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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1960

Page

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Class officers arrange day activities with student leaders

Front row shows Curtis Scamman sixth grade treasurer Evan Mahaney vice president Wayne Norrad president of seventh grade and Marc Lane sixth grade secretary Back row includes Mrs Borden seventh grade teacher Elena Foster vice president Susan Sheehan president Grade 6 Althea Johnson treasurer Dianne Cote secretary Grade 7 and Miss Tar box sixth grade teacher The lineup details student officers and supervising teachers across grades.

Curtis Scamman Evan Mahaney Wayne Norrad Marc Lane Borden Elena Foster Susan Sheehan Althea Johnson Dianne Cote Miss Tarbox

Parole Violator Given Pardon in Illinois

Irene Merie Robbins, a 45 year old California housewife and mother, living in fear as a parole violator, was pardoned by Governor William G. Stratton. The governor said she would never have problems again and noted there was no point breaking up a family of a good citizen. Robbins expressed gratitude to the governor and supporters, and said she was happy beyond words.

Springfield, Ill California Illinois William G. Stratton Irene Merie Robbins Gardena Calif

Fund Voted To Control Bird Pests

Washington AP The House Appropriations Committee exceeded Eisenhower's budget by 70000 for extra blackbird and starling research within a 1961 Interior Department bill. The panel proposed 310 new jobs, 440 fewer than requested, and ordered a survey to trim supervisory posts.

Washington House Appropriations Committee Eisenhower Capitol Hill Congress

Sign Tells Of Speed Trap At Crofton

Motorists on U S 41 from Chicago to Miami encounter a sign reading Warning. Speed trap operated by local parasites near Crofton. Motel owner Joe Noffsinger, 41, who put up two signs, agreed to remove them after prosecutors dropped criminal libel charges. He said the situation has been remedied.

Hopkinsville U. S Chicago Miami Crofton Joe Noffsinger Noffsinger

France detonates plutonium bomb to boost atomic status

Paris announces a Sahara desert plutonium blast making France the world’s fourth atomic power. De Gaulle says the test strengthens bargaining with the US UK and USSR on disarmament while NATO and French leaders gain leverage ahead of upcoming trips and negotiations. Navy reports track a US sub in Atlantic waters.

Paris France Sahara Charles de Gaulle Defense Oae United States Britain Soviet Union Point Zero Tanezrous Reggane Defense Ministry Oran de Gaulle Hiroshima Nagasaki DeGaulle Nikita Khrushchev London Washington Navy Argentine South Atlantic Golfo Nuevo

Argentina Pressure Grows Over Mystery Submarine

Buenos Aires reports the Golfo Nuevo standoff enters its 15th day as Argentines demand action on a navy trapped submarine in the remote South Atlantic. Officials remain silent while locals recall two recent unconfirmed submarine sightings nearby. Informants say international law experts advised President Frondizi of Argentina’s legal grounds for action.

Buenos Aires Argentina Golfo Nuevo Inle South Atlantic Argentic

Biddeford-Saco Chest Drive Leaders Named

Martin J. Rielly announced Paul Casavant as campaign chairman and Harry Wooster as vice chairman for the 1960 Chest drive. Casavant, Biddeford-Saco Journal publisher, and Wooster, water company superintendent, bring prior drive experience and local ties. Nominating committee includes Henry P. Ross, Alfred S. Bradford, and Raymond P. Bonang.

Martin J. Rielly Biddeford-Saco Communityhest Paul Casavant Harry Wooster Ice Casavant Biddeford-Saco Journal Ooster Bideford-Saco Water Company Rielly Drive Board of Direcors Riel Ig Se Eral Chest Journal Biddeford Twin Cities St. Louis Navy The Community Chest Wooster South Street Biddeford-Saco

Maine Catholics Women Meet in Biddeford

Maine council of Catholic Women will hold a district quarterly meeting in Biddeford at St Joseph High School. Hostesses for the evening session are Mrs Jies Baillargeon and Ste Anne sodality members, with general chairperson Mrs Conrad Bineau. Socials and table committee members are named, with continuation noted.

Biddeford Maine Council of Catholic Women St. Joseph High School Jies Baillargeon Ste Anne Sodality of St. Joseph Nearish Society Conrad Bineau Arthur Sibeau Albert Cookson Marc Simard George Simard George Paradis

Suspect Cleared In NH Slaying

In Manchester New Hampshire a 16 year old youth picked up in Boston in the murder of 18 year old Sandra Valade has been cleared of any connection. The attorney general said the youth who appears older than his age was at the New Hampshire State Industrial School on Feb 1 the night the girl was last seen. Mine detectors will be used today in a water works canal where Sandra s snow boot purse and coat were found as police search for a pistol.

Manchester, N.H Boston Sandra Valade Manchester N.H Louis C. Wyman New Hampshire Sandra

Education Is Family Affair at Maine Colleges

Four generations of the Smith family pursue higher education. James W. Smith, 50, left a Kennebunk restaurant to study at the University of Maine for teaching. His wife works at the state university. Daughter Jane Carson, a sophomore at Maine College of Education, and husband Robert Carson study at Husson College in Bangor. Great grandfather James F. Smith, 72, cares for nine month old Christopher.

Crono James W. Smith Kennebunk University of Maine The State University Smiths Jane Carson Maine College of Education Robert Husson College Bangor Carsons Christopher James F. Smith

Doctor's Wife Sees Life As High Privilege In Arkansas

Mrs. L. G. Fincher of El Dorado Arkansas describes life with her country doctor husband as filled with the joys of newborns rescues and crises. She notes she and Guvnn stay mostly off the grid even at a hunting lodge weekends with no phone or papers unless they travel to town.

Fincher Hunting Lodge Guvnn

Lonely chick frets as incubator turns off its eggs

A comical caption from Copt. Gen. Pea. Corp shows a lonely chick peering at a malfunctioning electric incubator. The chick quips that it will be an only child as the mother hen has blown a fuse, turning the device off.

Gen Pea. Corp

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