Officials Leave For Test Ban Treaty Ceremonies
Washington Kennedy civil rights program clears first congressional hurdle as House and Senate committees move toward writing bills. House action likely after Labor Day. Senate outlook murkier amid separate public accommodations bill progress. In Moscow, Rusk and Home head for historic nuclear test ban signing with Khrushchev and U Thant, slated for Grand Kremlin Palace briefings and a Kremlin reception.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Moscow
U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Khrushchev
Rusk
U Thant
Grand Kremlin Palace
Western
Europe
Kremlin
Home
George C. Marshall
Race Problems Not Confined To The South
Author Robert Penn Warren, 58, Nobel laureate, says Yankee Pharisees behind much of South resistance to Negro equality. He notes segregation is a national issue and hopes for a national approach. Warren, a Vermont visitant since 1958, praises Negro demonstrations as evidence against sectionalism.
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Stratton
Robert Penn Warren
Warren
South
Kentucky
Vermont
Brattleboro Reformer
Pine Woods
Heaven's Gate
Fairfield, Conn
Ball Mounin Brook
Strat
Communists Warned by UN Command Over Korean Front
The United Nations Command accused North Korea of deliberate assaults in the DMZ and warned of consequences if bloodthirsty raiders are not curbed. Maj. Gen. George H. Cloud cited three American deaths and a wound since July 29 amid renewed clashes south of the demarcation line.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.N
North Korea
George H. Cloud
U.N. Command
Armistice Commission
Cloud
Demilitarized Zone
Beach Bones Case Solved
OLD ORCHARD BEACH police say the suitcase of bones is linked to Dr. R J Flint’s former home. Louis Simoneau of 572 Main St Saco identified the bones from a journal photo, insisting they were used by the deceased doctor five years ago.
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Old Orchard Beach
John Clark
Clark
Louis Simoneau
Main St
Saco
R. J. Flint
Birthdays Noted By A Rose Bush
A lifelong Biddeford resident, 88 year old Mrs. Ellena Green recounts a single-stem white rose bush that bloomed for each child’s birthday since 1915. Planted from a discarded bush by a gardener at Biddeford Pool, the plant has traveled with the family from Pool Road to Ferry Road in Saco, always producing one bloom on each child’s birthday. The tale notes annual birthday blooms and a family celebration now spanning five generations, with Mrs. Green hopeful for more birthdays and mentioning past notices in local papers.
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Ellena Green
Myrtle St. Biddeford
Green
Pool Road
New Town Road
James Montgomery Flagg
Biddeford Pool
Frances
Joseph
Frances Lewis
Ferry Road
Saco
Warm Business Scene Signals Strong Quarter Gains
New York reports show second quarter profits at a record pace with General Motors, U.S. Steel, and Dow Chemical among firms lifting earnings about 16 percent from 1962. The market rose, construction contracts remained strong, manufacturing sales hit a record, and employment rose to 70.9 million while unemployment fell to 5.6 percent. Despite optimism, steel output declined, retail sales slipped 1 percent, and the nation faces a lingering rail strike deadline. Price trends showed CPI at 106.6 and farm, clothing, zinc, copper, and sugar movements.
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New York
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Dow Chemical Co
Kennedy
Sabotage blamed for Uruguay train derailment killing 30
At least 30 people died and over 100 were injured when a three coach passenger train derailed at a siding near Montevideo. Officials blamed saboteurs who allegedly forced the track points and placed stones and rocks to derail the 60 mile run toward Casupa. Authorities recovered bodies at a nearby army facility as rescue teams worked through the night.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Juan C. Funes
National Railroad
Nestor Martinez
Martinez
Casupa
Canelones Province
Missile problem and ballistic challenges in antimissile efforts
Washington AP reports nuclear physicist Dr. Ralph Lapp says atmospheric nuclear tests are not needed to pursue ballistics and electronics for an antimissile system. He notes solving these would be hard even without atmospheric tests, while President Kennedy says a defense against missiles may be technically beyond reach for both the United States and the Soviets.
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Washington
U.S
Ralph Lapp
Lapp
Kennedy
Hurricane Arlene Locally Distant Yet Powerful Atlantic Storm
Hurricane Arlene, first of the season, whipped the tropical Atlantic with 100 mph winds. It was 925 miles east-southeast of San Juan and posed little immediate threat to land. Forecasters expect limited change in size or intensity over the next day, with hurricane planes continuing close-range observations from Puerto Rico.
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Miami
Fla
Arlene
San Juan
P.R
Jisla
Puerto Rico
Weather Bureau
United States
Central Atlantic
Tiros
Peter J. Gross
Pocahontas
Iowa
Ex-Mayors Of Saco Favor Action On Sewer Project This Year
Seven former Saco mayors weigh in on a proposed up to 600000 bond to fund sewer improvements. They urge swift council action to accept state and federal aid and avoid penalties for river pollution while noting potential referendum and regional cooperation considerations.
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Saco
Bob Fenderson
Maine Water Improvement Commission
Dinsmore Worthing
John H
J. Edward Whelan
Worthing
Charles R. Cote
WIC
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Summer Street
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Commerce
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Magnuson
Judiciary
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Commerce Committee
Atty
Robert
Gary Harvey
Huning
Toledo
Ohio
Gary
Communist
United Nations Command
FBI
New Orleans
Cuba
Beach Bones
A. Rose Bush
Fea, Corp
Electrolux Sales & Service
Joseph Durfee
Atlantic
Lewis G. Brock
Myron E. Savage
Biddeford
Ralph L. Scamman
Saco Board of Assessors
Gerry B. Nutting
Butler
C. R. Lavigne
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