US pressuring Soviets for prompt removal of jets in Cuba
The United States increases diplomatic pressure on the Soviet Union to remove jet bombers from Cuba, deeming it a matter of faith and leverage in talks with Khrushchev. Kennedy has warned no progress on other fronts until bomber withdrawal is settled, amid Castro missile and air threats and potential for heightened tensions.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Cuba
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Tro
U.S
Castro
Equation Stumps Space Experts At Los Angeles Lunch
Harvard astronomy professor Dr. Carl Sagan stunned a crowd of American Rocket Society members in Los Angeles with a blackboard equation estimating the probability that intelligent life from outer space has visited Earth. Using symbols for star formation, planetary systems, life development, and civilization lifetimes, his formula suggests at least a million of the Milky Way’s 100 billion stars host planets with civilizations capable of interstellar travel.
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Los Angeles
Carl Sagan
Harvard University
American Rocket Society
Outer Space
Earth
Sagan
Dr. Sagan
Milky Way Galaxy
Water Wheel Holds Own In Lewiston
In Lewiston two and a half miles of canals feed water to area textile mills to power looms. Union Water Power Co, now a Central Maine Power Co subsidiary, supplies river water to generators. Old mill wheels give way to turbine generators supplying the Androscoggin mills. About 25 workers maintain canals built 1850 to 1860 with stonework damaged by frost.
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Lewiston
Union Water Power Co
Central Maine Power Co
UWP Co
Androscoggin
Lewiston Falls
Paul W. Bean
Canal St
Oxford St
Bates Mfg. Co
Bean
Bates and Hill
Pepperell Mfg. Co
People who look down on others face a bluffing fate
A witty quip from the humor column notes that those who sneer at others may be living on a bluff, suggesting vanity and arrogance lead to a laughable downfall.
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Sen
Fea, Corp
FBI Discovers Weapons Cache in New York
The FBI seized a cache of weapons and explosives equipment from pro Castro hubs in New York. Three people were arrested, including a Cuban mission member to the United Nations, on conspiracy to sabotage charges.
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Washington
FBI
United Nations
New York
Democrats Endorse Lamontagne In Saco Mayoral Contest
Harvey W. Lamontagne Jr. won the Democratic City Committee endorsement for mayor at a Saco City Hall caucus Tuesday, setting up a race with Frank M. Jones of the Democratic Social Club. The endorsement marks a recurring clash between the two groups, with prior races showing alternating outcomes. Lamontagne’s nomination follows early announcements as GOP nominee Dr. J Edward Whelan and Jones’s club endorsement. City committee chair Chandler Boutet said the Lamontagne endorsement was unanimous.
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Harvey W. Lamontagne Jr
Democratic City Committee
Saco City Hall
Lamontagne
City Committee
Democratic Social Club
Frank M. Jones
The
Social Club
Charles R. Cote
Robert Jones
Cote
Roland Chenard
Joseph Kenneally
GOP
J. Edward Whelan
Jones
Chandler Boutet
Haiti Resumes Feud With Catholic Church
SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic AP The Negro Republic of Haiti renews its feud with the Church accusing Roman Catholic bishop Paul Robert of crusading against voodoo and ordering him and three priests deported. The government also claims the bishop conducted a defamation campaign against President Francois Duvalier in 1957.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Paul Robert
Strongman
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Robert
New York
Miami
Fla
Rome
Vatican
Robin
George Martin
Salius
Gonaives
Port-au-Prince
Caribbean
United States
US Moves Toward Moon Shot With Saturn Test Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. AP The United States advances toward a manned lunar mission as NASA conducts the third successful Saturn booster test flight lasting 4 minutes 55 seconds with full tanks. Eight engines on the first stage produced 1.3 million pounds of thrust as Von Braun and Holmes praise progress and plan Saturn No 4 and No 5 tests, refining the second stage and overall vehicle integration.
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Cape Canaveral Fla
United States
D. Brainard Holmes
Manned Space Flight
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wernher von Braun
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Saturn
von Braun
Cabana Seeks Ward 5 Alderman Seat in Saco Run
Albert A. Cabana of 14 Irving Street Saco announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for alderman in Ward 5 in support of mayoral hopeful Dr. J Edward Whelan. Cabana a former city clerk and longtime Republican activist cites a thrifty intelligent administration and tax dollar stewardship for Saco.
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Albert A. Cabana
Irving Street
Saco
J. Edward Whelan
Cabana
St. Joseph High School
Biddeford
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Peter A. Garland
Saco Tanning Corp
Saco-Lowell
Maine
Republican City Committee
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American Red Cross
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Glenhaven Circle
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Lester Black
Lowell Innes
Harry Rufiero
Theodore T. Young
Young
Ruby Hannaford
Lee Roberts
Katherine Hazelton
Martha Worcester
Roger Bergeron
Biddeford High School
Constance Beaudoin
Waterhouse Field
Biddeford Junior High School
Beaudoin
Dorothy Boisvert
Paul M. Stebbins
Cheryl Marcille
Pearl Jacques
Biddeford High School Activities Association
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Lewiston Evening Journal
SKY Dragon
Scarborough
Moon
Boston
Charles E. Huggins
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Society of Clinical Surgery
Huggins
Strgical Research Laboratories
Massachusetts General
Albert A. Cabana Photo
Valliere
Thornton Academy
Lester M. Black
North Street
Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Ralph Meserve
Oliver Johnson
Roderick Johnston
Gene Palmer
Paul Chadbourne
Lester Austin
Peter Carew
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Lence
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