Santa to meet Newfoundland squadron kids after plane loss
BRUNSWICK AP Santa Claus will visit about 160 grieving children Friday despite a pall over the squadron after a U S Navy P2V Neptune patrol bomber with nine crew members aboard went down off Newfoundland. An officer said adult holiday activities are cancelled for the squadron. Three children will miss the party as their father, Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class George F P Smith, is among the crew. Belief fades that all nine survived.
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Cold Wave Hits Rites Due Much Of Nation
A massive cold front blanketed much of the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic with record lows. The storm left at least 55 deaths nationwide, many in the Midwest and Ohio Valley. The Pine Ridge tanker, with 39 crew, split in gale winds off Cape Hatteras as temperatures plunged across Florida and Georgia.
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Inauguration Set for Saco City Officials
City charter requires January 1 swearing in at 7 30 pm in Saco City Hall. Mayor Charles R. Cote and seven aldermen to be sworn in Sunday night with no official business until January 3.
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Charles R. Cote
Thirteen Men Rescued From Broken Tanker Pine Ridge
Navy helicopters rescued 13 of 28 survivors from the broken tanker Pine Ridge after it split in two in 100 miles off Cape Hatteras. Seven crewmembers were feared lost, including the master Clark Snyder. Rescue efforts continued as seas eased and multiple ships and Coast Guard units searched with limited immediate danger for rescued men.
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College Boy's Rocket A Success Little Girl Thinks Santa Dead
A Arkansas farm girl asks if Santa is real or dead in a letter to New York Police. Coleta Burns, 11, lists needs for her family and hopes Santa will come. In Viola, Arkansas, the town’s Christmas mood and school support frame her plea. Meanwhile at China Lake, Minnesota-born designer Marshal Kriesel joyfully reports a successful test flight of his homemade rocket, the most complex amateur missile yet built, fired at the Naval Ordnance Test Station.
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FBI Plans Chicago Conference to Form National Youth Group
FBI head J Edgar Hoover disclosed that Communists in the United States are arranging a Chicago conference beginning December 31 to plan a new national youth organization. He said the U S Communist Party remains the largest subversive group, with Moscow trained leaders and ties to the Soviet Union and Cuba. The party has started a publication New Horizons for Youth under Daniel Rubin as editor.
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Chuckle on the underprivileged child car sharing joke
A short humorous line noting that today’s underprivileged child is one who must share the family car with his parents. Attributed to Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Souliere Playground Plan Faces Pullback In Biddeford
Roland A Souliere of Willett Streets Biddeford had a permit to build a recreation center at Hill and Willett streets recalled after about 70 area residents signed a petition opposing the project. He says only a few support the plan and hopes to inform residents about the setback. original designs included a 20 by 40 foot pool slides picnic area showers and a foot bath with grading done on the Hazel Andrew estate.
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Hutchins Heads York County Law Enforcement Group
Hutchins elected president of the York County Law Enforcement Association at the Berwick meeting. Officers named include Leslie Wyman as first vice president Roland Langlais as second vice president Edmund L. Cashen re elected secretary and Yvon Rondeau named treasurer. County Atty elect John J. Harvey spoke on priorities for the year. Ball tickets were issued for January 21 events. next meeting set for January 21 at the Saco Grange hall.
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New England business outlook may improve 1 percent
The New England Council reported indications that regional business may rise by about 1 percent, though gains hinge largely on a broader expansion of the national economy. The forecast emphasizes the need for sustained economic growth to lift local output and employment.
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Weather holds after storm with snow and coastal flood
Portland sees fair, cold weather after a storm that brought coastal flooding and up to 10 inches of snow inland. Gale winds disrupted harbor operations and caused multiple accidents on slick roads. One two-car crash on Route 1 in Hancock left Edith Dinsmore critically injured. Temperatures plummet with near zero readings expected. records hit at Greenville and Rumford. Bethel reports 10 inches of new snow. Portland low near 22.
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