Pilot Freed By East Germans After Detention
Emory A. Vaughan, a 32 year old American civilian pilot from Portsmouth Virginia, was released by East Germany at Helmstedt after being detained since March. The Piper Cub pilot was guided to West Germany by American Red Cross officials Robert Storey Wilson and Don Heinemann, and Vaughan declined to comment to reporters. Vaughan and his wife reside in Heidelberg where he works for the U.S. Army Western Exchange.
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Helmstedt
Germany
East Germany
Emory A. Vaughan
Portsmouth
Red Cross
Robert Storey Wilson
The
Vaughan
Wilson
West Germany
East
Don Heinemann
Houston
Tex
American Red Cross
U.S. Army
U.S. State Department
United States
Heidelberg
Western Exchange
Mannheim
Nuernberg
Festival draws 6000 musicians to Western Maine event
More than 6 000 musicians from 54 cities gathered in Lewiston for the Western Maine Music Festival. Auditions started at 8 a m for 117 units including bands and choral groups. A parade is planned for the afternoon opening.
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Lewiston
Maine
Maine Woman To Face Jury In New York Case
PORTLAND AP Mrs Katherine Lynch Merrill 55 of Harpswell a former New York attorney was ordered to return to New York to face a Suffolk County grand jury. Maine Supreme Court Justice Walter M Tapley Jr set reporting by May 14 for 30 days availability. The grand jury seeks to question her about representing clients before a Brookhaven zoning board on a graft probe. Merrill retired to Maine two years ago for health reasons. her husband Kenson D Merrill also resigned from the Brookhaven zoning board for health reasons.
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Portland
Katherine Lynch Merrill
Harpswell
New York
Suffolk County
Maine Supreme Court
Walter M. Tapley Jr
Merrill
Kenson D
Tapley
Brookhaven
N.Y
Grand Jury
Maine
Polaris test rocket fires over the Atlantic
A Polaris test rocket blasted from Cape Canaveral in Florida cruising the Atlantic. The firing crew called it the best test to date and praised the vehicle’s performance.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Polaris
Atlantic
Frost Warns Americans Fear Discovery During Moon Quest
Poet Robert Frost told students at Dickinson College that Americans fear scientific discovery and that humans remain earthbound even as they aim for Mars or Venus. He called science our bugaboo only when its implications seem frightening and warned against treating science as a Frankenstein.
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Mars
Venus
Frost
Auto Accident Darkens Life in Miami
In Miami a 66 year old father describes his 31 year old son Bart’s dire injuries from a motor car collision as doctors say he may remain a vegetable. Bart lies in a coma at North Shore Hospital while his family of six siblings and parents mourn and have spent nearly all their savings on medical care.
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Miami
Fla
North Shore Hospital
Jim Burne
Bart Burne
Bart
Scranton
Gromyko Seeks Success at Big Four Foreign Ministers Meet
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko arrived in Geneva with a 17 member delegation and urged that the conference be crowned with success. He cited a treaty with Germany and Berlin occupation as urgent issues while Western diplomats warned against overoptimism and anticipated disputes over agenda and German unification. Herter and Couve de Murville were en route after meetings in Bonn.
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Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Couve de Murville
Humphrey Proposes Seven Year Peace Plan
Sen. Hubert Humphrey urges immediate Grand Design for Peace a seven year plan with at least 14 billion dollars in technical and economic aid. He warns against Soviet plans and calls for durable peace and equality for Americans, speaking at ADA convention.
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Washington
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
United States
Humphrey
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Soviet Russia
Humphrey Addd
Nation Salutes Truman On 75th Birthday Across Nation
A coast to coast celebration marked Harry S. Truman's 75th birthday with tributes from Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives. In New York House Speaker Sam Rayburn praised him for his accomplishments, while Truman admitted he had no words for the occasion.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Truman
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Harry
Egyptian boat sinks on Nile. many feared dead in holiday voyage
Divers searched the brown Nile waters for bodies as a packed excursion boat sank off shore, trapping about 200 government workers and families. Police estimated 100 saved, with many missing including women and children. cause undisclosed. In Maine, the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union held a luncheon meeting in Saco, installing new officers and reporting ongoing community projects.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nile
del Nasser
United Arab
Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Sarah Fairfield Hamilton
E. and I. Union
John Locke Fund
Saco Public Health Nursing Association
Red Cross
Saco
Biddeford
Ladd
George §. Allen
York County Union
Kenneth Stackpole
Warren F. Peterson
District 13
Federation
Everett C.ladd
Eugene Hill
Robert C. King
Donald Libsby
George S. Allen
Lawrence Dyer
Fred Gooch
Ralph Meserve
Harold P. Waight
Warren FE. Peterson
Charles N. Shannon
Clarence E. Craig
Forest Fire Danger Soars in Maine Across Fire-Prone Regions
Augusta reports sunny warm weather elevates forest fire danger to explosive in southern central and coastal Maine. State Forest Commissioner Austin H. Wilkins said 13 fires burned over 130 acres of tinder dry woodland yesterday, with Windham the worst showing over 65 acres scorched.
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Augusta
Maine
Austin H. Wilkins
Windham
Biddeford Man Receives U of M Alumni Sabre Award
Norman Descor teaux of Biddeford won the Alumni Sabre as the outstanding member of the University of Maine ROTC at the annual review and awards ceremony. Joyce Johnson of Gardiner was named honorary colonel and honorary battle group commander, elected earlier. Also named honorary majors and company commanders include Marcia Meade of Auburn and Ruth MacAillan of Bucksport.
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Orono
Norman M. Descorteaux
Biddeford
University of Maine
Elaborate Road Test To Shape Maine Tax Policy
A task force will test 15 miles of highway with heavy truck loads for two years to study pavement behavior under moving loads. An AASHO Road Test aims to guide fair highway funding across states and inform the 1961 Legislature. Site near Ottawa to LaSalle, Illinois, chosen for typical soil and climate.
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Augusta
Maine
American Association of State Highwa Officials
AASHO
Maine Good Roads Assn
Clauson
Lawrence K. Murphy
Maine Highway Department
Ottawa
LaSele
Ill
Chicago
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Burns School
Nancy Tarbox
Phyllis Borden
Carlisle
Robert Frost
Dickenson College
Dickenson
North Saco
Mona Foss
Olga Taylor
Bernice Smith
Gromyko
West View
Yericers
Women’s Educational Land Industrial Union
Hamilton Memorial Hall
Beach Street
Everett Ladd
Robert King
Donald Libby
Laurence Dyer
E. and
I. Union
Wonderbay
St. In Fontini
Uofm
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