South Africa to name president after republic vote
South Africans voted 849,958 to 771,978 to establish a republic with a presidential head of state. Officials expect proclamation early next year as Parliament enacts the change. Governor general Charles Swart and finance minister Theophilus Donge loom as leading presidential possibilities.
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South Africa
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South African Press Association
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Verwoerd
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Charles R. Swart
Theophilus E. Donge
Swart
United States
Donges
University of London
Republic
Lewis Bids Sad Farewell To Mine Workers Union
In Cincinnati eighty year old John L. Lewis bids farewell to the Mine Workers Union he led for four decades. Now UMW president emeritus he urges members to protect their union and cling together. He says he has served honestly and step aside due to age and duty. Continued on Page Two.
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Mine Workers Union
Cincinnati
Ohio
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UMW
America
Today's Chuckle Diet Joke Hits The Wallet
A lighthearted cartoon caption notes dieting is easy when meals align with affordable prices. The joke, credited to Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp., riffs on how scarcity shapes eating choices in modern times.
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Fea. Corp
Rivals Debate Tonight in Second Nixon Kennedy Faceoff
Washington AP says Republican Richard Nixon and Democrat John F Kennedy meet in the second televised debate tonight at 7:30 p.m. EDT. A four-newsman panel will question them on foreign and domestic issues without opening statements, with replies limited to two minutes each. The NBC studio in Washington hosts the event carried by major networks. Frank McGee of NBC chairs the proceedings.
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John F. Kennedy
Richards Nixon
NBC
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Nixon
Chicago
Frank McGee
Education For All Is Advocated At Maine Teachers Meet
PORTLAND AP Another speaker at the Maine Teachers Association convention opposes Admiral Rickover's educational theories. Prof George P F Bereday of Columbia urged adherence to the American system of education for all. He and Rickover, an advocate of selective education, are poles apart. At an institute on the teacher as a citizen Democratic Rep Frank M Coffin and ex Senator Owen Brewster agreed teachers should be active in politics outside the school and that there are dangers. You probably will come under fire anyway for being politically involved Brewster said, but Coffin stressed that one and a half million teachers can't deprive the United States of their high intelligence.
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Maine Teachers Association
Hyman Rickover
George P.F. Bereday
Columbia University
Rickover
Frank M. Coffin
U.S
Owen Brewster
Brewster
Coffin
United States
Castro Mutes Invasion Details Amid Cuban Hunt
Fidel Castro's government sealed secrecy on anti invasion actions after 200 men in four groups reportedly landed near Cuba's northeast shore this week. Official word acknowledged only one landing of about 27 men with leaders killed or captured. others fled into Oriente Province mountains. Three Americans were among 24 survivors who reached the hills.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Santiago
Raul Castro
Armed Forces
Oriente
Fulgencio Batista
U.S
United States
Eisenhower
Red Victory Claim Premature At United Nations
William L. Ryan analyzes U N Assembly action as the Communists overstate a victory over the United States The piece argues Asian and African nations may doubt the Soviet claim and notes Soviet meddling in the Congo as a factor weakening Communist standing with newly independent states
Coffin urges lobstermen conference in Maine economy boost
Democratic governor candidate Frank Coffin proposed a yearly lobstermen conference to be run by business groups and the lobster industry. He said it would serve as a practical workshop to cut costs and raise haul in coastal Maine. Separately, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and Lucia Cormier agreed to a November US Senate debate on television.
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Frank M. Coffin
Maine
Rotary Club
Rockland
Coffin
Smith-Cormier
Portland
Margaret Chase Smith
Lucia M. Cormier
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Accidents In Maine Claim Four Lives
Four people died in Maine on Thursday from accidents including electrocution, fire, and a hunting-related shooting. Bangor resident Joseph Clushner, 93, died after a match ignited his bedding in a home for the aged. Calais lineman Donald E. Claridge Jr., 18, was electrocuted atop a pole after touching a 2300 volt wire. Lawrence Lane, 24, of Livermore Falls, was killed when a pruning pole struck wires while he worked in a tree. In Hinckley, Malcolm Salisbury, 15, was accidentally shot by a hunting companion, marking the season’s first fatality.
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Associated Press
Maine
Joseph Clushner
Bangor
Donald E. Claridge, Jr
Calais
Lawrence Lane
Livermore Falls
Hinckley
Malcolm Salisbury
Youncer
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