Galvin Pushes Seven Point Plan to Boost Army Readiness
Maj. Gen. Michael J. Galvin urges Congress to adopt a seven point program to strengthen the active Army through expanded reserve forces. He proposes reducing active duty training, regular two month drills for reserve units, six year readiness terms, expanded training time, weekly refresher active duties, an inactive disaster recovery program, and restoring an assistant secretary role to energize the plan.
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Boston
Michael J. Galvin
Congress
Reserve Cers Association
Galvin
Soviet Union
Berlin
Khrushchev
National Guard
Army Reserve and Guard
Ready Reserve
GOP Eyes New York City Mayoralty Post
A split in Democratic ranks boosts Republican hopes to win the New York City mayoralty in the fall. Mayor Wagner faces primary opposition from Arthur Levitt amid a Democratic civil war, while Republican Louis Lefkowitz looms as a strong general election challenger.
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Gop Eyes
New York City
Mayoralty Post
New York
GOP
Robert F. Wagner
Robert Christenberry
Donnybrook
Saco Liquor Store Awarded State Honor for June
The Saco Liquor Store won the Maine State Liquor Commission store of the month for June for general excellence of operation. Runner-ups included stores in Ellsworth Fort Fairfield and Millbridge. Wesley Mingo accepted the plaque at a Cascades lodge banquet attended by officials and supervisors.
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Sac Liquor
Maine State Liquor Commission
State
Ellsworth
Fort Fairfield
Millbridge
Saco
Liquor Commission
Wesley Mingo
Cascades Lodge
Willard C. Ellis
Andrew J. Fournier
Richard Devine
Tyron Nice
German Stover
Mingo Raoul Boissoneault
Sigee Duquette
James Rowland
Man credits dog with saving life in Mojave desert
Ramon C. Miller, 53, Fresno furniture buyer, survived a week in extreme desert heat after running out of gas near Death Valley. Found with his dog Gretchen by ordnance inspectors at Camp Irwin, Miller says Gretchen defended him from coyotes and kept him alive until rescue. Both were treated at the camp hospital in good condition and to be released.
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Camp Irwin
Calif
Ramon C. Miller
Fresno
Camp Irwin Military Reservation
San Bernardino
Mojave Desert
Death Valley
Barstow
Camp Hospital
Miller
Gretchen
Coyotes
Phoenix
Space flight training and Maine ETV talks pause
In Florida, Air Force Capt. Virgil J. Grissom and Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. advance toward the second American manned space flight with preparations and capsule changes. In Maine, Gov. Reed suspends plans for a special legislative session on a statewide educational television network until FCC input clarifies channel status and funding options.
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Reed
ETV
Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Air Force
Virgil J. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
T. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Atlantic Range
Shepard
The
Space Agency
Grissom
Mitchell
Ind
Glenn
New Concord
Ohio
Augusta
Federal Communications Commission
Maine
House
Vinal G. Good
R-Sebago
Senate
Earle M. Hillman
Bangor
Good
Hillman
Lightning Bolt Splinters Cross At St Marys Church
A lightning bolt struck the steeple of St Marys Catholic church in Presque Isle Monday night splintering a wooden cross and ripping shingles but causing no fire. The Rev Royal Parent, in the basement at the time, escaped injury.
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Presque Isle
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Royal Parent
Bound Over Woman in Infant Death Case in Maine
Brenda E. Drake of Caribou 21 was bound over to the November term of Aroostook County Superior Court on a manslaughter charge in the death of a newborn female child. Drake pleaded innocent at Municipal Court. The infant's body was found in her apartment June 9 with death listed as asphyxiation.
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Houston
Brenda E. Drake
Caribou
Aroostook County
Miss Drake
All Officers Re-Elected By Parley
Officers of the Past Presidents Parley of Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion post were re elected at a meeting hosted by Mrs Elodie Renaud with Mrs Nellie White as hostess Miss Germaine Laverriere was named president and Mrs Ellen Kelleher vice president for another term Also secretary treasurer Mrs Gladys Lamb chaplain Mrs James Finn sergeant at arms Mrs Yvonne Bergeron and publicity chairman Mrs Raymond Couture were re elected Installation is set for August 21 at Mrs Lamb's home in Saco A lobster supper precedes the ceremony with supper chairs Mrs Couture and Mrs White
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Parley
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley
American Legion Post
Elodie Renaud
Nellie White
Germaine Laverriere
Ellen Kelleher
Gladys Lamb
James Finn
Yvonne Bergeron
Raymond Couture
Lamb
Saco
Couture
White
Bergeron
Kelleher
Miss Laverriere
Mrs. White
Renaud
Anna M. Donahue
Laverriere
Freedom Riders greeted by jeers in Little Rock
A crowd of about 300 taunted five Freedom Riders arriving at a Little Rock bus station. Police arrested two Black and two white hecklers when they refused to leave the white waiting room, an 18 year old Black girl was detained outside then released. Four riders faced a 1959 law penalizing acts likely to breach the peace, with fines or jail terms. The piece notes a Mississippi setback as 227 people were arrests and a Jackson, Mississippi court convicted 34 riders in two trials, adding to the total breach of peace convictions reaching 224.
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Associated Press
Freedom Riders
Little Rock
Ark
St. Louis
Midwest Trailways
R. E. Glasscock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Bert Tuttle
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Mississ
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James Spencer
Summer Language Jargon Explained To Puzzled Pops
El Amira AP item shows mothers’ summer jargon explained for fathers by playful labels. It lists terms like Population Explosion and Cease-Fire Order as mothers’ rules at home with humorous definitions. The piece uses light satire to describe family dynamics during school break with a focus on mothers guiding household order and teen behavior.
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Elmira
N.Y
Peace Corps
Police To Crack Down On Violators
James Glasscock aged 18 of 45 Myrtle Street Biddeford pleaded guilty in Biddeford Municipal Court to hunting in Clifford Park without a license. Associate Judge Gerald Nason suspended a $100 fine, placed him on one year probation, and impounded his .22 rifle for the probation period. Fish and Game official Thomas D. Bryant said Glasscock had been shooting wild birds in the park while about a dozen children played. In a separate action, Judge Nason fined five local drivers $10 each for running a stop sign at Hill and Water streets.
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Myrtle Street
Biddeford
Clifford Park
Gerald Nason
Nason
Glasscock
Thomas D. Bryant
Fish and Game Department
Hill and
Water Streets
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Louis J. Lefkowitz
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Saco Liquor Store
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Irwin
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Newton Minow
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Kennebunkport Historical Society
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Elizabeth Nott
Frank Beard
Mary A. Gilman
Oscar Cox
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Lucy Clough
Ralph Smith
Ralph Beard
Goose Rocks Beach
Helen Elizabeth Steele
Caroline Burnham
Carol Jeanne Steele
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