survey finds city unprepared for attack; obsolete shelter concept still basis for H-bomb defense; pub apathy and confusion increase hazard; difficulty of formulating adequate evacuation, uncertain role of Fed Govt in planning noted; extent of damage resulting from A- and H-bomb attacks estimated; maps; efforts to overcome pub apathy and sense of futility, need to strengthen volunteer worker staffs noted; NYS, NJ and Conn plans to cooperate in evacuation planning as recommended in Crittenberger rept hailed

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ACCORD REACHED BY G. M. AND UNION; STRIKE IS AVERTED; Terms Similar to Ford Pact -- Benefit Payments Set for Laid-Off Workers ESCALATOR CLAUSE KEPT Scattered Walkouts Started as Negotiations Went On Past Midnight Deadline ACCORD REACHED BY G. M. AND UNION

By Damon Stetsonspecial To the New York Times

Reaches accord with UAW for 3-yr pact providing cash benefits for laid-off workers, accepting principle of co responsibility for employes estab by Ford

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1955Alan Hansen, Scottish footballer and sportscaster^[†]

Alan David Hansen MBE is a Scottish former footballer and BBC television football pundit. Regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time and one of the finest Scottish players ever, he enjoyed a highly decorated playing career, winning eight First Division titles, three European Cups, two FA Cups, four League Cups, and several other honours with Liverpool during their dominant era in the late 1970s and 1980s. He also represented Partick Thistle and the Scotland national team.

1955Leah Ward Sears, German-American lawyer and jurist^[†]

Leah Ward Sears is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States. When she was first appointed as justice in 1992 by Governor Zell Miller, she became the first woman and youngest person to sit on Georgia's Supreme Court.

Historical Context for June 13, 1955

In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people^[†]

Headlines from June 13, 1955

KHEEL SEES FARE AT 20C IF RIDERS KEEP DIMINISHING; Transit Expert Also Predicts Rising Deficit, Scoffing at Authority's Optimism KHEEL SEES FARE AT 20C IN 3 YEARS

CONGRESS LIKELY TO PASS TRADE ACT; Action Expected This Week, but Aid Program Faces Trouble Over Yugoslavia CONGRESS LIKELY TO PASS TRADE ACT

Radar Speed Patrol Will Start In Week on 97 Miles of Streets; Radar Speed Patrol Will Start In Week on 97 Miles of Streets

City Lags on Civil Defense, With Plans in A-Bomb Era; Obsolete Shelter Theory Still Is the Basis of Measures for a Hydrogen Attack -- Evacuation Steps Are Examined City Lags on Civil Defense, With Planning Still in Era of the A-Bomb

ACCORD REACHED BY G. M. AND UNION; STRIKE IS AVERTED; Terms Similar to Ford Pact -- Benefit Payments Set for Laid-Off Workers ESCALATOR CLAUSE KEPT Scattered Walkouts Started as Negotiations Went On Past Midnight Deadline ACCORD REACHED BY G. M. AND UNION

Notable Births

Historical Context for June 13, 1955