Maine Labor Day Toll Tops New England Records
Labor Day weekend traffic and a drowning in Maine pushed the state’s toll to the highest in New England. Five highway deaths included Warren Norton and other young victims. officials noted heavy travel but cautious driving. Politicians then held Labor Day campaigns praising workers with proposals to boost Maine industry and wage fairness.
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TRE Associated Pri
Maine
New England
Warren Norton
Harpswell
Route 126
Orris KR. Batchelder
Greenwood
Bethel
James A. Robins
Skowhean
Atkinson Corner
Frederick Tourben Hunter
Campobello
New Brunswick
Lubec
Gary Thiodeau
Caribou
New Sweden
Alfred Bartlett
Limestone
Monson Pond
Fort Fairfield
Labor Day
Maine Turnpike
Portland
Reed
Department of Labor and Industry
Department
Coffin
Oliver
Garland
Saco Republican
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Boston Navy
Old Orchard Beach
Davis and Elliott break world marks in Olympic events
Otis Davis of the United States set a world record in the 400 meter run while Australia’s Herb Elliott lowered his own world mark in the Olympic metric mile. Davis’ win left the U S and Russia tied in unofficial medal scores with Russia leading overall.
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Rome
America
Otis Davis
Australia
Herb Elliott
Davis
United States
Russia
Heart Attack Fatal for Earl K Long at 65
Earl Kemp Long, patriarch of Louisiana’s political dynasty, died at 65 after a third heart attack. He had just defeated Harold McSween in the 8th District runoff and was to be honored at burial on Capitol grounds with eight pallbearers including Sen. Russell Long. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Kemp Long
State
Alexandria
First Baptist Church
Winnfield
Long
Capitol
Huey P. Long
Earl Long
U.S
Russell B. Long
D-La
Ole Earl
Congress
Jesse Funderburk
Harold McSween
Executive Mansion
McSween
Chuckle Business Biocycle Rolls On At Steady Pace
A lighthearted note compares Chuckle Business to a biocycle that must keep moving fast to avoid wobbling. The joke mentions Copr. Gen. Fea Corp as the copyright holder.
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Gen
Fea Corp
Record Labor Day Traffic Toll Near 400 Mark
Traffic deaths during the Labor Day weekend totaled near 400 by midnight Monday with 409 in traffic, 24 boating, 81 drownings and 81 miscellaneous. Overall deaths reached 595 compared with 658 in the 1951 holiday.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Warehouse Fire Damages Rockland Fish Meal Facility
A fire in Rockland causes an estimated 125000 dollars in damage to a Maine Sea Products warehouse storing about 13000 tons of fish meal. Fire Chief Wesley Knight says the blaze remains active as thousands of burlap sacks are inspected, with officials unsure of the exact cause but noting possible spontaneous combustion or an intruder's cigarette. No injuries reported.
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Rockland
Maine Sea Products
Richard Hamalainen
Wesley Knight
Hurricane Donna Threat Persists Near Atlantic
Hurricane Donna strong winds up to 125 mph linger as the storm slows to about 10 mph. The system was about 200 miles east southeast of Turks Island and 800 miles east southeast of Miami, with a path that could pass east of the Bahamas and threaten the U.S. mainland.
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Miami
Fla
Donna
Atlantic
U.S
Turks Island
Bahamas
Canadian Labor Day weekend road toll tops records
Fifty five persons were killed on Canada's roads during the three day Labor Day weekend in one of the highest holiday tolls on record.
Lumumba Seeks Parliament Support In Bid For Power
Lumumba calls for emergency parliamentary support to block Kasavubu’s ouster move. Army backing claimed as Congo teeters between fratricidal conflict and a drift toward the Soviet bloc. UN forces guard Kasavubu’s residence while Dag Hammarskjold weighs the crisis.
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Lumumba
Leopoldville
The
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Kasavubu
U.N
Ghana
Jason Senwe
Aroun Kasavubu
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Security Council
Senate
Joseph Ileo
National Congolese Movement
Cuba and Argentina Face Diplomatic Break Over OAS Clash
Havana reports a sharp note from Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa after Argentina protested his OAS attack on President Frondizi. Roa rejected Argentina’s protest, claiming dignity of the Cuban people was defended in San Jose. He accused Argentina of interventionist maneuvers in opposition to Cuba and cited U.S. economic aggression in a defeated Cuban resolution.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Argentina
Raul Roa
Julio A. Amosedo
Arturo Frondizi
Organization of American States
San Jose
Costa Rica
Rao
Brazil
Horacio Lafer
Roa
OAS
U.S
Cua
United States
Last Passenger Train Ends Maine Central Era in Portland
The Maine Central Railroad ran its final passenger train into Union Station at 6 30 a m completing an overnight run from Vanceboro Only 34 passengers rode the last trip with no ceremony as the carrier writes finis to 128 years of service The engineer James Fave of Portland 49 years on the line led a four coach and five baggage train amid two hundred thirty nine miles of darkness Public relations man Hero Baldwin observed there were only pigeons present at the station marking the quiet farewell.
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Portland
Maine Central Railroad
Union Station
The
Maine Central
Finis
Public Utilities Commission
Maine Supreme Court
Vanceboro
James Fave
Hero Baldwin
Baldwin
Kennedy Blasts Ike Policy Over Congo Soviet Flights
Senator John F Kennedy intensifies attacks on President Eisenhower's foreign policy accusing Soviet planes bound for the Congo of using the NATO base at Ath ens. He calls for State Department information and argues the administration has surrendered leadership abroad and failed at home.
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Pocatello
Idaho
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Congo
NATO
Athens
Kennedy
Mountain
Pacific Northwest
Christian A. Herter
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations
Africa
State Department
Muskegon
Mich
United States
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Blaine House
Peter A. Garland
Saco
James C. Oliver
Frank M. Coffin
Woodland
York County
Wavin
US House of Representatives
Earl K. Long
Guaran
EED
R. C. Lamarre
Adams Street
Biddeford
Moscow
National Security Agency
Bernon F. Mitchell
Eureka
Calif
William H. Martin
Ellensburg
Wash
Soviet Union
NSA
Mitchell
Martin
U. S. Navy
Ft. Meade
Mexico City
Army
Mary E. Hill
Dorothy G. Hill
Dayton
Hill
Women’s Army Corps
U. S. Army Medical Department
Fort Devens
Mass
Thornton Academy
SFC
Paul Cobb
Ike
Saco Avenue
Jence P. Paras
Westbrook
Paras
Edward
Swift
Texes
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