Queen Elizbeth II to have baby early next year
Buckingham Palace announced Queen Elizabeth II is expecting a baby early next year. A palace spokesman said the pregnancy was not confirmed until now and the Queen, with two children Prince Charles and Princess Anne, has canceled public engagements and postponed her Ghana visit, with health considered by medical advisers.
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Ghana
Canada
Cmdr
Richard Colville
Queen
Prince
Lewiston Board Votes to Keep Parochial Bus Policy
Lewiston Board of Education voted to continue transporting parochial students on public school buses. State authorities study Maine transportation issues after a Supreme Court ruling requiring enabling legislation for such transport. The session ahead is unlikely before fall. About 800 of Lewiston’s 1,500 pupils attend private schools and ride public buses. Superintendent J Weldon Russell announced the board’s decision in executive session with no further comment.
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Lewiston
Board of Education
Maine
Supreme Court
J. Weldon Russell
Prelate Warns Against Khrushchev Visit
Boston's Richard Cardinal Cushing warns against inviting Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to the United States. In The Pilot he says such a visit would open frontiers to the enemy and that Khrushchev cannot be swayed by demonstrations of democracy or prosperity.
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Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Nikita Khrushchev
Pilot
Archdiocesan
Khrushchev
Chuckle about middle age fitness cartoon line
A light humor item notes that middle age is marked by exercising only the eyebrow raise and not much else. The gag credits Gen. Fea. Corp. as copyright holder.
New Rocket Launch Opens Era Of Space Research
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA AP A Thor Able rocket carried a 142 pound paddlewheel satellite that could usher in advanced space research vehicles. The satellite known as Explorer VI would orbit if successful and study earth radiation belts essential for manned space travel. Satellites power relies on paddle vanes to convert sunlight into energy for radio transmitters. Authorities say orbit determination will take hours and a Washington announcement will follow. Safe robbers in Biddeford and Saco stole about 350 dollars in breaks from Armour and Company, Swift, and G A Carter Insurance. They damaged equipment including a Seth Thomas wall clock and a comptometer. The break was spotted by staff and continued to page two.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Earth
Biddeford
Saco
Armor and Company
Swift Company
G. A. Carter Insurance Company
Armour
Prema
John Ewell
World Leaders Brazen Moves and Quarrels Across Asia
Singapore reports Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew questions Eisenhower’s late autumn Russia visit as New Delhi welcomes thaw in East West ties with Khrushchev. Ho Chi Minh travels via China toward Laos talks while Laos posts come under attack and insurgents mass near the border. London notes a drink driving case where a father and son share a car in a single-night offense, both fined and licenses suspended.
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Singapore
Lee Kwan Yew
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Lee
Tokyop
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
China
Mao Tze-tung
Laos
Laotian Defense Ministry
Communists Fire At Quemoy Islands In Mild Pre Dawn Raid
Taipei Formosa reports the Chinese Communists fired on the Quemoy Islands for the first time in four days. The Defense Ministry described the pre dawn attack as mild, totaling 35 rounds.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Islands
Defense Ministry
Soviet critic warns against US Russia visit weighings
London reports a Moscow radio commentator denounces American politicians and journalists debating whether the Eisenhower Khrushchev visits will advantage the US or the USSR, calling such “bookkeeping” harmful. In Rome, a Catholic tribunal rejects Carlo Ponti Sophia Loren marriage annulment bid, noting Ponti’s Mexican divorce and proxy wedding.
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London
United States
Russia
Moscow
Rome
Carlo Ponti
Sophia Loren
Italy
Ponti
Mexico
Howling Hurricane Hits Kauai In Devastating Blow
A mid Pacific storm named Hurricane Dot swept Kauai with 75 mph winds and heavy rains causing widespread destruction. Houses unroofed, communications down, roads impassable, water supplies cut, sugar and pineapple plantations at risk, with damage expected to reach millions. The worst was over by daylight, officials awaited full assessment after the island bore the full force while other Hawaiian islands saw only glancing blows. Kauai, site of films like South Pacific, suffered the strongest impact among the chain.
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Honolulu
Kauai
Kauai Head
South Pacific
Dot
Hawaii
Eight Killed In Dynamite Truck Blast At Roseburg
A dynamite truck beside a burning building exploded early today in Roseburg Oregon. Eight people were killed and dozens wounded or missing as the blast leveled six blocks of warehouses and shops. Hospitals treated 52 persons with at least three in critical condition. physicians and blood plasma were flown from Grants Pass.
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Roseburg
Ore
Grants Pass
Teen's seed venture ends with parole and seizure
A 16 year old in Evansville faced Juvenile Court after a failed business venture involving marijuana seed. He planned to grow and ship a crop to a California contact, but his father handed the seed to police leading to a warning, parole, and confiscation of about $30 worth of seed.
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Evansville
Ind
French Clements
California
Merchant Marine
Pigeon Creek
Eisenhower presses labor reform bill in nationwide address
President Eisenhower urged a strong labor reform law to end racketeering in labor management as Congress prepared for a bitter battle next week. He criticized the Senate April bill as ineffective and backed a substitute by Landrum Griffin as a solid start. AFL CIO chief Meany called the president's backed bill a blunder that would harm unions.
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Washington
Congress
Fisenower
House
Eisenhower
Senate
House Labor Committee
Phil M. Landrum
D-Ga
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Women Of World Need To Attend Quilting Bee
Dorothy Rof argues that global harmony could come from social gatherings like quilting bees and covered-dish suppers. The piece cites Pat Nixon’s Moscow visit as evidence that women share universal concerns and can bridge cultural gaps through everyday activities, cooking, fashion, and domestic life.
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Dorothy Rof
Associated Press
Iowa
Soviet Union
Timbuktu
Pat Nixon
Poland
Nixon
Pat
Moscow
Teddy Shows Sound Logic of Free Government Pamphlet
Convicted bank robber Theodore Green seeks a free copy of a federal court procedure pamphlet to avoid paying 15 cents. He argues government checks cost about five dollars to issue, asking the district clerk to send the booklet gratis to aid the budget and his bid for clemency.
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Boston
Theodore Green
Green
Alcatraz
U.S
Canavan
Maine Coast Shark Displayed After Harpoon Capture
In Southwest Harbor a 1200 pound great white shark, one of Maine's largest caught, is shown at a Coast Guard station. Harpooned off Isle au Haut yesterday by a Coast Guard tug crew, the 12½ foot fish fought for two hours, dragging a heavy keg with its line for miles. Seals have drawn more such sightings this summer, according to fishermen.
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Southwest Harbor
Maine
Coast Guard
Isle Au Haut
Fresh Meat Deals at Local Market Late Night Hours
Open every night till 9 with fresh ground pork and pork butts, strip bacon, pork steak, fresh made Polish sausage, bottom round and pullet eggs. Prices labeled 49c to 69c per pound with 19c per ounce items. Market promotes nightly shopping for late hours and discount meat selections.
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Murphy’s Music Store
Main Street
Biddeford-Saco
Seth Thomas Twall
First Universalist
City Square
Linwood C. Thomas
Wilbur Dewey
Laura Bridgmen
Armour and Company
Thornton Street
John Jewell
Jewell
James
S. Palmer
Boston and Maine Railroad
Thornton Avenue
New Delhi
Nehru
John McAndrews
Julian
Samuel Kluger
Philadelphia
Kyrlo Czupirczuk
Czupirczuk
Ivan
Westinghouse
Teddy
Hill St
Dial
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