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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1961
Page
1
Students prepared age specific gifts and served fruit juice and refreshments while games were set for each age level. The home economics room featured a Christmas tree and holiday decor under the class topic The Pre-School Child directed by Mrs. Hadden Libby.
Biddeford voters approved transportation of parochial school children on public buses by 4263 to 127, and raised the mayor’s salary to 3000 with 240 yearly for 11 councilmen. Mayor Clement H. Deschambault was named to a fifth term with 4261 votes. write-ins and council seats tallied for several candidates. total ballots 4740.
President Kennedy said he felt fine as he flew back to Washington aboard an Air Force jet from West Palm Beach after a day of sun in Florida. He had battled a severe cold and ear ache from the Latin America trip but looked improved, with a 4 p.m. White House meeting on the schedule. The first stop in San Juan and the 5,700 mile swing brought discomfort that eased with rest. Mrs. Kennedy will remain in Palm Beach through New Year’s, planning Christmas with Caroline and John Jr.
Five fishermen were reported missing after the scalloper Barbara and Gail ran aground and broke up near Sankaty Head Nantucket after losing rudder earlier the same day. Ten aboard were aboard the vessel which was being towed by a Coast Guard 95 footer. five were rescued including Captain Sheldon Kent Sr. of Fairhaven and crew Edgar Kent Ives Riendeau Ellis Kendall and Clarence Roberts. Coast Guard Navy ships and helicopters from Salem and Otis AFB searched the waters near the Nantucket Loran station as crews from New Bedford and Fairhaven were involved in the incident. The Barbara and Gail was built in 1929 at Thomaston Maine and owned by Sanda and Dennis Fishing Corp of Fairhaven.
Katanga leader Moise Tshombe and central Congo premier Cyrille Adoula meet at the U N base in Kitona for secret talks on ending Tshombe s secession. U S officials express low confidence in reaching a reconciliation and Bunche Gullion attend only if requested. Fighting and political tension persist as new cease fire order is issued for talks duration.
Eliot Maine residents rally as the town school board reverses last week's dismissals. Superintendent Herbert F. Redding, High School Principal David P. Pierce, Grade School Principal William L. Freese Jr., and Redding's wife, a teacher, regain positions after a controversial upheaval. Rear Adm. Knowles notes the firings were a general housecleaning.
The Saco Police and Fire Commission upheld a seven day suspension of Patrolman Leo Paul Tardif and announced a full investigation. Tardif was fined $150 in Auburn Municipal court for drunken driving and sentenced to 30 days for assaulting a police officer. The commission released a statement noting the suspension was to await final report from their investigation.
United Nations debate on Goa Goa Portugal enclaves Goa Diu Daman ended with a Soviet veto blocking a Western resolution calling for withdrawal of Indian invading troops. Adlai Stevenson warned the UN faced chaos as others urged reframing the charter. The 7-4 vote reflected deep bloc divisions and uncertainty over further action.
Plainfield New Jersey announced a work for relief program. Able bodied men on relief will perform snow removal work. Ruth Dudley, assistant relief board director, said the board is screening women on relief to see how many could be assigned work as babysitters.
Foul weather blankets the United States as snow rain and cold sweep from the northern Rockies into the plains and midwest. Central Plains cold waves extend into northern Texas and Indiana regions while below zero readings hit Montana the Dakotas and Nebraska. Flood threats loom along the Mississippi Alabama and Tennessee rivers with hundreds evacuated including 350 along the Pearl River near Jackson Mississippi and near the Tombigbee in Mississippi. The three month winter season begins at 9 20 p m EST Thursday.
Editor notes lengthy AP dispatch from Cuba after six months as correspondent. The piece analyzes Cuban public sentiment and behind the scenes Communist role in Castro's revolution. It describes government planning under Reds, reduced civil liberties, and suppression of sympathetic dissent amid ongoing rebel activity.
An AP analysis recalls Fidel Castro's early chaotic Cuba described as a circus with a bearded prime minister. It notes Cuba's path toward becoming the first Western Hemisphere nation under a hardline communist rule as Castro's grip tightens and his popularity wanes.
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