Weather Across Nation Braces for Storms and Floods
A weekend of heavy rains and snowstorms spurred fresh flooding in Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia with Tennessee New York and Alabama Iowa Georgia and Arizona also hit by severe weather. Tornadoes caused damage in Alabama Iowa and Georgia while California faced heavy snow and flooding in Los Angeles and San Diego counties.
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Virginia
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Minnesota
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Ariz
Alabama
Iowa
Georgia
Centreville
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Angeles National Forest
Grant to University for Environmental Lab Remodel
The U S Public Health Service awards 23485 dollars to the University of Maine to remodel Boardman Hall into a sanitary engineering research laboratory. The grant will be matched by university funds and provide space for about four researchers.
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CRONO
U.S. Public Health Service
University of Maine
Boardman Hall
Kennedy to discuss Central American aid and unity
President Kennedy meets with five Central American leaders and Panama in San Jose to map economic integration, Alliance for Progress support, and measures to counter Cuba's influence. They seek urgent economic reforms while avoiding joint action on Castro for now.
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Salva
Nicaragua
Alliance For Progress
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Ramon Villeda Morales
Honduras
Rene Schickold
Organization of American States
Gonzalo J. Facio
Washington
Cuban Missiles Test Firing Reported by Released Prisoners
Two American women freed from Cuban jails claim Russians tested missiles while they were imprisoned. Prison bars shook from blasts as missiles were fired in a nearby underground quarry, with Fidel Castro agreeing to further releases linked to a ransom delivery estimated to take six weeks.
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Fla
James Donovan
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Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro
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Havana
Geraldine Shamma
Boston
Shamma
First American Beatified in Vatican
The Vatican beatifies Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton the first native born American to reach beatification. Anne O Neill of Baltimore witnessed the ceremony and kissed the Pope s ring as the pontiff praised Seton s role in American Catholic history. Two miracles support beatification with more needed for sainthood. Seton founded the Sisters of Charity and helped create the parochial school system in the United States.
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Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
St. Peter’s Basilica
Anne Therese O'Neill
Baltimore
Maryland
John XXIII
Mother Seton
Elizabeth Seton
United States
America
St. Peter
United States of America
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter
St. Louis
Cardinal Spellman
New York City
Battery Park
Emilio Ruffini
Anne O'Neill
Gertrude Kotzendorfer
Italy
John Carroll
Sisters of Charity
Stock Market Crash and Recovery Detailed by NYSE
The NYSE reports the May 28 1962 crash and May 29 31 recovery with 35 million shares traded in 673000 transactions. It notes individuals sold during declines and bought in rising markets while financial institutions bought as prices rebounded.
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Demolition Begins on Biddeford Hardy Block Landmark
The Adams Street Hardy block, once home to City Square Auto Parts and the Nickel theater opened in 1911, is torn down to make way for a parking lot. Police recall a saw and planning mill operating there before the Nickel, with memories of crowds and history in the decaying site.
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Biddeford
Hardy Block
Adams Street
Old City Square Auto Parts
Nickel Theater
Philip Poirier
Nickelodeon
Hardy
Tax Cut To Help Small Businesses
Washington AP reports President Kennedy's tax program would favor small businesses, with about 1.2 billion dollars in cuts if approved. House witnesses urged spending curbs to offset revenue loss and opposed several Kennedy reforms, though some proposals were meant to aid small firms.
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Kennedy
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Ways and Means
Pontiff Trips On Throne In Vatican Audience
Pope John XXIII stumbled on the seventh step of his eight step throne during a Clementine Hall audience. He was unhurt and continued the session as aides stabilized him. Officials called it an accident not a sign of illness despite past health concerns.
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John XXIII
Clementine Hall
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