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...March 1 thermonuclear explosion (TIME, March 22) continued to reverberate around the world. By last week the big blast had touched off an investigation in Washington, spread panic through Japan and strained U.S.-Japanese relations. The latest bad news came from a Japanese fishing boat, the Fukuryu Maru (Fortunate Dragon), which churned into its home port of Yaizu last week with more than 16,500 lbs. of radioactive tuna and shark and 23 terrified crewmen. They had reason to be frightened: all had been burned by radioactive ash, and the most severely injured men were showing a telltale decline...
...Iron Cooling . . ." Crewman Sanjiro Masuda, 29, one of the most seriously injured, told what had happened. On the morning of March i, the Fortunate Dragon rode at anchor 71 miles east of Bikini, and well outside the announced danger limits of the U.S. atomic proving grounds. Masuda and seven of his mates were pulling in the nets when the explosion went off. Said Masuda: "We saw strange sparkles and flashes of fire, sparks and fire as bright as the sun itself. The sky around them glowed fiery red and yellow. The glow went on for several minutes-perhaps...
John Leary led the Dragon attack, scoring both goals for his team. For Davenport, wings Andy Meyer and Furguss Reid scored two goals apiece...
Another outstanding match found the Puritans' Louis LeFevre winning a fall in the other semi-final House unlimited bout from the Dragon's John Tierney. LeFevre has won all his matches by falls and should prove a strong contender for Tim Anderson in the House unlimited final tonight...
...Dragon defending champions, Dave Trachtenberg and Jim Walsh, retained their titles, with Trachtenberg beating G. R. Schien of Lowell in the 175-lb. class and Walsh topping Pete Coker of Adams in the 135-lb. division. In the lightweight final, Dudley's Jerry Bresnahan decisioned teammate Frank Corliss to give Dudley its 18 point total...