29 Mar 1955
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1955
Page
1
Bud Weat, 37, makeup man at Universal Studio and judge in the 1952 Miss America Contest, recalls Jeanne Shores as Miss California who took second place. Miss Shores is 23.
A policy change at Indiana High School sees Nancy Letso and Grace Bonarrigo chosen as two new majorettes replacing graduating seniors. Senior majorettes include Gershman, Sadowski, McQuown, and McAdoo as substitutes fill remaining vacancies. My Three Angels play shifts include Richard McGee replacing Wally Stapleton. Graduation for Keith seniors is May 19 with commencement practice underway.
An FCDA official says a canned milk firm will issue civil defense identification tags on milk labels to curb commercialism concerns. Pet Milk will charge 25 cents per tag, with FCDA inscribed and no milk brand reference. If profit occurs, funds go to states and local communities for civil defense.
Washington announces a nationwide mock atomic attack in mid June to test civil defense. Simulated A bombs and hydrogen missiles will hit 56 cities including New York Los Angeles Washington Pittsburgh and Cleveland over a 26 hour period starting June 15 at 11 a.m. EST. The Civil Defense Administration and Office of Defense Mobilization list 43 definite targets plus seven more with short notice. Civil defense networks will broadcast raid alerts with 2 to 3 hours 26 minutes warning and mobilize shelters and evacuees in all target arenas.
The United States aims to launch a three week U.N. Economic and Social Council session drive to urge foreign travel. An 18 nation council would urge 60 member countries to adopt eight measures to boost tourism, including promoting travel as a money maker, regional programs, hotel investment, tourism trade notes, and cutting frontier red tape.
The column extols year round color with annuals filling gaps after perennials fade. It notes how annuals bloom quickly, self seeding, or can be grown indoors or outdoors, and lists color group plant suggestions. Answers cover cockroach fumigation and chlordane use, then question on pruning peach trees for height and season.
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