Saco sixth graders win essay contest prizes
Winners in a Boucouvales-Dupuis AMVETS auxiliary essay contest for Saco sixth graders were announced. Essays on What America Means To Me will be sent to Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for next year’s school awards judging. First place went to Eleanor Foster, Burns school.
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Saco
America
Boucouvales-Dupuis Post
Amvets
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Sharon Field
Bruce Polackwich
Maryalice Shinke
Eleanor Foster
Marie Miner
Miss Evelyn Kimball
Nancy Tarbox
Burns School
Burns
Bruce Ladd
Young School
Ann Marie Rancourt
Wayne Nason
Leo Glass
Sherman D. Plummer
Herbert R. Bean
Old Orchard Beach High School
Ernest Brousseau
Old Orchard Beach Historical Society
Company of
Military Collectors and Historians of America
Rita Potvin
Old Orchard Beach
Amvets Auxiliary
Department of Maine
The
Beach Sewer Work Progressing at Old Orchard Beach
Engineering and construction progress on the nearly $840,000 Old Orchard Beach sewage project. Hinman Construction advances three days ahead of schedule despite rain. 120 workers, six days weekly, aim for July 1 finish. 3,000 gpm capacity and planned tie-ins from Half-Way section.
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Old Orchard Beach
Lawrence Kraynick
Whitman and Howerd
Boston
Hinman Construction Company
Westbrook
A. P. Wyman Company
Waterville
Kraynick
Maine GOP candidates vie as Sharpe quips on change
Elwin A Sharpe of Monmouth veers from a Republican bid saying the party must recognize working class voters to win the Second District seat. Tupper advocates a cooperative program to study Maine renewable resources. Democratic challenger Donovan kicks off Lewiston rally, urging a broader party image while Dube voices misgivings. Governor Reed warns 1960 result hinges on GOP gains or Democratic majorities.
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Maine
Elwin A. Sharpe
Monmouth
Roy A. Sinclair
Stanley . Tupper
Tupper
Fish & Game Assn
Palermo
Joan C. Donovan
Lewiston
John H. Reed
Senate
House
Chuckle: Daddy Explains Bachelor To Boy
A light joke where a father explains to his son that a bachelor is a man who didn’t have a car when he was young. The quip pays playful tribute to automotive milestones and social quirks.
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Gen
Bea. Corp
Prime Minister Verwoerd Shot At Public Speech In Johannesburg
South Africa Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was shot in the head while speaking at the Union Exposition in Johannesburg. He remained alive as medics bandaged his wound and carried him from the platform. A white man in a gray suit was seized by bystanders. the gunman was beaten and taken to a police station. The weapon was a .22 caliber pistol.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Hendrik Verwoerd
Verwoerd
Talkative Salesman Irks Boss
Hartford AP report: A state unemployment commission denies jobless benefits to a salesman fired after less than two months. The worker complained about gasoline mileage and expenses, but told customers negative remarks about the company, violating confidential route duties. Commissioner Arcudi stressed salesmen must protect customer relations.
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Hartford
Conn
John Arcudi
Arcudi
English headmaster visits U S children homes
Ernest Gilpin headmaster of a Yorkshire institution surveys Sweetser Childrens Home in Saco. His study visit to top American facilities is sponsored by the English Speaking Peoples Union of Britain, promoting international understanding in education and related fields.
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Sweetser Childrens Home
Saco
Ernest Gilpin
Yorkshire
England
America
Gilpin
Linwood Brown
Bruce Dare
Rickie Christi
Norman Corbin
Ruel Ricker
John Carr
Rodney Lavigne
Jeffrey Norton
Susan Ruberti
Cuba presses crumble as anti Castro papers fold
In Havana the revolutionary regime tightens control and economic hardship forces ten of fourteen independent Spanish language newspapers to fold. Veteran editors warn the remaining four will soon collapse, leaving pro Castro outlets dominant. Foreign outlets persist but are marginal amid a vast propaganda system. The regime reportedly spends about a million dollars to sustain the effort.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Florida
Voice of America
Times
Castro
Caouette Seeks York County Commissioner Nomination
Theodore J. Caouette of Biddeford announces candidacy for York County commissioner in the Democratic primaries in June. A native of Rumford, he studied there and has lived in Biddeford 33 years. For nine years he has worked at Sam's Place, six as head of outside sales in York county, and before that ran a furniture and appliance store. he also worked at H. P. Atkinson. Active in fraternal and church circles, Caouette belongs to the Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elk.
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Theodore J. Caouette
Summit Street
Biddeford
York County
Rumford
Sam's Place
Caouette
Pliance
H. P. Atkinson
Biddeford-Saco
US Trading Stamp Issue Gummed Up
Washington AP reports the federal government faces a growing pile of trading stamps from purchases by agencies and employees. Uncertainty abounds on how many stamps are stored or their value, and redemption plans are debated. The General Services Administration announced in November that stamps collected by federal workers belong to the government.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
General Services Administration
Biddeford Eyes Airport Revival With Federal Aid
A municipal airport project in Biddeford moves forward after a 24500 state federal matching grant, bringing total funds to 98000 with city and federal support. Mayor Deschambault announced a master plan to be drafted in weeks, aiming to bids this fall for a new runway, hangars, gasports, and an industrial park on adjacent land.
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Biddeford
Maine Aenautics Commission
John H. Reed
Executive Council
Feder
Clement H. Deschambault
William Cullinan
Federal Aviation Agency
Kenneth P Curtis
James C. Oliver
Ralph Binette
Daniel P. Cantara
Cong. Oliver
Oliver
Deschambault
Cullinan
Coul
Poverty Stricken Wife Desires Only Margarine
Annie Reitnauer, 78, and William, 76, live in a collapsing, waterless PA home with little income. She longs for margarine to better season red potatoes, while neighbors offer help but the couple prefers staying on their farm, despite danger from crumbling walls. A neighbor will build a three room bungalow on their 50 acre farm.
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Boyertown
Annie Reitnauer
William
Annie
Mrs. Reitnauer
Pennsylvania
Pottstown
Reitnauers
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