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THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 16, 1945

* Manhattan Project is first made public
* Henry DeWolf Smyth report is released
* re. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
* J. Robert Oppenheimer - Otto… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Feb. 4, 1950 

* Klaus Fuchs arrested
* German atomic bomb scientist
* Russian - Soviet Union spy
* re. Manhattan Project

The top of the front page has a one… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 22, 1945 

* Atomic Bombs - bombing - weapons 
* Post Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan 
* Manhattan Project scientists warning 

Page 4 has three articles re. the future of atomic… more

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, Sept. 12, 1945

* Manhattan Project comes to fruition
* Director physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer
* Post atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
* Japanese claim of radiation… more

THE DETROIT NEWS, May 14, 1965

* Red China atomic bomb test (2nd)
* First aerial explosion - Tu-16 bomber
* Nuclear weapons program - Xinjiang Province

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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 21, 1955

* "Atom for Peace" United Nations address 
* President Dwight D. Eisenhower - IKE 

The front page has a banner headline: "'NEW KIND' OF ATOM PEACE" with… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., March 20, 1953

* Atomic bomb tests - Cold War w/ Russia 
* Operation Upshot-Knothole - nuclear weapons
* "Doom Town" photos of destruction - "Annie"

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Aug. 7, 1945 

* Atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan
* World War II ending - surrender nears

Of course this publication is mostly financial related, but because of the… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, September 24, 1949

* Semipalatinsk Test Site "The Polygon"
* Soviet atomic bomb project revealed
* Joins America as a nuclear super power

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THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 25, 1945

* New super atomic bomb developed
* Post Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings
* Leslie C. Arends' warning announcement

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LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Feb. 13, 1960

* France atomic bomb test (1st)
* "Gerboise Bleue" in Algeria 
* Nuclear weapons program 

The top of the front page has a six column… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, July 1, 1946

* Operation Crossroads - Atomic bombing
* Nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll - Able
* B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream

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THE DETROIT NEWS, May 9, 1951

* Operation Greenhouse tests series
* Nuclear weapons - atomic bombs
* Enewetak Atoll - Pacific Ocean

The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "Believe U. S.… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, March 12, 1958 

* Mars Bluff SC South Carolina
* B-47 Stratojet Atomic Bomb mishap (1st report)

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 29, 1951 

* Don Gentile - American fighter plane ace killed 
* Nevada starts it's Atomic bomb tests 

This 38 page newspaper has a two column headline… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., July 10, 1962

* Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test
* Thor rocket - W49 thermonuclear warhead
* Hydrogen bomb explosion in space

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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, November 15, 1953  The front of this issue contains a photo of Jane Russell with an accompanying article entitled "They sold me 'like a can of… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 10, 1950

* Chemist & spy Harry Gold sentenced
* Atomic secrets to Soviet Union (Russia)

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GOLD, ATOM SPY, GETS… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 29, 1951  This 38 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Don Gentile Killed in Jet Crash; U.S. Ace in Europe Shot Down 19" with photo.

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SECTION 4 ONLY of the New York Times, Oct. 7, 1945

* Inside the Los Alamos National Laboratory
* Making the atomic bomb in New Mexico
* Project Y - physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer

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PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., July 1, 1946

* Bikini Lagoon A-Bomb test
* Drops Gilda Bomb

Headlines on the frontpage read: "A-Bomb Eyewitness: Brilliant as Thousand Suns"., which tells of the… more

DAILY NEWS, New York (Final Edition), Aug. 9, 1945 

* Russia declares war on Japan
* Hiroshima, Japan atomic bombing

Very late in the war, in fact less than a week before Japan surrendered,… more

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, June 19, 1953

* Eve of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's execution

This 12 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "HIGH COURT SETS… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 2, 1954

* Manhattan Project pioneer  - Atomic weapons
* Director physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer
* Post atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
* Loses clearance… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 18, 1945

* Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer WARNING
* Los Alamos National Laboratory Director 

The top of page 2 has one column heading: "Warn Of Death Toll In… more

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts,  April 5, 1951  

* Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced
* Russian spies - Atomic bomb
* Electric chair - Sing Sing prison in New York

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CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 26, 1946 

* "Project Diana" - First contact with the Moon (radar)
* Prelude to the "Space Race" with the Soviet Union 
* The Birth of "Moonbounce" Espionage - ionosphere 

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THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Aug. 20, 1943

* First Quebec Conference - Quadrant
* Highly secret military discussion
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Winston Churchill

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POUR LA VICTOIRE, "Journal Francais D'Amerique" which translates: "French Newspaper of America", August 18, 1945
The banner headline above the masthead, dropped out of a black box, is: "Le Jour De… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 7, 1946 

* Historic Operation Remote - military aircraft flight
* Unmanned B-17 Flying Fortress drone (QB-17)
* United States Army Air Forces flight over the Pacific 

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, June 10, 1953

* Worcester, Massachusetts tornado disaster (1st report)

This 60 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "TORNADO KILLS 69… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 2, 2007

* Captain Paul Tibbets death
* 1st atomic bomb in warfare (Little Boy)
* Enola gay airplane pilot fame
* Hiroshima, Japan - World War II

The front page has a… more

DAILY EXPRESS, London, October 4, 1945

* Clifton James delivers as "Monty's" body-double
* Great D-Day bluff

The front page has "Monty Has A Double - His D-Day bluff deceived the Germans",… more