20-Megaton Bomb
Would Literally
Destroy Moscow
WASHINGTON UP — An Amer
ican nuclear bomb of 20 mega
tons, if air-burst over Moscow,
would destroy or severely damage
homes out to a distance of lOVi
miles from ground zero beneath
the explosion.
•It would act similarly on big
industrial buildings out to a dis
tance of 2A miles.
It would cause fires out to 39
miles in all directions, cause sec
ond degree burns out to 32 miles
and first degree bums out to 45.
The United States has never ad
mitted it has bombs of the 20
megaton category, but reliable
unofficial estimates are than a
device tested at Eniwetok a few
years ago packed a wallop of 15
megatons—and many scientists
believe this country has bombs
up to about the 24-megaton class.
Civil Defense planning has
been largely geared to estimates
that 20-megaton bombs might be
the most feasible and practical
for use in warfare.
Other effects of a 20-megaton
ner if burst over Moscow:
Even 13.2 miles from ground
zero there would 'be considerable
damage to family-type dwellings.
Immediate radiation from the
explosion—as distinguished from
fallout debris—would kill all per
sons within two miles from the
point who might have escaped
death or injury from blast effects
at that distance. Presumably such
a barrier as « high hill would
provide some protection.
At 2.2 miles, blast survivors
would be nauseated by the radia
tion within one or two hours
after the explosion—and there
probably would be no survivors
1 from “radiation sickness.”
And about 20 per cent of the
blast survivors at 2.5 miles would
probably die within two to six
weeks from radiation.
All these figures are estimates
made by the Atomic Energy Com
mission of the effects of a 20
megaton bomb no matter where
it was detonated. The ABC de
clines, however, tb say whether
it has bombs of that or heavier
force.
The National Geographic So
ciety gives that area of Mos
cow proper—not including sub
urbs—as 125 square miles. Di
mension measurements to indi
cate the shape were not immedi
ately available but the area
would be equivalent to that of
a square running a little more
than 11 miles each way.
Doctors have found that many!
victims of schizophrenia, the
most prevalent mental disease,
have a characteristic odor, which
helps in the diagnosis of their
psychosis.
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Nob^l Prize for
Literature Awarded to
Yu^nslav Novelist, Andric
STOCKHOLM, Sweden UF> —
The 1961 Nobel Prize for Litera
ture was awarded to the Yugo
slav novelist and pre-war diplo
mat Ivo Andric, 69.
The prize, worth $46,300, is the
first Nobel award ever to go to
Yugoslavia,
Andric was nominated for the
prize last year and was elimi
nated only in the last round. j
Andric’s greatest work is an
historical trilogy — “Miss,” “The
Travn|k Chronicle” and “The
Bridge on the Drina.” It and most
of his work are about his native
Bosnia and its people.
The Royal Swedish Academy
of Letters said in its citation that
Andric was given the prize for
“the epic force with which he
has depleted themes and human
destinies from the history of his
country.”
Andric served in the Yugoslav
diplomatic corps from the 1920s
until World War II. His last dip
lomatic mission was as Yugoslav
Minister to Berlin, and he re
turned home only a few hours
before the first Nazi bombs fell
on Belgrade.
Rep. Craig Hosmer Says
U.S. Should Conduct
Nuclear Tests in Arctic
LONG BEACH, Calif. UP) — Rep.
Craig Hosmer says the United
States should conduct atmospheric
nuclear tests in Arctic regions of
Alaska so fallout would drop on
Russia.
The Long Beach Republican is
a member of the Joint House
Senate Atomic Energy Committee.
The Soviet Union’s current
test series, he said in a news re
lease Wednesday, “callously dis
regards the fallout problem im
posed on other countries, and the
Soviet Union has no cause for
complaint if In turn it must bear
its fair share of the fallout bur
den created by the Soviet deci
sion to renew the nuclear arms
race.”
The U.S. at present has no nu-'
dear test facilities in the Arctic, j
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Eisenhower’s Attacks
Do Not Disturb Kennedy
WASHINGTON OR — President
Kennedy does not intend to gi?t
into a political scrap with Dwight
Eisenhower in the current elec
tion campaigns. Nor does he in
tend to fire straightaway at Rich
ard Nixon in his Los Angeles
speech next month.
As leader of the party in power,
Kennedy does intend to boost its
candidates and programs.
Sources familiar with thinking
at the White House and at Demo
cratic headquarters so describe
Kennedy’s position in the light
of these developments:
Former President Eisenhower’s
stumping for Republican candi
dates and his fresh attacks on the
Kennedy Administration.
Kennedy’s warmly expressed
support this week of Democratic
candidates in New Jersey and
Texas, where Eisenhower is ac
tively working for their GOP
rivals.
Kennedy reportedly has been
surprised at some of the points
Eisenhower has hit in the last
six weeks. Over that period the
former President has; charged
Kennedy with indecisions and un
certainty on foreign problems,
scoffed at his pet Peace Corps
project, questioned his space pro
gram an$, denounced his fiscal
policies as confusing and extra
vagant.
While surprised on occasion,
Kennedy is understood to be
neither dismayed nor especially
disturbed.
“The United States never lost a
war or won a conference.”
__ —Will Rogers
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Carl Sandburg Speaks
His Piece in Washington
WASHINGTON UP> — White
haired Carl Sandburg spoke of
bloody battles of a hundred years
ago and what they mean to “the
present hour of fate and history."
And in a twist of time and
mood, the Lincoln authority
spoke his mind on more recent
Presidents, John F. Kennedy and
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The mercurial, 84-year-old poet
put in a full day in the capital
Wednesday and said his piece on
a wide range of subjects, from
books to fallout.
He had a chat with President
Kennedy and lunch with Secre
tary of the Interior Stewart Udall,
and then went to the Library of
Congress for the press review of
the Centennial Exhibition of the
Civil War.
At a news conference, Sand
burg had a few things to say
about Kennedy, former President
Eisenhower and other matters.
President Kennedy — “Chances
are entirely he’s going to rate as
one of the great Presidents. He’s
» great relief from the press con
ferences of Dwight Eisenhower.”
Eisenhower — “The most un
grammatical President we’ve ever
had. He has yet to know the
people of the United States.”
Fallout — “I’m 84, I’ve had
my life. What do I care? There
are those I love—I worry about
fallout for them, but far myself,
I’ve had enough fun.”
ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES
From Fairbanks: Earl Peterson,
Daniel Jones, Arnold Smith, F*dc
Jorgenson, Oscar Stephen, Rev.
Bert Daniel, G. B. Finley, and
W. J. Henry.
To Fairbanks: Dorothy Young,
Edward Young, Mr. Hoyer, T.
W. Lewis, Gordon Dufseth, Louie!
Hicoff, Jim Carroll, and Art
Johnson.
From Kotzebue: Frank Skor
pinski and Loren Orsini.
To Kotzebue: Herschel Clark,
Jack Simpson, Kate Greene, Alex
Greene, and Thomas Condon.
Japum Freighter Sinks
KOBE, Japan UH — The 6,888
ton Japanese freighter Fuku
yama Maru sank today in heavy
teas churned up fey Typhoon Bil
lie 220 miles northeast of Saipan.
The American freighter Dolly
Turman out of New Orleans took
off her crew of 47 and trans
ferred them to a U.S. destroyer
which headed for Guam.
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Report Plans to Kidnap
Clark Gable Baby
•LOS ANGELES UP* — A report
that plans were being made to
kidnap the Clark Gable baby sent
detectives speeding to the Gable
home yesterday where the child
was found to be safe.
An informant told police he
heard four men in a downtown
restaurant talking about plans for
kidnaping John Clark Gable, in
fant son of the late film star.
The informant said he was sit
ting in a booth in a cafe and heard
the four talking of the kidnap as
they discussed ways of making
money.
At the Gable home in Encino
police were told the -baby was safe
in his room.
Nomerama to Feature
International Circus Stars
By request of the U.S. State
Department, pursuant to the cult
ural exchange agreement with
the Soviet Union, Nomerama
brings to the screen the Para
mount released film “Circus
Stars.” This is not a propaganda
or a documentary film. It is
filmed in Russia, but stars Popov,
the world’s most famed clown,
and many other world famous
circus performers.
Including acrobats, jugglers,
tumblers, the most fearless ani
mal trainers with the highly
trained animals to prove the re
sults of many years work.
It is not an ordinary circus pic
ture, but the tap performers of
each field, it is filmed in magni
ficent color, and in cinemascope.
It is a thing of beauty and skill.
It will play Sunday and Monday,
Oct. 20 and 30, 7:15 and 9:30 pm.
Bill Merritt, who was stationed
here for the past two years with
ACS is now at Fort Knox, Ky.!
Where he states his platoon ser
geant is no other than his former
ACS friend here, John Bandy.
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