The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 December 1957 — Page 6

15 TEARS \r;o S^TFVnSTS WORKED ON ATOMIC I'OW l-.K CHICAGO .UP>- Fifteen yra « ago a group of scientists climbed up to a balcony overlooking a squash court to witness the start of the atorni.’' ape. At the opposite end of the hur • room stood a 21 foot cube of gjaphile blocks and urc: ium. V man waited ru;u? tiie ''ile to o >- rrate control rod., ’’i -.h .vh'hn withdrawn would >t »t an ato >- k chain react:o On a j>»airorm over a corner of the pile a three man ‘V.uici e squad" waited tm-ely with buckets of caftmium solution. It was their job to slow the : tm*' if it began to g?t out of control. ^)n the bolcony, thf men gathered aroun 1 bank - of r i ,ers th.it begun to jump a th i 'e Enrico Feinii ordered the control ro ts withdrawn. A hundred feet behind the balcony, shielded by two concrete

walls, another knot of scientists katched their instruments. If everyone in the room with the pile wore disabled, thi.. group could insert a .safety rod by lemote control. All this took place >n-.ide Stagg Field, the University of Chicago, on D-:c. 2. 1942. Outside, a ru.v wind blew and the temperature stoo I ai 10 degrees The Allies were in air combat ivi.h the Axis in North Africa, -..ollni was attempting to t the sagging morale of the Italian aimy. ar.d the American civilians were counting gas rationing coupons. After a morning of careful testing, as the clicking from the ccuinters of radioactivity inc eased and meters indicated the danger point was nearer, Fermi decided to try a sustained, out controlled, nuclear chain reaction At 3.15 p. m. he ordered the main control rod withdrawn mother foot.

The counters began to click faster ar.d produced a st-ady rattle of sound. Inside the pile, stone splintered to give off the first controlled atomic energy. “Throw the safety rods." Fermi ordered, and the counters became quiet. The scientists had pmbed th* atom for energy. The first cru i . controls over a powerful n v power source had worked. UriP. ADAIR INTERESTED!) IN SEN. 4HNNHI.’ - ' PLACE FORT WAYNE < UP I -—Rep. E . Toss A la : r of Indiana’s 4th district said today he is “definitely interested" in Sen. William E. Jcnner’a seat. “ I am definitely interested in the post if there is a reasonable chance of success, and I think

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SLAYER OF MOTHER ENTERS GUILTY PLEA EVANSVILLE — Clifford A. Watson, 42. who admitted killing his mother and burying her dismembered body beneath the flooring of his home, was sentenced to life imprisonment today when he entered an unexpected plea of guilty to a murder charge. Watson's trial on first-degree murder charges was scheduled to begin this morning. Instead, Watson withdrew a previous plea of innocent by reason of insanity and entered a guilty plea. Special Judge Addison Beavers of Boonville sentenced Watson in Vanderburgh circuit court after first questioning him intensively to determine his motive and whether he understood the nature of his action. Prosecutor Paul Wever, who previously said he would demand the death penalty, approved Watson’s change of plea which made a life term mandatory. Watson was sentenced in the gun death three years ago of Mrs. Pearl Hartlage, 57. Mrs. Hartlage vanished and relatives said she moved away from Evansville. But although W’atson was suspected of having something to do with her disappearance, no evidence could be found. The Watsons moved to a farm house near Waveland. Later they moved to Cincinnati. There, last

May 12, Watson was arrested ║ of his mother’s dismembered ║THE DAIIY BANNER and confessed the slaying. He di-║ body beneath the Waveland farm ║Mon.. DEC. 2, 1957. Page 6 rected police to the hiding place ║house flooring. ║ GREENCASTLE, IND.

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