Panama Peace Efforts Start Amid Tense Canal Zone Border
U S personnel return to the embassy in Panama as talks with Panama and the OAS aim to establish a peace authority for the Canal Zone border. A final OAS meeting expected to decide on the force composition and operational machinery. Violence continues in Colon with guardsmen killed and many mourners in Panama City.
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Panama
United States
Canal Zone
OAS
Argentina
Alfredo Vazquez Carricosa
Proclaimed Zanzibar Republic Faces Overnight Revolt
African Nationalists seized Zanzibar island overthrowing the Arab sultan in a violent overnight revolt. Police stations armory and prime minister residence were attacked with casualties reported. Rebels claimed Hamadi and Jamshid sought refuge on a harbor cruise liner as control expanded, while US and British ships prepared to evacuate nationals. Continued on Page Eight.
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Dar-Es-Salaam
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
Mohammed Shamte Hamadi
Freedom Fighters
Hamadi
Sultan Seyyid Jamshid bin Abdulla
Zanzibarity
United States
Manley
US State Department
Washington
U. S
Owen
We may not be first to reach the moon but to send aid
A lighthearted line from Chuckle page humorously notes pride in being first to provide foreign aid rather than first to land on the moon, reflecting postwar optimism and global assistance themes.
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Gen
Fea, Corp
Gale Driven Storm Closes In On New England
A gale driven snowstorm swept across New England and the eastern United States. Whipping winds of 55 to 63 mph caused heavy drifting and coastal surge while six inches fell on Cape Cod and Rhode Island with 4 to 8 inches elsewhere in Massachusetts. Ten foot drifts formed in the Midwest as motorists faced hazardous travel and road closures.
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Boston
New England
Cape Cod
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Worcester
Weather Bureau
Block Island
Eastport
Beaufort
New York
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
United States
Local Weather Bureau forecast for snow storm offshore
The Portland weather bulletin notes a storm center about 20 miles east of the Maryland coast moving north then east-northeast toward Cape Cod. Snow may begin in southwest Maine this forenoon and spread slowly. significant accumulation expected late afternoon along the coast with gale winds at night and blowing drifting snow.
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Portland
US Weather Bureau
Maryland
Cape Cod
Maine
Dems Approve Vote Allocation to Sharpen Representation
Washington AP: The Democratic National Committee approved a 1964 convention vote formula that ties convention votes to population and to party support. Larger states gain more votes, smaller states lose relative influence. every state earns three convention votes per electoral vote and a convention vote for every 100,000 Democratic votes cast in 1960.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Los Angeles
Democratic National Committee
San Francisco
Dr Lawler Resigns as Saco Old Orchard Schools Leader
Dr Frank D Lawler, superintendent for Saco and Old Orchard Beach, announced his resignation to the combined union school boards citing policy conflicts and lack of a salary schedule matching area norms. He came to Saco five years ago from Manchester Mass with wife Arlene a Biddeford teacher. effective end of the current school year.
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Frank D. Lawler
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Lawler
Mittee
Manchester
Mass
Arlene
Biddeford
Bomber Crashes In Maryland Near Cumberland
A large eight-engine B52 bomber crashed and burned in a snow storm on Elbow Mountain about 20 miles west of Cumberland Maryland. Five crewmen were aboard and their survival was unclear as rescue teams faced snow clogged roads and near zero temperatures. The aircraft departed Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts en route to Turner Air Force Base Georgia when it went down after reporting extreme turbulence at 29,000 feet. A farmer near the crash reported no signs of life or bodies.
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Cumberland
Air Force
Appalachian
Maryland
Elbow Mountain
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Turner Afb, Ga
Westover
Turner
Paul Clevenger
Civil Air Patrol
Washington
Clevenger
Jesse Green
Frances
Peace group formed with OAS to curb Canal Zone tensions
The United States and Panama agreed to create a joint group with the Organization of American States to maintain peace along the Canal Zone border. Violence continues in Colon with the death toll at 24. In Zanzibar, African nationalists overthrow the sultan and proclaim a republic.
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Edwin M. Martin
U.S
United States
OAS
Galileo Solis
Thomas C. Mann
Inter American Affairs
Cyrus R. Vance
Colon
Panama City
Panama
Organization of American States
Canal Zone
Zanzibar
Smokers Center Stage As Federal Report Sparks Action
Washington AP reports the federal tobacco health study stirs lawmakers investors growers and manufacturers. A nationwide debate focuses on quitting cutting down ad restrictions and future cigarette sales. The committee cites cigarettes as major lung cancer cause and urges remedial action while regulators and courts weigh labeling and litigation risks.
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Washington
American Cancer Society
The
Tobacco Institute
George W. Allen
Institute
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Indiana
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St. Andre’s Parish
Gerard Morin
Demos
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Atlantic City
Dr. Lawler
Associated Press International
Biddeford-Saco Coal & Oil CO
Percy
Television Code Review Board
Miami Beach
Surgeon General
Sen. Maurine Neuberger
D-Ore
Saco Lodge F
A. M
Saco Masonic Hall
Robert Moody
Howard Cushman
Robert Hooper
Millard Tripp Jr
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