Weather Woes Cloud July Atomic Test Plans
Kwajalein weather officers estimate only about a five percent chance that atmospheric conditions will allow the July 1 atomic bomb drop. Cloud fronts and stratospheric winds over Bikini Atoll threaten the Able Day strike, with dress rehearsals postponed as fronts shift between Kwajalein and Bikini. May and June stats show few days meeting all bombing and radiological requirements, prompting possible relaxation of constraints if conditions worsen.
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Veterans start three firms in Pennsylvania with war trained skill
Harrisburg reports three ex servicemen using war training to launch business in Pennsylvania. In Rohrerstown Lancaster county a barn operation now makes a bed guard crib invention and metal airliner ash trays. Partners Harper Bloom Elmer leveraged production engineering from Baltimore to Europe and San Francisco plans.
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Lancaster
California
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Charles C. Bloom
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Jonathan Elmer
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Baltimor
Washington & Jefferson Students Back Baruch Plan
Washington and Jefferson College students vote to endorse the Baruch atomic bomb plan. At a campus meeting about 400 of 503 students registered attended. 278 favor, 87 oppose, and five vote neutral. Of 372 voters, 236 are former servicemen.
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Washington & Jefferson College
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