AEC Tests Pencil and Paper On Atomic Blasts
The Atomic Energy Commission has used pencil and paper to model two major tests to gauge effects of underground and deep underwater detonations. The study estimates craters up to 800 feet wide and 100 feet deep for Hiroshima-scale bombs, with extensive blast, shock, and radiation patterns varying by burial depth and burial/airburst scenarios.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Japan
New Mexico
Eniwetok
Bikini
Crater
Changes in Ohio Driver License Rules Take Effect After Sept 30
Ohio’s new three year driver’s license system begins after September 30, 1950. Current licenses expire on the holder’s first birthday after Sept 30, 1950, creating urgency for birthdays after Oct 1. New licenses sell starting Sept 5, with sales limited to 30 days before the holder’s birthday and priced at $1 plus 25 cents registrar fee. Motorists must renew within 90 days of expiration or retake a test to drive again.
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Ohio
Canton Automobile Club
S I R Will Honor 50s Leading Industrialist
A group of business and professional leaders will meet in Washington in mid September to choose the recipient of the 1950 industrial award. Walter S. Schmidt of Cincinnati, past president of the Society of Industrial Realtors, announced the plan. The award honors the most significant contribution to North American industrial development.
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Washington
Walter S. Schmidt
Cincinnati
Society of Industrial Realtors
S.I.R
North America
Red Cross Plans Lost Children Station at Stark County Fair
Canton American Red Cross will run a dedicated lost children station under the grandstand at the police booth during the Stark County Fair. Volunteers and police will staff the area daily to reunite lost youngsters with parents, with a second station at the Red Cross first aid booth. Last year on Children’s Day the station logged 152 reunions. The Junior Red Cross will exhibit in the Art Hall.
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Red Cross
Stark County Fair
Canton
The
American Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
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