Statesman, Salem, Ore., Wed., May 2, '56 (Sec. i)-,t
Nuclear Test
Series Costs
$100 Million
OPEN MONDAY AND FRIDAY 'TIL 9
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til North Liberty
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By ELTON FAY
HONOLULU The Atomic
Knrrgy Commission and Defense
Department calculate the cost of a
series o( big scale nuclear weapons
tpsts, like that begining at the Cen
tral Pacific proving jrounds, at
more than one hundred million dol
lars. The two agencies say that costs
of Pacific tests are high compared
with those held at intervals at the
proving grounds in Nevada, hut
that they are fully acceptable be
cause of their value to weapons de
velopment." Material made available Tues
day by officials of Operation Red
wing Mid (hat it has been estimat
ed a "series sueto as Castle will
exceed 100 million dollars in direct
costs "
Number 1 noertain
Operation Castle was the 1SW4
spring series at the Pacific prov ing
ground. That series included deto
nation of the biggest hydrogen
bomb eer exploded. The AKC
says officially that three detona
tions were made in Operation
Castle Other sources have sug
Cestcd at least fixe detonations oc
currrd in the 1 MM series Redwing
may invoke more than ten shots,
some of them small, however.
The direct costs mentioned in the
AKf'Oefrnse information undoubt
edly in?ffltfPfhe price for the wea
pons themsch cs.
Al Least .'
The first explosion of the new
.lories will bring the total of nu
clear explosions from American-
made test devices and weapons to
at least (i5 i of which 64 are official
ly admitted i since the progenitor
atomic bomb tests on July Hi. 1145
Preliminary tests involving sunn1
thermonuclear material wen- made
in the fall of tu;,2 at the Pacific
proving ground
The (ominisMnn savs that be
Cause land surface is limited at the
tun atoll, where tests are con
ducted. Bikini and Kniwetnk. ?
''number of detonations have been
made from txariie anchored in the
lagoons or over the barrier reefs
from Shot Towers
Other weapons have been fired
from shot towers 2fXi to 300 fee!
pbnvc ground, snvs a summary of
experiments
Tin1 summary made no refer
ence to miil-air hursts in presiom
h driven weapon tests, indicating
the explosion of a hydrogen mm
to be dropped from a plane tin
mouth will ho the first time tin
Vnitrcl States actually has ne
air-delivery method lor a ' li
weapon However, it is to be
siimcd that extensive tosh of drop
ping an ordnance tjpe casinc. iden
tieal in shape and weight to a liv
bomb, have- been conducted
Test offic ials have declined to
day what type of bomber will hi
used However, the spied ami al
titude capabilities of the new R-.V.
heavy let bomber point to that type
aircraft At 'east two arc in the
Central Pacific area
Ncubcrgcr
Blasts Solon's
Court Idea
WSlll(.TO Sen Neil
briber O-Ore ' s.nil Tuesday
nnuld be as bejical to r r i u ; r i nil
nrrsidonlial candidates to serve
nnor term ai co ernor as to limit
Supreme Court Justices to tho
with prev ions bench experience
Vuhcreor interpreted a propo-
bv Sen Smatticrs P I'll allccliii,'
the high court as "a southern nun
to rntiri7e the court bei-ause of it
Hncvwn afainst racial m;CI elation
in nnlihe sc hoi d
S.r:i!h. rs told the Senate Wombs
Mir selection of nisliees should hi
lii.ui! in nersnns Willi five vears
experience in the federal judiciary
nr cm a state supreme com t
Neuherser said in a statement it
would be just as logical to stipu
!!. "thai all candidates for prcsi
dent have served at least one 'crm
as gnvrrnor of their state and that
-nnHiHilns for enncress have a
minimum of a single term of exper
ience in a state legislature
"Every point to he made in fa
vnr nf ronuirinv! prior imiu aal ex
iwrii'tu-e (or Suureuie Court
pomtees can likewise be adv anced
in favor of requiring executive ex
ppru'iur of .a president and prior
Wis alive experience 01 a cm
tiressiii.m or t'nilecl States Sena
tor " Neiiheruer said
He said Chief Jii-l it e Warren
and seven of the present eight
wi.ile lust ices would have hecll
disqualified for S u p r e m e Court
membership under smatners pro
posal
Hockrl-I'owrrrd
(iadgcl lo Aid in
Pr
VSHICTO -f Ihc Army
Is rlevelnmne a rocket powered
racket to take some of tile labor
cm' fil digging foxholes
It's something like a bazooka am
is light enour.h to carry conven
len'lv The digger is in the engin
eei inc phase
Plans for the device were out
lued by Army spokesmen befnr
the llnuse Appropriations Commit
tee which made Ineir testimony
public. Tuesday
Now She Shoos
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