Operation Alert reveals complications in civil defense drill
President Eisenhower announced the first hours of the nations simulated atomic attack drill showed more complications than expected yet highlighted the exercise value in exposing government civil defense and relocation challenges. He said the test focused on continuing government functions amid destruction and disruption.
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Eisenhower
Bright Sunshine
Pentagon
National Security Council
NSC
Fense
Washington
New York
Inet
White Mouse
Congress
White House
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arthur S. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Welfare
Hobby
Budget Bureau
Interior Department
Faisenhower
Iee
Arthur Larsen
Arthur Summerfield
Eikenhower
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Arthur Fleming
Defense
Treasury
George Humphrey
Herbert Brownell
Mock Atom Bomb Attacks In U S Leave 5 Million Dead
A nationwide civil defense drill simulated hydrogen and atom bomb strikes on 61 U S cities and territories. The exercise forecast 5 million dead, 10 million injured and millions displaced, with New York Chicago Buffalo and several others projecting vast casualties and evacuations.
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U.S
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
New York City
Brooklyn
New York
New Jersey
New England
Chicago
Separate Votes Arranged For Bond Issue Items
The Council adopted a resolution for a yes or no vote on four items in the proposed $200,000 bond issue to be on the July 12 primary ballot. Items include streets $150,000 sidewalks $310,000 sewers $10,000 and recreational improvements $310,000 with plans for lists of prioritized streets and sidewalks. Reconstruction of Van Zandt Avenue Pier to cost $20,000 is included after a hurricane destruction last year.
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van Zandt Avenue
Ellery Road
Public Works Engineers
Aquidneck Lw
West Unifies Strategy For Big 4 Parley
Western foreign ministers Pinay Macmillan and Dulles chart a unified approach ahead of talks with Molotov in San Francisco. The two day meeting in New York aims to frame the July Geneva summit with Eisenhower Eden Faure and Bulganin. Adenauer to join at lunch.
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New York
San Francisco
Geneva
Antoine Pinay
Idlewild
Harold Macmillan
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Macmillan
Churchill
Dulles
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
Boston
V. M. Molotov
Switzerland
Eisenhower
Eden
Edgar Faure
Nikolai Bulganin
Molotov
Revolt in Buenos Aires After Peron Excommunication
Rioting erupts in Buenos Aires as Vatican excommunicates President Juan D Peron and other leaders. Soldiers clash with guards at Government House while police raid parish offices and 29 are injured in street battles. Excommunication cited as a grave church sanction amid church state feud.
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Buenos Aires
Vatican
Juan D. Peron
Government House
Peron
Bannon
Manuel Tato
L’osservatore Romano
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza
Holy Congregation
Msgr
Tato
Ramon Pablo Novoa
Pope Pius XII
Argentina
Rome
Santiago Luis Cardinal Copello
Antonio Cardinal Caggiano
Rosario
Copco
Jeronimo Remorino
Remorino
Catholic Action Societies
Domingo Cantegalli
Marcos Pax
Roman Pablo Novoa
Italy
Seamen Push Breakoff Ties Up Atlantic Shipping
A no contract no work stoppage by the CIO National Maritime Union began across 18 Atlantic and Gulf ports. About 2,000 seamen halted 30 ships in New York harbor and 12 in Baltimore with others idle in New Orleans and Boston. The move targets passenger liners, dry cargo, and tankers as talks for a new agreement fail. Union chief Curran said employers rejected unemployment insurance plans and signaled possible widespread idle tonnage.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
CIO- National Maritime Union
Philadelphia
NMU
Union
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Baltimore
New Orleans
Boston
U.S
United States
Europe
Matesland
Joseph Curran
Curran
Gulf
Philadelphia Union
Standstill in New England trucking amid Teamsters strike
Trucking operations in Newport and surrounding areas remain active in some firms but widespread idle periods hit Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut as 15 000 freight haulers stop work. Union demands higher wages overtime and industry wide action clash with carrier lockouts while life sustaining deliveries are guaranteed.
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Newport Transportations
Boston
Providence
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Newport
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Ernest A. Johnson
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Tri-State Motor Carriers’ Council
Teamsters Union
John Welch
Massachusetts Employers Group
Adley Express
Cambridge
Hemingway Bros
McLean, Trucking
Medford
Carolina
Trucking
Crowe Truck
Waterbury
Conn
Holmes Transportation
Worcester
Quinn _Bros
Brockton
New High School Commission Holds to $50,000 Penalty
The New High School Commission sits tight on a $50,000 penalty check ordered returned to C Sullivan Co Inc after bid contests for a $350,000 high school job. The council directed the money to the city finance director, while debates over forfeiture and contract validity continue. The project shows 3.67 percent complete with final completion slated for November 17, 1956.
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New High School Commission
C. Sullivan Co. Inc
Sullivan
Dimeo Construction Co
Providence
Commission
Sullivan Firm
Samuel Adelson
Paul F. Murray
Arthur M. Dring
James L. Maher
Dean Lewis
Adelson
Cornelius C. Moore
John KK. Quinn
Tractor’s
Nand
Dimeo
Kewaunee
Sheldon
Leonard Peterson
Peterson
Adenauer urges U S to push Russia on arms control
West Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer told Harvard commencement crowds that the United States should press Soviet Russia toward a disarmament agreement. He warned that peace hinges on US and Soviet action and urged U S initiative ahead of the Geneva talks and a forthcoming Big Four meeting.
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Cambridge
Mass
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Harvard University
Eisenhower
Uled
Geneva
Britain
France
Adenauer
Washington
Dulles
Soviet Russia
West
Western European Union
NATO
Harvard
Germany
Eae
City urged to guarantee housing for Navy personnel
Ericha A. O. D. Taylor, United Veterans Council chairman, urged city officials to provide a ten year occupancy guarantee to attract private capital for housing Navy personnel at reasonable rents. He cited existing federal aided complexes and warned against new high bracket housing subsidized by federal funds. The Navy says 1725 families would locate here with proper housing, and the council took no action.
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Ericha A. O.D. Taylor
United Veterans Council
Taylor
Council
Arleigh A. Burke
Navy
Park Holm
Tonomy
Brenton Village
Commodore Perry Village
Chapel Terrace
Taylon
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