House Bill Would Classify York County Tidal Water
A Maine House bill filed by Rep. Addison Saunders would classify tidal waters and tributaries from York to Cumberland counties. The Saco and other large rivers would be excluded. Proposed classifications stem from the Water Improvement Commission work and could require waste treatment for some communities and industries. Some beach area waters would be upgraded.
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Cumberland
Maine House
Addison Saunders
D-Bethel
Saco
Water Improvement Commission
Maine
WIC
Court Rules Carpenter Is Insane
In Gorham, 65 year old Russell W. Moses was tried for murder but acquitted due to insanity. He killed his wife Lulu and daughter Frances last Nov. 25 and was committed to Augusta State Hospital by Judge Leonard F. Williams. Release requires psychiatric proof of full cure and public safety no longer at risk.
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Gorham Carpenter
Russell W. Moses
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Frances
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Moses
Augusta State Hospital
Francis H. Sleeper
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Timberlake Bank Chairman Dies in California
Leonard F. Timberlake 72 longtime chairman of the Casco Bank and Trust and Company board died Wednesday night in California.
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Portland
Leonard F. Timberlake
Casco Bank and Trust &Co
California
Women Influence 70 Percent of Men’s Clothing Purchases
L N Rieman of Chicago told about 500 attendees in Kansas City that women shape 70 percent of men’s clothing buys. He said the industry employs women fashion consultants to please the women who influence menswear, citing a new “continental look” suit designed to complement women’s fashions with peaked lapels a fashion waist and cuffed sleeves.
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L. N. Rieman
Chicago
Rieman
Three Held On Charges Of Murder In Rhode Island Case
Three Rhode Island men with police records pleaded innocent to murder charges in the shooting of Maurice A. Gagnon a Cumberland plastics maker. Fred Martineau and Russell J. Nelson of Providence faced murder counts while Robert W. Almonti was charged as an accessory after the fact. All were held without bail as defense lawyers gained time to interview their clients.
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Fred Martineau
Te Tucket
Russell J. Nelson
Providence
Maurice A. Gagnon
Cumberland
R. I
Robert W. Almonti
Antoine Guertin
Martineau
Train derails near Baltimore injures several on trip to New York
A Pennsylvanian Railroad passenger train traveling 80 mph from Washington to New York derailed about 10 miles east of Baltimore. Thirty two were hospitalized with minor to none injuries reported among the rest. Officials debated rail spread as the cause while debris blocked tracks and the engine and first cars stayed upright.
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Portsmouth Pay Bills Introduced by Congress
A bill in the House to equalize per diem worker pay at Portsmouth Navy Yard with Boston Navy Yard wages was introduced by Rep James C Oliver. A Senate companion by Sen Margaret Chase Smith is in play. vetoes by the President are anticipated but an override might succeed this session. The current Portsmouth wage gap is 14 cents an hour, with a recent 3-1 cent rise by Navy order.
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Navy
George Washington Earp Named By Emancipator
JOPLIN Mo AP George Earp 94 recalls how he got his name from Abraham Lincoln He is Wyatt Earp's cousin and once deputy Earp tells how Lincoln chose the name George Washington after freeing jailed ministers and aiding his family during the Civil War era The tale links a frontier lawman’s kin to a presidential naming gesture.
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Saco Youth Seeks Pardon for 1955 Slaying Hearing Set
Augusta hearing on April 1 will consider Fortunat Michaud 18 of Saco for pardon of a 1955 murder conviction in York County. He was sentenced to life at Thomaston after a jury found him guilty in the killing of Doris Trudeau in August 1955. Also under review is Wayne Boody 23 of Portland seeking commutation of a 5 to 10 year robbery sentence. his fourth petition argues rehabilitation and no prior felonies.
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Nixon Helps Young Girl Find Friend
Ten year old Lynne Smith of Trenton New Jersey wrote to Vice President Richard M Nixon to locate her friend Cort Kloke. Nixon arranged a letter and photo reply after Cort, who met Lynne at a New Jersey farm camp, had promised to write. Cort’s mother Eloise Kloke worked with the Presidents Committee on Government Contracts in Washington and later in California.
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Floods Endanger Indiana Regions Prompt State Emergency
Thirteen northern and central Indiana counties declared emergency as Wabash River floods force hundreds from homes in Peru. Ohio towns Fremont and Newark also contend with overflow as ice jams drive evacuations and rising temperatures bring relief possible soon.
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Eisenhower
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Peru
Fremont
Newark
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Mercury At New Winter Low Mark In Maine
In Southern Maine coldest winter spell yet with two snowstorms leaving up to eight inches of new snow. Portland Municipal Airport fell to 13 below zero, while Presque Isle recorded 16 below and Aroostook communities earlier hit 31 below. Snow totals since Monday reached 9.3 inches locally with eight inches on the ground today. Brunswick seven inches. Old Town Bangor Rumford Augusta Greenville five inches. Millinocket Eastport three.
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Birth Of President Lincoln Remembered
The nation marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln with wide ceremonies during Lincoln Sesquicentennial Year. President Eisenhower honors Lincoln while Congress prepares speeches by Carl Sandburg and Fredric March. Observances span Springfield and London with wreaths and new one cent stamps issued in Hodgenville Kentucky.
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Convention sites narrowed to Chicago or Philadelphia
National committee officials say the 1960 Republican convention could be in Chicago or Philadelphia with a late July or early August date. Some sources give Chicago and Philadelphia the lead while a final decision waits past April, as Democrats back Los Angeles for their own gathering.
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