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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, accompanied by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, visited the atom smasher facility in Dubna, USSR, where Soviet scientist Vladimir Veksler assured him of its safety after switching off the radioactive beam.
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DUBNA, U.S.S.R., (AP)—Prime Minister Harold MacMillan went to the heart of an atom smasher plant yesterday and asked a Soviet scientist if it was really safe in there.
The British leader, looking pale and tired, inspected the vast machine on a visit here in a wintry woodland about 90 miles north of Moscow.
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko accompanied MacMillan and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd on the tour around the establishment.
One of the Soviet Union's foremost scientists, Vladimir Veksler, showed MacMillan around.
After directing MacMillan to a panel of flashing dials in the center of the machine Veksler said the area was dangerous for workers.
"If it isn't safe for them," said MacMillan. "is it really safe for us?"
'Oh, yes, the scientist said hurriedly. "We have switched off the beam of radioactive particles."
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Dubna, U.S.S.R.
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Yesterday
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safety assured after switching off the radioactive beam
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Prime Minister Harold MacMillan inspected the atom smasher plant in Dubna, accompanied by Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, guided by scientist Vladimir Veksler, who confirmed the area was safe for visitors after deactivating the beam.