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...Atom (Mon. 10:15 p.m., CBS). Documentary on the peaceful use of atomic energy...
...appropriate setting for Scientist Libby. As a nuclear scientist on the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, he is the man who unwrapped the stark facts about nuclear war. A "thermonuclear weapon" of the type that was exploded by the U.S. in the Pacific last year, said Scientist Libby in his famous "fallout speech" last June, can sprinkle death-dealing radioactive dust over an area of 100,000 square miles. "An area so large," he added dryly, ";that evacuation may be a bit impractical." As the AEC's "vice president in charge of atoms for peace," Libby is the American responsible...
...Chief of Staff, a restatement of his familiar thesis that the U.S. should have more foot soldiers, an Army view that President Eisenhower called "in a sense, parochial." Old Paratrooper Ridgway termed U.S. forces "inadequate in strength and improperly proportioned"; the U.S. had placed too much emphasis upon the atom and the Air Force, and this was insufficient answer to the Communist tactic of nibbling with conventional arms at the free world's boundaries. Said Ridgway: "In view of the free world's appreciable manpower superiority over the Communist bloc ... it is my view that the free world...
...impromptu phrases at his news conference last week, the President of the U.S. gave a fresh meaning to the nation's foreign policy. Dwight Eisenhower was talking about his plan for an atom-powered merchant ship to dramatize his "atoms for peace" program. With intense feeling, he exclaimed: "If we are going to win this war for peace, let's stop talking about 'cold war.' We are trying to wage a war for peace...
...Bendix Aviation President Malcolm Ferguson: an unmanned earth satellite 200 miles out in space will be circling the globe at more than 2,000 m.p.h. Atom-powered planes will fly around the world. Portable two-way personal radios will be common, transmitting "in many cases picture as well as voice...