European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Way 8, 1962 the stars and stripes Page w Eta Rul a 95b air9 sea a tests detailed of spectacular expert coming up in the current tests were offered in a new sent report Oft nuclear detente department Energy commission pull is the third revision in 12pf the Book. Intended prior As an Aid for civil defense planning it also contains consider Able detail on technical tests. Among other things the new volume includes the first official descriptions of nuclear explosions up toward the Edge of space and deep in the Ocean during preceding test aerie in 1958. They included a nuclear explosion with a Force equivalent to More than 1 million tons of int at an Altitude of nearly 50 Miles which produced a Large red Luminous sphere about600 Miles in diameter surrounding \ the sphere was photographed in Hawaii 780 Miles from Johnston Island. The device was detonated above Johnston Island after being launched from the Island by missile. This shot called teak was one of two High level Testa inthe hardtack series of 1958, the second High shot in that series Orange also was in the million ton Range and detonated Ata height of nearly 27 Miles. Also in 1958, three nuclear explosions were set off at altitudes of about 300 Miles in the Argus series with missiles launched from ships in the South Atlantic. The civilians end Rii Errilla Rar in no. Chville no. Up -300 civilians including a women have ended a week i exercise in guerrilla warfare mock Battle against military fists pretending to invade the . Trapper 41, a new no attorney who is a Captai Reserve s Lith airborne forces up which directed civilians said they were fan ally successful in repelling combatants used Blank car bind flares during the two Battle in Stokes slate for the civilians werners of a Marine Reserve Rifle and a psychological War a company from new York City civilians from All walks of came primarily from the the skirmish association,1 Somerset Hill irregulars and outdoor and gun clubs Only injuries reported among i Geom Zalants were sprained an and powder Burns but some a guerrillas caught cold sleeping out during the a Inot Orist out for a drive the Forest had to be Down by state police after of guerrillas thinking Simone of the reservists opened with their Blank loaded guns Tenove Down a Little used Road. Sizzling quiz id expected Shin ton up sen Thurmond d-s.c., prime in the Senate investigate one military muzzling said inquiry should be drawing to within the next Tew weeks retrospect the hearing Mohave produced some Good re and have been conducted in Aal and fair manner for of Thurmond said. He made tement in a weekly news to constituents mond said several More wit remain to be heard by the armed services sub comm it panel has bean studying Ning of officers state on communism military indoctrination programs in Public Lundst seminars. Service notes Hindenburg disaster Frankfurt up a few dozen mourners stood in a Fine drizzle at Frankfurt cemetery to commemorate the 2ith anniversary of the flaming destruction of the Eppelin Hindenburg the biggest vessel Ever to cruise the skies. The Hindenburg 250 Yards Long and filled with Hydrogen Gas was just Over Lakehurst n.j., after a gala transatlantic crossing on may6, 1937, when it plunged 90 Yards to the ground. In just 32 seconds the huge air ship was transformed into a Flam ing Torch of twisted girders that lit the evening sky. Flames shot High into the sky and the intense heat drove Back firefighters who rushed to the scene. The holocaust claimed 36 lives,22 of the 61 Crew members and 13 of the 36 Captain Max Pruss died in retirement a few years captains Anton Witto nmn and Labert Sammt who commanded other zeppelins and were aboard the ill fated part in Tho ceremony at the Frankfurt debate on the Hindenburg has continued sporadically Dow through the years. At least one author has claimed that the disaster was caused by an Astl Nail Crew Han who placed a time bomb aboard tie Airship. But Karl Roesch technical director of the now defunct German Zeppelin shipping company has rejected Liis explanation and also the United states government View that the explosion was caused by Static electricity the Veteran scientist admits Only that the explosion is a insists the Lakehurst disaster should not have ended the Zep Pella that zeppelins could have been useful for Many years. But in the Jet age even hoesch admits that the Day has passed when the giant Gas filled airships could command the skies. Detonations were comparatively Small with yields of one to three Kiloton. A Kiloton is the Energy equivalent for 1,000 tons of for the current Dominic series Are believed to provide for megaton Range explosions at Heights As great As 300 to 300 missiles carrying the devices will be fired from Johnston Island starting after the present expert Jhn Denburg holocaust a Quarter of � Century a oth Ger Man dirigible Hindenburg exploded while Landing at Lafa Hurst nj., and 36 were killed. Chief a photographer Murray Becker took this dramatic picture of the May 8, 1bot, tragedy that virtually brought an end to the dirigible age associated pres photo ments with intermediate and lower megaton yield at Christmas Island. Major objectives will be to explore further conditions under which Anli icbms weapons Wouldhave to operate and to observe the blackout effect of nuclear explosions on radar and radio communication. Underwater detail the new handbook also fives some details of underwater test conducted in 1955 and 1953, de int d to try out the use of no Cleur explosives is super powerful i depth charges. There is a pos Sibil j Ity that new. Advanced tests might be among the 30 to 40 detonation planned for the Dominic series. The deepest test the Book di9 \ closes was the wigwam expo i Sion of a 30-Kiloton device at 2,000 foot depth off the coast of lower California in May 1955. This revealed the Savage hand a Mering blow of nuclear Energy when under the weight of Hun Dre is of thousands of feet of water. It was estimated that one mile from the Point of detonation a pressure of 330 pounds per squats Inch above Normal sea pressure would have a funded the Hull of submarine. Weapon fire Dat least one other comparatively deep test at 500 feet was con i dulled in 1958. Here there a i used what the handbook designates As a weapon rather than i the usual test device appear gently with a yield of about 20 Kilotons. Despite the depth of the Detona Tion Spray plumes soaring up from the sea s surface reached Heights of 1,700 feet. Also included in the 1958 series were two other shots designated merely As underwater but which May have been at comparatively shallow Depths. Columbia prof Heads medical organization Philadelphia k a a pretty girl olympic athlete have in Brit Tia a race for the aircraft capable of huh manufacturer Henry Kremer forthe first Man powered machine to Fly a mile or a figure eight course. The Southampton machine clearly has a Chance. With a non athlete at the controls i it achieved Short hops last year., but the standout favorite for the Pilae is the plane which aircraft designer John c Wimpenny be pump for a 993-Yarft straight flight at Ait Airfield North of London of a group reached mile at a height of at least 10 Wimpenny has a secret weapon Handy a top flight Amateur racing cyclist whose name he refuses to disclose. The racing Man should be a Leto develop More horsepower than me he said. Wimpenny will take the sky Bike out for turning tests this week. After one or two Small minor modification we should be ready to Start test flying on tuesday he said. A third team in the race a group of aircraft engineers who work at Southend Airport on the English cast coast. Their machine is still not com plete but they expect to have it flying this summer. Their ideas Are notably different from the Southampton and Hatfield machines. Southampton and hat Field use big Pusher propellers behind the aircraft Tail. Both Are one Man machines. South end s plane has a big pro peller mounted Forward on a has a Crew of two sitting Side Fay Side. One will be the Pilot who Wal help pedal. The other the Engi Neer will have nothing to a but pedal Bernard Kerry chairman of the Southend group said he believes the two Man principle will Triumph. Our he Safe "weighs140 pounds Only 30 Pound mor than the one Man jobs. The extra Power from the second Man will More than make up for the Southampton put it plane of show at the University let. Creek. Now it has returned to Airfield in Hampshire the Winter Lor would a Nasty Tea
