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elected trial by judge alone Roi when he first appeared Jan. 11. was Antoinette Gosselin, 1 Second impr:SuffieldExplosioncontr uencj 14, 1 conm volviiFelt HereDo was fify twasJan.Hotelon atship.v;strovesomeAbe Marin ers 11strikesliipyapicketEarth tremors were felt throughout the Medicine Hat area Wednesday as a result of five tons of TNT being touched off at. the Suffield Experimental Station.Archie Pennie, the station’s chief superintendent, said the , blast was one of a series to be carried out this year, as a normal testing program.He stated freak atmospheric and weather conditions were responsible for the fact that shock waves from this five-ton explosion were directed to Medicine Hat while, in August, a 20-ton explosion at the station was neither felt nor heard in the city.He said he would like to be able to announce when a blast is about to take place, but that this is not possible except in summer. It is a question of waiting — minute by minute — for the exact atmospheric circumstances desired, he continued, and in the case of Wednesday’s operation they had been waiting for six weeks.Mr. Pennie said the series of explosions are designed to test the effect of shock waves on military equipment, and that Wednesday’s was a success.if weather conditions permit, he added, the next one will he staged next week.The station is 28 miles distant from Medicine Hat.Johnson-Ahl
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Thu, Jan 19, 1961
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