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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1963
Page
11
A Maine Teachers Association survey shows Maine school systems are about 350 teachers short as the new year nears. An MTA spokesman notes vacancies are unusually high for this time of year.
Miami AP reports recruiting of Cubans for warfare against Fidel Castro is under way at secret locations in Miami New York City Chicago and an unidentified spot in New Jersey.
Exile groups recruit men as veterans from the 1961 Bay of Pigs era feature prominently. Ortega Nicaragua’s Rene Schick and ex-president Luis Somoza are cited as Castro opponents. Carlos Pino Socarras returns and warns to keep discretion. Refugees warn against publicity to avoid tipping off Castro. CIA liaison noted but planners deny a large invasion. raids and sabotage are contemplated.
The Senate unanimously approved a broad pay hike for most active duty personnel, reservists, and retirees, cost about 1.23 billion annually. Enlisted ranks gain 5 to 120 dollars monthly, officers 60 to 120, with extra 55 a month for those on cold war duty in Vietnam and Korea. House action expected to favor a similar bill.
Associate Judge Gerald C. Nason fined Robert E. Bradley forty two of Sanford $110 and ordered 110 days in York County Jail at Alfred Biddeford Municipal Court after Bradley pleaded guilty to driving under the influence. Bradley’s license was confiscated and the fine paid. Another case a sign removal and defacing charge against Alfred Girard of Old Orchard Beach was continued to August 14 with $25 personal recognizance. ton this weekend to report to President Kennedy.
Senator Thomas J. Dodd renewed a call for President Kennedy to impose quotas on shoe imports to protect the Connecticut shoe industry and others. He joined 30 other senators who urged use of executive power to seek an international agreement on shoe trade. A reply from Christian Herter says tariff actions depend on a tariff commission finding domestic injury, urging the industry to seek that determination first.
U S and allies doubt any quick accord with East Germany amid stalled nonaggression talks. De Gaulle opposes signing the nuclear test ban, even with U S aid to France. The Kennedy team seeks broader European security, centered on Berlin, with inspection ideas and crisis-avoidance proposals under discussion.
SCARBOROUGH AP police searched woods today for five youths who fled the Boys' Training Center in South Portland. They were seen briefly on the Maine Turnpike before sprinting into the woods. Identified were Steven Witham 17 Bar Harbor Samuel Young 17 Pittsfield William Hickey 16 Gardiner Gary Gagne 16 Hallowell and George Bogdahn 16 Kennebunk.
European bloc leaders guard their farm interests as they resist linking farm and industrial goods in negotiations with the United States. US protectionist mood grows in shoes and textiles while observers warn that hardline tariffs may harm global trade, with slow negotiations and defensive stances on both sides. France vetoes Common Market expansion, while Germany seeks protection from cheap US poultry, hiking tariffs in reprisal.
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