Operation Alert tests civil defense plans nationwide
Washington dispatch notes that Operation Alert, set for June 15, will test five years of civil defense efforts. It outlines government campaigns since 1947, funding fluctuations, and public reception, detailing leaflets, films, and planned alerts affecting 50 of 92 critical areas and seven of 42 other cities.
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Peter Edson
Washington
NEAJ
America
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
Nevada Proving Grounds
FCDA
Eisenhowert
FUDA
Government Printing Office
D.C
U.S
New Records In Car Buying In Maryland Revenue Boom
Maryland dealers and the Department of Motor Vehicles report a surge in auto transactions with 55 907 transfers in March and 1 209 611 in sales tax receipts. April dipped but remained over a million, while license plate sales jumped to 735 384 in March and April. Comptroller Owen McGeeney projects up to 1 million vehicles on Maryland roads next February, signaling a 1.5 to 2 million boost in motor vehicle revenues for the fiscal year amid local tax allocations.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Department of Motor Vehicles
Owen R. £. McGeeney
Automobile titling tax shows 1954 surge and March peak
Tax data from the Department of Motor Vehicles indicates a strong rise in titling revenue in late 1954, with December 1954 receipts up from 1953 and 1952. The year begins to turn as auto makers released 1955 models, boosting tax collections in March to a new record. Also noted is Woodsboro 4-H club meeting with sewing demonstrations and plans for a Memorial Day parade float.
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Department of Motor Vehiclits
Woodsboro
Apron-Making Meeting Set At Mrs Pue's Home
A girls group will meet to craft aprons, scheduled for the third Wednesday at Mrs Pue's residence. The note also mentions three states Arkansas Missouri and West Virginia each contain a town named Romance.
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American Hotels Corporation
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Maine
South Dakota
Texas
J. Leslie Kincaid
Lancaster
Stuart E. Hockenbury
Bethlehem, Pa
Paul W. McAuliffe
Arkansas
Missouri
West Virginia
Romance
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