Biddeford Primaries Set With Near Open Race
Biddeford voters head to the polls Monday for municipal primaries with a near no opposition slate. Mayor Clem Deschambault seeks his fifth straight term in a Democratic primary unopposed. no Republican candidates are listed.
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Biddeford
Civil Service Commission
Fire Department
Police Commission
Ralph Binette
Clement H. Deschambault
Roland J. Henaire
Oscar Peloquin
Leo R. Lemire
Alfred Cloutier
Roland L'Heureux
Romeo Sevigny
Albert A. Chretien
Ernest N. Fontaine
Alcide J. Gagne
Wilfred Boissonneault
John Cleary
Boissonnéault
Reading Council
Lionel Jeau
Hormidas
Mike) Mininni
South Pole once a frontier now a high tech base
The 50th anniversary of Amundsen's pole reach is noted as AP reporter Frank Carey documents present day life at South Pole Station. Modern logistics use Navy Hercules planes and airlift cargo while ice cream and hi fi music hint at comfort far from Amundsen and Scott.
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South Pole
Roald Amundsen
AP Science
Frank Carey
Norway
Pole
Robert F. Scott
Amundsen
Richard E. Byrd
Bay of Whales
Ross Sea
Great Air Force Globemasters
Manhattan
Scott
Pace
Maine Couple Among Hartford Hospital Fire Victims
An elderly Maine couple, C. Frederick Greenleaf 87 and his wife 86 of Boothbay Harbor, died among 15 on Friday in a Hartford Hospital blaze. Two other Mainers were treated but survived. Janet McLean 22, a student nurse from Falmouth, helped evacuate patients on the fifth floor as the fire originated on the ninth.
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Conn
Hartford Hospital
C. Frederick Greenleaf
Boothsbay Harbor
Falmouth
Miss McLean
Stephen F. Loebs
Waterville
Saco Officials Refute Rumor of Job Retention After Win
City Clerk Clifford A. Purvis and Street Commissioner Timothy Crowley deny rumors they would keep their posts if the Democratic party wins municipal elections. The pair say the statements were issued to quell speculation about job retention following a possible Democratic victory.
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Saco
Clifford A. Purvis
Saco Street
Timothy Crowley
Old Orchard Beach Plans First Election Under New Charter
Old Orchard Beach schedules its first election under the new town charter for Monday. Seven councilmen will be elected with five districts created Ocean Park Halfway Beachfront Camp Ground and Downtown. A total of 90 candidates compete for posts including town clerk civil service commissioner and park commissioner. The council seats include two at large and five by district with 44 town meeting members.
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Old Orchard Beach
Board of Selectmen
Ocean Park
Halfway
Beachfront
Camp Ground
Vid V. McCallum
Gordon G. Smith
Beach Front
Sumner P. Johnson
Leopold V. Sicard
Donald W. Briggs
John T. McNeill
John E. Trull
Donald C. Jones
Joseph D. Mokarzel
William F. O'Connor
Esther Crowley
Franklin A. Milliken
Civil Service Commission
Mary J. Smith
John H. Clark
Leslie Eastman
Ernest F. Murphy
Park Commission
William F. Farrington
William R. Murphy, Jr
Percy R. Rich
Saco Voters to Choose New Mayor and City Officials
Saco citizens head to the polls Monday to elect a new mayor to succeed Charles R. Cote. Roland A. Chenard and Dinsmore Worthing lead mayoral race, with seven aldermen ward clerks wardens and six referenda on the ballot. Polls open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at multiple precincts. results may come in past midnight.
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Saco
Roland A. Chenard
Dinsmore Worthing
Charles R. Cote
Cote
Vera Warner
Alphonse Polackwich
School Committee
Roland Belisle
Larry Rowe
Roger Duhamel
Earle Emens
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Ethel Ballard
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Dorothy Huff
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