- 12 —- an expanded monitoring program which will be in operation in connection with the forthcoming test series. The monitcring stations established by the Public Health Service will collect daily readings of radioactivity and forward the data to a central collection office in Washington. The monitoring stations also will report data to the State Health Officers of the states in which the stations are located. The primary surposes of the network are to give State and local healtn departments more experience in study4 ing fallout and normal background radiation levels, and to records of radioactivity. tS obtain daily QO be manned oy trained ments, The stations will technicians from State health depart-— local universities, and scientific institutions. Monitoring stations in the Public Health Service network will be located in the following cities: Lawrence, Mass. Oklahoma City, Hartford, Conn. Jefferson City, Mo. Albany, N. Y. Cincinnati, Bethesda, Md. Indianapolis, Gastonia, N. C. Springfield, Ill. Atlanta, Ga. Des Moines, Iowa Jacksonville, Fla. Lansing, Mich. New Orleans, La. Minneapolis, Minn. Austin, Texas Las Vegas, Nevada (more) Okla. Ohio Ind.