Local Personal Briefs Highlight Residents in Biddeford Saco
A string of local notices lists patients at Notre Dame hospital and Maine Medical Center, bank staff returning from vacations, shoppers and shop staff visiting New York, and residents visiting relatives in Syracuse and Brunswick. Multiple Biddeford Saco names and addresses appear alongside hospital and bank notes.
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Elizabeth Leoncini
Middle Street
Saco
Webber Hospital
Frank Seremba, Jr
Montreal
Old Orchard Beach
Ralph Emerson
South Street
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Armand Fecteau
Pool Road
Blanche Fortin
Adams Street
Jeanne
Biddeford Savings Bank
William McKenney
Biddeford Pool
Phyllis Means
Madelein
Vanasse
Wakefield Avenue
Notre Dame
Daniel Buckley
Dorchester
Mass
James Williams
Saco Avenue
Albert C. Lambert
Syracuse
N. Y
Rene D. Roy
Sidney Emery
York County
Ethel Benham Rites Held in Biddeford Area
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel M. Boston Benham were conducted Saturday at 2 30 p m by Rev James D Riddle pastor of Foss Street Methodist Church Biddeford. Burial followed in Arundel Cemetery Kennebunkport with the Dennett and Craig funeral home of Saco in charge.
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Ethel M
Boston
Club Calendar notes meetings for Notre Dame shop and VFW auxiliary
Notre Dame hospital auxiliary Thrift Shop committee to meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the shop Group D led by Mrs Euclide Millette captain. Biddeford VFW auxiliary members to meet tonight at 7 30 p m in City building. Council Chagnon Union St Jean members to meet Wednesday at 8 p m in club hall. Saco Grange to resume regular meetings at North Street Saco hall tomorrow night at 8.
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Notre Dame Hospital Auxiliary
Euclide Millette
Biddeford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean
Wedees
Saco
Funeral services for Mrs Elizab eth Rix in Old Orchard Beach
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza beth Rix wife of Edward M Rix of Old Orchard Beach will be held tomorrow at 2 pm from the Dennett and Craig funeral home 365 Main street Saco Rev Vaughn Overman Alton NH will officiate and burial will be in Brooklawn cemetery Portland Friends may call today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm
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Elizabeth Rix
Edward M. Rix
Old Orchard Beach
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Saco
Vaughn Overman
Alton
N. H
Brooklawn
Portland
Cancer Doctor Plans Return to Laos Battleground
Dr Thomas A Dooley says cancer may give five to six years but he will go back to Laos in November to run a hospital near front lines against Communist rebels. He has malignant melanoma and calls Laos fate crucial to Southeast Asia despite a bleak outlook. He travels to New York for further diagnosis at Sloan Kettering.
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ST. Louis
Thomas A. Dooley
Laos
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Dooley
New York
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Center
The Girl Guards Meet and Salvation Army Events
In Old Orchard Beach the Girl Guards of the Salvation Army will meet tomorrow evening at 6 30. The Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army holds a prayer meeting Tuesday at 7 45. Village Baptist Church Kennebunkport hosts an informal youth meet tonight at 8 in the church vestry with games devotions and fellowship for senior young people.
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Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army
The
Village Baptist Church
Spring Street
Kennebunkport
Stocks Slip as Market Edges Lower in Dull Trade
New York stocks moved unevenly lower in quiet trading. Pivotal issues rose or fell fractionally while aircraft makers faced losses amid defense contract curtailment. Utilities steadied as investors sought safer bets, and the Associated Press average slipped to 229.00. Government bonds edged lower.
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New York
Goodyear
du Pont
Lu Pont
Martin Co
General Dynamics
Polaroid
Texas Instrument
U.S. Steel
Associated Press
NASA to focus on moon probes first, Glennan says
Dr. T. Keith Glennan, head of NASA, stated that the United States will prioritize moon probe launches before pursuing deeper space rockets. He added that NASA’s first year revealed achievements and failures, showing the nation is not as far along as previously believed.
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Los Angeles
T. Keith Glennan
United States
Glennan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Fidel Castro Jr. Arrives in Chicago for Pan American Games
Fidel Castro Jr., 10, son of the Cuban leader, arrived at Midway Airport in Chicago Sunday night to attend the Pan American Games running Aug 27 to Sept 7. Secret service officers, Chicago police and State Department representatives met him as authorities said extra security measures were in place to protect Castro's only child.
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Chicago
Fidel Castro Jr
Secret Service
State Department
Havana
Midway Airport
Castro
Marta Batista to Visit Exiled Husband in Lisbon
Marta Batista will fly to Lisbon this week to visit her exiled husband, former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, in what appears to be a personal travel arranged amid ongoing exile.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Marta Batista
Lisbon
Fulgencio Batista
Weather update for Portland with rain through tonight
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with rain this afternoon and again tonight, followed by warmer conditions. Tuesday brings variable cloudiness and warmer temperatures with winds shifting from south to southwest. Local temperatures show Portland overnight around 47 while regional highs and lows vary from Caribou to Miami and Boston to Denver.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
Washington
Miami
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
Old Orchard Police Find Stolen Goods
Two race track workers face Superior court after probable cause in Old Orchard Beach Trial Justice court. Anthony Tar taglia and Perez Valdes were jailed in Alfred on $5,000 bail each for breaking and entering and larceny. Police recovered $2,500 worth of items including a $1,200 fur stole and a $50 diamond ring from a Pine Point cottage matching a Montreal couple report.
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Tterm
Superior Court
Old Orchard Beach
Anthony F. Tartaglia
Providence
R.I
Perez Valdes
Boston
Mass
Alfred
Wesley Mewer
Ola Orchard
Pine Point
Montreal
Jank Seremba
Sanford Resident Fired For Speeding
A Sanford man, Aiken Goodrich, 22, was fined 20 dollars in Biddeford Municipal Court after a guilty verdict for speeding on Cutts Street. He pleaded innocent but was found guilty by Court Recorder Gerald Nason. His license was suspended 10 days. arresting officer was Biddeford Police Captain Phillip Poirier.
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Sanford
Aiken Goodrich
Biddeford
Cutts Street
Goodrich
Gerald Nason
Phillip Poirier
Drop Reported At Employment Office
State employment office director Francis Coughlin reports a slight decline in unemployment claims. Last week 938 claims were filed, down from 944 the previous week, a drop of six.
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State Employment Office
Francis Coughlin
Rockefeller Heiress Weds in Norway Church
Anne Marie Rockefeller, the 21 year old heiress, wed Steven Rockefeller in a small Lutheran church near Logne after meeting as a maid in the Rockefeller home in New York. Reporters grilled the couple as Gov. Rockefeller greeted the departure crowd at Sogne airport, joking and praising the marriage.
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New York
Rockefeller
Logne
Steven
Anne Marie
Kristiansand
Ernst
Gov. Rockefeller
Sogne
Copenhagen
Seafaring Honeymoon Plans Kept Quiet by Rockefeller Family
Reporters asked if Steven Rockefeller and his Norwegian fiancée planned a honeymoon voyage aboard either of the family's two yachts. Replies from the Rockefeller camp were terse noting the ships are always stocked. Merchants said no surge in yacht parts sales. employer had no word from New York headquarters about plans.
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Seal Harbor
Nelson Rockefeller
Maine
Steven Rockefeller
New York
Rope and piton assisted climb slows rescue effort
The climbers, aided by ropes and pitons, reached only 100 feet per hour during the ascent. Rescue teams fixed pitons with every upward move and tied to the rock wall as youths attempted the climb without ropes, highlighting the difficulty and danger of the operation.
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Contine’tor Gage
Rones
World Briefs on Haitian Priest Exile Protest at Cathedral
Church officials waited for a response to their protest after last Tuesday's cathedral invasion. Police arrested 40 members of a lay group during a prayer protest against the expulsion of two Haitian priests. Directors weighed their options as to whether sit-ins could endure intensifying pressure.
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Haiti
Welcome To The Fold New arrivals welcomed in Biddeford
Miss Carol Ann Petit announces the fold of seven month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Petit of Biddeford at Fall Street. Grandparents Laflamme and Mrs Annie Petit. Also newborn daughters and sons listed for Danuth Collard Lachance Lemelin all with Notre Dame hospital births and each parent’s former name noted.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Carol ‘Ann Petit
Ralph Petit
Fall Street
Biddeford
Ernest Laflamme
Annie Petit
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
John W. Petit
Glenn Danuth
Granite Street
Notre Dame Hospital
Danuth
Violet Pierce
Raymond A. Collard
Porter Street
Collard
Theresa Coulombe
Henry Lachance
Bradbury Street
Lachance
Rita Paul
Raoul Lemelin
Elm Street
Lemelin
Yvette Cloutier
Allies seek US pledge on Cold War truce and shared interests
Eisenhower faces demanding talks with De Gaulle as France presses for a larger role in NATO and a nuclear option. Adenauer warns against appeasing the Soviet Union while Britain’s Macmillan pushes disarmament steps, an East West summit, and a ban on nuclear tests.
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West Germany
France
Britain
Atlantic Alliance
Soviet Union
United States
America
U.S.S.R. J
Eisenhower
de Gaulle de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Macemillan
Adenauer
London
Sunday Times
The
Sunday Observer
Bonn
Macmillan
Berlin
Europe
Khrushchev Interest In American Agriculture Outlined
The itinerary lists visits in San Francisco September 20 21 then Des Moines and likely Ames Iowa and the Garst corn farm at Coon Rapids. Khrushchev shows strong interest in corn agriculture. Garst a guest in the U S S R invited him back. Iowa State College's agricultural school is at Ames. Khrushchev to Pittsburgh September 24 then likely three more days in Washington.
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San Francisco
Des Moines
Iowa
Ames
Roswell Garst
Coon Rapids
Khrushchev
Garst
U.S.S.R
Iowa State College
Pittsburgh
Washington
Woman Injured in Three Car Saco Accident
A three car collision at Elm and Main streets in Saco, Maine injured Clara Kucinski, 45, a passenger, and involved drivers Ormand Bedell, 24, and Stanley Kucinski, 44. Bedell’s convertible rear ended, sending Kucinski’s car into Bedell. Clara Kucinski treated at Saco Osteopathic Hospital. No other injuries reported. Police investigated.
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Bremerton
Wash
Elms Street
Main Street
Saco
Ormand W. Bedell
Buxton Road
Stanley J. Kucinski
Elm Street
Kucinski
Russell F. Bailey
West Lebanon
N. H
Krucinski
Bedell
Clara
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
David Sheehan
Andre Bouffard
Jim Kucinski
Gary Kucinski
Bailey
George Nemet
Saco Police
Norman Fortier
Summer Street
Biddeford
Helen L. Smith
Nashua
Fortier
Cutrules Family Plans Arizona Move From Biddeford
After 22 years in Biddeford Mrs Marika Cutrules 308 Alfred Street and her sons Nicholas and Alexander relocate to Tucson Arizona. Alexander a Boston University graduate plans graduate study in history and education at the University of Arizona and has just published Invictus. He and Nicholas are writing a film script Ambiorix based on a Roman history incident. Nicholas a Boston University graduate has spent 10 years with radio and television and will continue in Arizona.
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Biddeford
Marika Cutrules
Alfred Street
Nicholas
Alexander
Tucson
Ariz
Hollywood
Boston University
Star
Arizona
Naval Airman Dies In Crash Near Topsham
A Brunswick Naval Air Station sailor Ben W. McLain 22 of Mangham Louisiana was killed when his car left Route 196 between Brunswick and Topsham, overturned, and rolled down an embankment in the early morning. The crash, discovered at dawn by a Navy civilian employee, makes McLain Maine’s 82nd highway fatality of the year.
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Topsham
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Ben W. McLain
Mangham
Navy
McLain
Federal disaster relief manual released for officials
Senator Huber Humphrey notes over 50 federal agencies offer aid but confusion persists. He created a 129 page disaster relief manual released this week to guide city county and state officials facing fire flood drought tornadoes hurricanes and earthquakes.
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Washington
Sen. Huber
H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Garnished Food Give The Table A Lift
A lively note on affordable garnishing elevating family meals with simple open sandwiches and colorful toppings. The piece offers practical steps for Scandinavian style salmon sandwiches with olive hearts egg slices and decorative veg garnishes.
Nation's Oldest Veteran Still In Critical Shape
Walter W Williams, 116, reported in Houston in critical condition after a restless night. His daughter Willie Mae Bowles said he has not rested well. Williams, a Confederate veteran and Civil War’s last surviving soldier, has been on the critical list for several weeks.
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Houston
Tex
Walter W Williams
Willie Mae Bowles
Williams
The Rapidly Changing Role Of US Women
A Metropolitan Life Insurance study shows larger families and more working wives over the last 20 years. It notes marriages rising among 18 to 19 year olds from 1 in 5 to 1 in 3, higher birth rates for later children, and about 13 million wives in the labor force, with 45 to 54 year olds seeing nearly two of five married women working outside the home.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Charge Mother With Murder in Infant Death
Houston police charged Betty Joe Ellis, 18, with murder after she admitted beating her infant son and stabbing him with a safety pin while changing his diaper. Autopsy revealed ruptures of the stomach and pancreas and four broken ribs. Ellis said the baby cried nightly since birth on June 5 and she stabbed him Thursday. Her husband Robert Ellis was away on a fishing trip. they have a 14 month old daughter, Linda.
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Houston
Tex
Betty Joe Ellis
Robert Jessie Ellis
Robert Ellis
Linda
Beach Woman Will Teach At Blue Hill
Mrs. Elton C. Feeney of Old Orchard Beach is named to Stevens academy faculty in Blue Hill to teach English Latin and French next year. A Berlin High School and University of Maine graduate, she previously taught at Berlin and Houlton High schools and served as a substitute at Biddeford and Old Orchard schools. She and her husband, a retired lieutenant colonel now in advertising, plan to reside in Blue Hill.
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Elton C. Feeney
Old Orchard Beach
Stevens Academy
Blue Hill
Feeney
Berlin High School
New Hampshire
University of Maine
Houlton High School
Old Orchard
Biddeford High School
P. R. Associates of
Tewiston
All Grasses Thrive Best On Good Nutrient Supply
The Associated Press outlines lawn care basics in Chappaqua New York. It stresses treating grass as a mass planting, ensuring adequate nutrients water and air, testing soil acidity, applying lime if needed, and supplying essential chemicals nitrogen phosphorus and potash. Deep soil preparation and ample topsoil promote deep roots and robust grass growth. Fall sowing helps seedlings mature before weeds surge.
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Associated Press
Chappaqua
N. Y
Tas
Frugal Home Owners Question Air Conditioning
A national test shows well designed and insulated homes can cut heating and cooling costs 20 to 50 percent. Data from 70 of 116 houses indicate South costs around 8.44 a month, North 14.60, Central 12.30, with 900 to 2600 square feet homes. Occupants note fewer drafts, better sleep, less dust, easier upkeep, and quieter interiors.
Local Church Activities Highlight Blue Hill Involvement
Local residents engage in church activities across Blue Hill and surrounding areas. Volunteers assist with services, community events, and outreach programs reflecting steady parish participation.
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Blue Hill
Governor weighs motorcycle ban in Rhode Island
Providence RI Gov Christopher Del Sesto says he is considering banning motorcycles from Rhode Island highways. He notes 1,200 motorcycles among 200,000 cars and says motorcycles account for about 10 percent of accidents. He adds that modern conditions render motorcycles too dangerous for general passenger use.
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Providence
R. I
Christopher del Sesto
Rhode Island
Three Biddeford Saco Residents Earn Boston University Degrees
Three Biddeford Saco residents were among 843 graduates at Boston University summer commencement in Symphony Hall Boston. Joseph Osar Loignon 43 Graham Street Biddeford earned Master of Education from the School of Education, Paul Matthew Stebbins 125 Summer Street Biddeford earned Master of Education, and David Sawyer Sherman Ferry Road Saco earned Bachelor of Arts from the College of Liberal Arts. President Harold C Case delivered the address The Cost of Freedom. 328 baccalaureate 420 masters 24 doctoral and 71 other degrees were awarded.
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Biddeford-Saco
Boston University
Symphony Hall
Boston
Mass
Joseph Osar Loignon
Graham Street
Biddeford
School of Education
Paul Matthew Stebbins
Summer Street
David Sawyer Sherman
Ferry Road
Saco
College of Liberal Arts
Harold C. Case
Expert Hair Coloring Appointment Ad at Biddeford Beauty Shop
The first consideration for hair coloring is expert service. Schedule early with Biddeford Beauty Shop at 242 Main St Biddeford by calling AT 4-5681 for an appointment.
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Biddeford
Main St
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