America Back In Cosmic Race
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A P The United States first space man Alan B Shepard Jr rocket ed briefly across space for 15 minutes reaching about 115 miles high and 302 miles downrange. He reported seeing the East Coast and described a beautiful view as recovery ships and aircraft closed in. The mission marked a return to space competition with the Soviet Union after Yuri Gagarin’s orbit and aimed toward eventual orbital flight. Scientists noted his ability to perform tasks in microgravity while Mercury officials hailed Test No 108 as a pioneer step.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Navy
Shepard
Lake Champlain
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
Tional Space Agency
Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Thornton Honor Class Of 1961 Speakers Named
Thornton Academy announced the Class of 1961 commencement honors at a noon assembly. Featured speakers include Miss Jane Sands Fenderson and Miss Linda Ann Moraney along with Robert G. Bailey. Fenderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Fenderson of Vernon Street Saco, is an honor roll student and National Honor Society member who placed runner-up in the National Council of Teachers of English award. She will attend Mount Holyoke College in 1965 to study history. Moraney, also highlighted in the program, is described as a dedicated student with extensive club activity.
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Thornton Academy
Jane Sands Fenderson
Linda Ann Moraney
Robert G. Bailey
Jane Fenderson
Miss Fenderson
Charles W. Fenderson
Vernon Street
Saco
National Council of Teachers of English
National Forensic League
Witness Tells of Massacres in Eichmann Trial
Jerusalem AP witness recounts Nazi Einsatzgruppen crimes in World War II as prosecution ties Eichmann to the plan. Abraham Aviel recalls 1942 Radom ghetto killings, family death, and a mass grave as Germans executed about 1 000 Jews.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Finsatzgruppen
Adolf Eichmann
Atty
Gideon Hausner
Eichmann
Ein- Salzgruppen
Baltic
Franz Walter Staasbecker
Hausner
Poland
Abraham Aviel
Radom
Aviel
Balloon flight ends in tragedy over Gulf of Mexico
Navy officer Lt Cmdr Victor G Prathey 34 of Bethesda Md died after falling from a rescue helicopter sling while retrieving from a record high balloon ascent 113500 feet over the Gulf of Mexico. Cmdr Malcolm Ross was uninjured as the mission continued. The gondola landed on the water and the rescue attempt began but Prathey plunged into the sea as the suit pressurization weighed him down.
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Washington
Navy
Cmdr
Victor G. Prathey
Bethesda
Gulf of Mexico
Antietam
Malcolm Ross
Ross
Gulf
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Prather
Mississippi River
Mobile
Ala
For Sale A B Dick Mimeograph Model 92
Electric mimeograph model 92 with cabinet on casters. Reconditioned like new. Reasonable terms arranged. Call AT 2 9542. If no answer call AT 4 4989.
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A. B. Dick Electric
Labor Surplus Listed In Area in New England
The Biddeford-Sanford area is named by the U S Department of Labor as an area of substantial labor surplus in New England. Edward J Stewart regional director of the Small Business Administration announced special SBA programs in surplus areas offering a four percent interest rate on loans to small firms and to state and local development.
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Biddeford-Sanford
U.S. Department of Labor
New England
Edward J. Stewart
Small Business Administration
Laos Cease-Fire Talks Near Coalition Government
The Laotian government rejects Prince Souvanna Phouma's call for talks and sends a military delegation to meet Pathet Lao representatives near Nam Lik River. Brig. Gen. Sing Rattanasamay leads the Vientiane team to pressure a cease-fire and possible coalition talks ahead of Geneva. Casualty reports mention scattered attacks with several wounded in Viêng Xay vicinity.
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Hin Heap
Laos
Souvana Phouma
Vientiane
Sing Rattanasamay
Pathet Lao
Nam Lik
Sou‘vana Phouma
Phoumi Nosavan
Vien
Mass terror in Cuba blamed on regime crackdown after invasion
Reports from Havana describe mass detention of 25,000 to 40,000 opponents, with thousands in crowded centers such as the Sports Palace and Blanquita Theater. Detainees face hunger, filth, and disease amid tightened censorship and mail control under Fidel Castro’s government.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Prisners
Havana
Blanquita Theater
Blanquita
Dulles May Have Longer Tenure Than Expected
Washington reports Allen W. Dulles could keep his CIA post longer as President Kennedy delays changes. Two high level surveys target U S intelligence and operations with Taylor due mid June and Killian overseeing an advisory group. Dulles, 68, disputes resigning while Kennedy awaits survey results.
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Washington
Allen W. Dulles
Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
Dulles
CIA
Survey
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James R. Killian Jr
Taylor
Atty
Teachers Rejecting Parts Of Proposal In Biddeford
The Biddeford Teachers Association accepted the proposed salary schedule but rejected a footnote that would render it ineffective. The schedule starts teachers at 2500 with annual increases to 3500 in 10 years for two years training, and higher scales for more training. The BTA seeks a 300 yearly raise thereafter while the board weighs next steps as Supt. Paul Larrabee notes alignment with teachers’ requests. Mayor Clement Deschambault, chair of the School board, declined comment.
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Biddeford Teachers Association
City Board of Education
Paul Larrabee
BTA
James Wilkinson
Larrabee
Wilkinson
Clement Deschambault
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Parent- Teacher Association
BHS
Samuel Karlin
Raymond A. Kenneally
Mark M. McCullough
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Erick Cyr
Fernando Bourque
Norman Reilly
PTA
America
Astronaut Reports
Kurt Debus Debus
Werner von Braun
Space Flight Laboratory
St. Andre Home and Hospital
Albert Cote
Raymond C. Boucher
Mother Elizabeth
France
Isabelle Vanasse
Hospital Treasury
Thornton
Mars
Fea. Corp
Wormwood’s
Camp Ellis
Ruth Wormwood
Sus
Assessors’ Office
Arthur E. Brunelle
Notre Dame Hospital
St. Francis College
Arthur Bibeat
Eloi Lacroix
George Paradis
Ferdinand Bourique
Antoinette Emond
Madeleine
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