Personal notices from Biddeford and surrounding towns
A parade of local residents in Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach and nearby areas lists patients at Webber hospital Maine Osteopathic hospital Trust hospital and Tierney Nursing home and notes returns from visits from New York Detroit and Watertown. Army Pvt Richard Gobeil home on two week leave after basic training at Fort Dix and upcoming 14 week course in Granite City Illinois. Funerals: Guy R Goodwin formerly of Saco died in Rochester Massachusetts with services by Rev James Riddle at Dennett and Craig 365 Main Street Saco and interment Laurel Hill Cemetery. Bertrand L Bardsley of Biddeford had services at Dennett and Craig with Rev James Riddle officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Murphy
Main Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Elizabeth Leoncini
Middle Street
Saco
Maine Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Georgia Fowler
Old Orchard Beach
Trust Hospital
Jessie Whitman
Portland Avenue
Tierney Nursing Om
Union Avenue
Samuel Rankin
High Street
Morris L. Fisher
Penelope Jane
Diana Cecile
Helen Elizabeth
Watertown
N.Y
Boris Gottlieb
Orchard Street
New York City
Gottlieb
Congregation
Etz Chaim
Bacon Street
Anne Serlin
U. S. Army
Gobeil
Fort Dix
N. J
Granite City Engineer Depot
Granite City
Til
Guy R. Goodwin
James Riddle
Foss ‘Street Methodist Church
Rochester
Mass
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Bertrand L. Bardsley
Elm Street
Foss Street Methodist Church
Fenwick Council Knights Plan Field Day in Saco
The Bishop Fenwick council Knights of Columbus in Saco will meet tonight at 8 o clock to plan the upcoming field day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Fenwick
Knights of Columbus
Saco
Two More Polio Cases Reported
Two paralytic polio cases were reported in Maine, in Lewiston and Westbrook, marking the first outside Aroostook County this year. A Portland physician also reports another polio patient, elevating the week's tally beyond last week. The 1959 Maine total reached 90, highest in four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
State Bureau of Health
Lewiston
Westbrook
Aroostook County
Portland
Biddeford Woman Found Not Guilty On Assault Charge
A Biddeford woman, Arlene Therrien, 21, was found not guilty by Judge Simon Spill in Biddeford Municipal Court of assault and battery against Carmen Boutin. The case hinged on who delivered the first blow after testimonies from Boutin, her daughter Rachel, and Therrien. County Attorney Marcel Viger prosecuted, Donald P. Allen defended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Simon Spill
Arlene Therrien
Atlantic Avenue
Carmen Boutin
Spill
Marcel Viger
Donald P. Allen
Newsmen Face Tough Task Covering Campagin Tactics
AP analyst James Marlow notes the 1960 campaign will exhaust reporters with nonstop traveling and repeated themes. Nixon hinges on few core points and Kennedy favors short, direct speeches, shaping how reporters file rapid updates. Nixon's knee injury during campaigning adds to coverage hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
North Carolina
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Reno
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Seattle
White House
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Card of Thanks to Saco Hospital Staff and Friends
Sincere thanks to the doctors and nurses of Saco Hospital for kind care and to relatives and friends for flowers cards and gifts after the passing of Alberta Slaughter. Deep appreciation to neighbors relatives and friends for sympathy and to Rev Gerard Parent and St Andre Convent nuns for kindness to our father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Hospital
Gerard Parent
St. Andre Convent
Antonio Dallaire
Arcille Babineau
Roland Petit
Adrien Dallaire
Gulf Oil Head to Speak at Maine Petroleum Convention
Gulf Oil Corp senior vice president J Guzzo will address the Maine Petroleum Association convention in Rockland on September 7. He is marketing division VP at the American Petroleum Institute with 46 years in oil marketing, beginning as a Gulf clerk in Alexandria Louisiana in 1914. In a separate note, Tony Christy was outpointed by Martinovich in a Pittsburgh bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
C. J. Guzzo
Gulf Oil Corp
Rockland
Maine Petroleum Association
L. G. Lamplough
Guzzo Elso
American Petroleum Institute
Gulf
Alexandria
Portland Weather Outlook Mixed Skies with Warm Temps
This afternoon mostly fair and warm with gentle variable winds. Tonight fair to partly cloudy with early ground fog. Thursday partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers or thundershowers as southerly winds rise to 16 to 20 mph. All zones expected in the low 80s with higher 59s inland and overnight lows listed for several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Mt. Wash
Concord
Montreal
Youth Injured In Accident On Pool Road
A Hills Beach youth, Ronald Bolduc age 20, was injured when a sedan driven by David P. O'Neil 21 left Pool road, swerved to avoid two children, and struck a Central Maine Power pole. Bolduc received treatment at Notre Dame hospital for arm and shoulder injuries and was released. Police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills Beach
Pool Road
Central Maine
Ronald Bolduc
David P. O'Neil
Main Street
Biddeford
O'Neil
Bolduc
Notre Dame Hospital
Alfred Guillmette
Manuel DeSilva
Congo Crisis Escalates as Lumumba Seizes Bases
Lumumba moves to seize Kamina and Kitona bases while U.N. plans to neutralize a nearby 1i¢ base. Premier Tshombe demands control and threatens to block runways, invoking a struggle over authority in Katanga. Lumumba returns to Leopoldville as reforms push rural communes and peasant cooperatives nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamina
Kitona
Katang
Moise Tshombe
U.N
United Nations
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Lumumba
Leopoldville
Congo
Oriental Province
School bids open for new building at Main and Highland
Bid details show York Electric 43 353, Georges Appliance 64 784 and Neithercut Electric 38 375 among electrical subcontracts. Curtain wall bids include Fenestra 62 409 and Eastern Sash Engineering 59 495. Peak time plans set 315 days to complete with others at 320 to 400 days. Second bid session opened with no bids initially. Victor A. Spencer led preparations. Construction aims for fall 1961 occupancy after award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Electric
Georges
Neithercut Electric
Fenestra
Eastern Sash Engineering
Mathews and Wolfretz
Central Supply
Coco
Hussey Manufacturing Company
Profenno
Seaboard
Merrill
Sawyer and Plante
Victor A. Spencer
Spencer - Millward Associated
South Portland
Main
Highland Streets
U. M. Extension Courses To Be Taught In Saco
Maine university extension plans fall 1960 61 courses in 15 towns including Saco Rockland Waterville and Orono with 48 enrollment fee three college credits for completing a course. Courses cover geology biology chemistry and teaching methods and target teachers and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CRONO
Maine
General Extension
University of Maine
Mark Shibles
Augusta
East Corinth
Shot
Houston
Lewiston
Madawasga
Orono
Nockland
Saco
Somesville
South Paris
Unity
Waldoboro
Waterville
Wiscasset
Arthur Reardon
Cony HS
Europe
Garrett Croppers
Morrison Memorial School
Eliot
Ralph Walden
Eliot Primarychool
Houlton
Carl Porter-Shirley
Western Europe
Phillip Cole
Lewiston HS
Madawaska
Madawaska HS
Imade
South Stevens Hall
of M
Rockland
George Davis
Farnsworth Museum
Arthur Olson
Miller
Assoc
Albert Wootton
Waterville Jr. HS
Wootten
Waterville Jr HS
Saturda S
Del Rio Returns to Hollywood in 18th Year in Black Star
Dolores Del Rio, in her first film in 18 years, plays Elvis Presley’s mother in Black Star. She reflects on four careers from silent era to stage, and discusses boredom, identity, and her move between Mexico and Hollywood while continuing to act across media and continents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dolores del Rio
Elvis Presley
Ramona
Evangeline
Madame Dubarry
Mexico
Lew Riley
Orson Wells
Europe
South America
Castro Journal Wants Are Helpful Intercept Plane
Costa Rica civil aviation director said he halted the delegation’s special plane to check for sabotage. The plane was cleared in the late afternoon and flew home with 15 Cuban newsmen who had covered the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aviation
San Jose
Snowshoe Union Elects Maine Officers for 1961 Convention
Arthur Raymond of the Passe Temps Club Lewiston was elected president of the Maine Snowshoe Union. Other officers named are Mrs. Dorothy Neault Biddeford as vice president Mrs. Olivine Therriault Lewiston as secretary and Armand A. Dutil Lewiston as treasurer. The group will host the 1961 convention in Lewiston January 27 to 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Arthur Raymond
Passe Temps Club
Maine Snowshoe Union
Dorothy Neault
Biddeford
Olivine Therriault
Armand A. Dutil
Maine
Three Belles Replace Basil in Diver’s Sea World
Rockport brief tells of Harry Goodridge who trains three new pet seals Ruth Hazel and Cecile to replace Basil. Basil was lost when a shark attacked during a boat outing and Goodridge harpooned the shark too late to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport P
Harry Goodridge
Ruth
Hazel
Cecile
Basil
Goodridge
Houston in New Orleans Has Attorney's Supreme Court Appeal
Attorney Joe Reynolds has mailed another request to the U.S. Supreme Court as Houston appeals to the governor by a 42 vote. The board recalls an early states rights theory that a state could act independently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Joe Reynolds
U.S. Supreme Court
New Sex Symbol Billy the Kid Gains Hollywood Attention
NBC Western The Tall Man casts Clu Gulager as Billy the Kid fueling talk he could become a nationwide sex symbol. Gulager, 24, says timing and film study over a decade will showcase his screen persona as Gunsmoke prepares for a new season and CBS Olympic coverage draws praise for its camera work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Billy the Kid
J Young
Clu Gulager
James Dean
New Mexico
Clu
Gulager
NBC
Billy
Ford
Hines
Gunsmoke
Rome
CBS
Squaw Valley
Interpose Sovereignty to Block Federal Court Usurpation
A brief passage argues that states must interpose their sovereignty to prevent overreach by federal courts and protect state authority. It frames state power as a last defense against judicial usurpation and asserts the primacy of state sovereignty.
Biddeford High seeks gym name for Steve White
Nixon and Gov. Reed sign a petition backing naming Biddeford High School’s new gym for Steve White. The drive, led by Robert Trask, aims for presentation to the Biddeford board of education on September 8 after collecting 1,700 signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Reed
White Gym
Richard M. Nixon
John H. Reed
Biddeford High School
Steve White
Robert Trask
Washington
Dwight D. Eisen
Hower
Maine
Biddeford
Trask
Board of Education
Helen Tarazawich
Carol Pariseau
Anita Bon
Priscilla Beaudoin
Connie Beaudoin
Carol Beaudoin
Ronnie Gardella
Margaret Emerson
New York Hit By Summer Storm Deluge Across Region
A sudden summer storm drenched the New York metropolitan area causing citywide chaos. Flash floods flooded subways and streets from Manhattan to Nassau County, trapping thousands and leaving two deaths in Queens. Power outages affected tens of thousands as fires broke out in Nassau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
East River
Long Island
Westchester
Rockland
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Nassau County
Nassau
North Shore
State Police recruit training set to begin Sept 5
Augusta Col. Robert Marx announced the 20th recruit class will start September 5 and run ten weeks. The basic course covers police procedures with instructors from state police, many departments and the FBI. Capt. Willard Orcutt directs training and Sgt. James Adams serves as commanding officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Robert Marx
Ste Police
FBI
Willard R. Orcutt
James A. Adams
Broadway to black out for Oscar Hammerstein II memorial
New York City will dim Broadway for one minute at 9 p m Thursday in memory of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II announced by Mayor Robert F Wagner. The blackout honors Hammerstein, famed for collaborations with Rodgers and landmark shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Oscar Hammerstein II
Robert F. Wagner
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Bertrand Bardsley
Ana
Zaniewe
Pa ‘Pers
Alberta Slaughter
U. M
Holyoke
Richard Smith
Springfield
Chicopee
Smith
Ralph Waldron
Wiscasset HS
AP Movie
Three Belles
Wolf
General Court
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Alfred Street
Dial
Sneider’s
Coca Cola
Sears-Roebuck
Ifreet Street
York County
Samard
Sneider’s Discount
Thurs & Fri
West Street
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