Show ATOMIC BLAST SEEN IN VERNAL BY EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS TRAVELE RS travel hung hungry ry girls end journey A trip to denver to see the world by five young teenage 9 girls eirls irls from tooele thoele ended a abruptly br apt upt in vernal monday night when gey they were turned over to the custody of F M alder juvenile court judge the girls the oldest age 14 and each from a different family had started off to school in the normal way when they suddenly decided to see the world and end figured that denver was a good vace place to start by hitching itching rides they arrived in vernal monday night where they planned to visit relatives the escapade came to a swift conclusion when they called at the hotel vernal to inquire about an address and an alert night clerk called the marshal after finding them lodging lodgin bodgin for ifor &for the night judge alder no notified led their parents who had no knowledge of the whereabouts of theli their thrill seeking daughters A first hand view of an atomic explosion was had by louis D roberts vernal ghe sheepman epman tuesday morning at 645 am as he drove west along the vernalla vernal la point road the whole western sky lit up with a very vivid red flash like the northern lights but it only lasted an instant mr roberts said having read newspaper reports of recent atomic explo rions at frenchman flat near las vegas mr roberts guessed he was seeing a powerful ato atomic lie detonation which he later confirmed i TOW itow froraradlo from radio newscasts the explosion was seen also by adrian C raines truck driver who wason the way to vernal from rangely langely Ran gely just as he left artesla artesia he reported seeing a brilliant flash that lasted only an instant mr raines is an employe employed of uinta oil refining co the flash was seen hundreds hin dred of 0 miles away in four western states in las vegas near the scene tit cf the explosion plate glass windows were shattered as the town shook from end to end as with an earthquake this fifth blast in a series of atomic tests is presumed to be the biggest yet A group of military weapons experts and members bers bert t of the atomic energy commission witnessed the test gilsonite workers at bonanza also reported seeing the flash as they were changing shifts shift |