Maine House Rejects Study On Unemployment Action
AUGUSTA AP The Maine House rejected a joint committee plan to study unemployment. Republican leader Baxter said the Advisory Council of the Employment Security Commission will act promptly. Minority Leader Irving Fogg acknowledged defeat but said the minority would press for quick action. The vote was 98 to 37. Jalbert supported emergency action for the administration’s $8 million construction program but said most proposed projects were not yet ready. Baxter claimed some smaller projects could move faster. Cloutier dismissed duplication concerns.
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Augusta
Maine
John L. Baxter Jr
Pittsfield
Themployment Security Commission
P. Irving Fogg
D-Madison
Baxter
Reed
ESC
Adrian Cloutier
Jalbert
Advisory Council
Cloutier
Bandit Returns Loot After Robbery in Miami
Eugene John Snyder a 33 year old Fort Lauderdale salesman confessed to a Monday holdup at a Flagler Federal Savings and Loan in Miami returning $4,577 of the loot to the manager John O Keefe. He cited groceries medical bills and desperation and said the gun was not loaded. Snyder was held on a $20,000 bond.
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Miami. Fla
Eugene John Snyder
Fort Lauderdale
John O'Keefe
Flagker Federal Savings and Loan Association
Snyder
Mrs. Marcia Peavey Celebrates 96th Birthday in Saco
Mrs. Marcia V Lettie Peavey, born February 21, 1886, celebrated her 96th birthday at her daughter’s home in Saco with about 25 neighbors. Special guest Mrs. Katherine Larratt, also 96, shared in the festivities, with gifts, flowers, and a birthday cake. She remains active, reads the Biddeford Saco Journal, and attends the Saco United Baptist church.
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Marcia V.lettie Peavey
William G. Parker
Central Street
Saco
Katherine Larratt
John F. Larratt
Marcia V'Lettie Peavey
Peavey
Katherine Larrat
Biddeford- Saco
Krazy Day Bargains Boost Biddeford Saco Shops
Biddeford Saco merchants plan a Krazy Day with day long sales in the two cities. Prices will be slashed on high quality items for thrift minded shoppers. The event is sponsored by the Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce merchants committee.
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Biddeford-Saco
Merchants Committee
Chester Ball
Edward Farrell
Robert Fenderson
John Gibson
Clayton Cartmill
Dr Broggi to Address Group at April 25 Meeting
The Biddeford Public Health Nursing association will host York and Cumberland county nursing groups civic and religious delegations and Biddeford area residents at the April 25 meeting in Biddeford Dr Fremk S Broggi a Portland psychiatrist will speak on psychiatric and mental health approaches to modern tensions The February PHN meeting announced the program The nurse supervisor Miss Murphy reported on school exams and nurse training activities with 1134 pupils examined in public schools more than 2900 visits since last July and 144 vaccinations in July A social hour followed with refreshments and plans for the March meeting for entertaining at the April host session were discussed
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Biddeford
Carey
Murphy
St. Mary General Hospital
Lewiston
Meine
Alberta Wilson
Chuckle Taxes Rise Prompt Government Market Exit
Today's taxes rise quickly threatening higher costs for firms and individuals. The note cites Copied from Gen. Fea. Corp. cautioning policymakers about potential market impact and broader economic strain.
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Fea. Corp
Katanga and UN Reach Accord on Troop Movements
The UN and Katanga agreed to halt troop movements likely to trigger conflict. Katanga President Moise Tshombe announced the accord after a meeting with UN representatives Ian Berendsen and Colonel Anders Kjellgren in Elisabethville. The decision aims to curb a Katangan offensive against Baluba rebels and tempers a dispute over UN Congo command powers.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Congorovince
Tshombe
U.N. Security Council
U.N. Congo
U.N
Ian Berendsen
New Zealand
Anders Kjellgran
Youth Goes Beserk Kills His Parents in California
Daryl Moss, 15, sophomore class president at Weaverville High School, killed his parents and shot at a female housemate injuring her seriously. He stole $24 from a Boy Scout fund and more than $400 in church funds, then fled in the family car. Police captured him near Redding about an hour later. he admitted the killings and surrendered quietly at the Redding police station.
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Weaverville
Calif
Moss
Weaverville High School
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Daryl
Redding
California
Mills Protest Closed Door Session in Gorham
Gorham Budget Committee voted 11 to 1 to hold a closed-door session provoking protest from U S District Attorney Peter Mills a Gorham resident who walked out claiming a violation of the right to know law. The hearing had been postponed after a newsman was barred from a prior session.
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Gorhamp
U. S
Atty
Peter Mills
Gorham
Millis
Two Satellites Miss Planned Orbit in Cape Launch
Washington reports a double header satellite launch from Cape Canaveral produced only a qualifiedly successful result. The two craft failed to reach the intended near circular orbit, instead tracing an arc from 104 miles to 617 miles, short of the 500 mile target, and remaining clustered aboard the final booster stage. Dr. Richard B. Kershner led the Transit navigation project under Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
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Washington
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Carrie
Richard B. Kershner
Applied Physic Laboratory
Johns Hopkin
Saco Woman Finishes Quilt Embroidered With All State Flowers
Mrs. Carmeline Dorais of Saco completes a unique quilt featuring the state flowers of all 50 states. Alaska and Hawaii are the last two squares, with forget-me-not and hibiscus. Other states include Alabama camellia, Arizona saguaro flower, California poppy, Colorado columbine, Delaware peach blossom, Georgia Cherokee rose, Illinois violet, Iowa wild rose, Kansas sunflower, Kentucky goldenrod, Louisiana magnolia, Maine pine cone, Maryland Black-eyed Susan, Massachusetts Mayflower, Michigan apple blossom, Minnesota trillium, Mississippi magnolia, Missouri hawthorn, Montana bitterroot, Nebraska goldenrod, Nevada sagebrush, New York rose, North Carolina dogwood, Oklahoma mistletoe, Oregon grape, Pennsylvania mountain laurel, Rhode Island violet, South Carolina yellow jasmine, South Dakota pasque flower, and Tennessee iris.
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Carmeline Dorais
Saco
Alaska
Hawaii
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota Territory
Ohio
Reed Inaugurates Prayer Breakfast in Augusta
More than 150 people including state leaders clergymen and laymen gathered with Gov Reed for Maine s first annual governor s Prayer Breakfast The governor spoke of daily work as sacred and the shift in religious emphasis toward what Christians do in employment Dr Abraham Vereide described the movement s Seattle origins and nationwide spread The event included top state officials former Gov Haskell Chief Justices C eran and Weather with Sen Porteous introducing Rev Alton Maxell who helped arrange it Senate President Hillman and House Speaker Good led the invocation and benediction Readings of scripture were offered by Sen Cyr and Sen Christie Porteous presented Reed a Bible to mark the occasion
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Augusta
Reed
Maine
Congregational Church
Fort Fairfield
Abraham Vereide
International Christian Leadership
Seattle
Washington
Executive Council
State Department
Robert N. Haskell
Robert B. Williamson
Superior Court
Harold Ceran
Randolph A. Weather
L. Robert Porteous Jr
Portland
Alton Maxell
Penney Memorial United Baptist Church of Augusta
Senate
Earle M. Hillman
Bangor
Vinal G. Good
Rhode Island House Backs Textile Industry Resolution
Providence RI. The Rhode Island House approved a resolution urging Kennedy and Congress to counter low-cost imports. It calls for quotas by fabric and country, removal of domestic premium supports for U.S. cotton, realistic depreciation allowances to boost modernization, and permanent coordination of national policies with the textile sector.
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Providence
Rhode Island House of Represi
Atives
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
Japan Seeks 20 to 30 Percent Textile Export Quota Hike
In Tokyo the Cotton Textile Exporters Association urged the government to raise Japan’s 1961 export quota to the United States by 20 to 30 percent to meet rising competition from other textile nations. A spokesman said the request was made last week as Washington prepares to review Japanese cotton exports for 1961, the final year of a five year program.
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Tokyo
United States
Cotton Textile Exporters Association
Washington
Washington Birthday Woes Marked Washington’s Early Struggles
Washington crossed into history amid illness debt and political pressure on his Feb 22 birthday. At 29 he faced fevers and pain, a failing tobacco crop and a strained Mount Vernon estate while seeking re election to the Virginia House of Burgesses. He endured a fierce campaign by Adam Stephen but won, delaying celebration as troubles persisted. Through years of money worries he sought retirement, but eight exhausting years as president followed.
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Washington Crossing
George Washington
Washington
Mount Vernon
Delaware River
Virginia House of Burgesses
Frederick County
Adam Stephen
Stephen
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