Maine Bonded Debt Tops 106 Million After Vote
Maine voters approved bond measures in a special election adding nearly 31 million to the bonded debt, pushing total debt to a record over 106 million. Major approvals included 10 million for University of Maine housing and 13 million for highway bonds, with smaller capital and Belfast U.S. 1 bypass bonds passing. turnout was about 10 percent, with Portland showing a notably light statewide participation.
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Maine
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Penobscot Bay Islands
University of Maine
U.S. 1
Belfast
Long Island
Clauson
Owever
Lloyd Elliott
University
Arthur H. Duffett
Elliott
Androscoggin
Capital Improvement
Van Doren Seen Evading Subpoena in Quiz Show Probe
Washington AP reports Charles Van Doren, famed $129000 winner of Twenty-One, is billed for a congressional appearance as the inquiry into rigged quiz shows resumes. Rep. Oren Harris accuses Van Doren of deliberately evading service after a subpoena and NBC suspends him from work. Columbia grants a week’s leave as the probe continues.
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Washington
Charles van Doren
House
Columbia University
van Doren
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Legislative ‘Oversight
Harris
Model Boy Held For Slaying Two
In LAnse Michigan a 16 year old, Eugene Paquet, is held for the killings of Edward Frosland age 44 and his daughter Lila Lynn 10. Prosecutor Konstenius says the boy admitted the slayings and may be tried for first degree murder. Neighbors call him a strict Baptist and a good boy despite the alleged planning in a notebook found in his room.
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L’anse, Mich
Ferdinand Paquet
Paquet
Konstenius
Frosland
Lila Lynn
Drifting TNT Halts Shippers On St Lawrence Seaway
A drifting bargeload of 8000 pounds of dynamite aboard a watchman boat broke loose from Beauharnois and drifted nine hours along the St Lawrence Seaway. Gusty winds pushed it around Lake St Louis, it hit a sand bar near St Bernard's Island, and traffic was halted across the CP Railway bridge between Montreal Island and Caughnawaga while crews tied it down. The dynamite is for a construction project.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Beauharnois
Lake St. Louis
St. Bernard's Island
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal Island
Caughnawaga
St. Lawrence River
Saco Council Approves Bay View Land Purchase
Saco City Council voted to pay 5000 dollars for a Bay View land parcel after York County Superior Court decision. The purchase funds come from unappropriated surplus. project plans include a parking lot with future development by later administrations. Cold weather may delay work until spring.
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Saco
York County
George Brickates
Garland
William F. Wilson, Jr
Saco City Hall
Probe Ends Into Death Of Actress
BRACKETTVILLE Tex AP Arrangements to fly the body of slain actress LaJean Ethridge 26 back to Hollywood today Sue Stevens 25 sister of the actress released a letter in which County Atty John J Tobin said his probe found no improper personal conduct by the slain woman The actress died when a hunting knife was driven into her chest early Sunday at the house she stayed in while working on the movie The Alamo being filmed nearby Chester M Smith 32 one of four male troupe members living in the same house was charged with murder Other troupe members blamed professional jealousy
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the Alamo
Chester M. Smith
Peace Prospects Boosted by Senator Smith Optimism
In Portland and Kennebunk Maine, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith expressed optimism that real peace is possible now, saying Khrushchev seems to want a breathing spell to boost consumer goods over war. She contrasted modern leadership with Stalin and noted public demand shaping policy. About 150 attended the Kennebunk remarks and a Providence GOP women’s meeting was announced for October.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Arundell Women’s Republican Club
Kennebunk Town Hall
Arundel
Republican Women's Club
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Sen. Smith
Russia
United States
Stalin
Providence
R. L
Kennebunk Lower Village
Lillian Cleaves
Saco
Satellite Launched to Probe Space and Weather
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP A powerful Juno II rocket launched at 1131 pm EDT carrying a 912 pound gyroscope satellite Explorer VII to study cosmic radiation. NASA expected orbit status within about two hours as the 76 foot launcher arched skyward and vanished into a cloud bank.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Employment Drops In September
Washington reports a seasonally adjusted decline of 894,000 in total employment to 66,347,000 for September as student resumption and job seekers leaving the labor market shrink the pool. Unemployment also falls by 196,009 to 3,230,000, with officials joking about labor forecasts if October idle figures exceed three million.
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Washington
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Labor Department
Mitchell
McDonald Calls Steel Chiefs to Halt 91 Day Walkout
President David J. McDonald urged the heads of the four largest steel firms to meet immediately to resolve the 91 day strike. He spoke during testimony to Eisenhower’s fact finding board which will decide by Friday if a Taft Hartley injunction to reopen mills is justified for an 80 day cooling off period. McDonald expressed desire to sit with chief executives to directly negotiate and settle the dispute.
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Washington
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Eisenhower
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