Auto Workers Strike As Ford Deadlock Develops
Ford Motor Co. 120,000 production workers walked off the job in a nationwide strike the first against Ford in 20 years. About 45,000 workers were out at 16 plants as talks failed to reach a contract by the 10 a.m. deadline. Negotiations resume after a 24 hour recess with orderly picket lines. UAW President Walter P. Reuther and Ford VP Malcolm L. Denise led marathon talks, noting economic terms were largely resolved with contention over contractual issues critical to Ford’s competitiveness.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Hay Motor Co
Malcolm L. Denise
Reuther
Denise
General Motors Corp
General Motors
Ford Union
Fallout Shelter Crisis Ends Narrowly in New Hampshire
Hampton Beach AP report details two men Kennedy and Moore entering an above ground fallout shelter to stay five days. Air failure cut their test short, prompting a near fatal escape as the concrete shelter malfunctioned. Kennedy, 34, runs a restaurant. Moore, 22, from North Hampton. Continued on Page Two.
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Hampton Beach
N.H
William Kennedy
Robert Moore
North Hampton
Kennedy
Memphis Schools Admit First Negroes Desegregation in Memphis
Memphis Public Schools desegregate as 13 Black children join four formerly white schools under heavy police presence. The move follows a federal court case and secret timing, with 6 year olds tested and homes visited. no incidents were reported amid a tense and thinly publicized process in southwest Tennessee.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Tennessee
Mississippi
Delta Alpha Club Elects Officers and Appoints Committees
Delta Alpha club met at Mrs Helen Daly’s Ocean Park summer home. Edith Hutchins was reappointed president with Tarbox, Emerson, Dow, Hurd and Tate in officer roles. New appointive committees include Thanksgiving Packard Hutchins, Christmas Tarbox, investigating Lamb Roberts, finance Carter Gowen McIntire, ways and means Shane Whitehurst McIntire Cobb, water carrier McIntire. Twelve members and a guest attended. next meeting October 16 with Shane hosting and Whitehurst assisting. President Hutchins presided yesterday.
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Delta Alpha Club
Helen Daly
Ocean Park
Catherine Carter
Edith Hutchins
Dorothy Tarbox
Edna Emerson
Marion Dow
Alice Hurd
Ethel Tate
Sunshine
Ruby Packard
Geraldine Hutchins
Tarbox
Jadys Lamb
Ethel Roberts
Ethel Gowen
Mildred McIntire
Mildred Shane
Charlotte Whitehurst
Ethel Cobb
FE. Hutchins
Emerson
Cobb
Shane
Whitehurst
McIntire
Tate
Rose Wilcox
Edith Marston
Daly
Carter
Hutchins
Stranded Irish American Tourists Gain Flight Home
Shannon Ireland AP 98 Irish American tourists stranded for a week finally get a $6000 bank draft from Los Angeles to cover landing fees and fuel. Their Erin’s Own Club chartered flight from Chicago is cleared after a precautionary inspection by Capt Jerry McCabe and Ed Kline. Five of the 103 original travelers departed on a scheduled flight Monday night.
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Shannon
Ireland
Los Angeles
President Air Lines
Erin's Own Club of
Chicago
Jerry McCabe
Ed Kline
U.S
Federal Aviation Agency
Belief Grows Gov Reed Will Call For Session May Decide Today
Augusta officials weigh a special legislative session as Gov Reed faces pressure to act on an educational TV network. Speculation centers on a call to reconvene, with omissions in prior sessions cited as bolstering urgency. A committee led by Harold Glidden will study the cost of an ETV network and meet next Monday.
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Augusta
State House
Reed
Executive Council
Federal Communications Commission
Calais
FCC
Bangor
ETV
Knox County
Isle Au Haut
House of Representatives
Freeman Township
Franklin County
Frank E. Hanecock
Presque Isle
Harold Glidden
Five School Chums Die Together in Crash Near School
In Indianapolis five Franklin Central High School students and friends died after their car was struck by a swift New York Central passenger train near the school. The victims, Robert Altmeyer 17 and four others aged 14 to 16, were killed minutes after leaving classes. Neighbors recall them as inseparable friends.
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Indianapolis
John Altmeyer
Robert
Franklin ‘Central High School
New York Central
Altmeyer
Laural Elaine
Stephen Pratt
Nadine Louise
Linnie Taylor
Marion County
Pratt
Indianapolis Union Station
Verna C. Zander
De Gaulle defies critics on Algeria self rule plan
Paris AP reports President Charles de Gaulle declared in a nationwide radio TV speech that Algeria must reach self determination, forming a provisional executive to run Algerian affairs and a 50 000 strong Force Publique to ensure its work. Separately in Mercer AP three Skowhegan teens Trudy Salisbury Linda Greenleaf and Diane Armstrong aged 15 14 and 16 were found safe after an overnight hike in rainy woods near North Pond Belgrade chain.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Force Publique
de Gaulle
Salisbury
North Pond
Belgrade Chain of Lakes
US Seeks Nuclear Rocket Flight Within Five Years
Washington AP United States aims to have a rocket with a nuclear engine ready for flight testing in about five years. Harold Finger of NASA says nuclear propulsion is necessary for manned interplanetary flights. The program, named RIFT reactor in flight test, involves NASA and the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Harold B. Finger
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
International Astronautical Congress
NASA
Atomic Energy Commission
BIW to Buy Hyde Windlass Co in Bath
Bath Iron Works board votes to acquire Hyde Windlass Co of Bath, maker of marine and special machinery. BIW President John Newell says 2,500 Hyde Windlass shares are valued at 3 million dollars.
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BIW
Plant Bath
Bath Iron Works Board of Directors
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath
John Newell Sai
Hyde Windlass
Red China Admits Economic Struggles Amid Soviet Debt
Peiping reviews its economic setbacks during Oct 1 celebrations marking the 12th anniversary of the regime. Editorials admit difficulties in agriculture and industry, note droughts floods and typhoons, and stress a push to raise light industry and handicrafts while addressing raw material shortages feeding heavy industry.
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Tokyo
Red China
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Peiping
Red
China
Peiping People’s Daily
Army To Retry Nike Zeus Antimissile Test Next Weekend
Army plans a second attempt to fire the Nike Zeus antimissile over the Pacific, likely Saturday, as it bids anew for funds to start limited production and to continue development. The 1963 request totals about 200 million for Zeus development and about 100 million for production, bringing total Zeus R and D to roughly 1.4 billion.
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Washington
Army
Pacific
Point Mugu
Calif
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Water mains flushing notice for Kennebunk, Wells and K Port
The Kennebunk, K Port and Wells Water District informs customers it will flush mains during evenings from 6 30 p m to 1 00 a m for the next three weeks to minimize inconvenience. Thank you for your patience.
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Alfred Street
Biddeford
Joseph Goulet
George Dionne, Jr
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Ronald Lauzon
Story
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Copr
Gen
Fea. Corp
Syria
Damascus
Mamoun Kuzbari
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Syrian Arab Republic
Kuzbari
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Saco
Annie Woodman
Albert Simard
Robert Lavigne
Walter Wood
John K. Roberts
Skowhegan Girls
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Charles Thompson
Biddford
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Zeus
Tience
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