Atlas Missile Fails to Detonate As Test Flight Success Reported
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Air Force launched an inertially guided Atlas missile on a 5000 mile Atlantic range test successfully meeting all primary objectives. The test checked the inertial guidance system and the ability to receive steering commands while reentry was aimed at a water target in the South Atlantic.
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Fla
Air Force
Atlantic
South Atlantic
Wallops Island
U.S
Defense Department
Marshall Islands
Pacific
California
George Washington
Pentagon
Island steam service resumes amid quarrels and chaos
In New Bedford Massachusetts crowds surged as regular steamship runs to Nantucket and Martha s Vineyard restarted after a 77 day strike ended. Auto space was scarce with about a thousand automobiles stranded. the Islander was two hours late due to barnacle scraping.
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New Bedford
Mass
Nantucket
Martha's Vineyard
Steamship Authority
Frank Look
Solomons
William Simmons
The
Authority
Lock
Martha’s Vineyard
Cape Cod
Northeast Airlines
Area braces for July 4 holiday rush
The region readies for peak summer travel as out of state cars flood beach areas. City offices in Saco Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford close through the holiday weekend while police increase patrols. Post offices close Monday with lobby hours and limited deliveries. Banks shut, and the Biddeford-Saco Journal will not publish.
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Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford
Saco-Lowell
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Bideford
Raymond H. Lemelin
Cleaves Street
Perley E. Winslow
Portland
Alfred Road
U S Plane Last Heard Near Soviet Territory
An American RB47 reconnaissance bomber disappeared on a mapping mission northern of the Soviet Kola Peninsula. Six crewmen were aboard Capt. Eugene E. Posa Capt. Willard G. Palm Lt. Freeman B. Olmstead Lt. John R. McKone Lt. Dean B. Phillips and Oscar L. Goforth. The missing plane took off from a British base to map electromagnetic fields north of Norway and search planes moved to Bodoe to scour the Barents Sea region.
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Oslo
Norway
Soviet
Kola Peninsula
Barents Sea
Finmark
U. S
West Germany
Bodoe Air Base
Eugene E. Posa
Santa Monica
Calif
Willard G. Palm
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Freeman B. Olmstead
Elmira
N. Y
John R. McKone
Tonganoxie
Kan
Dean B. Phillips
Inwood
Oscar L. Goforth
Sardis
Air Force
Topeka
Engan
Thieves Break Into Portland Home Steal Jewelry
In Portland a burglary at the home of William Cohen yielded an estimated 8000 dollars in jewelry and an undetermined cash amount while the family was away. Police report the break in occurred through a cellar window.
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Portland
William Cohen
Airport Opens in Wiscasset With 24000 Foot Landing Field
An $80,000 new airport was opened yesterday in Lincoln County as the town's first landing field. It was funded through a mix of federal, state and local financing and spans 24,000 feet in length.
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Wiscasset
Lincoln County
Castro Acts To Head Off Oil Famine
Fidel Castro’s government seeks to recruit Western shipping to avert an oil famine as Cuba claims it can run three seized foreign refineries and import 60,000 barrels daily. Officials warn of disaster with a 66 day gasoline supply and 34 day fuel oil stock, since power relies on fuel oil plants.
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Fidel Castro
United States
Europe
Cuba
Castro
Joff
No Journal On Holiday
In observance of Independence Day the Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish on Monday. The office will reopen Tuesday.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Federal Suit Against Saco Lowell Delayed
Federal Judge Edward T. Gignoux postponed statements from witnesses in the government antitrust suit against Saco-Lowell shops and Maremont Automotive Products of Chicago until August 15 in Portland. The government charges intent to monopolize muffler sales and to shut down Saco-Lowell’s Edwards plant in Saco. Maremont disputes the claim of controlling interest and asserts it will not shut the plant.
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Edward T. Gignoux
Saco-Lowell
Maremont Automotive Products
Chicago
Portland
Saco
Maremont
Arnold H. Maremont
Edwards
Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
Saco- Lowell
Paul L. Davies
Food Machinery
David F. Edwards
Drowning Death Opens Maine Holiday Weekend
The Associated Press reports Maine opened one of its largest holiday weekends with a drowning death. Two-year-old Susan Lee Greenlaw of Milltown fell into Beddybemps Lake, the first fatality as authorities monitor crowded roads and waterways. Officials recall last year’s Independence Day tragedy with eight drownings and one fatal motorist injury.
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Maine
Susan Lee Greenlaw
Allen W. Greenlaw
Milltown
Beddybemps Lake
Party To End All Parties At Sutton Place
Two thousand guests attended a lavish London area party hosted by J Paul Getty to inaugurate his Sutton Place mansion and celebrate the debut of Capt Ian Constable Maxwell’s daughter. The event cost over 30000 dollars as guests flew in from New York, LA, SF, Paris, Rome, Bern and Madrid. Getty’s oil profits rose about 57000 dollars during the party while bands played and guests danced until 4 am. A mix up at departure, a milk campaign cow on the lawn, and a photographer dunked in a pool amid spills and high drama marked the night.
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Rayml
E. Palmer
Guildford
England
J. Paul Getty
Getty
Britain
Sutton Place
Ian Constable-Maxwell
Tudor House
Henry VIII
Grand Centre
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Paris
Rome
Bern
Madrid
Saco Woman Tats New 50 Star Flag
The Witham family of Saco highlights patriotic heritage as Edna Witham creates a 50 star flag by tatting, adding Hawaii as the 50th state. Her mother Mrs. Charles Witham aids, with window display and other crafted symbols of American history.
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Edna Witham
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Charles Witham
Saco Woman
Flac
Witham
America
Johnson
Ha- Waii
Miss Witham
49Th Star
Alaska
Khrushchev Open to Talks With Next US President
VIENNA AP Khrushchev signaled willingness to meet a new U.S. president after Eisenhower. He kept Berlin on ice until a new administration takes office, while outlining stance on Gen eva talks and suspending nuclear tests. He agreed with Austrian leaders to form two joint Austrian Soviet committees on economic and cultural matters.
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Sputnik
Nikita Khrushchev
Adolf Schaerf
Vienna
NEA Radio-Telephoto
Eisenhower
U.S
Austria
Bruno Kreisky
Bruno Pittermann
Nikita
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Geneva
Gromyko
Julius Raab
Khrushchev
Chuckles From a Wealthy Los Angeles Suburb
A humorous item from Los Angeles area society notes many foreign cars in the suburb. The piece jokes it has been over two years since anyone was hit above the knees, attributed to Capt. Gen. Fea, Corp.
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Los Angeles
Fea, Corp
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