3rd U.S. A-Test in 3 Weeks Hits Nev. Desert
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LAS VEGAS — The third United States nuclear weapons test in less than three weeks rocked the Nevada desert today and registered distinctly on seismic equipment atop hotels and casinos here, 110 miles from ground zero.
The test was conducted within hours of the close of the Moscow summit, where the Soviet Union and the United States formally agreed to monitor each other’s tests this summer in joint verification experiments. Soviet scientists who are setting up monitoring equipment at the Nevada Test Site were at Mercury, Nev., 52 miles from ground zero, at the time of today’s blast.
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