Solons Face Touchy Issues In Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA AP Two of the 100th Maine Legislature's touchiest issues school bus service for parochial schools and tax relief for the railroads will be on committee dockets this week. The crowning event will be an all day celebration Wednesday to commemorate the 1820 separation of Maine from Massachusetts with Gov Volpe of Massachusetts present for a re enactment. A band will play, speeches will be given, and the State House museum will have a formal dedication. In the evening the Governor's Ball will be held at the Augusta State Armory.
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Augusta
Maine
State House Museum
Augusta State Armory
State House
Judiciary Committee
Melvin Lane
Waterville
Sylvia J. Gilbert
Taxation Committee
Harold Bragdon
Perham
Maine Flood Remembered as Nation Ties Maine 25 Years Ago
AUGUSTA AP The Great Flood of 25 years ago paralyzed central Maine over two weeks. The Kennebec flooded business districts in Hallowell and Gardiner while Richmond-Dresden bridge collapsed under ice jams near Richmond. Five lives were lost and 200 bridges wrecked as 10 thousand people were left homeless and property losses reached 25 million dollars. Martial law was declared after looting in Waterville. Eleven communities were isolated and industries shut down, with rail lines washed out and highways impassable.
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Augusta
Maine
Kennebec
Hallowell
Gardiner
Richmond
Richmond-Dresden
Brann
Waterville
New English Bible On Sale In London Today
London reports the New Testament edition titled The New English Bible: New Testament goes on sale. It reflects 13 years of work by a joint British effort, with major churches except the Roman Catholic participating. Oxford and Cambridge university presses hold publication rights.
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London
Britain
Charles Dodd
General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland
Oxford
Cambridge
Pastor Would Withhold Tax In School Aid Row
Newton Mass Reverend D James Remington a 32 year old Baptist minister said he would refuse to pay income taxes and risk jail if Congress approves federal aid to parochial schools He stated he filed his 1960 tax return but would not file next year if aid passes He stressed his view on church state separation and that Baptist parents should fund schooling without federal assistance
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Newton
Mass
Congress
Jaycee Candidates for Maine JC Presidency Named
Arthur Thompson of Limestone and Dick Waite of Caribou announced their candidacies for the Maine Junior Chamber of Commerce state presidency at a Bangor board meeting attended by 175 members Sunday night.
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Jaycee
Bangor
Arthur Thompson
Limestone
Dick Waite
Caribou
Maine Junior Chamber of Commerce
Plea Change in Tax Evasion Case In Portland Court
Philip R. Scamman of Saco, an auto parts dealer, changed his plea to guilty in U S District Court on tax evasion charges for 1954 55 and 56 totaling 20619. No sentencing date set.
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Portland
Philip R. Scamman
Saco
U. S. District Court
Scamman
Rampaging Congo Soldiers Rampage Injures Missionary
In Kindu and Kasongo area of Kivu, Congolese soldiers brutalize whites and strip nuns. An American missionary girl is hurt. 75-year-old nun beaten and dislocated. Nuns forced to strip, sing hymns of Lumumba, then jailed. White residents live in nightly terror as soldiers loot homes.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Kivu
United Nations
U. N
Kindu
U.N
Kasongo
Patrice Lumumba
Biddeford Officer Anton Gendron Resigns From Force
Biddeford police officer Anton io Gendron submitted his resignation on Saturday. The police board and Chief Edgar Sevigny will meet tomorrow to act on the resignation. Gendron served as a special member for about two years and worked the night shift as a patrolman and deskman. He lives at 1 Adams Street in Biddeford.
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Ernest J. Desmarais
Columbia Hotel
Desmarais
Biddeford
Congress Street
Columbia
Aurore Casavant
Aline Nuzzo
Hartford
Ovide
Antonio Gendron
Force
Edgar Sevigny
Gendron
Adams Street
Spy trial opens as six charged with naval secrets
A British court hears the opening of a major spy case involving an American couple Gordon Lonsdale and Peter Kroger and four others accused of stealing naval secrets for the Soviets. In the Midwest, a brutal storm hits Missouri and Arkansas with tornadoes causing one death and dozens injured.
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London
Britain
Atom
Klaus Fuchs
Old Bailey
Fuchs
Soviet Union
Lord Parker
Gordon A. Lonsdale
Peter John Kroger
Major Storm Seen Likely in Southern Maine
The Weather Bureau warned of a snowstorm moving into southern Maine starting shortly after midnight and lasting through the day. Forecasters expect high winds up to 50 mph with precipitation possibly mixing with sleet or rain as conditions evolve.
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Portland
U. S&s. Weather Bureau
Maine
Showmen Debate Tonight Over Entertainer Fees
New York AP Ed Sullivan and Jack Paar square off in a late night televised debate on NBC about pay disparities for entertainers. Bennett Cerf will moderate the face-to-face discussion slated for 11:30 p.m. EST. Sullivan claims performers on his show can earn up to 7500 dollars, while those same acts on Paar’s show receive around 320 dollars. Sullivan says he will pay only 320 to any act appearing on both programs. The Paar program usually runs to 1 a.m., duration of the debate yet to be decided.
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New York
Ed Sulivan
Jack Paar
Paar
NBC
Bennett Cerf
Cbs-Tv
Sullivan
Sulliva
Kennedy to Unveil Latin America Plan at White House
President Kennedy will announce the alliance for progress for Latin America during a White House reception for regional diplomats at 5 p.m. and then send a congressional message Tuesday. Washington will invite most envoys, excluding Cuban and Dominican Republic ambassadors to the OAS, who are expelled. He frames the plan as a push against Castro and communism, stressing self-help and democracy across the hemisphere.
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Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
White House
Congress
Organization of American States
United States
Cuba
U. S
Americas
Castro
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