Fire destroys quarters building at U S base in France
A blaze swept a quartermaster building at a U S base in France causing about 800000 dollars of uniforms shoes and gear to burn. Authorities attributed the fire to an electrical short circuit.
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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1962
Page
1
A blaze swept a quartermaster building at a U S base in France causing about 800000 dollars of uniforms shoes and gear to burn. Authorities attributed the fire to an electrical short circuit.
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Gov. Rockefeller hailed booming factory construction in New York as proof that fiscal integrity drives growth and attracts industry. He credited the state's program for economic growth for more new factories under construction since 1961 than the next two states combined.
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The U S nuclear testing force readies a massive after dark blast over the Pacific to be visible from Hawaii 750 miles away near Johnston Island. The 200 mile high detonation is to occur between 11 PM and 7:30 AM EST and will disrupt Pacific communications for about two days. President Kennedy faces a telegram from the Congress of Scientists on Survival urging cancellation due to peril to mankind and the Van Allen belt.
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