House Rejects 3 Bills in Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA AP The House disposed of three constitutional amendment proposals and an administrative change, voting 96 22 to reject a proposal to have the attorney general named by the governor instead of the legislature. Rep Gilman B Whitman said governor selection could hinder the AG if he investigated the executive. Rep Charles N Lowery noted the original Maine constitution had the governor appointing until 1855. The House also rejected a plan to remove Portland from seven state representatives despite population.
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Augusta
House
Gilman B. Whitman
R. Bryant Pond
Charles N. Lowery
Brunswick
Maine
Lowery
Portland
Advisory Council
Employment Security Commission
Reed
Kennedy Signs Jobless Aid Bill Expanding Unemployment Pay
President Kennedy signed a measure adding up to 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits for workers who have exhausted their state and federal benefits. The program could reach about three million people, costing nearly $1 billion over two years, with payments funded by the federal government to states.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Textile Industry Ills Defined By Economist
Miami Beach AP economist Dr. William H. Miernyk told the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute that textile cycles are independent of general business trends and are driven by poor inventory information. He urged using statistical analysis models and simulation to stabilize production schedules amid 15 postwar cycles.
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Miami Beach
Fla
William H. Miernyk
Boston
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
Indus
Miernyk
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Northeastern University
Paralyzed Veteran Builds Battery Car in Hospital
Ray Schantz, 66, a World War I veteran paralyzed from an auto accident, is the Barnes Veterans Administration Hospital’s most mobile tenant. He spends all day prone, working in the manual arts shop to fashion battery powered vehicles, including his latest four wheeled No 37 capable of 35 mph, mostly for other patients.
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Vancouver
Wash
Ray Schantz
Barnes Veterans Administration Hospital
Schantz
Barnes
Manual Arts
Marathon Nuclear Test Ban Talks Continue In Geneva
The three power talks on a nuclear test ban extend into a second week as the West and Soviet Union weigh proposals. Tsarapkin shows cool reaction to Western terms while Dean leads renewed discussion and presents a “New Frontier” plan for leveraging nuclear power for major earth moving projects.
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Geneva
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
U. S
Arthur H. Dean
Dean
Palace of Nations
Moscow
Khrushchev
Control Commission
Soviet Union
Chuckle Social Tact Feels Like Home When Wishing Them Away
A quip notes social tact should comfort others even if you prefer they not be present, hinting at practical etiquette for hosting and polite disengagement. The line attributes the idea to Gen. Fea. Corp, suggesting a corporate or comic framing.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Kennedy Budget Deficit Grows as Deficit Reaches Record
President Kennedy warned of a growing deficit as the budget forecast shows 1961 outlays exceeding revenues by more than 2 billion dollars. The administration projects a 1962 civilian deficit of 1.8 billion and total 1962 deficit over 3 billion, pushing the national debt toward a record near 290 billion by mid-1962. In Laos, six new North Vietnamese battalions are accused of invading, aiding Pathet Lao forces as U S helicopters move toward support missions amid Khrushchev talks.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Laos
Khrushchev
U. S
Vietiane
Thailand
Pathet Lao
Kam Keut
North Viet Nam
Government reports two thirds of major industrial areas with unemployment
Government data show a record two thirds of the nation's major industrial areas facing substantial unemployment. 25 more areas join the list of labor markets where 6 percent of workers are jobless, including Chicago Cincinnati Indianapolis Milwaukee San Francisco Oakland Seattle Syracuse New Orleans Miami and Boston. Employers foresee a seasonal hiring pickup from now to mid May, with nine of ten areas expecting some gains between March and May, amid a generally gloomy spring outlook. Fresno and San Jose are among other newly rated areas with substantial unemployment.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Chicago
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
San Francisco-Oakland
Seattle
Syracuse
New Orleans
Miami
Boston
Labor Department
Fresno
San Jose
Why Laos matters in Cold War code words
An editor's note explains why Laos matters to the United States and the world. The piece argues that a Communist Laos would threaten neighboring nations, enable Communist blackmail of India, cut vital supplies like rubber and tin, jeopardize rice shipments, and create a strategic wedge from Australia to Japan.
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China
Laos
Cambodia
Burma
Thailand
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
India
Free World
Vital Strate
Malaya
Red China
Indonesia
Japan
Philippines
Sentencing Delayed For Saco Auto Dealer Scamman
In Biddeford U S District Court the sentencing of Philip R Scamman of Saco on an income tax evasion charge is postponed to 10 am March 30. Scamman pleaded guilty last week to the tax offense.
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Maine Amvets Auiliary
Biddeford
Evelyn Kimball
Merton Ira Staples Amvets
Rita Sevigney
Frances Allen
Philip R. Scamman
Saco, Auto
U. S. District Court
Scamman
Hoax Fails To Halt Classes In Fitchburg
Fitchburg Massachusetts report says a new bomb hoax on Thursday led school superintendent Robert H. McCarn to require make up time. McCarn had warned a week earlier of a Saturday session at B F Brown Junior High to recover lost class time. Police report two juveniles admitted telephoning the hoax.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Robert H. MecCarn
McCarn
Biddeford
Maine
B. F. Brown
Merits Of Sales Tax Discussed In Maine
AUGUSTA AP A bill to raise Maine's sales tax from 3 to 4 percent drew mixed reactions in the Taxation Committee. Senator Carl Stilphen supported more revenue for education secrecy and industry. Rep Harold Bragdon said new money is needed. Rep Raymond Bradeen warned of higher spending and taxation trends and potential future tax exemptions. Sanford Tribune publisher William Wright Jr called the bill fiscal foolishness and a disaster to Maine's economy.
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Augusta
Maine
Repulican
Legislative Taxation Committee
Carl M. Stilphen
Rockland
Harold Bragdon
Perham
House
Appropriations Committee
Raymond H. Bradeen
Waterboro
Sanford
Sanford Tribune
William F. Wright Jr
Marines Set For Takeoff
HONOLULU General I D White commander in chief Pacific forces said 1500 paratroopers could be flown into Laos within hours. He noted the Airborne Battle Group on Okinawa ready on two hours notice and the 25th Division in Hawai i ready to roll in 12 hours. White cited nearly 400000 servicemen on call in the Pacific with 3400 planes and 400 ships as a backdrop to Kennedy's Laos warning.
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Honolulu
I. D. White
Pacific
United States
Laos
White
Okinawa
Hawai
Navy
Kennedy
Hawaii
Kaneohe Marine Air Station
California
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