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7 Was Scared'(Editor’s note: Mrs. Rae Ashton of Vernal, Utah, national president of the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary, was one of the few women to view Tuesday’s atomic blast from a distance of seven miles.)By MRS. RAE ASHTONYUCCA FLAT, NEV. (INS)— I really believe that some day science could destroy the whole world with a bomb like this.I never really had a conception of the immensity of thisthing.1 Was Scared*I was scared. I was scaredwhen the man on the loudspeaker said, Three, two, one, zero.’’But that was nothing compared to the fear of seeing the fireball and not hearing a sound. Sweati lg out the shock blast they told us to wait for it.Then it came. It struck me right in the face. I can’t describe it. And the light? I’ve heard that line about a hundred suns. But it wasn’t that. It was too sudden and hard.I felt spun like a child’s toy top.It was warm for an instant. I didn’t think anything couldmake this icy mob warm.I seemed to be transported into another world. I was reminded about Shangri-La.Faint PurpleIt was the faint purple in the cloud that made me think of that.But then I saw the little fires spotted here and there in the desert and I shunned the thought of a new comparison that flashed through my mind.They told me it was hardly a household teaspoonful of a bomb.Maybe it’s just a woman’s logic. But there must be some way to live without using something like this on objects with warmer blood than store dummies.N. Y. Turns Irish For Shamrock FestNEW YORK OP — Fifth Avenue was transformed into a river of green Tuesday for the traditional St. Patrick’s Dayparade.An estimated 80 000 to 100,-000 marchers paraded up the avenue from 44th Street to 96th Street. *
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Salt Lake City Deseret News and Telegram
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Tue, Mar 17, 1953
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