Fires Devastate Nine States and Canadian Province
Fires across nine states and British Columbia devastate forests watersheds and homes. Officials call the West’s worst fire outbreak in 30 years with millions in damage and firefighters racing to contain hundreds of blazes. Idaho faces major fires near Boise and Payette while Oregon California Nevada Utah Wyoming Montana Washington report severe losses as arson probes are considered.
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Associated Press
British Columbia
Pacific
Serecia
Interior Department
Pennsylvania
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Los Angeles
California
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Washington
Arizona
Boise National
Boise
Payette National Forest
County Recount Slated for August in Maine Race
A county recount of the Democrat vote for county commissioner is set for August 3 at 1 30 p m in the State House at Augusta. Reginald J Frechette of Sanford requested the recount after losing by 38 votes to Theodore Caouette of Biddeford. Caouette led 2147 to 2109 with Richard G Morin of Sanford gaining 1297. Caouette carried Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach. Frechette won Sanford.
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Augusta
Reginald J. Frechette
Sanford
Theodore Caouette
Biddeford
Caouette
Frechette
Richard G. Morin
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Ikeda Backs U S Trade Policy and Elections Outlook
Japan's new Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda said he is satisfied with American trade policy toward Japan and rejected calls for immediate parliamentary elections or revisions to the U S Japanese security treaty. He expressed regret over the violence that canceled President Eisenhower's visit in June.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hayato Ikeda
Ikeda
Nobusuke Kishi
Eisenhower
Kennedy Harriman Meet For Discussion On Foreign Policy
Sen John F Kennedy and Averell Harriman plan meetings in Hyannisport Mass to discuss foreign policy and strategy for Kennedy s presidential campaign Harriman a former Moscow ambassador and New York governor will join Kennedy for sessions while Kennedy prepares for a campaign briefing with CIA director Allen W Dulles and other advisers ADLAI Stevenson is slated for talks next week on similar issues
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Hyannisport
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Averell Harriman
Moscow
Ator
Harriman
Soviet Union
New York
Kennedy
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Eisenhower
Pierre Salinger
Archibald Cox
Harvard Law School
Theodore G. Sorsensen
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Judge Knows His Culprit
Mrs. Maxine Kimball faced a speeding charge for 40 mph in a 30 mph zone in Tucson Arizona. Magistrate William F Kimball her husband paid the ten dollar fine saying she would just take it from the grocery money.
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Tucson
Ariz
Maxine Kimball
William F. Kimball
Refugees From Congo Reach U S Homecoming
About 133 evacuees arrived at Andrews Air Force Base from Bazaville Congo. They include Baptist missionaries and families who plan to return to the Congo when safe. Mrs Jeannette Stuart and Miss Margaret Hake shared accounts of attacks by Congolese soldiers.
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Washington
Congo
Bazzaville
Andrews Air Force Base
Jeannette S. Stuart
Worcester
Mass
Sona Mpanga
Leopoldville
Stuart
Charles
Margaret Hake
Wilbraham
Sona Bat
Brazzaville
Miss Hake
Boston
Stuarts
Bay State
Annis H. Ford
Franklin
N. H
Elisabeth Spinney
Laconia
Carnegie Hall to undergo $66,000 interior refurbishment
Carnegie Hall in New York, celebrating 70 years, will receive a $66,000 redo. The interior will change from a dull tomato shade to gleaming white and gold with new red chairs and floor coverings, updating the historic venue.
Saco Youth Among Early Arrivals To Boys Nation
College Park Md. 15th annual Boys Nation opens with four youths from Maine Leonard H Becker of Gardiner and Peter C Gordon of Saco among early arrivals. Delegates from 47 states Dc and Ca nal Zone prepare to model government in a week long program with sessions at the university and visits to the State Department Civil Service Commission Smithsonian Mount Vernon.
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Saco
College Park
District of Columbia
Canal Zone
University of Maryland
American Legion
Alabama
William Dudley Melton
Evergreen
George Calvin Stewart
Sylacauga
Maine
Leonard Harry Becker
Gardiner
Peter Cornell Gordon
Senate
State Department
Civil Service Commission
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Mount Vernon
Virginia
Shot Tourist Returns to Maine After Injury
Maurice Couture, once shot in Old Orchard Beach during a hold up, visited the area again amid recovery. Paralyzed by a bullet in the spine, he spent weeks in a Portland hospital and months in Montreal care, now working three days weekly as a pipe fitter while visiting friends.
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Old Orchard Beach
Maurice Couture
Maine
Couture
Old Orchard
Montreal
Old
Orchard Beach
Portland
Security Council Demands Belgian Troops Evacuate Congo
The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously on a Ceylonese Tunisian backed resolution demanding Belgian troops withdraw from the Congo as the UN plans a new military force. Belgium defends a phased Leopoldville pullout and says Congo will decide its own fate with orderly safety assured.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N. Security Council
Congo
U. N
Soviet Union
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Belgium
New
African Republic
Council
Katanga
Pierre Vigny
United Nations
Leopoldville
Wigny
GOP Opposition To Lodge As VP Seen
Chicago AP reports conservatives in the GOP debate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. as Nixon’s potential running mate. Taft faction opposes Lodge while midwesterns favor regional balance and others name Dirksen Arends Halleck Ford Seaton Stans and Goldwater.
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GOP
Lodge
Chicago
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United Nations
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Rep
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Reece
Taft
Texas
Eisenhower
Morton
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Stratton
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Leslie C. Arends
House
Arizona
Goldwater
Herbert G. Klein
Ress
Klein
Grams
Nelson A. Rockfeller
New York
Seaton
Ford
Eisenhower calls for early UN disarmament meeting
President Eisenhower urged urgent revival of disarmament talks with all 82 United Nations members. He tasked Ambassador Lodge to press for a speedy UN commission meeting to pursue steps reducing war risk despite Soviet walkout and Western reluctance.
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Newport
R.I
Eisenhower
U.S
Soviet Union
United States
United Nations
White House
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.N
Lodge
Geneva
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Fall gowns return with lavish sparkle in New York shows
New York designers predict a comeback for formal wear as fall dresses take center stage. Samuel Winston and Roxane showcased long evening gowns in luxe fabrics with jeweled embroidery and fur accents. David Gottlieb offered full length gowns and court trains in mererorics and ornate detailing.
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New York
Samuel Winston
Roxane
David E. Gottlieb
Gethe
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