Saco Democrats sweep city election in snowbound vote
Mayor Charles R. Cote wins a second term as Democrats gain five aldermen and take a school board seat. The referendum on a sewage treatment plant passes 774 to 224 and a new school measure wins 570 to 370. Ward 1 votes split with a recount planned. Republicans win in Ward 2 through 7 margins.
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Charles R. Cote
Saco
Cote
Lawrence B Thurston
Lawrence Rowe
Earl Emens
Rowe
Adrien A. Petit
Petit
Glenn Yarborouch
George A. Dupre
Lea M. Tardif
Emens
Vermette
Louis Soucy
Herbert F. Kearns
Kenneally
Brendan Twomey
Alcide Deschambeault
Willard D. Stackpole
Harry Warren
Francis Lamontagne
Robert Fenderson
Harry Sawyer
Far Emens
Portland
Frank Jones
Biddeford
Clement Deschambault
Joseph
Fred” Warner
Deschambault
Albert C. Lambert
Warner
John P. Casavant
Board of Police
Atty
Roger C. Nadeau
Board of Education
Casavant
Alphonse J. Remillard
Nadeau
Virginia M. Nelson
Abraham Fleischer
Roland J. Henaire
Alfred Cloutier
Oscar Peloquin
Leo R. Lemire
Ralph L. Lachance
Roland L'Heureux
Romeo Sevigny
Albert A. Chretien
Ward
Beach Town Meeting Set After Snowstorm
A heavy blizzard forced Old Orchard Beach town officials to move a town meeting from the high school to Town Hall. Seven residents attended the brief session led by Adelbert M. Jakeman as moderator. The meeting adjourned to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the high school auditorium to consider borrowing more than $25,000 to cover overdrafts and anticipated expenditures.
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Old Orchard Beach
Esther S. Crowley
Percival H. Wardwell
Adelbert M. Jakeman
Eaward H. Smith
Dwight McLeod
Charles D. Peckham, Jr
Wardwell
McLeod
Narming Jakeman
Bombings Shake Havana as Castro Opposition Grows
Three bombs exploded in Havana Monday night injuring seven people and signaling rising labor opposition to Fidel Castro. A cafe rest room, a Vedado tunnel, and a nonfatal blast disrupted crowds and traffic while the Cuban Labor Confederation moved to boot leaders of the Electrical Workers Union, Amaury Fraginals and Fidel Iglesias, amid charges of treachery.
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Havanas
Fidel Castro
Vedado District
Almendares River
Labor Confederation
Electrical Workers Union
Castro
Amaury Fraginals
Electricians
Cuba Si
Russia
Fraginals
Osvaldo Corticos
Fidel Iglesias
Electrical Workers
Highway Traffic Snarled in Biddeford Saco After Snowstorm
Biddeford and Saco recover from yesterday's eight inch storm with drifts up to six feet. Traffic jams clogged main arteries as motorists abandoned cars and tow trucks struggled to cope. Roads and sidewalks remained largely impassable, schools closed for a second day, and minor accidents were reported in Saco. A three car collision at North and Elm streets caused varying damage while another crash involved a Saco street truck and a taxi, with minor injuries and estimated damage over one hundred dollars.
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Biddeford-Saco
York Hill
Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
North
Elm Streets
Marcel E. Gendron
Jeanette Avenue
Robert E. Hubert
Wood Avenue
Eastman Park
North Street
Jacques J. Boucher
Gendron
Hubert
Boucher
Kenneth Cooper
William Lapointe
Old Orchard
Wharff Street
Roland J. Bedard
Waterstreet
Phil
Central Fire Station
Maine blizzard halts life as towns dig out from first storm in eight years
Intense cold blamed for complicating cleanup as up to 15 inches of snow piled high and drifts reached six feet along the coast. Three deaths reported including a 7 year old in Rumford and a 45 year old fuel dealer near Damariscotta Bremen. Portland and Brunswick saw 15 inches. highways and the Maine Turnpike closed. hotels set up cots for overflow guests. Industrial plants, businesses, offices and schools were shut down.
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Portland
Maine
David Petkus
Rumford
Charles E. Gale
Damariscotta
Bremen
Albert G. Jameson
Friendship
Brunswick
Augusta
Old Town
Bangor
Houston
Greenville
Caribou
Eastport
Northeast Buries Under Record Blizzard of 13 Years
A severe blizzard slams the Northeast with 10 foot drifts and 20 inch snowfall. The bitter cold and winds cripple transportation and halt business as authorities report more than 120 deaths. NYC records 9 degrees and gusts reach 32 mph before the storm eases.
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Associated Press
New York City
Biddeford Boy Hurt In Coasting Mishap
An eight year old Biddeford boy was struck by a car while coasting at the corner of Mason and Wentworth streets. Herve Leclair 8 of 35 Wentworth street sustained facial cuts and was taken to Webber hospital for treatment and X rays. The driver Suzanne Poirier 17 of 75 Green street could not stop after seeing the boy enter Mason street.
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Biddeford
Meson
Wentworth Streets
Herve Leclair
Wentworth Street
Suzanne L. Poirier
Green Street
Mason Street
Leclair
Webber Hospital
Miss Poirier
Ralph Hubert
George Friary
Maurice Legare
Alfred Road
William Bradford
New Road
Arundel
Maine Turnpike
Legare
Bradford
Rossellini Flies to Paris for New Film Project
Italian director Roberto Rossellini flew to Paris today to work on a new film project. He will collaborate with local talents and shoot scenes at identified locations, ongoing production details remain undisclosed.
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Rome
Roberto Rossellini
Paris
Farm Group Attacks Union Tactics At Convention
The American Farm Bureau Federation denounces monopolistic labor practices and union efforts to organize farmers. Charles B. Shuman blames steel industry wage hikes for price issues. Resolutions oppose labor methods applied to farming and warn of future battles against farm unionization and policy proposals from Kennedy programs.
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Denver
Colo
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Charles B. Shuman
Resolutions Committee
Organized Agriculture
Mar
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Shuman
Congress
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Louis R. Soucy
Joseph P. Kenneally
Alcide H. Deschambeault
Harry A. Warren
Robert J. Fenderson
Thomas Winston
Byron F. Dolby
John F. Xaphes
Cecila M. Descoteaux
Schoo Board
George E. Hutchins
Police Board
Lawrence H. Matthews
Willie Pomerleau
A Proulx
Joseph F. Cook
Pepperell Park
Bonython
Jordan and Locke
Irving W. Hersey
Beach Town
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Fea. Corp
Remar’s
Main Street
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Nova Scotia
New York
New Jersey
H. Polakewich
Main St
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