Yosemite Park Fire Kills Two
A Yosemite National Park forest fire raging out of control killed at least two people and burned 25 000 acres. The blaze destroyed Nipinnawassee and Ahwahnee trapping motorists and forcing hundreds to flee. two residents from Ahwahnee identified as Kipp and Etta about 60 are dead, with others missing. Firefighters battled a five mile front with Highway 41 clogged by evacuees as Oakhurst neared the edge of the flames. A second 25 000 acre fire nearby was reported under control about 40 miles northeast in Madera County.
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Madera
Calif
Yosemite National Park
Nipinnawassee
Ahwahnee
Ge Kipp
Etta
Robert Voss
State Son of Forestry
Oakhurst
Forestry Division
Comemanian
Ions Center
Fresno
Madra County
Biddeford Man Held For Theft Case
Associate Judge Gerald Nason found probable cause in a theft charge against Leslie Norton, 23, of Biddeford, held at York County Jail on $5,000 bail for a September term in Superior Court. Norton, identified by Ludger Simard, allegedly stole rings valued at $100 and $200, an $85 watch, and a $100 wallet, fled after assaulting Simard, and hid the loot with a tavern owner unaware of its contents. Simard testified Norton was seen at his apartment yesterday afternoon and detected at the Central Taxi store two hours later. Chief Edgar Sevigny later found the goods, hidden in a bag of clothes given to a tavern owner. Norton did not have counsel and did not testify. In a separate matter, James R. Cadwell, 24, of Augusta, was fined $10 for running a red light on Pool Street at Hill Street.
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Gerald Nason
Leslie Norton
Biddeford
Norton
York County
Alfred
Ludger Simard
Main Street
Simard
Central Hotel
Edgar Sevigny
Nason
James R. Cadwell
Augusta
Pool Street
Hill Street
Spy Rocket Launched To Orbit Over Russia
POINT ARGUELLO Calif AP Midas III first missile alarm satellite aimed to fly over Russia finally roared into the sky today after delays. It lifted off through thick fog at a Navy space base as reporters watched from 10,000 feet. Orbit success expected within two hours. The second stage carried a record fuel load for a U S satellite vehicle aiming for as high as 500 miles. The 30 foot space scout weighs 3500 pounds with an infrared eye to sense heat from exhaust hundreds of miles below. The Midas network would double warning time from radar. Continued on Page Two.
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Point Arguello
Calif
Russia
Navy Space Base
U.S
Midas
Atlas
Samos
Ural Mountains
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Paper Company In Wage Boost
Union workers at the Oxford Paper Co in Rumford approved a new two year contract. It provides a 3 percent wage increase with a minimum boost of seven cents an hour and a wage re opener after the first year. The agreement covers 2,800 production and maintenance workers Local 12745 District 50 of the United Mine Workers.
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Rumford
Oxford Paper Co
United Mine Workers
Weather Eye Satellite May Hunt Hurricanes
The hurricane hunting satellite Tiros III was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Thor Delta rocket. The 285 pound satellite will aid meteorologists by transmitting cloud cover images and data on hurricane development as it orbits about 400 miles above Earth. Officials confirmed signals from tracking stations and noted the mission aims to improve understanding of hurricane origins and progress.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Woomera
Australia
San Nicholas
Calif
Wallops Island
Medal Instead Of A Ticket For Jay-Walking?
VAN NUYS Calif C Philip Norsen of Van Nuys reluctantly mailed in his fine for a jay walking ticket He denied interference with traffic at age 70 asking instead for a medal for his sprinting dexterity He wrote on Tuesday asserting the request.
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van Nuys
Calif
C. Philip Norsen
Two Plane Crashes Kill 88 Near Miami and Denver
Two airliner crashes, one near Denver and another en route to West Africa, killed 88 people. A United DC8 crash at Stapleton killed 17 of 122 aboard, while a Casablanca turboprop explosion killed 71. Denver crash left 18 injured and 56 aboard survived. Four members of Dr. Earl Guyer’s Fort Lyons family perished.
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Associated Press
Denver
Africa
Casablanca
Morocco
Prague
West Africa
Zurich
Switzerland
United Air Lines
Stapleton Airfield
Iine Fees
Wan Oraeallon
Miami
Boston
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Earl Guyer
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Fort Lyons
Colo
Guyer
Chicago
Omaha
Judge Adams Recuses Over Childhood Grudge
Judge Christy C Adams disqualified himself from an illegal parking case after former Camden resident Mrs Virginia W Heal, a childhood playmate, appeared in Municipal Court The judge cited a past rivalry but his associate Judge Galen LaGassey ruled she was a victim of circumstances and ordered payment of $5 and costs
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Rockland
Christy C
Adams
Virginia W. Heal
Camden
Saco Rec Building Fund Sought
The Saco Recreation Commission voted to seek city approval to establish a building fund funded from soft drink sales. The fund aims for long term building projects at Memorial Field or other city sites, plus tennis courts and pools. Fundraising plans include dances and exhibitions, with growth determining timing. The commission also set a tennis court use schedule and discussed Memorial field maintenance.
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Saco Recreation Commission
Richard ‘Charles
Recreation Commission
MeMoria Field
Charles
Harvey Lamontagne, Jr
Memorial Field
Gerard Neault
Richard Murray
Lamontagne
NE Air Service Ruled No Bearing On Lines Bid
A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner ruled that a CAB hearing on Northeast Airlines renewal of its New York to Florida permit should not consider Northeast's New England regional service. The decision, by Examiner Walter W. Bryan, aims for a separate hearing on New England service later. The NY-Moston route faces a mid December hearing on renewal. three questions focus on necessity of three carriers, scope of renewal, and potential merger. Northeast posted a $6 million loss on the Miami service in 1960, with Eastern and National also serving the NY-Miami line.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northeast Airlines
New York- Florida
Northeast
New England
Walter W. Bryan
New
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Clifford G. McIntire
R-Maine
Owen Brewster
Maine
Millinocket
Russell Hilliard
New Hampshire
Edward Knapp
Vermont
Edward F. Roberts
Scott K .Higgins
Maine Aero
Muskie
Examiner
Miami
Eastern
National Airlines
New York-Miami
War on teen mobs in Somerset heats up fight
Skowhegan County Attorney Lloyd H. Stitham declares war on teen rumbles and vows warrants and prosecutions for gang fights especially where weapons appear after three youths faced municipal court for a knife incident in the business district. Burleigh 17 faces assault with a dangerous weapon. Trask 18 pleaded guilty as accessory after the fact. Robinson 17 jailed for concealing brass knuckles.
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Skowhegan
Lloyd H. Stitham
Stitham
Moniday
David Burleigh
Burleigh
Richard D. Trask
Paul A. Robinson
Oakland
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Wade Burnham
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Thad Williams
Quinn Glover
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B. Elton Cox
St .Louis
Congress of Racial Equality
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St. Louis
Janet Reinitz
New York
John C. Raines
Setauket
N.Y
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Justice Department
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
U.S. District Court
Jackson
Mississippi
Douglas A. Williams
Tiros III
Tiros
Arundel Opera Theatre
Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary
Albert Cote
Norman Morin
Raymond Kenneally
Clement Auger
Marcel Levesque
Cote
Hospital Treasury
Saco Rec Building Fund
NE Air Service
Nautics Commission
Charles Colson
New England Council Regional Promotion Organization
Saco
Don Rhodes
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