Brazilian Marines Prepare To Board Hijacked Vessel
Four Brazilian marines flew to the coast to seize the hijacked Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui off Amazon mouth. The mission seeks control in Brazil’s name as Venezuelan hijackers seek asylum. a Brazilian corvette and navy escort planned to accompany the vessel toward Belem.
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Belem
Brazil
Amazon
Francisco Moreiros Araujo
Amapa
Maraca
Washington
Defense Department
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
United States
Amazon River
Navy
Anzoategui
Wilmar Medina Rojas
Medina Rojas
Houston
Tex
New Orleans
Influenza Epidemic Spreads Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports widespread flu like illness across the United States with outbreaks in the East and Middle West. New York City faces an Asian flu scare. Buffalo hospitals quarantine, 10 percent absenteeism in five area schools. over 100,000 cases and 707 pneumonia influenza deaths in 108 reporting cities in the week ending Feb 9.
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Associated Press
Middle West
New York City
United States
George James
Upstate
New York
Veterans Administration Hospital
Buffalo
West Virginia
Indiana
Michigan
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Topeka
Lawrence
State University
Cincinnati
Ohio
Communicable Disease Center
The
U.S. Public Health Service
South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Scout volunteers recover 15 books in Long Island search
Hewlett Woodmere Public Library sent 18 Boy Scout volunteers to locate 150 overdue books. They returned with 15 found volumes, including Lolita, while borrowers offered promises to check or pay for losses. Troop 21 will continue the four square mile hunt over weekends.
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Hewlett, N.Y
Hewlett- Woodmere Public Library
Long Island
Walter Thomson
Troop
Thomson
Man Keeps Patched Truck Requests Odd Plates
A comic note about a man with an aging truck who wrote the motor vehicle department asking for upper and lower plates instead of front and rear, illustrating quirky bureaucracy in a humorous feature.
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Motor Vehicle Department
Fea. Corp
Maine Tax Hearings Set on Two Income Plans
Maine legislators schedule a 10 a m hearing on two income tax proposals sponsored by Portland Democrats Rep. John B. Cottrell Jr. and Rep. Dana W. Childs. Cottrell's plan would raise about 3 million dollars annually while Childs's net income tax targets both corporate and personal income. The Taxation Committee also backs a 4 percent sales tax increase to fund state services, with seven Republicans approving and three Democrats dissenting.
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Augusta
Legislative Taxation Committee
Portland
John B. Cottrell, Jr
Dana W. Childs
Cottrell
Childs
Sam A.R. Albair
R-Caribou
High Level Kittery Portsmouth Bridge Backed by Committee
The Highways Committee favorably acted on a $13.5 million high level bridge plan linking Kittery Maine and Portsmouth New Hampshire with 90 percent federal funding. Opposing toll-span bills were given unfavorable reports, and plans to end the Maine Turnpike Authority were advanced to ease future federal funding for a Kittery connector. The Biddeford Saco Development payroll reached $1.56 million for 600 workers, per Arthur Maxwell's stockholder report.
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Biddeford - Saco Development Corporation
Arthur F. Maxwell
Maxwell
Biddeford & Saco Development Corporation
Biddeford
Saco
Maine
Indus
Augusta
Legislative Highways Committee
Kittery
Portsmouth
N.H
New Hampshire
Senate
House
Piscataqua River
William R. Is
ReLiberty
Ays Committee
Cole
Maine-New Hampshire
Legislative Research Committee
Money Bills Are Reported By Maine Appropriations Panel
Augusta AP The Legislative Appropriations Committee reported two initial bills in the Maine session, proposing funds for a new vocational school and to cover Maine’s share of the New England pavilion at the World’s Fair in New York. Chairman Sen. E. Perrin Edmunds said the panel is about three weeks ahead due to a two-subcommittee workload division, with an amendment reducing funds for the school measure.
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Augusta
Legislative Appropriations Committee
Maine
New England
E. Perrin Edmunds
Fort Fairfield
Appropriations
Washington
New York
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Michigan
Space
Capital Parade Halted By Snow
Washington AP says a snow and rain delay moved the White House parade honoring Venezuela’s President Romulo Betancourt to a later day. Kennedy’s welcome shifted to the north portico to keep the meeting under cover. Betancourt, hailed in San Juan, warned of Soviet influence as hijack tensions loom.
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Washington
White House
Romulo Betancourt
Venezuela
Kennedy
Betancourt
United States
Fidel Casro
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Cuba
America
Anzoategui
U.S
County Construction Shows Rapid Growth
York county housing surged over a decade with 6046 new dwellings added and total stock rising to 44750. Since 1950 about 13.5 percent of homes in use were built in the period, aided by easier mortgages and strong government support boosting home ownership.
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New York
York County
Department of Commerce
Beatification of Seton and Neumann approved in Vatican
The Vatican Congregation of Rites approved beatifications for two Americans, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton and John M. Neumann, with ceremonies planned next month. Seton may become the United States' first native-born saint, while Neumann, born in Bohemia, served as Philadelphia’s bishop and died in 1860. Beatifications set for March 17 and 19, respectively. NASA receives letters from space‑minded youths seeking guidance and expressing dedication to space exploration.
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Vatican City
Vatican Congregation of Rites
Elizabeth Ann Seton
John M. Neumann
Philadelphia
Mother Seton
United States
New York
Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph
America
Emmitsburg
Neumann
Bohemia
Budweiss
Pius IX
St. Joseph
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