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Then Dick Neuberger, who for five months had been under surgical and cobalt radiation treatment for cancer, prepared to resume Senate duties in Washington. Senator Neuberger, 46, had a new, sober cause in his life-legislation for medical research. "No one really grows up," explained he, "until he realizes...
...eject parachutes at altitudes up to 150,000 ft. and speeds as high as 3,040 m.p.h. The goal: parachutes that will permit the return to earth of a man-carrying space capsule. In Cook's sprawling research labs, another team of engineers is working with its big cobalt 60 facility, testing for lubricating oils and ceramics that will withstand the heat and radiation produced by atomic aircraft. One of Cook's biggest jobs is to test missile and other weapon components. Explains one Cook engineer: "If you have two components, each only 90% reliable, your circuit...
...while Johnny insisted that he had bought cobalt 60 for $18 from a "Canadian institution," spilled a solution of it on his hands. But with the notable exception of radium itself, most radioactive isotopes are under rigid control. They cannot be imported without an AEC permit. At length, Johnny spilled the truth...
...booming east Texas town of Tyler (pop. 57,000) was recovering from a nasty jolt last week. RADIOACTIVE COBALT BURNS TYLER YOUTH, newspaper headlines had proclaimed; AEC and state health department officials with Geiger counters had combed the town with all the thoroughness of oil prospectors. Fortunately, they had found only negligible radioactivity at suspected sites. But the lad who started it all was still under observation for doctors to figure out how much damage he had done to himself...
...Bury Yourself." Fortnight ago, Johnny Pierce called on a friend, Chiropractor Harold D. Harrington, and told him that he had spilled cobalt 60 on his hands. Harrington told him to go straight to the hospital for a check. Instead, Johnny called on a pre-med student for advice. Says Classmate Douglas Thornton: "I thought he was kidding. I said: 'Bury yourself.' " The two went to a motel, where Johnny took a brisk shower. Hospital officials later found Johnny in a drugstore, called in AEC and U.S. Public Health Service officials...