Legislature To Receive Reed's Budget Message
AUGUSTA AP The 101 Maine Legislature returns to session Tuesday as Gov Reed outlines his budget aims on Thursday His plan expects about 6 million dollars annually for new or expanded state services plus building needs A sales tax increase may be proposed by removing food or fuel exemptions or raising the rate from 3 to 4 percent The rule changes aim to shorten long sessions and hearings will address three House seat contests including Karkos Bowie Kellam Hanscomb and Schulten plus the Auburn contest Pontibriand to Waterman
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Reed
Andrew A. Karkos
Lisbon
Frank M. Bowie
R—Durham
Ronald L. Kellam
D—Portland
John R. Hanscomb
R—Portland
Carlton Day Reed Jr
Woolwich
T. Tarpy Schulten
Bootle
Constance Baker Motley
New York
National Advancement of Colored People
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U.S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Eugene Cook
Unron
Ernest Bandiver
Navy Maneuvers Near Cuba Spur Cuban Tensions
Regular army units moved into Havanas waterfront and set up tents near the Maine memorial as Fidel Castro warns of a northern attack. Revolucion reports a Yankee aircraft carrier at Guantanamo Bay, part of Atlantic Fleet maneuvers from today through March. About 140000 officers and men participate, including the Franklin D Roosevelt, three guided missiles cruisers and two nuclear submarines. Navy says maneuvers were planned long before relations with Cuba broke.
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Philadelphia Prison Break Fizzles Ends in Injuries and Confinement
State police quelled a mass escape attempt at Eastern State Penitentiary as fourteen convicts tried to free others and seize guards. Nine hostages were wounded during the melee, two guards stabbed, and all attackers were captured within 45 minutes as officers surrounded the 131 year old prison near City Hall.
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Eastern State Penitentiary
Bee
W.J. Bankmiller
Donald Carr
Carr
William Righter
Righter
Tom McDonald
U. S. Judge Grants Stay In Georgia Integration Case
State liquor store moves to 380 Elm Street Biddeford opening at 9:30 am with new display for Maine acts. Manager Custeau cites larger space and a complete liquor line, noting a 27 year first move from Alfred Street since 1934. Building is cement block beside Edward's Super Market.
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Kennedy To Meet With Eisenhower In Washington
President-elect John F Kennedy planned another conference with President Eisenhower likely in Washington on January 19 the day before Kennedy takes office. He arrived at Harvard University for a board of overseers meeting and received a nostalgic welcome, with calls to assert leadership and fund abroad scholarships to promote world peace.
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Session On Aging Opens At White House Conference
President Eisenhower urged 2,500 delegates at the White House conference on aging to pursue all opinions, aiming to set goals for the nation. He avoided definite views on funding medical care, while officials sought to ease AMA led controversy over aging program financing. The debate centers on medical care tied to Social Security and who bears costs.
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Civil War Centennial Opens With Pageantry and Prayer
The nation marked the 100th anniversary with ceremonies in New York and Lexington honoring Grant and Lee. The Gettysburg era was recalled as a reunified country, with wreaths at Grant’s tomb and praises for Lee’s leadership. Cadets reenacted Star of the West firing, and ceremonies continued at Annapolis and the Naval Academy.
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New York
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Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Lee
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Charleston
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Eisenhower
Star of the West
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Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Gary Cooper Tears Up At Hollywood Charity Testimonial
Hollywood honors Gary Cooper for 35 years in film with a Friars’ Club tribute dinner that raised 100000 for charity. Attendees include Carl Sandburg Henry Ford II Gov Edmund Brown and film figures while Cooper and guests delivered reverent speeches amid light ribbing from Warner Berle and Benny.
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Jack Benny
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