Saco PTA Names Officers For Year 1961 62
Saco Parent Teacher Association elects officers for 1961 62 at April meeting at Sweetser Children s home. slate includes Walter Lamb Jr president Mrs Alan Sawyer first vice president Earl Pratt second vice president and others. Linwood Brown Sweetser executive director speaks on the home s work. 64 new memberships noted and May 16 officer installation planned at Young School.
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Sace Parent-Teacher Association
Sweetser Children’s Home
Eugene Wolfahrt
Alan Swayer
Joseph Hannaford
Walter
Saco
Parent-Teacher Association
Sweetser Children's Home
Walter Lamb, Jr
Alan Sawyer
Earl Pratt
Robert Whittier
Richard Clark
Thomas Haley
PTA
Donald Coburn
Walter Lamb
Thomas Winston
Portland
Safety Patrol
District 1
York High School
Robert Warner
Young School
Sweetser School
Linwood Brown
Brown
John Bryant
Welfare list shrinks in Biddeford relief rolls
Biddeford City Clerk Ralph Binette reports welfare costs from December 1 to April 1 fell about 10 500 compared with the prior year. Annette Gagne notes 87 families totaling 202 persons on relief now, down from nearly 250 or 460, with 145 families on the March 13 roll as surplus commodity applications rise by 110.
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Biddeford
Ralph Binette
Binette
Annette Gagne
Solons Approve Loan Resolve For Municipal Bonds
Augusta reports the Senate approved an amended resolve to enable municipalites to issue bonds for industrial building construction to attract new business. The measure passed to be engrossed, one step from enactment, and would require a constitutional amendment before becoming law.
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Augusta
Senate
Committee Split on Strike Bill In Maine Legislature
Augusta The legislative Labor Committee split 55 today on a bill to limit picketing outside a struck plant. One faction favored a redraft narrowing terms and penalties, while opponents rejected the measure. The House tabled the bill until April 20. the redraft would drop violence from the title and reduce penalties to a 250 dollar fine and 30 days jail.
Local woman killed in Littleton shooting homicide
State Police Detective Otis Labree says the fatal shooting of 25 year old Dolores Paul in Littleton over the weekend was a homicide. Her body was found Sunday night by her parents at their home where she had been living.
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Littleton
Otis Labree
Labree
Dolores Paul
Mrs. Paul
Mrs
Joseph Polchias
Maine House Approves Bridge Plan Over Piscode River Crossing
The Maine House voted 112 to 19 for a new parallel span to the Kittery Portsmouth toll bridge proposed by the Maine New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority. Proponents claim it would add capacity at no tax cost, while opponents say access would be impractical and favor a upstream high level bridge as part of the Interstate system. The plan envisions 90 percent federal funding for an upstream option with a $17 million total cost and Maine New Hampshire sharing about $2.7 million plus new approaches.
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Augusta
Maine House
Maine-New Hampshire
The
Highway Commission
Judiciary Committee
House
Dennett
Maine
New Hampshire
Soviets Launch Man Into Space Lands Safely
Moscow reports Maj Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth for 1 hour 48 minutes, including 1 hour 29 minutes in orbit, then landed safely. Five ton Vostok carried the 27 year old father of two daughters, off at 9 07 a m Moscow time and back at 10 55 a m. Orbit ranged from 110 to 188 miles. Route and launch/landing sites not disclosed. Moscow radio aired his messages from over Africa and South America. Premier Khrushchev and citizens hailed the Soviet achievement as Washington and NASA observers, including James E Webb, welcomed the milestone and noted U S plans to attempt a 300 mile space flight later in the year.
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Moscow
Maj
Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Vostok
Moscow Radio
Gagarin
Africa
South America
United States
Khrushchev
Levitan
Washington
Kennedy
James E. Webb
U.S. Space Agency
Plannin
U.S
Associated Press
Earth
Jan. 2
Moon
Flag Raising Signal For Invasion
Robert Murch hoisted an American flag before work prompting a luncheon with six guests at his home Mrs Murch. The St Louis Priory Mother's Club tour marked houses with flags drawing many visitors to the Murch residence. he promised to check neighborhood programs before raising the flag in the future.
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ST. Louis
Robert Murch
Boy Indicted On Murder Charge in Amherst Shooting
Ellsworth AP A Han cock County grand jury indicted 14 year old Gerald H. Humphrey for murdering his grandmother Lenora Smith at Amherst on January 13. The youth, a product of a broken home, lived with his family prior to the incident.
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Ellsworth
Hancock County
Gerald H. Humphrey
Lenora Smith
Amherst
Eichmann Faces Trial Plea to Exterminate Jews
In Jerusalem, Israeli Attorney General Hausner condemned Adolf Eichmann as the architect of the Holocaust, asserting the Nazi regime sought to wipe out six million Jews. Eichmann remained impassive as the trial entered its second morning, while Hausner argued that international law and retroactive statutes justify Israel's 1950 war crimes law. The judge heard further legal challenges from Eichmann’s defense and noted the Day of Remembrance will pause proceedings Thursday.
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Jerusalem
Gideon Hausner
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Europe
Hausner
F Eichmann
Gestapo
Robert Servatius
Cologne
West Germany
Servatius
Israel
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
United Nations
London
Moscow
Washington
San Francisco
State of
Supreme Court
Moshe Landau
Chuckle Childhood Weight Tip Returns To Bath Time
A humorous note from Gen. Fea Corp jokes that weight loss in childhood is as simple as bathing. It presents a playful, era tone quip about health and self care without serious guidance.
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Fea Corp
Soviet Astronaut Joins Momentous Page In Space History
The Associated Press reports a Soviet cosmonaut has achieved a historic milestone by entering orbit, surviving the return to Earth, and signaling a new era in human spaceflight. The piece reflects on future Moon and Mars ambitions, the political context, and Laika’s earlier test flights as part of the space race narrative.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Moscow
Moon
Mars
Soviet Union
Soviets Take Space Lead In Orbit Race
Editor’s note by Ben Price analyzes Soviet space progress and the implications for the United States. The piece argues the Soviet Union has developed more powerful rockets and is pursuing a timetable that could outrun the U.S. in space by 1961’s end, potentially damaging American scientific prestige. It cites Oct 4, 1957 satellite milestone and compares launch counts and payload sizes to U.S. efforts.
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United States
Ben Price
Associated Press
Washington
Sovviet Union
Soviets
U.S
Soviet Union
Soviet space feats surpass American firings in reach and scope
A historical overview recounts the Soviet space program leading with Sputnik and Laika, detailing successive missions from 1957 to 1960. It notes Sputnik I and II milestones, Laika the dog, Luna and Lunik programs, long lunar and solar orbits, and multi animal and equipment launches, contrasting U.S. launches with Soviet achievements and velocities.
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