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[Photograph 2012.201.B1247.0150]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Piano-playing Bob Sims, an Oklahoman who performs classical and semi-classical works with as much polish and enthusiasm as he does jazz, went to Las Vegas to take a chance in the risky world of show business and beat the odds. He and his trio "beat the odds" with their show at the plush Flamingo Hotel in Vegas."
Date:
September 17, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Las Vegas Area (ARMS-II)
From Abstract: "An Aerial Radiological Measuring Survey (ARMS) of the Las Vegas area was made for the Civil Effects Test Operations, Division of Biology and Medicine, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, by Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc., between May 21 and June 23, 1961. The survey was part of a nationwide program to measure present environmental levels of gamma radiation. Approximately 6000 traverse miles were flown, at an attitude of 500 ft above the ground, in a 100-mile square centered near Las Vegas. The EG&G ARMS-II instrumentation was used in the survey."
Date:
October 1961
Creator:
Guillou, R. B.; Hand, J. E. & Borella, H. M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library