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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1959
Page
1
AP dispatches confirm seismographs across Japan logged shocks as a quake was felt in the U S Pacific Northwest. London reports a strong quake at the British Science Museum, described as the sharpest recorded there in three years.
A marine identified as Aquamarine, noted for drinking only water, associated with Copt. Gen. Pea. Corp. The brief item highlights unusual beverage discipline within a naval context and mentions the organization linked to the topic.
A call to readers to sift through their libraries for sturdy hardback classics and American history and geography titles in good condition. Send selected works to Books From America Box 1960 Washington DC 13, inviting citizens to counter false statements about the United States.
Tropical storm Edith gathered strength as it moved toward the Lesser Antilles. Located about 100 miles east of Martinique, Edith was roughly 1,700 miles southeast of Miami, Florida, and posed a developing threat to the Caribbean.
Montreal reports indicate a mild epidemic in Quebec Province has claimed at least 20 lives in five weeks. Two deaths were reported Monday as health authorities warn of ongoing fatalities. A separate Honolulu dispatch notes a yacht with nine aboard in distress near Hawaii after an engine room flood. A Coast Guard pump aided the damaged 62 foot schooner owned by Jiff Johnson en route to Kailua Kona for repairs.
The public prosecutor in Cairo alleges six museum employees stole Egyptian antiquities, with 250 pieces reported missing from a museum located north of Cairo. The case centers on a major loss that has stunned authorities and prompted investigation.
An electrical storm Sunday night sparked fires across the county. Last night high winds toppled branches and cut power, plunging areas including Middle street Saco Beach street Jaco West and Granite streets Biddeford Fortunes Rocks and Cascade road Saco into darkness for hours. Central Maine Power crews worked into Monday morning, noting weakened limbs from the first storm.
Walter Williams, 116, the Civil War's lone surviving veteran, grows weaker daily in Houston. His daughter, Willie Mae Bowles, says he takes small amounts of nourishment but continues to decline.
President Eisenhower and Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell decided to publish basic facts behind the steel strike to speed negotiations and a settlement. Mitchell, as Eisenhower's fact finder, will release data on wages prices productivity profits and related matters to Thursday newspapers without recommendations.
Madison County sheriff reports six deaths from an earthquake that rattled the northwest, damaging the Hebgen Dam and sending a mountain slide into the Madison River below. Officials say 100 to 150 people may be marooned between the dam and the landslide as a giant fissure opens along Hebgen Lake and a campground is buried.
A massive power outage hit upper Manhattan causing elevators to stall in apartments and hospitals to rely on emergency power. Thousands faced traffic gridlock as intersections failed and subways slowed. Police and Con Edison workers labored through the night to restore power by early morning.
Biddeford police foiled attempts to break into two supermarkets in the Five Points area early today. Sampson's market doors were broken but nothing stolen. Other breaks included about $3 in tax receipts from Dairy Joy and tools stolen from a Boston and Maine railroad shed.
Public schools in Saco will begin session Wednesday September 9 according to Superintendent Cecil J. Cutts. The calendar divides into three terms totaling about 183 days with holidays including Maine Teachers convention Veterans Day Thanksgiving Christmas Good Friday and Memorial Day vows. Fifty teachers plus staff will serve in Burns and other five public schools with principals and specialists listed.
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