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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1963
Page
2
Donald Fogg, a captain, leads nearly 200 volunteer workers who will solicit funds across the Saco area. A blast on the fire whistle at 6 30 p m signals the start of the drive tomorrow with headquarters at the Saco City clerk s office. Story on page 10.
Brussels reports that five of six EEC members urged Britain’s entry but France refused. US pressure, led by Kennedy administration, sought a compromise to keep talks alive as Erhard and Couve de Murville pressed for a targeted formula. The fate of Britain's entry hung on a possible French concession and a private West German discussion.
Augusta AP reports about 1 percent miles of clam flats on the lower Medomak River in Waldoboro have reopened after a USPHS pollution closure. Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner Ronald W. Green says this is roughly half of the Medomak River closure area. Gov Reed's office misinterpreted Green's Monday announcement, saying reopening covered half the closed regions, while other areas on the Kennebec and St George Rivers and in Mount Desert and Lubec remain closed.
Unseasonable cold and heavy snow persist nationwide with subzero readings in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. Arctic air extends from the Rockies to New York as deaths from weather surge past 180 nationwide. Warmth shows in southern Plains to lower Mississippi Valley, while ice jams halt upper Mississippi shipping and clamp the Missouri River.
Robert Frost died at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital at 1:50 a.m. after a long illness tied to heart attack and blood clots in the lungs. The 88 year old Pulitzer winner had a late rise to fame, reading at Kennedy's inauguration and receiving a Congressional medal on his 88th birthday.
A wry Chuckle notes that bragging drains energy for effort and ascent. The pun suggests self-promotion hinders progress and growth.
President Kennedy sent Congress a 24 point education aid plan seeking 1.2 billion to begin, with no direct private school aid. The package expands public and private college support, grants, loans, and student programs while delaying total cost and avoiding church-state clashes.
The White House said President Kennedy will not hold a press conference this week. He met with newsmen last Thursday.
At Clemson College in South Carolina Harvey Gantt the first Black student to enroll in a formerly all white dormitory begins orientation amid campus police presence and tight controlsReports say the 20 year old son of a shipyard worker from Charleston attends classes while reporters are kept off campus and two incidents are noted including tire slashing and threats turned away Students and officials describe the quiet scene as Gantt navigates student life on a segregated campus
An implanted electronic ear in a deaf 46 year old shows hearing ability and word recognition. James Doyle of General Data Corp plans thinner under skin models and multi channel systems up to 20 30 channels. The next model could cost about 1000 dollars and aims to better reproduce sound.
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