Plans Revealed For Five-Unit Biddeford Shopping Center
Blame placed on US VIENTIANE Laos AP Premier Boun Oum's pro west ern ers said today northeast had been invaded by seven Red North Vietnamese battalions supported artillery and that eh of Nonget was under at. The Soviet news agency Tass a dispatch from Hanoi quoted the North Viet Nam Foreign Min istry as terming the invasion re absolutely false and an at to camouflage the inter vention to een imperial ists in La To Call Aid Tass eee paratroop Capt aoe to leftist leader in Laos threatening to call in volunteer units from Afro Asian coun tries if intervention by the United States South Viet Nam and Thailand does not cease Prince Boun's office said his Southeast Asian kingdom which the United States supports with military and financial aid re serves the right to appeal to friendly countries if the inva sion is not halted Word of the attack came in inteligence reports from the com mander of the mountainous sec ond military region the govern ment said
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Vientiane
Laos
Boun Oum
United States
South Viet Nam
Thailand
Prince Boun
Biddeford Inaugural Sunday Swearing In Of Officials
Biddeford voters watched as city officials and mayoralty appointees were sworn in on Sunday at 10 a.m. in City Council chambers. The ceremony included a mayoral oath to Clem ent Deschambault, invocation by Rev. Cornelius J. Enright, remarks, and about 20 future appointments to city posts.
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Biddeford
Albert W. Cookson
Cornelius J. Enright
St. Mary Church
Ralph Binette
Binette
Clement Deschambault
Biddeford to Get Five Unit Shopping Center
Plans reveal a brick and concrete one story Biddeford center at St Marie Field Gra ham Street. The project by Eastern Development of Winchester Mass will house First National as main tenant plus a laundromat hardware store drugstore and a yet unnamed fifth shop. Construction could begin in March with completion in August. The total area exceeds 30 000 square feet and includes a 200 car parking lot.
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Biddeford
St. Marie Field
Graham Street
First National
Edward Connors
Eastern Development Corporation
Winchester
Mass
Connors
Comepanies
New Orland
Grewing
Porsdion
Nantucket
Littleton
N. H
New England
Maine
Maine Welfare Needs Study Group Report
The Maine Committee on Children and Youth urges hiring more welfare staff to curb rising divorce rates juvenile delinquency illegitimacy and teenage marriages. Led by William J. Carney the 18 month study to Gov. Reed criticizes Personnel for no recruitment plan and high turnover due to low salaries. It also faults Health and Welfare Dean Fisher for inaction as welfare posts remain vacant.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Committee On Children and Youth
William J. Carney
Bangor
Reed
Department of Personnel
Health
No Journal On Monday New Year’s Day Closures
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish on Monday in observance of New Year’s Day. Business offices will be closed all day.
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Biddeford-Saco
Earth Shrinking Slowly Over 100 Million Years
New observations from satellite studies presented at AAAS by Dr. Gordon J. F. MacDonald of NASA indicate the earth's midriff bulge has been shrinking gradually for the last 100 million years. Days lengthen slightly as the planet's rotation slows, predicting a 15 minute longer day over the geologic span.
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New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Gordon J. F. MacDonald
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
Vanguard
MacDonald
Chuckle on old-timers and free seats memory
An old-timer recalls a time when government criticism centered on extravagance in giving away free seats. The quip hints at past political satire and public discourse from the era. The snippet notes a Cop.t Gen. Fea. Corp. attribution.
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Fea. Corp
Holiday Liquor Curfew Marks Biddeford Saco New Year
Residents of Biddeford and Saco enter 1961 under Maine liquor curfew laws with no liquor sales after 11 45 p m and licensed premises to close by midnight Churches plan watch services as inaugurations proceed. City officials close Monday for holiday. post offices follow holiday schedule. Mayor Deschambeault will be sworn in. Cote to be inaugurated tomorrow evening.
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Biddeford-Saco
Maine
Maine Liquor Commission
Biddeford
Clement H. Deschambeault
Saco
Charles R. Cote
Saco City Hall
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Saco-Lowell
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Stokowski On The Mend After Hip Surgery
New York conductor Leopold Stokowski, 79, is reported to be recovering well from hip fracture surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He fell in his apartment while playing ball with his sons and was admitted last Friday.
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New York
Leopold Stokowski
Stokowski
Time To Be Reborn as Year Begins in 1961 News
AP reports at midnight 1960 ends and 1961 begins with reflections on time and global turmoil. Pope John XXIII voices hope amid wars in Laos Belgium and Congo tensions. Dag Hammarskjold aims to meet leaders in Congo South Africa India and the United Arab Republic to pursue peace while Kennedy readies to assume the presidency and Eisenhower retires. Economic forecasters expect a rebound by spring with unemployment staying high.
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New York
John XXIII
Europe
Asia
Africa
Laos
Belgium
Con
Peace Organization
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Kasavubu
Patrice Lumumba
South Africa
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nehru
India
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Traffic Toll Up but Rate Drops as Travel Increases
The National Safety Council reports 34 540 traffic deaths in the first 11 months, up 1 percent from 1959. Despite higher toll, a 2 percent rise in travel produced the lowest mileage death rate on record, indicating improved safety despite more vehicles on the road.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
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