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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1961

Page

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Maine shelter survey to locate potential fallout shelters

A statewide August project aims to locate and mark buildings that could shelter 50 or more people in a nuclear attack, excluding private homes. Public works official E J Quinn signed a contract with James W Sewall Co for inspections, while other firms negotiate shelter modifications at federal expense for later stocking with supplies. Governor Reed praises state officials cooperation and Civil Defense efforts.INDUCTED as new members of the Kennebunk High school chapter National Honor Society were eight students welcomed by officers during candlelight ceremonies.

Augusta Maine Civil Defense Navy Reed E. J. Quinn First Naval District James W. Sewall Co Old Town Alonzo J. Harriman, Inc Kennebunk High School National Honor Society Marybelle Walsh Penny Anders Edward

Tshombe agrees to end Katanga secession with local approval

President Moise Tshombe and Premier Cyrille Adoula reach a pact to restore Congo unity after 15 hours at Kitona. The eight point declaration accepts the provisional constitution, unity of the Republic, Kasavubu as chief of state, central government authority, Katanga participation in a constitutional commission, national functions by Katanga senators, Katanga gendarmerie under the president, and adherence to UN resolutions.

Leopoldville, the Congo Moise Tshombe Katanga Elisabethville Tshombe Cyrille Adoula Central Congo Congo U.N Kitona Leopoldville United Nations Republic of the Congo Joseph Kasavubu Security Council General Assembly

Kennedy Macmillan talks in Bermuda on Berlin and NATO

President Kennedy arrived in Bermuda to meet Prime Minister Macmillan for a two day discussion focused on West Berlin nuclear weapons and the future of NATO. The talks also touched on neutral nations amid India’s Goa takeover and Indonesian threats in New Guinea.

Hamilton Bermuda Kennedy Macmillan Government House Kindley Air Force Base West Berlin Moscow Father Kennedy Joseph P. Kennedy St. Mary's Hospital West Palm Beach Fla Palm Beach Florida Berlin India Goa New Guinea Dean Rusk Lord Home Rusk Sir David Ormsby-Gore Washington Sir Nor Man Brook William Penney Evelyn Shuckburgh McGeorge Bundy Charles E. Bohlen David Bruce London Glenn T. Seaborg Atomic Energy Commission Charles de Gaulle France Khrushchev East Germany

U N Denounces Communists and Recesses for Christmas

The United Nations General Assembly recessed its 16th session until Jan 15 after denouncing Soviet domination over Hungary and Red China oppression in Tibet. It approved 49 17 with 32 abstentions a resolution deploring Soviet Hungarian violations and 55 11 with 30 abstentions concern over Tibet.

United Nations, N.Y U.N. General Assembly Hungary Tibet United States U.N Forum Soviet Union Regime of Assembly U.S Adlai E. Stevenson Eign Valerian E. Zorin Hammarskjold Assembly Red China Presiden Kennedy Nex Korea United Nations

Coburn Named Assistant To Sweetser Executive Director

Donald M. Coburn a social worker at the Sweetser Children's Home in Saco has been named the new assistant to Linwood Brown executive director Coburn will fill the position continuing on page two

Donald M. Coburn Sweetser Children's Home Saco Linwood Brown Coburn

Rusk Defends Congo Policy Before Senate Critics

Secretary of State Dean Rusk briefed half a dozen Senate Foreign Relations Committee members on U.S. Congo policy and the Katanga action. He said the United States and the United Nations are not pushing any political system on Congo and defended allied ties, but critics remained unconvinced about the policy and its impact on Western unity.

Washington Dean Rusk U.S Congo Rusk U.N Katanga Capitol Hill Senate Foreign India Goa United States United Nations Britain NATO Foreign Relations Committee Rourke B. Hickenlooper Arowa West Frank J. Lausche Ohio

Widows of World War I elect officers in Biddeford

Mrs Bertha Welch heads the Widows of World War I chapter in Biddeford at a meeting with Christmas party and officer installations planned. New State Highway Commission bids open January 10 for Route 9 expansion in Biddeford Pool, easing Fortunes Rocks traffic with a new intersection near Little River.

Bertha Welch Widows of World War I, Inc Eva Desautels Pool Street Biddeford Marie Dorais Amelia Bolduc Ella Luman Frances Lewis Emilia Romeo Elizabeth Dubois The State Highway Commission Biddeford Pool Little River Kennebunkport Fortunes Rocks

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