Report Favors US Foreign Aid
A presidential study committee urged continued U S foreign economic aid abroad while favoring selective targeting of recipient nations and the creation of a new government agency outside the State Department to administer major aid programs. It called current aid management fragmented and weak, but urged continued programs aligned to strengthen free world growth amid the Communist threat.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Eisenhower Study Committee
William H. Draper
NATO
Army
Luter
Sai
China
Russia
Senate Vote On Oath Repeal Sees Amendment Fight
Washington reports the Senate will vote on a bill to repeal the legality oath requirement tied to National Defense Education. The measure faces crossfire of amendments as federal loan and fellowship recipients must currently file a non Communist affidavit and swear allegiance to the United States.
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Washington
Senate
National Defense
United States
Six Parents Challenge School District Powers in Maine Case
Liberty residents file in Waldo County Superior Court alleging School Administrative District No. 3 directors held public hearings without proper notice as required by the US Constitution. Liberty, first to seek exit from an administrator district after voting to join.
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Liberty
Waldo County Superior Court
House Committee Backs Labor Bill
Washington AP The House Labor Committee approved a compromise labor control bill by a narrow 16-14 margin. Democrats were split 10-10. Six of 19 Republicans supported the bill, a watered-down version of one passed by the Senate. Republicans vow to strengthen it on the House floor, while critics say it pleases nobody after five weeks of acrimonious drafting.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Senate
House
Joseph Holt
Calif
William H. Ayres
Ohio
Nixon Gets the Freeze in Moscow
In Moscow Nixon arrived for an exchange visit seeking friendship but faced a chilly reception from Premier Khrushchev who again condemned U S policy. Khrushchev greeted Nixon at the airport as the two leaders prepared for a future face to face meeting. Nixon warned in a brief airport address that if war comes there would be no victors only losers.
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Moscow
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
Nixon
Lairport
Khrushchevy
Sports
Poland
Frol R. Kozlov
Steel Industry Seeks Inflation Halt
New York AP interview with Roger Blough chairman of United States Steel Corp discusses the nine day steel strike and industry's aim to curb rising labor costs to halt inflation. He says a national wage freeze is not the goal but stabilizing labor costs could help all employers, noting 1956 contracts and current bargaining stand.
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New York
America
Roger Blough
United States Steel Corp
Blough
Associated Press
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel
Brough
Chuckle Caption Catches Witty Foot Down Policy
A light humor note jokes that when a man places his foot down the wife may have finished vacuuming beneath it. Capt. Gen. Fea. Corp. captions the quip as a playful corporate motto or caption.
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Fea. Corp
Greek Church Pastor Resigning Post Here
The Board of Trustees of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox church accepts the resignation of Rev. Joakim Valasiades effective July 31. He has served since January 1, 1955 and will study for a Master’s in religious education at Columbia University. Archbishop Iakovos says he received a three year Taylor Foundation fellowship for Holy Cross Seminary alumni to pursue theology. Valasiades, born in Athens, was ordained December 15, 1954, and Biddeford marks his first parish.
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St. Demetrios
Joakim Valasiades
Father Valasiades
Columbia University Graduate School
Iakovos
North
South America
Taylor Foundation
New York City
Holy Cross Theological Seminary
Brookline
Mass
Valasiades
Athens
Greece
Demetrios
Olymbou
Biddeford
Cele
Maine Names Allen for Economic Development Post
Governor Clauson named Lloyd K. Allen to head the Maine Department of Economic Development after posting the nomination from a vacation retreat. Pending Executive Council confirmation, the 46 year old Rockland former city manager will replace Fred A. Clough Jr. Also renominated were Anton Lund for Maine Liquor Commission and George Manoney for a Maine Insurance Commission term. Municipal and authority appointments included Clement Deschambault to Water Improvement Commission, Richard Kilroy to Maine Port Authority, and Maurice Williams to the Maine School Building Authority.
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Augusta
Maine Industrial Building Authority
Clauson
Department of Economic Development
Callson
Postedl
Lloyd K Allen
Rockland
Executive Council
Allen
Fred A. Clough Jr
Oxford Paper Co
Anton M Lund
Maine Liquor Commission
George F. Manoney
Readfield
Maine Insurance
Clement Deschambault
Biddefort
Water Improvement Commission
Richard R. Kilroy
Cape Elizabeth
Maine Port Authority
Maurice F Williams
R Winthrop
Maine School Building Authority
Biddeford plans high school site and land purchase
Biddeford officials expect land clearance for a new four year high school to begin by late August after the city council voted to buy the site at Main and South streets. Superintendent Paul Larrabee cites rising enrollments, broader curricula, industrial arts and science upgrades as key needs.
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Biddeford
Clement Deschambault
Board of Education
Paul Larrabee
No Court Action In Bus Issue In Maine
Protestants and Others United for Separation of Church and State say no court action will be taken over Maine school bus funding. Rev. B F Wentworth of Westbrook cites cost of litigation as a barrier while opposing public funding for private school transportation and calling for no special session. Governors Clauson has not commented.
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Portland
Maine
B. F. Wentworth
Westbrook
Wentworth
Sanford
Biddeford
Saco
Augusta
Lewiston
Waterville
Infant Killed By Plastic Cover in Crib Death
Two month old Tammy Jean Reece died in Houston from suffocation due to a plastic mattress cover. Dr Gordon N. Johnson, medical examiner, reports the death as the first Maine death linked to plastic covers.
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Houston
Tammy Jean
Larry Reece
Gordon N. Johnson
Maine
Miss U S A Crown Brings Tears From California Beauty
California dancer Terry Huntingdon, 19, winner of Miss U S A, stands 5 feet 6 4, 36-23-36, as 4,000 spectators watch Miss Universe pageant in Long Beach. Runners up include Miss Texas, Miss Florida, Miss Georgia, and Miss New York. Huntingdon aims to become a dance instructor before pursuing Miss Universe. The piece also notes York County Wheelmen of Biddeford and lists historic local figures and 1895 club roster members attending events in Biddeford and Dunstan.
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Long Beach
Calif
California
Terry Huntingdon
UCLA
Major
Carelgean Douglas
Florida
Nanita Greene
Georgia
Dorothy Taylor
New York
Arlene Nesbitt
Baste Flicka
Miss
Sweden
Memorial Auditorium
Terrys
Chias
Phil
Sis
U.S
Iola Huntingdon
Mount Snasta
U.S.A
York County Wheelmen
Main Street
Biddeford
Biddeford-Saco
R. A. Fairfield
E. C. Stone
Herbert W. Ayer
Walter L. Ayer
L. J. Lewis
Arthur W. Andrews
Sidney J. Staples
C. F. Traynor
P. J. Paraday
G. Frank Twambley
Frank G. Leavitt
Charles L. Milliken
N. D. Colcord
J. Vaughan Dennett
Joseph Dow
Fred P. Abbott
Joseph Chellis
C. L. Bache der
Frank M Means
James H. Fenderson
Adelbert B. Shehan
E. E. Chadbourne
W. W. McIntyre
W. H Owen
Thomas Paraday
A. J Fenderson
Charles H. Innes
G D. Buck
J. G. Lawrence
J. Milton Foss
Walter Bowers
J. B Cobb
Harry W. Libby
R. H Merrow
W. F. Goodwin
A. H Stockman
Benjamin F. Cleaves
John F. Deans
Howard M. Jones
Harold Emmons
Henry A. Berube
T. L. Evans
Harry P Chadbourne
Walter H. Boynton
William E. Shaw
J. Frank Trull
Fred B. Cobb
Ralph H. Burbank
Will H. Bryant
Terry Huntington
Miss Huntington
Carolyn Komont
Maine
Barbara Stell
Joy Blaine
Nev
N. Y
Fla
Swan Tail Hair Styles and Global News Roundup
The piece runs from fashion notes on the Swan Hair do adopted in Paris with coppery reds and silvery blondes to a geopolitical snapshot: Domini can leader Rafael Trujillo dies of a heart attack after an attempted invasion. Khrushchev returns from Poland. a Formosan couple’s ghost wedding after suicide. Adlai Stevenson urges higher political dialogue.
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Cuidad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Horacio Frias
Victoria Penitentiary
Maj
Deliomier
Nikita Khrushchev
Gomez Ochoa
Moscow
Tihe
Poland
Khrushchev
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Frol Kozlov
Klementi Voroshilov
Paris
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Tsai Chao-tze
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Adlai Stevenson
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