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Burlington Atomic Energy Week, 1947

""Atomic Data Distributed""

Atomic Data Distributed
Ten thousand copies of a leaflet entitled "12 Points on Atomic Energy" will have been distributed to Burlington homes by the end of October. 
Copies of another leaflet, this, in the form of a quiz on atomic energy, are being distributed through the city and county school systems.
Both deal with important information that will be stressed when Burlington observes Atomic Energy week, Oct. 26-31 
Rear Admiral Lewis Strauss, a member of the government's atomic energy commission, and Forrest Seymour of the Des Moines Register & Tribune, will speak at a mass meeting at Memorial auditorium on the evening of Oct. 27. Also scheduled is a short, partial blackout of the city just prior to the meeting which will start at 8 p.,.
Mrs. Richard Gustafon, in charge of tickets for the meeting, reported that demand was very heavy, asked that all persons who have tickets they don't intend to use turn them in to one of 4 distribution points. Tickets are free, may be secured at Fischer-Drebenstedt, Sutter, Walgreen or Witte drug stores. 
Several Burlington service and civic clubs, church groups and other organizations are cooperating with the League of Women Voters in sponsoring the special week.

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Atomic Data Distributed Ten thousand copies of a leaflet entitled "12 Points on Atomic Energy" will have been distributed to Burlington homes by the end of October. Copies of another leaflet, this, in the form of a quiz on atomic energy, are being distributed through the city and county school systems. Both deal with important information that will be stressed when Burlington observes Atomic Energy week, Oct. 26-31 Rear Admiral Lewis Strauss, a member of the government's atomic energy commission, and Forrest Seymour of the Des Moines Register & Tribune, will speak at a mass meeting at Memorial auditorium on the evening of Oct. 27. Also scheduled is a short, partial blackout of the city just prior to the meeting which will start at 8 p.,. Mrs. Richard Gustafon, in charge of tickets for the meeting, reported that demand was very heavy, asked that all persons who have tickets they don't intend to use turn them in to one of 4 distribution points. Tickets are free, may be secured at Fischer-Drebenstedt, Sutter, Walgreen or Witte drug stores. Several Burlington service and civic clubs, church groups and other organizations are cooperating with the League of Women Voters in sponsoring the special week.