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Downtown 1958

Downtown 1958

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

(Peaceful) Atoms at Work

October 24, 1959, Appleton Post-Crescent
1959 was prime time for us all to worry about the bomb and the Cold War, so peaceful applications of atomic energy were on display to soothe the agitated soul in all of us.   It was the Space Age, the era of Sputnik and a race to the Moon was just a few years away from beginning.  Big dreams for atomic power in the Eisenhower era of plenty, and those visitors to Valley Fair were lucky enough to experience it first hand.  Plus, free Coke and those nine cent "hots" had to be a draw, as well. 

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