Four Die In Maine Turnpike Crashes And Drowning
Across New England over the weekend twenty six people died in traffic, bathing and miscellaneous accidents. The Maine Turnpike saw a double fatality at Wells claiming Dorothy Reeves and Paul Cooper. Reeves’ 17 year old son Robert was critically injured. A second turnpike crash near the Saco Exit killed Robert Nichols as he stood asking for help after his car failed. The Wells wreck also involved Reeves’ seven year old daughter Wendy who was only slightly injured. Another drowning claimed Dert er Hans Aldorf of Waltham off Ogunquit Beach. State police cited a heat wave and rash of incidents across Maine Massachusetts Vermont Connecticut Rhode Island and New Hampshire.
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Wells
Dorothy Reeves
Pittsfield
Mass
Paul A. Cooper
Palmer Mass
Cumberland Center
Saco
Nichols
Keith Littlefield
Reeves
Wendy
Kittery
Derter Hans Aldorf
Waltham
Ogunquit
New England
Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Weaver Believes Race Barriers Will Topple In Housing Areas
New England drought worries farmers as heat relief nears. Widespread thundershowers forecast to curb crop losses and possibly declare disaster areas. New Hampshire seeks federal aid to allow hay cutting. In Washington, Dr. Robert Weaver predicts racial bias in federally aided housing will eventually extend to other housing despite persistent attitudes.
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Weaver
Boston
New England
U.S
Washington
Kennedy
Robert C. Weaver
Neigro
Jand Home Finance Agency
Automobile costs prove Americans not lazy
A humorous note from Copt. Gen. Fea, Corp. argues that buying a car is hard work and counters the idea that automobiles render people lazy. The quip frames vehicle ownership as a costly effort requiring effort and grit.
Ratification Drive Opens on Treaty Committees
Washington AP Undersecretary of State Averell Harriman led the push for ratification of the Moscow nuclear test ban pact before Senate Foreign Relations Armed Services and Atomic Energy committees. Chief U.S. negotiator Harriman pressed policy points while Joint Chiefs were awaited.
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Averell Harriman
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
U.S
Moscow
Britain
Soviet Union
Harriman
State Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Williams
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Defense Department
Everett M. Dirksen
Armed Services
Forign Relations and
Atomic Energy Committees
Dirksen
Khrushchev
France and Korea dominate global headlines in brief
President Charles de Gaulle rejects joining the nuclear test ban. In Skopje under Yugoslav rule a mass disaster recovery unfolds with 700 bodies recovered and hundreds feared buried. In Korea two U.S. soldiers killed and another wounded in an ambush. In Washington railroads and unions urged to resolve the labor dispute themselves.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Skopje
South Korea
North Koreans Slay Two U S Soldiers in Dawn Ambush
The United Nations Command reports North Korean troops killed two American soldiers and wounded another in a dawn ambush about 20 miles from Seoul near Chungvang-Dong. The attack involved seven ambush positions inside the DMZ, with casualties including chest and limb wounds. identities withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Seoul
Demilitarized Zone
U.N
George Creel
U.N. Command
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Chungvang-Dong
Creel
Ment
Pentagon
Red
U.S
Quake City in Yugoslavia Faces Typhus Threat After Skopje Disaster
Survivors flee quake wreckage as typhus danger rises in Skopje. Premier Grlickov says most lost are buried, 700 believed dead, and demolition crews will raze ruined districts. A new city for 270,000 people will be built after seismological studies.
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Skopje
Yugoslavia
Alexander Grlickov
Macedonian
Grlickov
De Gaulle Sees France United States Alliance Enduring
Paris AP Charles de Gaulle stated that Franco American relations are friendship and alliance despite existing differences. He called NATO an elemental necessity, noted mutual responsibilities in the nuclear and geographic roles, and warned against overstating rifts driven by press bias or U.S. internal politics. France now in a position to aid the United States if needed.
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Paris
Charles ‘de Gaulle
France
United States
de Gaulle
Washington
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Soviet Bloc
Garland Divorce Finalized in Maine Case
Elizabeth T Garland obtained a Maine divorce from ex congressman Peter A Garland of Topsham. The court denied the Juarez Mexico divorce as valid in Maine and granted a decree for cruel and abusive treatment. Garland had remarried in Juarez in June, and authorities say Elaine C Johnson formerly in his congressional office was listed as the new spouse.
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Alfred
Elizabeth T. Garland
Peter A. Garland
Topsham
Garland
Saco
Maine
Juarez
Mexico
Superior Court
Thomas E. Delahanty
Elizabeth Garland
Elaine C. Johnson
Congressional
Davidson Warns His Job at Risk Over Kennedy Rail Plan
Roy E Davidson told Congress that endorsing Kennedy's manpower rule plan could cost him his leadership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He said the proposal, viewed as compulsory arbitration with management advantage, would invite his removal from union leadership. He argued the ICC is biased and inadequate to decide work rules for two years and noted ongoing union and management disputes over 32,500 firemen positions and other issues despite progress toward settlement.
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Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Committee
Davidson
House Commerce Committee
ICC
Senate Commerce Committee
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Fea, Corp
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