Election Violation Is Halted By Police Warnings
State Troopers Bruton and Berry responded to Biddeford reports that campaign literature from both parties was handed out within 250 feet of a polling place. Police had already enforced the rule, with residents complainants near Ward Five in the Biddeford City building. A warning was issued by Biddeford Police Chief Edgar Sevigny to refrain from activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bruton
James Berry
Biddeford
Ward Five
Edgar Sevigny
SAO Moslem Pact Brings Algeria Unaccustomed Peace
Algerian cities report no arson or bombing by noon as a pact between the Secret Army Organization and Moslem Nationalists halts the scorched earth campaign in Algiers and Oran. A Oran pirate broadcast hints at possible noncompliance from the Oran base. European settlers rush to France amid calls for unity and renovation of the Algerian fatherland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Secret Army
Oran
France
Mos
Forest Fire in Maine Rivalry Grows Dangerous
In Redington Stream Township Franklin County a forest fire has burned about 800 acres and remains out of control with 100 men on the lines. Airmen from Brunswick Naval Air Station are aiding with survival training camps destroyed. Lightning is the likely cause. Firefighters face rough terrain and dry spell with weekend winds. No woods closure planned but campfire permit restrictions may be imposed and fires limited to state approved sites.
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Augusta
Redington Stream
Franklin County
Austin H. Wilkins
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Forestry Department
Fred Holt
Joe Marsh
Wilkins
Maine
Forest Service
Goldman Moves To Avert Airline Strike
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg opened new peace talks to avert a threatened flight engineers strike on Trans World Air lines. The engineers withdrew threats on Pan American and Eastern and focused on TWA. The talks included critics from the Air Line Pilots Association and government mediators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Trans World Airlines
Goldberg
Air Line Pilots Association
H. S. Dietrich
TWA
Asher Schwartz
New York
W. Willard Wirtz
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wisconsin University
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air
Flight Engineers International Association
Aflcio
Pan Americn World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Kennedy
R. A. Brown
Riot Fire Rages At St. Vincent De Paul Prison Montreal
A six hour riot at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary left 30 wounded as 1,100 convicts battled guards and police. Firefighters and troops aided, with six buildings gutted and damage estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars. Authorities say prisoners fought with stones knives and Molotov cocktails while some were shot during escape attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Michael LeCoore
Quebec
Canadian Mounted Police
St. Vincent de Paul
Canada
Davie Fulton
Brownville Brothers Spark Political Feud
Two Brownville brothers duel in a Republican primary for state representative. Rodney W. Ross, 56, and Milan Ted Ross, 71, have a long history of politics and business ties in Brownville, Maine. Their falling out began when Milan challenged Rodney in January, turning the race into a harsh, high stakes contest in a small northern Maine community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownville
Rodney W. Ross
Milan Ted Ross
Maine
Nuclear Test Readies Biggest Pacific Blast Tonight
Honolulu AP reports the U S nuclear testing force plans its largest detonation over the Pacific, expected to light the sky and be visible from Hawaii. The blast will occur between 11 p m tonight and 7 30 a m EST Tuesday, with communications disrupted for up to two days. It is described as 50 to 500 times more powerful than Hiroshima and about 200 miles above the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
U.S
Pacific
United States
Hawaii
Johnston Island
Hiroshima
New York
Congress of Scientists On
Kennedy
Christmas Island
Billy Graham Speaks To Largest American Crowd
Billy Graham finished his 19 day Chicago Crusade for Christ at Soldier Field with 116000 attendees in intense heat. He compared his Chicago turnout to past crowds in Melbourne Sydney and New York and urged the audience to commit life to God and weave religion into social economic and civic life.
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Billy Graham
Chicago
Soldier Field
Graham
Australia
Melbourne
Sydney
New York City
Yankee Stadium
Maine Citizens Voting Today in Three GOP Contests
Maine voters go to the polls to pick major party nominees in three contests and decide a $1.5 million bond issue referendum on educational television. Incumbent congressmen spar in the enlarged 1st District with Rep. Stanley Tupper facing Peter Garland. Democrats Dubord and Dolloff seek the gubernatorial nomination to challenge Gov. John Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Stanley R. Tupper
Peter A. Garland
Richard J. Dubord
Waterville
Maynard C. Dolloff
Augusta
John H
Reed
Dubord
Dolloff
Grange
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Canadians vote in closely fought national election today
In Toronto AP reporting, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Liberal leader Lester B. Pearson predict victory as Canadians cast ballots in a tight race for 265 Commons seats. Polls show uncertainty, with key battles in Quebec and Ontario and turnout projected near 80 percent in 1958.
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Toronto
John Diefenbaker
Conservatives
Liberals
Gallup
House of Commons
Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Saco Taxpayers Meeting Seeks Out of Town Tax Speaker
Saco Taxpayers Protection Association calls on residents to attend a meeting where an out of town speaker will discuss taxation. President Robert L. Cassette signs the notice as association leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Cassette
Saco Taxpayers Protection Association
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Joseph Goulet
George Street
St. Andre Church
Algeria
Paul G. Loignon
Noreway
James Hector
Allie Sneider
Alfred Keene
Boston
Mass
Clifford C. Clifford
A. Paul Cole
Dayton
Raymond E. Mathieu
Elinor Caddigan
Saco
Philip Fairfield
Kennebunkport
Maurice Ross
John F. McNabb
Alyson Hooper
Arthur Clappison
Bangor
Norbert Twomey
Charles Draggins
Esther M. Springer
Ernest A. Donahue
Grace Noel
Raymond Polakowich
Sam Cohen
Goldman
Sid
Percy
Bagley
USDA
Fea, Corp
Gilbert R. Boucher
Brownville Brothers
Asbury Park
N. J
Ross Brothers
Rodney
Milan
Mercersburg Academy
University of Pennsylvania
The
T. C
Tommy) Douglas
New Democratic Party
Social Credit Party
Robert Thompson
Ontario
Saco Taxpayers
G. A. R. Hall
Main Street
Edward
Leo) Caron
Shirley A. Randall
Sec
Caron
W. A. A. Cope Committee
Es LeBlanc
Adrien Petit
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