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Free public activities

Friday, Oct. 3, 2003 | 11:24 a.m.

Activities for the dedication of the Atomic Testing Museum on Saturday. These events are free and open to the public:

9 a.m. -- Atomic Testing Museum Changing Exhibit Gallery featuring the Francis Gary Powers U-2 incident. Exhibit showing through June 30. Sponsored by Bechtel Nevada Co. and Nevada Humanities.

1 p.m. -- Conversation with Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Brown University professor Sergei Khrushchev, son of late Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Moderator: Ambassador William Courtney.

2 p.m. -- Book signing: "Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower" by Sergei Khrushchev.

3 p.m. -- Nevada premiere of "The Cold War and Beyond," a film by James Thebaut. Sponsored by KLVX, Channel 10 and BWXT

7 p.m. -- Lecture by Sergei Khrushchev: "Cold War Warriors: Eisenhower-Khrushchev-Kennedy." Sponsored by Kellogg Brown and Root and Nevada Humanities.

8 p.m. -- Book signing: "Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Superpower."

9 p.m. -- Closing.

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