Maine House Member Easton Resigns Over Education Reform
Rep. John L. Easton Jr. resigns from the Maine House after moving from Winterport to Dover Foxcroft, cites need for educational reform, urges continued action on teacher certification and high school accreditation. A Winterport special election is expected Nov. 5. Easton notes reforms faced heavy lobbying and limited success in his first term.
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Augusta AP
John L. Easton Jr
Maine
House of Representatives
Reed
Winterport
Dover- Foxcroft
Easton
Department of Education
Hurricane Cindy Subside Relieves Beaumont Flood Threat
In Beaumont Texas heavy work by responders kept floodwaters from breaching an eight foot levee protecting Port Acres as Cindy waned. Thousands of evacuees could return while officials estimate damage up to 10.5 million and seek disaster designation. officials warn of residual showers through south Texas and potential impacts on nearby Port Arthur and Neches River drainage.
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Jefferson County Civil Defense Council
Texas
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Port Arthur
Neches
Here
U.S
Cindy
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Order Restored In Indonesia City
Indonesian troops restored order in Jakarta after a 10,000-strong mob raged over Britain’s Malaysia federation plan. British women and children prepared to leave as Sukarno denounced the violence and warned protection of British subjects.
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Singapore
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Bracero Program Questioned After Salinas Crash
Salinas Calif AP mounting investigations and public outcry follow a railroad crossing collision that killed 28 Mexican migrant workers souring support for extending the Bracero program. Rep Henry B Gonzalez urged defeat of a bill renewing the labor import right. Six of the injured remain near death as investigators probe why the bus crossed the tracks after stopping near Chualar.
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Calif
Henry B. Gonzalez
D-Tex
Boulder
Colo
National Council of Churches
California
Kennedy Urges Tax Cut Support Across Nation
President Kennedy appeals for public backing of the 11 billion dollar tax reduction, arguing benefits from washers to a stronger dollar and global standing. He warns the bill risks delay and urges quick passage despite Republican opposition as House votes loom.
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Kennedy
William E. Miller
Classes Resume Peaceably At Uneasy Michigan School
In Jackson Michigan police guarded Parkside High School as classes resumed after a disturbance in which white and Negro youths threw stones and police arrested ten students. Three dozen officers were deployed and a crowd dispersed with a fire extinguisher after tensions linked to Birmingham race violence.
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Alabama
George Kiesel
Birmingham
Parkside
Kiesel
Roscoe Gray
Jackson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Harold White
George Romney
Elven Duvall
Parkside High School
Solon Reverses on Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Washington AP Sen Frank Lausche of Ohio said he will vote against ratifying the limited nuclear test ban treaty, warning it could spur Soviet dominance and endanger the United States. Lausche had supported the pact but changed position, joining others opposing it as Kennedy pushes for broad support to show a peaceful stance.
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Washington
Frank Lausche
D-Ohio
Senate
Russia
U.S
Lausche
Foreign Relations Committee
Mth
Kennedy
Kennedy urges public support for tax cut plan
President Kennedy appeals for backing his tax cut program promising benefits from home appliances to dollar strength. He also meets Negro leaders on the Birmingham sit-in situation amid rising tensions. Police are stoned by youths in Jackson while trying to prevent racial violence at a new $3 million high school. Fischer quints display life as family counts gifts totaling about $250000, including a $100000 home as British civilians depart Indonesia amid tense Jakarta London talks.
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Birmingham
Jackson
Mich
Fischer
Kennedy Meets With Negro Leaders Today
President Kennedy planned a late afternoon meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and six other Black leaders to discuss Birmingham Alabama racial turmoil after a church bombing killed four children and wounded 25. The group also included Ralph Abernathy and Birmingham civic figures as calls grew for federal action and national mourning.
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Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
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Ala
Alabama
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Eight-year-old girl found strangled at Everett dump
The body of eight year old Mary D Albenzio was discovered in an Everett dump by her father Pierino D Alberio. Police said she was strangled with a shoe string. About 200 searchers and state police dogs combed the 19 acre dump after she was reported missing from 47 Heath Street. The discovery comes amid a spate of nine unsolved Boston area stranglings over the past 18 months.
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Mass
Mary D'Albenzio
Pierino D'Albenzio
D'Albenzio
Heath St
Coast Guard
Greater Boston
Evelyn Corbin
Salem
Sophie Clark
Back Bay
Boston
Quints Fortunes Rise as Aberdeen Family Sees Growth
Aberdeen reports progress for the Fischer quintuplets as survival chances improve. The family faces a new home up to 100000 dollars and potential earnings around 50000 from a Curtis Publishing Co deal. Curtis and the Post plan to develop stories with dignified, decorous coverage.
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Saturday Evening Post
Curtis
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