Titan 2 Missile Tragedy At Silo In Arkansas
An explosion in an underground Titan 2 missile silo near Searcy Arkansas killed 53 civilian workers and injured two. Air Force investigators, led by Eugene Zuckert, probe the safety devices and possible causes while officials consider venting fuel as heat rose to 85 degrees.
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Johnson
Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Zuckert
Sen
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Little Rock
Searcy
Wood
America
Three Local Youths To Attend Bentley College In Falls
Three students from the Biddeford Saco Maine area have been accepted at Bentley College for the 1965 66 academic year. They are Robert D Estes Paul E Lamb and Raymond P Lambert Jr all from Biddeford and Saco. Bentley expects 4500 students with 1840 in Day Division and 2660 in Evening Division.
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Boston
Biddeford - Saco
Maine
Bentley College
Professional College of Accounting and Finance
Back Bay
Bentley
Robert D. Estes
Herbert Estes
Bradley St
Saco
Paul E. Lamb
Leon Lamb
Green St
Biddeford
Raymond P. Lambert Jr
Raymond P. Lambert
Hill St
Navy Patrol Plane Blows Tire on Landing at Brunswick
A Navy patrol plane blew a tire while landing at Brunswick Naval Air Station on Tuesday. The plane slid off the runway but the crew suffered no injuries according to officials.
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Navy
Brunswick
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Local women launch Time-to-Eat Wagon at Kennebunkport
Mrs. Bob Leach and Mrs. Elmore Crown with Addie and Edna introduce a new venture in the Town House area of Kennebunkport across from Wink's. The stand features Jumbo Hot Dogs and aims to attract local patrons.
U S Faces Showdown Over UN Peacekeeping dues
Ambassador Goldberg encounters strong congressional opposition to delaying or waiving Russian payments to UN peacekeeping funds. Senate leader Dirksen signals readiness to threaten U.N. funding, urging a real showdown. France and 11 other nations, including Belgium and Poland, also owe arrears, with sums around 60 million dollars for the Soviet Union and 16 million for France.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Congress
Russia
United Nations
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
France
U.S
Soviet Union
Dirksen
Goldberg
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
United States
General Assembly
Committee of 33
Middle East
Belgium
South Africa
Yemen
Cuba
Byelorussia
Ukraine
Albania
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Bill For 11th Cabinet Post Goes To Floor
The bill to create a cabinet department of housing and urban development heads for a final Senate vote with passage expected by midafternoon. It would place the Housing and Home Finance Agency under a new secretary likely Robert C. Weaver, possibly making him the first Negro in the Cabinet.
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Washington
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Robert C. Weaver
Weaver
Senate
Tuessday
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Housing Subcommittee
Federal Housing Administration
Sparkman
FHA
Thornton Academy Loses N D E A Funds For Private School
Saco School Committee learned that National Defense Education Act funds will not be available to Thornton Academy for equipment for its science building under construction. Maine Attorney General Be noit's decision bars use of public funds for private secondary schools operating as public high schools. Superintendent Forbush reported the ruling but had not yet heard from Academy officials.
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Thornton Academy
Saco
Bernard C. Forbush
Commissioner of Education
John W. Benoit
N.D.E.A
Attorney General
Maine
Benoit
Forbush
Frank Nash
Westbrook
Nash
U.S. Navy
State Department of Education
Madawaska
Newman Bagley
Union Mutual Life Insurance Co
Bagley
John Harvey
Lowell Innes
Burns School
Harvey
Young School
Catherine Johnson
Biddeford
Saco- Old Orchard Beach
Portland
Augusta
Fairfield School
Sweetser ‘School
Reed Sees Lewiston Plant Reopened By Maine Research
Gov. Reed says Maine Research Co Inc will buy the Lewiston Raytheon plant and reopen it after a Tuesday conference with owners and prospective buyers. The company plans to produce highly complex printed electrical circuits at the site in Lewiston.
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Augusta
Reed
Maine Research Co, Inc
Lewiston
Poll tax suits filed in several states face fast federal review
The Justice Department asks fast three judge court hearings as suits challenge $1.50 annual poll taxes in Virginia Alabama and Mississippi. Governors Harrison Wallace defend or evade comment while federal examiners tally rising Negro registration figures amid past Sumter County unrest and a surge in Americus registrations.
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Virginia
Richmond
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Richmond Flowsers
Alabama
Justice Department
Department
Mississippi
Congress
Civil Service
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Staples Pond
Old Orchard Beach
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Dennis Morin
Ernest Tarbox
Lynne Farrington
Sandra McGee
Chris
King
Darby Northway
Gerald Cyr
Nancy McGee
Mary Descoteaux
Jerome Daly
Youland
Jantzen
Mer’s Sportwear
Bermudas
Vy Price
Martex—Kendall
Jamaicas
Youland’s Dept. Stores
Biddeford and
Kennebunk
Falls
Mary Carter
Alfred Street
Sweetser
Burns
Timothy Crowley
Locke School
Sweetser School
Owen
Delisle’s Yard Goods
Main Street
Little
York County
Hubert Street
Wilfrid J. Fortier
Insurance Agency
Bacon Street
Feinberg
Main ST
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