Newspapers Strike May Be Settled In New York
Publishers of eight closed papers reached a tentative contract with the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union under Mayor Wagner's settlement plan. Printers vote on the two year $12.63 weekly package. a first year raise of 6.51 and second year 6.12, plus a $4 weekly raise in the stray years, with prestrike pay around 145 weekly. The agreement awaits ratification by union members.
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NEW York
Newspaper and
Mail Delivers
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Kennedy
Cleveland
Ww. M
York
the Plain Dealer
The
Press & News
Maine Senate Defeats Plan To Lengthen Liquor Sales Hours
In Augusta Maine Senate kills a bill to allow liquor sales to 1 am year round in hotels and restaurants arguing safety concerns and fairness. The measure would extend hours from midnight EST and was tabled after debate with objections from highway officials.
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Augusta
Maine Senate
House
Ralph M. Lovell
R-Sanford
Lovell
Augusta K. Christie
Rpresque Isle
Senate
Highway Department
Christie
Liquor Control Committee
Carroll M. Linnekin
R-Limington
Grafton Lumber Fire Leaves City in Shock and Ruin
Firefighters battle a million dollar blaze at the Grafton Lumber yard in Biddeford the worst in city history. Work crews remove rubble as damaged boxcars burn while demolition teams clear walls and stabilize the site. Continuous water streams and spot fires slow but continue into the morning.
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Europe
Grafton Lumber Company
Biddeford
Kennedy calls for neutral probe stance in TFX contract row
President Kennedy urged a neutral investigation into the TFX fighter contract dispute between Defense Secretary McNamara and the McClellan committee. He backed McNamara’s award to General Dynamics and urged officials to await the inquiry’s outcome as battles over influence and tactics raged in Congress and the Pentagon.
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Washington
Kennedy
Pentagon
McClellan
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
General Dynamics
Fort Worth
Tex
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
Air Force
Navy
Defense Department
Subcommittee
Jerome Adlerman
Adlerman
Senate
Defense
Roswel L. Gilpatric
McNamara
Boeing
Gilpatric
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Department
Bidault Pictured As Tragic Exile In Germany
AP News analysis portrays Georges Bidault as a hunted exile in Bavaria facing three bleak choices. He remains wanted by France and guarded by German police while leadership of the Council of National Resistance may have passed to Jacques Soustelle or others.
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L. Robert Porteous Jr
R-Falmouth
Senate
Robert A.marden
Commission
House
State Supreme Court
Portland
Richard O'Regan Steinebach
Germany
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Seret Army
Europe
Council of National Resistance
Secret Army
France
CNR
Bavaria
Jacques Soustelle
Portugal
Soustelle
The Trouble with People and the Promised Land
A wry proverb notes that people seek the promised land without enduring the wilderness. Attributed to Copt. Gen. Fea, Corp, the quip lampoons modern impatience and desire for easy gains.
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Fea, Corp
Murphy Elected Exalted Ruler of Elks Lodge in Saco
Richard Murphy was elected exalted ruler of the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks at the annual officers election held last night on Port land road in Saco. Other officers named include Ralph H. Pitt leading knight and Joseph Grandin loyal knight. Installation is set for April 4.
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Richard Murphy
Biddeford- Saco
Bali Volcano Wreaks Havoc and Death Toll Rises
AP report details Agung volcano eruption in Bali causing widespread destruction. Gov. Anak Agung Sutedja cites 1,100 killed, 75,000 homeless, and up to 200,000 more losing livelihoods. Tens of thousands flee as ash and lava cover rice land. civilization reels amid evacuations, injuries, and fear of further blasts.
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Denpasar
Bali
Agung
Anak Agung Sutedja
Jakarta
Gunung
Mount) Agung
Ernor
Sebudi
Sorgah
Sebih
Gunung Agung
Denpasar Hospital
Besakih
Killer Wood Is Executed At Sing Sing With Smile
Five time killer Frederick C. Wood was executed in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair after a final quip while awaiting death. He refused reprieve pleas from "do gooders" and said he would "ride the lightning" with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
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Ossining
N.Y
Frederick C. Wood
Sing Sing
Wood
Ars
New York City
New York Civil Liberties Committee
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Middle Street
C. I. O. Hall
Maine
London
John Profumo
House of Commons
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Barbara Castle
Christine
Profumo
Old Bailey
Laborites
Henry Brooke
Miss Keeler
Valerie Hobson
Cliveden
Viscount Astor
Lady Astor
Stephen Ward
Dr. Ward
John Edgecombe
Constitutional Commission
Legislative Committee On
Grafton
Howard Construction
Bourque Construction
Bourque's
Howard's
JFK
Murphy
Elks
C. Jackson Curtt
Leon Jones
Old Orchard Beach
Jerome Daly
Dwight McLeod, Jr
Henry Stewart
Donald C. Jones
Paul Sicard
Dwight McLeod Sr
Annette Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Saco Masonic Hall
Carlton Pendleton
Esther Linscott
Kittery
Ruth Seaward
Carlton Burrill
Agnes Swett
South Berwick
Star Point
Irene Pendleton
Parnell Burrill
Florence Northrop
Ethel Whitten
Ruth
Claire Scamman
Barbara Hooper
Herebert Swett
Back Row
Stephen Harriman
Sentinel
Jean Kimball
Rebecca Cushman
Esther
Lorraine Lane
Marshal
Maryalice Braley
Gertrude Knox
Adah
Dorothy Allen
Electa
Killer
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