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(SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1956)
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COVER PACIFIC TEST
The U. S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Depart~
ment of Defense today announced that 15 U.S. newsmen have
been selected to observe and report a megaton range nuclear
detonation scheduled for about May 1, 1956 at the Com-
mission's Eniwetok Proving Ground.
A limited number of regional and state civil defense
leaders also will be selected by the Federal Civil Defense
Administration to observe the same detonation as a part of
that agency's orientation and leadership program, and the
U. S. Information Agency will have one representative
present.
In addition to the newsmen named as principals to
cover the test, alternates were selected in the event of
inability of any principal to attend.
Those
named are:
Associated Press - Elton C. Fay, Washington Bureau;
alternate, William H. Becker, Los Angeles Bureau.
International News Service - Robert Considine,
New
York Bureau; alternate, James L. Kilgallen, New York Bureau.
United Press - Joseph L. Myler, Washington Bureau;
alternate, Robert N. Bennyhoff, Reno, Nevada, Bureau.
Morning newspaper pool representatives - William L.
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ASL
Laurence, New York Times and Marvin Miles, Los Angeles
Times; alternate, Victor Cohn, Minneapolis Star and Tribune.