
Atomic Bomb Parties and Nuclear Fallout
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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The End of the Limited Test Ban in Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce issued a calendar for tourists with the scheduled detonation times and the best places to view them. The showgirls would have headdresses that looked like mushroom clouds. It was as exciting as these little parties were sort of horrific now thinking back down, knowing what we know. But they were caught up in patriotism. And I guess they didn't, you know, really heed the whole, uh, now I'm become deaf, the destroyer of world type thing.
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