Bomb shelter designs unveiled for civil defense
The FCDA outlined affordable shelters to protect families and evacuees in a nuclear attack. Costs range from 500 dollars for a basement or bathroom shelter to 16 thousand dollars for a 40-person underground unit with reinforced concrete, ventilation, and generator.
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Anthony Deleonardis
Washington
Civil Defense Administration
FCDA
Val Peterson
Atomic Proving Grounds
Nevada
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Escapes Plague New City Police Station Leakage
In Los Angeles a two month old escape proof police building leaked again as Walter L. Simmons 27 held for San Jose grand theft escaped from custody. A second inmate also escaped earlier this week. A gunman robbed a movie theater in St Paul during the film To Catch a Thief stealing 119 dollars. Inglewood California Ray A Tarpley reported his car radiator stolen at Hollywood Park after smoke seen under the hood while driving home from the track.
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Los Angeles
Walter L. Simmons
San Jose
Calif
ST. Paul, Minn
Inglewood
Ray A. Tarpley
Hollywood Park
Tarpley
Elephant promotion ends with city damage bill
In Los Angeles an auto agency that parked an elephant as a stunt received a $14.95 damage bill from the city on Thursday after the animal allegedly knocked the head off a parking meter in front of the agency building.
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Los Angeles
Thief Breaks Into Patrolman Ball’s Car In Columbus
Patrolman Ernest Ball found his car in the driveway missing his gun badge handcuffs uniform and a briefcase with report forms and arrest affidavits after a burglary Thursday.
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Columbus
Ernest Ball
Ball
Aged Traveler Ends Up in Columbus Georgia
Wild Bill McCord 85 aimed for Columbus Ohio but wandered into Columbus Georgia. Police found him on a downtown street with $200 cash, bank books showing over $5,000, a bus ticket, and personal items. His daughter in Ohio said he may be visiting Florida relatives and Travelers Aid arranged his return to the proper Columbus.
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Columbus
McCord
Ohio
Portsmouth
G. M. Lawson
George Page
Florida
Dixie
Columbus, Ga
Travelers Aid Society
Schine Heads to Dix for Army Discharge
Anchorage Alaska Cpl G David Schine former aide to Sen Joseph McCarthy will leave Saturday to report to Fort Dix New Jersey for processing out of the service. The Army calls the discharge routine and says his term is up. a military official notes he has done a good job in Alaska.
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Anchorage
Alaska
G. David Schine
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wisc
Fort Dix
N. J
Schine
Army
Martin Still Hopeful Ike May Run in 1956 Bid
Rep. Joseph Martin said he remained hopeful President Eisenhower might seek re election but noted a heart attack could prevent his participation in the 1956 campaign. He spoke to reporters in Toronto.
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Martin
Toronto
Joseph Martin
Eisenhower
Reds Release Catholic Archbishop To House Arrest
Vienna reports Soviet backed Hungary frees Roman Catholic Archbishop Joszef Groesz from prison and places him under house arrest. The 15 year sentence for plotting to overthrow the regime is said to be interrupted at the request of Archbishop Gyula Czapek. Four other priests are to be amnestied with terms unspecified. Archbishop Groesz was Hungarys senior Catholic prelate after Mindszentys 1948 treason case.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Joszef Groesz
Radio
Budapest
Gyula Czapek
Eger
Matka Imre
Janos Horvath
Janoe Korpan
Joszef Bardos
Groesz
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Refugee Flow Slows As Frontiers Tighten In Europe
In Montreal a U N refugee chief said Western Europe receives about 5 000 refugees yearly now down from 15 000 in 1952 as Communist nations tighten borders. He noted camps hold about 70 000 people and 150 000 live outside camps.
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Montreal
Que
Europe
U.N
G. J. van Heuven Goedhart
Male Seahorse Bears Eggs During Pregnancy
The male seahorse carries the eggs and supplies them with oxygen via his blood. After a 40 to 50 day incubation, he expels the eggs as seacolts.
WCTU Chief Blames Radio TV Ads For Youth Drinking
In Chattanooga Tennessee Mrs. Glenn G. Hays of Evanston Illinois told a Tennessee WCTU convention that radio and television advertising spur youth drinking. She said alcoholism as a disease now surpasses tuberculosis by 10 percent, cancer by 50 percent, and polio by 225 percent.
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Glenn G. Hays
Evanston
Tennessee Wctu
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