Ferry Trouble Mounts Over Lost Mailbag On Casco Bay
Labor dispute hits Casco Bay Lines as captains and deckhands are fired for failing to report a missing mailbag from the Emita II. The Emira and Aucocisco II crews walked ashore after a morning Bailey Island run was canceled, while the Public Utilities Commission demands a wharf repair plan by Aug 14 or ferries may be state taken. Governor Reed supports the PGU order and plans a special session to fund a state takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Casco Bay Lines
Bailey Island
Portland - Peaks Island
Berkely
Public Utilities Commission
Anager
Boston
Peter T McLaughlin
CBL
Norman Thomas
McLaughlin
John A Johnson
Wiliam Taylor
Emira
Robert Hicekr
Mai
Donald A. Work
Gerald Davis
Taylor
Icker
Johnson
Long Island
Ricker
Khrushchev Presses Berlin Peace Despite West Split
In Moscow Khrushchev told Italian Premier Fanfani he remains determined to sign a peace treaty with East Germany and is willing to offer guarantees for West Berlin. He argued Berlin’s social regimes need not block talks and warned that a treaty would not mean war, urging resumed negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Khrushchev
Amintore Fanfani
East Germany
West Berlin
Fanfani
Berlin
America
Thresher Nuclear Sub Commissioned At Portsmouth Shipyard
The Thresher, the lead ship of a new class of nuclear attack submarines, is commissioned at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire. It features advanced bow sonar for precise targeting and shared data, carries eight officers and 80 enlisted, measures 278 feet long, with a submerged displacement around 4300 tons and speeds exceeding 20 knots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N.H
Thresher
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Chuckle On Life Span And Duties Of Husbands
A humorous line jokes that a man’s life span would need to stretch to finish all the tasks his wife desires. The quip attributes the idea to fictional corporate copyright and lampoons aging and domestic expectations.
Airliner Hijacked by Gunmen Foiled in El Paso Clash
A Continental Boeing 707 en route from Los Angeles to Houston was hijacked and forced to land in El Paso for fuel. After passengers were released except four, gunfire prevented takeoff. Ten tires were shot out as officers and ground crews held the jet, with 30 armed officers at the scene and negotiations continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Cuba
International Airport
Los Angeles
Houston
Texas
Adelia Wysong
San Anmio
Phoenix
Ariz
Havana
Nancy Pearsall
Continental
FBI
Secret Service
Howard Berg
Veteran Biddeford Barber Ends Work
Odlion G Laverriere a 65 year old Biddeford barber retires after 42 years in the trade. He ran a shop at 70 Green with his brother Lorenzo and began in 1919 on Bacon street. He recalls early clippers, 25 cent haircuts, and earning a living while studying the craft. He served as Ward 5 city councilman 1952 to 1954 and now has eight children with wife Lodia. He sold his share to Lorenzo and will cut only a few hours on weekends. Also noted is Sanford Industrial Development Corp planning a 200 acre speculative plant near Sanford airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odilon G. Laverriere
Green Street
Biddeford
Lorenzo
Odilon
Louis B. Lausier
Albert C. Lambert
Odlion G. Laverriere
Laverriere
Bacon Street
Robinson Syndicate
Quebec
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Laverviere
First National Bank
Main Street
Bacon and
Alfred Streets
Binette
Central Falls
R.I
Louis Lausier
Albert Lambert
Lorenzo Laverriere
Lodia
Lonely Hearts scam suspect in Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Police Chief says local force wary of a long running lonely hearts racket linked to Mrs. Marie C. Clark 35 of Spring Street. US postal authorities handled the case. Clark faces six counts for defrauding about 500 men across multiple states. Court hearing delayed to next Wednesday. Clark released on personal recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
John Clark
Beach
Marie C. Clark
Springstreet
Clark
Herbert H. Sawyer
Portland
Gabriel Walker
Alaska
Massachusetts
Walker
Rusk Urges Allies to Plan for Soviet Threat
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will press Allied foreign ministers in Paris next weekend to finalize detailed steps Western powers would take against any threat from the Soviet Union and East Germany to West Berlin. He will depart for Paris tonight after a Kennedy meeting on Berlin crisis planning, with sessions starting Saturday among Britain France West Germany and continuing through Monday.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Paris
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
Rusk
Kennedy
Berlin
Britain
France
West Germany
U.S
Europe
John M. Steeves
Laos
South Viet Nam
Khrushchev
Bus Plunge Fatal To 16 Americans
Divers in Lake Lucerne recovered a tourist bus after a rain slick crash with a truck killed sixteen American vacationers. Twenty two survivors were hospitalized, with two newlyweds among those saved. The bus slid off a cliff into the water, trapping many passengers, while two Milwaukee sisters escaped through a window. Rescue efforts used electromagnetic gear, cranes, and winches as authorities closed the mountain road.
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Hergiswil
Switzerland
Lake Lucerne
Krepps
Smith
Milwaukee
Wis
Nora Pannier
Vynita Winter
Pannier
Robert Work
Connellsville
Lucerne Hotel
Congo Premier Adoula vows to crush Katanga secession
In Leopoldville Premier Cyrille Adoula declared his unity government will suppress Katanga's secession in the days ahead. He denounced Katanga President Moise Tshombe and Belgian interests for the "great wrong" against the Congo as Parliament confirmed his cabinet after a near unanimous vote. Gizenga allied deputies supported the move, though his exact role remains unsettled.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Katanga
Adoula
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Union ‘Miniere
Katanga Seces
Sion
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Joseph Kasavubu
Gizenga
Christophe Gbenye
Gbenye
Mentary
Leopoldville
Patrice
Yimumba
Communist Bloc
Adula
Res
Senate
Adou‘a
Chamber of Deputies
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Pic
Reed
PUC
Gen
Fea. Corp
American Red Cross
Happy Day Camp
Janice FE. Spear
Rosamond Tucker
York County
William Earle
David Webb
Saul Green
Joseph Warren
Daniel Cula
Stanley Karlin
Paul , Andrewman
Mark Het
David Zaitlin
Steven Houle
Michael Cleary
Miss Spear
Mrs. Tucker
Richard Dow
John Throumoulos
Richard Spill
John Tarbox
Bernard Poirier
Theodore Scontras
Earle and Webb
Biddeford Barber
Sanford
Sanford's
Industrial Development Corp
Edgar Sevigny
American Automobile Association
AAA
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Herman Boudreau
State Police Safety Division
Cpl
Robert Marx
Maine State Police
Richard Nott
Pierce
Ralph Smith
James Eastwood, Jr
Stanley M. Smith
Kansas City
Charles Krepps
Robert M. McKinney
Maine Carpet Co
Alfred Street
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