Memorial plaque and certificates awarded at local Americanism program
Memorial plaque for Leona Travis of Old Orchard Beach and certificates for full post auxiliary renewal to Julie Carlton of Biddeford and Helen Strout of Saco. An alternate Togus representative and an alternate National Executive Committeewoman received presents. Antoinette Bill earned a merit certificate for five new members. photo not pictured. Story on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Travis
Old Orchard Beach
Post Auxiliary
Juliette Carlton
Biddeford
Veterans Administration Hospital
Togus
Helen Strout
Saco
Antoinette Bill
Kennedy States Meetings on Birmingham Situation
President Kennedy schedules three meetings on the Birmingham crisis. He will meet white civic leaders, white Alabama church leaders, and his appointees Farr Blaik and Kenneth Royall. The sessions follow a weekend memorial for the six Birmingham victims and prior talks with Black community leaders.
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Washington
Kennedy
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Army
Farr
Red) Blaik
Kenneth C. Royall
Test Treaty Approval Predicted in Senate Fight
Washington factions forecast defeat of proposed amendments to the limited nuclear test ban pact ahead of Tuesday ratification vote. Leaders predict broad approval for the treaty banning all but underground tests, with 84 or 85 senators seen as wagering for ratification. An AP survey cites 81 likely yes, 16 opposed, 3 undecided, including Cannon McClellan and Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Associated Press
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
John J. McClellan
D-Ark
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Soviet Union
Weather Lashes New England With Labor Day Death Toll
Rain and slick roads raised weekend traffic fatalities across six New England states with Massachusetts logging eleven deaths, ten on highways. A Norwood triple fatality on Route 1—elderly couple William Young and Katherine Young, plus Clyde R. Atkinson—drove the toll. Also dead were John H. McKeen, 68, in South Paris from a ladder fall, and John T. Lincourt, 67, from a catwalk fall in Riverdale-area Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New England
Massachusetts
Norwood
Mass
Clyde R. Atkinson
William Young
John H. McKeen
South Paris
Maine
West Paris
John T. Lincourt
River
Chuckle On Fitting In Requires Whistle Or Turnaround
A lighthearted Chuckle notes social pressure to fit in by mimicking behaviors such as whistling or turning around, attributed to Gen Fea Corp. It playfully surveys how small actions signal belonging in everyday life.
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Copr
Gen
Fea. Corp
Man Held As Suspect In Boston Riot Case
Police arrested a 23 year old man in Boston on suspicion of assault by a dangerous weapon after a shooting at a dance riot that injured four teenagers. The victims, all from Roxbury, include Richard Hamilton 17 Roosevelt Claddy 14 Albert Hamilton 19 and Yvonne Hamilton 16. Witnesses described a chaotic scene with rioting teens attacking motorists and throwing objects after a fight on the dance floor at Boston Arena.
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Boston
Boston City Hospital
Boston Arena
Joseph C. Tomasello
Arena Authority
Jack Wilson
Steve Gallen
Steve
Richard Hamilton
Roosevelt Claddy
Albert Hamilton
Yvonne Hamilton
Roxbury
Foreign Ministers To Meet With Rusk
Secretary of State Dean Rusk arranged talks with 11 foreign ministers in New York, including six from Central America. Spain, Peru, Ireland, Brazil and Nigeria also met him at U.N. headquarters as he prepared for late-week discussions with Soviet counterpart Andrei Gromyko on East West nuclear test ban follow ups. Rusk urged steady patient work and small steps toward broader solutions.
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New York
Dean Rusk
Central America
Guatemala
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa Rica
Panama
Rusk
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Spain
Peru
Ireland
Brazil
Nigeria
U Thant
Washington
U.N. General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
McNamara and Taylor fly to South Viet Nam mission
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and General Maxwell Taylor head to South Viet Nam on a White House authorized fact finding mission for President Kennedy. They left Andrews AFB at 10 am after a 32 minute White House briefing. The group includes Undersecretary of State George Ball and adviser McGeorge Bundy and aims to assess the military effort amid recent Vietnamese unrest.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Viet Nam
Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
George Ball
McGeorge Bundy
McNamara
Taylor
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Saigon
Viet Nam
McNamara-Taylor
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Alaska
Ball
McNamara and Taylor
Kennedy Briefs McNamara and Taylor for Viet Nam Mission
President Kennedy gives final instructions to Defense Secretary McNamara and Gen. Taylor before their special mission to South Viet Nam. Bruce Gill, 10, is stranded on a Montana cliff. rescuers call in a helicopter to lift him to safety. The Senate leaders predict broad approval for the nuclear test ban treaty amendments. Secretary Rusk arranges pace with 11 foreign ministers to push talks.
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Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell Taylor
South Viet Nam
Senate
International
Dean Rusk
Bruce Gill
Montana
Bey
British-Indonesian Dispute Flares Anew Over Embassy Guard
In Jakarta a British Indonesian dispute escalated over guarding Britain's ruined embassy after mobs set it alight during violence tied to the Federation of Malaysia dispute. A joint British Indonesian guard was arranged to protect the embassy vault while diplomats sought to avert a broader break.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Britain
Sumarno Sosroatmodjo
A. G. Gilchrist
Gilchrist
U.S
Howard P. Jones
Federation of
Malaysia
Malaya
Singapore
Sarawak
Sabah
North Borneo
Boy Rescued From Cliff Ledge Near Augusta Montana
Bruce Krummel, 10, became stranded on a narrow ledge of a 1000-foot cliff in Sun River Canyon. Augusta carpenter A R Bender built a 150-foot wooden ladder used to lower the boy to safety early today. Bruce was reported in good shape and his parents were at the base as rescuers finished lowering him.
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Augusta
Mont
Sun River Canyon
Bruce Krummel
Great Falls
Glenn Roberts
Sun Canyon
Bruce
A. R. Bender
Robert Gill
Sun River
Walsh
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