Personal notices from Biddeford and surrounding areas
Ovila Belair of 13 Lawn Ave Saco is a patient at Notre Hospital. Mrs Margaret Merrill of 10 Summit St Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Mrs Mary Bell of 88 Forest St Saco was moved yesterday from Webber to Leech Nursing Home in Kennebunk. Miss Irene Throumoulos visits her mother Mrs Chris Throumoulos at 41 Graham St Biddeford after summer studies at Harvard Graduate School. Roger L Plante fire control technician seaman USN son of Mr and Mrs Norbert Plante of 63 Bacon St Biddeford is a crew member of destroyer USS Mullany operating from San Diego. Visitors this week to Mr and Mrs Reny Remillard Sr Old Orchard Beach include Reny L Remillard Jr Pineland Hospital Pownal and Mr and Mrs Tony Miano and children Sharon Linda and Anthony Jamestown NY. Mrs James Manouse of Binghamton NY, formerly Miss Bessie Theropoulas of Biddeford, returned home after a house visit.
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Ovila Belair
Lawn Ave
Saco
Notre Hospital
Margaret Merrill
Summit St
Biddeford
Webber Hosital
Mary Bell
Forest St
Webber Hospital
Leech Nursing Home
Kennebunk
Irene Throumoulos
Chris Throumoulos
Graham St. Biddeford
Cape Porpoise Legion Dance Night Planned
The EWS Kenneminkport Memorial Post of the American Legion Auxiliary will stage a dance tomorrow from 8 PM to 1 AM in the hall on Route 9 in Cape Porpoise.
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Kenneminkport Memorial
American Legion Auxiliary
Cape Parpoise
Church Notes Confessions Schedule Across Local Parishes
Confessions will be heard at St Martha s Kennebunk port Saturday 4 5 and 7 8 PM St Monica s Kennebunk Sunday before each mass St Mary s Wells Beach Saturday 34 PM All Saints Ogunautt Saturday 4 5 AM The Junior Band and Sook ters of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 10 AM
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St. Martha's Church
Kennebunkport
St. Monica’s Church
Kennebunk
St. Mary's Church
Wells Beach
All Saints Church
Ogunautt
Soongsters
The
Saco Salvation Army
Speaker Defends Speed Limits at Rotary Talk
Milton F. Huntington defended Maine speed limits before the Portland Rotary Club noting that speeding accounts for only two percent of accidents, while excessive speed remains a major fatal factor under certain conditions. He cited a $23 million economic loss from traffic accidents so far this year and $35 million for 1963, with a profile of fatal one-vehicle crashes: male under 25, liquor influence, speeding, typically after midnight on rural roads.
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Portland
Maine
Highway Safety Committee
Milton F. Huntington
Huntington
Rotarians
Miller Slams Into Democrats at Olean Airport
CLEAN NEW YORK AP Miller, campaigning 13 hours after arriving at Olean Airport, blasted the Democratic convention. He ridiculed Humphrey as a raving liberal and accused Democrats of chaos at the hall. Miller planned a formal kick off on Bill Miller Day at Niagara County fairgrounds near Lockport.
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Clean
N.Y
William E. Miller
Miller
Olean
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bill Miller
Niagara County Fairgrounds
Lockport
Season Activities Mulled At Meeting
Blue Feather Council, Degree of Pocahontas, outlined season activities at the first fall meeting held last night at the home of Mrs. Alice on Ritz Avenue Biddeford. Mrs. Mary Wood conducted the session with the regular chiefs. Special awards went to Mrs. Sylvia Smart and Mrs. Cecile Jacques. Next meeting set for Sept 25 with location to be announced. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Genthner assisted by Mrs. Pauline Simms and Mrs. Josephine Burba.
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Blue Feather Council
Pocahontas
Alice
Ritz Avenue
Biddeford
Mary Wood
Sylvia Smart
Cecile Jacques
Genthner
Pauline Simms
Josephine Burba
Auto stock rally boosts Chrysler and GM gains
Stock market activity remained brisk as Chrysler and General Motors showed strong demand, touching new highs amid a broad rally. The Dow and Nasdaq peers advanced while aerospace stocks climbed on defense spending signals, and concerns over an auto strike eased after the union postponed its deadline to September 9.
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New York
Chrysler
General Motors
Wall Street
Auto Union
Johnson
Associated Press
Ford
American Motors
Studebaker
United Aircraft
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
Lockheed
Republic Aviation
IBM
U.S
General Electric
International Harvester
Sunray DX
Pure Oil
Westinghouse Electric
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central and Southern Railway
du Pont
Reynolds Tobacco
Control Data
Liggett
American Stock Exchange
Portland Weather Synopsis for Today and Tonight
Sunny and pleasant this afternoon with mid to upper 70s. Winds are gentle and variable. Tonight mostly fair and not as cool, with some early morning fog in places. Lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Winds gentle and variable. Saturday brings increasing cloudiness and higher humidity with a chance of showers late. Easterly winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Portland
Local Births and Engagements Highlight Maine Notices
A string of births from Aug 25 to Aug 27 across Westbrook Biddeford Old Orchard Beach and nearby areas announces Martha Theresa, Cynthia, Blaine, Mark Richard, Thomas Roland, Kathryn Beth and Kevin with weights listed. Also engaged are Nancy J Morneault and Roger J Soucy, with plans for a November 28 wedding and details of their backgrounds.
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David L. Clay
West Buxton
Blaine
Richard A. Boudreau
Walnut Street
Old Orchard Beach
Mark Richard
Roland H. Viger
Storer St. Laco
Thomas Roland
Roland C. Ferguson
Westmore Ave
Biddeford
Kathryn Beth
Frederick G. Hill Jr
Bidddeford
Kevin
Gracie Allen Early Life and Burns Partnership Details
Gracie Allen, daughter of Edward Allen, began dancing with her sisters after 14 and met George Burns in New Jersey where he invited her to join his act. They switched parts during their first show, married in Cleveland, and rose to vaudeville headliners, later starring on radio and television until Gracie’s retirement. The couple lived in Beverly Hills 25 years, socially integrated with Jack and Mary Benny, and adopted two children, Sandra and Ronald.
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Hoboken
N.J
New Jersey
George
Union Hill
Burns
Lorraine
Gracie
Beverly Hills
Jack
Mary Benny
Sandra
Ronald
Humphrey Attacks Goldwater At Democratic Convention
President hopeful hubbub as 15 000 Young Democrats rally. Humphrey criticizes Goldwater as backward looking and indecisive. Johnson introduces civil rights backlash concerns, notes liberal and independent backlash stronger. He signals continued campaign activity amid celebrations and fireworks.
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Goldwater
Moonshine Still Removed From U S Attorney Office
In Louisville Kentucky moonshine still once in the U S attorney office was carted away by Treasury Department agents to the Federal Building basement to make room for filing cabinets. The relic was noted as a handy ink cleaner after fingerprinting and recalled as a last insult to moonshiners who washed with it.
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Louisville
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Treatury Department
T-men
Federal
Bernard
Big Six’ Henderson
Massachusetts Sues Federal Officials Over Highway Funds
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke files in federal court to force payment of 90 percent of a 1959 Worcester jury award of 398750 to J B Garland & Son for seed mill takings. He argues the federal highway bureau withheld 79 740, ruling the contract must honor state judgments and release funds for the highway program. The suit names Luther Hodges Rex Whitton and John A Hanson as defendants to bring the case before the court.
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Boston
Atty
Edward W. Brooke
U.S. Highway Administration
Brooke
Worcester Superior Court
J.B. Garland & Son, Inc
Bureau of of Roads
Bureau of Roads
Massachusetts
Highway Bureau
Federal Bureau
U.S
Luther Hodges
Secretary of Commerce
Rex M. Whitton
Federal Highway
John A. Hanson
Bureau of Public Roads
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Fire Destroys Camp Maranacook Buildings
A dining hall and kitchen at the unused Camp Maranacook burned late Thursday night. Readfield Winthrop and Manchester fire teams prevented spread to other camp structures or surrounding woods as onlookers watched flames rise high. The camp, once a boys’ camp run by William Morgan, is being sold by Camp Maranacook Corp. Cause and loss estimates were not yet determined.
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Readfield
Camp Maranacook
Winithrop
Manchester
William Morgan
Camp Maranacook Corp
Stroke Victims Can Talk Again
Boston AP report quotes Frederick R. Greenberg of Kennedy Rehabilitation Institute saying many stroke victims fail to speak because those around them expect silence. He urges early psychology and speech pathology exams to distinguish organic brain damage from a patient’s reaction to illness.
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Boston
Frederick R. Greenberg
Kennedy Rehabilitation Institute
Minneapolis
Today’s Politics Weigh Heavily Amid Busy News Day
A brief notes that politics dominates headlines today as other topics share space in the day’s coverage. The shift reflects public interest in elections and policy debates shaping local and national discourse.
Nineteenth Century Miniature Found in Biddeford Office
A copy of the October 15 1878 issue of The Monthly Miniature was found in Biddeford at 106 Main Street. The 10 page issue included short stories local ads humorous anecdotes and clippings from Emira Gazette Wheeling Leader and Kennebunk Star. Editor Will H Watson offered three months free copies and noted the paper’s first volume closing while Biddeford and Saco thrived as a growing theatrical town with Edwin Booth performing at the Opera House.
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Journal Newsroom
Miniature
Biddeford
Main St
Will H. Watson
Alan Weddle
Pontiac
Mich
Jefferson Street
Emira Gazette
Wheeling Leader
Kennebunk
Whitehall
Maine
Hackensack
N. J
Republican
Watson
Biddeford House
Thacher Block
Fred Yates
Godey
M. C. Cowan
Main Street
Will Watson
Saco Biddeford
McArthur Library
Edwin Booth
Old City
Thieves Take Bad Checks From Cemetery Office
Texarkana Ark burglars broke into Memorial Cemetery office and took a metal box filled with bounced checks, ignoring a large safe marked records kept here. The incident suggests theft aimed at the cemetery’s financial records and post-dated payments. Local authorities investigate for motive and suspects.
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Texarkana
Ark
Memorial Cemetery
Police Probe Bombing of Paper Office in Mississippi
Police and FBI agents investigate the bombing of the Northside Reporter offices in Jackson Mississippi after a rear window was blown out. Hazel Brennan Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner and Lexington editor, hosts liberal editorials and was away at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City.
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Jackson
Miss
FBI
Hazel Brennan Smith
Northside
Saco teachers discuss pay as committee tables action
At a special Saco School Committee session, members of the Salary Committee and the Saco Teachers Association discussed salary adjustments and the teacher pay schedule. The committee voted to table further action until the full committee reviews background and Superintendent Forbush studies. A revised salary schedule was seen as beneficial for teachers and administrative staff.
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Saco
Robert Moody
William Bogas
Salar Committee
Benjamin Hall
Saco Teacher's Association
Forbush
Vera Warner
Lowell Innes
Locke School
Beatles Free Waiting Fans At Kennedy Airport
New York AP report says the Beatles arrived at Kennedy Airport in the early hours to a crowd of about 3,000 screaming fans. Police confined fans to an observation deck as the group moved to waiting limousines within two minutes. Ringo Starr’s St Christopher medallion was ripped and later returned in a TV broadcast promising a meet with the band. the Beatles perform tonight and Saturday at Forest Hills Stadium.
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New York
Kennedy
Cincinnati
Park Avenue
Manhattan
Ringo Starr
WABC
Bruce Morrn
Starr
Brucie
Ringo
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Angie McGowan
50Th St
Morrow
Liverpool
Forest Hills Stadium
Queens
Storeowner is Acquitted in Auburn Shooting Case
AUBURN AP Cecil D. Stevens 74 storekeeper was acquitted of assault for firing a pistol at a patrolman who came to check his store on July 24 Judge L Damon Scales warned him to be careful in the future Officer Chester Ridley said he knocked on Stevens door to inform him a sign was lit Stevens said he fired as a warning after a past robbery and did not know who was outside.
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Auburn (Ap
Cecil D. Stevens
Auburn
L. Damon Scales
Stevens
Chester Ridley
Steven
Denison Plant Drops Heart of Beef to Meat Empire Slogan
A Denison port plant first ran an ad declaring From the Heart of the Beef Empire and a subsequent running changed the slogan to read From the Heart of the Meat Empire. The shift shows a branding tweak in the advertising.
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Denison, Iowa
Denison
Florida hotel rules push bigger beds for taller guests
The Florida Hotel Commission proposed expanding guest room space arguing the average traveler is taller than prior generations and needs more room to stretch out. The proposal targets hotel and motel operators to add larger beds and improved layouts to accommodate taller visitors.
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Tallahasse
Fla
Florida Hotel Commission
JFKs Widow Receives Kissed Greeting at Atlantic City Reception
Mrs John F Kennedy greeted thousands of Democratic delegates at a five hour reception in Atlantic City New Jersey. Undersecretary W Averell Harriman and Mrs Harriman hosted the event the first large public function she attended since the tragedy. Kennedy left town for Newport Rhode Island after the tributes. Her daughter Caroline Kennedy appeared briefly as did Eunice Shriver and Pat Lawford. The former First Lady wore a white sleeveless two piece dress and thanked guests for coming.
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Atlantic City
N.J
John F. Kennedy
W. Averell Harriman
Eunice Shriver
Jean Smith
Pat Lawford
Lynda Johnson
Pope Watching Trouble Spots
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI is eyeing Cyprus Vietnam and other hot spots and may intervene diplomatically if situations worsen. They tie this to his encyclical Eccelsiam Suam and a peace message, noting notes to Ankara Athens and Nicosia on August 15 amid Cyprus tensions, with no current plan for action.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Cyprus
Viet
Vatican
Ankara
Athens
Nicosia
Record Cold Survival Mentioned in Siberia 1933
An archival note recalls extreme cold in Siberia in 1933. It states that 18 Americans at the South Pole nearly matched that low on April 2, 1957, coming within a degree of minus 89.
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Siberia
South Pole
Household hints and safety advice from Felix Sheltra
A nostalgic snapshot notes education advances and rising master’s degrees while warning against wild purchases. The piece urges prudent protection and insurance, citing Felix T Sheltra and Son at 48 Jefferson Street for property advice. It ends with a weekly tip: clean vacuum bottles with rice and warm water.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Felix T. Sheltra & Son
Jefferson Street
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Martha Theresa
Laurent R. St. Pierre
Willett St
Cynthia
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Thomas Jefferson
General Electric Co
Lynn
Mass
Gracie Allen
Pege Oned
Ethel
Cecile Rosalie Allen
Edward Allen
San Francisco
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Robert F. Kennedy
Texas
Beatles
Kennedy Airport
Jfk
Pope
Garay
Biddeford & Saco Gas CO
St. Joseph High School
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