Mock Raids Bring Havoc To America
A nationwide Civil Defense drill simulated hydrogen and atomic attacks on 61 U.S. cities. The exercise forecast millions dead or displaced with varying city results, while officials called Operation Alert largely successful despite gaps in preparedness and warning devices.
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U. S
Val Peterson
New York City
Brooklyn
New York
New Jersey
New England
Chicago
Kansas City
New Orleans
Buffalo
N. Y
Flint
Mich
Detroit
Los Angeles
San Francisco
West Plans Unified Western Strategy for Big Four Talks
The West moves to unite its approach for the San Francisco and Geneva discussions. Dulles and Molotov arrive with British and French officials lining up two-way talks through Saturday. Adenauer travels to Boston for a Harvard degree as Western allies prepare for a July summit with Eisenhower Eden Faure and Bulganin in Geneva.
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New York
West
San Francisco
Geneva
Dulles
West Germany
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Kenred Adenauer
Boston
Aeee
Presen United Front
San
V. M. Molotov
Switzerland
Eisenhower
Eden
Edgar Faure
Nikolai Bulganin
Molotov
American Prisoners in China May Return Home
The government announced it will arrange the return of up to 21 American war prisoners who stayed in Communist China after Korea but now wish to come back. Relatives report Cpl. Otho G. Bell of Olympia Washington and Cpl. Lewie W. Criggs of Jacksonville Tennessee expressed desire to return, with six other former POWs also seeking to leave Red China.
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China
White House
State, Defense and Justice Departments
United States
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
Cpl
Lewie W. Criggs
Jacksonville
Tenn
Red China
Threat of Strike Files Across U S Merchant Fleet
A no contract no work stoppage by the CIO National Maritime Union threatens half of the U S merchant fleet along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. NMU wired 18 port locals. about 2000 seamen idle on 30 ships in New York Harbor. Work halted on 12 ships in Baltimore and a tanker in New Orleans.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf
CIO National Maritime Union
Philadelphia
NMU
Union
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Baltimore
New Orleans
Boston
Thecan
Mediterranean
U. S
United States
Europe
State Institutions Face Large Ohio Bondcut Plan
Ohio lawmakers push a 150 million dollar bond for state buildings with at least 40 percent for mental and correctional institutions. Senate Republicans require welfare spending and tax details to be included before a public vote in 1956.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
GOP
Senate
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
Divorce Granted After Alleged Abuse by Actor John Sutton
In Santa Monica California Roberta Sutton 33 won a divorce from actor John Sutton 46 after nine years of marriage on cruelty charges. She testified he drank excessively and struck her during the marriage. A $30 000 repayment is noted in the decree.
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Santa Monica
Calif
John Sutton
Roberta
Sutton
Hills
Want Ad Promises Cash From Low Cost Classifieds
A local classified notice pitches selling items quickly via a Messenger Want Ad. It promises cash and urges readers to call 31242 to speak with an Ad-teker who assists in preparing the advertisement.
Britons Strike Forces Queen Mary to Cancel New York Sail
London strikers targeting Cunard disrupt transatlantic service as the 81,000 ton Queen Mary cancels its New York voyage. The walkout, part of a broader wave tying up Mauretania and five other liners, stalls Cunard’s schedule amid futile efforts to resume the Mary’s sailing ten minutes before departure.
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Southampton
England
Britain
New York
Cunard
Mary
Tragic Farm Accident Sucks Boy to Hay Wagon
Nine year old Andy Huff died in Centerville Michigan after being pulled into a hay wagon on George Rice farm. His friend Wally Bowman, also age nine, reported the missing boy and the body was found beneath a pile of falling hay in the wagon.
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Centerville
Mich
Andy Huff
Wally Bowman
George Rice
Andy
Wally
Ohio Civil Defense test reports seven city casualties
Ohio announced 192 562 dead and 185 868 injured in a nationwide civil defense drill. Five cities Cleveland Youngstown Akron Toledo and Dayton were listed as casualty sites with advance raid notice. Houston Detroit were also noted as victims of surprise raids.
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Columbus
Ohio
Westerville
Cleveland
Youngstown
Akron
Toledo
Dayton
Houston
Detroit
Mich
Child Susan Horn Killed By Car While Returning Home
A car struck and killed 5 year old Susan Lynn Horn yesterday as she walked home in Kettering after inviting a friend to her June 24 birthday party.
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Dayton
Susan Lynn Horn
Kettering
Soviets Demand U S Pullout From Japan and Okinawa
Japanese papers report Soviet insistence that the United States withdraw troops from Japan and Okinawa within 90 days or face rejection of the San Francisco peace treaty. The coverage recalls Moscow’s earlier push at the 1951 conference and notes Russia’s refusal to sign the treaty.
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Tokyo
Russia
United States
Japan
Okinawa
Kyodo
Jacob Malik
London
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
Kuriles
Yalta
China
Manchuria
Formosa
Falla
Butler Tour Of Texas Bears Fruit
Chairman Paul M. Butler of the Democratic National Committee continued his Texas peace tour with a Dallas stop promising national help to unseat Republican Rep. Bruce Alger. He criticized the Texas press and urged unity, while a Big Spring gathering noted loyalist Democrats resignations over his stance toward Gov. Allan Shivers.
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Dallas
Tex
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Texas
Dallaster
National Committee
Bruce Alger
Washington
Texas Press
Dallas Morning News
Democratic Party
Butler
Hal C. Peck
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Gov
Allan Shivers
Democrats
Austin
Shivers
Sug
Revolt in Argentina after Vatican excommunicates Peron
In Buenos Aires fighting erupts as the Vatican excommunicates President Juan D. Peron and other leaders. Military planes bomb Government House while soldiers clash with guards. Excommunication may not remove Peron from office under Argentine law.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Vatican
Juan D. Peron
Government House
Peron
Kidnap Murder Considered in Disappearance of Jurist and Wife
West Palm Beach authorities lean toward a kidnapping murder theory in the vanishing of Circuit Judge C. E. Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie. The 58 and 57 year old couple were last seen at their Manalapan summer home Tuesday night and reported missing Wednesday. Investigators face few leads as state county and city police search for clues and motive.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Circuit Ju Cc
E. Chillingworth
John F. Kirk
Marjorie
Palm Beach
Oceanside
Manalapan
Chillin
West Palma
Phil O'Connell
Two Girls Shot in Suburban Park on Last School Day
Police hunted a 22 caliber weapon and the assailant who fired 14 shots at two teenage girls as they walked to school on the term’s last day. Initial reports of a stabbing were ruled out by the county coroner who confirmed 14 bullet holes and no sexual assault.
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Washington
Street-Cleaner Wins $25,000 in Contest
Santa Fe resident Ramon Angel a street cleaner earning $200 monthly and his wife Guadalupe with five children won $25,000 in a national stakes contest sponsored by B F Goodrich Co. The Ang els plan to think over the decision for a day or two before choosing how to use the prize.
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Santa FE
N. M
Ramon Angel
Guadalupe
Mia Angel
B. F. Goodrich Co
Tragic choking death of 5 month old in Columbus
A Columbus city fire department report confirms a 5 month old girl died in her mother’s arms after choking yesterday. Authorities investigate the incident as a medical emergency and urge caution with small children and feeding practices.
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Columbus
Mit
Auto Talks Adjourned as UAW and AMC Seek Wage Accord
The CIO United Auto Workers and American Motors Corp. adjourned bargaining until next Tuesday over the union demand for a guaranteed wage. UAW Vice President Leonard Woodcock said the union would weigh all economic factors in a new contract for AMC’s 22,000 workers. AMC argues it cannot match benefits already granted by Ford and General Motors, which settled on a modified guaranteed wage.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
American Motors
Nash and Hudson
Ford
General Motors
Pollution of Hocking River Ends Says Wildlife Chief
The Athens Division of Wildlife reports pollution subsided and the Hocking River returned to normal. Everett Ridge and Charles Dambach led an inspection after a mine near aagy source of high acid content waste flooded streams into Sunday Creek and then the Hocking. Tests continue to gauge acid levels. a full report will be released.
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Athens
Sunday Creek
Ridge
Social Security Plan Gains House Go-Ahead
Democratic leaders in the House won approval to pursue a broad revision of the Social Security program. The plan would cut the women pension eligibility age from 65 to 62, expand immediate benefits to insured workers, and extend benefits for children past 18 who are disabled, funded by increases in employer and employee payroll taxes.
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Washington
Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
House
Aponsore
Eng
Plane Crashes In Paraguay Near Asuncion
A Brazilian airliner crashed in heavy fog about five miles from Asuncion with 15 killed or unaccounted for. Nine survivors were reported, including John Dowling of Time magazine. Bodies of six passengers and three crew were recovered from the wreck near Cuatro Mojones as rescuers worked to identify victims.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Panair Do Brasil
John Dowling
Time Magazine
Buenos Aires
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Cuatro Mojones
London
Paris
Lisbon
Dakar
Recife
Rio de Janeiro
States Hint Integration Plan for Public Schools
Tennessee and Kentucky indicate a plan to end segregation by a staged integration. The plan aims to complete integration by the 1959-60 school year with qualified Negro graduate students admitted next fall, then seniors and younger classes in ensuing falls.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Kent
Hail and Rain Lash City as Winds Hit 107 mph
A severe storm brought hail up to 1 percent inches in diameter and 3.5 inches of rain, triggering minor flash floods in several areas. No injuries were reported.
Sidon Sub Sinks After Harbor Blast at Portland
Royal Navy submarine Sidon exploded and sank in Portland Harbor with thirteen men feared lost and seven crew injured. The blast hit the torpedo department as the vessel lay near its sister ships before a delay in reporting internal damage and survivability. The Sidon, launched in 1944, participated in the Hong Kong reoccupation after Japan's surrender.
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Portland
England
Sidon
Admiralty
G. B. Fawkes
British Press Association
Diaft
Hong Kong
Eisenhower Considers Martial Law In Mock Atomic Attack
President Eisenhower traveled to emergency HQ for Operation Alert 1955 drills simulating 61 target cities. A mock martial law declaration would mobilize federal authority and resources to bind a disjointed nation, with officials discussing national security during the exercise.
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Eisenhower
White House
National Security Council
Washington
Kefauver Targets Recent Movies Over Violence and Sex
Los Angeles reports Kefauver Subcommittee slots a lineup of films under review for alleged excess sex and violence. Senators Kefauver and James H. will scrutinize titles including Blackboard Jungle The French Line Women's Prison Crashout Black Tuesday Rebel Without a Cause and more unreleased works such as Ten Wanted Men The Prodigal Big Time Los Angeles New Orleans and Son of Sinbad.
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Los Angeles
Kefauver
the Prodigal
Big
L. A
New Orleans
Chicago
Sinbed
Narcotics and Cash Stolen From Pomeroy Drugstore
A safe containing narcotics and $125 in cash was stolen from Stark's Pharmacy in Pomeroy. Police say thieves gained entry by breaking a rear restroom window after 3 a.m and appeared to know the layout, with nothing else disturbed.
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Pomeroy
Stark
Charlies Russell
Cty
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