Casavant Named Head Of Community Chest Drive
Paul Casavant publisher of the Biddeford Saco Journal has been named this years Community Chest campaign chairman The drive will run in October with a statewide rally in Portland on October 7 Casavant has long served in journalism and civic groups including Kiwanis and the Chamber of Commerce He is a Navy veteran and has three children The article notes no fundraising goal was announced.
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Paul Casavant
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Community ‘Chest
John R. Gibson
Portland
Casavant
Hill Street
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The
Journal
Claire Pare
William Paul
Michele Elizabeth
David Albert
St. Louis High School
Maine
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Saco-Biddeford
Wells Men Held After Wild Chase
YORK AP A wild police chase ended with two Wells men jailed for liquor theft from a hotel. Oscar Boston 37 and Carl Perkins 31 fled into woods as officers pursued. Boston surrendered after warning shots. Perkins was later flushed out. Perkins faces speeding DUI and failure to stop charges. Eight bottles were found in the abandoned car.
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Fairmont
Chuckle on Cost of Living Illustrated with a Joke
A lighthearted quip explains that the simplest method to gauge living costs is to increase one’s income by ten percent, attributed to Gen. Fea. Corp. with copyright notice.
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Fea. Corp
Educational TV Course Called Off
Boston AP report notes a planned educational TV course in the humanities is canceled after loss of Ford Foundation funded support. The Fund for the Advancement of Education praised the series but said production costs were too high, ending plans for 40 lessons and 96 mapped programs.
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Boston
Fund For the Advancement of Education
Ford Foundation
Senators Pass New Housing Bill
In a 71 to 24 Senate vote the housing measure cleared final passage with a 68 to 27 margin refusing to return it to the Banking Committee. The bill, totaling 1.05 billion dollars, now goes to the House where leaders plan committee action before possible White House consideration. It authorizes new government financed housing programs and expands FHA mortgage insurance to aid private industry.
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Washington
Senate
Banking Committee
House
Eisenhower
Ex-Model To Stand Trial In California Slaying Case
WEST COVINA Calif ex model linked to Dr R Bernard Finch faces joint trial with Finch for the July 18 fatal shooting of his wife Barbara Jean Finch 33 The woman 22 shook with jobs as she was ordered held for trial by Municipal Judge William M Martin Her attorney plans a writ to free her claiming illegal detention and insufficient evidence while alleging constitutional rights were violated when she testified at Finch's preliminary hearing without warned that her statements could be used against her Deputy DA Fred Wichelle says she testified voluntarily against herself and was originally summoned as a prosecution witness.
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West Covina
Calif
Bernard Finch
Finch
Carole Tregoff
William M Martin
Barbara Jean Finch
Fred Wichelle
Teachers At Beach Are Listed Old Orchard Beach Sessions Start September
Old Orchard Beach schools will begin sessions Tuesday September 14 announced by Superintendent Cecil J. Cutts. Advance registration for junior primary pupils will be September 11 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Elementary School. Transfer students register at any school. Junior primary pupils must be five by October 15. Parents bring child and birth certificate to see the nurse Agnes Murphy. Fall term includes Maine Teachers convention October 29-30, Veterans Day November 11, Thanksgiving November 25-26, and Christmas vacation starting December 18. Winter term begins December 28 then New Year’s Day and February 19 for a week. February 29 to Good Friday noon marks the spring term. spring vacation ends April 25 and May 2 York County Teachers convention. First term totals 64 school days, second and third 60 each for 184 days. Teaching roster lists many staff across four schools.
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Old Orchard Beach
Cecil J. Cutts
Cutts
Agnes Murphy
Maine Teachers’ Convention
York County
Herbert Bean
Esther Baker
Christine Armstrong
Carl Gilley
John McSweeney
Marguerite Pennel
Angel Murphy
Ruth Worth
Alexander Pallang
Adrien Belanger
Jerome LePelletier
Clarice Hansen
E. Emerson Cummings
Richard North
Ella Perry
Arthur LaChance
Joseph Regina
John Shaw
Catherine Neilon
Manhattan Blackout Shows City Calm and Cooperation
Manhattan endured a 13 hour blackout affecting 500 blocks and about 500000 people. Officials sought causes while Consolidated Edison cited peak load and cooling device use, with rats also mentioned as a factor by an official. Despite the outage, police and detectives reported no disorders across a 51 block West Side and 36 block East Side area spanning a mile and a half from Hudson to East River.
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Manhattan
Consolidated Edison
Hudson
East River
Yellowstone quake toll rises in Montana vacation area
Eight dead and as many as thirteen feared dead after an earthquake triggered landslides near Hebgen Dam, Montana. Victims include F R Bennett and his children Carole, Susan and Tom from Coeur d Alene. Sixty injured, 27 hospitalized, many survivors witnessed car washaway in a canyon. Old Faithful geyser unchanged as quake regions closed roads west of Yellowstone Park.
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Yellowstone National Park
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Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Carole
Susan
Tom
Bennett
Thomas Stowe
Sandy
Utah
Stowe
Yellowstone Park
Hebgen Dam
Madison River Valley
Air Force blamed for high housing costs by GAO
The General Accounting Office charged the Air Force with poor bidding for Wherry housing at bases including Loring AFB in Maine. Windfall profits up to 740,000 dollars may have gone to three project owners for 33 nationwide houses, with 175,957,000 dollars paid without negotiation. 20.7 to 37.9 million dollars could exceed fair price.
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Air Force
Loring Afb
Limestone
Maine
General Accounting Office
GAC
Lorig
GAO
Slide Rule For Buyers In New Brunswick
New Brunswick shoppers face terms like jumbo, economy, personal, giant, and hatch sizes. Engineer H. P. Tayor creates a circular slide rule to help homemakers compare prices and calculate savings. It answers questions such as how much is saved buying a 24 can case for 3.20 when three cans cost 0.43.
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H. P. Tayor
Stars Plan Wedding in Santa Monica California
Actress Gia Scala and actor Don Burnett plan to apply for a wedding license in Santa Monica today and marry Thursday.
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Gia Scala
Don Burnett
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Haitian Troops Besiege Cuban Led Invaders on Coast
Port au Prince reports Haitian troops besieging 30 bearded invaders on a southwest coast mountain. The force, believed Cuban, is led by a Cuban adventurer Castro condemns as attempting to embarrass his revolutionary government.
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Haiti
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cuban Military Chief Raul Castro Visits Chile Privately
Raul Castro, head of the Cuban armed forces, arrived in Santiago as a private visitor with no official welcome. He said his visit was personal to collect the Cuban delegation after the Inter-American foreign ministers meeting, while Fidel Castro’s younger brother stayed out of official action.
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Santiago
Chile
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Castro
Storm Edith Downs Do minican Republic, Tornado Rainfall
Tropical storm Edith weakened as it crossed the Dominican Republic causing heavy rain and gusty winds. Officials warned of possible flooding and power outages while evacuations were considered for vulnerable communities.
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San JI Tian
Mass campus protests faculty pay hike rejection
About 150 University of Massachusetts students demonstrated on campus at Amherst against the legislature s refusal to raise faculty salaries. The protest followed the resignations of University President J Paul Mather and two faculty members. Officials say Mather resignations were to pursue a statewide speaking tour advocating raises.
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Amherst. Mass
University of Massachusetts
J. Paul Mather
State Senate
John E. Powers
Boston
Powers
Senate
Dennis Twohey
Mather
University of Massachuetts
Vincent Rogers
University of Calfornia
Julius S. Greenstein
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh
National Credit
Thornton Starts Sept 9 at Thorn ton Academy
Placement tests for entering freshmen will be given at Thorn ton Academy on Monday at 9 a.m., announced headmaster Robert L. Bowie. Tests include nonresident Saco and Burns school graduates who missed them in spring. Sophomores to seniors may register Aug 24–27, class sessions begin Sept 9, nine new teachers listed with subjects.
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Robert L. Bowie
Bowie
Saco and Burns
Lillian Cyr
Robert Kang
Brian Flynn
Michael Karavetsos
Richard Beaumont
Roland Bolduc
Dominic DiBiase
Robert Stanton
Martha Norton
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