Delegates Named For Girls And Boys State At Biddeford High
Biddeford High School announced 1962 Girls State delegates Constance Beaudoin Donna Poirier and Carole Spencer with alternates Donna Alexander Marie McMorran and Joyce Travers. Boys State picks include Daniel Aguiar Ronald Barker James Belanger Robert Bourque Bruce Carp Frederick Crowley Carl Hevey Perley Perkins John Suomela John Weiss Kerry Harrison. Delegates, all juniors, are sponsored by the American Legion with funding from civic groups and individuals.
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Dirigo
Biddeford High School
Raymond Kenneally
Constance Beaudoin
Donna Poirier
Carole Spencer
Donna Alexander
Marie McMorran
Joyce Travers
Colby College
Waterville
Ronald Barker
Bruce Carp
Daniel Aguiar
Robert Bourque
Perley Perkins
John Suomela
James Belanger
Frederick Crowley
Carl Hevey
John Weiss
Richard Hayford
Kerry Harrison
University of Maine
American Legion
Legion
Donald Beaudoin
Pierson Jane
Girls Athletic Association
Tiger Topics
Albert Poirier
West Street
Glee Club
Francis Spencer
Alfred Road
Girls State
Walter Alexander
Pool Road
Albert McMorran
Main Street
James Travers
Film Street
Biddeford
Daniel J. Aguiar
Pop! Street
Counsil
Cousens
Thomas Barker
Jefferson Street
Waltham Belanger
Elm Street
Fernando Bourque
Fisher Body Craftsman
Edward Carp
May Street
Beacon Avenue
Nassan College
Robert Hayford
Quimby Street
Paul Hevey
Myrtle Street
George Perkins
Foss Street
Move Made To Release Jailed Union Workers
Boston AP eight Metropolitan Transit Authority operators were jailed for contempt after a 48 hour wildcat strike that disrupted service for 700,000 riders. Six were sentenced to 30 days and one to 60 days for inciting the walkout. Gov Volpe later seized the system to restore service.
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Boston
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Superior Court
Lewis Goldberg
MTA
John A. Volpe
Suffolk County
Cambridge - Dorchester
Fom
Michael J. Gormley
Gormley
Otis M. Whitney
Volope
Steel price hikes ripple through auto and appliance makers
U S Steel and other majors boosted prices by six dollars per ton prompting cautious comments from automakers and big users like General Electric and Westinghouse. Industry observers foresee potential 1963 model price pressures, while some firms may absorb costs or pass them to buyers. Continental Can plans to pass along steel cost increases to container buyers. Construction firms expect little effect on demand.
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U.S. Steel Corp
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Electric
Cleveland
Walter J. Campbell
Steel Magazine
Continental Can Co
F Warren
H. C. Turner Construction Co
Promotions and assignments for service members from Biddeford area
Promoted to Second Class Petty Officer SO G2 Kent Faton Arman of Fort Hill Biddeford and his brother Jerry returned to Charleston after a goodwill tour of Germany Denmark Sweden Holland England and Italy. Pvt Milton Scamm on of Biddeford on leave after eight weeks basic at Ft Dix will join an advanced course. A2C Arthur J Lessard Jr of Biddeford assigned to Topsham Air Force Station after graduation from Keesler. 1st Lt Malcolm C Stallings Jr of Evansville Ind earned USAF pilot wings after training at Vance AFB and is assigned to Rhein Mein AB Germany for RC 130 service. he and his wife Shirley are noted.
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Kent Faton
Sonarman
Clayton A. Eaton
Fort Hill
Biddeford
Charlies
Jerry
Charleston
S. C
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Holland
England
Italy
Biddeford High School
Milton Scammon
State Street
Ft. Dix
N. J
Milan Scammon
Saco
Arlene DeSilva
Pool Road
Topsham Air Force Station
Brunswick
Arthur J. Lessard, Jr
Arthur J. Lessard
Lessard
Air Force Ground Communications Equipment Repairman
Keesler Afb
Miss
St. Louis High School
Malcolm C. Stallings Jr
Juana C. Stallings
Rhein-Mein AB
Shirley
Thornton est marks of a two year home economics student
Thornton est marks a two year home economics student with active participation in Glee club Merooner Tripod sales GAA FHA FTA hockey and as director of the carnival talent show Junto and French club She earned acceptance to the University of Maine planning to major in home economics
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Thornton
GAA
FHA
University of Maine
Bates Manufacturing and TWUA Agree To Two Year Pact
Bates Manufacturing Co and the Textile Workers of America near Lewiston tentatively approve a two year contract set to take effect Monday. The deal includes a 3.5 percent wage increase about five cents hourly, boosting annual labor costs by roughly half a million dollars, and raises weekly accident sickness benefits from 25 to 32.50 dollars. Good Friday becomes the paid holiday replacing Patriots Day and male retirement age shifts from 65 to 62 to match the female retirement age. Ed wards division workers in Augusta vote Saturday while Hill and Bates divisions vote Sunday.
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Lewiston
Bates Manufacturing Co
Textile Workers of America
H. L. Gosselin
Bates Co
Dennis A. Blais
Blais
Edwards
Augusta
Hill and
Bates
Go Ahead Proof Signals Atmosphere Nuclear Tests Continue
Indications point to a sequence of about three dozen shots, perhaps hundreds of miles high, starting late this month and lasting up to two months. The United States has set two test sectors near Johnston Atoll and Christmas Island in the Pacific. A task force of 11,800 scientists and military personnel will monitor heat, blast, radiation, and other effects. Despite diplomacy, Kennedy ordered preparations for the first U.S. atmospheric tests in years to prove work done in atomic labs. Pentagon atomic experts weigh in.
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United States
Johnston
Christmas Islands
Pacific
Kennedy
U.S
Pentagon Atomic
Mitchell Named Commander of AMVETS Post
Ronald Mitchell was elected commander of the Boucouvalas Dupuis post AMVETS at a meeting last night in Saco. Elected officials include Clinton Fecteau Jr as first vice commander Joseph Henaire as second vice commander Eugene Moody as third vice commander Paul Neault as adjutant James Fennell as finance officer Joseph Ouellette as provost marshal and Earl Clappison as judge advocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Mitchell
Boucouvalas- Dupuis Post Amvets
Saco
Clinton Fecteau Jr
Joseph Henaire
Eugene Moody
Paul Neault
James Fennell
Joseph Ouellette
Earl Clappison
Reminder Of Dog Licenses Is Made
Saco City Clerk Clifford A. Purvis reminded dog owners that licenses were due. He noted 356 licenses have been sold to date. Fees are 1.40 dollars for males and for spayed females and 5.40 dollars for unspayed females.
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Saco
Clifford A. Purvis
Purvis
Kennedy adopts military view after Soviet blasts study
The 1958 tests data were extrapolated and analyzed to the limit. Kennedy appears convinced by the military assessment after Atomic Energy Commission and defense scientists reviewed results from more than 40 Soviet nuclear blasts last fall.
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Kennedy
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense
GOP Stages Talkathon Against Kennedy Administration
Republicans held a six hour nighttime talkathon in the House attacking President Kennedy's foreign fiscal domestic and defense policies. The effort aimed to counter administration messaging with a conservative emphasis but mixed results on impact and entertainment.
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Gop
Washington
House
John C. Kruczynski
D-Ill
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
John W. McCormack
Dmass
McCormack
Hays
Charles A. Halleck
R-Ind
Bob Wilson
R-Calif
Kennedy
Wilson
District of Columbia
Young Republicans Club
Saco Firemen Respond Twice Yesterday
Saco firemen were called twice yesterday. The first call was for a fire at the city dump on Cumberland avenue where booster lines were used. They were sent again at 5 12 p m for a grass fire at 10 Paul street and returned to Central station at 5 32 p m with booster lines in use.
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Saco
Cumberland Avenue
Paul Street
Central Station
City Granted Planning Loan for Sewage Project
Washington officials announced a $20,500 interest free loan from the Community Facilities Administration to Biddeford for preliminary planning of sewage facilities costing about $2.336 million. Senator Edmund Muskie said the FAA also approved $3,000 to improve two runways at Portland Municipal Airport.
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Washington
Community Facilities Administration
Biddeford
Sen
Edmund
Muskie Dmaine
Federal Aviation Agency
Portland
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