Smoke Screen Used in Vital Test .
To Cut Down Heat Radiation in
Fifth Atomic Blast of 1955 Series
LAi vjbUAb, — Nevadas
fifth atomic blast of the 1955
series rocked and illuminated the
desert Saturday while the Army
Chemical Corps conducted a vital
experiment to determine the
power of a smoke screen to cut
down heat radiation.
The detonation from a 300-foot
tower at Yucca Flat came at 5:20
a.m. and was less than major
size. Observers in Las Vegas
clased it in the “baby A-bomb”
category.
It was seen as a brilliant, short
white flash in Las Vegas, about
75 miles away. In Los Angeles,
some 250 miles distant, the flash
was like a faint flicker of white
light, resembling a heat lightning
flash. Other localities which saw
the flash included Phoenix, Ariz.,
where observers reported the
showing was considerably smaller
than the March 7 blast, biggest of
the series. It was seen faintly in
the San Francisco area.
After the detonation the Atom
ic Energy Commission announced
| 35 tests of development weapons
: and civil effects were conducted.
Of major interest was the test
j with a smoke screen.
AEC officials sajid oil smoke
screen generators were estab
I lished on the upwind side of the
i firing area. Previously it had been
1 announced a smoke screen about
50 feet in height would be sent
up by the Army Chemical Corps
j to determine the ability of such
a screen to cut down thermal
'heat) radiation on a portion of
the test site.
The flash was seen like a brief
lightning flash in Klamath Falls,
| Oregon.
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High Winds Cause
Deaths, Damage
And Dust Storms
(By the Associated Press*
Storms struck devastating blows
in wide areas of the country Fri
day, causing millions of dollars
damage to property and crops.
The stormy weather was blamed
for at least eight deaths and in
jured a score of persons.
The winter season’s most severe
dust storms in the southern and
central Great Plains appeared to
have caused the heaviest mone
tary damage. In Colorado alone,
the loss of half of the state’s
three million acres of winter
wheat was estimated at 50 million
dollars.
The strong winds also whipped
dry topsoil in five other states
but no estimate of damage to
crops was made.
The dust area early Saturday
extended across Kansas into the
southern part of Missouri and
northern Arkansas but the Weath
er Bureau reported there was no
blowing dust.
The tornadoes, wind storms and
thunderstorms which struck the
midwest and eastern areas Friday
caused extensive property dam
age.
Property damage in Pennsyl
vania was estimated at more than
a million dollars. It was expected
to total more than a million dol
lars in Ohio and nearly a million
dollars in Indiana.
A United States Steel ore bridge
at Ranken, Pa., near Pittsburgh,
buckled from the winds, causing
an estimated million dollars dam
age.
Lightning struck a transformer
in Union City, Ind., starting a fire
that caused damages of $500,000
in the heart of the city.
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1918— May 111. 9:33 a.m.
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