Space Flight Plane Crashes In Kenya
A US transport plane on a Project Mercury mission crashed in Kenya. Seventeen aboard are believed killed, with wreckage found on a mountain near Nairobi. A logistics role and connection to the Nairobi contingency site are noted. NASA had no confirmed aboard and Mercury crews were not on board.
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Space Flight
Kenya
Washington
Air Force
Nairobi
Cape Canaveral
Project Mercury
Nairobi-Kenya
Evreaux
France
322Nd Air Division
Kenneally Named Superintendent of School Union 4
Raymond A. Kenneally was chosen by the joint committee as superintendent of School Union 4 after two failed nominations. The offer of $8,000 for two years was accepted. The Biddeford Board of Education confirmed the election following the vote. Earlier bids for Willard Jacobsen and Andrew Frechette were rejected by vetoes or negative votes. May 3 had seen Donald S. Dow offered the post at $9,000 for two years, who declined.
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Biddeford High
Raymond A. Kenneally
School Union 4
Theenneally
Kenneally
Harvey Grant
Arundel
Biddeford Board of Education
Coyle Smith
Dayton
Willard Jacobsen
Alfred
Lucien Doyon
Biddeford
Andrew Frechette
Fortent
Grant
Joint Committee
BHS
Donald S. Dow
Hopedale
Mass
Dow
Orbit Shot Set For Saturday
Cape Canaveral Florida AP plans to launch astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter into orbit Saturday in the Aurora 7 craft. Despite unfavorable Atlantic weather and 11 foot swells near the Canary Islands where the craft might land if aborted after liftoff, Carpenter’s physical and mental outlook remained bright as the mission neared.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Project Mercury
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Canary Islands
Garland May Hold Debate With Tupper
The Associated Press reports a potential TV debate in May or June between Republican congressmen Stanley Tupper and Peter A. Garland. Tupper accepts an invitation from Portland's WGAN-TV for a joint news conference, while Garland has shown interest but not committed. The station plans to invite all four first district candidates, including Democrats Clyde Bartlett and Thomas L. Maynard.
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Stanley . Tupper
Peter A. Garland
Tupper
Washington
Portland
Wgan-Tv
Garland
Clyde Bartlett
Thomas L. Maynard
Officers Picked By Saco Club
Nomination and election were held last night at the May meeting of the E and L club of Saco. Officers chosen were Mabel Fairfield president Linette Martin honorary advisor LaDora Gannon vice president Georgianna Harriman secretary Mary Rollins treasurer Phyllis Vining press correspondent. Installation will occur at the annual banquet June 12.
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E and L Club
Saco School Street Methodist
Nora York
Ferry Beach
Saco
Elsie Lane
Mabel Fairfield
Linette Martin
LaDora Gannon
Georgianna Harriman
Mary Rollins
Phyllis Vining
Caroline Kennedy Ponies Cleared of Luxury Suspicions
Washington AP reports two ponies Macaroni and Tex faced no proof of living in luxury with human servants. Rep H R Gross questioned a police bill expansion, fearing the horses might be pampered. White House staff deny the claim as the ponies stay under gardener Robert Redmond’s care and reside mainly at Glen Ora in Virginia.
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Washington
Macaroni
Tex
Caroline Kennedy
H. R Gross
White House
Air Force
Hosses
Robert Redmond
Pennsylvania Avenue
Glenora
Kennedy Country Place
Virginia
National Geographic Society
Congress
Martin van Buren
Ulysses S. Grant
Teddy Roosevelt
Scamp
Mike
College Girls Puffing Pipes in New Brunswick
In New Brunswick, a smoke shop proprietor Sam Watkins reports female customers embracing pipe smoking. He claims to have sold about 100 pipes to women in the past three years, mostly college coeds from Douglass College.
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New Brunswick
N. J
P—College
Sam Watkins
Douglass College
Marines Reach Border of Laos War Boost for Southeast Asia
U S Marines arriving in Bangkok with 1800 troops and heavy arms push toward Thailand Laos border. The force, part of SEATO backing, aims to patrol along the Mekong River and bolster a 6000-man regional deployment as Britain Australia and New Zealand pledge token support.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Laos
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Vientiane
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Klong Toey
LSD
Point Defiance
Navarre
Valley Forge
Don Muang
Mekong
Fred A. Steele
Ventura
Calif
Saigon
Paul D. Harkins
Viet Nam
Udon
Ubon
Cambodia
Maine House Speaker backs interstate legislative conferences
SEBAGO AP Maine House Speaker Vinal G Good R Sebago defended conferences of legislative leaders from several states as necessary for progress and new ideas for the 1960s economy He cited checks and balances noting both judicial and executive branches find them worthwhile Rep Jerome Plante D Old Orchard Beach questioned the value and the 1962 Seattle World Fair trip saying travel costs burden taxpayers Good said conferences are not junkets and attendees are reimbursed for only basic expenses and sometimes sacrifice business time Plante did not attend the 1961 Reno Las Vegas meeting and faced questions about its value
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Jerome G. Plante
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Seattle
Wash
Plante
Reno
Las Vegas
Nev
Public Relations Firm Organized in Sanford
SANFORD AP General Consultants Corp a new public relations firm will serve educational health and community clients William Steinhardt longtime Nassau College Springvale PR director since 1955 will lead the company.
Senate Targets Textile Imports Bill Amid Debates
Washington AP The Senate moves toward a vote on a House-passed bill granting the President power to limit or ban cotton textile imports from nonmember nations of a Geneva backed export deal. Two amendments loom, one seeking parity with protections for livestock dairy and poultry, the other urging limits when domestic producers face harm.
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Senate
Kennedy
Oratory
State Department
Lim
Geneva
U. S
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