Argentina declares all elections since 1961 void amid coup
President Jose Maria Guido issued a decree voiding all elections since December 1961 as army generals seize three provinces Entre Rios Santa Fe and Corrientes. Peronists had won governorships in five provinces amid military pressure and calls for a federal takeover across Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose Maria Guido
Guido
Army
Entre Rios
Santa Fe
Corientes
Ing
Arturo Frondizi
Juan Peron
Chamber of Deputies
Navy
Ranger 4 Moon Probe Crashes Backside of Moon
Ranger 4 with an ailing onboard system tumbled toward the Moon after NASA observers abandoned attempts to revive it. The 730 pound craft was en route to photograph and study the lunar surface and was expected to crash on the Moon’s far side at about 8 55 a.m. It suffered a telemetry and timing failure that prevented solar power tracking and proper sequencing.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
William H. Pickering
Pickering
Ranger 4
Saco Council Passes Record Net Budget in Item by Item Vote
The Saco City council approved a net budget of 1,028,655 at a special meeting, voting item by item. The total, 25,976 below the rejected 1,054,631 and 133,487 above last year’s 895,168, marks a likely record for the city. Mayor Worthing broke several ties, with Aldermen Emens Rowe Rumery opposing and Pendleton Chretien Milne favoring various allocations including Fire, Police, roads, and schools.
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Saco
Donald Perrin
Fire Department
Dinsmore Worthing
Earl Emens
Reed Rumery
Larry Rowe
Donald Chretien
Bryce Milne
Gordon Pendleton
Highway Department
Thornton Cademy
Worthing
Emens
Rowe
Rumery
Pendleton
Chretien
Milne
Police Department
Nurse jokes on waiting father and baby gender
A nurse tells an expectant father that being kept waiting does not determine the baby’s gender. The quip appears in a humorous Chuckle feature.
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Copr
Gen
Fea
Corp
Saco Wildwood development signs major Diamond National contract
Diamond National signs with Nicholas Scontras agency to develop Wildwood in Saco Maine. The 500 acre tract near Ferry road will host about 400 homes with 10 planned this year. First homes target 14000 to 18000 dollars with low down payments and custom designs including a split foyer layout on one acre lots.
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Diamond National Corporation
Nicholas P. Scontras
Saco
Wildwood
Maine
Diamond National
Nicholas Scontras
Ferry Road
Biddeford-Saco Country Club
Goose Fairbrook
Kinney Shores
Wildwood Construction
Scontras
N. P. Scontras Agency
Narcotics Case Heard In Saco Involving Emil LaPorte
In Saco Municipal Court Emil LaPorte of Boston faces a narcotics charge for illegal marijuana possession. State Troopers Falconer and Mitchell testified about a high speed chase on the Maine turnpike and bags found in the Thunderbird, including a vial sent for analysis. Bail was arranged on speeding charges.
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Emil LaPorte
Boston
William F. Wilson, Jr
Saco Municipal Court
LaPorte
John Agar
Portland
G. Paul Falconer
Saco
Maine Turnpike
Robert Mitchell
Thunderbird
Saco-Scarborough Townine
Falconer
Saco Toll House
Charles Bruton
Cave Ordeal Ends Happily For Three
Three Eagle Explorer Scouts and a novice spent three days trapped in Lookout Mountain cave near Trenton Georgia before rescue crews found them. James Mason 21 and Bill Bartee 20 of Atlanta along with Martin Huddleston 10 from Ormond Beach Florida were exhausted but safe after a 36 hour search. Mason and Bartee are Emory University and Presbyterian College students respectively.
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Trenton
Lookout Mountain
James Mason
Bill Bartee
Atlanta
Martin Huddleston
Ormond Beach
Fla
Mason
Bartee
Huddleston
Emory University
Presbyterian College
Clinton
S.C
Soviet Denounces Western Plans as Spying in Geneva
Moscow reports Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko accusing Western disarmament proposals of spying and probing the Soviet Union. Khrushchev submits resignations then resumes office, Brezhnev reelected, Voroshilov kept on Presidium. Gromyko promotes a three stage disarmament plan while Western talks stall. Berlin talks cited as a hurdle. Rusk chats seen as helpful. A peace treaty with East Germany tied to ending occupation and neutral guardships.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Geneva
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Presidium
U.S.S.R
Klementi Voro
Shilov
Voroshilov
Molotov-Malenkov
Gromyko
United States
Pacific
Berlin
Germany
U.S
Dean Rusk
West Berlin
Berlin Talks Between Rusk and Dobrynin Move Cautiously
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin kept a slow pace in Berlin discussions. They planned no major breakthroughs this week as talks stretched into mid May after Rusk's world trip. The session was procedural with no new ground and no messages exchanged.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Berlin
Rusk
U.S
Kremlin
Khrushchev
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
State Department
Dobrynin
Fallout from Soviet Tests Likely Higher This Spring
Dr Willard F Libby a top fallout expert predicts radioactive debris from the 1961 Soviet test series will be about twice as plentiful this spring and summer as the 1958 autumn tests. He says peak fallout could arrive in late May or June and then taper off.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Willard F. Libby
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Russia
Libby
Cosmos II launches in new Soviet space mission
Tass reported Cosmos II, a new unmanned Soviet satellite, carries scientific instruments and a multichannel radio telemetric system. Cosmos III follows Cosmos I and II launched since March, with a 93.8 minute orbit and 48 degree inclination. Ranger 4 is active in space as both powers push early space exploration milestones.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Earth
Tass
Globe
Supreme Soviet
Parlia
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