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There was a roar, said Fire Captain Heriberto Surrey later, "as if a ten-ton aerial bomb had burst." A great jet of flame plumed skyward, cremating two firemen directing hoses atop their telescopic ladders. Dozens of bodies were hurled through the air in all directions. Steel beams and chunks of concrete hurtled through the ranked rings of firemen, police and spectators. Three blocks away, a woman watching at an open window was beheaded by a piece of flying glass. Then oxygen tanks stored in the warehouse began exploding; gasoline and oil drums caught fire and burst, raining like napalm...
...little L19 Cessna for a look at the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing (where he asked about the capabilities of MIGs), then on to a briefing at the 1st Marine Division's command post, six miles from the front and well within ground-shaking distance of Marine artillery and aerial rocket fire. In the afternoon, he arrived at I Corps headquarters, put on his gold braid NATO overseas cap to take a salute from the shivering troops of 15 U.N. nations. Finally that night Ike got a little time alone with his son, Major John Eisenhower of the 3rd Infantry...
Harvard exhibited some aerial prowess of its own against the Yale reserves. Hardy Cox, Clasby's substitute, completed seven out of nine passes for 142 yards, setting up Culver's final plunge for the score...
...gaining 175 yards against Brown, Clasby lifted his net rushing gain to 903, thereby breaking Tiger Dick Kazmaier's single-year Ivy League rushing mark by 42 yards. A total of 58 yards in the air gives Clasby an aerial gain of 452 yards, and a net offensive total of 1,355 yards...
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (Senate & House). New York's W. Sterling ("Stub") Cole, who in 1950 opposed the decision to go ahead with the hydrogen bomb, felt the country's defense program leaned too heavily on mass aerial bombardment. One of the hardest workers in Congress and an expert in the committee room, Cole is widely respected for his industry, fair-mindedness and good judgment. An internationalist, he was one of the early Eisenhower supporters...