Joint Legion Post and Auxiliary Install Officers at Old Orchard Beach
Joint installation ceremonies for the C Fayette Staples post and unit of the American Legion and auxiliary were held at the Legion home in Old Orchard Beach. Officers from both groups were installed by Fred Ward of Portland, with gifts for outgoing leaders and a social hour to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Fayette Staples Post
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Home
School Street
Old Orchard Beach
Robert Girard
Arthur Balkan
Ernest Allaire
George Skillin
Fred Wardwell
Portland
Andrew Moran
Louis Balkan
Donald Jones
Anthony Rump
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Elm Street
Biddeford
Nellie Petit
Ida Noyes
Germaine Lariviere
Elodie Renaud
Department Presi
OAS begins inquiry into Trujillo heirs in Dominican Republic
An Organization of American States commission starts a probe to see if Rafael Trujillo’s heirs have ended oppression. Leland Rosemberg, Balaguer’s liaison to the mission, discussed aims with OAS members in Bonn era ties. The inquiry weighs continued sanctions and diplomatic relations amid amnesty releases in the Dominican Republic.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Rafael L. Trujillo
Joaquin Balaguer
Leland Rosemberg
OAS
Augusto Arango
Washington
Panama
Colombia
Uruguay
United States
Trujillo
Balaguer
Rafael L. Trujillo Jr
Hemis
Kennedy Says Khrushchev Raised Voice Over Berlin Conflict
President Kennedy told congressional leaders that Khrushchev raised his voice in Vienna while stating West Berlin must come out of the Soviet threat. Khrushchev also signaled Cuba leader Fidel Castro as unstable, with Berlin and UN Secretariat direction as top interests. Kennedy asserted Allied rights in Berlin would be maintained at any risk.
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Kennedy
Khrushchev
Jack Bell
Senate
Washington
Vienna
West Berlin
Fidel Castro
White House
Berlin
United Nations
East Germany
United States
Eastland
West Germany
U.S
U.N
Foundation Stone
West
Berl
Geneva
Britain
Laos
Soviet Union
Malcolm MacDonald
Georghi Pushkin
MacDonald
France
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
International Truce Commission
Uncle Sam as Gentleman with a Very Large Waistline
Cartoon caption humorously depicts Uncle Sam as a refined gentleman with an exaggeratedly large waist. The piece satirizes patriotic imagery while playing on national character and size.
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Uncle Sam
Gen
Fea, Corp
Maine Senate Rejects Sales Tax Hike Amid Debate
The Maine Senate reversed course and rejected Governor Reed's plan to raise the sales tax from 3 to 3.5 percent by a 17-16 vote after a previous 14-11 approval. Opposition leader Ralph Lovell argued against any tax increase and urged broader economic growth to spur revenue.
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Maine
Senate
Reed
Augusta
Maine Senate
House
Lovell
Ralph M. Lovell
Sanford
Four Players Arrested in Basketball Bribery Case
Four former college players Dave Budin Jerry Vogel Dan Quindazzi and Lou Brown were arrested on conspiracy and bribery charges linked to the expanding basketball scandal. Dist Atty Hogan announced the arrests amid indictments of Aaron Wagman and Joseph Hacken. Wagman already faces 37 bribery counts and Hacken 17.
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NEW York
Aaron Wagman
Joseph Hacken
Dave Budin
Brooklyn College
Jerry Vogel
Dan Quindazzi
Alabama
Lou Brown
North Carolina
Dist
Frank S. Hogan
Wagman
Hacken
Stevenson hears Latin America favors aid over action on Cuba
In Buenos Aires Adlai Stevenson finds Argentinian officials wary of action against Fidel Castro. They urge a live and let live approach while seeking U.S. aid for economic problems. Discussions with President Frondizi remain secret though both sides note no U.S. force will be used.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
Fidel Castro
United States
U.N
South America
Kennedy
Cuba
Stevenson
Arturo Frondizi
Venezuela
Frondizi
Brittany Farmers In Revolt In Morlaix France
About 4 000 Brittany farmers blocked roads in Morlaix with tractors and trucks to protest France’s price system. Riot police moved in as the local sub prefect fled to a police station after the town was briefly seized. The farmers urged immediate reforms to the market chain saying they receive only a fraction of sale prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morlaix
France
Brittany
Paris
Jacques Seron
Freedom Fliers Held At Jackson Airport Desegregation
New York assemblyman Mark Lane and NAACP official Percy Sutton were arrested in Jackson Mississippi after they refused to leave a white waiting room at the municipal airport. A racially mixed group of nine Freedom Riders aimed to test desegregation barriers at the railroad terminal and city facilities.
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Jackson, Miss
New York State
Jackson Municipal
Freedom Riders
New Orleans
New York
Mark Lane
Manhattan
Percy Sutton
New York City
National Association For the Advancement For
Colored People
Delta Airlines
Montgomery
Ala
Sutton
J. L. Ray
Lane
City of
Robert Wesley
Aurora
Ill
Paul
Silas
Mississippi
Jackson
Biddeford K of C Unit Names Officers for Year
Mrs Paulette Loranger was reelected president of the Biddeford council Knights of Columbus auxiliary. Reelects include Muriel Duprey vice president Rita LeBlond treasurer Yvonne LeBlond secretary Martha Neault trustee. New posts Blanche Neault reporter Doris Dussault guard Helen Dussault trustee Claire Gosselin marshal. Installation September 23. Sunshine committee Doris Lamontagne Lorraine Grebin ill. Ladies Night Saturday with dance and buffet lunch. Annual picnic June 25 at Bonny Eagle lake. Next meeting September 21 for installation planning.
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Paulette Loranger
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
Muriel Duprey
Rita le- Blond
Yvonne le- Blond
Martha Neault
Blanche Neault
Doris Dussault
Helen Dussault
Claire Gosselin
Bonny Eagle Lake
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Mamie Balkan
Beatrice Rumo
Story
Rosemberg
Carlos A. Ciulon
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Rosemberz
John Abbes Garcia
Garcia
Jose Bosch Hermano
Juan Bosch
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New Hampshire
Maritimes
Roland Sylvester
John Gagnon
Raymond Roy
Gerard Hevey
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Adolfo Mugica
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