European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I flu recently coated Ping Pong balls represented neutrons in demonstrations at an atomic Energy show in Miamisburg Ohio atom show an Ohio town learns about atomic Energy Cor a Long time after the Monsanto chemical company moved in to Miamisburg Ohio to install plants and laboratories for a bomb research the townsfolk Felt they had been left out in the cold. Security measures to prevent them from Tak ing even a peek at experiments included special police government guards Fri and a Long set of restrictions handed Down by the atomic Energy commission. The citizens of Miamisburg did t like it. So to compensate the atomic control com Mission charged or. Paul Knauss research director with organizing a three Day exhibition to explain Basic facts of the a bomb to the Community. Radium and uranium coated Ping Pong balls were used in practical demonstrations to represent elec trons and neutrons. It was so popular that miamis Burg citizens now boast the town s youngest schoolgirl humblest shopkeeper or farm hand knows More about atomic Energy than the average Layman in any other City in the  demonstrations show elections speeding around nucleus of atom a phenomenon described As one of atom s Basic functions weekend june a 1m 11