Canadian Legion Elects Officers at Old Orchard Beach Convention
The Canadian Legion and auxiliary elected officers during a weekend convention at Old Orchard Beach. Seated leaders include Roald Sawyer Dominion representative and William J. Boissy commander. others are George Seale vice commander Albert Strong Lewiston. trustees Theodore Turmette Martin Huddleson. auditors Edward Lyon and Charles Luxie. secretary treasurer Arthur Seale. auxiliary officers feature Edna Mahoney president Martha Luxie treasurer Janet MacFarland and others with Ora Cookson musician, Florence Anerson marshal, Ellen Arnum chaplain and Sarah Metcalf color bearer among the names.
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Canadian Legion and Auxiliary
Old Orchard Beach
Legion
Town Hall
Roald Sawyer
Lewiston
Dominion
George Seale
Farmington
N. H
William J. Boissy
Sanford
Albert Strong
Theodore Turmette
Charles Luxie
Waterville
William M. Barteaux
Martin Huddleson
Westbrook
Edward Lyon
Arthur G. Seale
Rochester N. H
Janet MacFarland
Martha Luxie
Edna Mahoney
Biddeford
Gertrude Phyliss
Portland
Ora Cookson
Margaret Barteaux
Florence E. Anerson
Ellen “Arnum
Helen Rhemus
Muriel Strong
Sarah Metcalf
Biddeford Woman Heads Canadian Legion Auxiliary
Edna Mahoney of Biddeford elected president of the Canadian Legion auxiliary at its annual convention in Old Orchard Beach. William Boissy of Sanford named commander as the Legion convened, with officers including Muriel Strong of Lewiston and Helen Rhemus of Portland elected as vice presidents and Mary Barteaux of Waterville as secretary. Delegates from Lewiston, Waterville, and other cities attended the session at Old Orchard Beach Town Hall with special guests from Canada and Nova Scotia.
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Edna Mahoney
Biddeford
Canadian Legion Auxiliary
Legion Auxiliary
Old Orchard Beach
William Boissy
Sanford
Canadian Legion
Boissy
Legion
Chuckle Joke Plays On Right Road Upgrade Pun
A brief comic line notes it is easy to tell when on the right road as everything feels upgraded. Copyright Gen. Fea. Corp. is listed.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Why Not A Postal Substation For Hell Mich
Rep Charles E Chamberlain tells Postmaster General Arthur Summersfield that Hell Michigan residents want a postal substation. He describes Hell as a small tourist area with a restaurant a service station and cottages that draws many visitors. A Illinois man named Mr Satan plans to marry there to bring his bride to the resort. During tourist season many visitors wish to contact home but cannot.
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Washington
Hell
Charles E. Chamberlain
R-Mich
Arthur E. Summerfield
Mich
Chamberlain
Illinois
Satan
Summerfield
Here's Where Salary Goes
Washington taxes took 100 billion dollars in 1959 an average of 567.04 for every man woman and child the Census Bureau reports.
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Washington
Census Bureau
UN Security Council backs Hammarskjold Congo policy
Leopoldville reports Congo government withdrew demands on UN Congo operation. In New York the Security Council endorsed Dag Hammarskjold s neutral approach amid regional and Soviet criticism. No formal vote was taken after hours of debate as world voices backed the secretary general s strategy.
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UN Security Council
Hammarskjold
Leopoldville, the Congo
United Nations Congo
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Vasily Kuznetsov
Space Dogs Land Safely in Orbit and Return
Pravda reports Belka and Strelka the mongrel dogs survived their spaceflight after a 434,700 mile orbit and 18 revolutions. The capsule landed near a meadow, with farmers nearby, while observers and scientists hailed the mission as a step toward manned spaceflight.
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Moscow
S AP
Pravda
Takeioff
Belka
Strelka
Martynov
Tass
Mikolai Barbashov
U.S
Pacific
Powers Wife Seeks Clemency From Khrushchev For Powers
Barbara Powers said she will appeal directly to Premier Khrushchev for clemency for her husband Francis Gary Powers, the U2 pilot sentenced in Moscow. Attorneys noted Brezhnev’s decision would be bypassed, and family plans included possible petitions from Powers and his parents.
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Moscow
Barbara Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Francis Gary Powers
Leonid Brezhnev
Frank W. Rogers
Roanoke
Powers
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Soiet
Yalta
Black Sea
Brezhnev
Barbara
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Congress in cleanup session with major party candidates
The Associated Press reports two chamber actions in cleanup session as Kennedy and Johnson campaign across the farm belt. Nixon, top aide Lodge stay active while Truman-Kennedy reconciliation occurs. Debates loom on radio TV. aging care bill advances. Fraught farm policy, party warfare, and political maneuvers color this national moment.
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Associated Press
Congress
Midwest
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
House
Senate
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Des Moines
Iowa
Johnson
Ezra Taft Benson
Democratic Congress
Benson
Nixon
Thruston B. Morton
Harrys. Truman
Independence
Truman
Truman Library
Letter Carriers Assn
Cincinnati
Washington
The
Republic
Fire at Belfast Probed
Belfast Maine fire investigators continue a probe into a blaze at the Windsor Hotel. About 50 cocktail lounge patrons were inside the 108 year old hotel when smoke overpowered three firefighters. Continued on Page two.
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Belfast
Maine
Windsor
Waldo County
San
Forest Fires Rage Across Sierra Regions Threaten Tahoe Areas
Large wildfires in the Sierras rage through Nevada and California, threatening Lake Tahoe resorts. A 7,000 acre Donner Lake blaze closes U.S. 40 as Sunlight is cut off. a 17,000 acre Forest Hill fire evacuates Bath and Michigan Bluff. a third Nevada County fire expands to 7,000 acres forcing North San Juan evacuation. Hundreds of tourists stranded as gasoline pumps fail and emergency mayhem unfolds.
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Reno
Nev
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Donner Lake
Donner Pass
Sacramento
Calif
Forest Hill
Bath
Michigan Bluff
Baker Ranch
Nevada County
North
San Juan
Forest Service
Maine Shy On Bids For Air Force
Col E J Miller of the Air Materiel Command says Maine firms miss Air Force contracts due to not registering on the bidders list. At the Northeastern Exposition of Industrial Progress Maine shows only one contract totaling 22104, far below the New England total of about 33 million.
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South Portland
Maine
Col E.J. Miller
Air Materiel Command
Air Force
New England
Miller
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Rochester
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