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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1963
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Charles Beck of Barre Vermont vacationing at Wells Beach visited Mrs Fillmore P Harris at 89 Graham Street Biddeford.
A news 2S and A news 2S and Group B under Mrs August Albert will run the thrift shop for the coming week. Hills Beach Association schedules a 7 30 p m business meeting Monday at St Francis College dining room. Our Lady of Victory Circle meets 2 p m tomorrow at the Fremont Club Alfred Street Biddeford.
Secretary of State Rusk and British Foreign Minister Lord Home arrive in Moscow to sign the treaty and hold vital talks with Khrushchev about a nuclear test ban. In other news the UN accuses North Korea of intrusions along the truce line and a train derailment in Uruguay leaves many dead or injured. Hurricane Arlene forms in the tropical Atlantic with 100 mph winds and heads west-northwest.
Ralph Vincent, 33, of Montreal, Quebec, was fined 50 dollars in Saco Municipal Court after pleading guilty to speeding on Sea Side Avenue in Bay View, Saco. Capt. John Marshall of the Beach police arrested him in Old Orchard Beach following pursuit by Lt. Robert Foran. He was returned to the Saco police station and released on bail for his morning appearance.
Governor Reed telegrams CAB Chair Boyd urging reconsideration of the 3-2 vote to drop Northeast Airlines from the New York to Florida air route. He argues Maine needs an airline with the past services Northeast provided and asks the CAB to consider this urgent capacity need.
Sincere thanks to the doctors and nurses of Webber hospital for kind care and to relatives friends for flowers cards and gifts during illness. We thank friends neighbors relatives for kindness floral tributes and sympathy during our bereavement. Also Orchard Lodge F and AM Old Orchard Beach Police Dept Rev Gilbert Firotti Rev Dorothy Johnston and Rev Stephen Johnston of First Baptist Church. Mrs Mae A Phillips Mr and Mrs Robert Phillips and Family.
Mrs. Lucien Jacques expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for gifts and cards received while she was hospitalized.
Henry John Chapman Smith 68 of Montreal P Q died yesterday at a local trailer park during a vacation in Old Orchard Beach Born in London England on December 14 1894 he was the son of George Henry Smith and a World War One veteran who served in the Canadian Army He worked with the Civil Service Commission of Canada before retiring Survivors include his widow Elizabeth Haydock Smith a son Gordon and two grandchildren all of Montreal Funeral services will be held in Montreal Arrangements are by Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home 36 Portland Ave
Grace M Lamson aged 95 of 69 Middle Street Saco died at home. Born December 28 1867 in Portland she was daughter of Isaiah Rendall and Mercy Townsend Rendall. She is survived by a daughter Miss Dorothy Lamson. Funeral services are at 2 p m Monday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main Street Saco. Burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Our Lady of Fatima Circle will meet at seven tonight at Emond Funeral Home in Biddeford to pay respects to Charlemagne La vigne, brother of a member.
Members of the Sacred Heart League of St Andre's Church Biddeford will gather at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Emond Funeral home to say prayers for Charlemagne La vigne, a league member.
Cape Neddick report states 19 year old Robert C. Carr of North Hampton New Hampshire was killed when his car struck a trailer truck on Route One. Carr’s unidentified passenger was in critical condition at York Hospital. Truck driver Edwin Sirois of Auburn escaped injury. Police expected to confirm the passenger’s identity.
General Motors topped second quarter profit with a $464 million April to June result and record half year earnings as auto makers ride a broad upturn. The rise, echoed by First National City Bank survey results, points to sustained yearly earnings above $28 billion, aided by industries including autos, oil, steel and building products while nonferrous metals lag. Constructive stock activity gave way to profit taking midweek as inventories and depreciation rules shape outlook.
Increasing cloudiness and little change in temperature tonight with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms developing late tonight. Sunday showers and thunderstorms end late afternoon or early evening, followed by partial clearing and no important temperature changes.
Tide chart shows high and low water times in eastern daylight time with eight entries. Values include heights around 4.23 feet and 5.08 feet, and prices listed as $155 with decimals.
Church notes list multiple Sunday evening services at Advent Christian Biddeford Faith Tabernacle Old Orchard Beach First Assembly of God Saco Bible Baptist Church Kennebunk Gateway routes and times. Youth fellowships and junior senior groups meet at various hours across Lyman Goodwins Mills Ogunquit Wells and Old Orchard Beach.
Rev Stanley A Bennett will deliver The End of the World Is It Near sermon at 11 am Sunday service at Union Church Stoney Ledge Biddeford with Mrs Shirley F E Parks at the organ. This is his last summer service before Rev David E Wigley of The United Church of Christ takes over remaining Sundays.
The bond market volume increased last week to a daily average of 1.8 billion dollars, up from 1.6 billion dollars in June, as estimated by the Federal Reserve Bank and the U.S. Treasury.
London reports say Dr Stephen Ward, 50, unconscious after a massive drug overdose and pneumonia, is fading despite electronic lung support. He is due at Old Bailey for the final day of his trial on five vice charges involvingChristine Keeler and Marilyn Rice-Davies and faces up to 14 years. Ward remains in custody as his condition is monitored at St Stephen's Hospital.
Lawrence Dolby former Saco mayor urges using funds now to advance a river cleanup and related project. He backs the Whelan administration and says citizens should support the program while noting the former Saco Sanitary District abolition was disastrous for the city and pollution remains the key issue.
The article reports a heated debate over a civil rights public accommodations bill. Proponents call it essential to remove daily insults to Negroes while opponents, including five Southern governors, attack it as unconstitutional and a threat to property rights. The measure targets hotels, motels, theaters, restaurants, retail stores and similar private firms with substantial interstate commerce impact. It cites the 7th Amendment's equal protection guarantee but notes the bill's reliance on federal authority to enforce desegregation.
Northeast Air Lines says Hughes Tool Co. will add 1 million in operating funds while ending its commitment to cover deficits. Toolco, controlling owner of Northeast, sent the notice to President James W. Austin via Raymond M. Holliday. The move accompanies a request for immediate mail pay and follows losses tied to debt and the profitable New York to Florida route loss.
Eleven year old Sandra Reynolds of Unity died and her three sisters were seriously injured in a Friday car truck collision on a narrow rural road. Four year old twins Patricia and Delicia and Anetta seven were reported in serious condition at a Waterville hospital. Their father Alec, 36, was treated for severe shock.
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko hosts Khrushchev planning to invite Rusk and wife to a Black Sea retreat. US Embassy disputes plan and says a Leningrad sightseeing trip is on schedule. Talks likely focus on a nonaggression pact NATO and Warsaw Pact could sign, despite De Gaulle's Paris stand. Kennedy Harriman hint at bypassing roadblock. Western observers suggest Rusk may probe a joint nonaggression declaration.
Robert J. Therrien, 31, of Saco, faces charges after allegedly threatening two officers with a 12 gauge shotgun during a disturbance at a Storer Street hotel. He was arrested on Main Street then upstairs at the hotel. Bail set at 4000 dollars as hearing postponed to Monday.
Rocco Balliro, 26, recaptured in Chelsea after a tip led police to a Chestnut Street house. He had escaped Boston jail June 23 and was charged in the slayings of Mrs. Toby Wagner and her 2 year old son. Balliro surrendered from a second floor porch closet after a raid.
A Massachusetts man, Michael Howell, 22, bolted from Old Orchard Beach police headquarters after an affray and led a multi‑town pursuit through Saco and Biddeford. He was recaptured at the Beach six hours later, held on driving offenses and fleeing charges.
Four North Korean soldiers die in a renewed DMZ clash near the first ambush, as Communist forces are urged to curb raids and honor the armistice. Cloud denounces the actions as a route of terror, demanding immediate penalties and compliance from the North Korean side. Gen. Chong Hwang Chang defends the investigation, calling the charges fabrications.
The Dutch will loan a frigate from Schiedam to the Nigerian Navy for training. It will be renamed Ogoja and fly the Nigerian flag under Defense Ministry statements.
The President's remarks unsettled Pentagon circles especially the Army which has championed the Nike Zeus antimissile system for eight years. Officials split between optimism and doubt while some scientists see improvable hurdles. The antimissile debate intensifies amid talks of a U S British Soviet test ban covering atmosphere space and oceans. Critics fear the Soviets may lead in ICBM defense progress.
Miss Barbara Prosser daughter of Mr and Mrs Addington Prosser of Old Orchard Beach wed Darrell Mileski of Westbrook son of Harold Mileski of Erie Penn and the late Mrs Mileski at the Greek Orthodox Church Biddeford The couple honeymooned at Cape Cod and will reside at 131 Rochester Street Westbrook The bride a Northeastern Business College graduate works for Central Maine Power Company The groom a Falmouth High School graduate served in the US Marines and works for the E G Fodin Company Portland
The annual Biddeford Pool Road church service features Rev. Donald E. Tibbetts of Saugus Mass as guest preacher. Native of Biddeford and son of Mrs. Paul Cobb of Ferry Road Saco. Combined choirs of South Biddeford and Foss Street Methodist Churches directed by Mrs. Rena Deis will perform. Trustees and Biddeford Saco Council of Churches sponsor the event tomorrow at 2 50 PM.
The speaker says older Vermonters resemble rural Kentucky and Tennessee folks, with nostalgia and self-reliance. Warren plans a Ten essee setting novel and notes he must keep writing to pay for it. He cites modern American literature as not great but mentions young standout writers Saul Bellow, William Styron, Robert Lowell, and Richard Eberhardt.
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