Defense Communications Would Survive War Stress Says DOE
A Kansas City wall collapse disrupted 10 000 circuits for eight hours but a Defense Department spokesman said military communications would function under wartime conditions. The system uses duplicate backup networks, annual war games, and Operation Alert drills with both commercial and military lines, plus rapid automatic switchovers and diverse routings.
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Washington
Kansas City
Defense Department
U.S
Pentagon
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph
Defense Communications Agency
Strategic Air Command
North American Defense Command
Lincoln letters fetch high prices at Parke-Bernet sale
A collection of 101 Abraham Lincoln letters and other historical documents from Dr. Charles Wesley Olsen of Chicago sold for 34,182 dollars at Parke-Bernet Galleries. A letter in which Lincoln pardoned an army deserter led the top Lincoln item at 950 dollars, while John Brown’s Bible drew 2,100 dollars.
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New York
UPI
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Charles Wesley Olsen
Chicago
Parke- Bernet Gallieres
John Brown
Linn Heart Committee Boosts Heart Sunday Effort
Linn County volunteers prepare for Heart Sunday with three priority actions this week. Cedar Rapids and Marion volunteers begin distributing Heart Sunday kits on Monday for Feb 25. Rural area mailings of program letters and leaflets proceed under Band Leader Leo Greco. A Mercy hospital meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m aims to firm up final fall out plans.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Heart
Linn County Heart Committee
Leo Greco
Tuessday
Mercy Hospital
Zachar
Family Mended Hearts Oklahoma Surgeons Correct Identical Heart Defects
Carter brothers Mark and Barry and their first cousins were treated for identical heart defects with successful surgery. The Linn County Heart Committee spokesman praised medical progress, citing new drugs and procedures to control high blood pressure, prevent rheumatic fever, avert strokes, and repair acquired heart damage and congenital defects.
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Oklahoma
Mark
Barry Carter
Jim
John Deaton
Carter and Deaton Brothers
Linn County Heart Committee
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Bes
Mother Goose
Town & Country
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Maxwell House
Super Discount Drugs
Cristan
Rexall
Amy
Sterling
Him May
Dupont — Teflon
Woodbury
Big
Westinghouse Flash
Lip-Ivo
Annies
Lustre Creme
Super Discos
Alberto VO
Paris
Vsice
Prestone
Quenar
Iowa
Linn Heart Committee
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Linn County Heart Fund Project
John Zachar, Jr
ARTBE
Johnny
Nice
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