Khrushchev warns on Cuba pledges and peace
Premier Khrushchev, addressing the Supreme Soviet in Moscow, warned that if American pledges on Cuba are not kept the USSR will take actions necessary to preserve peace. He credited Kennedy with seeking peaceful settlement and stated the Soviet Union would defend Cuba’s right to a bright future. The speech framed as defensive, praising restraint and denouncing aggressive circles in the United States.
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Cuba
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Republic of Cuba
Khruschev
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Money Stolen From Help Fund For Longmore Family
Police report two burglaries in Old Orchard Beach. At Betty Drouin’s grocery on Saco avenue funds for the Longmore family were broken into, $16 from a collection container and some change taken. The Longmores suffered a fatal fire last week on Smith Wheel road. A separate break at Half Way Market on Saco avenue and Ocean Park road yielded change, cigarettes, and candy. Both incidents are under investigation.
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Betty Drouin
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
John H. Clark
Clark
Charles Longmore
Smith Wheel Road
Norman Lessard
Ocean Park Road
Chuckle Detergents to Offer Four Box Sizes
Chuckle Detergents likely to launch four box sizes including regular giant colossal and full as announced by Copt Gen Fea Corp. Stay tuned for packaging changes and potential product availability across major retailers.
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Fea, Corp
Move On Challenged Ballots Awaited As Recount Starts
Lambert for Mayor committee chairman Robert C. Cartier said decisions on further steps in challenging absentee ballots cast in Biddeford Democratic primary are not fully made as recount begins at Biddeford Municipal Court. Nine recounts filed by Lambert supporters after final tabulations. Deschambault leads in several at large and ward races with notable votes for Lemire Belair Cloutier and Peloquin.
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Lambert For Mayor
Biddeford
Itier
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Lambert
Atty
Arthur J. Lesieur
Clement H. Deschambault
Alfred Cloutier
Oscar Peloquin
Alcide J. Gagne
Romeo Sevigny
Leo R. Lemire
Conrad T. Fortier
Jean L. Belair
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Paul O. Menard
Peloquin
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Pelouin
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Drew
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Norman T. Goldthwait
Fernand A. Morrissette
Albert Proulx
Kenneth H. Williams
John F. Xaphes
Jean G. Boissonneault
James A. Hussey
Lionel J. Gardner
Ralph Binette
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Raoul L. LaBranche
Gagne
Victor F. Guertin
Gilbert R. Boucher
Deschambaut
St. Francis College
Joseph F. Warner
H. Clifford Berry
Joseph Patane
Warner
John B. Pierce
Philip L. Beaudette
Arthur A. Desrochers
Roland L'Heureux
Henry Camire
Ernest N. Fontaine
Wilfred Boissonneault
John Cleary
Uprising in Borneo Nearing Collapse as British Forces Advance
British troops mounted coordinated attacks on rebel centers in North Borneo, recapturing Seria and three other towns including Kuala Belait. In Seria, the jail was retaken and 45 hostages freed. An American hostage, Harold Eighmie of Wenatchee Washington, was wounded after being used as a human shield. The campaign also reported gains in Laiea and Limbang in Sarawak with Limbang still contested. General Sir Nigel Poett declared the revolt collapsing and anticipated restored order.
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Far East
Montreal Students Riot Over Nationalism at Heart of City
More than 700 university students rioted in central Montreal in a nationalist flare up. They destroyed a Canadian flag, replaced it with a flaming effigy of Canadian National Railway President Donald Gordon. Seven demonstrators were arrested as police faced projectiles. Gordon met a student delegation nearby to address statements about bilingual positions at the CNR.
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Railway Committee
Weather Records Toppled Across the United States
The Associated Press reports plummeting temperatures and widespread snow as winter nears. Subzero readings hit Mt. Pisgah and Mt. Mitchell, while international Falls and Hur on posted -18. Schools closed, travelers stranded, and Florida saw freezes with frost and minor crop damage but citrus largely safe.
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Farm Bureau Looks To Aims Of Administration
The American Farm Bureau Federation met with Kennedy administration aims on extending labor unions to agriculture. Wirtz spoke on labor policies, with the federation seeking clarification of plans to broaden federal wage and employment standards in farm programs. Delegates critic cited alleged labor monopoly and price squeezes, urging antitrust scrutiny for unions and business alike. President Shuman criticized Agriculture Secretary Freeman over a heat control program reference to a referendum.
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Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Charles B. Shuman
Federation
Orville L. Freeman
St. Paul
Minn
Skybolt Crisis Tests UK US Nuclear Ties
The United States considers cancelling the Skybolt missile, risking a reappraisal of British defense commitments and the Holy Loch Polaris base. McNamara and Thorneycroft argued at a NATO meeting, with Kennedy and Macmillan to decide in the Bahamas. The missile, costing 650 million dollars, has failed five tests and would leave British bombers without a distant nuclear delivery option.
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Biddeford GOP Heats Up Race With Debate Call
Republican mayoral candidate William W. Pomerleau urged Democratic opponent to debate any time and place after a Biddeford Republican City Committee meeting. Incumbent Clement H. Deschambault leads Lesieur by 165 votes in a primary slated for recount. Plans outlined for three Open Houses, neighborhood outreach, ads and signs.
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Biddeford
Republican City Committee
Pomerleau
Clement H. Deschambault
Arthur J. Lesieur
Sdate
GOP
Maine
Maynard) Dolloff
US assesses slow Soviet troop withdrawal from Cuba
Washington reports estimate 2000 to 3000 Soviet troops have left Cuba in recent weeks, leaving 9000 to 15000 still on the island. Officials describe the pace as disappointing and note uncertainty over whether short range missiles were counted as troops.
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