Former U S Spy Files for Divorce in Georgia
Former U S spy Francis Gary Powers seeks a divorce from Barbara Powers in Milledgeville Georgia citing cruelty and habitual intoxication. The petition, filed in Superior Court, notes separation since May 27 and alleges acts endangering Powers health. Barbara Powers declined comment. her mother expressed surprise.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Francis Gary Powers
Barbara
Georgia City
Brunette Powers
Powers
Red Mail Truck Robbery Tops Brink’s Haul In Boston Area
A well orchestrated hijacking of a U S mail truck in Randolph Massachusetts yielded an estimated 1 5 million dollars far surpassing the 1950 Brink s robbery in Boston 1 219 000 The robbers used multiple cars wore police uniforms and vanished after forcing guards to open the back of the vehicle The FBI and postal inspectors await clearer figures and hunt for the suspects while details of the route and money transfer emerge from police reports and bank shipments.
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Randolph
Mass
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
U.S
Boston
Cape Cod
Federal Reserve Bank
Joseph Simmons
William F. White
Leo Loughlin
FBI
Plymouth
Bobby Wilcoxon
Duke
Route 128
William F. Barrett
Abington
Nussbaum
Nussbaum and Wilcoxon
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ephraim Martin
Hyannis
Buzzards Bay
Massachusetts
Fall River
Parochial Schools to Begin Ungraded Phonics Plan
The Port land diocesan Catholic schools will launch an ungraded reading program this fall for grades 1 through 6. Six parochial schools will participate with a phonetic emphasis and flexible level placement. Third graders will study all subjects except reading in homeroom, then be placed into reading level classes based on tests, while third grade teachers will oversee the crosslevel instruction.
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Portland
Armand E. Cyr
Boston
Senate Keeps Filibuster Rule With 63 Vote
Washington AP reports the Senate upheld Rule 22 by a 63 to 27 vote to curb debate on the communications satellite bill. The ruling allows cloture after two thirds of participants approve, limiting talks to one hour per motion and enabling quick disposal of amendments amid civil rights concerns and future talks in January.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Chuckle Investor Quip Says Taxes Always Rise
A humorous quote features an investor declaring all funds will go to taxes, claiming they are the only thing certain to increase. The line is credited to Gen. Fea. Corp. and attributed as a syndicated feature caption.
Grondin enters Biddeford school board race with Boucher slate
Grondin, 35, president of Grondin Supply Inc. Biddeford, announced his candidacy for the Board of Education on the Gilbert R. Boucher ticket. A St. Louis High graduate, he backs expanded adult education and cites his civic roles with the Biddeford-Saco Rotary, St. Joseph parish Confraternity, and the Junior Chamber. He served as a Naval Air Force radioman gunner in World War II and is married to Ruth T. Morin with three children.
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Joseph G. Grondin
Weather Bureau letter with one dollar from farmer
Jackson Miss. received a letter with a one dollar bill enclosed. The sender joked that the rain he finally got saved him and the letter signed Farmer. The bill was turned over to the U S Treasury.
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Jackson, Miss
Weather Bureau
Farmer
U. S. Treasury
Mining Firm Probe in Senate Hearings
A Senate subcommittee investigates allegations of burned records tax dodges and large nickel stockpile profits tied to the M A Hanna Co led by former Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey. Auditor Walter H. Henson testified profits may exceed 39 million on about 4.5 million invested with missing 1952 to 1954 documents.
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Washington
Senate
the Treasury
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Cleveland
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Henson
General Accounting Office
Hanna Firm
Howard W. Cannon
Nev
Hanna Mining
Hanna Co
Kennedy
Lawrence W. Spang
Hanna
Humphreys
W. A. Marting
Hanna Mining Co
Saco Man Wins Award for Veterans Day Ad
Bagley’s grocer in Maine earned a Freedom Foundations award for a full page 1961 Veterans Day ad in the Biddeford Saco Journal. The entry was chosen from 5,000 patriotic ads and features multiple service crests. Bagley accepted the prize from Curtis Lovill and praised the Journal’s ad staff.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Newman Bagley
Freedom Foundations
Valley Forge
Bagley
Foundation
Journal
US Air Corps
US Army
WAVES
Medical Corps
Coast Guard and
SPARS
WACS
US Navy
US Marines
Freedom
Bagley’s
Maine
Roland T. Speers
Winthrop
Victor Runtz
Bangor Daily News
Myrtle Deane
Brownfield
Delam S. McPherson
Gorham
Ashmead White
Lubec
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Coast Guard
Nicholas H. Allen
South Berwick
Freedom Foundation
Saco
Curtis Lovill
Gardiner
Biddeford-Saco
Workers Put Demands On Union Negotiators
A rising trend where workers reject negotiated labor contracts alarms federal officials. The pattern, most evident in construction, risks deeper labor management distrust and longer strikes as locals veto settlements and press negotiators for better terms amid inflation easing. Glowing rival union promises also spur higher worker demands.
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Washington
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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Godfrey Hodgson
London Observer
Hodgson
Rotary International
Stuart J. Flavin
United States
Red
Bay State
Space Twins
Bullseye
Boston Globe
Moscow
The
Ion
Kazakhstan
Moon
Earth
Cosmos
Red Square
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Virgin Lands
Karaganda
Tass
Radio Moscow
Novosti
Nikolayev
Popovich
Fea. Corp
Maine Carpet CO
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Grondin School Board
Gilbert R. Boucher
Boucher
Bureau
Mining Company
Probe Pressed
Saco Man
Curtis D. Lovill
State of
Howard Jones
Saco Country Club
Harvey Lamontagne, Jr
Jones
Roland Menard
Grand Vista
East Grand Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
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