Medicare Bill Faces Decisive Senate Test This Week
Washington AP Kennedy health plan for the aged faces a tight Senate vote on Tuesday amid a busy week in both chambers. A revised version seeks GOP support to pass, then heads to the House with doubtful prospects. Floor fights loom over school and hospital construction grants and other funding measures as committees push welfare, labor, and tax revisions.
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Kennedy
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House
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Welfare
Maine Governor backs litter fines and cleanup board
Gov. Reed proposed fines of 50 to 100 dollars for those convicted of throwing litter on Maine highways. He also floated creating an advisory committee on Keeping Maine Clean to combat roadside blight.
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Augusta
Reed
Maine
New Ocean National Bank Branch Opens in Wells
The Webhannet branch of Ocean National Bank opened in Wells with ribbon cutting by town officials and bank leaders. Robert Stinson of Kennebunk Bank announced the second local branch. former potato chip shop site houses the Colonial styled interior with drive in and parking for about 25 cars and full savings and checking services.
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Ocean Bank
Oney P. Smith
Wells Chamber of Commerce
Robert Wentworth
Samuel B. Stansfield
Wells Selectman
Ocean National Bank
Webhannet
Kennebank Bank
Kennebunkport
Vander W. Forbes, Jr
Wells Board of Selectmen
D. Wallace Bragdon
Albeo G. LaPierre
Wells Selectmen
Dudley E. Foley
Wells
Clinton J. Dickinson
Kennebunk Bank
Wells Bank
James Wright
Wells Branch
Murphy
Reverse Riders' Program Working Out
HYANNIS Mass AP Two months after reverse freedom riders began arriving from the South the experience has eased confusion. Most have found permanent homes and jobs with 23 of 72 settling in Boston though three mother families remain. Some moved to Philadelphia New York or back home while a few stayed to earn travel money. The Cape Cod Refuge Relief Committee says settlers in Massachusetts are happier but note continued adjustment problems including schooling for children and permanent housing. Some still in Camp Edwards barracks face basic hardships though not complaints.
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William Ricks
Little Rock
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Macon Ga
Philadelphia
Esper Walker
Jerome M. Smallwood
New York
Three Mothers
Boston
Jerry Hall
Shreveport
Bay State
Kenneth R. Warren
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Warren
Camp Edwards
Special Novena in French for St Anns Feast Held On Air
A special novena in French will observe St Ann s Feast starting tomorrow evening July 17 at 6 45 p m and continuing through July 26 The devotional program benefits the sick and aged as well as Canadian visitors and is made possible by WIDE 1400 on radio. The station expresses deep gratitude for the kindnesses received.
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Plane Crashes In Viet Nam Take Lives Of Americans
Twenty cases heard in Saco Municipal Court by Judge Hilary F Mahaney included eight speed boat violation arrests from a Ossipee Lake crackdown. Several defendants pleaded guilty and were fined ten dollars each for operating boats too close to shore and at excessive speed. State Game Wardens were complainants in all nine cases.
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Saco Municipal Court
Hilary F. Mahaney
Thomas Bryant
Ossipee Lake
Bryant
Dolores Macomber
Pool Road
Biddeford
Mahaney
David Deschambeault
Pleasant Street
Saco
Bernice Pyrez
Lowell
Mass
Charles Rolland
Kittery
Ralph H. Sweetser
Saugus
Albert Rousseau
Quimby Street
Richard V. Kennedy, Jr
South Portland
Noto
John Remington
Burlington
R. L
David P. Richard
Melrose
Three Air Crashes Kill 26 in South Viet Nam
A sequence of three air crashes in South Vietnam over 24 hours leaves 26 dead including four American servicemen, with five more Americans missing and one killed in an ambush. A C47 crash near Kon Tum kills 22 Vietnamese soldiers and one U.S. instructor. search efforts continue amid heavy rain and jungle terrain.
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South Viet Nam
Laos
Kontum Airport
Here
U.S
Ban Me Thuot
U. S. Army
Don J. York
Asheville
N. C
U. S
Viet Nam
United States
Young Hero Is Honored At Augusta
Gov. Reed honors 15 year old Gorham boy Philip T Laura as Maine's nominee for the Young American Medal for Bravery. He rescued two girls from the Windham Gorham Gun Club Pond after they fell through ice on December 10. Kathleen Smith and Doreen Nealey were saved by his actions aided by John True Jr. and others.
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Gorham
Reed
Philip T. Laura
Maine
Philip
Doreen Nealey
Kathleen Smith
Windham- Gorham
Nealey
Kathleen
John True Jr
Nealey Inn
State House
James FE. Gould
Pittsfield
Manson Park
Peter Provencher
Lewiston
Chuckle about a small town understanding a black eye
A wry quip notes that in a small town a man with a black eye needs no explanation since locals already know the story. The line preserves a folksy vibe and concise humor typical of syndicated humor columns.
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Fea
Corp
Soviets reject N test plan as no compromise
Geneva AP Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin dismissed an American compromise for a nuclear test ban as non negotiable insisting on on site inspections only by invitation and rejecting Western calls for international seismic stations. Talks resumed after a recess with little progress and optimism, except for Dean who saw a slim chance for a treaty.
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Geneva
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Russia
U.S
Arthur H
Dean
Celebrezze Likely to be Confirmed as Welfare Secretary
President Kennedy’s pick Mayor Anthony Celebrezze of Cleveland appears poised for rapid Senate confirmation. Republicans foresee no opposition while Democrats praise him. the nomination moves to the Finance Committee for review.
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Kennedy
Anthony J. Celebrezze
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Byrd
Berryville
Celebrezze
Celveland
Senate
Ohio Senate
Anzi
Italy
U.S
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy Ribiccoff
Connecticut
Health, Education and Welfare
Thursda
Second Attempt To Inflate Sphere In Space
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Space Agency plans a predawn inflation of a giant sphere about 1 000 miles above the Atlantic Wednesday The launch window is 4 to 6 a m EST If successful the glowing sphere will resemble a bright star as sunrise reflects off its aluminum coating The test aims to refine methods for launching an Echo satellite later this year A Thor booster will release the Big Shot balloon at 230 miles altitude The balloon will inflate and rise to about 950 miles before burning up roughly 20 minutes after launch
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United States
Space Agency
Atlantic Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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