Viola Village to add a $68,658 diesel engine generator to its electric plant. The order issued Thursday notes the new unit adds 655 kilowatts of capacity to the system.
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Madison
Viola
Richland
Vernon Counties
Public Service Commission
Father Admits Chopping Off Baby Daughter's Hand
A 30-year-old father pleaded guilty to maiming his infant daughter by severing her right hand. Marlin A. Peterson faces sentencing October 4 after transfer to the state corrections system for evaluation. He remains confined at State Security Hospital in St Peter as a psychopathic personality. Sonja Peterson, then 22, was maimed in October 1962. a fund to aid her, started after the tragedy, has grown to about $20,000.
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Ramsey County
William Randall
Desegregation Plans Accepted Across 31 States
The Office of Education reports 3 455 desegregation plans accepted nationwide as of August 3, including 651 voluntary plans and 89 court orders across 31 states. Among Alabama and other states, total districts accepting compliance statements reach 5 135. Filing required by the 1964 Civil Rights Act to qualify for federal aid.
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Washington
Office of Education
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Kenin
Tennesse
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Johnson Signs Historic Negro Voting Rights Bill
President Johnson signs the monumental voting rights bill in the Capitol rotunda and vows swift enforcement. He explains the law will strike away major shackles and directs the Justice Department to pursue poll tax challenges in Mississippi and other states while federal examiners begin registering Black voters in the South.
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Johnson
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol
Senate
Mississippi
Texas
Alabama
Virginia
Justice Department
Senate Chamber
Lincoln
White House
Chinery
South
One Dead 29 Hurt In Camp Mishap
At Fort Leonard Wood Missouri one soldier died and 29 were injured when a Jeep station wagon struck a marching troop column. Four Wisconsin privates were admitted to the post hospital in good condition: Thomas L. Radtke 20 Neenah Gene D. Warren 21 Phelps John C. Martineau 20 Ladysmith and Anthony T. Bednarowski 22 Neenah.
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FT. Leonard Wood
Public Information Office
Post
Army
Wisconsin
Thomas L. Radtke
Neenah
Gene D. Warren
Phelps
John C. Martineau
Ladysmith
Anthony T. Bednarowski
Insurance Company Ordered Liquidated
Ramsey County District Judge Albin S. Pearson declared American Allied Insurance Co insolvent with about 1.25 million dollars in debts. Homer A. Bonhiver of Minneapolis was named receiver to settle affairs under court direction.
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ST. Paul, Minn
American Allied Insurance Co
Ramsey County
Albin S. Pearson
Homer A. Bonhiver
Minneapolis
Viet Cong Loss Equals Division In July Report
A Viet Cong casualty report claims July saw its heaviest losses, possibly a division's worth, with 3,050 killed and 500 captured, plus up to 14,000 total losses when including defectors and wounded. Defectors reached 4,130 while Vietnamese and American counts varied. Duc Co Camp saw 67 enemy dead in Pleiku Province.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Duc Co
Pleiku
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Herbert M. Parker
Atomic
Frisch
William T. Collins
Rene-Georges Inagaki
Minnesota
Southeast Asia
National Security Council
Maxwell D. Taylor
Bill D. Moyers
Taylor
National Republican Congressional Committee
LBJ
Hnd
By Lewis Gulick
Hainoi
National Liberation Front
Pacific Ocean
U.S.S
W. A. Mann
Oakland Army Terminal
California
Pacific
Travis Air Force Base
Ben Griffin
102Nd Infantry
PSC
Walter R. Mears
Confederacy
Capitol Hill
Selma
Congress
Insurance Company
Edwin Q. White
Eens
Terre Ee Reres
Il Daily
Ene
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