Word: atomics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. Lawrence A. Kimpton, 67, chancellor of the University of Chicago (1951-60); after a long illness; in Melbourne, Fla. Administrator of the University of Chicago's atom bomb project during World War II, Kimpton returned to head a campus stirred by the innovations of Robert M. Hutchins but also faced dropping enrollment, encroaching slums and a $1.4 million deficit. During his tenure Kimpton restored specialization and contributed to community redevelopment...
Examples like these underscore one of the most frightening challenges of the atomic age: how to get rid of a rising flood of radioactive sludge that results from reprocessing uranium to extract plutonium, which is used to make atom bombs and as fuel for fast-breeder reactors. At the moment there is no technology for disposing of this deadly garbage. But the stockpiles of nuclear waste smoldering away in upstate New York are only part of the problem. In addition, each of the nation's 65 nuclear generating stations also produces waste in the form of spent uranium fuel...
DIED. Joseph L. Greenstein, 84, diminutive (5 ft. 4 in.), Polish-born strong man billed as "the Mighty Atom"; in Brooklyn. Greenstein, who ran away from home at 15 to become a professional wrestler, settled in the U.S. in 1911 and gained vaudeville renown for feats like biting iron chains in half...
...physics was equally apportioned among three men. John H. Van Vleck, 78, who retired as a professor of physics at Harvard University eight years ago, initiated the work half a century ago by developing a general theory of magnetism. His later explanation of the effect of a foreign atom on the structure and electrical properties of a crystal helped make possible the development of microcircuits...
Indeed much is being done. For the past three decades, the Japanese movement against the atom and hydrogen bombs has warned against the nuclear danger. In Britain and Europe the International Confederation for Peace and Disarmament has consistently worked on this issue. The World Peace Council, too, continues to push for detente and disarmament. These international movements are working closely with non-governmental organizations all over the globe to create maximum impact on the U.N. Special Assembly on Disarmament in May, 1978. There is clearly a growing international sentiment expressing the demand for zero nuclear weapons and a stop...