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Show Third Atomic Blast Seen from Cedar Third in a series of atom detonations de-tonations in the "Tea Pot" operations opera-tions at the Southern Nevada testing site took place at 6:30 a. m. MST, on Tuesday. The device, de-vice, considered a small nuclear device, was clear ly visible In the western skies of Cedar City. Several distinct blasts were noted in the Cedar City area followed fol-lowed by rumblings that shook a few window panes in the community. commu-nity. Reports from off-site monitors moni-tors showed fallout In an area on each side of U S Highway 93 some 27 miles south of Alamo and about half way between Alamo Ala-mo and Glendale. According to the Atomic Energy Ener-gy report, the reading was 80 milliroentgen per hour at time of fallout, equivalent to about 110 the average exposure of an Individual In his lifetime to natural na-tural radiation from cosmic rays J and from the earth. j A cluster of other reports was makked for an area due east or approximately 15 miles northwest north-west of Riverside on Highway 91. Reading at this point was approximately 10 Milliroentgen an hour. The A E C pointed out that there are no communities in the above listed area No report of fallout has been received from any inhabited spot. According to Dr. Samuel C. Ingraham, stationed sta-tioned with the monitoring team in Cedar City, no apparent fallout fall-out has been recorded in Iron and Garfield counties. Postponement of the "grandad" detonation hyg been made on several occasions. Wednesday, just 30 minutes before the contemplated con-templated time for release the detonation was called off. According Ac-cording to A EC orflclals weather conditions must be perfect before be-fore the larger series can be exploded. |