Budget cuts proposed in Maine current services plan
The House reviews a conference report cutting 1.72 million from a 143.23 million current services budget amid GOP pressure to balance the state budget. Education, Health and Welfare, and Mental Health receive the largest reductions, with attrition used to shrink staff and no discharges. Civil Defense warns that county grants for shelters and repairs may end. Governor Reed backs the budget in principle but says cuts are legislature’s choice, while Rep. Alan Pease presents the report to the House after hours of review.
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Augusta
House
Conference Committee
Reed
Health & Welfare
Hill
Civil Defense
Leslie H. Stanley
Stanley
Mand
Alan C. Pease
Wiscasset
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Cooper aims for 22 orbits in historic Mercury mission
Astronaut Gordon Cooper launches from Cape Canaveral aboard Faith 7 on a 34 hour flight aiming to set a new U S space record with 22 orbits. He reports the ride as a thrill and receives go-ahead for multiple planned orbits while testing systems and maintaining contact with mission control.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
U. S
Georgia
America
Mercury Control Center
Atlantic
Pacific
Cooper
Ergil 1. Grissom
Guaymas
Mexico
Faith 7
Florida-Georgia
Atlas
Oes
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Schirra
FCC Chairmanship In Change Of Hands
Kennedy selects 34 year old lawyer William Henry as new FCC chairman replacing Newton Minow who resigns June 1. Minow urged industry self regulation last year and warned of a flood of commercials.
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FCC
William Henry
Memphis, Tenn
Minow
Lee Loevinger
Department of Justice
Kennedy
William H. Orrick Jr
Orrick
State Department
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
William J. Rockett
Herman Pollack
Crockett
Newt
Mr. Minow
National Association of Broadcasters
Toro To Search For Sub On Thresher Hunt Near Boston
An old Navy veteran sub Toro, part of the Ten Grander club, heads toward Boston to help locate the Thresher, which sank 220 miles east of Boston in 8,400 feet of water with 129 men aboard. If unsolved, the Navy may sink the Toro at the Thresher site to aid the search. Navy hearings at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard continue in closed session.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Navy
Philadelphia
Boston
Thresher
Navy Court of Inquiry
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Easy Decision For Voters In Meeteetse Mayoral Race
MEETEETSE Wyoming The people’s choice was clear in Tuesday’s election as mayor Ewart Peoples defeated Jim Folks by 125 to 37.
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Meeteetse
Wyo
Ewart Peoples
Jim Folks
Fire Hits Hotel In Boston
Dense smoke from a early morning fire at the Hotel Somerset on Commonwealth Avenue forced evacuation of about 500 guests and residents. Five people suffered smoke inhalation. Los Angeles Angels players escaped unharmed as the blaze on the third floor was confined to three rooms. Firemen doused the flames in about 15 minutes after arriving, with three alarms sounded. Damages estimated at 20000 dollars. cause undetermined. News notes include victims at local hospitals and Angels manager Bill Rigney hoping for rest before a twinbill with the Red Sox.
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Boston
Somerset
Commonwealth Avenue
Los Angeles Angels
Boston Red Sox
John Martin
Martin
Sherry Biltmore
Frank Chang
Morton Grove
Massachusetts General Hospital
Louise Guyer
Beth Israel Hospital
Arthur Dooley
New England Deaconess Hospital
Lillian Fanger
Angels
Bill Rigney
Red Sox
Youth Stabbed During Argument in Skowhegan
In Skowhegan a 14 year-old boy, Percie Walker, was stabbed in the left chest and remained in satisfactory condition at a Water ville hospital after a classmate, unnamed due to age, allegedly stabbed him during an argument over a missing bicycle. Somerset County Sheriff Francis B. Henderson said the alleged assailant is in custody of his mother awaiting charges.
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Skowhegan
Waterville
Percie Walker
Somerset
Francis B. Henderson
Henderson
Walker
Biddeford Credit Measure Tabled in Maine House
Rep Robert C Cartier tabled indefinitely in the Maine House his bill requiring that all Biddeford bonds and notes be referendum approved before issuance except short term notes. He cited borrowing power constraints and proposed referring the issue to Biddeford's Charter Revision commission. The measure aimed to curb rising taxes and instill fiscal caution amid a steep tax-rate rise.
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Biddeford
Robert C. Cartier
Maine
Cartier
Charter Revision Commission
House of Representatives
S. C
Gordo Cooper Expected For Space Flight From Early Life
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. grew up amid aviation legends and early flight dreams. Born March 6, 1927 in Shawnee Oklahoma, he soloed at 16 and flew with his Air Force father in wartime training. A Marine, he later attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School and the University of Hawaii, where he met his wife Trudy Olson.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Buck Rogers
Cooper
Air Force
Wiley Post
Amelia Earhart
Gordon
Gordo
Carbondale
Colo
Shawnee
Okla
Pacific
Marine Corps
Naval Academy Preparatory School
University of Hawaii
Trudy Olson
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Withdrawal demands flare in Birmingham standoff
A Negro leader accuses Gov. Wallace of blocking a biracial agreement by keeping state troopers in Birmingham. Wallace defends the patrols and urges Kennedy to withdraw federal troops. The White House hasn t replied. Kennedy meets Alabama editors, urges moderation and local cooperation. Developments include voter drives, jail vigil plans, and King calling for desegregation nationwide. Roy Wilkins urges restraint in using federal troops.
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Wallace
Kennedy
Alabama
Shuttlesworth
White House
North Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tuscumbia
Sheffield
Florence
Congress
South
Selma
Madeline Sherwood
Gadsden
Martin Luther King Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Roy Wilkins
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Grissom
Cape
Canary Islands
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr
Biddeford-Saco
George
Gen
Fea, Corp
Portland
Jansen-Dyer
Joe's Donut Shop
Alfred Street
Toro
Saco First Parish Congregational Church
Women’s Fellowship
Robert Goldthwait
Lawrence Dearborn
Eugene T. Wakely
Brunswick
State Women’s Fellowship
Gilbert Harrison
Harry Nielson
Fred Clark
Clyde Dutton
Wakely
Lester Austin
Alvin Tetley
Paul K. Weimer
Harper Grain CO
Pepperell Square
Saco Garden & Lawn Fertilizer
Fasgro and Bulk Seeds
Deering Lumber
Linoleum CO
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