Most Seriously Injured To Be Treated Last In Nuclear Attack Drill
A Civil Defense Administration booklet for Operation Sentinel outlines a hypothetical 1960s nuclear exchange in which 82 million Americans could die or be injured. The plan revives triage rules prioritizing workers who can return to duty and those who will soon recover, while the most seriously injured would be treated last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
U.S
Civil Defense Administration
International News _ Service
M. M. van Sandt
CDA
van Sandt
South
Mississippi
Georgia
Illinois
New York State
New York City
Washington, D.C
West Coast
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Nobel scientists urge global ban on nuclear tests
About 2,000 American scientists including Nobel winners Linus Pauling H J Muller and Joseph Erlanger signed a petition calling for an international agreement to stop nuclear testing. The appeal warns each unit of radiation damages health and predicts up to 200 000 defective children in each of 20 future generations.
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Pasadena
Calif
Linus Pauling
H. J. Muller
Indiana University
Joseph Erlanger
Washington
St. Louis
Atom Test Series In Nevada Nears Third Detonation
Atomic Energy Commission scientists advance preparations for the third detonation of the 1957 series at Yucca Flat while evaluating yesterday’s two kiloton blast. The test is closed to observers and may focus on effects on eyesight. Newsmen watched from Angels Peak as the mushroom cloud rose 20 000 feet and the fireball did not reach the ground. The blast was visible from Las Vegas and audible up to 100 miles away.
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Las Vegas
Nev
INS
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Yucca Flat
Angels Peak
Inyokern
Bishop
Calif
Fallout Sprinkled Children Found Stunted In Growth
A U S survey finds Marshall Island children exposed to radioactive fallout from the March 1 1954 Bikini blast are smaller for their age and sex. The report notes no other ill effects and says fertility, pregnancy, cancer rates, and life span appear normal in three years of post exposure checks. Further radiation effects may appear in the future according to experts.
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Washington
Aecal
Marshall Island
U. S
Marshal Islanders
Bikini
Tikast
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton
N.Y
State Officials In Storm Course
Officials of state county municipal and disaster agencies will brush up today on techniques best suited to the preservation of life and property in case a hurricane lashes Florida. Gordon E Dunn Miami chief of the U S Weather Bureau will supervise the precautionary seminar. Dunn notes Florida has had light hurricane impact in six years and many in south Florida have never experienced a hurricane.
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Miami
Florida
Gordon E. Dunn
U.S. Weather Bureau
Dunn
South Florida
Chiropractors Target Blood Pressure With Spinal Alignment
The text explains blood pressure as a balance of heart-driven propulsion and vessel resistance. It notes two causes of high blood pressure, arterial sclerosis and arterial hypertension, often linked to nervous strain, and claims chiropractors normalize nerve energy flow by adjusting spinal alignment to restore proper vasomotor impulses and achieve normal pressure.
Eight People Die in Holiday Driving and Weather Incidents
Florida ends a long Memorial Day weekend with eight more fatalities from highway crashes and related events raising the toll to 16. Victims include two Bradenton children drowned after a boating accident on the Braden River and several pedestrians and drivers killed across St. Petersburg Pensacola Brooksville Lakeland and nearby areas.
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Associated Press
Florida
Braden
Bradenton
Christine Thomas
Danny Beck
Thomas
Carl Thomas
Clarence W. Rowland
St. Petersburg
Josiah Beckwith
Dayton Ohio Birthplace of Key Inventions
Dayton Ohio is cited as the birthplace of the airplane the cash register the electric starter and the automotive ignition in a historical notes summary.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force instructor on trial for abuse of recruits
San Antonio report says 22-year-old A.2.C. William Roberts Jr. faced a five officer panel at Lackland Air Force Base on charges including striking a recruit and shoving him into a wall. The case involves the death of Airman Robert Disenbacher from heat exhaustion two days after the alleged incident. Roberts denies touching Walker and criticizes basic training methods. He is hospitalized with medical issues amid the trial that could lead to six months confinement if convicted.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
A.2
William Roberts Jr
Key West
Fla
Lackland Air Force Base
Roberts
Basic
Robert Disenbacher
Disenbacher
New York City
George E. Walker
Walker
Springfield
Mich
Davis-Monthan Afb
Tucson
Ariz
Walker Oor
U S Joins Baghdad Pact Military Committee
The United States formally joined the Baghdad Pact military committee in Karachi and began planning defensive coordination. The pact includes Britain, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Pakistan, with Iran’s Shah discussed as possible supreme commander. U S also belongs to anti subversion and economic committees.
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Karachi
Pakistan
INS
United States
Middle East
U. S
Shah
Iran
Awni Khalidy
Britain
Iraq
Turkey
Short Course Opens For PTA GAINESVILLE
The 21st annual short course in parent teacher leadership starts tomorrow at the University of Florida. More than 1,000 PTA delegates from Florida communities expected. The General Extension Division and Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers host with 80 educators officials and leaders as faculty.
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Gainesville
University of Florida
PTA
Florida
General Extension Division
Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers
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Pauling
Washington University
Ord
Eugene P. Cronkite
Brooklyn
Special Radiation Subcommittee
Congressional Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Chiropractice Health
Hints County
Cumopractic
Locery
Pensacola
Willie Manuel
Willie Johnson
Martin Kunik
Brooksville
Tampas
Ormond Beach
Morlis Edward Johnson
St. Augustine
GO. W. Hunt
Doc Wilson
Lakeland
San Diego
Panama Canal
Eugene P. Wilkinson
Canal Zone
Mideast Alliance
Sheb Printing
East Ave
13Th &T
Everett Andrews
H Wood & Co. Inc
Main ST
New Orleans
Texas
Tampa
National
Elgin
National Airline OF the Stars
Florida Corpo
Tolegt
Florida Power & Light Company
State Street
Sarasota, Florida
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