New Allied-Saco Footwear Plant To Employ 1000 In A Year
A new Allied-Saco Footwear Company plant in Saco plans to hire about 150 to 200 workers within a month and 1,000 within a year. The factory, using four former Saco Lowell buildings with roughly 500,000 sq ft of space, will produce men’s and women’s canvas footwear for national distribution and will hire locally. Company officials expect to consolidate operations in Maine and use local materials, with staff recruited through the State Employment Security office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied-Saco Footwear Company
Saco-Lowell
Saco
Charles Shulman
Allied Chemical Coating Company
Lynn
Mass
Shulman
Biddeford-Saco
Bowdoin
Maine
State Employment Security Commission
Francis Coughlin
Biddeford - Saco Chamber of Commerce
Saco- Lowell
Eisenhower Near Bonn On Historic Diplomatic Visit
President Eisenhower flew from Washington to Bonn via Newfoundland and Ireland for a landmark trip marking U S and German diplomacy. He was greeted by festive displays near Bonn as the first American president to visit the city and to Germany, ahead of talks with Khrushchev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Bonn
Germany
Paris
Len Warhington
Newfoundland
Ireland
Ance
Wahn
Nthe
United States
West Germany
China trims 1959 production targets after overestimate
The Chinese Communist Party Central Committee admitted 1959 grain and cotton targets were set too high due to erroneous 1958 figures. It also abandoned the backyard steel and grain furnace program, saying the three million ton output was of poor quality. The revisions were decided at a secret Aug. 2 16 meeting and summarized by New China News Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
China
Communist Party
Central Committee
Peiping
New China News Agency
Queen Elizabeth awards 31 SAS soldiers for Oman desert action
Queen Elizabeth II approved awards for 31 British troops of the Special Air Service after their 175 man airborne task force flew to Muscat and Oman in January. Rebels held a high mountain position at Mt Akbar, repelling all royal forces' attempts to dislodge them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Special Air Service Regiment
Muscat
Oman
Akbar
Boys From Saco Juveniles In Custody After Heists
Two juvenile brothers from Gray and Portland ran away from a Saco home on August 17 and will face Municipal Court on charges of breaking and entering and larceny in the nighttime. Deputy Davis said they admitted brazen shoplifting across Gray New Gloucester and Lewiston, stealing clothing knives two radios cigarettes and $16 cash totaling over $200 in value. They fled via the Androscoggin River to Auburn but were arrested on a highway in Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Saco
Jerald AL. Davis
Gray
New Gloucester
Iixfield
Davis
Main St
Lewiston
Androscoggin
Auburn
Book Might Have Given Mountain Climbers Idea
FRANCONIA New Hampshire AP Two Connecticut collegians Alfed Whipple Jr and Sidney Crouch died while climbing the Old Man of the Mountains trail. William Putnam led a six man crew to recover the bodies after weather worsened and exposure proved fatal. Whipple and Crouch will be buried Thursday in Groton Conn with a double service at Groton Heights Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franconia
N.H
Connecticut
William Putnam
Springfield
Mass
Alfed Whipple Jr
Gales Ferry
Sidney Crouch
Ledkard
Putnam
Norwich University
New Hampshire
Wesley Powell
Frank B. McSwiney
Whipple
Croucn
Groton
Groton Heights Baptist Church
Beach Woman Becomes Librarian Aboard Merchant Ship
Mrs. Bernard Emery of Old Orchard Beach prepares to serve as librarian on the American Eagle tanker. She will earn one cent per month for one voyage, join her husband who is chief mate, and hopes to sail via the Panama Canal to the West Coast. The position requires FBI approval and Coast Guard identification before boarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Emery
U. S. Coast Guard
American Eagle
FBI
Emery
Ben
Rosalie Ann
Old Orchard Beach
Merchant Marine Service
Panama Canal
West Coast
Lawrence Jefferson
Los Angeles
Portland
Baltimore
New Jersey
June Jellerson
Linwood Jellerson
Old Orchard
Ear Ann
Fort Trumbull
Eight Girls Compete For Limington Miss Gammon Crown
Eight candidates will vie for the Miss Gammon of Limington crown at 8 p.m. Friday at the Acton Fair grounds. The pageant is part of Acton’s 94th annual fair opening day activities and features varied acts. Contestants and their Grange representations include Irene Gammon, Gwendolyn Hughey, Barbara Jean Hersey, Sandra Staples, Brenda Hussey, Judith Ledoux, and others from York County Granges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood
Gammon
Limington
York Couny
Acton Fairgrounds
Margaret Thompson
Springval
York Pomona Grange
Acton
Ing Limington Grange
Hollis High School
Gwendolyn Hughey
Millard Hughey
East Waterboro
Waterboro Grange
Hughey
University of Maine
Stowe (Vt
Barbara Jean Hersey
Alvin Hersey
West Kennebunk
Senting Arundel Grange
Kennebunk High School
Sandra Staples
Russell Staples
Alewive Grange
Kennebunk High
Brenda Elaine Hussey
Berwick
Oscar Hussey
Riverside Grange
Lebanon
Hussey
Berwick High
Judith Ledoux
City Floats $60,000 Bond for New High School Site
The Biddeford City council approved a 60000 bond at a special meeting to buy land on South Street for a new high school and to clear and grade it. Funds will restore 21000 paid to Kirby Associates for plans, plus return an 8000 down payment to the contingent fund. Land price is 29000 with a proposed high school cost near 700000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
South Street
Kirby Associates
Portland
Lambert
Rebels Threaten Laos Government Seeks No SEATO Aid
The Laos government says Communist rebels grow more dangerous but has not asked UN or SEATO for help. SEATO members France, United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines would consult on force use but not intervene without a government invitation. UN observers have been discussed, with Dag Hammarskjold and U.S. delegations in talks, but no council or assembly action requested. Secretary Herter privately favors sending UN observers to Laos soon as a first step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Laos
United Nations
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Geneva
SEATO
Cambodia
South Viet Nam
France
Indochina
United States
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Thailand
Philippines
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dag Hammarskjold
U. S
Security Council
General Assembly
Christian A. Herter
U. N
US Offers To Sell Soviets Vast Array Of Products At Exhibition
The United States announced it will sell the Soviets a broad list of American products displayed at an exhibition in Moscow. The package includes about 1,800 items from a house to a screwdriver and a $200,000 color TV unit. Secretary Frederick Mueller called it a goodwill gesture and possible business for the United States. It was unclear if the Soviets were pre-approached or would be interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Moscow
Frederick } Ueller
Uncle Sam
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Catholic Schools Delay Opening in Montreal and Newfoundland
Montreal and Newfoundland schools push back the start of classes to September 9 amid a polio epidemic. Protestant schools start on the 9th as well, with Newfoundland delaying at least two weeks to September 14. Health officials report 39 new cases in 24 hours, bringing the city and surrounding area total to 483.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
Newfoundland
Senators Urge Textile Machinery Stamp for Exhibition
Forty eight senators led by Leverett Saltonstall urged Postmaster General Summerfield to issue a special stamp honoring the textile machinery industry. The request coincides with the International Textile Machinery Exhibition at Atlantic City New Jersey from May 23 to 27 1960. It would mark the first and largest international textile machinery show in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur FE. Summerfield
Leverett Saltonstall
Rmass
Atlantic City
N. J
Summerfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maine Survey
Augusta
George Phillips
Armour Research Foundation
Phillips
Richard Hebert
Sulo J. Tani
Hebert
Twin Cities
Saco-Lowell Shops
Edwards
Airne
Maj
John Eisenhower
White House
Gen
Fea. Corp
Mr. Roland
Gagnier
T. J. Murphy Fur
Company
Main Street
U.S. Coast Guard Office
Baltimore & Ohio
Rockville
AEC
Germantown
St. Louis
Eliot Man
Admiral Herbert B. Knowles
Eliot
York District
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts of America
Fred A. Clough, Jr
Bethel
Admiral Knowles
Sanford
Springvale
United Fund
Kesslen Shoe Co
Kennebunk
Kessien Shoe Co
Kennebunk, Maine
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!