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...Kikuta will only say, "I should like to see a sad-happy ending." Radio listeners are predicting that 1) Haruki and Machiko will marry and she will then die in childbirth, or 2) Haruki and Machiko will both climb Mount Fuji and make a double suicide dive into the crater of the sacred volcano...
...Figure. Speaking to a Chicago convention of sand, gravel and ready-mixed concrete dealers, Congressman Cole revealed a single, overwhelming fact: "The thermonuclear test of 1952 completely obliterated the test island in the Eniwetok Atoll. It tore a cavity in the floor of the ocean-a crater-measuring a full mile in diameter and 175 ft. in depth at its lowest point...
...this key figure Cole developed a series of awesome corollaries. For the benefit of Chicagoans, he pointed out that such a crater would swallow the whole of downtown Chicago. Within it could be placed "140 structures the size of our nation's Capitol." Around it would extend a circle of complete destruction three miles in radius (big enough to cover nearly all of Washington, D.C.). "Severe-to-light" destruction would reach seven miles far ther in every direction...
Full Fury. Cole left much unsaid. He did not tell, for instance, what happened to the material blown from the great crater. Item: Did radioactive chunks of it sail through the stratosphere? He did not fully describe the heat radiation or the shock waves that must have traveled through the air and sea. He said nothing about the powerful gamma rays that the bomb must have released. But more revelations may be coming. "I hope," Cole said, "that within a few weeks the American people will be able to witness in reproduction [movie film] the full fury of a hydrogen...
...should be to look for natural caves or volcanic shafts that could be filled with imported air and made habitable. If such caves are lacking, a good place to found a city would be the "Straight Wall," a vertical cliff 500 ft. high to the lunar north of Tycho crater. Tunnels could be cut into its face more easily than they could be sunk from the surface. They should run about 50 or 60 ft. below the ground. At this depth their atmosphere, exerting an upward pressure of 1,440 Ibs. per sq. ft., would balance the weight...