Train Bus Crash Stuns Salinas Crossing Crowd
Highway Patrol says Espinosa claimed he did not hear or see the train until the bus was on the tracks. Engineer Cripe of San Luis Obispo blew the whistle as the bus halted, then watched it creep onto the rails and be struck by a 70-car sugar beet train traveling 50 mph. Espinosa is held on a felony manslaughter open charge.
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Highway Patrol
Francis Simmons
Espinosa
Robert E. Cripe
San Luis Obispo
Southern Pacific
Cripel
Cindy Hurricane Strikes Beaumont Area Floods City
The storm Cindy caused heavy rains and low pressure over Beaumont with 80 mph winds dropping to 20 to 40 mph. Seventeen of 35 injured were in critical condition as officials evacuated residents to higher ground and shelters prepared for flood refugees. About 3,600 evacuees in Texas and 10,000 in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, were told to relocate.
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Beaumont
Cindy
Amelia
Port Arthur
Galveston
Texas
Louisiana
Cameron Parish
Kennedy Seeks Tax Cuts in Budget Amid Hurricane Aftermath
Observers expect a presidential recognition of a bill provision for economy and tax relief to boost the U.S. economy. Chairman Wilbur Mills says the intent is tax reduction not increased spending, signaling a clear choice. Republicans say executive or majority sentiment alone will not suffice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur D. Mills
D.ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Telephone Workers May Call Strike On Monday
About 12 000 New England Telephone Co. employees could strike at 1201 a m EDT Monday if a contract dispute remains unresolved. Union president Edward L. Garvin said the executive council would act to strike if issues fail to satisfy the group. The dispute centers on work classifications and contract interpretation, with talks held today with federal mediator John J. Sullivan.
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Boston
New England Telephone Co
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Edward L. Garvin
Biddeford
Robert Conroy
Conroy
John J. Sullivan
Brown
IBTW
NET
New England
Connecticut
Garvin
Federal Mediation Service
State Conciliation Service
Employees At Webber Add Sum To Building Fund
Webber Hospital workers near a 13800 building fund goal have raised 13220 from 129 subscriptions averaging over 102 each. Funds support a new first floor waiting room with a commemorative plaque, with several department representatives listed among active volunteers.
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Webber
Webber Hospital
A. J. Miller
Alice A. Lessard
Warren Harriman
Eliada Pray
Edmund Fearon
Lucius da Lord
Edith Waddell
Ruth Landon
Doris Barth
Margaret Dansereau
Esther Taylor
Iola Mitchell
Louise Smith
Beach Youths Given Probation By Judge Nason
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Two minors received suspended sentences to the State School for Boys and six months of probation in Biddeford Municipal Court Judge Gerald C Nason presided In a first case a 16 year old pleaded guilty to theft of four hubcaps from the Beach His two accomplices aged 14 and 11 were admonished and returned to their parents In a second hearing the parents of a 14 year old were ordered to reimburse 358 66 for damage to two cars and further restitution was ordered to a Scarborough homeowner for lawn damage by a vehicle during the youth custody The judge heard no other cases today
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Old Orchard Beach
Gerald C. Nason
Biddeford
Nason
Scarborough
Bath Iron Works union signs three year pact
Bath Iron Works Corp and the union reach a three year contract including a company paid pension plan. In year three all workers receive a five cent hourly raise for those at 2.24 or more, four cent raise below that level and merit increases for 25 percent of the workforce. The pension plan starts with a 75 percent of last decade average wage and years of service funded by a trust with an initial liability of 4.97 million dollars. Local 6 I U Marine and Shipbuilding Workers AFL-CIO to hold ratification vote Thursday night.
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BATH
Bath Iron Works Corp
Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Daughters of Ruth Elect Officers at Biddeford Church
The Daughters of Ruth of the First Universalist Church Biddeford held a meeting in the church ladies parlor to nominate officers. President Mrs Leonard Emmons led the session with numerous members in attendance and refreshments served by Miss Roberts and Mrs Emmons.
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Walter Hutchins
Ruthford Wilcox
Ben Wood
Daughters of Ruth
First Universalist Church
Biddeford
Leonard Emmons
Guy Burnham
John Dickerson
Albert Wentworth
Paul McIntire
Edmund Beal
Harry Gowen
Jane Day
Laura Bridgman
Ethel Roberts
Harry Smith
Miss Roberts
Emmons
Stolen base king Maury Wills names tough pitchers from last season
Maury Wills, the stolen base champion with 104 steals, cites Larry Jackson, Warren Spahn, and Roger Craig as the most troublesome pitchers he faced on the bases last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury Wills
Larry Jackson
Warren Spahn
Roger Craig
Stirling Will Aid Veterans With Problems
Joseph Stirling, service officer of Owen-Davis Post, American Legion, will be at the Beach Street Saco post home every Wednesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. starting Oct. 2 to assist widows and veterans with pension problems and questions. William Huot is a patient at Notre Dame Hospital and William Taylor is convalescing at home. A flag burning ceremony is planned for Memorial Field in Biddeford.
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Joseph Stirling
Owen-Davis Post
American Legion
Saco
William Huot
Notre Dame Hospital
William Taylor
Kenneth Durgin
Veterans Council
Memorial Field
Biddeford
Norman Harvey
Roger Grant
Industrial Agent Plans Appeal of Dismissal in Augusta
Raymond A. Cote of Augusta says he will appeal his dismissal from the Department of Economic Development to the State Personnel Board. He contests a charge of making a false activity report for August 14 and 15, insisting he has eight years of service behind him and helped create the division. Macy declined to comment beyond confirming the dismissal.
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Cote
DED
Macy
Prison Trustee Dore Escapes from Jail Grounds
Somerset County Jail trustee Clifford Dore Jr. aged 25 gained about seven hours of unauthorized freedom from the grounds Tuesday. He left the jail yard and was later picked up by Bangor city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skowhegan
Clifford Dore Jr
Somerset County
Dore
Bangor
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Salinas
Xing City
Kennedy
Eautify
Dacron
Nichols
N Company
Pepperell Sheet
Clenanl
Rayon and
Dacron Dacron
Fiberglas
Albert G. Brown
Ruth
Stirling
Seaboard Realty CO
Main Street
I. Zaitlin & Sons, Inc
Elm St
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