New Year Inaugurals Planned In Biddeford And Saco
Biddeford and Saco residents prepare private New Year celebrations as city offices close at noon. In Saco incoming mayor Charles R. Cote and seven aldermen will take oaths in a 7:30 p.m. ceremony with city officials, clergy, and the public present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford- Saco
Biddeford
Saco
Clement Deschambeault
Biddeford City
Charles R. Cote
Saco City
Harry J
A. Warren
Georges Plante
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Hilary Mahaney
Harvey Lamontagne, Jr
Charles Cote
Judge Mahaney
Steven Cote
Cote
Birger T. Johnson
First Parish Congregational Church
World Reaches a New Frontier as Sixties Begin
As the world greets the dawn of the sixties, nations pursue space age advances in rockets satellites and automation while facing age old questions of peace and decency. Prosperity curbs hunger yet vast surpluses hide persistent famine and pollution tests threaten the atmosphere even as jet travel speeds rise.
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George W. Cornell
Associated Press
Arundel Couple Marks Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George Moulen long-time Biddeford residents celebrated 50 years of marriage with a family gathering at their Arundel home on the Old Limerick road. Attendees included Laurel Haynes and other Portland relatives. Moulen and Smith wed in Dover New Hampshire and moved to Biddeford, where both worked at Pepperell mills before his retirement from Saco Lowell Shops. He was active in local Republican politics and deputy sheriff duties. she also worked at Pepperell mills. The couple attended St Mary church and later moved to Arundel. they have no children.
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Claire Yvonne Cote
Fernand M. X. Cote
Ferry Road
Saco
Celeste
Vivian
Dianne
Claudette
Richard
Cotes
George Moulen
Biddeford
Arundel
Limerick Road
Laurel Haynes
Nelson Haynes
Noel Haynes
Portland
Moulen
Dover
N. H
Gertrude Smith
Pepperell Mills
Saco Lowell
Republican Party
Roger Bragdon
Ernest L. Jones
St. Mary Church
Oak Street
Clauson
Capitol
Expert Ponders Water Pollution Effects and Needs
CHICAGO AP expert warns hundreds of new chemical products pollute drinking water with unknown health effects. H W Poston urges expanded research. current funding under one cent per person yearly. Dahl of USPHS agrees super-cities will stretch water systems along coasts and highways.
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Chicago
H.W. Poston
Poston
U.S. Public Health Service Division of Water Supply
Roblems
Arve H. Dahl
Washington, D.C
Usphs Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control
Washington, D. C
Dahl
Festivities to Mark New Year Across the Land
The old year ends as midnight approaches with parties prayers parades and ceremonies. Millions attend services in churches while others gather in hotels clubs and streets for cheer. Cherryville North Carolina observes its traditional chering in at 12 01 a m with two town criers and musketeers visiting homes.
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Associated Press
Cherryville
N.C
Way Sought To Detect Atom Blasts
Pasadena scientists discuss methods to distinguish underground earthquake shocks from atomic blasts. They note a hole 3000 feet deep and 800 feet wide could mask a 100000 ton TNT explosion, and Geneva talks on detection involved the United States Britain and the Soviet Union.
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Pasadena
Calif
Hiroshima
American Physical Society
Geneva
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Space Plan Inquiry Is Expected
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson prepares a formal inquiry into the space missile and defense program. Top staffers on the Space Committee and Armed Services subcommittee work on the probe set to begin after Congress reconvenes next Wednesday. Johnson, its chairman, is seen as a potential 1960s presidential candidate guiding investigations into defense policy. Ed win L. Weiss and Cyrus R. Vance, longtime Johnson probes, assist in committee headquarters.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate Space Committee
Armed Services Preparedness Subcommittee
Congress
Johnson
New York
Edwin L. Weiss
Cyrus R. Vance
Weiss
Vance
Sputnik
Kennebunk Man Named Industrial Agent H M Marshall
Hugh McC Marshall of Kennebunk is named the area industrial agent by Newman V Bagley chairing the Biddeford Saco Area Industrial Development committee. He will begin duties in January and brings extensive manufacturing and sales experience including work with Kendall and San Nap Pak.
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Hugh McC. Marshall
Kennebunk
Newman V. Bagley
Biddeford-Saco Area
Walpole
Mass
Marshall
Switzerland
France
Moses Brown High School
Providence
R. I
Bowdoin College
U. S. Marine Corps
Weye
Kendall Company
Marstall
San-Nap-Pak Manufacturing Company
Wheelwright
United States
Kennebunk River
Enid M
University of Maine
Hugh, Jr
Leo Brown
Brown
Arthur J. Peloquin
Biddeford-Saco
Reed Begins Duties As State Head
John H. Reed 39 of Fort Fairfield took the oath as Maine governor after the death of Clinton A Clauson. Reed, a Republican, becomes governor until Jan 1961 with a special primary planned for June and a fall election to fill the rest of Clauson term. He is a potato grower and former state senator.
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Maine
North Country
Solemly
Clinton A. Clauson
John H. Reed
Robert B. Williamson
Maine Supreme Court
Clauson
Executive Mansion
Reed
State Senate
Nation
Augusta
Fort Fairfield
Aroostook
No Journal New Years Day
Due to the holiday the Journal will not publish on Friday January 1. Today's comics appear on page eight and Friday's comics on page nine of today's edition.
Waste Collections Wet and Dry Waste Schedules for New Year
Municipal authorities publish New Year waste collection plans covering both wet and dry waste. The notice outlines adjusted pickup dates, holiday exceptions, and guidance for residents to place bins curbside on revised days to avoid service gaps.
Mother seeks energy sap cereal for three boys
A mother enters the supermarket with her three energetic sons and asks if a cereal exists to curb their energy. The joke caption credits Gen. Fea. Corp. as copyright holder.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Unattended ACL Trains Run 67 Miles Before Halt
In Richmond Virginia two ACL yard engines started themselves early Wednesday. One ran 67 miles before two C and O trainmen cut off the throttle from an adjacent engine. The other moved only half a mile before a non operating generator halted it.
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Richmond, Va
Chesapeake & Ohio
Charlottesville
C&o
Black
Purple Yard
ACL
South
Richmond
Virginia
J. F. Bickers Jr
J. A. Nuttycombe
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Kennebunk Man
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Harold I. Goss
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Carl Carter
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Vaan Ubs
Scarborough
Dial Tucker
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