NUCLEAR WEAPONS
(See also Armaments; Nuclear Radiation; Weapons)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
alerts in United States to a nuclear attack threat: g82 9/22 11
arms race: w84 4/1 19; g82 9/22 3; g80 4/8 17-18; g80 6/8 6-7; w78 10/1 27; g74 11/8 3-5; g72 10/8 3, 9-10, 29; g71 7/8 6-7; g66 12/8 29; g64 1/22 31; g63 10/22 9-10; g62 1/22 29; g62 6/8 29; g62 10/8 12; g62 12/8 29; g61 4/8 29-30; g61 7/8 5-7; g61 9/8 29; g61 11/8 10-11; g59 8/22 4-5
artillery shell: g64 3/8 31
attitude of the Protestant World Council of Churches (1958): g84 3/22 4
biological effects unknown: g85 11/8 29
Cardinal Cooke’s comment on: w82 4/1 13
Catholic workers at nuclear weapons plant faced with question of conscience: w82 3/1 11
churches against: w83 8/1 12; w83 8/15 11; g83 2/22 29; g83 6/22 29; g83 9/8 31
“clean” bomb: g57 10/22 3
clergy attitude toward: g59 1/8 20-23; w55 495; w54 199; w51 133
clergy opposition to: g84 3/22 4-5, 7; g84 9/22 28; w83 8/1 12; w83 8/15 11; g83 2/22 29; g83 6/22 29; g83 9/8 31
hypocrisy of the churches: w83 5/1 23
cobalt bomb: g61 7/8 6; g59 8/22 5
compared to natural forces: g66 8/22 17; w63 556; w61 232; g61 5/22 29; g61 8/22 18-19; g61 11/8 30; g60 11/22 30-31; w55 437
cost: w85 10/15 3-4; w83 4/1 7; g79 12/8 29; w78 10/1 27
countries producing: g84 10/22 3; g83 2/22 29; w74 550
countries refusing deployment: g85 9/22 29
countries with nuclear potential: g85 2/8 29; g85 8/8 30; g83 2/22 29; g74 11/8 29
demonstrations against: g83 1/8 3-5, 7, 10-11; g61 5/22 30; g61 10/22 29
desire for, by smaller nations: g81 9/8 30
destructive power: w84 3/1 16; g83 1/8 11; g83 12/22 6; w82 5/1 8; w80 10/15 16; g80 4/8 17-18; g80 6/8 5-6; g78 12/22 6-8; g75 8/22 30; g72 10/8 4, 9-10; w65 357; g63 1/8 5; g63 3/8 29; g62 1/22 29; g62 12/8 29; g61 4/8 30; g61 5/22 5; g61 7/8 5-6; g61 9/22 29, 31; g61 11/22 14, 29-30
effect of a one-megaton bomb: g83 1/8 6
effect of one bomb on Boston area: w80 7/1 3
equivalency to quantity of TNT per person: w85 11/15 4
estimated casualties in a nuclear war: w83 7/15 22
fatalities in the United States during a nuclear war: g79 11/22 31
if one exploded over New York City: kc 7
nuclear arsenal of the Soviet Union and the United States: g84 7/22 29
result of general nuclear exchange: w85 1/1 5; w85 2/1 9
discussion: g84 3/22 3-8
“doomsday clock”: g81 6/8 23
Einstein’s (Albert) comment on: g82 9/22 3
Eisenhower’s (Dwight) comment on: g82 9/22 3
environment recovers from bomb testing: w77 471
European Nuclear Disarmament movement: w82 12/1 11
fallout: g72 1/8 30; g64 5/22 5; g63 10/22 9; g61 1/8 30; g61 11/8 9-12; g60 9/22 23; g60 11/22 23; g57 2/22 19; g57 8/8 17-20; g54 5/22 5-8; g48 3/8 16
fear of nuclear war: g83 1/8 6, 8-9; w82 7/15 10
freeze movement: g83 1/8 3-7, 10-13
disagreement between religious leaders: g85 1/8 11
key force behind: g83 1/8 4-5
Hiroshima: g80 6/8 5-6; g80 10/22 29-30; g79 9/22 29; g78 9/22 29; yb73 221, 242-243; g72 9/22 9; w69 195; g61 2/8 29; g61 3/22 30; g61 7/8 6; g60 8/22 31
aftereffects on bomber’s target spotter: g78 9/22 29; g78 12/22 4-5
atomic bomb rebuilt: g85 11/8 29
eyewitness accounts: g82 9/22 4-5; g58 5/22 24
number of fatalities: g82 9/22 5
uranium bomb: g61 1/22 29-30
Witnesses surviving atomic holocaust: g85 8/22 3-5; w83 7/15 21-22; g54 9/8 17-19
hydrogen bomb: w68 67; g68 3/8 29; g68 8/22 29; g66 4/8 30; g66 5/22 29; g62 9/8 23; g62 10/22 29; g61 7/8 6; g61 12/8 29; g60 12/8 11; g59 8/22 5; g55 1/22 11; g55 12/8 11; w54 431
Vatican’s attitude toward (1950): g84 3/22 4
Kennan’s (George F.) comment on: g81 9/8 29-30
Lutheran Church’s resolution regarding arms freeze: g82 12/8 31
marijuana cigarettes discovered in control room of nuclear missile silo: g79 11/22 29
Nagasaki: g80 10/22 29-30; g61 3/22 30; g61 7/8 6; g58 5/22 24
atomic bomb fatalities: g79 9/22 29; g60 8/22 31
Catholic population wiped out: w81 1/15 26
plutonium bomb: g61 1/22 29-30
neutron bomb: g61 7/8 5; g61 9/22 23
“nuclear allergy”: g85 9/22 29
nuclear bomb: g65 5/22 5; g64 12/8 29; g61 1/22 29-30; g61 2/8 29; g61 7/8 6; g60 8/22 31; g59 8/22 5; g58 5/22 24; g54 9/8 17-19; g53 3/8 3-4; w46 115; g46 5/8 9-15; g46 9/8 3-10
numerical superiority to reassure public: g79 12/8 29
plutonium: g75 8/22 30
pope’s address to 115 scientists: g84 2/22 29-30
priest laments his role as chaplain to airmen who bombed Japan: w81 1/15 26
Rickover’s (Hyman G.) comment on: g82 5/22 30
size of stockpiles: w85 2/15 5; w75 487; g74 11/8 4-5; g72 10/8 4, 9-10; g71 7/8 6-7; g66 1/22 31; g64 2/22 30; g63 3/8 29; w61 233; g61 7/8 6
survey as to public attitude toward the threat of nuclear war: w82 12/1 11
terrorists could make: g74 6/22 30; g74 11/8 5-6
test-ban treaty: g63 9/22 29-30; g63 10/22 8-11, 29
testing: g77 12/22 29; g74 11/8 4-5; g71 2/8 29; g71 4/22 16, 30; g71 9/8 30; g71 12/22 29; g67 2/8 30; g66 8/8 29; g63 2/8 30; g63 6/22 30; g62 6/8 29; g62 6/22 29; g62 7/22 29; g62 8/22 29; g62 9/22 29; g62 11/22 31; g62 12/22 29; g61 11/8 9-12; g61 12/8 29
effect on Eniwetok and Bikini atolls: g84 7/8 24-27; g81 8/22 30
result of testing in space: g85 3/8 5
threat to human existence: w85 1/1 5; w85 1/15 13; w85 2/1 9; w85 11/15 4; su 4, 6; g84 5/22 10; g84 10/22 5; w83 7/15 22; g82 9/22 3-4, 6-7; w81 2/1 18-19; w81 6/1 26; w81 8/15 23; g80 6/8 5-6; g80 11/8 3; w78 1/15 9; w76 135; g73 1/8 30; g72 10/8 4, 10; g71 5/22 31; w69 195; g69 4/8 30; w68 67, 751-753; g68 1/22 29; g67 12/22 30; g64 5/22 5; g63 5/22 30; g63 9/22 30; g63 10/22 9-10; g62 1/22 29; g62 2/8 8; g62 8/22 8; g62 10/22 26; g62 12/8 29; w61 230, 233-234; g61 2/8 29; g61 3/8 29-31; g61 5/8 29; g61 7/8 5-8; g61 9/22 22-23, 29; g61 11/8 9-12; g60 9/22 22; g60 11/8 11; w59 613; gs 4-5; g59 2/22 4; g59 8/22 4-5; g58 2/8 5-6; g58 4/22 3-4; w57 611; g57 8/22 24; g48 5/8 11
question as to whether World War III can be prevented: g81 6/8 5-11
Truman’s (Harry S.) comment on: w82 11/15 26; g80 10/22 29
UN study of: w81 6/1 26
Vance’s (Cyrus) comment on: w80 1/15 7
Vatican’s attitude toward: w81 6/15 19
Quotations
atomic bomb is like a millstone around our neck: g83 4/22 29
Catholics should refuse to work on nuclear weapons: g84 2/22 30