Parking District Buys Howard Waterfront Property in Bath
The Bath Parking District will take over the grain store property on May 1 and another waterfront site by Aug 1 with sail loft retained by Howard until May 1, 1965 or earlier by agreement. Estimated impact includes removals from Bath tax rolls and possible losses if tenants don’t relocate. The district plans all day 20 cent parking, financed by bank loans, with no immediate rate increases.
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Marc N. King
Howard
Bath
Coal Company
Acme Supply Company
Washington Street
Bato Busine
Fred Rose
King Kay
Redlon
Redlon's Plumbing Supply Co
King
Spuresey
Norman W. Howard
Comercial Street
Union Members at Bath Iron Works approve pay boost
Local 6 members at Bath Iron Works voted 1 024 to 86 to approve a pay increase agreement effective after ratification. The deal covers about 2 400 workers at BIW and East Brunswick plant, with raises from three to 3.5 percent for most, and five to nine cents an hour for skilled workers and apprentices receive three percent.
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Bath Iron Works
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Bath Iron Works Corp
Local 6
BIW
East Brunswick
Four Hurt In Bath Road Car Crash Friday Night
Four people injured in a Bath road crash Friday night after 10 o clock. Injured are Louise McMahan 37 Philip Arsenault 33 and Earl Haines 54 all of Bath. McMahan has a dislocated shoulder and possible internal injuries Arsenault a broken jaw facial cuts and possible internal injuries and Haines severe scalp lacerations and head injuries.
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Bath Road
Louise McMahan
Philip Arsenault
Earl Haines
Bath
McMahan
Arsenault
City Council Approves Emergency Vehicle Purchase
The Bath City Council voted to buy a state discounted emergency panel truck for Civil Defense use. Eugene P. Eberhard was named to replace Andrews on the Planning Board, with action on the vacancy postponed. A swimming pool study gained tentative backing behind Huse School, pending planning board OK and contractor cost estimates.
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Eberhard
Andrews
Eugene P. Eberhard
Stanley W. Judkins
Judkins
Portland
Maine Municipal Assn
State Civil Defense Office
Bath
CD Department
State CD
Planning Board
Huse School
Recreation Commission
The
Times
Leslie C. Shumway
Richard Johnson
Edward F. Cox
Eugene Hunter
Frank Torrey
John Leonard
Robert C. Cummings
Bath Ymca
Uptown
Sagadahock Real Estate Assn
Alonzo J. Harriman
YMCA
Charles A. Baker
Daniel Williams
A. M. Main
International Week End Observances Closes in Bath Maine
Fifteen foreign students visiting Maine colleges completed International Week End with a Sunday program at Winter Street Church. The event featured a Friday panel discussion and a Saturday tour of Bath Iron Works among other activities.
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Winter Street
Claude Bontoux
France
Alexander Gerondi
Argentina
Johannes Tromp
Neterlands
Bowdoin College
Pilgrim Fellowship
Winter Street Church
Maine
Bath
Dick Burghout
Netherlands
Nathaniel Atkins-Afful
Ghana
Bates College
Ingred Guentherodt
Germany
University of Maine
Olympia Constandinidou
Bowdoin
Yen Sha Pan
China
Kamaluddin Kamindoli
India
Kihong Sung
Korea
Bates
Vanthy Sek
Cambodia
Hans Schweikard
George Blagogee
International Weekend panel honors 15 foreign students
Fifteen foreign students from eleven countries attended a public panel at Winter Street Congregational church in Bath. The discussion covered dating, luxuries, family relations, and world understanding as they answered audience questions for almost two hours. Edward F. Cox, Bath Area Chamber executive secretary, presented honorary citizen certificates to the students from Maine colleges and universities.
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Winter Street Congregational Church
Church
Netherlands
France
Ghana
Germany
Greece
Formosa
Argentina
China
India
Korea
Cambodia
Maine
Bath
Edward F. Cox
Bath Area
Morse High Group Heads to Maine Student Council Convention
Morse High School President Robert Savage and 16 students travel to Brewer High School for the Maine Association of Student Councils annual convention. Gov. Clinton A Clausen and Charles McWhorter will address sessions. workshops, a dance, and speakers from Bangor High to Maine White Conference are planned.
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Robert Savage
Morse High School
Maine Association of Student Councils
Morse
Maine Association
Brewer High School
Milne Association of Student Councils
Savage
Clinton A. Clausen
Charles McWhorter
Washington, D. C
McWhorter
Richard Nixon
Harvard Law School
New York
Nixon
Brewer High
Clifford G. McIntire
Congress
William Carney
Maine
Michael McEwen
Bangor High School
Moose High
Raymond W. Farnham
Peter
Bath Plans Urban Renewal For Waterfront District
Bath considers a two year downtown redevelopment plan with federal subsidies under the Urban Renewal program. Broad Street would extend to Water Street. new access roads and expanded parking planned. Front Street and Center Street to be closed to traffic except for pedestrians. land consolidated for modern stores. waterfront rebuilt for parking, recreation, and commerce. A plan requires a slum area finding, urban renewal authority, and voter referendum. state and federal funding could cover most costs with local share about 25 percent. Work could begin as early as spring with sites ready for sale to developers within 18 months.
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Bath
Atwood
Atwood, Blackwell and Young
Boston
Broad Street
Water Street
Front Street
Broad
Vine Streets
City Hall
Planning Board
Frank Milliken
Department of Economic Development
Federal
Council
Urban Renewal Agency
Council UK
City Council
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Renewal Authority
A& Marine Museum
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Iron Works
Acme Supply Co
Center Street
City Landing
Howard Coal Co
Supply Company
Commerce and Council
John F. Leonard
America
Russia
Allo
Commonwealth
Britain
Alexander Gorondi
Gorondi
Hungary
South America
United States
Latin America
Bolivia
State Department
Spain
Ymca Board of Directors
Lonanuea
Edward Sewall
Loring R. Addison
Omar R. King
Herbert Douglas
Uptown Theater
McClure
Ette Ee
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