Global Woman Flier Encounters Engine Trouble Over Pacific
Oakland and Honolulu reports describe Joan Merriam, a 27 year old Long Beach housewife, facing engine trouble 250 miles off the California coast during her global flight. Coast Guard dispatched propulsion support as Merriam maintains course, the right engine rough and her journey challenged by weather and mechanical issues.
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Oakland
Calif
Global
Joan Merriam
California
Coast Guard
Dorian Meredith
Long Beach
Merriam
Miss Merriam
Hawaii
Honolulu
Marc
Jerrie Mack
Columbus
Ohio
Talk of Invasion Gains Momentum in Cuban Exile Center
In Miami anti-Castro activists speak of a long guerrilla war and defections as plans, if any, remain secret. JURE chief Cisneros and Bay of Pigs leaders like Manuel Artime and Joao Goulart are cited in calls for action by May 20, with groups urging servicemen to defect and warning Castro’s regime nears its end.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Castro
Rogelio Cisneros
Junta
JURE
Puerto,Rico
Manuel Ray
Cuba
Cisneros
Havana
Ray
Revolutionary Recovery Movement
MMR
Bay of Pigs
Manuel Artime
Goliath
David
Revolutionary Unity Movement
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Fair Winners Named At Northern New England Academy
CRONO reports the Junior Academy of Science will announce Science Fair winners in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont during a three day meeting at the University of Maine May 14 16. The annual gathering of the Northern New England Academy of Science will draw about 75 high school teachers and students from the three states.
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CRONO
Junior Academy of Science
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
University of Maine
New England Academy of Science
When a boy has a man's job
A short public service appeal stresses the loneliness a boy feels when away from home on his first man’s job. It urges support for USO services both at home and abroad, funded through local United Fund or Community Chest drives.
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USO
United Fund
Community Chest
Allies Warned Of Cuban Peril NATO urged unity as Rusk cites Cuban danger
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told NATO ministers Cuba poses an explosive risk and a world crisis could arise if Castro interferes. He pressed for NATO support for the U S embargo and warned of renewed Soviet expansion, urging isolation of the Castro regime.
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Hague
Netherlands
Dean Rusk
Cuba
Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
United States
Fidel Castro
Britain
France
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
South Viet Nam
Washington
Castro
Hemisphere
Atlantic Community
Europe
Submarine Grayling Keel Laying Amid Busy Yard Day
The keel for the attack submarine Grayling was laid during a peak yard day not seen since 1944. Naval and civilian officials gathered to mark the event, with Rear Admiral John W. Ailes delivering the Adams commissioning speech.
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Grayling
John W. Ailes Iit
Atlantic Fleet Service Force
Civil Rights Resolution Adopted by Old Orchard Beach Church
The official board of the Washington Avenue Methodist Church in Old Orchard Beach adopted a civil rights resolution at a church meeting held yesterday. The resolution pledges to accept as fellow members and pastors any Christian regardless of race or color, acknowledging racial conflict within the church and the wider world. Signatories include Mrs Helen Buzzell, Mrs Shirley Souza, Mrs Emily Felker, Mrs Barbara Gilbert, Mrs Hazel M. Davis, Miss Lillian Cleaves, Mrs Frances Dickson, Mrs Elizabeth Knight, James Bean, John A. Bradeen, John Tibbett, Theodore H. Fower, Mrs Harriet L. Andrews, Mrs Anna Anderson, Mrs Elizbeth Garland, Mrs Hazel F. Kennett, Mrs Mary Tinkham, Arthur Leddy, and Rev Gilbert Sirotti.
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Old Orchard Beach
Washington Avenue
Helen Buzzell
Shirley Souza
Emily Felker
Barbara Gilbert
Hazel M. Davis
Lillian Cleaves
Frances Dickson
Elizabeth Knight
James Bean
John A. Bradeen
John Tibbett
Theodore H. Fower
Harriet L. Andrews
Anna Anderson
Elizabeth Garland
Hazel F. Kennett
Mary Tinkham
Arthur Leddy
Gilbert Sirotti
Fire destroys Maine sawmill in Richmond
The William M. Brown sawmill was destroyed by fire on Monday causing about 25000 dollars in damage. Fire Chief Harris Hutchins said welding equipment likely sparked the blaze, with two buildings housing machinery and roughly 5000 feet of lumber burned.
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Richmond
William M. Brown
Harris Hutchins
McNamara Arrives in Saigon for 36 Hour War Talks
Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara lands in Saigon for a 36 hour visit and dense briefings with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and top U S military leaders. Heavy security surrounds his motorcade amid Viet Cong plots to mine a bridge. General Maxwell D Taylor says frequent visits here may continue. Dean Rusk urges NATO to back South Vietnam with aid though only West Germany shows possible economic help.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Robert S. ‘McNamara
McNamara
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Lodge
South Viet Nam
United States
Bonn
Germany
Air Force
Nguyen van Troi
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
the Hague
Dean Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organiztion
West Germany
America
NATO
Goldwater Gains Support as California Primary Looms
Publicly uncommitted delegates show backing for Barry Goldwater, boosting his path to a first ballot nomination. If he wins California on June 2, potentially 86 more votes could push him near 600 of 655 needed, prompting possible shifts from Byrnes, Morton, and Lodge in key states like Wisconsin and Kentucky.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
California
San Francisco
Goldwater
Wisconsin
John W. Byrns
Byrnes
Kentucky
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Oregon
Light Vote Expected In Two Primaries
In West Virginia Rockefeller runs unopposed in the Republican presidential primary while Goldwater faces possible write-in opposition in Nebraska. Most Democratic delegates are favored to back Johnson. Rhode Island has no primary and Chafee hopes for an uncommitted delegation.
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Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
West Virginia
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nebraska
Johnson
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Laped Lodge
Ap- N
Lodge
California
Rhode Island
John Chafee
Oregon
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Kennebunk Firm Wins High Honor in Safety Contest
Kennebunk Light and Power District of Maine earned second place in the American Public Power Association Safety Contest for 1963 in Group E for utilities with 25,000 or fewer man hours. Ilion Board of Light Commissioners won first and Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District took third. APPA represents over 1,200 public electric utilities across 45 states and Puerto Rico.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Kennebunk
Maine
Light and Power District
American Public Power Association
Ilion Board of Light Commissioners
Ilion
N. Y
Kennebunk Light and Power District
Wellton-Mohawk
Five Military Plane Crashes Reported
Ninety two persons dead or missing after four military crashes around the world. Most victims were American military personnel. A fifth U.S. Air Force fighter crashed in the Philippines but the pilot parachuted to safety. At Clark Air Base the four engine C135 with eighty three aboard crashed short of a runway, killing seventy three. Two more died later. eight survivors remained in hospital. The taxi driver and another American passenger were hospitalized. The cause of the crashes was not known.
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Manila
Philippines
Spain
England
Alabama
Clark Air Base
Air Force
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Donna Noble
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Maybelle Watson
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Pearl Belyea
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The
Advertising Council
Susan Winston
Thornton Academy
Karen Lamb
Saco
Webber Hospital
American Hospital Association
York Harbor
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Feridun Cemal Erkin
Kostopoulos
Athens
Canada
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Greece
Cyprus
Makarios
Erkin
Turkey
Weo
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Spaak
Charles de Gaulle
Portsmouth
N.H
Day
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Navy
Nathanael Greene
Samuel A. Falcone
Greene
Leroy Prior
Henry A. Lawler
Amesbury
Mass
Bernard A. Paquette
Ashland
J. Louis Laverdiere
Falcone
John Adams
Henry Cabot Lodger
Caldwatar Etratadicte Av
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Kartland & Baseball
Portland Road
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Kennebunk Firm
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Hickam Air Base
George H. Berube
D. M.C
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Fea, Corp
Electrolux
Joseph Durfee
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