Freedom Rides To Continue Despite Criticism In Jackson
The Associated Press reports Freedom Rides will persist in Southern cities despite criticism that the tests fail to aid the Negro cause. CORE official Gordon Carey said there is no choice but to continue, with organizers screening riders for political ideologies and other disqualifications. Leaders hope abolition of segregation will come through moral pressure, legal action, and education, not courts alone.
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Associated Press
Gordon Carey
New York
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Jackson
Miss
Conclu Coe
Carey
Wyatt Teealker
Atlanta
Money Walker
Kennedy Warns Russians Unity on Berlin Tests
President Kennedy said nothing the Soviet Union does can undermine Allied rights in Berlin. He described the Berlin crisis as Soviet manufactured and urged unity, while announcing a study into whether Russia has conducted secret nuclear tests. He noted no plan for partial mobilization and said intelligence reforms may follow a committee review.
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Washington
Kennedy
Russia
Berlin
Ennedy
United States
Khrushchev
Ussr
East Germany
West Berlin
Nazi Germany
U.S
Fidel Castro
Castro
Maxwell D. Taylor
Brick Store Museum marks 25th anniversary in Kennebunk
The Brick Store Museum founded July 1 1936 marked its 25th anniversary with an annual meeting. Edith G Barry the founder was honored. the Edith Cleaves Barry Library was dedicated. Officers were re elected and new directors named. Gordon Hilton spoke on Early New England Kitchens and displays featured historic kitchen articles.
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Brick Store Museum
Kennebunk
Gordon Hilton
North Berwick
Eugene C.kelley
Kennebunkport
Edith C. Barry
Edith G. Barry
Edith Cleaves Barry
Charles W. Smith
Ward UL. Johnson
Frank D. Lord
Donald D. Kimball
Harry Lapirow
Philip D. McMaster
New York City
Crescent Surf
Donald E. Smith
A. Ralph Stephan
George Fiske
Melville C. Freeman
Cape Porpoise
Eugene C. Kelley
L. Keith Marshall
Arundel
Joseph T. Cole
Jay S. Perkins
Edna Perkins
Kennebunk Beach
Car 4/ Years In Making Heads East
In Toledo Ohio a 41 year in the making Wasp auto arrives from Vermont. The final version of the Martin Co Burlington Vermont design, once halted by the company’s 1920 bankruptcy, was completed by Harry M Dodge of Toledo. The rebuilt car features a 1920 Continental engine and a target speed of 45 mph.
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Toledo
Ohio
Vermont
Martin Co
Burlington
Harry M. Dodge
Dodge
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co
Wasp
Continental Engine Co
NE Military Two State Construction Aid Clinics Is Proposed Must Close
Kennedy signed a bill authorizing 893,947,750 for military construction at home and abroad starting July 1. House and Senate committees consider another bill funding most items. New England projects include Brunswick NAS training facilities 211000 and Dow AFB Bangor facilities 3962 000. Loring AFB Limestone maintenance 257600 Capehart Housing Winter Harbor 519000 Navy Portsmouth Hospital 60000 Portsmouth Shipyard 1774000. Augusta Health and Welfare Commissioner Fishier warns heart cancer clinics lose state support this week due to no funding and six public health nursing programs lose aid. Restau rant and lodging inspection program cuts by about a fourth. Hospital aid gains 1.5 million for charity care. Some heart disease surgery and cancer clinic support exists in several cities but may end without state aid. federal help is uncertain.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
House
Senate
New England
Air Force
Dow Afb
Bangor
Loring Afb
Limestone
Capehart
Navy
Winter Harbor
New Hampshire
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Fisher
Portland
Lewiston
Rumford
Waterville
Caribou
Mailman Bitten Dog Acquitted by City Judge
A city judge ruled the trained watch dog was a victim of training and environment and could not be destroyed for biting a mailman. The postman was bitten on the right leg and had charged the owner with harboring a vicious dog under a city ordinance.
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ST. Louis ‘P
Contract negotiations in auto industry under way
Detroit AP Walter Reuther leads UAW into 1961 contract talks with GM Ford Chrysler and others as three-year pacts end Aug 31. The union pursues flexible goals to boost jobs and security while the industry seeks to avoid higher costs and price increases. Washington views on a 40-hour week and potential federal intervention loom large.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Reuther
UAW
Fidel Castro
Citizens’ Tractors For Freedom
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
Jay
Ford
Chrysler
Washington
Kennedy
Arthur Goldberg
Chamber Returns Deshaies Re-elected Chamber President
Albert F. Deshaies was reelected president of the Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce at the first meeting of the new year last evening. Officals reelected included Archie B. Maxwell as first vice president and Harry M. Wooster as second vice president. Wayne B. Hutchins was named treasurer and Clayton W. Cartmill executive secretary.
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Retary
Harry M. Wooster
Albert F. Deshaies
Archie B. Maxwell
Wayne B. Hutchins
Biddeford- Saco
Maurice Matson
Richard E. Moore
Martin J. Rielly
Newman V. Bagley
Stuart V. Flavin
Roy MacNaughton
Bernard Osher
Charles Cote
Clayton W. Cartmill
Maine Rep Proposes Auto Tabulation of Votes in Congress
Rep. Stanley R. Tupper of Maine introduces a bill to mechanize record vote and quorum tabulation by purchasing an electric device to automatically tally geas and ways. He criticizes the current system as dramatic and colorful but outdated like an ox-cart procedure in a missile age.
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Washington
Stanley R. Tupper
Maine
Tupper
Arab Leaders Rally to Back Kuwait Against Iraq Claim
Cairo reports show Arab leaders uniting against Iraqi claims to Kuwait. Egypt and Saudi Arabia oppose annexation, with King Saud pledging force if Kuwait is attacked. Jordan's King Hussein voices support for Kuwait, and Baghdad radio asserts Iraq’s sovereignty over the emirate. An emergency Arab League meeting and Kuwait’s membership bid move forward as Kuwait declares a state of emergency and alerts its forces.
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Cairo
Iraq
Kuwait
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.A.R
Arab ‘League
Sheik
Sir Abdulah As-Salim As-Sabah
Abd
King Saud
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Saud
Hussein
Jordan
Baghdad
Kassem
Arab League
Beirut
League
Kuwai
Britain
Sir Abdullah
Senate report criticizes Navy over Texas Tower collapse
A Senate report condemns the Navy and the radar Texas Tower designers for the January disaster that sank the 5,000 ton structure off New Jersey, killing 28. It cites inadequate design criteria, blames indecision and buckpassing, and notes Air Force accountability for the tower’s failure to be properly repaired at sea.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Texas Tower
Air Force
New Jersey
Col
William M. Banks
Banks
Boston Air Defense Center
Sen
John Stennis
D-Miss
Defense Preparedness
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Stennis
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Fea. Corp
Linoleum Co
Alfred Street
Maritimes
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Augusta
Dean H. Fishier
Heart J
Chamber
Deshaies
Bill
Canada
New England Town and Country Church Workers Conference
Tanglewood
Ocean Park
L. Cornelia Russell
Walter Brockway
Donald Henderson
Henry McCann
Gladys York
Back Row
Benjamin F. Andrew
Robert 8. Paul
Philip Steinmeta
Allen W. Clark
Paul Malicote
Hey-Fellas
Eral
Western Auto Store
Main Street
Saco
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