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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1959
Page
1
New York negotiators resumed talks in the steel strike as the absence of Steelworkers President David J. McDonald dimmed prospects. A second string of bargainers led by R Conrad Cooper met company reps with federal mediator Joseph Finnegan present, while industry rebuked McDonald for staying away.
Rita Couture was installed as president of the Past Presidents Parley of Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley post American Legion auxiliary in Biddeford. Other officers named include Germaine Lariviere as vice president Gladys S Lamb as secretary and treasurer Ida Noyes as historian by proxy Nora M Finn as chaplain Ellen Kelleher as sergeant at arms. The group welcomed Mary Wood and Marie Jeanne Pelletier. A Sept 10 meeting at Lake Osipee Cottage was planned with a 5 30 p m gathering at Main and Elm streets.
The New York Mercantile Exchange operates under a revised charter and by laws that could enable stock and bond trading. With 400 members, it trades Maine potatoes platinum butter and egg futures and spot butter and eggs. A spokesman said securities trading may begin this year if SEC requirements are met.
Steven Rockefeller and Anne Marie Rasmussen Rockefeller plan a quiet honeymoon in Wyoming after their Aug. 22 Norwegian wedding. Anne Marie will enroll at Columbia University to study art, while Steven contemplates a role in the Rockefeller family business. The couple kept their plans secret as they traveled from Rasmussen’s home village to a week of privacy.
Four members of The Platters, the famous white and Negro rock n roll group, faced aiding and abetting prostitution charges after a Monday raid in Cincinnati. Bondsman posted 1000 dollars for David Lynch Jr. Tony Williams Herbert A Reed and Irvin Robi all from California. Four 19 year old girls were arrested on prostitution charges. The Platters had just finished a three day engagement at the Copa Club in Newport Kentucky.
Washington AP Republicans anticipate House passage of the labor bill backed by President Eisenhower as three rival proposals from Shelley and Landrum-Griffin contend over curbing racketeering in labor management. Charles A Halleck says Hoffa forces threaten to influence the vote, with first ballots due midweek.
Maurice Couture a 34 year old summer visitor wounded in a roadside robbery near Old Orchard Beach was flown to Montreal by ambulance plane with his companion. The bullet lodged in his spinal column and was removed last week. One alleged gunman has been arrested and held. a second suspect remains at large.
Candia New Hampshire AP report says eight Air Force crew members bailed out of an eight million dollar B 52 Stratofortress moments before it crashed with a fiery explosion in a wooded swamp. Captain George E. Kusch remained at the controls for about 40 minutes to ensure others were safe and parachuted to safety. The group was based at Westover AFB Massachusetts on a routine mission to Goose Bay Labrador. Six crew members were recovered soon after landing, two others found hours later. The bomber’s crash area scorched two acres. explosion scattered debris up to a quarter mile. Afeared as radar failure and increasing vibration forced bail out. All eight suffered only minor injuries. Kusch remained at the cockpit until the last moment. The crew later contacted his wife by telephone with a joking exchange about Goose Bay.
Governor Ear K Long vowed to carry his fight to the people after lawmakers killed a session within an hour. He eyed a New Orleans rally against foe Mayer DeLesseps Morisson as aides dismissed the adjournment as defiance. Lt Gov Frazar claimed 100000 votes could follow, while Rep Ben Holt led the abrupt end over vindictive motives. Long then collapsed and was taken to a Galveston mental clinic.
A seven year old Valois Quebec girl Lillian Mercier drowned after a rubber tube overturned near Kinney Shores Saco while vacationing with her mother. She was in water about 15 minutes before rescue and death occurred at Webber hospital. Dr Pierre Marion a Montreal physician and Dr William O Sullivan treated her. The incident echoes prior drownings of two Biddeford boys Merle Cote and Victor Cordeau Jr at the same spot. The family planned to stay at Kinney Shores Dentico cabins until August 29.
Noted muralist Arthur Crisp of New York City and Fortunes Rocks displays a 20 panel series of United Nations dancers for Metropolitan Life Insurance, including a Mexican dancer. A four by four foot six inch replica is shown at the Arundel Opera Theater Kennebunkport through courtesy of Crisp, loaned with East Indian dancers from Ceylon.
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, en route to Santiago for the Inter American Conference of Foreign Ministers, was expected to issue a strong U S stand against dictatorships. He planned a candid look at Caribbean troubles and urged measures to address them, signaling no coddling of dictators. The statement was anticipated to name no individuals, amid regional charges of U S favoritism toward Batista Perez Jimenez Trujillo and other regimes.
Washington reports July employment reached a record 67,594,000, up 252,000 from June and 2,415,000 from July last year, with unemployment down 238,000 to 3,744,000. Labor officials cite continued improvement, noting farm declines from bad weather and teenage labor shifting. A steel strike began mid month, with about 100,000 workers affected in related industries.
Tehran reports ex premier Mossadegh continues dangerous ascent efforts amid a lull in public life. An Associated Press survey notes climbers see him near elite European peaks, with 148 killed in prior expeditions. In other world updates, Macmillan hints election timing, Peronist unions strike in Argentina, and Kishi returns to Japan as rebels pressure Laos.
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