Ribicoff Favored To Win U.S. Senate Nomination
Abraham A. Ribicoff heads to the Connecticut Democratic state convention to win the U.S. Senate nomination with backing from key party leaders. He says he seeks elective office to advance Kennedy cabinet programs as rival Frank Kowalski challenges bossism claims. The convention opens with Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield slated to speak. results and possible successor names await.
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
Kennedy
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U.S
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White House
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Florida
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D-Ore
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Robert Weaver
Cornish Man Killed In Car Crash
Roger Spaulding of Cornish, age 23, died when his vehicle swerved off Main Street in West Lebanon New Hampshire and hit a tree. He was alone in the car. This marked the 44th road death of the year in New Hampshire, compared with 33 at this time last year.
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N. H
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Cornish
Main Street
New Hampshire
Premier Charges Doctors Harassed in Saskatchewan Strike
Regina AP Premier Woodrow Lloyd accuses the Saskatchewan College of Surgeons and Physicians of using policing powers to harass doctors who refuse to join the strike against the socialist medical plan. A one man commission will investigate complaints as doctors recruited to fill gaps in service continue to strike since July 1.
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Sask
Woodrow Lloyd
Saskatchewan College of Surgeons and Physicians
Lloyd
Britain
Canadian Medical Association
House and Senate clash over foreign aid in Kennedy plan
The House backed President Kennedy with a 250 to 164 vote to allow aid to Communist nations if possible and approved 4.67 billion dollars for military and economic aid this year, while trimming aims with two restrictive amendments. The Senate approved 4.66 billion dollars with stricter limits on aid to Communist countries, and narrowly voted to give the president more latitude with a 277 to 4 tally, following a failed Feighan amendment.
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Senate House Conference Committee
Senate
Thomas Feighan
Ohio
Forest Fire Threat Eased By Heavy Rains In Maine
Heavy thunder showers and a soaking rain across Maine reduced the forest fire hazard. State Forest Commissioner Austin H. Wilkins said rainfall helped mitigate the drought, with totals from 0.25 to over 1 inch and more expected as stations report. Lightning caused minor incidents in Rumford and significant home loss in Pittston, including a 12‑story house with $2,000 in furnishings lost.
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Maine
Austin H. Wilkins
Wilkins
Rumford
Pittston
Donna Peters
Gayle Carbonneau
Worcester
Mass
Elva Vercetto
Bert Flanders
Boston Fire Damages Paper Plants Estimated at 1 Million
A four-alarm blaze on Rutherford Avenue in Charlestown destroyed much of the D F Munroe Co paper mill with about 40 workers affected. The fire confined to the Munroe section damaged paper stock and office records valued around the $1 million mark. John Carter & Co. Inc. also housed in the 200 by 200 foot building faced smoke and heat exposure as investigators arrived to determine the cause. Firefighter injuries included a crushed foot to John Harrington. Local officials and Investigators from the fire marshal’s office examined the scene.
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Paper Company
Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown
D.F. Munroe Co
John Carter & Co. Inc
Munroe
Jeremiah Sullivan
John Harrington
Ralph Carrasco
Women's Civil Defense Council Meets in July
The Women's Civil Defense Council will hold its monthly meeting at 10 30 a m on Monday July 16 at State Civil Defense and Public Safety headquarters announced by Leslie H Stanley state CD director The event gathers local CD volunteers for planning and briefing.
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Augusta
Women's Civil Defense Council
State Civil Defense and Public Safety Headquarters
Leslie H. Stanley
State CD
Arrested Negroes To Get Refund Of Bonds
Albany AP reports the first of over 730 Negroes jailed in December anti segregation protests will seek refunds of cash bonds under a biracial agreement. Martin Luther King Jr said refunds would be provided on Wednesdays and Fridays. King urged those with bonds to visit city hall for their money and cited city officials’ goodwill as tested.
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Laurie Pritchett
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Abernathy
East Carroll Parish
Louisiana
Monroe
East Carroll
U. S
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Fast Carroll
Citizens Council
Shreveport
Concord
N. H
Maine People Injured In Fatal Indiana Accident
A Greyhound bus collided with a truck on U S 40 west of Belleville Indiana killing two passengers and injuring 41. Names include William David Neville 67 Edinburg Ind and a Philadelphia woman identified as Mrs Rada Szkiewicz. Bus driver Robert Schlagenhull and truck driver Joseph McCorkhill were not hurt.
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U. S. 40
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Edinburg
Rada Szkiewicz
Philadelphia
Robert Schlagenhull
Indianapolis
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Anderson
Schlagenhull
McCorkhill
Telstar Transatlantic Calls Streak Continues
The British jumped ahead to conduct the first transatlantic telephone call via Telstar from Goonhilly Downs to Maine, prompting a French denial of breaking an agreement on live TV. AT&T built Telstar, launching from Cape Canaveral, with future calls planned between Newark, France, and Great Britain.
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Britain
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Cornwall
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J Maine
At&t
Cape Canaveral
Outer Space
Eugene J. McNeely
Newark
President Kennedy postpones Brazil trip until mid November
President Kennedy has delayed his planned Brazil visit until mid November citing the winding down of Congress and upcoming election campaigns. Experts say the move may be seen as avoiding Yankee intervention amid Brazil's political crisis and cabinet disputes under President Joao Goulart who has faced resignations and cabinet instability.
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Kennedy
Brazil
United States
Latin America
White House
Joao Goulart
Congress
Goulart
Accord Reached To End Iron Workers Strike
Providence Rhode Island reports an agreement to end a strike by about 2000 New England iron workers. Walter Barns, business agent of the Rhode Island local of the International Association of Bridges Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, said the deal was reached yesterday and would be presented to members for ratification tonight. Terms were not disclosed and if ratified, workers would return to work on Monday.
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R. I
New England
Walter Barns
Rhode Island
International Association of Bridges, Structural, and Ornamental Ironworkers
Style Show Hazards Strike Fashion Writers in NYC
On Friday the 13th a fashion press corps endures a string of mishaps at New York couture shows. Editors, reporters, and models suffer spills, sprains, a hospital visit for appendectomy, a broken toe, hives, and fainting as the weeklong parade winds down with hopes of escaping unscathed.
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New York
New York Couture
Joy Gallagher
Savannah
Ursula Arnold
U S Ends Series of Nuclear Tests on Christmas Island
The United States finished its 26 announced nuclear tests in the Christmas Island area of the Pacific. AEC lifts entry ban at Christmas Island test area effective 5 am EST. Johnston Island area remains restricted.
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United States
Christmas Island
Pacific
Johnston Island
Atomic Energy Commission
Christmas Island Test Area
AEC
Pacific Island
Ben Bella Calls for Single Party Rule in Algeria
ORAN Algeria AP Premier Ahmed Ben Bella back from exile resumes leadership by urging a single disciplined party to advance the revolution. He warns against reintroducing the old party system and secures army support, signaling early steps to sidelining Ben Youssef ben Khedda. His aides suggest ongoing talks to shape the National Council of the Algerian Revolution.
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Algeria
Depuy
Ahmed Ben Bella
France
Ben Bella
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
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