ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION: December 2011

1950 ... Hanford. WA

... wonderfully scary drawings from 'Life' magazine. From an article explaining some of the mysteries about where and who was building the bombs of America's nuclear defense.

... Oak Ridge

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1950 ... Oak Ridge

... from the above mentioned 'Life' magazine article.

... cutaway Redstone IRBM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redstone_rocket

... cutaway B-70 Bomber

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-70_Valkyrie

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... newly released documents from the former Soviet Union indicate, that while visiting Hollywood on his U.S. visit, Premier Khrushchev challenged actor John Wayne to a...

"shood-em-up at za OK'd Korral moo-cow place".

Unfortunately Wayne was on location filming 'Genghis Kahn'.

1948 ... Nixon Hunts Commies!

... then Congressman Richard Nixon inspects documents involving espionage.

Great 'photo-op' for Dick. The agent on his left is nicknamed 'blinky'-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnCC2gYmAMk&feature=related

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