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Along the Road. Behind the comparatively mild reaction to the tests lie the lessons of experience. The tortuous route from the first U.S. atomic blast at Alamogordo, N. Mex., to the latest at Christmas Island stretches over nearly 17 years; it includes nearly 200 atomic explosions, about 100 megatons of nuclear energy set free in the atmosphere, 353 fruitless diplomatic test-ban meetings. The men who traveled that road were filled with doubts about their eventual destination, and at every crossroads they argued bitterly over which turn to take. Much of the history of atomic testing has been forgotten...
...Joseph N. Onek, of Kirkland House and Forest Hills, N.Y.; John W. Price, of Quincy House and Fort Smith, Ark., Paul S. Ronder, of Adams House and Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Clarke R. Slater, of Quincy House and Cambridge; Jack R. Stauder, of Eliot House and Las Cruces, N. Mex...
DONN E. HOPKINS Santa Fe, N. Mex...
...barium ash on some of the fragments. Since the only barium that could have burned was in flares carried in the baggage compartment, the bureau at once ordered all DC-6s to remove their flares. Eighteen days later, another DC-6 had a baggage-compartment fire, near Gallup, N. Mex., but with no explosive flares to feed it the crew got it under control and the airplane landed safely...
Even as President Kennedy made his test-resumption announcement, U.S. scientists and military men worked day and night to get ready for the U.S. series of shots. In the Government's nuclear laboratories at Los Alamos, N. Mex., and Livermore, Calif., scientists were turning mock-up models of weapons into hardware that could be exploded. In Washington, a shabby grey building named Barton Hall, tucked away near the Lincoln Memorial, suddenly became one of the most important structures in town. There Joint Task Force 8-the nucleus of the U.S. testing effort-was preparing for the huge...