Nixon Emphasizes Affinity For Nixon In Illinois
Vice President Richard Nixon said he and President Eisenhower stand united against communism as he campaigned through Illinois after a rough day in Michigan where hecklers threw eggs and tomatoes. He received a strong crowd welcome in Danville as railroad workers reported a piece of metal tied to a track near Fort Wayne, later ruled not a bomb. Governor Stratton predicted Nixon would win Illinois' 27 electoral votes, declaring, We are coming on fast in Illinois.
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Coffin Attacks Reed Over Maine Government Plan
Democratic Congressman Frank M. Coffin told a Bangor audience that Republican rival Gov. Reed is late with his recommendations to streamline Maine government. Coffin labeled Reed’s proposal for a constitutional commission as too little and too late after 10 months of silence on the issue.
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Kennedy Seeks Vital Economy In Pennsylvania Campaign
Kennedy told a Pennsylvania crowd that peace and security require a strong economy, criticizing the Eisenhower era for two recessions and a noted slowdown. He implied Nixon lacks strength and argued Soviet power stems from the USSR’s productive capacity, urging full American economic effort.
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IBI Moves Swiftly To Nab Accused Spies For Soviets
FBI agents rounded up two Soviet spies in New York and Chicago as a federal grand jury indicted Igor Melekh and Willie Hirsch on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. Melekh, head of the Russian language section at the UN, and Hirsch, a German born illustrator, were seized at Manhattan homes amid a nationwide sweep with another co conspirator named.
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Letters By Bishops May Backfire
Gov Luis Munoz Marin and Popular Democratic leaders said the bishops pastoral letter urging Catholics not to vote for their party is boomeranging. Munoz draws larger crowds as bishops pursue the issue against laws on birth control and sterilization of mental defectives. A PD leader quipped that the party needs three more bishops.
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Biddeford ARC Receives Red Cross Funding Support
Biddeford Red Cross chapter will receive area funds subsidies through the 1960 period and into the March 1961 fund drive. Paul Yant of Augusta presented a check to Biddeford executive secretary Miss Anne Curran. A new First Aid instructor was appointed for November classes.
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Joe Zook Market RUMP Whole r Half Real Homemade
Joe Zook Market offers Polish sausage in whole and half portions. Local shoppers inquire about freshness and price as customers sample the handmade links.
Candidates Differ On Time Schedules
A presidential campaign comparison by Arthur Edson notes John F Kennedy often runs late while Richard Nixon is meticulous about timing. Both use hustling, train and motorcade travel, emphasizing nonstop activity, with plane caravans keeping the candidates near constant motion as aides and reporters ride separate aircraft. The piece suggests method parallels despite timing differences.
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Pope Spokesman Denies Puerto Rico Bishop Political Action
In Mobile, Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi said the Catholic bishops of the United States have never taken a political position like Puerto Rico's bishops who urged Catholics not to vote for the Popular Democratic party over laws on birth control and sterilization. Cardinal Cushing backed the view, calling such church political influence out of step with American tradition.
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Oliver Seeks Non Means-Tested Aged Care Plan
Democratic Rep. James C. Oliver urged a comprehensive, federally financed program for medical care and housing for the aged. He spoke in a radio prepared talk proposing costs be a right under Social Security framework and lamented lack of housing in the state for seniors.
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Mitchell counters Catholic block vote in Nixon ticket claim
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell, in Rhode Island campaigning for the GOP, dismissed the idea of a Catholic block vote in the November election. He denied Catholic voters would cast ballots solely for religion, calling Catholics intelligent and civic minded. He noted Kennedy’s influence in press coverage and discussed possible Taft-Hartley Act emergency changes if Nixon wins.
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