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ATOMIC DIARISTS EMBARK. Standing before 

 their big B- 1 7 plane are four newsmen who cov- 

 ered the atomic bomb tests from the air. At Test 

 Able there were 166 newsmen, including 10 repre- 

 sentatives of the foreign press. Two writers, one 

 from the independent press and one from the wire 

 services, were selected by the correspondents to 



write accounts of the tests as viewed from the air. 

 The radio commentator was chosen by lot. Shown 

 above, left to right: John M. Carlisle, Detroit 

 News, representing independent newsmen, Lt. 

 Colonel J. F. Moynahan, Public Information Staff 

 JTF-I, Bill Downes, Columbia Broadcasting System, 

 and Frank Bartholomew, United Press, 



