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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
JOINT OFFICE OF TEST INF CRMATICN
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HAzelwood 7-7831
Ext. 3446
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Saturday,
June 14, 1958)
NUCLEAR TEST DETCNATIONS ANNOUNCED
A nuclear test detonation took place at 5:30 A.M.,
15, 1958, Eniwetok time
Bixini Atoll.
June
(1:30 P.M., June 14, 1958, EDT) at the
Another nuclear test detonation took place at
6:30 A.M., June 15, 1958, Eniwetok time
EDT) at the Eniwetok Atoll,
(2:30 P.M., June 14, 1958,
The tests are part of the HARDTACK
nuclear weapons test series underway at the Eniwetok Proving
Ground.
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