Expected To Hit This Area Tonight
Advance rains from Hurricane Esther pelted the local area as the storm aimed at Maine. Agencies along the coast prepared with Red Cross alerts, Civil Defense, and beach barriers as high tide and heavy rains threatened damage and flooding.
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Saco
Civil Defense
Clarence Holt
Saco Street
Camp Ellis Beach
Ferry Beach
Riverside
Aean
Haven Circle
Red Cross
Weather Bureau
Block Island
New England Storm Pounding From Hurricane Esther
Hurricane Esther battered southern New England with winds up to 115 mph and 12 foot swells. Cape Cod Hyannis Port saw residents evacuated to higher ground as Otis Air Force Base housed Kennedy family members. Warnings extended from eastern Long Island to Maine while the center tracked toward Massachusetts coast with no confirmed fatalities reported yet.
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Boston
Esther
Cape Cod
Hyannis Port
New England
Block Island
R.I
Montauk Point
Long Island
R.I. Hyannis
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Otis Air Force Base
Martha's
Rhode Island
Narragansett
Brenton Reef
Newport
Eastport
Maine
New Jersey
Connecticut
State Employees Released From Work Early Due to Hurricane Esther
Governor Reed ordered all nonessential state employees released at noon to reach home before Hurricane Esther. Maine CD Director Walter H. Kennett urged area schools likely to be hit to close at noon and cancel afternoon sessions. The CD control center and county centers will remain on duty until the storm passes. Reed said the state remains on alert and coordinating emergency efforts and urged citizens to stay informed and take precautions.
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Augusta
Reed
Maine
Walter H. Kennett
Kenneth
State CD
Esther
Parochial School Bus Act Becomes Effective
AUGUSTA AP Maine's controversial parochial school bus act goes into effect after petition efforts failed to force a statewide vote. Gov Reed announced the signatures fell 57422 short of the required 41772, 10 percent of the governor elect total. Rep Ernest D Smith led the drive and expressed shock at the result. The Legislature previously passed the act allowing towns to spend public funds to transport pupils to parochial and private schools. More than 20 Maine communities have conducted such transport without explicit permissive legislation. Governor Reed called the issue settled, while Smith considered a possible new count.
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Augusta
Maine
Reed
Ernest D. Smith
R. Strong
Secretary of State
Smith
Chosing
Pace
Rusk Gromyko Open Talks on Berlin Crisis
Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko begin a luncheon series in a midtown hotel to probe a Berlin crisis settlement and UN security issues. Western negotiators warn any misread of strength risks war while insisting on Western rights in West Berlin and readiness to discuss German questions.
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New York
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Berlin
Rusk
Gromyko
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
West Berlin
Fallout Detection Network Expanding
The Public Health Service is expanding its fallout detection net to assess health risks from Soviet atmospheric nuclear tests. New stations at Bismarck North Carolina and Nashville Tennessee join 45 in 39 states as plans aim to cover all states. Milk sampling stations will analyze radioactive content daily at six sites including Atlanta Jackson Miss Charlotte S C Tampa Fla New Orleans and St. Louis with analyses by the health service lab.
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Public Health Service
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Ice
Atlanta
Jackson
Miss
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S.C
Tampa
Fla
New Orleans
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