Castro Stymies America
In Punta del Este Uruguay the United States failed to unite Latin American allies against Castroism and to advance the Alliance for Progress. Big nations favored soft Cuba policy while smaller states pushed for hard action, leaving the OAS at risk of a hemispheric split. Castro predicted failure of the conference and warned sanctions could trigger revolutions. Argentina and Brazil sought a compromise denunciation short of punitive measures.
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Uruguay
United States
Alliance For
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Organization of American States
Brazil
Castro
Havana
Inter- American Conference
OAS
Argentina
Latin America
California Snow Storm Retreat Closes Roads and Schools
California faced its heaviest metropolitan snowstorm in years as heavy flakes retreated from the 2,000 foot level. The storm left blocked highways, closed schools, flooded intersections and melting snowmen with snow in Los Angeles and higher suburbs while San Francisco endured its snowiest period in 75 years. Snow plows worked as the weather cooled and southern areas saw varying precipitation with thunder and lightning reported in places. The weatherman warned of near blizzards in mountains north of Los Angeles while downtown stayed near 39 degrees.
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Associated Press
California
Los Angeles Civic Center
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Bing Crosby
Monterey Peninsula
Los Angeles
Saco Hosts County Republicans Two Announce Candidacies
York County Republican meeting in Saco hall featured Leon Libby of Saco and Roger Walker of Sanford announcing their runs for county commissioner. Other candidates for county posts included Gordon Brewster Oguitquit James Erwin York Ralph Lovell Sanford Fred Gowen Sanford Ralph Higgins West Newfield and Leslie Wyman Old Orchard Beach. County Chairman Carroll Clark presided with updates on fundraising and upcoming events including the Rockefeller dinner in Portland and pollution talk set for February 26 in Kennebunk Town Hall.
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Leon Libby
Saco
Roger Walker
Sanford
York County Republican Committee
Saco Gar ‘Hall
York County
Kennebunk Town Hall
Dinsmore Worthing
Republican Party
Paul Dillaway
Augusta
Republican State Committee
Warren Peterson
Space Craft Experts Race to Fix Glenn Oxygen System
Cape Canaveral officials work to ensure John Glenn receives a reliable oxygen supply as two parts are replaced in the capsule. NASA delays persist as technicians test the system and Glenn undergoes preflight checks amid possible Saturday launch targets and orbit plans.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Patrick Air Force Base
GOP Fears Flop In Fund Raising Drive
Washington AP reports cautious Republicans fear a near financial flop for the February 1 nationwide fund raising event to aid Nixon in California. Efforts to tap Eastern contributors are tempered by high costs and uncertain returns, with organizers eyeing Cleveland and Washington dinners as primary revenue sources.
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Gop
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Eugene McGovern
Long Island
Nixon
Waldorf Astoria
McGovern
Milk stamps ruled unlawful to lower milk price
Maine Milk Commission and attorney general confirm trading stamps cannot reduce net price of milk or cream below the legal minimum. A sale may include stamps only if the cash value does not bring the overall price under the minimum. Sperry & Hutchinson Co. was referenced in the ruling.
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Augusta
Maine Milk Commission
Commission
Attorney General's Office
Sperry &Hutchinson Co
Chuckle Sign in Office Warns for Game Day Absences
The supervisor's sign states that any employee seeking time off for serious illness or a death in the family must check with the office before 11 a.m. on game day. Captain General Fea Corp referenced.
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Fea. Corp
Parents Clash Over High School Humor Lesson
In Wappingers Falls New York a high school English class used a satire filled syntax exercise that prompted letters and a public debate. The board backed the English department stressing the lesson tied to humor in literature and grammar.
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Wappingers Falls
N.Y
Irving
Schlep
Poughkeepsie Journal
Dennis J. Hannan
Wappingers Central School
Engish
Board of Education
Hannan
Algerian Terrorist Threat Forces City Controls
Algerian authorities order tight traffic curbs and roadblocks in Algiers Oran and Bone amid continued terrorist gunfire. Two Europeans and a Muslim die in Algiers as violence worsens with attacks on ships and the transport system strained by strikes.
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Algiers
Algeria
Jean Morin
Oran
Bone
Djebel Dira
France
Murder Trial Opens in Topsham Slaying Case
Jerome Michaud's murder trial begins in Superior Court over the December stabbing of 17 year old Shirley Rollins at a gravel pit dump in Topsham. Juror selection dominates morning. Michaud is 22 and married with one child.
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Bath
Jerome S. Michaud
Pretty
Shirley Rollins
Topsham
Superior Court
Brunswick
Donald Spear
Michaud
Augusta State Hospital
Miss Rollins
Saco Man Files to Run for County Treasurer
Samuel G. Gagnon 35 Cleveland Street Saco today announced his candidacy for county treasurer in the Democratic primary in June. He has the support of the Saco Democratic club. A Biddeford resident for 25 years he was educated in the local schools.
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Samuel G. Gagnon
Cleveland Street
Saco
Gagnon
Democratic Club
Biddeford
Flynn Warns Of Making False Report
Augusta Maine fire prevention director Joseph A P Flynn warns that falsely reporting a bomb in a public place is a felony with fines up to 1000 dollars and prison terms up to three years. He cites a 1957 law aimed at halting bomb hoaxes amid several incidents including Auburn and Old Orchard Beach disruptions.
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Augusta
Joseph A. P. Flynn
Old Orchard Beach
Auburn
Edward Little High School
Flynn
Bomb scare hits Edward Little High School in Auburn
An anonymous tip led Auburn police to evacuate Edward Little High School in Auburn Maine but searches found no bomb. Officials scheduled Saturday classes to make up lost time following earlier scares at Old Orchard Beach High and another hoax at the beach.
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Auburn
Maine
Edward Little High School
Old Orcard Beach High School
Beach
Kennedy declines Soviet Union visit on world trip
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said he cannot alter his planned travel around the world to accept an informal invitation to visit the Soviet Union next month He added he would look forward to visiting the USSR in the future The invitation was not publicly attributed and followed talks among Kennedy the President and Secretary of State Rusk The Younger Kennedy and wife Ethel will visit Japan Indonesia Iran Germany and the Netherlands ending about February 26 with a prior West Africa trip last August
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NASA
Space Agency
Glen
Earth
Atlantic
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Justice Department
White House
Dean Rusk
Ethel
Japan
Indonesia
Iran
Germany
Netherlands
West Africa
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Mothers March
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William Hyland, Jr
John Viets
Patrick Zello
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