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Staff

THOMAS F. BRENNAN Editor

JACKIE COX Associate Editor

LINDA McCAULEY

Managing Editor SHERI THOMAS Editorial Assistant WILLIAM F. KNAB Art Director

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Gene Carlson Paul McFadden

CONSULTING EDITORS

Francis L. Brannigan Hugh J. Caulfield

Edward J. McDonald Burton W. Pheips

CORRESPONDENTS R. L. Nailen Bradley Anderson

Dave E. Williams Lowell Ludford

Cliff Dektar

ABP

FIRE ENGINEERING (ISSN 00152587), October. 1984. Vol. 137, No. 10. Member, American Business Press and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published monthly by Technical Publishing, a Company of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. John K. Abely, President. EXECUTIVE. EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES: 875 Third Avenue, New York. N.Y. 10022. Printed in Easton. Pa. 18042.

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Delta explosion

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