Democrats Plan Headquarters Here To Open Campaign
Democrats in Bath plan to open a campaign headquarters this summer after a joint Bath meeting. A three member committee was formed to study sites with Mrs Michiel Mazeiko, David McGuire, and Edward Jones named to the panel. Registration Chairman David Klickstein urged higher enrollment while questioning state figures showing Sagadahoc as the only Maine county with an increase.
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Bath Arena
Bath
City Hall
Bath Area
Young Democratic Club
Sagadahoc County
Democratic Women’s Club
Michiel Mazeiko
Women's Club
David McGuire
The
Youngs Democrats
Edward Jones
David Klickstein
Secretary of State
Sagadahoc
Maine
Council Votes Full Pay For Wounded Police Sergeant
Bath City Council approves a salary order ensuring full pay for Merle Niles, wounded in the line of duty by a .22 caliber gunshot fired by George A. Conrad. Niles remains hospitalized with injuries and is deemed incapacitated from duties at Memorial Hospital.
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Merle Niles
HeasUshol
Atric
George A. Conrad
Niles
Memorial Hospital
Couner
Bath
Bath URA Names Charles P. Nelson Executive Director and Counsel
Charles P. Nelson, former U S congressman, has been named executive director and counsel for the Bath Urban Renewal Authority. He has lived in West Bath and practiced law in Bath since last fall and has served as the authority’s legal adviser for weeks. The appointment followed a July 6 council vote to seek 160 000 in advance funds for feasibility work. The authority, which has no current funds, expects a salary to be set after federal advance approval and will make the position full time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Charles P. Nelson
Bath
Newell
Nelson
Hospital Fair Parade Draws HugeCrowd in Shipbuilding City
Preliminary tallies suggest the hospital fair in Bath was the most successful yet with thousands in the streets and a record crowd around 15 000 for the parade. A giant chicken barbecue served about 900 diners as booths and concessions outran last year. General Chairman Daniel Scully expects a post event meeting for final accounting.
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Daniel Scully
Bath
Bath Savings Institution holds 108th annual meeting
Bath Savings Institution met for its 108th annual gathering at the Hotel Sedgwick. The treasurer reported gains across activities with deposits up by $509,009 and earnings rising. total resources reached $15,210,844.42 as of July 1. All officers were reelected: Lewis E. Wilson, John P. Carey, Allan Spear, Alex A. Burden, J. Franklin Howe. Trustees reappointed include Wilson, Taylor, Carey, Pierce, King, Newell, Bates. Carleton G. Lane of Union Mutual Life spoke on investment issues.
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Bath Savings Institution
Sedgwick
Lewis E. Wilson
John P. Carey
Allan Spear
Alex A. Burden
J. Franklin Howe
Lewis FE. Wilson
John N. Taylor
Dwight W. Pierce
Omar R. King
John R. Newell
Delmar E. Bates
Carleton G. Lane
Union Mutual Life Insurance Group of
Portland
Bath officer wounded by gunfire in home invasion
Bath Police Sergeant Merle D. Niles was shot at 2 Pleasant Avenue in the South End while responding to a complaint. The assailant, George A. Conrad, was arraigned on attempted murder charges and held in jail on $20,000 bail. Witnesses described Niles disarming Conrad and guiding him outside before collapsing.
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Merle D. Niles
Memorial Hospital
George A. Conrad
Niles
Androscoggin County
Arthur D. Dolloff
Stanley Cothran
Pleasant Avenue
Conrad
Cothran
Clinton Haines
Russell Alexander
Thomas’ Flaherty
Conrading
Alexander
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Millinocket
Wagner
Dartmouth
Nova Scotia
Bath
Orlando
Fla
Maine
Police Sergeant Niles Improves After Gunfight Injuries
Sgt Merle D Niles wounded in a Friday morning gunfight near Bath area is reported to be much better at Memorial Hospital doctors say his condition rose from fair to good He is off oxygen and walking though the 22 caliber slug remains in his chest as authorities continued to question George A Conrad 48 in connection with the incident
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Merle D. Niles
Memorial Hospital
Niles
George A. Conrad
Bath
USAF Seeks Graduate Nurses Visit Lewiston Office
Capt Eleanor Mercuri USAF nurse selection officer for Northeast will visit the Lewiston post office area July 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. No appointment needed for information on Air Force Nurse Corps careers. The corps seeks graduate nurses for officer ranks from second lieutenant to major.
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Eleanor Mercuri
USAF
Northeast
New England
Air Force
U.S. Post Office
Lewiston
Mercuri
Jack R. Cooper
Air Force Nurse Corps
Corps
Bath Parish Plans Parochial School On Lincoln Street
Rev Francis Morrissey pastor of St Marys Catholic church announced the purchase of the former Lincoln Street Green houses on Lincoln Street as the site for Bath s first parochial school since the 1942 fire. He expressed high hopes for early accomplishment but gave no start date. The church has built a fund toward the replacement.
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Bath
Francis EB. Morrissey
St. Mary's
Lincoln Street
Morrissey
Bath City Manager Mittendorf Injured in Ohio Turn
Raind F Mittendorf former Bath City Manager and Ironton business figure is hospitalized in Huntington Ohio in fair condition after being struck on July 7 He and Mrs Mittendorf lived at 602 Washington Street Bath He headed Mittendorf Insurance Agency and served as secretary of Excelsior Savings Loan Co.
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Frank M. Coffin
Bath Canning Co
Carl Wight
Coffin
Banning Company
BIW
Joseph P. Nolan
Edwin H. Pert
Kenneth Snowdon
Iumswa
Afl-Cio
Russell Irish
Raind F. Mittendorf
Trenton
Ohio
Bath
Cabell-Huntington’ Hospital
Huntington
the Times
Mittendorf
Ironton
Washington Street
Mittendorf Insurance Agency
Excelsior Savings & Loan Co
Bath Man Elected As New England SUV Commander
Maurice J. Warner of Bath was elected commander of the New England Regional Association of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War at the Weirs Beach meeting. His wife Frances L Warner was named regional secretary for the Auxiliary. Other Maine members earned regional offices and the next meeting is set for Massachusetts.
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Maurice J. Warner
Maurice Jo Warner
Bath
New England
the Sons of Union Veterans of
New England Repronal Association
Maine
Lester Brenner
Seaford
Lian Pareiopton Hiidlowell
Farrington
T. W. Hyde
Massachusetts
Trail
Bath Area United Fund Helps Chilean Relief Effort
The Bath Area United Fund sent 500 dollars for Chilean disaster relief. The Bath Chapter of Red Cross forwarded the gift to national headquarters, earning thanks from Walter W. Bohan and the Bath United Fund president for aiding earthquake and tsunami victims. The note cites President Eisenhower coordinated relief efforts and Ambassador Walter Howe’s report from Chile.
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Bath Area
United Fund
Bath
National Red Cross
United Fund Board
Red Cross
William A. Nias
Walter W. Bohan
American National Red Cross
Gruenther
Eisenhower
Walter Howe
U. S
Chile
Diver undertakes annual Bath Water main inspection under Kennebec River
Diver William Clark of Marine Construction Co. began the annual inspection of the Bath Water main under the Kennebec River, from Betit to Woolwich, at 45 to 63 feet depth and 2,664 feet long. The operation, supported by Gene DiGuardo and Herbert Miller, runs on tides and uses a steel suit and helmet with air supply.
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William Clark
The
Marine Construction Co
Portland
Kennebec
Bath Water District
Bathshore
Woolwich
Clark
Kennebec River
Bath
Kenswepee River
Betit
Herbert Miller
Kenneth Wright
Congressmen Stratton and Oliver Visit Bath for BIW Tour
Congressmen Samuel Stratton of New York and James C. Oliver of Maine visited Bath as part of a Bath stretch for members of Congress. They toured the BIW plant with President John R. Newell and discussed shipbuilding efficiency and the future of atomic powered surface ships. Stratton noted changes in destroyers since his Navy days and observed the guided missile destroyer under construction.
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Stratton
New York
Oliver
Maine
Bath
Congress
Samuel Stratton
James C. Oliver
Frank M. Coffin
Margaret Chase Smith
House Armed Services Committee
BIW
John R. Newell
The
Times
Navy
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Albert Derinie Wyman
Leo William Snell
Albert
Berhard Wy- Paar
Lark Street
Beth Memorial Hospital
Erate Blair
Carol Wall
Katherine Ames
Cora Begard
Edward Naber
Patrizia Mreae
Patrizia Mreae , Mine Donna Furrow, Stone Holt, Jr
Robert Brewer Vas
Sterne Blaise
Beatrice Lowery
Gertrude Freeman
A Vee Harkins
Helen Crooker
Bath Ura
Florida
Cathran
Army
Pacific
Sath
Thomaston State Prison
Rumford
Waterville High School
Elm Street Court
Beverly
RLN
Earey Hospital
William Lawrence
Daniel Wilkinson
Incigcht
Ronald A. Hart
Atty
George M. Carlton, Jr
Sgt, Merled
Bath City
Camp Sebago Mo
Gene
Hem
Vermont
Naval Reserve
Popham
Small Point
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