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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-25
BRAVES, 10; REDS, 7
MILWAUKEE


Totals 80 10 10 lOTotsls 80 g
l Flied out for Acker in 5th. >
Popped out for Bruton in 9Th. Singled
for Jedcoat in Sth.
MILWAUKEE, ----1 100 230 040-10
CINCINNATI ----- O20 003 OIL T
E-Mathews, Temple, Robinson. PO-
milwaukee, ~. Cincinnati ~
II DP--Jay 10 Morgan to Adcock:
Temple to Mcmillan to Robinson, Nc
MILAN to Temple 10 Robinson. LOB
Milwaukee, s; Cincinnati, ..
@B-Mathews. Aaron. Pinson HR-
Mathews, +. Adcock, Mcmillan, Bell, >,
Thomas. SF-Covington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-25
PIRATES. 8; PHlLLIEs, S
PHILADELPHIA
PITTSBURGH

Totals ~ sl2S Totals 80 3 IL 5
Singled for Hoppe in 9Th; 2
Lined out for owens in 9Th: 3 Ran
for Jones in Sth; 4 Walked for @.
Anderson in Sth; Ran for Burgess
in 9th.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
.OSU Scholarship
Offered i'm County

Creation Of new annual schol-
arship at Ohio State university
for AZ Lima or Allen county stu
dent was announced here today.
1t has been established by the
Allen County Ohio State Alumni
club.
The scholarship will cover the
cost of the students fees for one
school year and will be awarded
annually by the university to a
student recommended by the
Alumni clubs scholarship COM
mittee.
In creating the scholarship, the
club made an initial gift of $500
to the university. It plans to
make additional gifts until S4,-
500 endowment fund is built I'D
to continue the scholarship indef-
initely.
According to newly-elected
Alumni Club President c. c.
FrederickS, Jr., Route 4, Lima,
the first scholarship will be
awarded for the 1959-60 school
year. Applicants should contact
Fredericks for details about the
first award.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
Sale of CartOned
Milk Rising Fast

Americans purchased an es-
timated 14,O3O,OOO,OOO paper car
tons of milk in 1858. Last year
over so per cent of all bottled
fresh milk consumed in this
country was in paper cartons. OF
the 14.03 billion cartons sold, Ex-
Ce1-O's Pure-Pak division ac-
counted for 9,497, ,O00, 900. This
makes the PGre-Pak trade mark
the most widely used food trade
mark in the world. Most super
markets now sell milk exclusive
ly in paper cartons and home de-
liveries of cartoned milk is hav-
ing steady increase.
Some idea of the growth of the
milk carton business can be
gained when it is realized that
in 1948 only 5,O14, ,OO0, 900 paper
milk cartons were sold.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
BLUFFToN LOCALS

DR.. and Mrs. II. d. Raid at
tended the annual state conven-
ton of the Ohio Mutual associa-
ton of insurance companies in
Columbus, Tuesday and Wednes-
day this week. DIR. Raid also at
tended the reinsurance meet
ings.
Mrs. Flora (Scoles) Jackson is
reported to have suffered a heart
attack February 2. She is a pa
tent in Mound Park hospital, st.
Petersburg, according to her
daughter, Mrs. Norman Often
bacher.
Mayor and Mrs. David L. Ris-
ser returned Sunday evening
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
People Suggests
DelphOs for State
University Branch

With no action taken on his
suggestion of a state university
branch for Lima, state senator
Ross People tried a different
pitch last Friday night as he told
a Delphos crowd that their city
has a good chance to secure a
state university branch.
The senator said a branch
might be established by Bowling
Green State university, with help
from Ohio State university. He
said an invitation must be issued
before a branch can be estab-
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lished and pointed out that he
still hoped an invitation might
come from Lima.
He said he did not think a
state branch would interfere with
Bluffton college or Ohio Northern
university.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our heart
felt thanks to the friends, rela-
tives and neighbors for the kind
ness and sympathy shown us
during the illness and death of
our beloved wife and mother,
Mae p. Schifferly. We are espec-
tally grateful to Rev. Nc
Cumbertson for his kind and con-
soling words, the organist and
soloist for their musical express
sion, the pallbearers for their
services, the auto and floral
donors, and to Diller funeral
home who were so kind and help
full. Sincerely,
Henry Schifferly and family
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19

WINTERY WEATHER isn't the
only reason why Americans can
grumble about the month of Feb
ruary. According to The World
Book Encyclopedia, the income
tax law became the Sixteenth
Amendment TO the u. s. Consti-
tuition on Feb. "a, 1913.
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CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank friends and
relatives for their many thought
full acts of kindness and express
sions of sympathy during the
illness and at the death of our
husband and father, Charles
Kiefer. We especially wish to
thank the Rev. Waldo Flickinger
and the Paul Diller Funeral
Home, and pallbearers.
The Charles Kiefer family
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19

from their Florida vacation. His
honor reports pulling in a num-
Der of nice king fish in his
first experience at deep sea fish
ing.
Diller ambulance removals.
Mrs. Fannie Bixel from the Bluff
ton hospital to the rest home in
Delaware; Mrs. Lula Hanna from
her home north of Mt. Cory to
the Bluffton hospital; Mrs. D. ].
Herr from her home on South
Main street to the Bluffton hos
pltal; Mrs. Emma Scoles from
West Kibby street in Lima to the
Bluffton hospital; Mrs. Cal Dep
pier from the Bluffton hospital
TO Lima Memorial; Mrs. Minnie
Moser from her home on North
Main street to the Bluffton hos
pltal; Victor Knueve from the
Nickel Plate railroad on County
Line to the Bluffton hospital.
The Rev. Mr.. w. J. Hannun
and Elder Maurice Umphress at
tended the first meeting of the
newly formed Maumee Presby-
terry of the United Presbyterian
church of the u. S. A., in Find
lay, Tuesday, the 18th.
Miss Kay Clauss of ChiIdren's
hospital, Columbus, spent the
week end at home with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Clauss.
Mr.. and Mrs. John K1assen
have returned home after a
month spent in California visit
ing their son and family there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale South of
Findlay gave an interesting pro-
gram on Mexico for the second
family night of the United Pres
byterian church, last Sunday eve
ming.
Pfc. Bruce Hauenstein, who is
stationed at Ft. Benjamin Har-
rison, Indianapolis, was in town
over the week end.
Mr.. Norman Triiplett has re-
turned home after a two months
business trip through the south
and west. While in Texas he visit
ed with his son Bret, a sopho-
more at Lubbock university. In
California he was with his sister
and family, the Delos KervinS of
Mariposa.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Benroth
and son Jan spent Sunday in
North Baltimore with Mrs. Ben
roth's sister and family, the Roy
al Heckathorns, celebrating Mrs.
Heckathorn's birthday.
Distribution of u. S. population
by race, 1850: white, 134, 4,942, ,028;
negro, 15,042, ,286; Indian, 343,-
40; Japanese, 141,7 Chinese,
III, 629; all others, 110, ,240. Hous-
ing is still a stronghold of seq
regation although it is illegal in
federal housing developments.
Segregation in the armed fore
eS was abolished in World War
II.
BaSinger ambulance removals:
Mrs. Rosa Stoodt from the Bluff
ton hospital to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Howard Fisher,
near Lafayette; Mrs. r. L. Trip
lett from the Bluffton hospital to
her home on Campus Drive; Mr..
Edw. Long from his home in
Rawson to the Bluffton hospital.
SEVERAL CHANGES have
been made since last year in in
come tax provisions that apply
to farmers, according to Ohio
State University Extension econ
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
MIS- Gel NE o u S

GET AN EARLY START on
housekeeping. Nice selection
curtain rods, single and double;
cafe rods and traverse rods and
accessories. Window blinds cut to
your measurements. Waltermire's.
WE'VE GOT IT! "Halts" made
by SCOTS. Applied on your lawn
now, this winter and kill all crab
grass seed. Fett Hdwe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
49, IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of her
mother, Mrs. Lloyd G. Murray,
who passed away February Ia,
1948, and in tribute to her birth
day anniversary, February 18:
In memory's lovely garden,
Where remembered joy blooms
fair,
Your memory, Dearest Mother,
Is the brightest blossom there.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Palm
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
FOR RENT
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

FULL OR PART TIME sales
opportunity for referral selling
in Americas fastest growing in
dustries. Men and women of any
age can grow with us. p. o. Box
72, attn. r. D. Stoddard. N-49,
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CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
Thanks to all my friends for
their helpful cards and get-well
messages at the time of my re-
cent accident and stay at Bluff
ton hospital.
Charles Alderman
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
HELP WANTED

COOK WANTED, 1st trick, 4
days a week, no phone calls.
Please, apply between z a. m. and
3 p. m. only at Glenn's PIX Res
taurant, Beaverdam.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
CARD OF THANKS

/ wish to thank everyone who
remembered me with prayers,
visits, flowers and cards during
my recent illness.
Edwin Badertscher
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19

SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
Toys-at 25e6 off. Closing out all
toys to make room for more
paper products. Take advantage
of this special now! The Gift
House-Lantzs,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19
PROPERTY FOR SALE

A FARM OR HOME
BLUFFTON
LOVELY MODERN 3-bedroom
home. Just out of corporation
limits with 20 acres of tillable
land. Large living room, dinning
area, plenty of cupboards, double
garage, basement and oil furn-
ace. Nicely landscaped.
NEW THREE BEDROOM home
in new addition. Has ample cup
boards, garbage disposal, gas
furnace, asphalt drive. Can CT.
MODERN three-bedroom house
with utility on first floor, very
reasonable.
NEW three bedroom house with
lots of closets, birch cupboards,
gas furnace, full basement.
THREE BEDROOM house and
garage in excellent condition.
Rockport.
DOUBLE HOUSE in Ada near
university in good condition,
t#a reasonable.
BUSINESS BUILDING with good
income. Excellent investment.
, ~ tg FARMS
118 A southwest of Bluffton, good
land, fair. buildings, reasonable.
so A southwest of Bluffton, large
house and barn, implement shed
and chicken house, very reason
t,.s. able.
40 A South Modern house good
land. Priced for quick sale.
80-A, east, new house, tnermo-
pane windows, well drained.
EIGHT ACRES near Bluffton.
GOOD LOTS in nice wooded area.
Reasonable.
HOUSES in Pandora, Ottawa, Co
lumbus Grove and Mt. Cory.
NEED farms in Bluffton School
District. List with us for court
eous, efficient service.
Financing Available. -,
Charles S. Reese, Realtor
Pandora, Ohio Phone 1901
Mrs. William Garmatter,
Salesman
Bluffton, Ohio Phi. 177-Y
Salesman - Elmer BURY
Pandora, Ohio Phone 7701
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19

POTTED FLOWER PLANTS
For all occasions. Nuns; Gin
erarias; Azaleas; African Violets;
Begonias; Hyacinths; Cyclamen;
Tulips. Many varieties of Foliage
plants. Tablet and Liquid Plant
Food and Supplies for Indoor
Gardening. Open from 8 a. m. to
8 D. m. Herr Gardens & Green
house. tt
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19

SEVERAL CHANGES have
been made since last year in in
come tax provisions that apply
to farmers, according to Ohio
State University Extension econ
omiStS.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19

SEX-SAL LINKS - Another
"ALL STAR" chicken has been
added to the Amstutz team of
profit producing layers. This is a
Eight weight" heavy breed
Cross. Feathering is of buff color
with white tail, wings and hackle.
Investigate this new profit pro-
ducing Cross. Amstutz Hatcher
les, Bluffton and Pandora.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19

STOP IN and see the new
Eureka sweeper with the vibra
beat head. It's fantastic! Fett
Hdwe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-02-19

10000 BTU FLOOR FUR
MACE in good condition. Call
Lewis Burkholder, 302 Cherry
St., Bluffton Phone 415-G. If
Evening star., 1959-11-10
'Surging Pool Of Fire.
Blamed in Ship Blast

HOUSTON, Tex, Nov. 10
(AP).-The Coast Guard was
told yesterday by tugboat
captain that the fire and ex-
plosion aboard the S. S. Amoco
Virginia Sunday that killed
seven men and injured Is was
caused by huge pool of fire
which swept upstream"
The captain of the tug Pan
VI told newsmen he testified
at a Coast Guard preliminary
investigation at Port Arthur
that the fire did not start near
our barges, tug or the Amoco
Virginia"
Capt. L. G. Hodges said he
told the Coast Guard the fire
was being drawn upstream in
the wake of another tug pull
Ing a barge"
The Pan vi was tied up next
to the Amoco Virginia at the
time and Capt. Hodges said he
watched as the sheet of flame
about 800 feet in diameter
surged toward the tanker.
Capt. Hodges said he cast off
his lines as the fire approached
and left the area. The fire and
explosion happened shortly
after, he said.
"Sitting on Dynamite Keg"
Coast Guard Comdr. Robert
Flockhart said an investigating
team will start taking sworn
statements in Houston today.
Upper reaches of the Houston
Ship Channel remained shut to
traffic because of gasoline fumes
seeping from the fire-swept
ship.
R. j. Evans, port captain,
said we're just sitting on a
lighted dynamite keg."
A Houston fireman drowned
yesterday while working to cool
down the vessel. His death
raised the number of dead due
Evening star., 1959-11-10

about It is the wire service that
used It,"
The Associated Press quoted
diplomatic sources as predict
ing that Mr.. Eisenhower might
visit the Far East in the spring.
either before or Immediately
after his projected trip to Rus
STA.
Evening star., 1959-11-10
Amputotion HeroAnqry
Over Hospital Rebuke

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 (AP) -
Or. p. Shamsuddin. an intern
from India, was a hero last
week end when he amputated
an actors leg with makeshift
equipment. Today he was an
angry young man preparing to
quit New York and finish his
medical training in England.
The slight, mustachioed doc
tor said he is leaving because
of extremely rude and i'm
polite" treatment from DR..
Phillip d. Allen. supervising di-
rector of Knickerbocker Hos
pital, over the issue of talking
to the press.
The 25-year-old physician
answered an emergency call in
an ambulance Saturday to find
English Actor Martyr Green
with his left leg pinned in an
automobile elevator shaft.
DR.. Shamsuddin borrowed a
penknife from a patrolman and
used the thongs of a police
mans nightstick for a tourni-
quet during the amputation.
Mr.. Green is reported recover
ing well.
Yesterday, saying DR.. Allen
had rudely rebuked him for
accounts of the emergency OPP
Grafton that appeared in the
press, DR.. Shamsuddin resigned
from the hospitals staff.
The hospital praised DR..
Shamsuddin's emergency work.
and scheduled an appointment
for him today with Alvin j.
Conway, it's assistant executive
director, in an effort to per-
suade him to withdraw the
resignation. DR.. Shamsuddin
said he'd see DR.. Conway, but
has nevertheless booked pas
sage for England tomorrow. He
said he expects to continue his
training there.
The doctor and the hospital
are also at odds over some
criticisms DR.. ShamSuddin
Evening star., 1959-11-10

United States. Russia, Ccmmu-
mist China and other nations.
Foreign Minister Subandrio
also said Indonesia wants
friendship with all nations and
cited its participation in the
Colombo plan as an example
1--WE even want good rela-
tions with the Netherlands, +"
Mr.. Subandrio declared, but
as long as West Irian Dutch
New Guinea) is occupied by the
Dutch. there is no chance that
our relations with the Dutch
will be good"
Evening star., 1959-11-10

w VAAO AAAO oAAA NAPAOoAOh W
eight.
Danger of Gas Leaks
Mr.. Evans warned the public
to stay clear of the Hess Ter
minal area where the smolder-
ing, blackened hulk settled on
the muddy bottom of the
channel.
The fire was put out late
Sunday after a 19-hour battle.
The FBI, Hess Terminal and
American Oil Co.. owner of the
l2-ton tanker, are also conduct
ing Investigations.
Mr.. Evans said the danger
lay in gasoline leaking into
the waterway, and also in thick
fumes around the Hess dock
area. The situation was espe-
cially critical. he said, because
stocks CT foamite had been
depleted.
The Hess docks are in the
center of a rich industrial
area covered by a forest of
tank farms, reflneries, chemi-
Gals plants, and a steel plant.
Evening star., 1959-11-10

in either of the two power blocs
facing each other and wanting
to get at each others throats."
Mr.. Sukarno told more than
100000 cheering Indonesians
celebrating their national
Heroes Day in this early cap
ital of the Indonesian republic,
On the platform behind the
President were senior delegates
from the 81 Colombo plan ma
tions, whose annual ministerial
conference Mr.. Sukarno will
open tomorrew. Also on hand
we're the Ambassadors of the
Evening star., 1959-11-10
Half Those Under 40
Still Lack Polio Shots

NEW YORK. - Only about
half the United States popula-
tion under age 40 has had the
full series of Salk polio-vaccine
shots, the Health Information
Foundation reports.
It says the number of cases
of paralytic polio was "a per
cent higher during 1858 than
the year before, and adds that
the belief that polio is a dis
ease of the past" may be keep
ing people from getting their
injections.
Evening star., 1959-11-10

voiced to reporters about the
Institution. A key issue is the
hospital statement that there
was no tourniquet in the
emergency bag in the ambu-
lance.
DR.. Shamsuddin said he had
not brought the bag from the
ambulance, but would have
used a tourniquet if there had
been one in the bag.
Evening star., 1959-11-10
Perturbation Keys
Mathematics Club

TUCSON. Ariz. (AP).-The
topic at a recent meeting of a
mathematics club at the Uni
versity Of Arizona was:
Perturbation Of the classical
beam equation over q SEMI
infinite interval"
The group, q spokesman ex-
planned, discussed "convergence
Of the perturbation solution to
the problem Of transverse vi
bration Of a beam resting on
an elastic foundation"
Evening star., 1959-11-10
Neutral Stund
OfIndonesiu
Is Reuffirmed

JoGJAKARTA, Indonesia,
Nov. 10 (AP).-President Su-
karno reaffirmed Indonesia' s
neutralist foreign policy today
in a speech heard by delegates
to the annual conference of the
Western sponsored Colombo
Plan.
I'VE don't want to take part
Evening star., 1959-11-10
Hugerty Denies
Spring Trip Story

A report that President Eli
senhower might visit the Fal
East next spring was described
by White House Press secre-
tary James c. Hagerty yester-
day as news to him.
'"I know nothing about it,
Mr.. Hagerty told reporters
"The President knows nothing
about 1t. And apparently tho
only one who knows anything
Evening star., 1959-11-10
Trcnsit Cost Rises

PARIS.-Nearly 6 per cent
Of the average Frenchman's
budget goes for transportation.
His spending for this item has
gone up 70 per cent since 1850.
Evening star., 1959-11-10
Danger of Gas Leaks

to the fire and explosion to
eight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
SignoI Sent to Venus
Returns in 5 Minutes

wEsTFoRD. Mass Mar. %
(AP) IAN S4-foot dish an.
tenna here has beamed a radar
signal Of %, million miles 70
the planet Venus and caught
its echo five inmates later.
The 56-miliion-niile round
trip transmission, In February
1858. consumed 10 cents worth
of electricity for a 3r0-kilowstt
signal. Analysing the data that
came back. however. took
nearly half a billion calcutta
tons on an electronic brain al
Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology and cost thousands
of dollars and months OF lime
Scientists at the Lincoln
Laboratory project operated BY
NIT for the Air Force called
the feat a notable steo .or-
ward in space exploration. They
said it permitted the first
measurement with great accu-
racy Of inter-planetary dis
tances-an essential to future
navigation in space
The signal - bouncing of
Venus, mans nearest neigh3or
beyond the moon. was dis
closed last night along with a
telegram from President Eisen-
hover offering congratulations
upon a notable achievement
in our peaceful ventures into
outer space"
Radar signals were bounced
of the moon Is years ago. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20
7-Stoge Rocket Due
To Put Man on Moon

height of the first three stage;
will be 26O feet-about the
height of 26-story building
No details Of the final four
stages were given.
DR.. Silverstein said work or
the four-year Nova product
was started early this year. He
did not say where the work was
being done.
with advances and the state
Of the art expectable in the
next five or 10 years." he said,
lit is conceivable that we will
be able to place two or three
men on the moon and bring
them back safely"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20

PASADENA, Calf. Mar. 20
eAP).-A seven-stage rocket
designed to take a man to the
moon within the next four
years was described yesterday
by space scientists.
The rocket, called Nova. will
be powered by three stages on
its outward journey A fourth
stage will slow 1t down for
landing on the moon. and TIM ee
additional stages viii return
1t to earth.
The description was given by
DR.. Abe Silverstein. director oil
space flight development fol-
the National Aeronadtics auG
Space Administration He
spoke at q conference ct Space
scientists at the California In
stitute Of Technology.
The first stage, DR.. Silver
stein said. will be a cluster o.
four engines each developing
Is million pounds Of thrust
The second stage will have 1
single engine of is million
pounds Of thrust. The thirt
win be about the size of current
intercontinental ballistic mis-.
siles--which develop about AGO.
600 pounds Of thrust-but vii
use hydrogen as a fuel instead
Of liquid oxygen and kerosene
DR.. Silverstein said the tota
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20

on using very high energy cleo
irons TO produce q magnetic
field for squeezing and heating
atoms for thermometers reac-
tons.
Mr.. Christoflos now carries
on his work In the Acc Liver
more Calf J laboratory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-20

ing radar system and make
more difficult instantaneous
electronically dispatched COM
mands for defensive personnel.
Helped Security
When asked specifically by a
reporter, the tight-lipped Mr..
Quarles said that Argus had
helped the national security"
and national research on both
offensive and defensive weap-
ons.
But Mr.. Quarles declined to
say "how" these advances came
about. He left the impression
that the military gains from
the experiments would be, to
use his own phrase. more evi-
dent further down the road. +"
DR.. Herbert F. York. Penta-
gon research director. called
project Argus a major" ex-
pertinent and stressed the Sci-
entific aspects. He said that
the military results If the
tests would be made public by
the National Academy of Sci
ences. probably soon.
Nine ships Of a special Navy
task force took part in the
secret tests last August and
September in the South At
lantic. Included were the air.
craft carrier Tarawa and four
destroyers.
The 81 foot long rockets
which carried the atomic bombs
into space 800 miles above the
earth were fired from the decks
Of the Norton Sound. a guided
missile ship.
The seaplane tender Abe
marie. loaded with electronic
equipment, recorded the ex-
oerinents. while the Army's
~ satellite and Air
Force Jason rockets carrying
geiger counters relayed data on
the blasts and their effects,