Tornadoes Rake Midwest Hit Kankakee Bourbonnais and More
Destructive storms and tornadoes swept Illinois Indiana and Michigan killing one and leaving scores homeless or injured. In Kankakee the twister cut a 300 yard wide path three miles long damaging businesses and Olivet College campus. Bourbonnais suffered the worst property loss estimated at 2 million. About 200 people were displaced and 60 injured. The storm also struck northern Indiana injuring 18 and causing 300000 in damage. Continuous high winds disrupted over 1000 homes in Monroe County Michigan and a trailer was overturned near Coldwater. Weather fronts from the Gulf and Canada fueled the system with near blizzard conditions reported in Flagstaff Arizona.
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Associated Press
Alse
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Secare Ihe
Kankakee
Ill
Chicago
Bourbonnais
Olivet Cole
Jasper County
Gifford
Rensselaer
Monroe County
Mich
Asa F. Weaver
Gulf
Canada
Flagstaff
Ariz
Utah
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
Great Lakes
New England
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Keating Says Soviet Withdrawal Too Slow in Cuba
Sen. Kenneth B. Keating charging Kennedy administration on Cuba says there has been no substantial reduction in Soviet forces since mid November. He cites intelligence claiming about 17 000 Soviet personnel remain with no functional units withdrawn and accuses the White House of slow withdrawals amid Missile Crisis fallout.
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Washington
S AP
Kennedy
Kenneth B. Keating
Cuba
Keating
New York
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Mississippi
Congress
Ellastic joke note on space and women
A humorous clipping notes that since discovery of elastic women are said to take up one third less space. This clever aside attributes the idea to a copyright labeled Gen. Fea Corp with a whimsical tone.
Maine House Rejects Budget Cut in Early Test
AUGUSTA The Maine House defeated its economy bloc in a 80 to 64 vote. Lawmakers rejected sending the 143 million current services budget bill back to committee for a six percent cut.
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Augusta
Maine
Shipyard Commander Joins Sub Investigation As Party
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard commander volunteered as an interested party in the Thresher inquiry and was represented by counsel. Lt. Cmdr. Stanley Hecker had already been named as a party, with Gray and French named to counsel.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Charles A. Palmer
Navy
Cmdr
Stanley W. Hecker
Brooklyn
N.Y
Skylark
Thresher
Boston
Dana B. French
Palmer
Louis Patrick Gray
Hecker
Gray
Holiday Friday Observed In Several States
AP News At Glance reports a mixed observance with banks closed and government offices shut in some areas while retail outlets vary. The piece notes Kennedy Cuba troop withdrawals debate and a Mississippi segregationist funding proposal prompting congressional civils rights tension.
No Journal On Friday Publication Update
No Journal On Friday will not be published tomorrow as Patriots Day. The business office will be closed all day.
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Biddeford-Saco
South Street
Biddeford
Willie Pomerleau
Welfare Committee Attacks ADC Policy Review
Three Welfare Committee members met Gov. Reed to press for changes in the Aid to Dependent Children program led by Dean Fisher of the Health and Welfare Department. They seek policy revisions regarding unrelated males living with ADC mothers, while Fisher and state leaders discuss a conference to resolve tensions and possible reforms.
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Augusta
Legislative Welfare Committee
Reed
Dean H. Fisher
Health & Welfare Department
ADC
Fisher
Dr. Fisher
Associated Press
Welfare Committee
Ida M. Harrington
R-Patten
Stephen P. Simonds
Bureau of Social Welfare
Samuel A. Hinds
South Portland
Hinds
Exiles in Florida Question U.S. Cuba Policy
An AP analysis from Miami notes Cuban exile communities fear a U S policy shift may backfire Exiles hope Castro is overthrown but many face grim disappointment as crackdowns and limited raids yield pinpricks rather than decisive action The piece cites about 150000 Cuban refugees in Miami and discusses possible embarrassment to the United States.
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Cuba
Florida
United States
William L. Ryan
Miami
Fla
U.S
Uncle Sam
Latin America
Fidel Castro
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Adams Street
H. Clifford Berry
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Gerard Paradis
Jefferson Street
Arlene
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Taxpayers United
Saco Taxpayers Protective Association
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Robert L. Cassette
Beulah McDonald
Saco
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