Washington Pays Homage To Ex President Hoover
Washington observes the nation’s 31st president Herbert Hoover in state at the Capitol rotunda after his passing at age 90. A grand arrival protocol includes the Union Station train, a horse drawn caisson, and a multi-service pallbearer detail. Notables attend including Johnson, Nixo n, and Hoovers family while Eisenhower and Truman are absent due to health. Dr. Harris delivers a eulogy praising Hoover’s wide career and blameless life as mourners reflect on his relief work and ongoing legacy.
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Capitol
Herbert Clark Hoover
United States
Senate
House
Union Station
Johnson
Hoover
Richard M. Nixon
Army
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Frederick Brown Harris
Waldorf Towers
New York City
U N block of Red China questioned by State Department
U S officials say Communist China likely will be denied UN admission again, with votes near last year's tally of 41 for, 57 against, 12 abstentions. France and some African former colonies may back seating, while a two thirds vote is required to change representation. U.S. criticizes double standard over nuclear deterrence and UN membership.
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Washington
United States
China
United Nations
Peking
State Department
U.N
Ethiopia
France
Ormer
Africa
U.S
Jury List Padded For Murder Trial in York County
In York County a murder jury panel expanded with 25 more prospective jurors during the sixth day of Joseph R. Mac Donald’s trial. Sheriff Dutremble and deputies brought in jurors from several towns to fill the exhausted list, leaving nine seated after a day of questioning and dismissals.
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Alfred
York County
Joseph R. MacDonald
Rochester
N.H
Richard D. Dutremble
Pepe
Ork County
William S. Silsby
Diana Hartigan
Roland A. Michaud
Leonard W. Crowley
Gertrude Gowen
Eric Allaire
Henry H. Morin
Eva Allaire
Jean Morin
Sanford
Fred Monsur
Shapleigh
Jean B. Thornton
Waterboro
Edward J. Ryan
Saco
Ralph Duniels
Acton
Ryan
Justice Silsby
William P. Donahue
Donahue
MacDonald
Lloyd P. LaFountain
Frank Hancock
Curtis Dinsmore
Chuckle About Beatniks Reflects Abe Lincoln Tie
A lighthearted quip notes that anyone resembling Abe Lincoln can’t be all bad. The joke, attributed to TM WRR General Feature Corp, frames a playful comparison between beatniks and the tall hat era icon.
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Abe Lincoln
Fea. Corp
Suslov Seen Possible Leader of Peking Peace Mission
Moscow reports say Mikhail Suslov, top Soviet theoretician and aging power broker, may head a peace mission to Beijing. He has lately been out of sight and may be ill after attending Marshal Biryuzov’s funeral. No official confirmation, but his role in the Soviet Chinese dispute marks him as a likely mediator.
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Mikhail Suslov
Soviet Union
Cian
Peking
Suslov
Mao Tze-tung
Red Square
Sergei S. Biryuzov
Biryuzov
Tthe
Kremlin
China
Khrushchev
Turning clocks back for Daylight Saving time
In the small hours of Sunday morning we return to standard time and gain an extra hour of sleep. Set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. unless you follow exact rules, in which case do so at the designated time.
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Hoyle
Presidents Dominate News In Review Week
The Associated Press reviews a week of presidential focus with Hoover dying in New York and ex presidents Eisenhower and Johnson in mourning. Nixon era debates and FBI findings on Walter Jenkins echo party tensions as Election Day nears and Goldwater challenges morale concerns with security questions.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Hoover
Johnson
New York
Barry Goldwater
FBI
Walter Jenkins
J. Edgar Hoover
Jenkins
United States
White House
Goldwater
California
GOP
Nuisance Taxes Spark Review of York County Levy
York County residents paid about 6.445 million dollars in excise taxes last year as part of nationwide duties on items from matches to liquor. The Ways and Means Committee has begun hearings on reducing or eliminating many nuisance taxes that producers and consumers alike consider unnecessary burdens.
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York County
House
Ways and Means
State of
Maine
State of Maine
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Lookout Hotel Set to Fall to Demolition Crew
Lookout Hotel on Saco Avenue in Old Orchard Beach faces demolition. Built between 1880 and 1885, the Fern Park landmark has a varied ownership history from Revere House to current owner Edmund Mrowka of Portland. Historic figures like wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko once used the site, which sits among early 19th century summer hotels linked to the town’s tourist start in 1820.
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Peggy Welch
Old Orchard Beach
Saco Avenue
Ernest Brousseau
School Street
Brousseau
Henry Bull
New Hampshire
Fern Park
Revere House
Warren Harmon
Mr. Huntington
George Sears
Edmund Mrowka
Portland
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Wladek
Zbyszko
East Grand Avenue
New York City
Leon Jones
Savannah
Staples Inn
Portland Avenue
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Robert L. Bradley
Eli Lilly and Co
Louisville
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