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II1,,,rTGy .. , .., , 1 , ..., . i . , . .. , or . , , 1 .... .. . , . . . , - , - newspapers all over the country headlined one of the world's worst disastersthe explosions and subsequent fires nearly wiped out Texas City, Texas. killing 560 persons. injurying 3500 more and destroying property totaling 6100,000.000. Two ships. Grandchamp and Highflyer. being loaded e with commercial fertilizer for lowing telitram of sor of metallurgy at the University of Utah, and his technical testimony as an expert explosives cheinist made headlines during the three years of litigation that followed. His knowledge of the behavior of explo-sive& in the opinion of the lawyers retained on the consolidated cases, "put him in control of the situation" his experiments with volatile nature of the fertilizer, ammonium nitrate, N APRIL 16 and 17, 1947, - for-th- - ' L followed, - tut theitar witness-f- the prosecution was thousands of away at the time. -miles ' lie is Dr. Melvin , in bringing about a preliminary de- -, of the plaintiffs. who were suing the United States of America, manufacturers of the of- fending cargo. While the government lawyers tried to prove accident, candles, and even sabotage by an enemy country; Dr. Cook's testimony cut straight to the heart of the truth, and when it was all over the plaintiffs sent him the fol- cision in favor . - - - - , -- - for the Association of American Rail- roads concerning explosives handling and transportation, and a witness be- fore the Interstate Commerce Corn- mission on hazards in explosives transportation. Ile has been consult- - ant and expert witness in several lawsuits over explosions. Dr. Cook:is a big man; blond and affable, as unassuming and harmless looking as an inactive stick of dyne- mite, but he can be peppery as a string of firecracTters in an argument, and he will stick his neck out as long as a ten-rfuse for a pet theory. Sometimes his 'theories are so far vanced that it take& his colleagues a year or, two to catch up, and they prove out in experiment with almost' 'monotonous agreement Hailed by Texas newspapers as the foremost expert on explosives in the United States, Dr. Cook was Utah od ad-th- City, Oct Alonzo L dry farmer and author. His Mother, a poet and auther, is a graduate' of USAC. He comes from New England stock and his family runs to Ph.D's. one for each of his four flower ancestors. Dr. Cook won his B. A. degree as a chemical engineer at the University of Utah in 1933, his Pit. A. in 1934. He was chosen one of 60 to May-match- . , ) , , onion at 10, 1911. His father is Cook, electrical 'engineer, . .. .. , , - contentions and found government grossly negligent in all respects. This victory due in no small part to your monumental efforts." Dr. Cook's specialized knowledge puts him in the midst of many explo- sive disputes Besides being consult- ant and expert witness in he Texas horlbt..guiltyr-argoLa- s explosions Igniting others in the highly industrialized area, the acres of oil storage tanks and the multi1million dollar Monsanto Chemical Company. There were thousands of witnessesmost of them with harrowing and tragic personal experiencesfor the 8485 lawsuits orthat -- rifeliffig-."r- decision Judge (Kennerley) completely supported all plaintiff 46-pa- ge NEWS MAGAZINE. SAIJ.LAME-ar- t es' |