Storm Ties Up Wells Route After Crashes
Storm caused four accidents in the Wells area with no injuries reported and damages estimated in the hundreds of dollars. Carlton F. Lewis, 39, of North Berwick, said he swerved on the snow shoulder and snapped a utility pole on U S Route 1 near Harrisecket Road. Pole replacement crews were summoned. A second crash occurred on Route 1 near the Wells Doughnut Company involving Richard R. Finn, 36, of Portland, and a Dresser-Marsh truck driven by Elmer Shuffleburg, 37, of Kennebunk, with George Tibbetts of Wells Beach a passenger. Both vehicles were northbound and a car ahead forced Finn to brake, leading to the mishap. (Continued on Page Six)
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Carlton F. Lewis
North Berwick
Harrisecket Road
Branch Brook
Wells Doughnut Company
Richard R. Finn
Portland
Dresser-Marsh Company
Kennebunk
Elmer Shuffleburg
George Tibbetts
Wells Beach
Finn
Old Covered Bridges Get New Support
Augusta reports Maine preserves its historic covered bridges with regular state maintenance. The Meduxnekeag’s iron-reinforced span near Littleton and Woodstock leads a list of notable structures including Bangor’s Kenduskeag bridge, Newry’s Stillmecca for photographers, and other era landmarks from Gorham to Fryeburg.
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Maine Good Roads Assn
Maine
Aroostook
York Counties
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Banger
Kenduskeag
New England
Corinth
Robyville
Portland
Gorham
Windham
Newry
Frederic B. Preble
South Andover
Lovejoy
Saco River
Fryeburg
Piscataquis
Sangerville
Guilford
Porter
Ossipee River
Parsonsfield
Magalloway River
Wilson's ‘Mills
Textile Help In South To Get Pay Hike
Textile Workers Union says its southern leaflets pressured mills to raise wages. Wil liam Pollock, TWUA president, announced a regional wage conference and reported large Carolinas mills planned about a 5 percent raise effective Feb 29. The union cited strong business and profits to justify the increases.
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N. C
Textile Workers Union of America
William Pollock
New York City
Twua Presient
Carolinas
Pollock
Millinocket man in critical condition after St John River plane crash
Jasper Haynes, 62, a busy pilot and sportsman from Millinocket, remained in critical condition at a Caribou hospital after his light plane crashed on the St John River near the Canadian border on Thursday.
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Caribou
Jasper Haynes
Haynes
St. John River
Royal Baby weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces at birth
Buckingham Palace announced Queen Elizabeth II's new baby weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces at birth and both mother and child are doing very well. The bulletin noted a restful night and that the prince's weight matched the public interest, with speculations on potential names and godparents.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Wilfred Sheldon
John H. Peel
Britain
Eisenhower
David
California storm over Chessman reprieve stirs protests
SAN FRANCISCO AP Governor Edmund Brown’s 60 day reprieve for Daryl Chessman draws fierce opposition. California legislators demand a special session with the budget debate to reconsider abolishing the death penalty. Critics in Washington fault State Department notices of potential backlash in South America. Chessman, jailed since 1948 for robbery and kidnapping, awaits a fate he expected to be death.
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Edmund G. Brown
Daryl Chessman
Sacramento
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D.C
State Department
South America
Eisenhower
Chessman
Brown
California
Ious
Asst
Roy R. Rubottom Jr
Uruguay
Brazil
San Quentin
Europe
Los Angeles
Death by poison and debt shadows Puerto Rican immigrant
William Rodriguez a 23 year old Puerto Rico native living in Chicago died after consuming rat poison while in debt to creditors. Investigators detail his wage garnishments from Sears and several credit stores totaling about $700 in debt. Neighbors and agencies aided his family as police and a coroner probe the motive behind the tragedy.
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Chicago
The
Associated Press
Earl Aykroid
William Conway
William
Puerto Rico
United State
Nilda
Sneading’ Ave
Sears
Sears Roebuck & Co
George Cohen
Bethany Hospital
Cohen
Luis Acevedo
Cutback in Potatoes Advised to Stabilize Prices
The Agriculture Department recommended a 4 percent cutback in summer and fall potato acreage for 1960 to stabilize grower prices. Spring crop acreage is up 4 percent from last year and winter crop acreage is unchanged, totaling 1,341,050 acres. Projected production would be 207 million hundredweight, down from 212 million last year, enough to meet market needs. The department does not expect a government plan to divert surplus into byproducts, with any removal aid tied to strict adherence to the acreage guide. Major state fall acreages and changes include Maine at 136,150 acres, down 5 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Maine
Maine Digs Out From Crippling Snow Storm
A Northeaster battered southern Maine then eased in the north as plows struggled to clear soggy snow. Power and phone lines were down in many towns, highways remained hazardous, and coastal areas faced continued outages. the Coast Guard rescued five crew from the stricken Andarte on Ram Island.
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Portland
Maine
Caribou
Augusta
Greenville
Central Maine Power Co
New England Tel, & Tel. Co
Coast Guard
Rocky Ram Island
U. S. Weather Bureau
Brunswick
Millinocket
Rumford
Old Town
Bangor
Houlton
Limestone
Eastport
Heart Sunday Campaign To Add 225 Volunteers In Biddeford
More than 200 volunteers will work in Biddeford on February 28 for Heart Sunday, part of a city drive to raise funds. Mrs. Leo Joncas and Mrs. Laurence Barnes announce kits with materials and donor buttons. Funds added to Tag Day and Heart Week in Business efforts, with local Kiwanis support.
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Heart Sunday
Biddeford
Leo Joncas
Laurence Barnes
Next Wek
Heart
Frank Carey
Heart Week
Atty
Marcel Vi
Jeannette Pare
Rudolph Cole
Camille Roy
Joseph Bilodeau
Rachel ©. Nolette
Gerard Nean
Antonin Durette
Albert Colpitts
Mellen Potter
Mary Regan
Richard Gradone
Ernest FE. Pare
George Boutin
Alphonse Gagne
Kathy Z
Imports Of Textiles Hit US Prices
In Charlotte North Carolina a surge in foreign textile imports is nudging domestic prices. Robert C. Jackson of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute told a joint meeting of the Combed Yarn Spinners and Carded Yarn associations that January yarn imports nearly matched total 1959 imports. The groups backed efforts to curb foreign textile inflows. 1959 cotton cloth imports rose 70 percent over 1958, other cotton goods up 32 percent, cotton shirt imports up 60 percent, and other manufactured cotton apparel up 62 percent.
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Charlotte
N. C. WA
Robert C. Jackson
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
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