State Pay Hike Is Asked by Maine Employer Group
The Maine State Employer Association asked the Personnel Board to raise pay for about 1 500 Highway Department maintenance workers saying current rates are below private contractor and municipal levels. The request would cost roughly 250000 annually and was taken under advisement after a survey shown by the state department found no justification for an increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Highway Department
Damborg
MSEA
Local Industrial Program Faces Major Changes
Saco votes to withdraw financial support from the Area Industrial Development Committee program affecting Biddeford and Saco. Saco will run its own effort via a revived Board of Trade while Biddeford weighs options including a possible retail trade board or industrial commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sace
Biddeford
Saco
Area Industrial Development Committee
Saco Board of Trade
Hugh Marshall
Marshall
Willie Pomerleau
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Development Board
Pomerleau
Robert York
Retail Trade Board
Industrial Commission
Albert F. Deshaies
A.I.D.C
Saco Council
Harry M. Wooster
Chamber
J. Edward iWhelan
Biddeford-Saco
Nonaggression Pact Await NATO Discussion
Moscow reports say US and UK officials told Andrei Gromyko that a East West nonaggression pact must wait for NATO talks. Rusk stressed no progress until NATO discussions finish, with Berlin guarantees likely in bargaining. Khrushchev seeks pact to run alongside a nuclear test ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Khrushchev
ATO
Dean Rusk
United States
Berlin
Rusk
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Lenin Hills
Senate To Get Pact Thursday
Washington AP A plan to send the nuclear test ban treaty to the Senate this week was announced by Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana The Foreign Relations Committee will hear State Defense and Atomic Energy Commission witnesses on consecutive days with expeditious committee action expected after the Moscow signing Fulbright and five other senators witnessed the formal signing while House leadership reported the tax bill moving quickly in the Ways and Means Committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kennedy
Manly
Mansfield
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Defense Department
Atome Energy Commission
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Moscow
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Crack Appears In RR Deadlock
Washington AP reports the railroad companies and unions held first bargaining talks in weeks to address job cuts and work rules. J E Wolfe said progress may emerge in 24 to 48 hours as Labor Secretary Wirtz attended both engine and train crew meetings. The ICC proposal drew mixed reactions, with carriers backing and unions opposing. talks paused the new rules to Aug 29 to avoid a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. E. Wolfe
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Senate Commerce Committee
Kennedy
I Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Invasion on Haiti Coast Threatens Duvalier Regime
Reports say exiled soldiers launch an assault on Haiti's north coast challenging President Duvalier. The regime seeks an appeal to Secretary of State Rusk as Washington probes Soviet pledges of cooperation toward East West talks. Civil rights leaders plan a strategy conference to push for civil rights legislation and a Washington march proceeds despite congressional status. Mississippi voters nominate a Democratic governor candidate amid racial tensions as rail unions bargain across the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
Duvali'i
Rusk
Washington
Invasion Threat Looms as Davalier Hiroshima Observes Bomb Anniversary
Hiroshima marks the first atomic attack anniversary with a solemn 15 000 strong vigil and praise for Moscow partial nuclear ban. In Santo Domingo, exiled soldiers land near Cap Haitien, seizing Fort Liberte and Derac, as Duvalier appeals to the OAS for intervention.
Civil Rights Groups Plan Washington Strategy Conference
The NAACP convened a three day strategy conference with hundreds of leaders to press Congress for meaningful civil rights legislation. Speakers include several Congress members and leaders from Protestant Catholic and Jewish communities. The event runs before the August 28 march for jobs and freedom planned by six civil rights organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress
Dom
NAACP
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Walter Fauntroy
Sy Posner
New York
American Ambush Force Withdraws After Patrols In Korea
A large U S force set ambush positions in the Korean DMZ and withdrew at dawn without contacting North Korean troops. The unit, larger than typical patrols, held fire until targets were near, with grenades and armor carriers prepared. The action occurred about 13 miles east of Panmunjom near a road junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Korea
Demilitarized Zone
United Nations
U. S
U. N
Mississippi Primary Vote Sparks Race and Tension
In Jackson Mississippi election officials monitor an estimated 450000 voters as four segregationist candidates clash over civil rights amid Kennedy policy. Rumors circulate that unregistered Black voters may attempt a legal vote-in by affidavit, intensifying tensions in a race to determine the Democratic nominee for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Atty
Joe Patterson
Kennedy
Charles Sullivan
Clarksdale
Coleman
Johnson
Sullivan
Ruchel Phillips
Ed Bishop
Pone Barnett
Barnett
Mississippi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elm
Main Streets
Barbara Gianopoulos
Sanford
Main Street
Elm Street
Dyer Library
Karen Saperstein
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Armand Gadhbois
Earl Jamieson Jr
Bryce Milne
Whelan
Milne
A.ld.c
Nikita Khrushchev
NEA Radio-Telephoto
Foreign Ministry
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
William C. Foster
American Disarmament Agency
Foy
Crack
Senate Committee
THE
Associated Press International
Davalier
Hiroshima
Japan
Shinzo Hamai
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Red China
Soviet Russia
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Papa Doc) Duvalier Joay
Duvalier
Organization of American States
OAS
Fernd D. Baguidy
Hispaniola
Fort Liberte
Derac
Troy
Limonade
Cap Haitien
Dauphin Sisal Plantation
Port Au Prince
Gen
Tea. Corp
Electrolux
Joseph Durfee
Civil Rights Group
Mapping Strategy
Pool Road
West Street
Guinea Road
Decary
St. Francis College
J. P. Cote
J. P. Coleman
Ackerman
Paul Johnson
Hattiesburg
Robert Mason
Magee Welder
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!