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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1955)
.-4tv..v-- ' 1 SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, April 27. ItSS TWO-STORY DWELLING, other buildings, are located 3,500 feet from ground zero In photo made from top of 500-foot tower where nuclear device will be detonated by Atomic Energy Commission near Las Vegas, Nev. Test is expected to show results of blast on residential area. (International) I llflt BESTING IN LIVING ROOM, these mannequins represent typical American family which Atomic Energy Commission will subject to nuclear blast in attempt to determine methods of safeguard ing humans. Test is being conducted in desert testing area near Las Vegas, Nev. (International) 'Survival Town' Granted Reprieve By Adverse Winds Atomic Test Site, Nev. U.R) The Atomic Energy commission called off today's scheduled atomic blast 45 minutes before hot time becausa of adverse winds. - The AEC postponed . the test for another 24 hours, until Thursday morning. This created a king-sizt trans portation and hotel reservation headache, since some 4,000 ob servers, civil defense workers end newsmen already were on the site awaiting the blast. Long Caravans They would have to ba re turned to Las Vegas in the long caravans of buses and automo biles, a two-hour trip. And once there they would for the second time begin the work of setting forward their hotel and trans portation reservations prior to their return to their homes all over the country. The Las Vegas area and the test site here, 75 miles north west of Las Vegas, have been the target of a severe windstorm for the past 24 hours. But winds had tapered off from 80-mile gust velocity to 25 miles per hour and meteorologists forecast a possible drop to 12 miles per hour by shot time, scheduled for 4:15 a.m. (PST). With that fore cast, the AEC went ahead with its preparations. Fate Delayed Thus the fata of "Survival town, U.S.A." was held in abey ance another 24 hours at least. Survival Town is the. scattered', Neuberger To Seek Restoration of Funds Washington (U.R) Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger . (D-Ore.) said yesterday he will ask the Senate Appropriations Committee to re store the $78,500 which the House cut out of the Fish and Wildlife Service budget for con tinued river basin studies in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. ' He said most of the funds would aid a study of chinook salmon runs in the Salmon river water shed of Idaho. Atomic Plant Work Limited by Strikers lbuqueroque, N. M. (U.R) Work at the Sandia Corporation secret atomic device plant was limited to office routine today as 2500 AFL workers continued a "long haul" strike for higher wages and other benefits. Executive Secretary John Deitz of the Atomic Energy la bor management relations panel flew here yesterday a few hours after the strike began. The Atomic Energy Commission re quested that ha try for a "peace ful settlement of the issues" be tween the AFL employees and the Sandia Corporation, a sub sidiary of Western Electric. Dietz was expected to meet separately today with union and company representatives. But he cannot guide the dispute into arbitration until the workers go back to their jobs. EASY ENOUGH Charleston, W. Va. (U.R) Charles W. Fox decided to en list in the West Virginia Na tional Guard, but first he had to get his parents' permission. His father gave his approval na turally. He is Brig. Gen. Charles R. Fox, state adjutant general and state commander of the National Guard. make-believe community of real houses and industrial structures spread on the desert at the base of the atomic tower. , A weather evaluation will be held beginning at 8:30 a.m. (PST) this morning to determine the feasibility of" firing the shot Thursday morning. If the shot goes Thursday morning, Friday morning will be the day for viewing the remains of survival town. Then the visitors can go home Saturday. Preliminary calculations indi cated the nuclear detonation, with the fury of 40,000 tons of exploding TNT, would demolish at least five of the 10 typical American homes erected on Yuc ca Flat for "Operation Cue." trade in your old camera on a new With fast f2.7 lent, only $37.50, includ ing Federal Tax. ROGUE CAMERA SHOP 520 East Main SEE ALL THIS ON YOUR WAY ItfWtt Travel the ever-fascinating Banff route East on The Canadian, Canadian Pacific's new Scenic Dome Streamliner. Go one way Canadian Pacific, one way United States lines. Inquire about Family Fare Plan. See your travel agent or Canadian Pacific, 207 American Bank Building, Portland, BRoadway 2044. THE BANFF ROUTE EAST The Canadian Canada's first and only Scenic Dome Streamliner and the world's longest Dome ride, 2,881 miles. 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