Khrushchev Accepts Geneva Talks With Western Partners
Soviet Premier Khrushchev reluctantly accepts a U S British proposal to open the 18 nation disarmament conference at Geneva with a foreign ministers session. Gromyko will attend and a preliminary session with Rusk and Home is planned. Western officials seek a tighter inspection regime and a nuclear test ban, Kennedy signaling possible atmospheric tests in late April unless a treaty is signed. Foster heads the disarmament agency and warns against a spiraling arms race.
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Khrushchev
Geneva
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State Department
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Moscow
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Union
Foster
New
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Meet the Press
NBC
West
Worst Civilian Plane Crash Claims 111 Lives In Africa
Rescue teams found all 111 aboard dead after a four engine DC7C crash into a swamp near Douala Cameroon. The chartered British airliner carried 101 passengers and 10 crew from South Africa Rhodesia and Mozambique to Europe. The disaster ranks as Africa's worst single plane crash, surpassing 1961 losses in the Sahara and later incidents.
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Yrounde
Cameroon
Douala
Japan
United States
Europe
West African Republic
South Africa
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Air France
Sahara
Luxembourg
Britain
Trans-African Air Coach Ltd
Caledonian Airways
Prestwick
Scotland
Sabena
Cameroons
Germany
Yes
France
Biddeford Woman Celenei Corbin Reaches 100
Mrs. Celenei Corbin of Biddeford, native of Fort Kent born in 1862, celebrated her 100th birthday on March 2 at her daughter’s home on South Street. She moved to the Biddeford area in 1940 after her husband George Corbin’s death, with all seven children present for the celebration.
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Celenei Corbin
Fort Kent
Vitaleye
South Street
Biddeord
Officers Named at Biddeford-Saco Country Club Meeting
At Pepperell hall Biddeford officers for the Biddeford Saco Country Club were named Saturday night Alphonse Polack wich president Philip McCallum vice president Pearla Tapley secretary and Roger Parker treasurer New trustees elected Albert Simard Al Rosen Pearla Tapley and Parker Trustees currently in office are McCallum Continued on Page Seven.
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Biddeford- Saco
Maine Enforces Blue Law as Sunday Business Dims
The Associated Press reports Maine’s first Sunday under the new blue law with most shops closed. Farringtons Clothing Outlet in China was the only large discount store to operate after local voters extended exemptions. Portland area stores mostly stayed shut and several firms faced potential action. Brunswick voters decide exemptions extension today.
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Associated Press
Maine
Farrington
China
Portland
Westbrook
South Portland
Scarborough
Auburn
Lewiston
Brunswick
Khrushchev Pushes Agriculture Drive at Secret Meeting
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged intensified development of agriculture while warning not to neglect industry. He spoke at a Central Committee meeting called to boost state farm production. Radio Moscow summarized his remarks noting industry has risen 33 percent since 1959, while agriculture rose only about 5 percent in three years.
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School of Missions
Biddeford Foss Street
South Biddeford Methodist
Siloam Hall
Paul Barker
Gorham State Teachers College
Center
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South America
Barker
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Ray Burleigh
Commission On Missions
Hutchins
Earl Henderson
Ladies Aid Society
South Biddeford
Paul Peck
Janice Staples
Mary Minkewitch
Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee
Radio Moscow
Algiers rocked by wave of plastic explosive attacks
A 90 minute blast wave struck Algiers as the European Secret Army Organization staged a mass assault injuring twelve and arresting thirteen suspects. The targets were Moslem shops and vehicles, with no public buildings damaged, while crowds cheered from windows and balconies.
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European Secret Army Organization
Bab el Oued
Midwest Weather Sparks Snow and Cold Across Regions
Blustery conditions and heavy snow beset the Midwest with winds up to 40 mph. Minnesota sees up to a foot of snow, while Iowa reports drifting on six highways. Temperatures plunge from Canada into North Dakota and Montana, and parts of the Southeast experience cold air and light snow.
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Iowa
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Cut Bank
Billings
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Asheville
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Raleigh
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