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f realty May Discourage Development if 'Gigatdn' Weapoi Editor's not: Russia and who covrd th firt Bikini those who made it. Some call- 10 years. But the 25 mega- radiation at short range with-. nuclear devices in under- all fission, with cheap and ef- ed neutron bomb. ' derground testing The' Mas- lh United States, on the bomb tests describes the nu- ed it the "ultimate weapon." tonner is considered the big- out destroying property or ground shots in Nevada. The (icient fusion weapons. In this Work on the all-fusion cow treaty would not-stop brink of war oer Cuba mis- clear race which led to the It was so bulky that only gest with any real military contaminating t h e atmos- French, according to reports, category would be the so-call- bomb can be done with un- it. ail bases less than a year ago, recently signed a treaty designed to steer mankind way from possible nuclear destruction. Now it is before lh U.S. Senate for ratifica tion. In the following dis patch, a veteran UPI reporter clear race which led to the treaty and what it has meant to space-age weaponry. By JOSEPH L. MYLER Washington-(UPB - History's first nuclear weapon was ex ploded in the summer of 194S. Us power frightened even SECTION B PAGES 1 to 8 MEDFORDfTRIBUNE MEDFORD. OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 12. 1963 The Answer is rtmuDA ST" BERMUDA ROCK has the' answer, NbV. . wnat vour problem? Dog-House? Clothes Line? Garden Hose? Garbage Can? Hard-to-Grw, Can't Mow Area? j.'8 hop5 oa invent all of these problems your yard, but haven't you at least one? Try BESltH Klistenin. milky-white tSSSSSSF turn arden Insist on genuine Bermuda Rock URIWUDA ROCK DIVISION Brl.tol SHIc Company write for free literature the biggest U.S. bomber could carry it. It weighed five tons. But it was equal in violence to nearly 20,000 tons (20 kilo tons) of TNT. This bomb and another one. dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in World War II, killed 106,000 persons, out right and inflicted grievous injury on 97,000 more. The first combat use of a nuclear weapon was the bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The second was the bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 194S. To date there have been no others. But in the 18 years after the first experimental blast in the New Mexican desert there have been approximate ly 490 nuclear test explo sions. Cratr Ensrgy Potential The first nuclear bomb rep resented a 4,000-fold jump in power over TNT weapons. Now there exists in the Soviet arsenal a weapon with an en ergy potential 5,000 times greater than the early A bomb's. Like the bombs of 1945, the Soviet weapon can be car ried only by a heavy modern bomber, although missiles or spacecraft capable of deliver ing it may be in the cards. The Soviet bomb is equiva lent in energy to 100 million tons (100 megatons) of TNT. This one weapon could do to greater New York what those little ones of 1945 did to Hir oshima. Its toll would be reckoned not in thousands but in millions of lives. The 25-megatonner is the biggest bomb in the U. S. arsenal. This country, scien tists say, could have develop ed a 100-megaton bomb any time it wanted to in the past worth. Russians Explode More Since 1945 both sides have exploded more than 400 nu clear test weapons equal in power more than 511 million tons (511 megatons) of TNT. This works out at 25.550 times the power of the Hir oshima bomb. . Of the 511 megaton total, the Russians exploded 357.7 megatons and the United States and Britain together, 153.3 megatons. If nuclear experimentation should continue indefinitely, according to the experts, the variety of weapons might also be expanded indefinitely, re sulting at one extreme to the "gigaton" weapon. This would be a bomb equal to 1,000 megatons of TNT. It probably would weigh 100 to 200 tons. It could hardly be delivered by anything but a submarine or surface ship. A few of them exploded off the the West Coast could doom half of the United States. At the other end of the scale might be the tiny H-j bomb capable of killing with Body of Man Found in Canal Redmond, Ore. - (UPD - The body of a partly clothed man whose skull had been frac tured was found in a water filled canal 10 miles north east of here Sunday after noon. Two young boys discovered the body while riding horses. Slate police said the body could be that of Phillip Rein hardt, 72, Powell Butte. Rein hardt, a farmer, was reported missing last Wednesday. sphere. This, the little "clean1 H-bomb, is otherwise known as the neutron bomb. Tst Ban Proposed Now the three nuclear pow ers have proposed a limited test ban treaty. It would not necessarily halt the arms race, but it might slow development of horrible new weapons and curb contamination of the world's atmosphere with dan gerous debris. It would prohibit tests in the atmosphere, under water, and in space. It would per mit only those deep or shal low underground tests which did not pollute the air outside the testing nation. The United States appar ently has a fine head start on all other nations in lesting underground. So far 71 of its tests have been underground. The Bristish have tested two Bodies of Two Porflanders Found Portland - (UPII - The bodies of two persons were recov ered from the Columbia and Willamette rivers Sunday. The body of Charles W. Moss Jr., 12, Portland, was found in the Columbia river. The boy drowned when he fell into the river from the Harbor Moorage at 96th and Marine dr. last Wednesday afternoon. The body of a man was taken from the Willamette river near the Broadway bridge here. The Multnomah county coroner's office identi fied him as John Lee Lockett, about 50, Portland. The corner's office said he was in the river about a week to 10 days. have staged two underground explosions. Russia is known to have exploded one nuclear weapon underground. Authorities have emphasiz ed that the limited test ban would hot, of itself, slow down the stockpiling of nu clear weapons. Warplants Card Missiles are the big thing these days. But this country has 500 or more B52 and 1.000 or more B47 bombers capable of carrying its big city-killing bombs. Practically every U.S. I warplane is geared to deliver nuclear weapons of one kind or another. i A recently published list shows that the United States has 34 different kinds of mis siles aside from its wnr plancs designed to deliver nuclear blows. Of the 34 types, 24 are said to be ready to fire with the other 10 still in the development stage. Less is known about Soviet capabilities. But the Russians have their Badger, Bear, and Bison warplanes, plus a long list of balistic missiles. Of a dozen Soviet missiles capable of delivering nuclear war heads at various distances, 10 are said to be ready for com bat and two are still under development. Both countries have striven constantly to improve weapon efficiency to get "more bang per pound" of warhead. There is some belief that Russia may be somewhat ahead in this respect, at least in the bigger bombs. Both sides also have been trying to cut down the size of the costly and radioactively "dirty" fission triggers of their H-bombs. If another trigger can be made, it will be possible to replace high-priced and inef ficient tactical weapons, now . ft MERCURY comet station wagons fun at its fetching best $2578 Mar Trade-in Allowance For Your Car NOW! Best deal of the year given now! Large selection of models, colors and equipment. MEDFORD MOTORS 225 So. 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