Saco Girl Scout Troop 2 Banquet Attended by Scouts and Guests
At the annual banquet in Saco, about 37 Scouts, parents, and guests gathered at the Saco Universalist parish hall. Seated left to right were Mrs. Wayne B. Hutchins, Andrew Lindsey, Mrs. Andrew Lindsey, and Mrs. F. Howard Shaffer. Standing were Linda Savoy, Mary Jane Lantagne, and Elaine Poulin. Story on page 2.
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Saco
Saco Unitarian Parish Hall
Wayne B. Hutchins
Gorgeana
Drew Lindsey
Andrew Lindsey
F. Howard Shaffer
Linda Savoy
Mary Jane Lantagne
Elaine Poulin
Winnie the Pooh
Kennebunk High School
Alice Bryant
Adele Buckland
Roxanna Chamberlain
Birmingham Still Tense Amid Riots and Troop Clampdown
In Birmingham Alabama 3000 combat ready troops stood by as violence flared with two wounded and property damage including smashed windshields and broken windows. A white youth slashed by a knife and a Negro man hurt by a steel ball from a slingshot were reported. President Kennedy sent troops while Governor Wallace challenged federal action. Jackie Robinson and Floyd Patterson urged end to segregation. Police said no arrests yet and FBI involvement continued.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kennedy
Wallace
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Valley Authority
Jackie Robinson
Floyd Patterson
FBI
Three Nuclear Test Blasts Are Canceled
The United States abruptly canceled three explosions at the Nevada nuclear testing site amid Khrushchev’s test ban notes. The Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department called off two nuclear detonations and a chemical high explosive test, denying any link to the Moscow letter.
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Washington
United States
Nevada
Kennedy
Khrushchev
White House
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
U.S
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Geneva
Aanban
Faulty radar postpones orbital launch to Wednesday
Cape Canaveral AP report says Gordon Cooper's Faith 7 mission, delayed by a Bermuda radar fault, will now launch at 8 a.m. EST Wednesday. Mercury control and Bermuda radar teams monitor the fix while weather recovery reports extend the launch window. Cooper remained in the countdown, awaiting the restart after a two hour, nine minute hold.
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Cape Caneveral
Fila
Gordon Cooper
Bermuda
Space Agency
Walter Williams
Project Mercury
Biddeford Graduate Launch Role In Space Flight
Frederick Radcliffe a 37 year old Biddeford High School graduate serves as guidance control director for the Faith 7 capsule mission to guide the Atlas rocket until orbit. He appeared on NBC TV during countdown for today’s canceled launch as he prepared to control the spacecraft’s direction. Radcliffe, grandson of Grace Dudley of 220 South Street, attended Culver Military Academy and the University of Pittsburgh, and is married to Constance with three children.
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Biddeford High School
Gordon Cooper
Frederick Radcliffe
South Street
Nbc-Tv
Radcliffe
Grace Dudley
Elizabeth Baker
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Culver Military Academy
University of Pittsburgh
Constance
Titusville
Raymond Kenneally
Biddeford
Birch Street
Emery
Kennedy vows to keep federal troops out of Birmingham
President Kennedy states federal troops will stay out of Birmingham unless violence escalates. A general roundup notes possible fore noon reads. Meanwhile hundreds of Negroes participate in segregation demonstrations in Nashville.
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Kennedy
George Wallace
Birmingham
Nashville
Grafton to Install Sprinkler System for New Elm Street Plant
Joseph Rosenfield, president of Grafton Lumber, announced bids will be sought for a new 100 by 200 foot storage building at the burned Elm Street plant site. A $25,000 sprinkler contract has been awarded to Eastern Fire Protection of Lewiston for the former foundry, with plans to complete by October 1 after a seven week construction window.
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Joseph Rosenfield
Grafton Lumber Company
Elm Street
Rosenfield
Eastern Fire Protection Company
Lewiston
Legislature Passes Ballot Decision Change in Governor Elections
AUGUSTA AP The House approved a constitutional amendment to clarify who decides disputed governor elections. The change would send ballots and voting lists to the legislature and require the legislature to pick one of the leading candidates. The vote faced party lines 98 39.
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Augusta
House
State Supreme Court
Dana W. Childs
D-Portland
Malcolm Barman
R Houlton
Childs
Constitutional Amendments & Legislative
Executive Council
Rail Work Rules Laid By Panel
A three man presidential panel outlined broad guidelines for gradually removing most firemen from freight and yard trains amid a national rail strike threat. The panel said issues between railroads and five operating brotherhoods are narrowed and an agreement could be reached in 30 days if both sides bargain realistically. The report emphasizes safety needs and a method to decide which fireman positions can be eliminated while preserving essential crew effectiveness. The passenger train fireman issue remains unresolved.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jwork
Officer Cleared In Sub Inquiry In Thresher Sinking
Navy clears Lt Cmdr Stanley W Hecker of being a scapegoat in Thresher disaster. Court withdraws Hecker as a party to the naval inquiry after finding his conduct not contributing to the loss. Hecker previously faced censure and faced cross examination rights during the inquiry.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Navy
Thresher
Naval Court of
Boston
Stanley W. Hecker
Hecker
Brooklyn
N.Y
Skylark
Atlantic Ocean
Atty. Louis P. Gray, II
New London
Gray
Adm
Bernard L. Austin
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Cours
Cmdr
Lawson P. Ramage
Atlantic Fleet
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Peter Clark
Anne Steele
Joan Cook
John Anagnostis
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Moscow
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Orono
AEC
St. Joseph High School
Nancy Houle
Suzanne Baiguy
Caron
Paulette Poirier
Marguerite Letons
TNT
Journeau
Charlotte Bou
Maine Mathema
Gen
Fea, Corp
Portland
Maine
Jansen-Dyer
Joe's Donut Shop
Alfred Street
Electrolux Sales & Service
Joseph Durfee
Cooper
Houston
Tex
Ange
Trudy Cooper
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Air Force
Faith 7
Atlas
Saneeeey
Lould
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Washington Cooper
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Reed
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Young Man
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