| Show UTAH DEFENS DEFENSE IN FALL elt Eit of three enormous enon enow noua wag mag test st charges charees of u TNT one ono vw in col or borodo jo and two in utah atah now la is scheduled for tho the fall fill of this year the ny army dr corps 0 of ensin engin cera eera anno announced c recently say gays a the defense ln in 4 cath i tu th 0 ig a dinst au the possibility 0 sibl sivility lity of atomic i m I 1 q bombing fa s the vital purpose of he 0 big underground explosion test pro gram in a r roundup 0 of news covering the numerous centers of activity connected with the project the technical In forma tion branhof branch of tho the corps dc ta scrib rib cd ed widespread preparations and growing national interest in the experiments experiments salt locc lake city field d head quarters for these tests IL 11 0 plath resident engineer sald said the army and the contractor knudsen cwill Jn inci will bi be r rendy ready e a ly for initial sma small smail 11 scale shots harly barly early in june text test sites As previously reported the three main testing centers are dugway proving grounds in the aegert desert near salt sau lake city price utah ane and can con yon near grand junction tion colo on each of these three sites sometime this fall lbs ibs of TNT will bo be set off as the climax of smaller tests already in progress pro progress greis gregs in each case an answer will win be bought sought to the how deep diep murt we dig for or protection from the explosive f force sorce c 0 f an atomic bomb bb at dugway underground underground installation installations si in aisy clay and sand mad and also aiso burbace targets will be ih beckhom wash fifty miles from price ai huge u tunnels driven into mild solid wild sa sandstone nasto ne will be the test holes M near grand junction similar tunnels in solid g granite e will bo be subjected to the crushing cru na force of IGO tons of TNT a single concen blasl blast meanwhile iri lit saena sacramento kenw v calil calif district hea hear headquarters quarters and end I 1 washington wi D C under vision of the ensine engine engineers tars protect i MA construction branch are ke e in g pace with the utah arnd arid arado field ac in maryland instruments designed e especially specially for the pro gram grom are arc being developed calibrated berated dand and tried out initial test tel finished hard rock experts of the colorado school of mines have completed their preliminary ments in sandstone on the test site near price and now are arc working in granite near grand junction the army engineers have an bounced that within obvious security limitations full press coverage of tho the blasts will be permitted the june tests are called small scale effective depth weight of charges will not reach pounds of TNT u until late chis this five charges ranft of nf this filu frio size ize will be fired |
