Saco Girl Wins Prize for Essay on American Way of Life
Nancy Ann Bowie, a 10 year old Burns school student from Saco, was honored by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for her essay What America Means To. Her piece appeared among essays by 864 entities nationwide and earned the George Washington honor medal for youth writers.
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Saco
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Nancy Ann Bowie
Lawrence Bowie
Portland
Read
Sace
George Washington
America
Burns School
Fourth Creoe
Young, Bonython and
Burns!scheo
Secon
Erd
Maine Road Collision Kills Couple and Injures Ten
Two cars collided head on on Route 100 near a hill crest in Pittsfield Maine. Daniel McVarnish and his wife Hilda died after the crash at Scott Webb Memorial Hospital Hartland. Pelletter Pelletier and his wife were in the other car along with eight children and three other adults among the injured.
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Pittsfield
Daniel McVarnish
Corina
Hilda
Scott Webb Memorial Hospital
Hartland
McVarnish
Raymond Pelletier
Winslow
MaeVarnishes
Shirley
John
Michael Hubbard
Danny Hubbard
Lawrence Hubberd
Pelletier
Minimum Pay Hike Sought by Southern Textile Unions
United Textile Workers leaders from Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee pushed for a federal minimum wage rise to 1.25 dollars an hour, replacing the existing rate of 1 dollar, and urged across the board import quotas by textile category. The unions, led by International President George Baldanzi, ended a two day meeting denouncing what they called meaningless handouts from employers.
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Toanta
South
United Textile Workers
Georgia
Alabama
Carolinas
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
George Baldanzi
Eisenhower Welcomed in Puerto Rico First Latin America stop
President Eisenhower arrives in San Juan for a two week mission to Latin America. Thousands greet him with Gov. Luis Munoz Marin leading the reception as security bands off roads. He stresses U S nuclear and missile strength as a shield of peace in the region. Separately Maine group SOAR fails to deliver mail in a mail carrying rocket launch with the nose cone recovered but cargo lost.
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Lincolnville Beach
Society of Applied Rocketry
SOAR
Brookly
N.Y
Maine
Penobscot Bay
State Insurance Department
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Eisenhower
Latin America
Luis Munoz Marin
San Juan International
Washington
U.S
United States
Ramey Air Force Base
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Portland physician Dr Lucinda Hatch dies at 95
Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Dr Lucinda Blake Hatch a pioneering Maine doctor who died Saturday in a Portland nursing home Born in Castine she trained as a nurse and earned a medical degree from the Women's Medical College of Philadelphia in 1905
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Portland
Maine
Lucinda Blake Hatch
Castine
Women's Medical College of
Philadelphia
Revision Of Voting Lists Cuts Negro Majority
A survey by The Associated Press shows Liberty County Georgia the only Southern county with more Negro than white registered voters trimmed about 1000 from the rolls mostly Negroes. Officials say removal stems from failure to vote while some Negro leaders claim current eligible Negro voters exceed white by about 200. Officials assert no discriminatory motive and note generally good race relations despite fears of minority political dominance.
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Associated Press
South
Hinesville
Liberty County
Georgia
Associated
Savannah
Lucille Wood
Registrar Board
Liberty
Wood
Ralph W. Quarterman
The
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Methodist Church At Saco Picks Staff
At a fourth quarterly conference Sunday evening at School Street Methodist church in Saco officers and committees were elected. Trustees and officers include named members for class years 1961 to 1963, stewards, CM WS FS PYF RL TB etc, with ex officio pastors and chairmen. Education and Missions groups list numerous members and ex officio participants.
Scandal Hits Chicago Police as New Bribe Case Emerges
Chicago police face fresh charges as more than 20 officers are allegedly linked to a Gold Coast burglary ring. Acting Commissioner Kyran Phelan cited evidence from the mayor's office and burglary chiefs. Four convicted burglars from Stateville Prison testified about bribe-taking and hundreds of robberies, many in the Gold Coast, prompting suspensions of 48 officers and renewed calls for a grand jury.
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Chicago
Chicago Police Department
Kyran Phelan
Irwin Cohen
John Neurauter
Phelan
Summerdale
Cohen
Neurauter
Stateville
Joliet
Harry Mefford
Richard Aloia
Richard Kelley
Casimir Boniakowski
Beries
Gold Coast
Richard Morrison
Timothy J. O'Connor
Reactions Split Over Chessman Case and Brown Actions
In Los Angeles Gov. Edmund G. Brown faces mixed reactions after granting a 60 day reprieve for Caryl Chessman and delaying three other death row executions. An effigy appeared in Modesto, while Republicans threaten impeachment talk and Democrats praise Brown’s cautious approach as a special session on capital punishment nears. State officials warn Chessman may still face the gas chamber after the reprieve ends.
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Los Angeles
Cary
Chessman
California
Edmund G. Brown
Democrat Brown
Brown
Se Quentin
U. S. State Department
Eisenhower
Bron
Stanislaus County
Modesto
Bruce Reagan
Pasadena
Atty
Stanley Mosk
Mosk
Finch Murder Trial Decision Near
Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff face a decision week as final arguments close a murder trial. The defense and prosecution present last points. the jury will be instructed and begin deliberations after statements. Finch says truth was told, hopes jurors see it.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Finch
Barbara Jean Finch
Dr. Finch
Miss Tregoff
Mrs. Finch
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Paul Neault
Jeannine Tardif
Vivian Patterson
Mary Cyr
Louis Gagne
Charles Proulx
Roland Beauchesne
Adelard Huot, Jr
Robert Huet
Raymond Nolette
Herve Paquette
Zoel Duguay
Norman Taylor
Saco Girl
Fisenhower
Vital Beaulieu
Bagley
Stamps
Swift's Premium Bologna
Swift
WED
Youth Center
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Kennebunk
Orrin Tibbetts
Suzanne Budd
Methodist Church
PYF
Joyce Stevens
Thomas Vining
CLL
Milton Randall
CSF
Oliver Stevens
Lillian Hubert
Eileen Andrews
Maude Tuttle
Alma Libby
Eth Cobb
Alice Langmaid
Mildred Harris
Bertha Perkins
Margaret Moore
Bessie Dawley
Meribah Lane
Donna Chaplin
Cathy Clark
Annie Cranshaw
Avis Parslow
Ralph Parslow
Althea Carson
Jean Rennie
James Rennie
Herberta Harriman
Betty Stevens
Ruth Seaward
Gertrude Bean
Robierta Jorcar
Mar
Department of Internal Revenue
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Fea. Corp
Main Street
Biddeford
Edward
Iceberg
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Raz
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