Rayburn Shows Slight Improvement as Cancer Spreads
Dallas AP. House Speaker Sam Rayburn 79 battling extensive cancer at Baylor Hospital after leaving Bonham for rest. Bulletin reports he is no longer sedated and resting comfortably though still serious. Kennedy urged national prayers as doctors predict possible months or weeks ahead. Continued on page two.
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Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Baylor Hospital
Bonham
Washington
Kennedy
Semen
Sam
College Dropout Dilemma Prompts Call for Change
Washington AP report notes enrollments rise yet half of college entrants fail to graduate. Blanchard Rideout of Cornell says 50 percent drop out, with most not due to academics. He urges better counseling and engaging freshman teaching to curb attrition.
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American Council On Education
Blanchard L. Rideout
Cornell University
Chuckle Texas boys dodge traces of father’s steps
A lighthearted note humorously says boys need not follow in their fathers’ paths since the old man left no tracks, credited to Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Fea. Corp
Court Act Cause of Minor Upset
A conflict between the new District Court Act and the Maine Constitution triggers a minor upset in the transition to the new court system. Gov Reed, citing Atty. Gen. Hancock, said legislative extension of municipal court judges’ terms is unconstitutional. Temporary associate judges may be appointed where vacancies occur. Cecil Haete of Caribou was nominated as associate judge. Judge Alvin Perkins’s term expired but no appointment was needed in Piscataquis due to an attorney recorder.
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Cecil Haete
Caribou
Alvin W. Perkins
Guilford
Piscataquis
Pera
Western Allies protest Berlin shootings urge restraint
Western Allies protested to Soviet officials over two shooting incidents involving East German police in Berlin's French sector. General Lucius Clay, Britain's Sir Rohan Delacombe, and East German speaker Max Maron voiced concerns as the Bernauer Strasse area remained tense and walls divided the city.
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Andrei I.solovyev
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Solovyev
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Communist Voice
State Department
Washington
Max Maron
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Jean Lacomme
Clay
Brandt
New York
Bernauerstrasse
Biddeford Teachers Named Three New School Posts
Supt Paul Larrabee announced three Biddeford Public Schools appointments. Claudette M Levesque becomes acting principal at Washington street school during Peter W Judge's military leave. Porter D Leighton will teach grade 5 as Judge replacement. he is UMaine graduate. Mrs Charles K Hartford will teach grade 1 at Bradbury street school replacing Alice P Sullivan. Hartford is Gorham State Teachers graduate.
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Claudette M. Levesque
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South Portion
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Leighton
University of Maine
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Westbrook
Bradbury Street
Alice P. Sullivan
Saco
Hartford
Gorham State
Saco Fire Auxiliary Elects New Officers
The Saco Fire men's auxiliary elected new officers at a Central Fire Station meeting last night. Ruth Scammon is president, Rita J S vice president, Lydia Flood secretary, Madeline Eastman treasurer, Shirley Burba sunshine committee, Maggie Cantara press reporter. Gloria Hevey and Rita Jacques named finance committee with Irma LeBlanc. Mary Cantara refreshment chair. An invitation to Halloween dinner at Camp Ellis on October 19 was accepted. Apron project completed with Winnie Hanson and Connie Hamman receiving aprons. Dinner by Lydia Flood and Gloria Hevey. Shirley Burba and Madeline Eastman led the program. The next meeting is at Central Fire Station on October 26 with Madeline Eastman and Lydia Flood in charge of refreshments.
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Hamman
Lydia Flood
Gloria Hevey
Shirley Burba
Madeline Eastman
Ruthen
Central Fire Station
Madeline Fastman
Ford Union Parley Resumes as Strike Continues
DETROIT RP Full bargaining teams from Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers union resume national contract talks. The session follows a 120,000 worker strike earlier in the week and hinges on progress at local units. Economic issues were settled. the walkout centers on noneconomic contract parts and local differences.
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Ford Motor Co
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Ford Empire
Council Opposes Amendment on Municipal Industrial Building Loans
The Maine Industrial Development Council opposes a proposed constitutional amendment allowing municipalities to borrow for speculative industrial buildings. It warns of cities entering real estate, tax exempt facilities for private firms, and notes the practice is rare in the Northeast. The referendum is slated for Tuesday statewide.
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New England
United States
South
Kennedy-Gromyko Berlin talks open at White House
President Kennedy to meet Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko for a two hour session at the White House amid hopes for progress on Berlin. Officials say no second meeting is planned unless Gromyko requests it. Rusk will attend. The talks come as U Thant of Burma is eyed as a tentative U.N. secretary general candidate.
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U.N
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U Thant
Burma
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Sudan
Dean Rusk
Rusk
New York
State Department
Spy Trial Details Poland to West Germany Escape
Washington state department officer says former U S diplomat Irvin Searbeck aided Polish agents by smuggling his Polish lover Ursula Discher from Poland to West Germany. He admitted to helping conceal secrets for blackmail protection during the embassy leak case in Warsaw.
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United States
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West Germany
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Scarbeck
Samuel Klein
Acr
Leonard W. Walsh
State Department
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