Castro Blasts Yanks Over Caribbean Crisis
Fidel Castro accused U S officials of aiding conspirators against Cuba and said war criminals seeking refuge in the United States could move freely. He denounced Rafael Trujillo as the mastermind behind Caribbean tensions and claimed four arms shipments to his enemies were intercepted. He mocked U S secretary of state Herter and criticized Inter-American talks in Chile.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Dominican Republic
Rafael L. Trujillo
United States
Miami
Inter - American Foreign Ministers Conference
Santiago
Chile
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Latin America
Panama
Trujillo
Caribbean
Bomb scare on Bangor flight ends without bomb
A New Jersey woman, Marie H. Walker of Ridgewood, posed a bomb threat aboard a Northeast Airlines DC6 bound for Bangor. Passengers and crew evacuated as police searched the plane. no bomb was found. She was held on a drunkenness charge after being brought to police headquarters.
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Portland
New Jersey
Northeast Airlines
Marie H. Walker
Ridgewood
N. J
New York
Bangor
Workman Injured In Fall In Saco
Daniel Morse a workman for William LaMarre tree surgeons was injured in a fall at work in Saco and transported to Webber hospital for emergency treatment. He suffered bad bruising and possible rib fracture and will be observed. The accident occurred on Beach street at Dr Leo P Taillon’s property.
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Daniel Morse
William LaMarre
Cleaves Street
Biddeford
Webber
Saco
Leo P. Taillon
Beach Street
William Mahaney
Morse
Webber Hospital
LaMarre
Roscoe Perkins
Normand Lombard
Kennebunk
Local Poster Parody Prompts Careful Shopping Guile
A humorous sign in a furniture shop promises an easy payment plan with 100 percent down and nothing else to pay. The playful caption credits Capt. Gen. Fea, Corp. and comments on counting small things in a kindergarten teacher style.
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Fea, Corp
Dying Boy Made Happy By Buddies
Asa Hinkley, 11, battles cortico spinal degeneration with a brave smile. Sailors aboard USS Fre mont and Air Force friends in California sent birthday cards, lifting his spirits as doctors warn this birthday may be his last.
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New Vineyard
Asa Hinkley
Fremont
Mediterranean
Air Force
California
Asa
Couture To Regain Use Of His Limbs
Maurice Couture, shot by a gunman while vacationing in Maine, is recovering partial use of his legs after surgery. Doctors say he will regain full mobility with time. an alleged assailant remains at large. Couture’s wife and he were robbed at a picnic site near Old Orchard Beach. Citizens have raised about $1,200 for his recovery.
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Montreal
Maurice Couture
Maine
Couture
J. Giroux
Old Orchard Beach
Maine Medical Center
Giroux
Tooth Glue Could Replace Dentures In Time
Navy researchers report a bone glue like cement that might let doctors reinsert extracted teeth or place synthetic teeth after removal, potentially eliminating plates and bridges. Experiments in dogs show the method can hold a tooth after a year, with the animal eating next day. Human testing not yet begun and no certainty about applicability to people.
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Washington
Navy
Thomas J. Canty
Navy Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Canty
Alfred Owl Gets Wife Treatment
A Baltimore story recalls Alfred a city owl who with his mate kept mice from a gas utility tank. He wandered to Marshall Street and was captured by an owl catcher. After Zoo transfer and public notice he was returned to duty with commuted punishment. He vows to resume his rodent patrol duties.
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Alfred
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co
Owl
Marshall Street
Edward Gleason
Gleason
Gas and Electric Company
Sen
Zoo
Arthur Watson
Utility Compass Ground
United States Space Rocket Flops Mark Busy Launch Day
On a day of mixed space activity the Juno II balloon satellite failed to reach orbit after three stages fired. A Titan missile exploded on Cape Canaveral while a Polaris missile simulator achieved a successful test. Vandenberg and a British Thor mission also reported launches, and Discoverer V capsule recovery attempts in Hawaii failed.
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Associated Press
United States
Cape Canaveral
Cape
T Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Wee
England
Hawaii
Air Force
Earth
West Coast
U.S
Night law targets street walkers amid political turmoil
A new law in London imposes jail terms and heavy fines for repeat soliciting by prostitutes as street walkers face a harsher era. Amid global tension Khrushchev to visit the US next month as amnesty rumors swirl. Eisenhower Macmillan talks planned at Chequers, a Tudor mansion near London. Indonesia vows National Congress August despite army ban, while West German jets to escort Eisenhower’s plane in Bonn.
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London
London Army
Budago
Rado
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Electronics Big Business In Japan
The chairman of the Imports Committee of the Electronic Industries Assn. notes Japan's rapidly growing electronics sector. Sprague Electric Co. leader Robert C. Sprague says Japan exports compact transistor radio sets to the U S totaling 11 million dollars in the first four months of 1959. He adds Japanese wage to price ratios are about one fifth of American levels, warning the threat to domestic industry will push automation and require wage restraint through labor-management cooperation.
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North Adams
Mass
Electronic Industries Assn
Japan
Robert C. Sprague
Sprague Electric Co
United States
Sprague
Businessmen Angry Over Beach Pollution Publicity
Old Orchard Beach merchants say publicity on polluted water harms tourism as the Water Improvement Commission warns that ocean water off beaches in Old Orchard York Ogunquit Kennebunk Kennebunkport Falmouth and Yarmouth is unfit for swimming. Under a new law towns can be fined up to 2000 daily if action is not taken though officials do not plan to ban swimming soon.
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Gorgeana
Debra Lee Bedard
Carol Ann
Ann Marie Rancourt
Barbara Miles
Saco Recreation Center
Acton Fairgrounds
York County
Old Orchard Beach
Lionel Goulet
Atlantic Beach
Goulet
Cumberland
Biddeford 1889 Firemen Were All Call Men
In 1889 Biddeford firemen were on call around the clock with names listed for call-men and hosemen. Chief King notes these workers held concurrent posts in local industries and stores. Wages were modest with quarterly pay for foreman, assistant foreman, engineer, clerk, and hosemen.
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Biddeford
King
Maine
Irving H
Dirksen Sees Labor Bill Going To Conference Early Next Week
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen said the labor regulation bill would be sent to conference early next week. He dismissed moves to bypass conference and warned such a tactic could rally Democrats against by passing to the White House. Barry Goldwater and Sam Ervin also weighed in on the timing and risks of a direct House bill approach.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M Dirksen
R. Ill
House
White House
Dirksen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Labor Committee
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
D-Nc
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