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TV And Radio By Charles Mercer
Television and radio demonstrated their value as reporters cover the weekend flood news with rapid, coherent stories from the three networks. John Daly, Walter Cronkite, and John C. Swayze led the broadcasts as Sgt James C Gallagher faced life imprisonment in a North Korean prison camp. An experimental evacuation drill in Pikesville Maryland lined up 100 small boats to move 1000 residents from Middle River testing Bay area evacuation feasibility. Southern coal operators remained silent on the two dollar a day wage settlement negotiations.
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Charles Mercer
New York
Northeast
John Daly
ABC
Walter Cronkite
CBS
John C. Swayze
NBC
James C. Gallagher
Gallagher
Daly
Pikesville
Maryland
Civil Defense Agency
Middle River
Chesapeake Bay
Glenn L. Martin
William P. Bolton
Civil Defense
Baltimore County
Beathmaster
James Sper