Vacant Tulsa Lot memorializes 1961 fallout shelter boom
A Tulsa riverfront vacant lot, once slated for a $2.5 million community fallout shelter for 831 families, stands as a memorial to the 1961 shelter boom. The project was abandoned in April due to lack of takers, and the lot is now marketed as an apartment site as a nationwide AP survey notes the bust of the shelter craze.
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Tulsa
Arkansas River
Okla
Associated Press
Surviv All, Inc
New York
Department of Building and Safety
Los Angeles
Portland, Ore
Philadelphia
Wiliam Fio Rito
Coraloc Industries
Coraloc
E. L. Bruce Company
Edward M. Gilbert
Brazil
Inter
Shelters Built at Major Plants for Nuclear Readiness
Rohm & Haas plans 1.5 million dollars to install underground shelters at Philadelphia Bristol Knoxville and Houston plants. Each shelter supports one shift for two weeks with wells generators buried fuel and microfilms of records. Some shelters double as employee cafeterias and serve local communities.
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Ee P Rohm & Haas Company
Philadelphia
Bristol
Knoxville
Tenn
Houston
Ase
Rohm & Haas
Highland
Boise
Idaho
Midwest
Living Circle Fallout Shelter Company
Oakland
Calif
Robert Hambley
Castro Valley
Shooting prompts State Police probe on Eastern Shore
Accomack County Sheriff Adair W. Matthews requests a State Police investigation into the fatal shooting of John Robert Johnson, about 35, of Horsey, after Matthews said he shot to wound during a crime. Johnson died about 1.5 hours later at 7:45 p.m. Saturday.
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Accomac
Accomack
Adair W. Matthews
Commonwealth
Atty. R. Norris Bloxom
Matthews
John Robert Johnson
Johnson
Senate debate limit on bill lingers after 35 years
Morse continues to stall moving the bill to a Senate vote. The piece notes it has been 35 years since the Senate last limited debate to force a vote, highlighting the longstanding impasse and the scholarly tone of the discussion with synonyms listing for uneducated terms.
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Senate
Antique Auto Fans Schedule Busy August Activities
Shenandoah Region members of the Antique Automobile Assn of America plan a busy August with events from Aug 2 assembly at a shopping center and drive to Middle town for a monthly meeting to Aug 26 annual picnic at Cacapon State Park. The calendar includes Berryville Firemen Parade Aug 3, An Ce Car Conclave Aug 4 at Laurel, and appearances at reenactments and car meets in Fishers Hill Huntingdon Williamsgrove near Strasburg Berkeley Springs.
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Shenandoah Region
Antique Automobile Assn. of America
Middletown
Acme
Berryville Ave
Berryville
Laurel. M
Fishers Hill
Strasburg
Swigart Museum
Huntingdon
Williamsgrove
Shenandoah
Cacapon State Park
Berkeley Springs
Bayonne Faces Ten Hour Water Outage From Main Break
Bayonne New Jersey with a population around 74 000 lost water for nearly ten hours after a main break. Auxiliary lines were set up and all water passing them was advised to be boiled as a health precaution. The citys only hospital curtailed functions and canceled major surgery while emergency tank trucks and fire equipment assisted from neighboring towns. This marked the second outage in three months tied to the Wanaque supply. A Water Department team detected the break near North Arlington about 8 30 this morning, seven hours after pressure dropped.
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Bayonne
N.J
State Department of Health
Wanaque
North Jersey
Water Department
North Arlington
Millwood Man Injured in West Virginia Auto Crash
Henry Williams a 34 year old Millwood resident was injured in a late night crash on U S Route 340 about five miles east of Charles Town He was treated for multiple facial and head lacerations at Charles Town Hospital by George Turner of Boyce Virginia Lewis V Johnson faced charges of reckless driving and driving without a license
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Millwood
Henry Williams
West Virginia
U.S. Rt. 340
Charles
Celebrezze Becomes HEW Chief with White House Oath
Anthony J. Celebrezze took the oath as secretary of health education and welfare in a White House ceremony. President Kennedy praised his vitality and public service as he left Cleveland mayoral post to join Kennedy's Cabinet.
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Washington
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Health, Education and Welfare Department
White House
Kennedy
Cleveland
Ohio
Celebrezze
Congress
Ralph S. Locher
Thomas V. H. Vail
Vail
Forest City Publishing Co
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Vote May End A Sub Tieup In Groton
Striking shipyard workers at General Dynamic Electric Boat vote on a proposed three year contract settling an 13 day walkout that halted 11 nuclear submarine construction. Agreement hammered out in Washington with Labor Secretary Goldberg and the US Mediation Service. Package totals 25 cents an hour plus improved seniority protections.
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Groton
Albany Demonstration Sparks Arrests and Tense Warning
In Albany a protest led by Albert L. Dunn included prayer and song with the chant We Shall Overcome. Police Chief Laurie Pritchett warned demonstrators to disperse or face jail. Elizabeth Wyckoff, a New York writer, joined the crowd as arrests topped 280 in under two weeks.
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Albert L
Dunn
Laurie Pritchett
Pritchett
America
New York
Elizabeth Wyckoff
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