Kennedy's Stock Soars By New Hampshire Vote
Senator John F Kennedy saw his presidential stock rise sharply after a record showing in the New Hampshire primary. Kennedy captured 42 969 Democratic votes, more than double any prior showing, while Paul Fisher received 6 484 and 375 write ins went to Stuart Symington. Nixon totalled 65 077, breaking Eisenhower’s 1956 record. The result shifts political momentum and signals Kennedy’s ascent in the early primary season.
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Date Set For Marriage Of Princess Margaret
LONDON AP Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong Jones will wed May 6 at Westminster Abbey in a morning ceremony. The archbishop of Canterbury will officiate and Prince Philip will give away the bride. The event is expected to echo Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation pageantry and may be televised by the BBC.
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Senator Richard L. Neuberger Dies at 47 in Oregon
Senator Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon died from a cerebral hemorrhage at his home after a battle with cancer and prolonged illness. He had just filed for re election, affecting the May 20 primary and prompting governors to name a temporary successor.
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Mark Hatfield
Independence Of Israeli Is Endangered
Israel faces ongoing political and economic security issues, warns Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in a Brandeis University speech after receiving an honorary degree. He says independence remains in danger amid immigrant absorption challenges and desert renewal needs, while Arab protests unfold in Washington and Boston.
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Portland Mall Plans Unveiled In Revitalization
Portland planning board presents a master plan to revitalize the downtown shopping district at Maine's largest city. If adopted, it would take three to five years and three to four million dollars, featuring a pedestrian mall on Congress Street, eight public parking lots for over 1,500 cars, reduced curbside parking, and a two mile ring road. The Downtown Task Force of 100 businessmen initiated the study, with financing to be shared by private interests and city government. The second item notes a Senate civil rights struggle with Sen. Neuberger's death bringing a one day truce. expectations of voting rights bills persist amid cloture debate and Southern opposition.
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Local 406 Elects Delegates for National Convention
Local 406 delegates to the TWUA AFL CIO national convention in Chicago the week starting May 30 were chosen by secret ballot. Marcel Lauizon 126 votes and Jean Cadorette 93 were elected as the two remaining delegates. Ralph Labance and Adrien A Petit to complete the four. Other candidates totals given. Local 305 Pepperell Manufacturing to elect five delegates March 24 at Union hall Biddeford from 6 am to 6 pm.
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Irene Labonte
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Biddeford
Theft Reported as Cans Stolen in Corpus Christi
Earl Weatherford told police of repeated thefts over six weeks involving four or five garbage cans. The latest loss included a full can. Weatherford reported the incidents Tuesday in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Gronchi urges Segni to form new coalition government
Rome Italy AP Gianni Gronchi asked Premier Antonio Segni who submitted his cabinet resignation February 24 to attempt forming another government Segni planned talks with other political leaders to solve a two week crisis and assemble a coalition ending the Christian Democrat led cabinet uncertainty.
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Christian Democrats
Nehru cites 12000 square miles Chinese border claim
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that Chinese Communists occupy about 12 000 square miles of border territory India claims. He said few Indians live there aside from summer shepherds, with most area likely in Ladakh Kashmir.
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Cambodian Prime Minister says Red China should join peace talks
Prince Norodom Sinhanouk, Cambodia's prime minister, urged that Red China be included in discussions for lasting world peace. He warned that attention to the Sahara French atomic test distracts from a potentially more critical issue an A-bomb test in China.
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Soviet Trade Minister cites 1959 growth outpacing West
Soviet Foreign Trade Minister Nikolai Patolichev said 1959 foreign trade rose more than 20 percent and predicted further gains in 1960. In Pravda he claimed USSR growth outpaced leading capitalist nations.
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Nikolai Patolichev
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Concert Preview at Old Orchard Beach High School
Preparations for a Friday evening concert in Alumni hall Old Orchard Beach High School highlight a baton routine by Junior Majorette members. The program features Junior and Senior bands led by Gordon Haskell with a Senior Majorette exhibition. Band Mothers club runs a food sale with proceeds benefiting the groups.
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Rescue Team Nears 18 Trapped Miners
A rescue crew has worked behind the fire that trapped 18 men four miles back in a coal mine for more than 24 hours. An Island Creek Coal Co. spokesman said the fire was under control and bypassed, perhaps via a parallel tunnel. The team should be within 500 feet of the trapped men, raising hope they are alive.
Jet strafes Sukarno palaces wounding 19 in Jakarta
A MIG17 jet strafed Merdeka Palace and a village near Jakarta wounding 19. Officials blamed a disgruntled Indonesian air force pilot, whose father was arrested weeks earlier for illegal possession of arms. Three palace occupants and a painter outside were injured.
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Jury Weighing Guilt In Finch Trial
In Los Angeles AP reports jurors weighing murder and conspiracy charges against Dr. R Bernard Finch 42 and Carole Tregoff 93 halted deliberations to request a ruler a momentarily odd moment amid a long review of 400 pages of testimony about the night Mrs. Barbara Jean Finch 36 was shot dead last July 18. The state says murder occurred while Finch contends the pistol discharged accidentally. The panel of five men seven women has spent about 12 hours in the jury room since Friday and recently read testimony again before resuming.
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