Segregation Wrangle Involves Church
New Orleans AP reports Mrs. B Gaillot of Save Our Nation seeks interview with Archbishop Rummel after receiving a threat of excommunication over her segregation stance. Archdiocese says a personal letter was sent. Rummel has described segregation as morally wrong and ordered an end to segregated classes next fall.
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New Orleans
Earch
B. Gaillot
Save Our Nation, Inc
Joseph Francis Rummel
Archdiocesan Chancery
Gaillot
Rummel
Hoffa Targets Romney and Romney Era in Michigan Drive
President Hoffa of the Teamsters rallies over 2,000 members and blasts George Romney and the Kennedy administration while praising Nelson Rockefeller. He accuses federal pressure on steel talks as political maneuvering and backs Gov. Swainson for labor. Romney, on leave from American Motors, campaigns for Michigan governor and faces Swainson in November. Rockefeller is hailed as a strong 1964 worker candidate.
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Detroit
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
George Romney
Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Michigan
Teamsters
Hoffa
Romney
American Motors
John B. Swainson
United Steelworkers
Rockefeller
New York
American Motors Corp
Swainson
Syrian Army Officers Seek Reunion With UAR
Cairo AP reports Syr ian army officers rebel against the military junta calling for reunion with the United Arab Republic and a federation with Arab states. In Aleppo pro Nasser broadcasts claim control in the north and east while Damascus says no change. Demonstrations were reported in Damascus before a ban on gatherings as officers assemble to find a way out of the crisis.
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Ask
Cairo
Syria
Gamali
Abdel Nasser
United Arab Re
Aleppo
Damascus
Junta
A.R
U.A.R
Egypt
Beirut
Lebanon
Highway Carnage Drives A Grim Toll Across Nations
A sweeping tally shows 64 deaths in 17 traffic crashes during the spring weekend, including eight killed near Drummondville Quebec in a train collision. In California a head on crash near Modesto killed six youths. five Duke nursing students died when their car lost control on wet U.S. 17 near Jacksonville. Wisconsin Hebron victims and North Dakota Laverne crash deaths add to the grim toll.
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Drummondville
Que
Modesto
Calif
Jake Green
Darryl A. Borges
Gustine
Jacksonville
Fla
Duke University
U.S. 17
North Carolina
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
Hebron
Wis
Tiny Laverne
N.D
Longer Vacations Likely If Steel Pact Is Imitated
The steel labor settlement ratified over the weekend would extend vacations for veteran workers, with two months off per year at full pay possible in a few years. The accord also improves pensions, layoff benefits, grievance procedures, seniority and minimum weekly pay, and Kennedy praised the deal. Negotiators planned to translate terms into individual contracts for signing ceremonies next Friday.
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Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
Kennedy
Collapse of Tower Explained by Senate Probe
Washington AP reports a Senate inquiry cites insufficient structural strength as a key factor in the early last year collapse of the Texas Tower off the New Jersey coast. Twenty eight sailors died, including Raymond J. Martel of Biddeford, while crews were to remove him from the structure as a storm worsened. The report blames multiple agencies and engineers, with Mor an Proctor Maeser Rutledge of New York and Theodore M. Kuss taking the most criticism.
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Washington
Senate
Texas
New Jersey
John Stennis
D-Miss
Defense Investigating Group
Navy
Air Force
Moran, Proctor, Maeser
New York
Kuss
Rutledge
Tupper Nomination Papers Filed For Maine Primary
Congressman Stanley R. Tupper filed nomination petitions in Augusta for the June 18 Republican primary in Maine first district. Tupper faces Peter A. Garland as part of a three way race with Kenneth F. Snow also circulating. Paperwork includes 4262 signatures, with a large surplus claimed. Tupper returned from Maine to Washington after a five day campaign push.
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Augusta
Stanley R. Tupper
Boothbay Harbor
Tupper
Peter A. Garland
Saco
Congress
Garland
Maine
Cannery
Kenneth F. Snow
Scarborough
Snow
John H. Reed
Edward F. Hutchinson
Maynard C. Dolloff
Richard J. Dubord
Waterville
Stanley R. Tup
Per
Clyde Bartlett
South Portland
Thomas L. Maynard
Portland
Clifford G. Meentire
Perham
William D. Hathaway
Auburn
Dwight McLeod
Old Orchard Beach
Washington
Stanley Hanson
Escaped Maine Convict Is Captured in Rockport
AP reports an armed escapee dated 10 days at large was captured near Rockport after holding a housekeeper at gunpoint for three hours. Andrew Moore, 31, of Perry, had fled a Thomaston prison after car theft. He surrendered in an abandoned car to State Police officers and guards.
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Rockport
Andrew Moore
Perry
Emily Woodcock
Mae
Andrew B. Sides
Bangor
Moore
Thomaston
Hutchinson
Thomaston State
Woodcock
Donald Drake
Drake
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Gerard Doyon
Parvali
Robert Ouellette
Melvin Leblond
St. Joseph Church
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Melvin
Sylvia
Stamps
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Atlantic Avenue
William Duhamel
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Norman Pare
Arthur McKee
Marvin Marshall
Archie McNeill
Ernest Merrill
Joseph Lenkowski
John Menard
Maurice Edwards
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