Governor hints at possible special session on ETV issue
Governor Reed said a special session could be called if necessary over two issues ETV and Casco Bay Lines. He will await more information before acting and asked the FCC about channel 7 reassignment to Calais for educational TV. Reed plans to back University of Maine in hearings and argues preserving Calais linkage is vital for statewide ETV.
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Channel 7
Calais
Reed
Newton Minow
University of Maine
Washington
Minow
Bangor
Paris Hemlines In Flux Stage Of October Fashion
Paris fashion houses wait for next week to reveal fall style shifts amid Paris couture history. Dior’s New Look of 1947 reshaped wardrobes, boosting female silhouettes with full skirts and cinched waists, while sparking protests and industry resistance.
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New York
Heom
France
Christian Dior
Paris Couture
Hollywood
Duchess of Windsor
Milk Strike Paralyzes Chicago Area Homes
Milk deliveries halted as 3,200 inside workers and 5,200 drivers join a wage dispute affecting 90 percent of Chicago area fresh milk. Parents brace for milkless days while shops stockpile canned and powdered milk and children seek juices and sodas. Old contracts expired May 1 and issues include wages automation and fringe benefits.
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Chicago
Saxon
James
Matthew
Kelly Crump
Des Plaines
Economic Reasons Merge Catholic Public Schools
Ottawa Ohio prepares to merge its Catholic and public high schools for economic reasons. Putnam County Superintendent Collins Stackhouse notes both schools are crowded and the move has broad local support with church property leased to the county. The merged Ottawa High will serve about 300 students this fall, meeting state aid thresholds after previously falling short.
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Ottawa
Ohio
Collins Stackhouse
Putnam County
Stackhouse
Toledo
Kalida
State Board of Education
Song writers go home sign signals moon approach
A lighthearted science note says space travelers will know they near the moon when they see the sign Song writers go home. The quip plays on the idea of lunar travel and creative fatigue.
Rusk To Seek Allied Help In Berlin Crisis
Washington reports say the Kennedy administration plans a staged alliance effort as Berlin tensions rise. Secretary of State Rusk will lead talks in Paris with foreign ministers from the United States Britain France and West Germany, aiming to secure firm steps and keep Western leverage in the Soviet dispute.
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Kennedy
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Berlin
Dean Rusk
Paris
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France
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
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Rusk
NATO
Europe
U.S
State Department
Bowdoin Eyes Textile Joblessness Study
Washington AP Bowdoin College and two research groups join a Commerce Department study on textile unemployment. Twenty one New England to Georgia communities will be surveyed for impacts on population retail trade municipal services taxes utilities real estate and union memberships with findings expected early next year.
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Bowdoin College of
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Maine
Commerce Department
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Georgia
Wauregan
Conn
Biddeford and Sanford
Adams
Mass
Nashua
N.H
West Warwick
R.I
Brattleboro
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Bowdoin
Gallaxy, Inc
Washington, D.C
Research Triangle Institute
Durham, N.C
Shelters Topic Of Meeting At Biddeford City Hall
A special meeting to discuss civil defense shelters and protection measures will be held Monday night at 8 in the Biddeford Municipal Court room. Civil Defense Director Alden Jacobs announced the gathering open to the public and said new applications for joining the CD personnel staff will be accepted. Elvis Stahr Jr. spoke on National Guard expansion and readiness, urging stronger units and a three to five week mobilization window, with full-strength units to follow over three years. He did not specify numbers.
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Civil Defense
Alden Jacobs
Jacobs
Pres Kennedy
Ot Teama
Elvis
Stahr Jr
Saline
Stahr
Elvis Stahr
Kentucky
Blonde scientist guides Ranger solar wind studies
Marcia Neugebauer, 28, a senior scientist at JPL, coordinates instruments on Ranger I An unmanned space probe bound for Cape Canaveral. She determines instrument placement and reading frequency for solar wind data while leading the scientific aspects of the mission. She holds a physics M S from the University of Illinois and a Cornell AB from 1954. Married to Gerry Neugebauer, also a JPL project scientist, the couple lives in Altadena California.
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Ranger I
Cape Canaveral
Marcia Neugebauer
Ranger
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Space Sciences
JPL
Cornell University
University of Illinois
Gerry Neugebauer
Mariner B
Mars
Corne
Altadena
Sign on Safe Warned Burglars in Mobile Office
MOBILE Ala A food broker’s office was robbed as burglars broke into a safe that bore a sign reading Notice There is no money in this safe Go elsewhere The sign might have deterred the break in.
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Mobile
Ala
Bowdoin President Receives Honorary Chemistry Membership
Bowdoin College president James Coles earns honorary membership in the American Institute of Chemists for unusual distinction in chemistry. Coles, at Bowdoin since 1952, previously directed testing depth bombs and torpedo warheads at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution during World War II.
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Brunswick
James §. Coles
Bowdoin College
American Institute of Chemists
Coles
Bowdoin
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Massachusetts
Maine manufacturing hits record value in 1960
The Maine Department of Labor and Industry reports total goods produced by Maine factories rose to a record over $1.5 billion in 1960, a 1.6 percent increase from the $1.48 billion total in 1959.
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Maine
Augusta
State Department of Labor and Industry
More Teachers Are Signed In Biddeford
Supt Paul Larrahee announced seven new teachers for Biddeford public schools. The hires include John Paul Jariz of Biddeford English French at the high school and Joseph A Plamondon of Biddeford history at the high school. Others include Howard F Proctor of Dayton English at the Junior High Travers C Jackson Jr of Westbrook Grade David E Coombs of Portland Grade 1 Nina St John of Gardiner Grade 1 and Eugene A Bennett of Portland social science at the high school with coaching duties. He adds three to four more learners to be signed for the 1961 62 year.
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Paul Larrabee
John Paul Jariz
St. Francis College
Joseph A. Plamondon
University of Maine
Kennebunk
Plamondon
St. Andre Pfta
Howard FE. Proctor
Dayton
Aurora (Ill.) College
Sanford
Travers C. Jackson, Jr
Westbrook
Gorham State Teachers College
Hollis
David E. Coombs
Portland
Nina St. John
Gardiner
Geneseo
N.Y
Supt
Larra
Chrysler shakeup puts outside directors in command
In Detroit the Chrysler Corp. outside directors remove L. L. Colbert from chairman and CEO roles and appoint Lynn A. Townsend as president. Colbert becomes chairman of Chrysler of Canada Ltd while the board is trimmed to 17. Townsend leads a cost cutting drive as Chrysler reports a $6.2 million Q2 profit after a $21.9 million loss in Q1.
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Chrysler Corp
Walter Chrysler
New York
L. L
Tex) Colbert
Lynn A.townsend
Colbert
Newberg
Chrysler
Auto
Townsend
Nudism Lovers Explain Comfort and Health Values
Sycamore Hollow hosts the Midwest Sunbathing Association convention where about 400 people, many nude, discuss budgets and conduct sports while emphasizing nudity as wholesome. Paul Arnold, 30, from Lansing, Mich, and his wife note no sexual delinquency since nudism arose and point to lower divorce rates.
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Paul Arnold
Sycamore Hollows
Arnold
Lansing
Mich
Midwest Sunbathing Association
San Bernardino
Calif
Berkeley
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