Biddeford Approves 95 Acre Park Site Purchase
Biddeford City Council approves buying 95 acres on U.S. 1 for an industrial park at 15 000 price with Mayor Gaulin authorized as agent. Whitman and Howard Engineers named for phase two sewer project despite some opposition. Funding for swimming pools discussed. no money available.
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Biddeford
Whitman & Howard Engineers, Inc
Roger Fecteau
Nadeau
U.S. 1
Madeliene Binette
Theresa Roy
Bernadette Beaulieu
Edward F. Gaulin
Rudolph Bergeron
Robert LaBelle
Henry Camire
Laflamme
Whitman and
Howard
West Brook
Biddeford Pool
Robert Robida
Paul Beaupre
Civic group nears referendum on Sunday liquor law in Maine
The Christian Civic League of Maine reports temperance forces are within a few hundred signatures of the 10 percent threshold needed to force a referendum on Sunday liquor legislation. If filed by Sept 2, the measure would let hotel club and restaurant sales from noon to 9 p.m. Sundays and permit take-out beer sales. The group aims to collect 10 000 more signatures before filing.
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CHINA
Christian Civic League of Maine
Benjamin C. Bubar Jr
iThe
Bubar
Maine Officials Weigh Aid for Snoopy Survivors
Gov. Reed said Maine officials are examining help for survivors of the Snoopy, a Portland dragger wrecked by a torpedo off the North Carolina coast on July 23. Injured crew were moved from Norfolk to Brighton Marine Hospital to be closer to families in Maine. Eight of the 12 crew were killed.
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Augusta
Reed
Maine
Oe Py
Peetaeny
Norfolk, Va
Brighton, Mass. Marine
North Carolina
75 Percent Interest Cited on Farmer Loans in Mysore
A government survey in Mysore state finds moneylenders charging 75 percent interest on short term loans to poverty stricken farmers.
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New Delhi
Mysore
York County Bar Auxiliary Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
Members of the York County Bar Auxiliary held a meeting at St John’s hall Biddeford to mark the sixth anniversary. Mary Anne Dorais presided in absence of Blanche Small as reports and thank you cards were read. Alice Roy joined as a new member and Anna Amnette was noted as a patient at Webber Hospital.
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York County
St. John’s Hall
Elm and
Main Streets
Biddeford
Delia Frechette
Mary Wood
Main
Elm Streets
Mary Anne Dorais
Blanche Small
Alice Roy
Anna Amnette
Webber Hospital
Mary A. Dorais
Cairman
Deliia Frechette
Laura Vanasse
Diana Moulen
Laura Dodge
Clara Blouin
Yvonne Bergeron
Florida
Alice Simard
Septemer
Jaycees Offer Measles Vaccine in York County
Kennebunk Jaycees announce a measles vaccine clinic at Kennebunk High School on Sunday August 15 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The $3 fee covers vaccine costs for York County residents over twelve months not contra indicated by pregnancy leukemia cancer fever illness egg allergy or recent gamma globulin or blood transfusions.
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United States
York County
Kennebunk- Kennebunkport Jaycees
Kennebunk High School
Meters A Hot Topic For Saco Main Street Merchants
Saco council considers a poll by the Police and Fire Commission on parking meters along Main Street after Donald Doyle of the Saco Business Men's Association urged removal or a two hour limit. He cited summer visitors penalized for over parking and suggested using meter revenue for off Main Street parking land.
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Saco
Police and Fire Commission
Donald Doyle
Saco Business Men’s Association
Doyle
Berlin Wall Shots Reported as Escape Attempts Likely Stopped
Western Berlin police said shots were heard along the Berlin Wall during the night and two attempted escapes probably were thwarted by Communist patrols. Elsewhere, the Frank Knox radar picket destroyer remains aground off Pratas Island with two casualties.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Berlin Wall
West Berlin
Schoenfeld
Manila
Frank Knox
South China Sea
U.S. Navy
Knox
Pratas Island
Hong Kong
Ellington honored by New York City amid ceremony
Jazz composer Duke Ellington received a bronze medal on the steps of City Hall as Acting Mayor Paul Screvane praised him for long service to music. About 2,000 attendees witnessed the event while Ellington, 66, joked about sunshine and his night-owl habits.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Duke Ellington
New York City
City Hall
Paul Screvane
Ellington
Charleston
City Council Approves Youth Corps Roles and Voter Tag Days
Mayor Reay read rental and purchase prices for a paver. it can be rented at 50 dollars daily with a 25 day minimum or bought with 1255 dollars down and balance in 1966. The machine is owned by Burk Ett of Scarborough and the matter was referred to the Finance Committee. The council also backed fall youths for the Neighborhood Youth Corps and praised the summer program. Tag Days for disabled American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars were approved. a lunch van permit was denied. pole permits were issued for Central Maine Power Co and for New England Tel and Tel on specified streets.
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Gaulin
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Pool Street
Clifford Park
Bliss-Gamewell Co
Frank A
Vera M. Crocker
Rogerson
Central Maine Power Co
Nadeau
William Kirk
Saco
Reay
Appeals Board
Reny
Richard S. Chapman
George Varney
10Th District Court
Varney
Lucien Bourque
Bidderford
Ivory Fenderson
Linwood Higgins
Scarborough
Charles Houston
Dayton
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Bay View
Ronald Ayotte
City Hall
Rodney Perkins
Colonial Drive
Perkins
Timothy Crowley
Burkett
Finance Committee
Crowley
Ernest Whitten
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Normand Goudreau
Biddeford
Locke Street
New England Tel
Tel
New County Road
Thornton Avenue
Randall Receives Hood Foundation Scholarship
Richard P. Randall of Old Orchard Beach has won a one year Hood Foundation scholarship covering two thirds of tuition and fees to the University of Maine. The award is among ten given to New England high school graduates based on scholastic and civic achievement, for children of H P Hood and Sons employees. Randall will study forestry in the fall at the University of Maine.
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Richard P. Randall
Robert R. Randall
Fort Hill Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
University of Maine
Charles H. Hood Foundation
New England
Hood Foundation
H. P. Hood and Sons
Randall
Portland
School of Forestry
Car Skids on Wet Pavement In Route 1 Embankment
A 1965 car owned by Donald E. Boure of Portland skidded on wet pavement on Route 1 at Cozy Corner, backed into an embankment, rolled on its side, and was later left to a Portland physician. Damages were estimated at 600 dollars. Boure, 22, suffered cuts and bruises and told troopers he dozed at the wheel. State Trooper Breen Savage investigated.
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Wells
Donald E. Boure
Portland
Cozy Corner
Boure
Breen Savage
Maine Track Delegation to National Junior Meet at Rice
Keith Darling of Wells, state 100 and 220 yard dash champion, headlines Maine’s 111 member track delegation for the National Junior Champion meet at Rice University August 12 to 14. Lewiston High Coach Steve Ross leads Maine’s group.
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Houston
Keith Darling
Wells
Miss Bailey Discharged After Heart Ailment
Eight weeks after being discharged Monday from a hospital for a heart ailment she will be under observation during the rest period. Miss Bailey was stricken Thursday night while appearing in an Ontario California night club.
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Miss Bailey
Ontario
Calif
Fasted Tooth Powder Promises Real Comfort
Advertised powder claims to stabilize and freshen dentures, reducing plate wobble and embarrassment. It promises firmer hold and odor control, asserting comfort without searing. Sold as FASTEETH at drug counters.
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