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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1961

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Katanga Bombing By Indian Swedish Jets

Indian bombers and Swedish jets attacked Elisabethville Katanga amid a UN threat. The raid targeted a troop district near Kenya township where the army headquarters was believed located. Wreckage and damage to a local police building were reported as Tshombe urged full war and UN forces to leave.

Elisabethville Katanga the Congo Prince Leopoldeen Kenya Township Lido Moise Tshombe United Nations Tshombe U.N American Globemaster

Notre Dame Hospital elects new officers at annual meeting

At Notre Dame Hospital board meeting last night the slate led by Francis P. Murphy was elected with Charlemagne Fournier as president Paul Casavant as vice president and Rev Sister Annunciata as secretary Alma Casteau retires after a term as president The session covered reports from Sister Annunciata and building committee head Arthur Peloquin and noted painting of kitchens corridors and a new administrative office The 1962 budget was approved and anniversary projects completed Occupancy exceeded 65 percent in November and service department use rose under new leadership

Notre Dame Hospital Board of Paul Casavant Charlemagne Fournier Lewis H. Cutler Notre Dame Hospital Board of Directors Francis P. Murphy H. Lewis Cutler Sr. Annunciata Alma Casteau Casteau Sister Annunciata Arthur Peloquin Peloquin Leo Simensky Murphy Fournier Custeau Arthur Dube Noe Bibeau Albert Deshaies Cutler. Simensky Casavant Atty Harold Carroll J. R. Varochelle Henry P Ross Leo P. Taillon Sister Aube Vezina Cutler Father Dube

White New Head of York County Automobile Dealers

Walter White of White Buick Biddeford elected head of York County Automobile Dealers Association at a dinner at Wonderbar Steakhouse. Chur chill Cressey and Clayton W Cartmill named vice president and secretary treasurer respectively. Open house planned for Washington's Birthday. Cressey to lead. Meeting set for week of January 8 in Sanford with Sanford dealers hosting.

Walter White White Buick Company Biddeford York County Aobile Dealers Association Wonderbar Churchill Cressey Snowdon Motor Company Kennebunk Clayton W. Cartmill White

Meaney Grows Stronger In Unions

Meaney secured a new two year term as AFL CIO leader at the convention. He strengthened authority over the 12.5 million member federation and won a tougher disputes settlement system to handle interunion conflicts and race bias. He eased tensions with Randolph, set up a civil rights department, and kept the Teamsters out until Hoffa is deposed and corruption cleaned up. Meany was re elected president at $45000 a year.

Organized Labor Labor Meany Afl-Cio Buldling Trades and Industrial Unions America A. Philip Randolph Sleeping Car Porters Brotherhood Randolph James R. Hoffa

How To Get Out of Doing It Yourself Books Loom

A quip notes that someone will soon author a popular guide titled How To Get Out of Doing It Yourself, predicting a profitable niche. The line hints at avoidance of home projects and practical humor about self-help trends.

Gen Fea, Corp

Unseasonable Cold Grips Most Of Nation

Unseasonable cold holds the country from the Rockies to New England as a long cold snap continues. Temperatures fell to zero and below in ten states Wednesday morning, with North Dakota and Nebraska reporting subzero readings while South Dakota rose to single digits above. Teens prevail from the Rockies to the Appalachians and northern Maine, as the Midwest air mass shifts across the Ohio and Tennessee valleys prompting cold wave advisories from the Carolinas to New York and Connecticut.

Associated Press Rockies New England Midwest North Dakota Nebraska South Dakota Dickinson Minot Appalachians Maine Ohio Tennessee Carolinas New York State Connecticut

Federal Civil Defense plan Would fund shelters in institutions

The proposed CD program to Congress costs about 700 million dollars and would provide incentive payments for constructing fallout shelters in schools hospitals and public welfare institutions. It plans to shelter about 20 million people next fiscal year with projects eligible after January.

Washington Congress Roswell L. Gilpatric Gilpatric

Loot From Store Break Recovered

Biddeford police recovered loot from a store break at Rol and's Variety on South Street in Biddeford. Chief Edgar Sevigny said items taken overnight were found in Kennebunkport woods by hunters the next day. Recovered goods included gum, doughnuts, candy bars, cigars, cigarettes, dough mix, and beer. The spree was the last in a series at the store.

Roland South Street Biddeford Kennebunkport Edgar Sevigny Kennebunkport Voice Pro Continueo

New Manager Named for Kennebunk Town Hall

Robert York, 51, town manager of Brownville, will become Kennebunk town manager early next year. He was chosen by the Board of Selectmen Wednesday night to replace Fred G. Staples, who resigned October 3 to take Lexington, Massachusetts, post.

Kennebunk Robert York Brownville York Board of Selectmen Fred G. Staples Lexington Mass

Muskie Denies Governor Run Rumors At Waterville News Conference

Senator Muskie flatly said there is no plan to run for Maine governor next year at a Waterville news conference. He avoided pick between a Senate seat or governorship, suggested districting considerations may have influenced gerrymandering views, and critiqued regional air service, trade policy, and his own orderly market quota idea.

Waterville Muskie Maine New England Northeast Airlines Kennedy

Catholic Study Contends Church School Aid Legal

A Catholic agency released a legal study arguing federal grants to aid secular teaching in parochial schools would be constitutional. It states church schools meet state standards for 13 percent of U S pupil enrollment and notes a long history of government support for church education while opposing President Kennedy on the issue.

Catholic Study Washington Kennedy Congress The National Catholic Welfare Conference Catholic Bishops of the United States Supreme Court

Caracas Roundup Police Crack Down on Kennedy Foes

Police in Caracas rounded up about 50 agitators during President Kennedy's visit weekend. Authorities said four crude bombs planted by terrorists caused minor injuries to two people, prompting reinforced garrison security and possible extra troops to ensure safety. Authorities and officials from Venezuela and the United States sought to avoid a repeat of past violence during high level visits.

Caracas Venezuela Kennedy Alliance For Progress Latin America Antonio Briceno Linares U.S Richard M. Nixon

Grandm a Moses Dies at 101 in New York State

Hoosick Falls resident Grandma Moses, the famed primitive artist who rose to world renown after starting painting in her late 70s, died at 3:15 p.m. at the Hoosick Falls Health Center. She had suffered a chronic heart ailment and had been in an oxygen tent most of the day. She had hoped to live to 200 and remained spirited to the end despite confinement.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Grandma Moses Grandma Hoosick Falls Health Center Clayton Shaw

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