30th birthday of atomic age in the desert
In Los Alamos New Mexico on July 16 1945 Joe McKibben triggered the birth of the atomic age. Thirty years later he says he has no regrets reflecting on wartime urgency. The piece traces Truman Hiroshima Nagasaki and the evolving views on nuclear power safety and peace efforts.
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Veteran newswoman May Craig dies at 86
May Craig Washington correspondent known for flowery hats and sharp questions on Meet the Press died at 86 in Silver Spring Maryland. Widow of Donald Craig she took over his Maine Gannett post in 1935 retiring in 1965. She championed equal treatment for women correspondents and pushed for powder rooms in Congressional press galleries. She was a pioneer aviator covering wartime and Cold War events including London raids Normandy Paris Berlin Airlift and Korea.
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