Cold North Slips to 20 Below Across Northern New England
A bitter cold wave grips Northern New England with early morning readings of 20 below zero in Caribou and Limestone Maine. Nantucket Massachusetts reports 20 above as the region, though mostly spared from heavy snow, looks to light snow tomorrow per the Boston weather bureau. Newport Vermont plunges to 16 below while Lebanon New Hampshire hits a low of 5. The six state area records zero to 20 above in parts of Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut. Continuous cold and a bright forecast dominate headlines as pages note continued subfreezing temperatures.
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Kennedy Eyes Farm, Urban Affairs Messages This Week
President Kennedy plans two messages to Congress on farm programs and a Cabinet level urban affairs department. He backs broader farm controls to stabilize commodities and pushes a federal urban affairs office to coordinate transit and slum issues. The House balked at an urban affairs bill last week, while Senate and House debate college aid totaling up to 1.8 billion dollars.
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OAS Move To Suspend Cuba Faces Ongoing Debate
At Punta del Este Uruguay foreign ministers agreed in principle to suspend Fidel Castro’s Cuba from hemisphere councils. A US informant said 17 to 18 of 20 votes favored a nonrecognition stance while Brazil and Mexico urged a staged approach. The conference aims six resolutions to guide action with no immediate ousting mechanism. Separately, the Spaulding murder trial began in Alfred with jury selection and opening testimony detailing the fatal September 14 store shooting in Arundel.
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Philip Wheeler
Department of the State Attorney General
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Spaulding
Dennison Priestly
Richard A. Spaulding
York County
Harold Nason
Burleigh Richards, Jr
End of World Predicted by Astrologers Next Sunday
AP reports global forecasts of catastrophe tied to a planetary alignment in Capricorn and Aquarius. The piece contrasts astrologers with astronomers led by James S. Pickering who dismiss the prophecy as gobbledegook while Hindus and Muslims seek refuge in India and Californians flee to Cleator in Arizona.
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Orient
Understanding Inc
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Fritz Kreisler Dies at 88 in New York Hospital
World renowned violinist Fritz Kreisler died in Harkness Pavilion at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City where he had been hospitalized since January 13.
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Fritz Kreisler
Harkness Pavilion
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Local 305 Backs Conference Rule On Wage Talks
Local 305 AFL CIO representing about 1600 Pepperell textile workers agrees to follow the majority at the Cotton and Rayon wage conference in New York on February 10 regarding termination of their contract with Pepperell. If the conference cuts contracts in New England, Local 305 will comply. Notification to terminate is due by February 15. Delegates attending include Israel Shevenell Thomas LeBlanc Paul Demers Jean Paul Poirier Lionel St Louis Joseph St Louis with two delegates from Local 406 Adrien Petit and Wilfred Petit and locals Michael Schoonjans Leo Bedard and Alex Anastasoff attending from the local.
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Biddeford
New York City
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Middle Atlantic
New York
Israel Shevenell
Thomas LeBlanc
Paul Demers
Jean Paul Poirier
Lionel St. Louis
Joseph St. Louis
Saco-Lowell
Adrien Petit
Wilfred Petit
Michael Schoonjans
Leo Bedard
Alex Anastasoff
Next Orbital Bid Delayed to Thursday for Glenn Mission
Project Mercury said the next Glenn mission would not occur before Thursday as weather and recovery concerns loom. Glenn, 40, spent hours awaiting launch, attended church, and prepped in the space trainer while crews checked Atlas and Friendship 7 for a possible liftoff under improving but uncertain skies.
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Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
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Riverside Presbyterian Church
Cocoa Beach
Charles E. Pfeiffer
Chuckle Quote on Beauty and Perception
A light columnist quip notes the average girl needs more beauty than talent while the average man sees better than he thinks. The caption attributes the line to a corporate feature source.
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Joint Board Elects Slate of Officers at Biddeford Union
Officers elected by the Biddeford-Saco Textile Workers Union include Israel Shevenell as president Adrien Petit as vice president Wilfred Lamontagne as recording secretary Ralph Roberge as warden Emma Daniels Anna Forcier Albert Cantara and Gerard Boisvert as executive board and Robert Beaulieu Oscar Nolette Joseph Pelletier as auditors A discussion followed on Biddeford’s economic situation and the new Biddeford High School vocational training program.
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Biddeford High School
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