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...mile from ground zero, everything would be vaporized; destruction and death, even to those in the deepest shelters, would be certain. Initial heat radiation would be released in two separate pulses within a few seconds and would incinerate virtually everything within a five-mile radius. Although fog or industrial smog would greatly decrease the effect, exposed persons would suffer third-degree burns out to ten miles and blistering out to 15. Within seconds after the heat would come the blast wave; reinforced-concrete buildings might remain standing within five miles of ground zero, but conventional frame structures would probably...
...fact that they feel Lemnitzer does not have the forceful personality to fit the job. Lemnitzer's successor, General George Decker, 59, is a first-rate controller, a crack golfer and a man who has been described as being "as colorless as a bushel basket full of fog." Army Secretary Elvis J. Stahr, on leave from his job as president of the University of West Virginia, has yet to learn his job, recently admitted publicly that he did not know the difference between a battalion and a battle group...
...fermentation was disappointing, and already many '59 wines have turned bad. "A wine is like a child who arrives in the world." muses one expert. "It may seem perfect, but time may reveal certain imperfections. If we get rain now, it will change everything. A little night fog, though, will give the grapes just the right freshness...
...Boeing 707 Astrojet came down in heavy fog yesterday afternoon, overshot the runway and skidded into shallow water. Calm action by the plane's crew and the rapid appearances of rescue boats enabled everyone aboard to reach safety...
...course at Pebble Beach, Calif., was drenched in rain, shrouded by fog and whipped by wind during the day's play. But blond, burly Jack Nicklaus, 21, a student at Ohio State University, proved again that he was the world's finest amateur golfer by routing 22-year-old Dudley Wysong of McKinney, Texas, 8 and 6, to regain the U.S. National Amateur Golf Championship...