European unions threaten to force evacuation from Algeria
Unions in Oran warn that unless western Algeria creates autonomous zones for Europeans, settlers must flee. A joint committee demands a partition agreement signed by June 30, or Europeans will be evacuated to avoid genocide. The issue follows threats by the Secret Army Organization to form Moslem security units.
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Algiers
Algeria
Joint Committee of Labor Unions
Oran
Algiera
Secret Army
Sidi Bel Abbes
Mostaganem
Arzew
Perregaux
Youssef Ben Khedda
Jean-Jacques Susini
Chewki Mostefai
Rusk Holds Talks With Allied Leaders in Paris
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk began a round of NATO consultations in Paris after a meeting with Charles de Gaulle. He met General Lauris Norstad and Ambassador Thomas Finletter before heading to NATO headquarters for discussions with Dirk Stikker and the NATO council.
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Paris
U.S
de Gaulle
Dean Rusk
Atlantic Treaty Organization
Untll
Landuxtary
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Rusk
NATO
Lauris Norstad
Thomas K. Finletter
NATO Council
America
Norstad
Finletter
Dirk A.stikker
Council
Cool Air Mass Triggers Showers Across Regions
The mass of cool air from Louisiana to New England ends heat wave and spurs storms. Temperatures reach the 90s in the Southeast while Southwest bakes with 104 to 111 highs. Three funnel clouds observed in Minnesota. Galveston flood and spouts near Beaumont, with severe storms in Concord New Hampshire. a 15 year old dies from lightning.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
New England
Richmond
California
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Blythe and
Needles
Calif
Great Lakes
Plains
Caribou
Maine
Minnesota
Texas
Galveston
Galveston Bay
Beaumont
Tex
Palm Beach
Fla
Memphis
Atlanta
New Orleans
Dolloff Narrowly Leads Maine Governor Nomination
In Maine's Democratic gubernatorial race Dolloff held a slim 139 vote edge over Dubord after a 180 vote error in Sidney reduced Dolloff to 18 106 while Dubord stayed at 17 967. Official totals due July 11 may alter the result.
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Portland
Maynard C. Dolloff
Sidney
Waterville
Grangemaster
Richard J. Dubord
Dolloff
Dubord
Maine
Stanley R. Tupper
Peter A. Garland
Tupper
Thomas L. Maynard
Portland Securities
Clyde Bartlett
Maynard
Hughes OK to Take Control of Northeast Airlines
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved Hughes Tool Co to acquire a controlling stake in Northeast Airlines with 4-1 vote, amid assurances the carrier would continue operating. Restrictions limit Northeast-Hughes commercial transactions to 100000 yearly and CAB keeps jurisdiction pending rehabilitation plans. The decision notes bankruptcy as only alternative, citing impact on 2990 employees, creditors, shareholders, and communities served.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Hughes Tool Co
Northeast Airlines
Hughes
Hughes Tool
Howard Hughes
Atlas Corp
Floyd Odlum
Northeast
New England
New York
Miami
CAB
Chad Gurney
Nuclear test aborts as Thor device destroyed in flight
A Thor booster carrying a megaton class nuclear device failed in the Johnston Island test, was destroyed over the Pacific, with no detonation and no hazard to life or sea. Officials cited a system malfunction, noting debris fell harmlessly in the ocean. Mayor Worthing faces charges over Allied Hampshire tax issues in Saco, Maine, amid dispute over a 5 000 dollar tax era and subsequent concessions.
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Honolulu
United States
Johnston Island
Pacific Test Site
Joint Task Force 8
Thor
Arthur Sylvester
U.S
JTF8
Johnston
Hawaii
Soviet Union
Dinsmore Worthing
Saco
Area Development Corporation
Charles R. Shulman
Allied Hampshire Footwear Corporation
Shulman
Worthing
Allied Corporation
Allied
Woonsocket
Saco-Biddeford
Charles Cote
Rhode Island
Somersworth
N. H
Lynn
Mass
Weather Satellite Tiros V Opens US Soviet Space Talks
Cape Canaveral launches Tiros V on a hurricane and storm mission to map vast cloud cover including the USSR. The four month satellite will share images with Soviet meteorologists, signaling possible broader US Soviet space cooperation discussed in Geneva. NASA notes the craft orbits every 100 minutes at up to 17140 mph, with initial pictures of southeastern US and Newfoundland weather systems.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
United States
Soviet Union
Weather Watch
Tiros
Tiros V
U.S.S.R
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Geneva
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Newfoundland
Saco Cited For Work In Highway Safety
Maine and six communities earned special citations for pedestrian casualty reductions in 1961. AAA praised Maine for a 20 percent drop and commended towns Fort Fairfield Presque Isle Rockland Madawaska Waterville Saco for pedestrian program efforts. Curtis Lovill of Gardiner Maine to become international Lions president at the 1962 convention in the French Riviera.
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Nice
France
Lions Club
Curtis Lovill
Gardiner
Maine
Portland
Augusta
American Automobile Association
Ohio
New Hampshire
Highway Safety Committee
Arlyn E. Barnard
Robert Marx
AAA
Fort Fairfield
Presque Isle
Rockland
Madawaska Waterville
Saco
Escape attempt shows Alcatraz escapees best prepared
In San Francisco AP reports strong evidence that the trio who escaped from Alcatraz last week were the best prepared among 38 escape attempts from the fortress. A federal prison official in Washington, Fred T. Wilkinson, confirmed the three convicts' preparedness.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Washington
Fred T. Wilkinson
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Burlington
Concord
N.H
Weather Bureau
Pellston
Blythe and Needles
Gen
Fea, Corp
Barbara Dean
Shaw Road
Ogunquit, Maine
Roger's Mobil Station
Enema
St. Andre Parents, Friends and Teachers Association
St. Francis College Grounds
Tee
Henry Camire
Raymond Cote
Lorrette Cantara
Paul Houde
Gerard Moran
John Lavigne
Ralph Fecteau
Roger Lambert
Moscow
Maine Man World Lions Clubs
Hadassah
Lafayette Hotel
Old Orchard Beach
National Hadassah
Simon Spill
Samuel Karlin
Philip Sneider
Din
Ner
Edward Carp
Frederick Small
Irving Saperia
Arnold Shapiro
Lawrence Simensky
Paul Lerman
Irving Remar
Roy and Perreault
Mason Street
Biddeford
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