Kennedy welcomed by bipartisan Maine crowd in Brunswick
President Kennedy arrives in Maine for a weekend of relaxation amid drizzly rain at Brunswick Naval Air Station. Governors Reed and Muskie, plus Sen. Smith, greet him as a bipartisan reception emphasizes Maine resilience. He plans a stay on John’s Island after the welcome.
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Kennedy
Maine Sea Coast
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John H. Reed
Pine Tree
Muskie
John's Island
Boothbay Harbor
Bennington Sees Heaviest Rain Since March
Record rainfall in Bennington shows about three quarters of an inch this month, with 0.68 inches arriving since 7:15 a.m. Friday. Water officials report benefits to the system as Lake Hancock remains well below full and restrictions may stay pending replenishment.
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Harwood Hill
U.S
Paul W. Bohne
Bennington
Emory Wheeler
Bennington Village
Alfred E. Ellett
The
Water Board
Lake Hancock
Atlas ICBM Fires From Hole Then Destroyed
At Vandenberg Air Force Base California an Atlas F intercontinental missile fired from an armored ground hole exploded seconds after launch. It was the second Atlas test. the prior one Aug 1 hit a Marshall Islands target. The range safety officer destroyed Friday's missile over the Pacific. no cause given. The target area lay about 4,000 miles from Wake Island.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Marshall Islands
Wake Island
Slippery Soblen Outlasts Another British Deadline
Dr. Robert A. Soblen aged 61 dodged another British deadline for his extradition to the United States. An El Al flight grounded in Tel Aviv delayed his transfer while a midnight limit loomed in London. He remained in Brixton Prison as authorities weighed the case in the morning.
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London
Robert A. Soblen
United States
New York
Tel Aviv
el al
Home Office
Brixton
Soblen
Two Commissions To Be Designated By Lt Gov Foote
Lt Gov Ralph A Foote said the two new legislative commissions will likely be designated tomorrow. He will meet with House Speaker Leroy Lawrence as they attend Farm Industry Day in Randolph to review prospective appointees. One panel will study legislative reapportionment, the other the Rutland Railway.
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Ralph A. Foote
Sain
Foote
Leroy Lawrence
Stamford
Randolph
House
Senate
Rutland Railway
Lawrence
Milk firms charged in bid rigging case in New England defense contracts
The Justice Department filed a civil damage suit in Boston against H P Hood & Sons, National Dairy Products, and United Farmers of New England for rigging milk bids to defense installations from 1957 to 1959. The case cites rotating low bids and sham high bids, with contracts at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Boston Navy Yard. Damages are to be doubled under the False Claims Act, with $2,000 penalties per conspiracy and per fraudulent claim.
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Washington
Justice Department
New England
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
U.S. District Court
Boston
H.P. Hood & Sons Inc
National Dairy Products Corp
New York
United Farmers of New England, Inc
Dairy Farmer Cooperative
Portsmouth
N.H
Naval Shipyard
Boston Naval Shipyard
Truck Topples at White River Killing Boy 7
A seven year old boy, Wesley Luce, died when a gravel laden farm truck toppled on River Road in White River Junction. He rode on the truck’s roof with his cousin Arland Luce. The roof gave way to a soft shoulder and he was pinned between the roof and rocks. Nine cousins rode on the roof or on the load. none were injured. The victim was son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Luce.
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White River Junction
River Road
Wesley Luce
Arland Luce
Frank C. Johnson
Hartford
Wallace Luce
New Readsboro Postmaster Nominated by Kennedy
John P. Wellman of Readsboro has been nominated for postmaster here by President Kennedy and the selection sent to the Senate for approval.
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Readsboro
John P. Wellman
Kennedy
Senate
Fluoridation Move Backed by Bennington Dentist
Dr. Francis C. Tomasi told the Rotary Club in Bennington that fluoridating the village water could begin quickly at under $1,000. He cited 1953 village voter approval, questions over prior funding, and new equipment now in place, with costs estimated at 8 to 10 cents per person annually.
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Bennington
Water Department
Francis C. Tomasi
Main St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Rotary Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Tomasi
U.S
Bennington Village
Bennington Health Council
Water Board
Greater Bennington Association
Bennington Jaycees
The
Health Council
State Public Health Department
Morse moves to end filibusters in space communications vote
In Washington the Senate stalls a private space communications bill as Sen. Wayne Morse and allies seek to curb filibusters. Attempts to change cloture rules fail 70 to 14 and 59 to 15, with changes then sent to Foreign Relations Committee for hearings amid a Kennedy push for action on 10 major measures.
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Washington
Senate
U. S
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Foreign Relations Committee
Kefauver
Kennedy
Kennedy to Address Tax Cut Course Monday Night
President Kennedy will tell the nation Monday night whether he supports an immediate tax cut. The White House said he will speak at 7 p.m. EDT on radio and TV across networks, discussing the national economy with advisers present. Humphrey hinted the president may seek standby authority for public works if a recession looms.
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Kennedy
America
Washington
White House
ABC
CBS
NBC
Mutual
Andrew T. Hatcher
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Congress
Humphrey
Board of Education Reviews Legislation and Grants
Montpelier Vermont AP reports the Board of Education will discuss proposed legislation for the next General Assembly and more than 500000 dollars in state aid grants awaiting preliminary approval for nine districts. The meeting will consider a plan for the Department of Education to arrange vocational training under the Manpower Act for White House talks amid debate on a tax cut.
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Montpelier
General Assembly
Board of Education
Department of Education
Manpower Development and Training Act
Soviet opposition blocks Geneva disarmament plan
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin rejects a Western three stage scheme for zonal inspections. He argues it enables Western spies by exposing Soviet defense facilities and real estate.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Nyet
Valerian A. Zorin
Zorin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
America
Vermont Little League seeks dairy mascot for Rhode Island game
The Norshaft Arlington Little League team from Vermont arrived in Wakefield Rhode Island seeking a cow mascot for their divisional tournament game against New Hampshire. Coach Tom Moore contacted PC alumni for help but Joe McAndrew of Westerly has not found a cow. The team may have to rely on its own abilities without a mascot.
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Wakefield
R.I
Vermont
New Hampshire
Tom Moore
Providence College
Rhode Island
Norshaft-Arlington
Paul Connolly
Moore
Joe McAndrew
Westerly
McAndrew
Norshaft- Arlington
Federal judge blocks rail layoffs pending ruling
A U S District Court injunction bars applying new work rules for 210,000 rail crewmen while unions appeal. Railroads aimed to eliminate 40,000 yard and diesel firemen and shift to broader job cuts, risking a nationwide walkout by five unions awaiting circuit court action.
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Chicago
U.S. District Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Joseph Sam Perry
Appeals Court
Perry
Jed
Britain scraps nuclear missile trigger political storm
Britain canceled the Blue Water nuclear artillery missile and drew fire from opposition Labor leader George Brown who called it the calamitous defense muddle. He noted 11 years of effort under nine ministers and more than 16 billion pounds spent. Britain will order a third all British nuclear submarine.
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Britain
London
George Brown
Labor Party
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Lt. Gov. Foote
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