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California Girls (NBC). A bikini-clad comedy about two 18-year-old girls who want to be lifeguards. One, sarcastic with a good body; the other, a free spirit, well tanned and not unattractive...
...photographer and lithographer known for his cool, clean-cut geometrical depictions of the bridges, elevated trains and airplanes that fascinated him in the 1930s; of can cer; in Houston, where he was arranging for an exhibition of his work. Sent by FORTUNE magazine to paint the atomic explosion at Bikini in 1946, Crawford was aghast at its blinding light and all-encompassing destruction. As a result, he developed new expressive qualities that continued to be seen in some of his later works. New Orleans, where he often painted and photographed jazz musicians, was a favorite haunt, and it was there...
...tragic radioactive contamination of Bikini Island [April 3] gives more insight into the many and serious faults of the U.S. Government's nuclear policy. The Atomic Energy Commission unwisely judged the island safe for its inhabitants' return. Now the Micronesians will again be moved, since testing indicates the presence of radioactive poisoning...
...Interior Department, which has supervisory authority over the island as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, insisted that none of the people on Bikini had shown any adverse effects from radiation during periodic health checks. But officials found that levels of strontium and cesium, as well as of plutonium, were rising alarmingly among the returned islanders, and they now believe that Bikini probably will not be safe for long-term human occupation for another 35 to 50 years. "It is now clear," as the department put it, "that for the foreseeable future the island of Bikini should...
...likely resettlement site is the island of Eneu, also a part of the Bikini Atoll, but presumably far enough from the center of nuclear testing to be safe for people. In fact, the Interior Department is already asking Congress to allocate $6 million as the first payment in a resettlement program ultimately expected to cost $15 million...