Man Held on Attempted Murder Charge after Shootout
George A. Conrad was found in probable cause by Municipal Court Judge Gardiner R. Deer ing and ordered held for $20 000 at the October term. Sgt Merle D Niles remains hospitalized with a chest wound but is improving and expected to testify. Mrs. George A Conrad testified to the confrontation in which Conrad allegedly threatened to kill Cothran and Niles during a July 15 shooting incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Conrad
Gardiner R. Deering
Sagadahee Superor Ceourt
Conrad
George M. Carlton, Jr
Set
Merle D. Niles
Memorial Hospital
Set. Niles
Superior Court
Stanley Cothran
Sgt. Niles
Mrs. Conrad
George
Merle
Stan
Cothran
Florida
Stanley
Bath Man Killed in Whitefield Crash
Walter Gordon Snipe 24 of Bath was killed when ejected from a car on Route 218 in Whitefield late Thursday. Alexander Murray 25 of Bath was injured critically and Leonard Rainey 25 of Phippsburg the driver sustained minor injuries. Murray transported to Gardiner General Hospital. Rainey treated at scene. Snipe was Bath native, Morse High School graduate and Navy veteran. Funeral planned Sunday at A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Walter Gordon Snipe
High Street
Whitefield
Alfred Howes
Dresden
Alexander Murray
Spruce Street
Gardiner General Hospital
Murray
Leonard Rainey
Phippsburg
Lester Gross
North Whitefield
Rainey
Nfones
King’s Mills
Howes
Gardiner Hospital
Staples Ambulance
Gardiner
Morse High School
Morse High
U.S. Navy
Snipe
Myrals, Inc
Bath
Benoit’s
Brunswick
Erroll
Lawrence Snipes
Margo F. Snipe
Paul Travis
Robert S. Gordon
A. F. Mayo & Son
Warren B. Harris
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Amily
Oak Grove
Bath Firm Builds Bins for Historic Grain Shipment
Weld-Well Co., Inc. of Bath is producing 64 foot high steel train hopper bins and a 76 foot conveyor system for Lipman Poultry Co. in Augusta as part of a two and a half month expansion project. Robert W. Donnell says the plant now handles metal fabrication work beyond shop duties and will continue both plant and field operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lipman Poultry Company
Augusta
Agnes Conners
New York
J. Wiliam Moran
Farmingdale
Robert W. Donnell
Weld-Well Co., Inc
The
Times
Bath
Lirman
Winslow Road
Donnil
Weld-Well Co
Focal Firm
Augusta Company
Donnell
Bowery Street
Texas Steamship Co
Hyde Windlass Co
Barge Agnes Connors Returns From Record Kennebec Trip
The barge Agnes Connors discharged about 1 250 tons of corn at Lipman Poultry Co. in Farmingdale then sailed down the Kennebec with the tug William J Moran from New York. Water shipments aim to cut costs by about 5 per ton and Lipman plans a two year barging pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Conners
Carlton Bridge
Kennebec River
Lipman Poultry Co
Farmingdale
William J. Moran
New York
Gardiner-Randolph Bridge
Tate
Lipman
Maine
Kennebec
Berwindvale
Bath Gains Only 34 New Housing Units In 10 Years
Preliminary census shows Bath added 34 housing units in the last decade, the smallest gain among Maine cities of similar size. Maine total housing units rise 17 percent to 365,783. Bath's 1960 count 3,618, up 1 percent from 1950. Portland leads Maine with 26,753 units, Bangor up 22 percent, and Presque Isle up 31 percent. Bath population stands at 10,610 in 1960, down from 10,644 in 1950.
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Bath
Maine
Census Bureau
Washington, D. C
Portland
Bangor
Presqie Isle
Sapadakee
Poosham
Georgetown
West Bath
Woolwich
Water main break causes $1,000 damage near Bodwell Motor
Bath Water District crews hit a service main Thursday afternoon, spraying water 50 feet into the air and shattering Bodwell Motor Sales signs and windows. Foreman Edward Marr says the leak forced an hourlong outage for nearby residents as repairs took about 20 minutes to shut off.
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Bath Water District
Bodwell Motor Sales
Front Street
Bath
Te Nh
Edward Marr
Marr
Meton Snipe
Bodwells
Bodwell
Oak
Front Streets
Ferry
Front
Ferrytreet
BIW Buys Gowan Home Near Shipyard for 8000
Bath Iron Works Corp purchases the former Gowan Nursing home at 625 Washington Street for about 8000. The property, a rental residence, has no immediate use planned and is described as adjacent to the shipyard per BIW policy. John E. Gowen and Fern Gowen sold the house, deed filed with the Sagadahoc Register of Deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gowan
Washington Street
Bath
Ray Works Corp
John Rosewell Biw
Newell
Puchase
South Street
John E and
Fern Gowen
Sagadahoc Register of Deeds Office
Attendance Rising At Reid State Park And Popham Beaches
Attendance at Reid State Park and Popham beaches has surged this season with northward weather boosting visits. Park officials report visitors topping last year by around 70 percent with more than 4 000 cars through July 22 and overall summer traffic well above prior year levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wie
Bath
Mane
Ama Beaches State Park
Pirertor
Leawrence Stiant
Stuart
Maine
Hely
Rel Beach
Reid State Park
Fort Poyce
Eteate
Charles .Johansen
Fort Snd
Three Injured In Route One Crash Near Naval Air Station
Three people were hospitalized at the Naval Air Station Brunswick after a collision on Route One near the East Gate motel Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Lew Downs 22 and her children Randy 6 and Terry 2 were taken to the station hospital in not too serious condition. Downs was driving a 1959 Japanese car. A. W. Wicker 21 a passenger was in the Downs car. Robert Linberg 49 of Falmouth driving a 1959 Chrysler escaped injury. his wife Priscilla was unhurt. Police estimated property damage between 600 and 700 dollars on the Downs vehicle and about 209 dollars on the Linberg car. Additional investigators included Sgt Allen Weeks and William S. Boland. Nearby visitors from Long Island, New York arrived at a summer home of Herman Coombs’s family in Sabino.
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Naval Air Station
Brunswick
East Gate
Lew Downs
Randy
Terry
Station
Philip Hodgins Downs
A. Wv. Wicker
Robert Linberg
Falmouth
Burberg
Priscilla
Downs
Wedgkins
Damatesort
Linberg
Allen H. Weeks
William S. Boylund
Rice Wins GOP County Commission Nomination
In Sagadahoc County Maine the inspection and recount of the Republican primary ballots at the State House showed Robert Rice with 695 votes to E Mason Wrights 662. Rice gained seven votes on net after adjustments, Wright requested the inspection after losing in the initial tallies, and both candidates attended the session with attorney George M Carlton.
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County Commission
Sagadahoc
State House
Augusta
Paul A. MacDonald
Robert Rice
E. Mason Wrights
Rice
Phippsburg
Richmond
Wright
Secretary of State
Atty
George M Carlton
MacDonald
Sgt Merle Niles Improves at Memorial Hospital
Sgt. Merle D. Niles continues to improve at Memorial hospital and hopes to go home, though no discharge date is set. He notes concern over critics of doctors for not removing a 22 slug and praises his Army veteran physicians for their skill and experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Merle D. Niles
Memorial Hospital
Maine Civil War Group Donates Trophy for Muzzle Loader Event
Maurice J. Warner of Bath as chairman of the Maine Civil War Centennial Commission announced the donation of one of five trophies for the ninth annual Maine State Muzzle Loading Rifle Championships. The two day event on Aug 20 and 21 will be at the Androscoggin County Fish and Game Association grounds Taylor Pond Auburn. The trophy is inscribed Maine Civil War Centennial Commission Trophy Military Aggregate and will be awarded for rest and one offhand in four military matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice J. Warner
Bath
Maine Civil War Centennial Commission
Maine
Wiscasset seeks 115000 federal aid for new airport
Wiscasset asks 115000 for airport expansion with 57500 federal funds likely. Maine has earmarked 28750, Lincoln County pledged 20000, leaving 8750 for town plus possible Sagadahoc token help. Project near Woolwich on Route 1 aims to serve Bath and area resorts with leased operations and self funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Woolwich Line
Bath
Wiscasset
Doggett
Brunswick
Rockland
Pejepscot
Bath Area Does Not Flood Coast as Storm Passes
Bath area reports storm damage minimal with high surf restricting bathing at Reid State Park in Georgetown on Sunday. Park supervisor Edward Beach notes record summer visitation, boats at Boothbay Harbor, and tropical Brenda’s rain effects. 73 000 visitors have entered the park since April 15.
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Reid State Park
Georgetown
Edward Beach
Times
Beach
Southport
Boothbay Harbor
Gloucester
Mass
Bath's Howitzer Battery Heads to Camp Drum Encampment
Bath's Howitzer Battery 3rd Squadron 103rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Maine Army National Guard departs Bath early Friday for a two week field training at Camp Drum New York. An advanced detachment leaves Wednesday to inventory gear and set up camp led by SSgt Franklin M Talbot Jr with five other soldiers. A total of five officers and 77 enlisted from Bath attend this second straight year at Camp Drum, following prior encampments at Camp Wellfleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
103Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Maine Army National Guard
Camp Drum
N. Y
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Franklin M Talbot, Jr
Richard W. Oliver
Henry C. Brown
David A Wallace
Marlyn H. Greenleaf
Leroy A. Wharff
Ter
Camp Wellfleet
Cape Cod
Mass
Richard L. Crocker
Bath Armory
McClure's Car and Parts Lot Days Ferry Road
Bath readers are urged to visit McClure's Car and Parts Lot on Days Ferry Road Woolwich to find cars and parts. The ad lists contact Tel 39898 for inquiries and market shoppers are encouraged to visit when in need of a vehicle or component.
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Bath
McClure
Ferry Road
Woolwich
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George Conrad
Niles
Stanley Coathran
Dollof
Arthur D. Dolloff
Topsham
Cothan
Mr O
Septathan Conrad Witm
Sean
Russell Alexander
George M. Cadton Jr
John Hutchison
Alan. Weeks
James Walter Snipe
Wilton
Massachusetts
Clarence O. Kimball
Lowell
Mes
Bath Memorial Hospital
Cliv Iend Lo Duffany
John Westcott
Springfieird
Duaffango
Bath Firm
Earl Twitchell
Haddonfield
N. J
Bethel
Twitchell
William P. Hatch
Pauline Hatch
Biw
Popham
Roy Rogers
Little Neck
Mr. Rogers
Herman Coombs
Meadow Way
Sabino
GOP County Commission
Aise
the Times
Brenda
Popham Beach
New England
Rhode Island
Supervisor Beach
Red Park Toll House
Union
Canada
Drum
Klick
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