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Orono Weekly Times, 11 Jul 1946, p. 2

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TAKES OWN PHOTO IGlss" ade when heiat if-'Ilian aom bhm)fused sand of theNew Mexico desert, in Julv,4, test gives off radioactive2 waves. Tis was dmntrtdrcen ltly at the Aierican Musetni of NaurlHis- tkory in Ne'ýw Yor-k. Ini a series oýf tests, a smial1l key was placed bec- tween thec atomnic glaiss and an un expoCSed hoogapicfilm in ar igh1t-proof bx.Afli 34 ouirs' Cxý- osrthie filmn sdveopdand, Show'ed a1 pictuire o2f the "glass," taken b !y its on rdiactverays, vvith tthe bllaickshladow of Ithe key EAtomic glass" specimenm, about two inches long, an inch and a haîf wide, one-quarter inch thick. After a year, it still throws off invisible, rays. This is picture atomric glass took of liself aind key hung between it and photographic negative. Glass, emnit- ting rdioactive- rays, seems to glow,ý UN CHAIRMAN the .ncil.î Y.orlk Fromn the, skly bridge of Vice Admnirai landy's flagship, the USS Mt. MýcKinley, this towering atomnic rlotd was the skylinie oyer Bikini a f ew seconds after the A-bomb dirap JUly 1, Bikini time. Mt, Mc- Kinley was app roximately 10 miles from the bomb blast when this photo was taken. WE-APOINEERS FOR A-DAY Under thie nose Cf "Daves Drea" at K'wajaleir, Dr. Rt. S. War- rener (center), ii, charge of scientists andtehias of the Los Alamoes preparation g-roup, confers with L. D. Sith (left) and Ensign David Andersoni, oroewithi the atom b omb taarm it, 'FLYING PANCAKE' IS A WHIZ The United States INavy has annrounced ucesfu experimjental flights of a, radically nevý fighter plane, shaped like aý pancake, able ta haver at almost standstill speed or vihiz along at from 425 ta 500 miles per hour. It's the XF5UJ-1, built by Chance Vought Aircraft at Bridgeport, Conn. The photo above shows flight of the "Bug," an experimrental mocdel, with 75-borsepower engines. The actual 'Panicake" will have two R-200-2 engines, either of hh can drive hoth propellers in caýsceone engine fails. Medicl çinclias, dtveloped a "suction-cup" applaCe te Combat v keit here serui!s flot read- ïly aalbe D'J'"EVERO? CVEYVER ALMOS-. 4UMP OUT'ozVotJR. CSMAS!&4I1-S A-Û, -A.LTRoG~ 's'ouR LsICoMWN ANDO , CA8Na Ç.HA-T, ?'ur) FO~'i'OUR NC-1C.4Ork'GSHOME -jLb aîvE H-lM A PIF-e CFOP VCJR miNO ABUTý kOW 0 SINCUP CHlLDr<EN a FbV l

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