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...snowballs only blackened eyes and broke windows. So far this winter Dr. Perkins hasn't written any notes. We expect this warning to be replaced by a directive from the Atomic Energy Commission, or from the National Security Agency, saying that all snow must be tested with electroscopes or Geiger counters before it can be touched. Nowadays, a snowball might make you sterile. It just isn't worth the chance...
According to Oldenberg, the reason that Geiger counters in the Rochester, N.Y. area were able to detect radiation after Saturday's snow is that the instruments are exceedingly sensitive. "If you approach a Geiger counter with a wrist-watch which has a luminous dial, it will sound like a thunder-storm," he pointed...
...they were a little annoyed when, before sunrise next day, a brighter, louder explosion thundered out of the barren plateau, waking sleepers with a start, and setting the burglar alarms ringing in North Las Vegas. "What are they trying to do-make us click like Geiger counters?" grumbled a housewife...
...Chalk. According to Wilkinson's plan, each "target city" (seven cities in New York State have been listed as bomb-worthy) would have at least ten radiological reconnaissance teams, dressed in protective clothing, with dust-excluding respirators. In each five-man team, four would have radiation detectors (i.e., Geiger counters or equivalents), the fifth a walky-talky radio for reporting to the control center. Their equipment would be stored at points in a circle around the city, well outside the prime target area...
...might be as much as ten million tons of ore, worth from $5 to $15 a ton. Last week Grants's two long-distance lines buzzed with calls from all over the U.S. Most of its 17 bars all proudly displayed ore samples. Advertisements for mining machinery and Geiger counters poured in on Clyne A. Bailey, editor of the weekly Grants Beacon (circ...