Racial Wall Demolished By Decree Of Justice
Atlanta officials dismantled a controversial buffer barrier known as the Berlin Wall after a state order and a Superior Court ruling. Judge Whitman prohibited maintenance of the barricades erected December 17 on Peyton and Harlan roads to deter movements by racial groups. Mayor Allen said the city would not contest the ruling and cited housing pressures as the root issue.
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Atlanta
a_ state age
Peyton and
Harlan
Superior Court
George P. Whitman Sr
Ivan Allen Jr
Whitman
Peyton
Aldermanic Board
Newlyweds Are Hurt In Crash
Five people were hospitalized after a two car crash on Route one in Columbia Falls. Elderly Frank Pineo Sr., 70, was killed. Newlyweds Walter and his wife, married an hour earlier, were among the injured along with D. W. Hartford Sr. and Jr., Luther Sawyer, and others from Columbia Falls. Walter Kennedy later released from Bangor hospital. bride in good condition.
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Columbia Falls
Frank Pineo Sr
Walter Kennedy
Jonesport
Kennedy
Bangor
D. W. Hartford, Sr
D. W. Jr
Luther Sawyer
Kidney donor in Milwaukee saves life at Brigham
Nancy Luedicke, 29, donated a kidney to George Brost, 39, father of nine, after answering a Milwaukee Sentinel appeal. The two strangers, from five miles apart, underwent simultaneous operations at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. Luedicke plans to return to her desk Monday, saying the act was a simple humanitarian gesture.
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Nancy Luedicke
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
George Brost
Brest
Mrs. Luedicke
Luedicke
England
France
Goldwater Reveals New U S Spying Method On Cuba
Senator Barry Goldwater says the United States has halted low level recon flights over Cuba and is using specialized electronic car planes to monitor activities from outside Cuban territory. The planes, operated by Navy and Air Force, fly over international waters at altitude to detect details such as generator operation without entering Cuban airspace.
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Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
United States
Cuba
Goldwater
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Robert S. McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy
Air Force
McCallums Granted Variance for Saco Tent and Trailer Park
David and Jeanette McCallum of Old Orchard Beach win a unanimous Zoning Appeals Board variance to operate a tenting and trailer park on Ocean Park road in Saco subject to strict sanitation and fire code compliance. Access must come from the McCallum property with no Ocean Park road entry.
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Jeanette McCallum
Old Orchard Beach
Ocean Park Road
Saco
McCallums
McCallum
Woman Dies When Heart Pacemaker Fails in Santa Fe
Nancy Martinez 27 of Santa Fe died briefly after a pacemaker implanted to correct a hole in her heart stopped working in a doctor’s office. Doctors performed cardiac massage and mouth-to-mouth breathing to revive her before external pacing was applied. She was to undergo a planned transfer to National Jewish Hospital in Denver for a replacement pacemaker.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Nancy Martinez
Johnny
Denver
St. Vincent Hospital
Albuquerque Hospital
Escaped Panther Scented Danger in Thousand Oaks Shootout
In Thousand Oaks California AP report Stuart Hamblen a famed western singer shot and killed a escaped black panther that had terrorized Conejo valley for 36 hours after it fled Jungleland Wild Animal Compound. Hamblen volunteered with hunter Ronnie Page and dogs tracking the animal to a warehouse corner where a 30 30 rifle fired wounding the panther head and body.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
Saniego
Stuart Hamblen
Conejo Valley
Jungleland Wild Animal
California
Jungleland Compound
Hamblen
Hollywood
Ronnie Page
Page
Debt Ceiling To Be Upped Again
Congress again faces raising the national debt limit as tax plans and deficits loom. Democratic leaders seek a minimal increase while Republicans use uncertainty to curb spending. The Ways and Means Committee shaded action to delay by a month as Kennedy budget cuts target $10 billion. The current debt stands near $302.5 billion with a ceiling of $308 billion, falling to $285 billion by July 1 unless action is taken.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Hospital Stay Alters Attitude Of Solon
AP reports Rep. Catherine Hendricks of Portland, a four term Democrat, credits a hospital stay with boosting her drive to back minority-focused legislation. She backs licensing for homes with unwed mothers, a child neglect bill, and driver training before licensing, while deleting hair color questions from license apps. Renowned for her beauty ambitions, she is training as a beautician and plans further hair styling study in New York.
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Portland
Catherine Hendricks
Hendricks
Paul A. MacDonald
Kitty
New York
Ice Bridge isolates 600 on Drummond Island
Ice jam cuts off Drummond Island from the mainland trapping the island’s 600 residents and 38 high school students in a perilous study: a mile long ice bridge over Lake Huron linking to De Tour passage. Students cross in cars with parental permission as the ice uncertain under 20 inches thick in places. A boy described the ride as frightening yet “kind of fun” while classmates ride daily between De Tour and Drummond Island High School.
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Lake Huron
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
de Tour Passage
Sters
Clayton Ledy
de Tour High School
Clayton
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