Biddeford Board Backs New 26 Room School Plan
Biddeford's Board of Education and the mayor's watch dog committee agree unanimously on a 26 room elementary school plus a 6 3 3 system. A proposed project would cost about 335000 for the new building or 570000 for an addition to the high school and an 18 room elementary building. The plan also calls for Grade 9 to join Grades 7 and 8 as a three year junior high. The committee will seek city council approval. land and equipment costs are not included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Board of Education
Paul Stebbins
Biddeford Teachers Association
Sewell
Willie W. Pomerleau
Robert Hodge
Pomerleau
Lucien Doyon
Roger Nadeau
Joseph Patane
J. Frederick Warner
Joseph Audie
Rudolph Bergeron
Clayton Cartmill
Harry Wooster
Raymond A. Kenneally
Parent-Teacher Association
Stephen Hudson
Norman Desrochers
Diane Bergeron
Carolyn
O’conner
Shirley Cadorette
David Ross
Option Signed For Space In Saco Industry Park
At the Saco Industrial Park annual meeting directors and stockholders heard of an option for a third site and expected signing an option for a fourth soon. Retiring president Nicholas Scontras said a financial package with a fifth firm was being negotiated. The six-site layout and a new road bid were discussed, with professional help secured at no cost from the city’s industrial agent. The park’s 170 acres eight years ago now hosts two firms North east Gases and Lyn-Flex Industries, with detailed financials presented and officers elected.
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Saco Industrial Park Corporation
Clifford A. Purvis
Nicholas P. Scontras
Presi
Saco Industrial Park
Saco Court Room
Scontras
William P. Kirk
Saco
Maine
Lloyd M. Anderson
Thomas M. Armstrong
Peter Boucouvalas
Bernard Brown
Robert Butler
Charles R. Cote
Charles W. Fenderson
Harry P. Garland
Leon H. Libby
B. Frank Reed
Atty
Charles W. Smith
Robert C. Spear
Eliot M. Fink
Anderson
Fink
Boucouvalas
Purvis
Smith
Park
Northeast Gases, Inc
Lyn-Flex Industries, Inc
Fulbright Pleased With Debate Sparks Wide Response
Senator Fulbright welcomed the strong public reaction to his foreign policy speech saying the debate sparked by his remarks will aid the Johnson administration. He urged abandoning old cold war myths and considering openness toward Red China amid varied reactions from both parties and international voices.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Johnson
Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
Formosa
United States
Fulbright
Cuba
China
Congress
Executive Branch
New Hampshire
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
New York
Oxford Mill Workers Go Back To Work
In Rumford AP reports that Oxford Paper Co workers returned to the Oxford Mill on schedule, ending a three day wildcat strike. About 1,500 of 2,100 union members resumed duties while management fired three ringleaders who had urged the return to work.
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Oxford
Rumford
Oxford Paper Co
Loring Milligan
Leo Cyr Jr
Ralph Packard
Goulart Ousted as Brazil Declares Break with President
Congress declared President Joao Goulart ousted after a two day military rebellion and Paschoal Mazzilli was sworn in as Brazil’s new leader in Brasilia. Goulart fled Rio de Janeiro toward Porto Alegre promising to fight to the death while Radio Liberty and other outlets reported asylum rumors. The 3rd Army in Rio Grande do Sul was cited as key support as military leaders promised calm across the country.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Congress
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Brasilia
Paschoal Ranieri Mazzilli
Chamber Ofeputies
Porto Alegre
Rio Grande Do Sul
Radio Liberty
Sao Paulo
Asuncion
Paraguay
Auro Andrade
Senate
Mazzilli
Rio
Mazzillis
Latin America
Cuba
Navy Ministry
MacArthur Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis At Walter Reed
AP reports General Douglas MacArthur, age 84, shows further waning heart and kidney function. A 10:16 a.m. bulletin says kidney deterioration led to a semi artificial dialysis method, flushing poisons from his blood via two abdominal incisions and tubing, in hope of aiding his faltering kidneys. Doctors had warned prognosis remained poor after prior minor improvement in blood pressure and bleeding control.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Reed Army Hospital
MacArthur
Henry S. Murphey
Boss halves workday drawn cheers and jeers
The boss announced a half-day work morning for all, sparking cheers. He then added another half-day in the afternoon, drawing jeers from the staff.
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Copr
Gen
Fea, Corp
AMVETS Saco Post Elects New Officers and Slate
Oliver P. Lamarre was elected commander of the Boucouvalas-Dupuis AMVETS Post in Saco during last night’s officer election at the post home on Spring Street. The slate includes Joseph Earl Clappison first vice commander Paul Neault second vice commander Edgar Simard third vice commander Walter Fougere finance officer Eugene Moody adjutant Joseph Ouellette provost marshal and Reginald Blanchard judge advocate. Blanchard Ouellette and James Fennell were elected to the Housing Committee for two and three year terms respectively. Clappison reported 66 paid-up members. Simard acted as chaplain and Ouellette presided as commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver P. Lamarre
Boucouvalas - Dupuis
Amvets
Post
Spring Street
Saco
Joseph Earl Clappison
Paul Neault
Edgar Simard
Walter Fougere
Eugene Moody
Joseph Ouellette
Reginald Blanchard
Blanchard
Ouellette
James Fennell
Clappison
Simard
Sixty candidates file for York County primaries
York County election filings show sixty candidates across Republican and Democratic primaries. Names include William H. Bruce Rev G Stephen Johnston Ralph M Lovell and Paul A Deshaies among others seeking state senate sheriff and county attorney posts with several contested races in Alfred Arundel Kennebunkport and Lyman.
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Augusta
York County
William H. Bruce
Buxton
G. Stephen Johnston
Old Orchard Beach
Ralph M. Lovell
Sanford and Elmont
Tyndale
Kenne
Edward Wolfertz
Atty
John F. Xaphes
Biddeford
John A. Carlson
Richard G. Lamb
Sanford
Dinsmore
Kennebunkport
Herbert R. Bean
James S. Erwin
Wells
Raymond J. Letourneau
J. Woodrow Vallely
George C. Dutille
Saco
Richard D. Dutremble
Lloyd P. LaFountain
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Fink Corporation
Arkansas
SAT
SUN
Marvel
Land & Baseball
Marvel-Ous
Hamburg
Alfred Street
Biddeford Teachers’ Association
Leo
Grant
Elm
Graham Streets
William Lioyd Walker
John Crowley
Clayton W. Cartmill
Biddeford-Saco
Saco Post
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