Exhibit gives first close look at 1966 H-bomb accident

Monday, July 7, 2003

PALOMARES, Spain -- In a sunny corner of the world where nothing much ever happened, a fruit wholesaler named Martin Moreno climbed atop a leaking American H-bomb and tried to pry loose a souvenir.

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