Rival Congress Plans Professional Sports League
A Western millionaire envisions a rival congress with franchises for a senator and a congressman from each state. He aims to lure Democrats with a six o clock network news show and televise hearings in prime time. The scheme includes television contracts, veteran comebacks, and even a former president tossing the ball.
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Chicago
Congress
Iowa
Illinois
Dan Webster
John Calhoun
Henry Clay
Washington
Texas
Man Falls From Railroad Trestle In Hart Location
Christopher L. Walsh 18 of Woburn Massachusetts was sleeping on a trestle catwalk with three friends when a Maine Central freight rumbled overhead. Walsh fell 40 to 50 feet onto rocks in Bow Brook and was taken to Maine Medical Hospital in Portland.
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Harts
Christopher L. Walsh
Woburn
Mass
Walsh
Maine Central
Bow Brook
Maine Medical Hospital
Portland
New England Drug Traffic Slowed Down
Boston AP report cites a 41 percent drop in street heroin purity over 11 months and a 71 percent rise in price. Addicts seek medical help as supply cuts from Europe and Latin America drive local adulteration. Narcotics agents seized 12 kg heroin and 6 kg cocaine in 99 cases involving 299 defendants amid rising burglaries and armed robberies.
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Boston
New England
Edward R. Cass
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Cass
Europe
Latin America
Vaccine for Mono Could Be Developed By Tests
An Illinois researcher reports human volunteer tests show a vaccine against infectious mononucleosis may be developed. Dr. G F Springer of Northwestern University said injections of mononucleosis antigens produced antibodies, prompting plans for large scale trials. Mono affects children and young adults and is sometimes called the kissing disease due to suspected transmission by kissing. The disease can affect multiple organs and presents grippe like symptoms.
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Washington
Illinois
G. F. Springer
Northwestern University
Springer
International Transfusion Congress
American Association of Blood Banks
Fire Fighters Form Local Union 2168 In Biddeford
Martin E. Pierce of the IAFF AFL-CIO-CLC awards a certificate of affiliation to Biddeford Fire Fighters Association Local 2168. He calls safety gear improvements vital as smoke inhalation remains a top killer. Officers and members list included.
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Boston
International Association of Fire Fighters
Martin E. Pierce
Roger Berthiaume
Afl—Cio
CLC
Biddeford Fire Fighters Association
South Portland
Francis Richardson
Maine
Biddeford
Donald Poirier
Poirier
Commission
Britain asks for orderly reception of Uganda Asians
Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home urged an orderly humane reception for about 50 000 Ugandan Asians with British passports, while a Louis Harris poll showed 71 percent oppose a multiracial society and only 6 percent favor immediate welcome. Leicester and Birmingham warned against influx.
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London
Britain
Uganda
Alec Douglas-Home
Daily Express
Louis Harris
India
Pakistan
Indian Subcontinent
East Africa
Monday Club
Douglas-Home
Leicester
Birmingham
Idi Amin
Miniwanea Chapter to Meet After Summer Recess
The first meeting of Miniwanea Chapter Order of the Eastern Star returns on Labor Day Night at 7 30 p m in Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall West Grand Avenue. Worthy Matron Mrs Marjorie Douglass and Worthy Patron Asa Douglass preside. The Caldecott Medal honors the year's best children's picture book.
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Miniwanea
Order of the Eastern Star
Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall
West Grand Avenue
Marjorie Douglass
Asa Douglass
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