Egypt and Syria clash heightens Middle East tension
Egypt arms take positions along Israels frontier amid ongoing Israeli Syrian clashes. Al Ahram reports Egyptian troops moved across the Sinai frontier while declaring a state of emergency. Norway warns of pulling U N forces as hostilities spread to the region. Five soldiers dead in ground fighting, Tawefik village cited as key flashpoint with claims of military outpost use and Arab farmer displacement.
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al Ahram
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Sea of Gali
Sea of Galilee
TaWafik
Taxicabs To Stay On City Square In Biddeford
City officials defer taxi stand move from Main Street to Lincoln Street in Biddeford. Cab operators faced February 1 deadline to arrange changes despite citizen opposition over crossstreet relocation and telephone costs. Municipal officers clarified the vote only postponed, not cancelled.
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City Square
Biddeford
Lincoln Street
Ralph Binette
Binette
Main Street
Brand X Eyes Winning as TV Demands Honest Ads
Brand X may secure victory as television ramps up demand for honest commercials. The copy appears to reference General Peanut Corporation in relation to the campaign.
Biddeford Council OKs High School Plan and Navy Cadet Alternate
Biddeford City Council unanimously approved the board of education plan to build a new high school on city land at Maine Highland and South streets with excavation bids to open soon. The cost is about 639000, land included. The current Washington Street school would close and its pupils moved elsewhere. Richard L. Kenney was named an alternate to the U S Naval Academy Class of 1964. He is senior at St Louis High School and active in football basketball and student activities. Other alternates named include Vaughn Wallaces Corbett and MacKenzie with Ernest Blake as principal candidate.
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Maine
Highland
South Streets
Spencer-Millward Associates
Portland
Clement H. Deschambaut
Deschambault
Washington Street
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U. S. Naval Academy
James C. Oliver
Leo Kenney
Roundhill Road
John Lane
Graham Street
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St. Mary Grammar School
St. Louis Junior High School
St. Louis
St. Mary Church
New England Tel. and
Tel. Company
Michael
Roger N. Vaughn, Jr
Yarmouth
Donald H
Biddeford Saco DAV Names Officers At Chapter Meeting
At Biddeford City Building the Biddeford Saco chapter of the Disabled American Veterans elected Romeo Provencher as commander Armand Mercier as senior vice commander Talmadge Allen as junior vice commander Henry Gobeil as treasurer and Elmer E Ayers as chaplain Noel Lemay sought the junior vice commander post James E Miller of Kennebunk joined as a new member Commander Robert Libby led the session with 15 members present Plans called for installation of the state later with the date to be announced
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Biddeford
Lawyer Eyes Federal Appeal For Daryl Chessman
Los Angeles attorney A L Wirin says he will seek a certificate of probable cause from the U S Court of Appeals in San Francisco to pursue an appeal for Daryl Chessman. If denied there, he will apply to the U S Supreme Court. Chessman, a convicted kidnapper and rapist, is scheduled for execution February 19.
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Daryl Chessman
San Francisco
A. L. Wirin
U. S. Court of Appeals
Wirin
U. S. Supreme Court
Chessman
Brown Abruptly Changes Plea In Shooting Case Shoe Employment Up
Saco sees rising jobs as Allied-Saco Footwear expands. Charles Shulman says 200 to 300 workers already hired, with daily increases as production begins at the Saco plant. Partial production started with plans for full operation within 18 months and potential for over 1,000 regional jobs. Local hiring proceeds via Biddeford employment office. Plant renovations continue on Factory Island.
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Allied-Saco Footwear
Charles Shulman
Shulman
Saco
Biddeford- Saco
Brown changes plea in Canadian tourist shooting case
Robert G. Brown Jr abruptly pleaded guilty after the state rested in his trial for the shooting and robbery of a Montreal tourist last summer. The proceedings included testimony from Mrs. Lise Couture and Trooper Detective Thomas Bruton identifying a bag and a bullet linked to Maurice Couture.
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Robert G. Brown, Jr
Brown
Lise Couture
Montreal
Groundhog Weather Divides Pennsylvanians on Winter
Groundhog Day in Quarryville and across Pennsylvania finds celebrants watching the shaggy oracle for a shadow. Reporters note the legend’s deep roots in folk culture and the likelihood of six more weeks of winter if a shadow is seen.
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Quarryville
Pennsylvania
De Gaulle seeks decree powers amid Algiers revolt
Paris government asks Parliament for special powers to rule by decree until April 1, 1961 after the Algiers uprising. Two deputies are jailed on state security charges as investigation widens. Pierre Lagaillarde, jailed, is a key insurgent leader.
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Algiers
French National Assembly
Pierre Lagaillarde
Jean - Baptiste Biaggi
Mourad ‘Kaouah
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Senate
de Gaulle
Sante
Veteran Maine newspaperman Nichols reaches 92 quietly at work
Frank B. Nichols of Bath marks his 92nd birthday by remaining at the Bath Daily Times. A pioneer AP member and Maine's dean of newspapermen since 1895, he still walks from home to the Times plant and plans to keep on working. Born February 2, 1868 in Pemaquid, he once ran Cherryfield Academy and later founded the Rockland Daily Star. Nichols bought the Times in 1897, helped it join AP during the Spanish American War, and has long served on industry and local boards. His wife Ella died in 1954. his two children Barrett and Dorothy and grandsons Paul and Campbell Niven remain in journalism circles.
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Associated Press
Maine
Nichols
Times
Pemaquid
Bath
Colby College
Cherryfield Academy
Washington County
Grover
Founds
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the Star
Wallace R. Farrington
Hawaii
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Governor's Council
Long
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Bath Savings Institution
Independent
Ella Nickels
Cherryfield
Barrett C
Portland
Dorothy Nivens
Paul Niven Jr
CBS News
Campbell Niven
Brunswick Weekly
Trial resumes in York County Superior Court in Brown case
The second day of the Robert G. Brown Jr. assault with intent to kill trial opened with three witnesses taking the stand. Brown, 42, from Laconia New Hampshire faces charges related to an incident last July at an Old Orchard Beach picnic grove involving Maurice Couture, 36, of Montreal.
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Marcel R. Viger
Robert G. Brown, Jr
Laconia
N. H
Maurice Ee
Thomas R. Bruton
Scarborough Barracks
Old Orchard Beach
Maurice Couture
Portland
Chester Crem, Jr
Bruton
Cram
York County Superior Court
Alfred
Brown
Montreal
Saco School Buses Are Unchanged
Saco officials voted unanimously to continue transporting private parochial students to Notre Dame de Lourdes for now. About 215 private students ride buses, part of roughly 600 total riders. routes already pass private schools, and space is available. Policy relies on mileage, not pupil count, and a state directive or injunction would be needed to change it.
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Saco
Frank Lawler
Lawler
George Brickates
Walter Lamb
Virginia Chelder
Harvey Lamontagne, Jr
Carleton Robbins
Saco Public Schools
Hilary Mahaney
Charles R. Cote
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