Bus crash in Arizona kills sixteen farm laborers
A converted bus carrying Mexican national farm workers from a Mesa office to Tolleson fields crashed near Phoenix, killing sixteen and injuring thirty-two. The driver Nate Manuel Gloria Jr allegedly dozed. the crash ruptured a fuel line causing a large explosion.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Highway Patrol
Nate Manuel Gloria, Jr
Farm Labor
Mesa
Tolleson
Elmer Charbeneau
Augusta Man Held After Rifle Incident
George H. Roy, 23, of Augusta, pleaded innocent to assaulting an officer after a standoff lasting nearly an hour with a rifle. He waived examination in Augusta Municipal Court, $500 bail set, and was jailed when unable to post. Roy, visiting grandparents, returned with a rifle after authorities asked him to leave. officers were not threatened.
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Augusta
George H. Roy
Frank E. Southward Jr
Roy
Kennebec County
Armand Daniels
Raymond Robichaud
My Wife Is Threatening to Leave Me Chuckle
A captioned joke from Capt. Gen. Fea. Corp features a man recounting his wife's threat to leave and a humorous reply about seeking a promise to stay. The brief exchange delivers a comic setup and punchline within a single dialogue exchange.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Thornton Seniors In Last Assembly Thornton Academy
The Thornton academy senior class held its final morning assembly in the gymnasium with achievement awards for the year. Music included Pomp And Circumstance. scriptures read by Kel von Taylor and class history by David Hanson. Awards were presented by Headmaster Robert Bowie with epilogue by Robert Couture. student body sang the alma mater led by Christine Pillsbury.
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Thornton Academy
Kelvin Taylor
David Hanson
Ruth McCovern
Marie Patterson
Donna _ Gallacher
Richard Kerry
Ralph Harris
Stephen Buzzell
Chispa Robbins
Edward Simensky
Robert Bowie
Robert Couture
Christine Pillsbury
Fred Gay
Doralei Shraybman
Judith McNabb
Judith Sullivan
Harvey Plourde
Blaine Murphy
Beatniks Burned in Greenwich Village Clash
New York AP reports tension between Beatnik poetry readers in Greenwich Village coffee houses and police who deem readings entertainment requiring a cabaret license. Proprietors protest as poets like William Morris defend poetry as art, not crime.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Watch
William Morris
Yale University
Saco Home Fire Damages Two-Story Building in Saco
Fire swept the second story of a vacant Tasker street dwelling in Saco late this morning injuring no one inside. Fire crews fought heavy smoke with an 85 foot ladder as investigators worked to determine a cause amid damaged first floor and charred furnishings.
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Allen MacDonald
Tasker Street
Saco
Francis MacDonald
Ocean Park Road
McDonald
First guided missile mail delivery by Navy Regulus 1
The Post Office Department announced the first successful mail delivery by a guided missile. A Regulus 1 missile launched from the submarine Barbero in the Atlantic landed at Mayport near Jacksonville Florida.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Navy
U. S
Atlantic
Auxiliary
Naval Air Station
Mayport
Jacksonville
Fla
Barbero
Graduation Held Today At Nasson
SPRINGVALE AP American college education should place greater emphasis on intellectual activities, the Nasson College commencement heard. Four recipients received honorary degrees: Charles F. Phillips, Bates College president, doctor of letters. Percy L. Spencer, Raytheon senior VP, doctor of science in electronics. Ernest G. Osborne, Teachers College professor, doctor of humanities. and Mrs. Howard M. LeSourd, New York churchwoman, doctor of humane letters.
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Springvale
Bates College
Charles F. Phillips
Nasson College
Phillips
Percy L. Spencer
Raytheon Manufacturing Co
Ernest G. Osborne
Teachers College
Columbia University
Howard M. LeSourd
New York
Reds Eye Iraq As Chesspiece
Beirut based AP analysis notes Baghdad’s suspicion that Moscow nudges Iraqi Communists toward control, tamping rivals and planning a gradual “people’s democracy” with Soviet support. The piece suggests Iraq’s oil wealth and Gulf foothold make it a prime long term objective in Moscow’s Middle East strategy, despite party splits and dissent.
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Lebanon
Baghdad
Kremlin
Moscow
Iraq
Middle East
Persian Gulf
Arab East
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Catholic Students Barred From Graduation At MCI
Six Catholic seniors at Maine Central Institute were barred from commencement for refusing to attend the school baccalaureate services. Lead figure valedictorian Lawrence Dysart, plus five others, were told to pick up diplomas tomorrow in the headmaster's office. Headmaster Edward R. Stanley called the action massive disobedience and said attendance at the baccalaureate was mandatory.
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Pittsfield
Maine Central Institute
Tne
Lawrence Dysart
Edward R. Stanley
Bisho
Daniel J. Feeney
Portland
Maine
Edward C. O'Leary
Feeney
Maine Central
Staney
Woman Fatally Shot by 9YearOld at Pittsburgh Exposition
Mamie Peniman a 38 year old trick shooter was shot and killed at the Pittsburgh Bicentennial Exposition when a 9 year old boy handling a 22 caliber rifle believed it to be a stage prop. Peniman along with husband Frank and daughter Mary Alice performed as Wild Bill Cody. Police detained the boy from New Kensington for questioning.
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Pittsburgh
Frank
Frank Monaco
New Kensington
Kennebunk Alumni Elect Officers at Banquet Meeting
Kennebunk Alumni association elected officers at its annual banquet Saturday evening at Kennebunkport Consolidated School where 125 attended a baked ham supper. John Downing was named president assisted by Vernon Littlefield as vice president and Ruth Smith as secretary-treasurer. Lendall A. Smith became necrologist with an executive committee including Carl Hooper Coyle Meserve Mrs. Gertrude Lahar Mrs. Geneva Goulden and Mrs. Isabelle Gooch. Downing chaired the session as Coyle Meserve, the retiring president, was among those helping fight the Lyman fire caused by a lightning strike. Special prizes went to the 1909 class for perfect attendance and to Edward Stone Watertown Mass for traveling farthest.
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Kennebunk Alumni Association
Kennebunkport Consolidated School
Kennebunkport
Parent-Teacher Association
John Downing
Vernon Littlefield
Ruth Smith
Lendall A. Smith
Carl Hooper
Coyle Meserve
Gertrude Lahar
Geneva Goulden
Isabelle Gooch
Downing
Lyman
Edward Stone
Watertown
Mass
Eleanor
Saco Man Is Off Danger List in Gun Battle
State Trooper-Detective Stephen Regina of Saco was removed from the danger list at Maine Medical Center after a May 14 thigh wound from a five hour gunfight with a gunman. Doctor said Regina is improving and likely to fully recover. A separate siege in Westbrook ended with police chief Pierre Harnois killed and gunman Gordon Hamlin dying by gunshot after killing his wife.
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Portland
Stephen Regina
Saco
Limerick
Maine Medical Center
Regina
Claude A. Burnett, Jr
Westbrook
Pierre A. Harnois
Gordon G. Hamlin
Hamlin
Augusta Legislature Reconvenes for 23rd Week in Regular Session
Augustas 9th Legislature reconvened today extending the regular session into an unprecedented 23rd week as lawmakers continued their work on pending bills and state affairs.
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Augusta
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