Sauer Replaces Verwoerd As South African Leader
Paul Oliver Sauer, leader of the Nationalist Party in Parliament, assumed government leadership after Henrik Verwoerd was wounded. Sauer pledged to continue apartheid policies and preside at cabinet meetings while the cabinet maintains the existing program amid heightened racial tensions. Verwoerd, recovering in Pretoria hospital, faced questions over the severity of his injuries as authorities pursue charges against his alleged assailant.
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Johannesburg
Africa AP
Paul Oliver Sauer
Henrik F. Verwoerd
Sauer
Verwoerd
Eric Louw
South Africa
Pretoria
VFW Award Presented To Killam Biddeford Installation
Joint installation ceremonies for Biddeford VFW post and auxiliary were held at the city building yesterday afternoon. William W. McKenney led the post as installing officer with Martin J. Rielly as aide. Mrs. Florence Tipping headed the auxiliary assisted by Mrs. Marie Boisvert. New post officers include Thomas Tipping as commander and several others. auxiliary officers feature Alden Racine as president and a slate of officers.
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Biddeford City
Biddeford
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Thomas Tipping
Lionel Provencher
Elvino Benamati
William Gaffney
William McKenney
Robert Gross
Almeria Proulx
Jeannette Curro
Alden Racine
Florence Poirier
Marie Boisvert
Laura Dodge
Delcia Frechette
Florence Tipping
Lucianna Oy
Alma Beaudoin
Gertrude Desrosiers
Horace Killam
V.F.W
Biddeford City Building
William W. McKenney
Martin J. Rielly
John Conroy
Henry Provencher
Leandre Charest
Jere Small
Benamati
Tipping
Flora Poirier
Blanche Small
Young Kennebunk Man Held On Morals Charge
A 20 year old Kennebunk man, arrested for a stop sign violation in Biddeford, was held on a morals charge. Theodore L Littlefield, identified by Biddeford schoolgirls, faced indecent exposure allegations and pleaded guilty to the stop sign offense. The case was continued to April 18 with $1,000 bail, while on parole from the Men’s Reformatory in South Windham.
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Kennebunk
Biddeford
Theodore L. Littlefield
Sherwood K. Baston
Wells
Elm
Alfred
Simon Spill
Littlefield
Philip Poirier
Spill
South Windham
Augusta Maine Non-Farm Employment Tops February Toll
Non-Farm Augusta employment in Maine reached a three year high in February per the Employment Security Commission. 261,700 wage and salary workers were on payrolls, up 5,100 from a year ago and 7,200 from February 1958. Seasonal trends kept unemployment rising into March with about 28,700 unemployed in mid February versus 27,200 in January and 24,700 in December.
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Augusta
Maine
Employment Security Commission
ESC
Beverly Loses Still Another Boyfriend in Hollywood Turmoil
Hollywood AP report details Beverly Radland after William Stanciu, 21, shot himself following a confrontation at her apartment. Stanciu, linked to Errol Flynn’s former partner, died in hospital. Beverly survived and faces Juvenile Hall hearing over parental supervision. Stanciu’s brother disputes the suicide claim while Beverly’s lawyers pursue estate actions for Flynn-era assets.
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Hollywood
William
Billy the Kid
Stanciu
Beverly Radland
Miss Radland
Errol Flynn
Stancia
Everly
Kenneth
Beverly
Billy
Flynn
Dechav Vanouver
B.C
ScCians
Snes Cs Ne
Pepperell Workers Accept Five Percent Pay Increase
Pepperell Manufacturing employees voted unanimously to accept a five percent wage increase after wage negotiations with Textile Workers Union. The new scale raises minimum pay from $1.25 to $1.31 per hour and increases top pay to 12 cents more per hour, effective April 18.
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Pepperell
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Textile Workers Union of America
Afl-Cio
You Can Be Underweight And Overfat All At Once
A Cornell University study reported by Dr J H Fryer finds that a man who hits ideal weight at 20 and never gains may double body fat by 60 while losing lean tissue. The 60 men studied show fat increases with age, suggesting higher fat despite normal weight.
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Chicago
Cornell University
Graduate School of Nutrition
American Institute of Nutrition
J. H. Fryer
Fryer
Bishop Athenagoras Leads Greek Orthodox Service in Biddeford
In St Demetrios Greek Orthodox church Biddeford Bishop Athenagoras of the New England diocese delivered the sermon during special services. Other participants included Rev Sam J Kalamaras and Brother Pantelei mon of the Holy Mountain monastery in Greece. A full Holy Week program was outlined with services scheduled through Easter, including midnight Resurrection services and 3 pm Agapi services.
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Nymfiou
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Biddeford
Athenagoras
Elaias
New England
Center
Sam J. Kalamaras
St. Demetrios Church
Panteleimon
Holy Mountain
Greece
Boston
John Gianopoulos
Nick Frangakis
Greek Theological School
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Rand Daily Mail
David Pratt
Union Exposition Trade and Agriculture Fair
Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Wonderbar
Armand Cyr
Portland
Notre Dame Grammar School
Leo P. Taillon
Donald Roy
Athr Cyr
Arthur Lambert
Royal Elm
Stamps
Nestle
Nestle’s
le Tin
VFW
Killam
Gen
Fea, Corp
Edward
SWIFT
Young Porkers
Hamburg
Ft’s
Windbrooks
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