Operations Crossroads Diary From Pacific Atom Tests
Louis Spilman reports from the USS Appalachian aboard the Joint Task Force One mission at Bikini Atoll. He describes immunizations, packing eight changes of clothes, and the anxiety of being only 13 miles from the atomic blast while observers monitor the test for the Associated Press.
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Waynesboro News-Virginian
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Pacific
Associated Press
Globe
Good Old
Virginia
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Fire destroys barn and garage in Middletown
A barn and double garage on H. C. Borden’s Middletown property burned Saturday noon. Damage estimated at 4000 dollars. Origin linked to a backfire from a truck unloading from an alley behind the barn. The barn housed over 2000 feet of lumber and frames for a store and theater construction. Barn insured. contents and garage not insured. Hay corn paint and other items lost. Cisterns were used to fight the blaze.
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H. C. Borden
Middletown
Borden
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