Maine House Enacts Public School Bus Measure
The Maine House approved an enabling bill for public school bus transportation for private school pupils after narrowly defeating a motion to kill it. The vote neared party lines with 68 for indefinite postponement defeated 65. Rep. Ernest Smith warned of statewide referendum efforts and subsidies, while Rep. Raymond Braeden urged humanitarian support for children lacking bus access.
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Themi Cassien
Ernest . Smith
R-Strong
Nazarene
Smith
Trans
Camille Bedard
Saco
Bedard
The
Journal
Ones Park
Senate
Ralph Lovell
Sanford
Charles R. Cote
Joseph Grondin
New School Building Committee
Rep Bedard
Cote
Committee On Legal Affairs
Nicholas Scontras
Scontras
Pepperell Park
Floods Bring Additional Misery Across Midwestern Lands
Damaging spring floods swept the nation's midsection with thousands homeless and communities isolated. Southern Illinois Missouri Indiana Kansas and Kentucky bore the worst impact as rivers rose, water tainted by possible typhoid threats. Soldiers sailors and volunteers joined civil defense workers to hold back flood waters while Red Cross and Salvation Army aided.
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Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Ohio
Oklahoma
New York
Virginia
Vermont
Florida
Pensylvania
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Red Cross
The
Salvation Army
Johnson Heading For South Viet Nam
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson's trip to South Viet Nam to meet President Ngo Dinh Diem is aimed at countering a growing jungle war with Communist guerrillas. He will arrive in Saigon around 6:40 p.m. May 11 via Guam after a Honolulu stop where he discussed timing with Harry Felt. Johnson warned the United States will maintain strength and vigilance in this decisive struggle amid Laos tensions and Soviet arms moving toward the region.
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Hickam Air Force Base
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State Department
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Pathet Lao
District Courts Favored By Maine Legislature
The Maine Legislature favors a statewide district court system with full-time seven year judges replacing municipal courts. A House vote tabled the bill for Tuesday and a joint House Senate caucus will discuss the measure. A competing county district bill was tabled in the Senate.
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Legislative Judiciary Committee
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Senate
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Dexter
Cox
Maine
Legislative Research Committee
Judiciary Committee
Cease-Fire Probe Moves in Laos Ahead of Geneva Meet
In Vientiane officials from the control commission flew to rebel-held Plaines des Jarres to shore up the Laos cease-fire before the Geneva talks. Commission chairman Sam ar Sen of India cautioned the situation remains confused though with encouraging signs. An observer group has not yet reached Xieng Khouang. Mayrand and Morski accompanied Sen, with a Polish interpreter, and were to return to Vientiane on Thursday.
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Samar Sen
India
Sen
Geneva
Xieng Khouang
Canada
Leon Mayrand
Poland
Albert Morski
Intereter
NATO Ministers End Spring Meeting Vows West Berlin Defense
NATO foreign ministers pledged to defend West Berlin’s freedom for 20 million residents and meet the Soviet bloc challenge worldwide. They said alliance strength and unity are essential for peace and that they will seek just settlements but will not be bullied. The communique affirmed rights to maintain Allied troops in West Berlin and rejected Khrushchev’s peaceful coexistence doctrine.
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Norway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Atlantic
Khrushchev
Laos
Congo
Cuba
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
Plane Crash Toll At 69 In Sahara Disaster
A French airliner with 69 aboard crashed in the Sahara 75 miles north of Edjele. Air France reported no survivors with at least five Americans among the passengers. The wreckage lay in scattered sand dunes after last radio contact at 1 10 a m over Edijele.
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Sahara
Air France
Edjele
Edijele
Unitarian Universalist Merger Underway in Boston
AP reports a six day series of sessions begins to implement last year’s vote to consolidate Unitarian and Universalist denominations. The gathering includes 50 plus meetings with a key session tomorrow when the new denomination forms. Nominations for the new association’s president include Dana McLean Greeley and William Brooks Rice. Dr. Dimock named moderator. The consolidation will affect 118,000 Unitarians and 71,000 Universalists, plus school counts, with parish plebiscite showing 91 percent approval among Unitarian churches and 79 percent among Universalist societies.
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Thaddeus B. Clark
St. Louis
Ross Allen Weston
Evanston
Ill
Marshal E. Dimock
New York University
Bethel
New Unitarian Universalist Association
Dana McLean Greeley
D.D
American Unitarian Association
William Brooks Rice
S.T.D
Wellesley, Mass
Mili
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
Nixon emerges as relaxed campaigner in Detroit tour
AP reports a looser Nixon showing humor and quick wit while touring Detroit Columbus and surrounding towns His quips hint at a potential run but he stresses he is not pursuing any office now While dismissing immediate plans he keeps pressing Democrats and reflects on the sharp tone of past campaigns with limited support and public display
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Columbus
Ohio
John F. Kennedy
Detroit Press Club
California
Richard
More self starters would spare the boss a cranky edge
A clipped business quip from the Gen. Fea. Corp. comments on initiative. The speaker blames reliance on others for the boss’s irritable stance, hinting at a culture that values self starters. No specific names or dates provided.
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