Old Orchard Beach Council Split Over Police Budget Action
Three Old Orchard Beach Town Council members were outvoted 4 3 in restricting the police department budget to 41 000. The majority voted to keep the department at 47 000, prompting a public statement from the defeated trio worrying over Friday’s session and charter violations. The dispute also touched on town meeting timing, unexpended advertising funds, and projected overdrafts affecting multiple departments.
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Old Orchard Beach
Sudget
David McCallum
Leopold Sicard
Donald Jones
Dwight McLeod
John Trull
Leslie Wyman
Charles D. Peckham, Jr
MecCallum
McCallum
Highway Department
Palace Amusement Corporation
Guantanamo Base Kept On Alert By U S Marines
AP dispatch from aboard a transport plane en route to Guantanamo Bay describes the base under a wary watch as tensions with Cuba persist. Aboard the C119 the crew maintains radio contact with Florida and Guantanamo while noting the base’s 100 million value and its role for the Atlantic Fleet. About 3,000 personnel, including hundreds of Marines, are stationed there amid a warning stance from both sides regarding possible escalation.
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Fred Hoffman
U.S
Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Cuba
Guantanamo Bay
Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
Florida
Key Caribbean Naval Base
Havana
United States
Chuckle: TV improves access to doctors in modern times
A humorous note claims the fastest path to a doctor now is simply turning on the television. It hints at media as a shortcut to medical access, reflecting the era's view of televised advertising and information.
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Fea, Corp
Tuesday Thursday and Saturday Reading Feature in Journal
A short promotional note announces a weekly reading feature appearing every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday in the Biddeford Saco Journal. It invites readers not to miss the installment and highlights regular publication timing.
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Biddeford
Saco Journal
Berlin Crisis Greatest In Years Causes Likely Reserves Call
Washington AP sources say Soviet threats to Berlin are greater now than in years, driving Kennedy to seek standby authority to call up 150 000 reserves. Cuba factors in, but Berlin risks to NATO are deemed far more dangerous. Congress approval would grant authority, not automatic mobilization. Continued on Page Three.
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Washington
Berlin
Cuba
Kennedy
U.S
Congress
United States offers 14 pound space fragment to USSR
At United Nations a U S offer of a 14 pound fragment claimed from Sputnik IV was presented to the Soviet delegation as a gesture of peaceful space cooperation. Soviet delegate Morozov reacted with surprise and declined to accept the piece for study, calling the move a circus trick.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
Manitowoc
Wis
U.S
Francis T. P. Plimpton
UN Committee On
Plimpton
Platon D. Morozov
Morozov
Outer Space Committee
Smith
Sonian Astrophysical Laboratory
Washington
Steel Officials Questioned On Contempt Over Cost Figures
Washington AP Sen John L McClellan told executives of four steel firms they stood on the borderline of contempt for refusing to share production cost figures. The Judiciary Committee weighs contempt citations against four companies and nine top executives as Kefauver presses for disclosure decisions amid worries for a sick industry.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
McClellan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Full
Judiciary Committee
Steelmen
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Report on Sabin oral polio vaccine expected today
Washington AP reports a government advisory committee is to decide today whether Sabin oral polio vaccine should remain in mass immunization. The Public Health Service said Surgeon General Luther L. Terry would issue a statement after a closed meeting. Canada urged against further use after four paralytic polio cases among four million vaccinated. Sabin defended the vaccine and urged continued use, while U.S. communities push ahead with immunizations. Dr. Terry indicated immunization should continue pending guidance.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Luther L. Terry
Sabin
Federal Health Department
U.S
Albert B. Sabin
Cincinnati University
iThe Associated Press
Canada
United States
San Francisco K.C
Terry
Latrine Duty Claimed as Key RAF Work by Man
Farnborough. An RAF latrine detail member Tim Mahoney says he cannot be discharged because he's deemed a key worker. He complains of 8 to 5 daily cleaning duties and a four year enlistment remaining. His wife and children reside on the base and she dislikes service. An Air Ministry spokesman declined comment, citing priority of service requirements.
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Farnborough
England
Royal Air Force
Tim Mahoney
Air Ministry
Mahoney
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