School Bus Bill Given Initial Nod
AUGUSTA AP A school bus bill, hot before the 100th Legislature, won preliminary Senate approval. The measure would allow Maine communities to decide if they want public buses to transport private and parochial pupils. Senator Sylvia J. Gilbert moved for the majority recommendation to be accepted and the bill received its first reading. Senator Augusta K. Christie hinted she may offer an amendment later.
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Augusta
Maine
Sylvia J. Gilbert
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Augusta K. Christie
Presque Isle
Gilbert
School Move Hit By Saco Group
Members of the Saco Taxpayers Protective Association criticized Mayor Charles R. Cote's administration at a municipal court room meeting. Rep. Camille Bedard defended his stance on Pepperell park school location and questioned delays to Charter changes. He urged review of title searches and warned about delegated city authority amid economic uncertainty and school-cost concerns.
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Saco Taxpayers Protective Association
Charles R. Cote
Camille Bedard
Taxpayers Association
Saco
Pepperell Park
Ralph Lovell
Sanford
Maine Senate
Bedard
Tude
Peppere! Park
Eichmann trial opening frames crimes against Jews and humanity
Israel's Attorney General Gideon Hausner maps Europe to recount Adolf Eichmann's role in World War II crimes. He argues Eichmann planned and executed crimes against the Jewish people, humanity, and war crimes, detailing camps, atrocities, and cannibalism while spectators wept.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gideon Hausner
Europe
Adolf Eichmann
Hausner
Eichmann
Gestapo
Adolf Eichman
Monay
Most Stores To Stay Open Patriot's Day
Patriot's Day will bring reduced business activity in Maine and Massachusetts with some offices on weekly schedules. Most stores in Biddeford Saco and surrounding communities stay open while post offices operate regular hours and mail delivery continues. Municipal offices in Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach close. Pepverell Manufacturing and Saco Lowell shops observe the holiday. The Biddeford Saco Journal is not published and area schools are on spring vacation. Banks close for the day.
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Maine
Massachusetts
Biddeford
Saco
Pepverell Manufacturing Company
Saco-Lowell
Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Calm but firm Hausner opens Eichmann case in Jerusalem
Jewish prosecutor Gideon Hausner delivered a measured indictment against Adolf Eichmann recalling the Lvov massacre and eyewitness accounts of bodies burned and ashes scattered. Despite personal losses in the holocaust, his voice remained steady as he read the opening statement, while Eichmann watched intently.
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Jerusalem
Lvov
Israel
Gideon Hausner
Hausner
Chuckle on idle men and rest from Gen Fea Corp
An aphorism notes that an idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest. The line appears attributed to a generic feature corp source, with emphasis on the value of activity over idleness. It reads like a brief editorial or morale booster snippet in a periodical.
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Fea. Corp
Female help wanted for office work with training offered
A help wanted notice seeking female applicants for an office position. Typing experience preferred and limited bookkeeping acceptable with on the job training. Benefits offered. Apply in writing to JOURNAL BOX 24.
Congo Accord Reached On Rebel Troops Authority
Brussels reported that Congolese officers reached an accord placing Antoine Gizenga’s rebel troops under central government control in Leopoldville. The Akte cease-fire covered the entire Congo and Lumumbist forces acknowledged Mobutu as supreme commander, with Lundula’s troops recognizing Leopoldville’s authority over Oriental province forces.
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Brusssels
Belgium
Antoine Gizenga
Leopoldville
Akte
Oriental
Joseph Mobutu
Lumumbist
Victor Lundula
Mobutu
Lundula
Congo
Maine Senate Receives $117 Million Current Services Budget
Augusta AP report notes the Appropriations Committee sent a tight $117 million current services budget to the Senate reducing the prior $119 million plan. Savings rely on closing Northern Maine Sanatorium and moving patients to Central Maine Sanatorium, a net about $335,000, plus $400,000 from reserve funds. Major shifts include moving three fourths of State Police support to the highway fund, cutting about $1 million, and cutting $500,000 for repair and renovation from earlier emergency funding.
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Augusta
Maine
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Reed
Presque Isle
Fairfield
Highway Fund
Soviets Urge Kennedy Halt Cuba Invasion Aid Castro
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged President Kennedy to stop the Cuba invasion aimed at toppling Fidel Castro and promised aid to Castro. Cuba reported Castro taking personal charge as counterrevolutionaries arrested 27, including ex-minister Humberto Sori Marin. Rebel desertions were claimed as forces loyal to Castro faced the attack in Las Villas and near Colon.
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Associated Press
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana
Humberto Sori Marin
United States
Las Villas
Colon
No Journal On Holiday In Patriot's Day Closure
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish tomorrow to observe Patriot's Day, a legal holiday in Maine and Massachusetts. Offices will be closed all day.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Maine
Massachusetts
Cuba Invader Gamble Hinges On Defections From Castro
AP analysis by William Ryan suggests Fidel Castro’s hold on Cuba weakens as rebel forces strike. Desertions from army navy and air force could determine invasion success, but militia loyalty and widespread enthusiasm for revolution complicate outcomes. Moscow’s stance limits chances of wider war.
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Associated Press News
Miami, Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Miami
Army
Fidel
Yankees
Oscars Night Brings Liz Taylor to Tears and Triumph
Liz Taylor won best actress for Butterfield 8 after a near fainting spell at the 33rd Oscar ceremonies in Santa Monica. Richard Lancaster and Shirley Jones also earned top acting honors as The Apartment won best picture and best director. Special Oscars went to Gary Cooper and Stan Laurel while The Virgin Spring took best foreign language film.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Liz Taylor
Beautiful Star
Liz
Burt Lancaster
Shirley Jones
Peter Ustinov
Billy Wilder
Ustinov
Rome
Gary Cooper
Stan Laurel
Elmer Gantry
Richard Brooks
Ingemar Bergman
Saco Sewer Project Inches Nearer Start
The Saco City council awarded the Bear Brook sewage plant contract to Aceto Company for 77,200 with state and federal approvals pending. Financing approved includes 45,000 city share funded by 500 denomination bonds at 3.4 percent from Canal National Bank. Work to start within 10 days and finish in 120 days.
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Bear Brook
Saco
Samuel Ace
Com Meee
Portland
Coffin and
Richardson
Aceto
US Public Health Service
Canal National Bank
Ford
Ivory Towle
Center
Dodge
Reed Motor Company
Pontiac
Ed & Frank Chevrolet
Biddeford
Chevrolet
Biddeford Motor Sales
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Partici
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Ann Pollock
Carol Ann Lord
Luella Goodwin
Jane Polackwich
Virginia Lennox
Jane Parker
State Capitol
Howard Shaffer
Robert Hunt
Barbara Freeman
Jig
By William Ryan
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Moscow
Eddie Fisher
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Academy
New York
Miss Jones
Oscar Hammerstein
Hammerstein
Richard Rodgers
Brewer
Smithton, Pa
Oklahoma
Carousel
Roland Giles
Pittsfield
Arundel
O’donnell
Boston
Don Nichols
Saco Sewer Project
Harry B. Center Co
Antonio Mariello
Biddeford -Saco
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