Civil Defense postdrill casualties run into millions
Civil Defense officials disclosed that the simulated atomic raid exposed the nation’s lack of preparedness. They estimate 7,276,000 killed and 2,344,000 injured across 30 cities, with higher totals expected as others report in. Between 50 million and 75 million ordinary Americans are claimed to have participated.
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Civil Defense
Operation Alert
Olney
Val ‘Peterson
North Pole
United States
Canada
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
New Citizens Honored In Flag Day Ceremony Here
About 50 people attended a joint Elyria Elks and American Legion Flag Day program. Sixteen new citizens were named, nine present to receive flags. others will get flags by mail. Speakers urged patriotism and vigilance against Communism while noting American citizenship as a prize and duty.
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Elyria
American Legion Color Guard
Bunker Hill
Lustig
Elks Lodge
American Legion Post 12
Elks
Legion
Paul Corbin
The
Elyria Elks
F. P. Dirlam
Short Causes Auto Fire That Does No Damage
A minor auto fire at 1830 West Ave drew Elyna Fire Department unit Quad Company 1 yesterday at 7 p m. A short in the wiring ignited insulation on a 1951 Buick owned by F D Cox of 405 Oberlin Rd Trailer Park and driven by his wife. The fire stayed within the wiring insulation and a passer by disconnected the battery before responders arrived.
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Quad Company 1
Elyna Fire Department
West Ave
F. D. Cox
Oberlin Rd
UNM Graduates Commissioned In Military Corps
John Gregory Jasper son of Mrs. Ruth Jasper 322 Fifth St was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Thursday alongside six University of New Mexico students who received commissions in the Navy or Air Force ROTC at commencement ceremonies. The University of New Mexico is located in Albuquerque New Mexico.
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John Gregory Jasper
Ruth Jasper
Fifth St
Marine Corps
University of New Mexico
Navy
Air Force
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Lorain County Residents Sworn Into U S Air Force
Four Lorain Countians including two from Lorain yesterday were sworn into the U S Air Force at Cleveland. Volunteers named Richard S. Charnisky Joseph J. Miller Gerald C Arnold Wellington and David L. Thompson Avon Lake may also be listed among enlistees.
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Lorain
U. S. Air Foce
Cleveland
Richard S. Charnisky
Joseph J. Miller
Gerald C. Arnold
Wellington
David L. Thompson
Avon Lake
Sightless Center Schedules Second Vacation Period
Lorain County Center for Sightless plans a week long summer vacation for about 20 members at Camp Crag in June 2026. Miss Mildred Baugh directs arrangements from 330 Third St. The camp near Hinkley offers swimming crafts and music, continuing last year’s Vermilion on the Lake program.
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County Center For Sightless
Camp Crag
Mildred Baugh
Third St
Hinkley
Miss Baugh
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
New Erie County Health Chief Named
Dr. Richard D. Fishell a Kenton physician will become Erie County Sandusky city health commissioner on July 1 succeeding Dr N Benneta Block who resigned June 1 to take a post in Cleveland Fishell is a Findlay native now in private clinical work in Kenton
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Sandusky, O. 1
Richard D. Fishell
Kenton
Erie County
Sandusky City
Fishell
Findlay
N. Benneta Block
Cleveland
Shortage In N. J. Funds Suspecied In Hoffman Probe
Former New Jersey Governor Harold G Hoffman took 300000 in state funds to cover a long series of embezzlements. A public confession after his death cited a final grand theft from the temporary disability insurance fund. Bank records show 900000 credited while 1200600 was on deposit at South Amboy Bank.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Archibald S. Alexander
South Amboy
N.J
John J. Toolan
New Jersey
State
Robert B. Meyner
New York
Ada Leonard
Meyner
Congress
Washington
Plane Crash Victim Improves but Husband Remains Fair
Lakewood Hospital reports Mrs. William Layer of 31140 Detroit Rd Rocky River improved after a Sunday morning crash on Center Ridge Rd. The couple were passengers aboard a private plane that failed engine and crash landed in a strawberry patch on Walter Jensen’s farm. They were first taken to Bay View Hospital then moved to Lakewood Hospital.
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Lakewood Hospital
William Layer
Detroit Rd
Rocky River
Center Ridge Rd
Avon Airport
Hilliard Rd
Lorain County
Marion
Walter Jensen
Layer
Bay View Hospital
Bay Village
Steel Talks Progress Report Due
Negotiators from United Steelworkers and U S Steel Corp plan a joint session of fractional sub committees to report progress toward a new wage contract. The 12 member union team and 14 member company group split into subcommittees to tackle demands and counter proposals as talks enter their eighth day with 15 days until expiry. Both sides await today’s report with USW president David J McDonald and US Steel VP John A Stephens anticipated to attend.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
U.S. Steel Corp
David
J. McDonald
USW
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel
U.s.steel
2500 Grotto Delegates Attend 64th Convention
In Pittsburgh more than 2 500 delegates and members of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm gather for the 61th supreme council convention. The three day affair includes opening ceremonies, business sessions, band and drum corps contests and a banquet. Newly elected officers will be installed at the final session Thursday morning.
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Pittsburgh
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
Supreme Council
Supreme Council of the
Talking dog Tarzan wowed crowds on Kelleys Island
At The Casino on Kelleys Island Ray and Ann Tacke showcase Tarzan a talking eight year old Boston Terrier who speaks in syllables and even identifies beer labels. He brings his leash for walks answers burgers and can locate docks with a tiny flashlight delighting about twenty spectators and prompting local headlines about his celebrity status.
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Tarzan
Kelleys Island
Don Milles
Ray
Ann Tacke
Ro—zen-n
Pee Se Tranalé
Pfeiffer
Erin
Ann
Fort Lauderdale
Arthur Godfrey
Miami
Former mental patient confesses to triple murder on farm
Cletus Reese, 36, a former mental patient in Coshocton, Ohio, admitted shooting three men whose battered bodies were found on his murder ridge farm. He identified Paul Tish of Mount Vernon among them, saying he killed three and that one year had passed since his release from Cambridge State Hospital.
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Coshocton
Cletus Reese
Ridge” Farm
Gilbert Kempf
Reese
Paul Tish
Mount Vernon
Cambridge State Hospital
Tish
Reese Farm
Cambridge ‘State Hospital
Kempf
Here
British Editor Dies at 74 in Southampton
Lord Camrose editor in chief of the Daily Telegraph and a leading British publisher died suddenly in Southampton at age 74. Death blamed on a heart attack.
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Southampton
England
Lord Camrose
Daily Telegraph
Britain
Vermonter Speech Flanders McCarthy Clash Sets Senate Action
Vermont Senator Flanders plans to move on McCarthy questions over finances, prompting GOP leaders to consider sending the issue to the Rules Committee. Leader Knowland calls the move a mistake, while Flanders notes three weeks for McCarthy to respond. Other items include trade program debates and a Democrat bid to gag Security Chief McLeod in appropriations discussions.
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Ralph E. Flanders
Joseph BR. McCarthy
GOP
Senate Rules Committee
Senate Gop
Flanders
Vermont
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Lliess
Walter F. George Ga
Senate Finance Committee
George
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Democrats
State Department
Scott McLeod
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Machinery Arrives for Lorain Waterworks Electrification
Safety Service Director Michael Lotko said Johnson Bros Construction Co of Chicago began moving in supplies at the Lorain pumping station as the first step in electrifying the waterworks. The city has appropriated 500000 dollars for the project to replace steam pumps with electric equipment, with completion promised in 560 days, aiming for November 1956.
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Safety Service
Michael Lotko
Johnson Bros. Construction Co
Chicago
Lorain
Letko
Child Rescued From Path Of Locomotive
Otto Gibson of Falls City Neb leaped from his moving train to save a small child on the Missouri Pacific tracks in South Omaha. The engine could not have stopped in time. the boy ignored the warning whistle.
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Omaha
Neb
Otto Gibson
Falls City
Kiwanis Club to Hear Cerebral Palsy Speaker
Mrs. S. L. Zieve will guest speak at the Kiwanis meeting Thursday noon at the Elks Rooms. She will discuss Cerebral Palsy and show the film Search. Past president Jim Fitch leads the program.
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S. L. Zieve
Kiwanis Club
Elks ‘Rooms
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