Kennedy Strategy With Congress To Avoid Fight
President Kennedy pursues a restrained approach with a Democratic Congress, staking only a few major pushes while letting many proposals be softened or blocked. He trims foreign aid and defense requests, avoids full civil rights battle, and leans on public persuasion to pressure lawmakers as cabinet members testify on tariffs and multiyear plans.
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Associated Press News
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Madison Square Garden
White House
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Boston
Department of Urban Affairs and Housing
Economic program includes recession steps and immunization plan
The proposal outlines measures to fight unemployment, a six point economic program, a massive immunization drive, stricter food and drug laws, authority to buy $100 million in U.N. bonds, and aims to create a global communications system.
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U.N
Speakers For Florida Textile Session Listed
Charlotte news release notes ACMI annual meeting in Palm Beach Florida March 29 31 with focus on Textiles Today and Tomorrow. Three speakers Jack H Ross Wendell R Smith and Richard A Armstrong announced with topics Textiles in the Space Age Marketing Research and The Ingredients of Good Citizenship. Hall to give president's address March 29 and foreign trade emphasis noted. Attendance expected between 900 and 1000 ACMI members wives and guests.
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N.C
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
ACMI
Palm Beach
Fla
R. Cave Hall
Belmont
Jack H. Ross
Aeronautical Systems Division
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Wendell R. Smith
Radio Corporation of America
New York
N.Y
Richard A. Armstrong
Effective Citizens Organization
Hall
Institute
Pro Basketball Scores and Schedule From The Press
Results show Detroit 121 over Chicago 116 and Los Angeles 119 over New York 106 Monday. Tuesday features Syracuse at Boston and Chicago at St Louis with Cincinnati at Los Angeles. Wednesday includes Philadelphia at Chicago New York at Cincinnati and Syracuse at Detroit with St Louis at Los Angeles in the ABL.
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Kennedy era elder council revived with Forand chair
Senior Citizens for Kennedy details a revived council led by former Rep. Aime Forand who headed the unit in 1960 and now serves as chairman. The piece notes Forand’s push for broad plans to defray elder care costs during his congressional tenure and cites Secretary Ribicoff promoting Social Security methods while criticizing AMA opposition.
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Aime Forand
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Congress
Abraham Ribicoff
AMA
Commercials Can Affect One's Mind
A family watches TV and notes the persuasive power of commercials as they discuss health products, grooming items, and cosmetics while NBC schedules shift with reruns and a Kennedy special. The piece previews The Land documentary and notes pending NBC changes around March and April.
Cosmetologists to Meet at Biddeford
The Maine State Cosmetologists association will hold a state meeting Sunday March 18 at the Wonderbar Steak House Biddeford with a luncheon at 12 30 Reservations may be made with Mrs Paula Murphy 51 High Street Biddeford Committees for the 15th annual state convention will be appointed by convention chairman Mrs Janice Hasson 7 Osborne Court Fairfield
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Wonderbar
Biddeford
Paula Murphy
High Street
Janice Hasson
Osborne Court
Fairfield
Castro Announces Rationing Amid Cuban Shortages
Castro unveils strict food controls in Havana affecting beef vegetables eggs milk fish and chicken with milk rationing delayed for a week. He cites Yankee imperialism and Batista legacy for shortages and notes over 200000 Cubans have left since 1959.
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Fulgencio Batista
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District sessions delegates named and hosts listed
Auxiliary Rose Cantara second color bearer and Mrs Dora Soucy third color bearer with Mrs Georgianna Champoux as fourth color bearer. Delegates named include Mrs Almeria Proulx Mrs Laura Dodge Mrs Jeannette Curro and Mrs Blanche Small with alternates Mrs Dora Soucy Mrs Lucianna Roy Mrs Marie Boisvert and Mrs Georgianna Champoux. Biddeford to host district meeting Sunday at City Hall. Prizes awarded to Mrs Belle Poirier and Mrs Alma Beaudoin with social hour hosted by Mrs Georgianna Champoux and Mrs Belle Poirier.
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Rose Cantara
Dora Soucy
Georgianna Champoux
Almeria Proulx
Laura Dodge
Jeannette Curro
Blanche Small
Lucianna Roy
Marie Boisvert
Biddeford
E And L Club Plans Food Sale At Saco Methodist Church
The E and L Club of the Saco Street Methodist church voted a donation to the Red Cross and arranged a food sale for April 7 at 10 a.m. in Percy's drug store Saco with Mrs. Carrie Emery and Mrs. Linnette Martin as co chairmen. A rummage sale is set for April 26 and 27 at 9 a.m. in the church vestry. A silent auction followed the meeting led by Mrs. Georgianna Harriman. Decorations featured a St Patrick's Day motif and refreshments were served.
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Ferry
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Emery
Linnette Martin
Phyllis Vining
Ethel Cobb
Elsie Lane
Mary Rollins
Jessie Whitten
Eleanor Phinney
Alice Grace
Yastrzemski Heating Up With Red Sox in Spring
Palm Springs AP Carl Yastrzemski posts a .385 average after three exhibition games driving in five runs with a triple and four singles. He went 3-for-4 in a 7-3 loss to the Angels as Boston prepares to meet Los Angeles again. Yaz recalls past major and minor league pressures and facing Whitey Ford as a learning curve. Mike Fornieles allowed five runs in three innings with five walks.
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Boston Red Sox
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Sox
Los Angeles Angels
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Ted Williams
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Council Chagnon Tops Elks In Cribbage Play
Council Chagnon of Union St John the Baptist of America won the 192 cribbage tournament series in a tight finish with the Elks, 73 in the final game at St. Jean hall Biddeford. Final series scores: St. Jean council 674, Elks 659. Banquet set for March 20 at the Wonderland at 6 30 p.m. with champions as guests of honor. Oscar Grondin and Edgar Simard led the Elks with 11 markers. Hosea Curtis and Sam Fortin had two. For St Jean, Lionel Bouthot and George Brunelle had 10 markers each. low scorers were Chretien, Ruel, Garon, Lemire, Marchand and Vigneault with four.
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Ruel
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Winter Snow Closes Roads Across Northeast States
Winter weather blankets the Northeast with heavy snow and closed roads from New York to Maine. Eight inches fell in Lebanon New Hampshire while milder readings in the east reach 50s and 60s along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
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Tragedy in Lewiston Stuns Town Amid Storm Fallout
Police traced a deadly shooting during a northeast storm to a domestic incident. Mrs Olson reported her husband telephoned from work, Auburn officers rushed to her home but arrived after he had died. Olson and Andy were shot in the chest. Annie and Archie were shot in the back with a 30 caliber lever action rifle. Tokyo-Toruo Kosaka defeated Kenzo Shimura in a separate bout in Japan.
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Red Cross Drive To Begin In Biddeford
A Biddeford Red Cross fund drive will launch this month to support Home Service First Aid Water Safety and Home Nursing programs despite ongoing York county realignment. Treasurer William McKenney and drive chairpersons Mary Clopper Theodore Schaffer Laurence Staples Ralph Larochelle J. Edward Whelan William Cosgrove Carleton Davis Larry Hanson and Charles Towle coordinate clubs banks doctors morticians and service stations for city projects and volunteer support.
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Biddeford
York County
Rosamond Tucker
William McKenney
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Theodore Schaffer
Laurence Staples
Ralph Larochelle
Fred Patterson
J. Edward Whelan
William Cosgrove
Carleton Davis
Webber Hospital
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Masonic
Browns to stage first doubleheader at Municipal Stadium
Cleveland Browns announce a two night preseason doubleheader at Municipal Stadium August 18 featuring Detroit Lions versus Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns versus Pittsburgh Steelers. Chief executive Arthur Modell says the public will welcome this preseason attraction and doubts it would work in the regular season.
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Suit Filed in Portland for 300000 Under Antitrust Law
A $300,000 suit under the antitrust law is filed in Portland. The action targets alleged unlawful restraint of trade and seeks damages and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs name several local businesses and allege collusive practices harming competition. The case awaits further court dates.
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William Rogers Witness in Hoffa Indictment Subpoenaed
In Orlando U S Attorney General William P. Rogers was subpoenaed to testify over a motion to dismiss the federal mail fraud indictment against James R. Hoffa and James T. Dowd. Hoffa’s team seeks wiretap details while Rogers could be barred from revealing department records. The hearing began last Monday with Hoffa in attendance, expected to last two more days.
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Teamsters Union
Teamsters Unds
AAUW to Hear St Joseph College Woman
Mrs Timothy J O Connor head of the Education department at St Joseph college North Windham will speak Thursday afternoon at the York County AAUW meeting at Thornton Academy Library. Her topic Team Teaching covers current grouping methods and the Joseph Estabrook school experiment. She will explain team teaching systems observed in New England schools and notes her Maine teaching career. Mrs O Connor, a former Biddeford resident, outlined her training and workshops and participation in drafting a public schools textbook. The AAUW guest day program includes a 2 45 p m business session led by Mrs George Love with refreshments afterward hosted by Mrs Gilbert D Harrison Jr and the hospitality committee.
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St. Joseph College
North Windham
York County
American Association of University Women
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Thornton Academy Library
Joseph Estabrook Schom
Exineter
Harvard
School of Education
Maine
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Maine State Department of Education
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Lawsuit Filed Against Forster Mfg Co Over Price Manipulations
A federal suit accuses Forster Manufacturing Company and president Theodore R Hodgkins of driving Farmington Dowell Products Co out of business through price manipulation. The case follows disputes over competitive practices and market conduct.
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U. S
Forster Mfg. Co
Theodore R. Hodgkins
Farmington Dowell Products Co
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