Maine GOP Confident at Bangor State Convention
Maine Republicans arrived in Bangor for the biannual state convention as Gov. John Reed and Rep. Katherine St. George prepared to address delegates. A short platform draft was to be ratified Friday while party officials predicted strong organization and limited politicking this year with Reed unopposed for renomination.
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Maine
State Committee
Fred C. Scribner
Portland
the Treasury
U.S. Senate
Reed
Peter A. Garland
Stanley R. Tupper
First District
Clifford G. McIntire
Margaret Chase Smith
New Rhinoceros Born at Detroit Zoo
The Detroit Zoo announces a new birth, a male rhino named Harvey weighing 75 pounds born April 19. Harvey is the fifth rhinoceros in U.S. zoo history to be born in captivity.
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Detroit
Detroit Zoo
Harvey
U. S
Auburn Welcomes New Major Bakery Plant
Auburn announces Dane T Bits Biscuit Co Inc will open a 55000 square foot ultra modern bakery on Rodman road near the airport. Initially 110 workers, mostly locals, with later plans to more than double. Groundbreaking at 11 30 am tomorrow with officials from Auburn and state present.
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Auburn Business Development Corporation Today
Dane-T-Bits Biscuit Company Inc
Rodman Road
Auburn-Lewiston
Maine
New England
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Bristol
Conn
St. Attleboro
Lowell
Mass
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Company
Italy
Youths Dye Hair Orange At Knoxville High School
In Knoxville Tennessee seventeen high school boys were sent home by Principal Earl McCall after Easter for hair dyed various shades of orange citing it as improper school appearance.
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Tenn.p
Earl McCall
Highway Fatalities Rise With Three More Dead in Maine
The deaths of 18 year old Donald F E Jordan of Portland and elderly Canadian couple Mr and Mrs Claude B Chisholm of Moncton New Brunswick raise Maine s highway toll to 39 for the year Two other teens were injured in the Route One Scarborough crash and five others injured in the Pittsfield Route 100 head on collision amid a heavy snowstorm and slick roads Local police report non critical injuries for two hospitalized teens and note winter conditions.
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Pittsfield
Maine
Donald FE. Jordan
Maine Medical Center
Scarborough
Jordan
Claude B. Chisholm
Moncton
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Method Of Work Time Sharing Studied
An AP analysis says eliminating overtime in manufacturing could create nearly a million jobs by reallocating overtime to unemployed workers. It notes unions discussed raising overtime penalties to double time to curb overtime and promote work sharing, while Kennedy opposes shortening the 40 hour week.
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White House
Congress
U. S. Moon Shot Marks Space Advance Despite Timer Failure
Radiation and spaceflight breakthrough as Ranger 4 crashes into the moon proving U S progress in lunar exploration. NASA officials credit the mission with strengthening methods for future instrumented moon landings.
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U. S
Maine Air Service Looms with Eagle Lines CAB filing
Washington AP Eagle Air Lines Corp filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board seeking authority to provide scheduled air service to many smaller New England cities. The plan targets routes from Burlington Vermont to Albany New York and connections through White River Junction to Boston and Portland Maine, with flag stop operations and possible suspensions under the CAB use it or lose it rule.
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Laconia
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What Can You Buy With A Nickel
The Staten Island Ferry ferries daily from Manhattan to Staten Island with nine to ten boats in service. It carries about 3,000 passengers per run during peak hours and logged 25,694,244 riders and 1,712,240 vehicles in 1961 across nearly 33,000 round trips.
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Common Cold Risks for Astronauts in Space Study
An Air Force scientist warns that common colds could become deadly in space due to stress on the body. Brooks Air Force Base researchers study how space stresses affect viruses and astronauts, noting hormones influence infection resistance and radiation may mutate viruses.
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Air Force
School of Aerospace Medicine
Brooks Air Force Base
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