Living Costs Stay Flat At Record Level In August
Washington reports August consumer price index at 105.5 of 1957-59 average, unchanged from July. Food housing and medical care held flat, offset by higher used cars, gasoline, and recreation costs. Yearly inflation at 1.2 percent. old 1947-49 base shows 129.4. Meat prices up briefly on strike then cooled. eggs average 51.3 cents a dozen, lowest in 21 years.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Labor Statistics
Myers
Jury to Convene on Friday in Biddeford Indictments
Speculation swirls as York county grand jury reopens at 9 30 Friday morning in Alfred. County Atty John J Harvey requested the session to consider matters including previously secret indictments against Biddeford Mayor Clement H Deschambault and City Clerk Raoul Binette for larceny of 1292 08 from contractor Lucien Bourque. The panel had returned 24 indictments earlier this month with 12 sealed.
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Biddeford
York County Grand Jury
Alfred
John J. Harvey
Harvey
Clement H. Deschambault
Raoul Binette
Lucien Bourque
Federal grant aids Topsham elementary school plan
The Office of Education approved a $25 000 federal grant to help Topsham Maine build an elementary school. Sen Edmund S Muskie announced the Monday decision noting the grant supports schools teaching children of federal employees. Topsham lies near the Brunswick Naval Air Station.
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Federal
Washington
Topsham
Maine
Office of Education
Edmund S. Muskie
Tops Ham
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Rusk and Gromyko Meet Over Cuba Berlin Crisis
Secretary of State Dean Rusk prepared to tell Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko that Soviet arms and technicians sent to Cuba alarm the United States. Their luncheon talks in New York are part of a series ahead of the U.N. General Assembly, with Berlin and the Cuban crisis topping the agenda. Western diplomats voiced disappointment at Gromyko’s hard line, while Adlai Stevenson pressed that Soviet actions threaten regional peace. Willy Brandt was to visit New York for further discussions with Rusk.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Cuba
United States
Rusk
Geneva
Berlin
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Gromyko
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Western Hemisphere
Stevenson
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
104 year old woman has gall bladder surgery
At 104, Sarah Perler underwent her first operation, a routine gall bladder surgery. Doctors at the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged report a normal, fast recovery and note no similar cases in recent American literature. She remains lively and engaged after a brief post op stay.
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New York
Brooklyn
Maine Campaign Focuses On Training, Water, Housing
The Associated Press reports Maine candidates push vocational training funding water pollution cleanup and the Kennedy housing bill. Gov Reed seeks emergency 1963 legislature funds for Northeastern Maine Vocational School and Maine Vocational Technical Institute while noting Aroostook nursing moved to Presque Isle Base. Dolloff criticizes Maine sewage progress, Kellam backs housing relief amid district debate on Tupper stance.
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Associated Press
Maine
Kennedy
Allagash-St. John River
Reed
Northeastern Maine
Maine Vocational- Technical Institute
Portland
Presque Isle
Aroostook
Dolloff
New England
Money and duty shape a father's counsel to sons
A wry reflection on generations and thrift. The saying notes that men labor to save for their sons to avoid the problems that afflicted their fathers, highlighting how parental caution aims to guard the next generation.
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Copr
Gen
Fea, Corp
Plane Ditching Drama Aboard Flying Tiger Flight
American servicemen and dependents endured a ditching drill as the Flying Tiger liner plunged into the Atlantic 500 miles west of Ireland. Survivors report no panic, 12 known dead, 16 missing. crews conducted rescue efforts from Bonaventure and Celerina, with life jackets worn by all aboard.
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London
Air Force
Bonaventure
Celerina
Ireland
The
Atlantic
Kinloch unrest after fatal Kinloch shooting spurs violence
A crowd of about 300 in Kinloch clashed with police after a man was killed by a Kinloch officer. A shotgun blast wounded three officers and a civilian. fires damaged buildings and a school. Police questioned over 70 people, three lie detector tests given, none of the officers critically hurt.
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ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis County
Kinloch
Kennedy Gets OK On Reserves For Crisis Duty
The House approved Kennedy authority to muster up to 150000 Ready Reserves to meet Cold War risks. The vote was 342 to 13 with Republicans split over the measure. Senate previously approved the bill, and Kennedy sought power to act during adjournment for less than full emergencies.
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House
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Cuba
Senate
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Berlin
Laos
South Vietnam
China
Congress
Vining Named Noble Grand of Saco IOOF Unit
Thomas Vining was elected noble grand of Saco lodge IOOF at a meeting in Saco Odd Fellows hall last night. Other officers named include Walter Pochebit vice grand Milton Randall recording secretary Erwin Kennedy financial secretary Carlton Burrill treasurer Edward Cloudman first trustee Daniel Sylvester second trustee Daniel Davis third trustee and John F Hill Sr agent of hall. Installations set for October under District Deputy Grand Master Harold Mullen and staff with Noble Grand William Sias presiding. Guests included DDGM Mullen Arthur Hamilton noble grand Atlantic lodge Old Orchard Beach and Herbert Trafton past grand Laconia lodge Biddeford. Refreshments were served during social hour by Robert Strickland and Carlton Brock.
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Thomas Vining
Saco Lodge
IOOF
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Noble
William Sias
Ddgm Mullen
Arthur Hamilton
Noble Grand
Atlantic Lodge
Old Orchad Beach
Herbert Trafton
Laconia Lodge
Biddeford
Robert Strickland
Carlton Brock
Castro says USSR to build major Cuban port base
Fidel Castro announced that the Soviet Union plans to construct a major port in Cuba at Key West to serve as a base for its Atlantic fishing fleet. The statement highlights Cold War tensions and regional strategic interests.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Cuba
US Scientists Look For Another First In Space
Two months from today, Mariner 2 will reach a Venus flyby within 9 000 miles, possibly achieving another space first by talking across vast distances. The mission uses giant dish antennas and three tracking stations at Goldstone, Johannesburg and Woomera to relay signals as it nears Venus. The setup aims to measure Venus temperature, atmosphere, and magnetic field, with 30 minutes of instrument operation and 56 hours of data transmission back to Earth.
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Calif
U.S
Sun
Venus
Earth
Mariner 2
John Thatcher
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goldestone
Los Angeles
Johannesburg
South Africa
Woomera
Australia
Goldstone
Mariner
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