Northeast Snowstorm Triggers Accidents in Saco Area
Saco police report a rash of accidents as a northeast storm hits the area. A Trailways bus driven by Darrell Brass, 30, of Portland, rear‑enters a stopped trailer on Main Street York Hill after warnings. Minor truck damage, traffic delays, and road closures noted. Snow continues with six inches expected. schools closed except Thornton Academy. flights canceled. highway incidents widespread.
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Trailways
Darrell Brass
Portland
Main Street
York Hill
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
U.S. Weather Bureau
Northeast Airlines
Maine
Maine Turnpike
Pike
Roscoe Perkins
Paul St
Thornton Avenue
Melvin Kimball
South Portland
Multiple Minor Crashes Reported Along City Streets
At Main Street Perkins braked into an oncoming car. A second crash followed on North Street involving Alan P. C. Dalton and Mrs. Mary Blunt near Park Street. A third collision occurred around Ferry Road and Bay View Road with Kenneth Nadler involved. Kinney Shores skidded to avoid George Shorey on Old Orchard Beach Road. Police estimate total property damage near 400 dollars.
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Perkins
North Street
Alan P. C. Dalton
Buxton Road
Saco
Mary Blunt
Park Street
Ferry Road
Bay View Road
Kenneth Nadler
Seaside Avenue
Kinney Shores
George Shorey
Old Orchard Beach
Violent Weather Ends in Death and Damage Across East
Storms and floods pounded the eastern half of the nation with tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama killing three. Floods drove thousands from homes in four states while bridges washed out and schools closed. Red Cross and National Guard aided evacuations as rivers rose and cities faced record rainfall and snow.
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Ohio River Valley
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Weather Bureau
Jasper
Patoka
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Evansville
Tennessee
Whitehead
Rogersville
Ala
Greenwood
Meridian
Clarksdale
Salt Lake City
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Muslims Will Shun Force Elijah Muhammad Says Malcolm X Split
Elijah Muhammad in Phoenix states Negroes will pursue peaceful means for equal justice after Malcolm X declares departure from the Nation of Islam. He cautions the split may not affect civil rights bills and urges separation only if equal treatment is denied.
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Malcolm X
Malcolm XI
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Congress
America
Aging Loneliness Quips Highlight Family Ties
A humorous note about growing old and loneliness quotes a speaker lamenting that their wife has not had a birthday in six years. The line conveys humor and pathos through a lighthearted home life observation.
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Gen
Fea, Corp
Rights Battle Started In Senate Civil Rights Fight
The Senate opens a civil rights clash with Southern senators pledging no compromise and launching a slowdown. The first stage centers on Mansfield's motion to proceed to the 10 point bill sent from the House, with amendments likely after debate.
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Dixie
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
New Hampshire Voters Begin GOP Presidential Primary Push
NH voters flock to polls as Goldwater Rockefeller lead early campaign. Dixville Notch ballots include write ins for Lodge Nixon Rockefeller and Goldwater. Dems also vote with Kennedy write ins and a state sweepstakes referendum on liquor store and track sales.
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Goldwater
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Lodge
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South Viet Nam
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Nashua
Norman Lepage
Nixon
John W. King
Kennedy
King
Albany
N.Y
Washington
California
Three Die In Boston Air Crash
A four engine DC4 freighter from New York to Bradley Field plunged through sleet and gale into the Castle Island Waterfront Terminal in Boston. All three crew members died, while yard workers were later accounted for. Cargo sweaters and wreckage scattered across the waterfront as the plane burst into flames.
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Slick Airways
New York
Bradley Field
Castle Island
Logan International Airport
Voters in New Hampshire face foul weather primary turnout
Voters in New Hampshire head to the nation's leadoff presidential preference primary as storms batter the region. Separately, natural disasters strike the eastern half of the U.S. with fatalities in the South and floods in the Ohio River Valley. Elijah Muhammad warns against violence in the civil rights pursuit. Senate filibuster looms as Southern lawmakers stall labor and unemployment figures are questioned. Greek and Turkish Cypriots clash in Kumhal, with peace talks pending.
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New Hampshire
Ohio River
Elijah Muhammad
Washington
Cyprus Truce Holds as New Firing Feared in Kuma
Cypriot Greeks and Turks kept a tenuous cease-fire in Kuma while gunfire sparked at Mallia. The British army rushed a platoon to Mallia to prevent a wider war as U N and world powers search for a mediator and a peace plan.
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Cyprus
Kuma
Mallia
Mediterranean
Makarios
Fazil Kuchuk
New Figures Indicate Higher Unemployment Rates
Labor Department data presented to Congress with the manpower report suggest total unemployment may exceed the official 4.5 million, counting those not in the labor force. Secretary Wirtz notes incompleteness but highlights that less educated white men aged 45 to 54 show the highest share of nonworking or not in the labor force.
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Labor Department
Congress
Johnson
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
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