Ike, Aides Assess Atom Attack Loss in Mock Exercise
President Eisenhower joined Defense Department headquarters and the National Security Council for Day two of Operation Alert 1955 a nationwide civil defense drill. Officials projected 7 636 000 dead and 5 002 000 injured in 61 cities while a martial law declaration was mock issued to preserve national functions. Portland Maine was the last simulated hit reported. Names of officials remain undisclosed for security.
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Eisenhower
White House
Defense Department
National Security Council
Eissenhower
Congress
Security Council
Portland
Maine
Washington
Eisenhower Holds Underground Meeting On Strike Back Power
President Eisenhower convened an emergency session at a secret relocation center to review U S strike back power after a mock atomic attack on 61 cities. He briefed the National Security Council while 15 000 officials were moved to relocation centers and signed a civil defense proclamation.
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Eisenhower
America
U.S
Pentagon
Defense Department
National Security Council
Washington
New York
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arthur S. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Welfare
Hobby
Ike
Key Cities Wrecked In Rehearsal During Civil Defense Drill
The national disaster drill simulated a hydrogen and atomic attack on 61 cities and territories. New York City alone counted 2 991 258 dead in Brooklyn with area totals showing 3 090 000 dead and 2 579 000 injured across New York New Jersey and New England. Chicago reported a successful test with most of its 3 600 000 residents spared.
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U.S
Civil Defense
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
St. Louis
Abe Stark
Plane crash in Paraguay kills fifteen passengers
A Brazilian airliner carrying 24 people crashed near Asuncion in heavy fog. Fifteen were killed or unaccounted for. nine survivors were reported. Among the passengers were Time magazine’s John Dowling and Italy’s Torino soccer coach Visselio Bartoli, with several others injured. The flight originated in London with stops including Paris and Rio before heading to Buenos Aires.
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Paraguay
Panair Do Brasil
John Dowling
Time Magazine
Buenos Aires
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Cuatro Mojones
London
Paris
Lisbon
Dakar
Recife
Rio de Janeiro
Vessilio Bartoli
Italy
Torino
Slaying in Park Sparks Search for .22 Caliber Weapon
Washington police sought a .22 caliber gun after a suburban park daylight double slaying of two teenage girls. Autopsy showed 14 bullet wounds with no stab injuries. Victims Nancy Shomette 16 and Michael Ryan 14 lived nearby in Lane Manor. County and city officers, including Washington police, assisted in a park search as 20 people were questioned.
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Washington
John T. Maloney
Prince Georges
Nancy Marie Shomette
P. E. Shomette
Michael Ann Ryan
Thomas W. Ryan
Lane Manor
College Park
Ryan
Metropolitan Police Force
George Panagoulis
Panagoulis
Kidnapped or Murdered Judge and Wife Vanish From Florida Beach Home
Authorities pursue a kidnap or murder theory in the disappearance of Circuit Judge C. E. Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie from their Oceanfront Manalapan home. Investigators report footprints, possible blood, and a smashed spotlight, with clues pointing to an attack and possible removal by boat or car. Local officials caution remains unsolved as searches continue.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
C. E. Chillingworth
Florida
John F. Kirk
Marjorie
Palm Beach
Oceanside
Manalapan
Investi
Gators
Chillingworth
Phil O'Connell
John R. Hiatt
Palm Beach County
Sinks After Blast 13 Missing As Sub Explodes In Port
The Royal Navy submarine Sidon exploded in Portland Harbor and sank in 35 feet of water. Thirteen crewmen were feared lost with seven others rescued. The explosion hit the torpedo department. eyewitnesses reported smoke and a rapid sinking after the blast. Sidon, built in 1944, carried a 3 inch gun and six torpedo tubes and was preparing to depart the harbor.
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Portland
England
Admiralty
Sidon
G. B. Fawkes
Assn
Hong Kong
Russia Demands US Troops Leave Japan in 90 Days
Tokyo papers report Russia pressed 90 day withdrawal of U S troops from Japan and Okinawa as a condition for a Soviet Japan World War II peace treaty. The demand ties to London talks and echoes San Francisco terms. Moscow also seeks sovereignty over Sakhalin Kuriles and Manchuria Formosa inclusion.
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Russia
United States
Japan
Okinawa
London
San Francisco
Mamorud Shigemitsu
U.S
Kyodo
Jacob Malik
Ryukyus
Bonin Islands
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
Kuriles
Yalta
China
Manchuria
Formosa
Ohio Civil Defense test reports 192 562 dead
Columbus Ohio reports 192 562 dead and 185 868 injured in a national Civil Defense drill simulating atom bombs on five cities including Cleveland Youngstown Akron Toledo and Dayton Dayton listed as surprise raid city with Houston and Detroit also hit.
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Columbus
Ohio
State CD
Westerville
Cleveland
Youngstown
Akron
Toledo
Dayton
Houston
Tex
Detroit
Mich
Car Hits Girl in Dayton Suburb Killing 5 Year Old
A car struck and killed Susan Lynn Horn, five, as she walked home in Kettering near Dayton after inviting a friend to her June 24 birthday party. Investigators search for details of the incident and the vehicle involved.
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Dayton
Ohio
Susan Lynn Horn
Kettering
Weekend Warmth Brings Sunny Skies and Mild Heat
The forecast calls for a sunny day with a high near 85 and a low in the 50s. Similar conditions are expected Friday with continued warmth and fair skies. Yesterday’s high reached 86 at 6:45 p.m. and this morning’s low stood at 56 with 65 degrees at 8:15 a.m.
Mixed School Okayed By 2 Dixie States
Nashville Tennessee and Frankfort Kentucky announced early steps toward ending segregated public education. Tennessee plans a long range integration for state supported colleges by 1959 60 with graduate students admitted next fall and a phased roll in through 1959. Kentucky officials said the state day law requiring separate facilities is no longer in existence for all practical purposes.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Kentucky
Tennessee State Board of Education
Frankfort
W. Owen Keller
CIO AMC Talks Halt In Detroit Bargaining
CIO United Auto Workers and American Motors Corp. adjourned bargaining until next Tuesday as they seek a compromise on a guaranteed wage. UAW vice president Leonard Woodcock said the union will weigh all pertinent economic factors in negotiating a new contract covering 22,000 workers. AMC, maker of Nash and Hudson cars and home appliances, says it cannot match Ford and GM’s 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
Soldier tied to asylum claim linked to fatal Massillon crash
Horst Spanier, an American soldier alleged by Communists to seek political asylum in East Germany, was involved in a prior crash near Alliance, Ohio, that killed Margaret Bacon. Police say the 1954 accident was caused by drinking and high speed. Spanier, then 27, lived at 505 Second St Massillon and was briefly injured. He later left Worms West Germany in May 1954 and enlisted in the Army. neighbors recall him claiming WWII service with the German Army and French capture. His former wife resides in Navarre.
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Massillon
Ohio
East Germany
Alliance
Horst Spanier
Margaret Bacon
Spanier
Second St
U.S. Army
Worms
West Germany
East Berlin
Three Of Four New Quads Die
New Haven Conn. Quad ruplets were born to Mrs Kenneth Barnes yesterday. Two of the four boys died last night and another died today. The remaining infant is described as fair condition at St Raphael s Hospital. The babies weighed about two pounds each and two were placed in an air lock apparatus to aid breathing. The father Kenneth G Barnes, 32, an aircraft worker, said it was God s will.
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New Haven
Conn
St. Raphael's Hospital
Kenneth Barnes
Kenneth G. Barnes
Revolt Against Peron Shocks Buenos Aires Center
In Buenos Aires government house bombardment and street fighting erupted as revolt supporters clashed with the army. Planes bombed the Pink House, mortars and machine guns fired, ambulances ferried casualties, and workers headed toward Government House. Excommunications tied to church tensions deepened the crisis.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Vatican
Government House
Plaza de Mayo
Casa Rosada
Pink House
Labor Federation
Rosario
Peron
Manel Tato
Tato
Rome
Manuel Tato
Pablo Novoa
Democrats Back Broad Social Security Reforms
House Democrats move to approve sweeping changes to Social Security aimed at women and disabled workers. Proposed cuts in pension age to 62 for women, immediate disability benefits, extended child benefits beyond 18, and possible voluntary coverage for professionals and self employed. Estimated annual costs range up to 1.4 billion dollars for disability payments and 350 to 400 million for early pension access. Republicans say they were not consulted but show no united opposition.
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Washington
Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
House
Republican Committee
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