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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1961
Page
1
Saturday night joint installation of Voltigeur club and auxiliary in Biddeford hall featured a ceremony with officers named and recognized. Notables from the American Snowshoe Union and local clubs attended, guests included Biddeford city solicitor and out-of-town snowshoe club members. A dance with Voltigeur club orchestra followed the business session.
AP report from Jerusalem on Adolf Eichmann trial where Dr. Salo Baron, Columbia professor, testifies that Nazi rule erased two centuries of Jewish social and political gains overnight. Eichmann appears attentive as courtroom proceedings include cross questioning and note taking.
North Beach Maryland AP nine members of the Bowden family die in a late Sunday blaze that gutted a large frame house. Police identify victims as Bill Bowden 35 Marie Elizabeth 33 their six children and Mrs Bowden's mother Xenia Farr 60s. Fire officials say a woman screamed Get out as the fire started around 10 50 p m and 12 alarms summoned departments across southern Maryland. Bowden worked as a communications engineer for Page Communications Engineers Inc in Washington DC after leaving the Navy in 1958.
The Biddeford Teachers association pressed for higher salaries while accusing the city’s merit system of being antiquated. President James Wilkinson said only three contracts were returned by deadline, with many more expected to be withheld. Supt. Larabbée defended the school board as the panel faced the dispute and a continuation note indicated the story would continue on the next page.
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara asserted shifts in retirements and spending cannot be softened for private interests. He promised to ease base closures and contract cancellations while resisting special pressure. He cited Kennedy’s guidance to avoid arbitrary budgets and to cut waste, with preliminary reappraisal already shaping new budget proposals.
The Saco PTA executive board endorsed building a new Pepperell Park school to provide immediate classroom space. It cited excessive class sizes at Locke Jordan and Bonython and the need to avoid double sessions, noting a 40 day yearly learning loss under half-day plans.
AP reports a rebel push 35 miles south to Vang Vieng as government troops fall back. Three U S advisers may be captured while Pathet Lao gains worsen. cease-fire talks intensify with Britain and the Soviet Union backing an International Truce Commission police force. Prince Souvana Phouma appeals for help from Communist and neutral nations to restore peace.
A recognition banquet was held Saturday night in the club hall at Rochambeau in Biddeford to honor incoming and outgoing officers of the Rochambeau club and auxiliary. In the front row Rev Robert Martel delivered invocation and benediction, with George Neault master of ceremonies and president of the American Snowshoe Union, and Mrs Neault as special guest. Gerard Moreau, outgoing vice president, and Arthur Raymond, president of the Maine Snowshoe Union, were among those present alongside Mrs Marie Agne Gosselin and other auxiliary members.
President Sukarno arrives in Washington for an informal overnight visit with President Kennedy. A four hour meeting is planned after a 21 gun salute and full military honors. Sukarno is expected to urge U.S. restraint on anti Castro forces amid tensions over West New Guinea and Cuba.
France announced a call up of reservists to strengthen defenses after fears of a para trooper invasion from Algeria. Premier Debre said loyal units would be reinforced with reserve formations under regular officers while jet interceptors were ordered to shoot at any unauthorised planes from Algeria. The night of tension eased as precautions were relaxed though the air force remained on alert.
In Biddeford and Saco traffic will halt Friday after noon as part of Exercise Opal 61 Civil Defense drill. Capt Clarence Holt and Alden Jacobs announced an alert with take cover signal at 3 pm and a 4 to 4 30 pm radio switch to Conelrad. The exercise runs April 26 through 27 with post attack actions to follow into Sunday.
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