Alleged Spy Aided FBI
A New York psychiatrist Dr. Robert Soble Soblen 60 was arrested on espionage charges tied to a Soviet ring. The indictment names 18 co conspirators including Soviet officials and four Americans. Soble is brother of Jack Soble who has a seven year espionage sentence. Death penalty possible and bail set at 75000 for December hearing.
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New York
FBI
Robert Soble
Soble
Soblen
Jack Soble
Rockland State Hospital
Orangeburg
William B Herlands
Europe
Lavrenti P. Beria
Stalin
United States
Lovdrs
I. Soble
Rockefeller Plaza
Office of Strategic Services
Soviet Union
Igor Y. Melekh
United Nations
William Hirsch
Chicago
Giant Ear Antenna Tracks Weather Satellites Offshore California
At SAN NICOLAS ISLAND California a 60 foot diameter dish listens to a 400 mile high weather satellite as part of NASA’s network. Operators relay infrared data and images to Navy, Air Force and civilian forecasters, enabling global weather tracking and earlier storm warnings.
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San Nicolas Island
Calif
California
Globe
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tiros II
Satellit
Navy
Air Force
Chuckle Reminder on Actions Not Intentions
A humorous note reminds readers that actions define judgment, not intentions, comparing a kind heart to a hard boiled egg. The quip attributes wit to Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Lumumba Narrowly Avoids Mobutu Pursuit in Congo Flight
Reports place ex-Premier Patrice Lumumba 400 miles east of Leopoldville with movements toward Luluabourg Ka isi Province while rumors swirl of an arrest after a car crash near Kikwit. Supporters say he remains on an overland route guided by tribesmen and allies in Idiola Idiofa area.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Stanleyville
Luluabourg
Kasai
Lumumba
Kikwit
Idiola
Kwilu
Idiofa
Bambala
Cleophas Kamitatu
Revolts Quieted as Argentine Fires Subside and Courts Rule on Integration
In Argentina, reports say revolts in Rosario and oil towns near Tartagal were crushed or recaptured with troops, while Salta civilians seized oil facilities. In Louisiana, three federal judges ruled segregation unconstitutional enjoining state officials and lauding opposition to interposition as the path to school integration amid protests surrounding William Frantz Elementary.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Rosario
Salta
Tartaga
Vespucio
Tartagal
New Orleans
Louisiana
Jack Gremillion
Daughtry
William Frantz
Lloyd Foreman
Foreman
Pert resigns Maine Democratic Committee post
Edwin H. Pert of Bath steps down as executive secretary of the Maine Democratic Committee effective December 23. He cites best interests of the party to ensure continuity through 1961 and the 1962 campaign. Pert, a Bath representative, was defeated in the state Senate race on November 8 by a Republican opponent.
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Augusta
Edwin H. Pert
Bath
Maine
Democratic Committee
Pert
Alton A. Lessard
Lewiston
Ito
York County Public Health Nursing Association Meeting
The York County Public Health Nursing association met in Saco with 15 supervisors and visiting staff nurses. Attendees included Mrs Pauline MacLeod and Mrs Hazel Crown, with Miss Roberta Rowe as hostess and Miss Eleanore Irish and Mrs Esther Linscott in leadership roles. Refreshments were served and two films were shown by Navy Recruiter Harold Riddle.
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York County Public Health Nursing Association
Saco Public Health Nursing Office
Pauline MacLeod
Hazel Crown
Sanford Community Health Service
Roberta Rowe
R. N
Saco
Eleanore M. Irish
Portland
Department of Health
Margaret L., Murphy
Biddeford
Florence Poirier
Kennebunkport
Esther Linscott
Kittery
Miss Irish
Miss Rowe
Dorothy Carter
Navy
Harold Riddle
DC 1
Freighter Grounds Off Manitou Island in Michigan Gale
A Liberian freighter Francisco Morazan ran aground off South Manitou Island during a gale near Traverse City Michigan. The captain Eduardo Trizizas reported 14 to 15 aboard with a worsening leak and water filling holds as Coast Guard cutters and helicopters stood by awaiting rescue.
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Traverse City
Mich
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Francisco Morazan
Manitou Island
Eduardo Trizizas
Trizizas
Mes
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
W. E. Chapline
Glen Haven
Leelanau Peninsula
Lower Michigan
Indestructible Churchill Marks 86th Birthday With Brandy Cake
Sir Winston Churchill, aged 86, received a flood of telegrams and birthday wishes at his London home as a 100 pound brandy-soaked cake awaited his planned Churchillian celebration. Despite a back injury from a recent fall, friends expect the former prime minister to indulge in brandy and cigars as well as the ritual toast.
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London
Winston Churchill
Post Office
Manu
United States
Eisenhower
Winston
Sir Winston
Elizabeth II
Macmillan
Webber Hospital Ball Plans Shift to St Jean Baptiste Hall
Meeting at Webber hospital nurses home chaired by committee heads outlines annual Christmas ball sponsored by Webber hospital auxiliary. The dance moves from Saco Armory to St Jean Baptiste hall in Biddeford on December 26 due to renovations. Students home for Thanksgiving show strong interest by purchasing tickets.
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Webber Hospital
St. Jean Baptiste Hall
Jefferson and
Adams Streets
Biddeford
Saco
Growth Is Essence Of Goals
A White House commission outlines hundreds of national goals for the 1960s centering on growth to create jobs and fund education and research. It warns slower growth may force higher taxes and reduced living standards, and urges public and private investment to preserve leadership and freedoms, with education funding doubling by 1970 and civil rights, healthcare, and tax reform among aims.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
White House
Commission On National Goals
Eisenhower
United States
Commission
Perent
Congress
U. S
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Old Orchard Beach
PTA
Thelma Carter
Catherine Boudreau
Mary Cushing
Joan Smith
Percival Wardwell
William McKenzie
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Richard Luetzick
Maine State Highway Commission
Louis DeAngelis
Pacific Missile Range
Point Mogu
City Theatre
RCA Victor
Mobutu
Saco-Lowell
Edward
Orleans Parish
John Garrett
Claiborne Parish
Jimmie H. Davis
French Jordan
Gretna
Mississippi River
Democrat
Cheboygan
Charleve
Churchill
Norman Goggin
Gerald van Fleet
Howard Shaffer
Carleton Davis
Joseph Haley
William O’sullivan
Carl Haas
William Searle
Sterling I’. Green
Sneider’s
Discount Super
Main Street
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