30 Jun 1964
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1964
Page
1
AP report shows Typhoon Winnie halting Manila with up to 95 mph winds flooding streets and cutting power. At least 10 dead and many injured as roofs collapse and communications blackout hinders casualty reports. Airports and transit disrupted while Clark Air Force Base shelters aircraft.
AP News Analysis discusses how administration officials in Washington downplay war talk while outside voices push warnings of potential conflict with China and North Vietnam. It notes tensions between Johnson's foreign policy aims of peace and domestic political concerns, with Southeast Asia showing continued Chinese communist momentum.
The search for civil rights workers vanished nine days ago was stepped up at President Johnson's direction in Mississippi. Federal and state authorities, joined by Navy sailors, scoured Neshoba County rivers and swamps as 100 sailors aided efforts and 55 miles of Pearl River were combed with radio-equipped skiffs.
Harry M Wooster was reelected president of the Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce at the initial meeting of the new year held at Cascade Lodge Portland Road Saco. Arch ie B Maxwell Maurice C Fe Roux Wayne B Hutchins and Clayton W Cartmill were reelected or named to key posts and new directors were introduced including Norman J Reilly John V Mahaney and Richard A Monmaney.
U S boats and planes searched off Bermuda's south coast for 12 airmen missing after two Air Force planes collided during a Gemini space project rescue drill. Seven survivors, five bodies recovered, and the Gemini capsule seen in the water as the planes simulated its recovery. A spokesman at Kindley Air Force Base said indications showed the seven survivors had jumped before the crash.
An oddly described curb space is reported as unoccupied on the opposite side of the street. Details suggest a lighthearted local note from community sections.
Premier Cyrille Adoula resigns as Congo marks four years of independence and U.N. troops depart. President Kasavubu accepts, promising a new government within days. Rumors pin leadership on Moise Tshombe as exiles return and rival factions move toward reconciliation.
Maine Governor Reed accuses the New England Council of betraying a loyal member by backing a grain freight rate revision he says would harm Maine’s poultry industry. He released a letter from Gardner Caverly of Boston criticizing Maine's position and plans to push port measures as a backstop. The 10 mile rate plan would shift from area rates to per mile steps, lowering some regions while sharply reducing Delmarva area rates, widening the poultry competitive gap.
President Johnson informs Congress of a new agreement broadening the types of atomic information NATO and member nations may receive. The pact supersedes a 1955 arrangement and allows wider allied access to nuclear data tied to U S delivery systems while reaffirming no transfer of weapons or weapons systems.
A silent F86 Sabrejet crashed into a Riverside street in Haverhill Massachusetts at 12:23 am. The blast killed Todd Gifford ten and Pamela Gifford eight in their one story home. Parents Mrs and Mrs Earl Gifford escaped unharmed. Pilot Capt D F Sullivan ejected and survived, later reporting loss of engine and a 90 degree turn before the crash. The three alarm fire damaged several homes and cars as debris scorched the area.
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