Portland Union Station Sold for Shopping Center Plan
Portland Union Station, a 73 year landmark, was bought by Boston developer Samuel W. Poorvy. The price was not disclosed. Poorvy said the stone building with its clock tower will be demolished to make way for a shopping center. Plan for Webber hospital’s 50th anniversary were discussed by the board, including a special booklet and a supplemental Journal issue.
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Union Station
Boston
Maine Central Railroad
Samuel W. Poorvy
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Webber Hospital
Nurses Home
Harry Garland
Biddeford-Saco
Archie Maxwell
Roger Moore
Atty
Daniel Crowley
The
Aux
Nationwide soaking as spring ends with lingering cold front
A broad swath of the country endured a chilly rain, easing in Texas, as summer nears its official start. A cold front stretched from northern New York through northern Indiana, keeping temperatures cooler than usual.
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Associated Press
Texas
New York State
Indiana
Eichmann Defends Actions in Israeli Trial
Adolf Eichmann testified under oath in Jerusalem defending his role in Nazi crimes. He claimed he did not know the extermination plan would target Jews and said he was powerless to stop the plot as it unfolded. The former Gestapo officer, age 55, swore to tell the truth as Judge Moshe Ladau opened his defense.
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Jerusalem
Hamrod
Moshe Ladau
Eichmann
Tiny Tot Receives Library Card Defying Rules
West New York stories Florence Jacobs, a 2 1/2 year old girl, receives public library card No 4536 after Mayor Armellino grants an exception to the seven year old age rule. She has read up to seventh grade level and spells over 300 words. The ceremony draws skeptical reporters as Florence recalls Alan Shepard Jr. first space flight.
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New York
N.J
Florence Jacobs
Outer Space
Florence
Flor
Ence
John J. Armellino
Marie Jacobs
Jerome
Alan Shepard Jr
Textile Import Quota Hit By Government Official
Washington AP Under Secretary of State George W Ball urged textile industry leaders and lawmakers not to seek quotas, favoring an overarching textile agreement reflecting 1960 levels with a 30 percent cut for Hong Kong. Negotiations with Hong Kong proceed as a global talks aim for a late July August international conference.
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George W. Ball
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Congress
State Department
J. P. Stevens
R.T. Stevens Co
Kennedy
Ball
Department
Long Kong
United States
U. S
Hong Kong
Europe
Japan
Kennedy Opens Talks With Ikeda In Washington Visit
Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda arrived in Washington for three days of talks with President Kennedy. Vice President Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk greeted him with full military honors. Ikeda, who arrived from Los Angeles, brought his wife, a break from tradition, and stayed at Blair House before beginning discussions on strong ties and mutual interests.
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Hayato Ikeda
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Potomac River
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Ikeda
America
Johnson
Blair House
Maritime Unions Fight Each Other Across Strikes
In a national maritime strike now in its fifth day, unions clash over authority as military cargoes appear. About 100 ships representing roughly 10 percent of the merchant fleet are immobilized across 30 ports on the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific coasts. Joseph Curran accuses the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of failing to clear ships. the engineers deny the charge, saying they arranged their own movement with the Military Sea Transport Service. Four United States Lines freighters tied up in Baltimore and Philadelphia were to haul military cargo from New York.
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Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Curran
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
la'_r
Engineers 'Union
Military Sea Transport Service
United States Lines
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Ford heiress Anne Ford debuts at $280000 party in Michigan
Auto heiress Anne Ford, 18, makes her debut at the Lake St. Clair estate of Henry Ford II in Grosse Pointe. Guests dodged rain as a 50 foot fountain sprayed water, while the pavilion showcased 18th century styling by Jacques Frank of Paris. Anne wore a white organza gown with gold embellishments and turquoise sash.
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Ford Mansion
Jacques Frank
Paris
Anne
Charlotte
Castro Tractors for Freedom Ultimatum to Castro
Cuba's Fidel Castro faces a noon Friday deadline to accept 500 farm-type tractors as full ransom for 1,214 prisoners and the price of $28 million in tractors. The Tractors for Freedom Committee, led by Milton Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Walter Reuther, says only 500 heavy-duty tractors will be shipped for humanitarian aims if Castro agrees.
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Mich
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
White House
Milton Eisenhower
Eleanor Roosevelt
Walter P. ‘Reuther
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhow
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Supreme Court ends term with limits on union dues
The Supreme Court closed its term with a 5-4 ruling that workers in union shops cannot have dues used for political causes against their will. The decision cited protections for political free choice and noted the ruling in a railroad labor case as key. The 42 hour session produced 11 opinions and ongoing motions, while other actions included bar association dues, seizure safeguards, and a birth control statute ruling.
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Supreme Court
Maryland
Connecticut
Trayton L. Lathrop
Madison
Wis
William J. Brennan Jr
Brennan
Lathrope
Missouri
Felix Frankfurter
John M. Harlan
Hugo Black
Charles E. Whittaker
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