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ifiVALJAmuSand Was Melted( igress LearnsSagebrush Set Afire At a Distance of Three MilesBy UNITED PRESSIn Washington yesterday awed House members reported that the “big shot atomic blast in Nevada melted the desert sands over a radius of 500' yards from groundzero,They said the heat.generated by the test explosion Tuesday was so intense that sagebrush was set afire three miles away from the point directly under the bursting A-bomb, or ground zero.Rep.. Melvin Price (D., Ill-), a member of the joint congressionalNavy Rscruitsrs Enlist Thr«Three Nevada men were in the Navy this week thr Reno recruiting office, th of the post-office building Those enlisting were ’ Joseph Comjo, 20, cf Elkc of Bernardo Comjo of El Charles Ballingham, 19, St., Sparks, the brother o Bellingham of Sparks; a Thomas Seymour, 20, of City, the Bon of Mrs. Flore Foster of Virginia City. *-California Fir Gets Con
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Nevada State Journal
Reno, Nevada, US
Fri, Apr 25, 1952
Page 19
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