Astronauts Set Lights On Moon
Two of the world’s top space travelers Virgil Grissom and Alan Shepard Jr met with fellow American astronauts to outline steps toward the moon. Grissom’s suborbital flight faced parachute trouble and a six by six inch hole.
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Grand Bahama Island
Virgil Grissom
Alan Shepard Jr
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
Kennedy
Gus” Grissom
Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
Shepard
Rocket Control Center
Grissom
Today's Chuckle from The Wife With Horse Sense
A light humor item notes that a wife with horse sense never becomes a nag, attributed to Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp. This brief punchline plays on the double meaning of nagging and practical wit within a domestic vignette.
Brick Store Museum marks 25th anniversary event
The Brick Store Museum of Kennebunk celebrates 25 years on July 25 with a day-long program. Highlights include talks by Charles E. Buckley of the Currier Gallery of Art and Nina Fletcher Little, plus a panel on new futures for old buildings moderated by Bertram K. Little. The museum blends early American artifacts with contemporary arts and lectures.
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KEN
Maine
William Lord
Kennebunk
Kenebunkport & Wells Water Company
The
Odd Fellows and
the Sons of Temperance
Kenebunk
Charles E. Buckley
Currier Gallery of Art
Manchester
N.H
Nina
Fletcher Little
Brookline
Mass
Bertram K. Little
Boston
jSociety For
New England
French Troops Seize Bizerte Amid Tunisan Resistance
French troops backed by armor occupied Bizerte at dawn amid gunfire from Tunisian snipers. Tanks held key points near the naval base as Tunisians block perimeters. reports of tanks approaching Tunis circulated without confirmation. In Washington the U S organized a commercial airlift to Miami for more than 20 000 Cuban refugees, funded to cover about 350 000 dollars for transport.
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Tunis
Bizerte
Associated Press
Nis Bylephone
Washington
United States
Havana
Miami
Fidel Castro
State Department
Pan American Airways
Pan Am
U.S
Cuba
Centennial Exhibit Highlights Lincoln Era At Kennebunkport
The Kennebunkport Historical Society hosts a Centennial exhibit at the North Street schoolhouse. It spotlights President Lincoln and Hugh McCullock a Kennebunkport native who served as Secretary of the Treasury twice under Lincoln and Arthur. Relics, costumes, textiles, and a Civil War songs zignett accompany a frontier front display with guests in period attire.
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Kennebunkport
North
South
Frank A. Beard
Ralph S. Beard
Jon Milligan
Elmont Henry Smith
Herbert K. Beard Willompany
Henry F. Smith
Clarence Lombard
Elizabeth Nott
Marjorie Mosser
William Nickerson
Goose Rocks Beach
A. Ralph Stephan
Edith Cleaves Barry
Hugh McCullock
Lewis Keith ‘Marshall
White House
Lincoln
McCullock
Hamilton Foster
Navy Officials See Job Increases In Shipyards
Navy officials told a House subcommittee that government shipyards could grow from 97,000 to about 130,000 workers with expanded drydock capacity and more specialists in electronics and nuclear power. They said six yards would handle naval and private work, stressing private facilities’ role to conserve yard capability for overhaul, repair, and emergency needs amid developing power systems.
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Washington
Navy
Adm
John Sylvester
Naval Operations
House
Armed Services
Navy Yard
R.K. James
Bureau of Ships
Sylvester
Little People Of America Helps Members At Washington Meet
Washington AP report describes the Little People of America convention with about 150 attendees. Leaders discuss solving education and employment issues, networking for shoes and clothes, and mutual aid to overcome daily barriers. President Dan Turner of Asheville heads the group with offices in Indianapolis.
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Washington
Little People of
Noble
Bill Albaugh
Camden
N.J
Albaugh
America
Dan Turner
Asheville
N.C
Pated
Indianapoli
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Bear Brook
Saco
Samuel Aceto and Company of
Portland
Goose Fare
St. Mary Schoolyard
Cornelius Enright
St. Mary Parish
Michael Caron
St. Mary Church
Father Enright
Moon
Cious Instruments
National Space Agency
Fea. Corp
Wargene
Eagle
William C. Smith
FERRY
Fidel
International Cooperation Administration
White
Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ralph 8. Beard
Hubert K. Beard
Elmont Tyndale
Port Historical Group Notes Centennial
Robert M. Johnson
Biddeford
Maine Congress
PTA
Chicago
Governor’s Safety Committee
Little People
Little People of America, Inc
Olympia Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Jim Luscutoff
Lou Tsioropoulos
Boston Celtics
Bud Hirst
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