Rare English Lily Plant Blooms Twice at Hills Beach
An English lily plant brought from the British Isles 188 years ago to the Kershaw Snow family at Hills Beach bloomed again this week. The parent plant, now in a Sunroom, has multiple suckers and three pots, with careful bottom watering and quick replanting to prevent sap bleed and leaf death.
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Alice Snow
Hills Beach
England
Kershaw-Snow
British Isles
Clara Bailey
Miss Snow
Miss Bailey
Willis Kershaw
Huddersfield
Massachusetts
America
Alice Kershaw
George Snow
Methuen
Mass
The
Snow Nursing Home
Miss Alice
Dorothea Rioux
Boston
Helen R. Hart
Lowell
Janet LaBelle
Union Employes Hurt By Industry Downturn In Detroit
Unionists face pay cuts and layoffs as the United Auto Workers reports 175 staff layoffs and 10 percent salary reductions for 18 weeks. Membership fell by 289,411 in 1958, with the union posting 2.37 million dollars in the red. The International Union covers autos aircraft and implements, recognizing strikes and layoffs across sectors.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
International Headquarters
International
Walter P. Reuther
Emil Mazey
The
Tne
International Union
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Ministers clash over faith in heated debate
Two ministers in a sharp argument about their religions continue to argue. One diplomatically suggests they will simply agree to disagree because both claim to be doing the Lord's work, each in his own way. Captain General Fea Corps.
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Fea. Corp
Maine Senate Rejects Tavern Stool Bill 19 to 9
By a standing vote the Maine Senate indefinitely postponed Rep. Edward Caron’s stool bill for taverns. The proposal would have allowed patrons to sit or stand at bars, ending the current rule that taverns restrict seating to men who stand. Senator Peter J. Farley led the approval of postponement.
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Maine Senate
Peter J. Farley
Biddeford
Edward Caron
Maine
Caron
Eisenhower Warns Against Berlin Appeasement in Gettysburg Talk
In a Gettysburg College address, President Eisenhower denounced appeasement of the Soviet Union over Berlin and urged negotiation to avoid war. He framed Soviet moves as part of a broader Communist bid for world domination while affirming the goal of replacing force with law at the conference table.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Berlin
United States
Gettysburg College
West Berlin
Christine Jorgensen plans third attempt to wed in six weeks
New York Christine Jorgensen says she will try again for a marriage license within six weeks after a second denial. Birth certificate lists her as male, so legal papers and a new birth certificate are now needed. Christine’s lawyer Roger Cowan estimates about six weeks to obtain required medical records and legal documents.
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New York
Christine Jorgensen
Denmark
Howard J. Knox
Washington
Christine
Herman Katz
Womank
Europe
Roger Cowan
Rat Helps To Discover Cancer Clue At Seminar
At the American Cancer Society seminar in Excelsior Springs Missouri Dr Charles Huggins of the University of Chicago described using the Sprague Dawley rat to model human breast cancer A lab method now yields cancer in 30 or 60 days with hormonal influence seen in about 40 percent of cases He noted some 2000 untested hormone compounds could affect breast cancer and warned researchers have only scratched the surface of potential discoveries
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Excelsior Springs
Charles Huggins
University of Chicago
American Cancer Society
Sprague-Dawley
Huggins
Saco River Reported Well Within Its Flood Limit
Maine flood scene stabilizes as major rivers including Androscoggin Kennebec Penobscot and Saco run swiftly within flood limits. Cherryfield faces four foot ice jams flooding downtown and forcing home evacuations. Rail washouts delay Gulf trains, Holden Brook Bridge approaches washed out, and a long ice jam on Sebasticook at Benton Falls floods banks yet poses no immediate home threat.
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Associated Press
Maine
Charles Chibka
Androscoggin
Kennebec
Penobscot
Saco
Cherryfield
Narragaugus
Union Trust Co
Maine Central Railroad
Old Town
Lincoln
Gulf
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
Boston
Washington County
Holden Brook
Holden
Sebasticook
Benton Falls
Old Orchard Man Charged With Reckless Driving After Chase
Saco police charged Henry Bolduc, 32, of Old Orchard Beach, with reckless driving after a chase from Beach and Elm in Saco to the Halfway section. Patrolman Nemet pursued at high speed on Main Street and Ocean Park road, with near collisions and a pedestrian hazard. Bail set at 300 dollars for Saco Municipal Court Monday. Damage estimated at 25 dollars in a Route 1 collision reported yesterday.
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Old Orchard
Chase
Saco
Henry Jr. Bolduc
Ocean Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Beach
Elm Streets
George Nemet
Saco Police
Ing
Bolduc
Main Street
Ocean Park Road
Nemet
Saco Municipal Court
Dalai Lama flees Tibet facing possible holy war in Asia
Red China fears rise of holy war as Dalai Lama escapes to India. Tibetan exiles hail him as political leader of the Himalayan realm while Nehru considers curbs on his political activities and a government-in-exile. Chiang Kai-shek may offer asylum in Formosa. Dalai Lama travels toward New Delhi unsure of final destination.
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New Delhi
India
Red
China
Dalai Lama
Far East
Nehru
Aout
Peiping
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Tibet
Lhasa
Buddha
Biddeford Property Limit Bill Faces Senate Test
The bid to raise Biddeford city property limit from 3 million to 5 million confronts a crucial Senate vote early next week. The emergency clause, debated by Rep. Alfred Lantagne and Rep. Edward Caron, would trigger immediate law upon passage, while the committee redraft aims to address concerns and delay emergency status.
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Biddeford
Senate
House
State House
Alfred Lantagne
Solons Urge Labor to Vote More Actively in Maine
In Portland Gov. Clinton A Clauson and James C Oliver urged AFL CIO committee members to boost labor participation in elections. Oliver urged organized labor to push for progressive programs to restore jobs while Clauson criticized the Republican led 99th Maine Legislature for menacing labor bills and backed extending unemployment compensation from 26 to 39 weeks.
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Portland
Maine
Aflcio Committee On
Clinton A. Clauson
James C. Oliver
Oliver
National Chamber of Commerce
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Democrat Clauson
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Kennebunk V. F. W. Post
Industrial Relations Office
Clarostat Mfg. Co. Inc
Dover
New Hampshire
Biddeford High School
Irene M. Mitchell
Karen Saucier
Janis Hodgdon
Biddeford Boosters
Thomas Deans
George Wells
Mitchell
Saco River
Solons
Labor
Lightning Club, Inc
Johnny Houston
Playboy
St. John Hall
New Jersey
John Rastivo
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