Wells Ogunquit Switch To Dial System
Wells and Ogunquit residents now use dial telephones after a $209000 upgrade including a new dial office. Biddeford will handle toll calls with Wells equipment serving about 1500 year round, rising to 2000 in peak months.
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Wells
Ogunquit
Aoe Saamnone
Alway
Chang Pace
Waleode
Nall
Edward E. Toomey
York County
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Biddeford
Moody and
Leigh Webber
Percival Wardwell
Ogunquit Village
Hemond Wins 1959 Maine Green Pastures in Winter
Roland E Hemond of Mechanic Falls topped Ralph Rush of Benedicta and Philip G Andrews and Sons of Fryeburg in the Maine Green Pastures in Winter contest. Hemond advances to a New England wide judging round in the next stage.
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CRONO
Roland E. Hemond
Mechanic Falls
Maine
Dividends Declared By Keyes Fibre Co Portland P A
Directors of Keyes Fibre Co declared a 2 percent stock dividend Friday. They also declared a quarterly 30 cent dividend on common stock and a regular quarterly 30 cent dividend on preferred stock.
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Portland P
Keyes Fibre Co
Temperamental cat may derail Louisville stage
In Louisville a temperamental cat named Flip risks delaying a rehearsal for Visitor to a Small Planet. Director Norman Morton says the fluffy gray feline is essential for two key scenes, and the show will proceed Wednesday even if Flip does not return, perhaps using a teddy bear in the role.
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Louisville
Flip
Norman Morton
Morton
Judge Denounces Beck in Tax Evasion Sentence
Tacoma AP report: Former Teamsters leader Dave Beck received a five year sentence and a 60000 dollar fine for income tax evasion. Judge George Boldt delivered a fierce denunciation as Beck posted 70961 to cover fines and costs, then was released. The case cites evasion of 240607 for 1950 to 53, with updated totals and penalties. Beck, 64, defended by filing an appeal and said he was not the first innocent to be sentenced.
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Tacoma
Wash
Teamster Union
Dave Beck
Beck
U.S
George Boldt
Chuckle Panel Finds Kindness To Inferiors Questionable
Two women discuss a third and remark on her kindness to inferiors. One quips about the generosity, while the other asks where she finds such inferiors, delivering a light corporate humor moment credited to Capt. Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Fea. Corp
SAGE Station Set To Start
TOPSHAM The nations fifth SAGE installation goes into operation tonight at midnight to control U S air defense. The Bangor Air Defense Sector dedicates the Semi Automatic Ground Environment station with 10 million dollars in electronic computers and linked equipment to spot identify and track aircraft and guide defenses against air attack.
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U. S
Hilmer C. Nelson
Bangor
Maine
New Hampshire
SAGE
26Th Air Division
Syracuse
N. Y
Weather on Crazy Binge Over Nation
Spotty rainfall and a snow belt marked a topsy turvy winter as milder conditions prevailed in many areas with 40s and 50s in the North while the South enjoyed 60 to 80 degree readings. A Great Lakes disturbance brought snowfall and freezing rain in parts, with at least 2 inches in a six hour span from northeastern Minnesota to northern Michigan. The Great Lakes rain front touched Oklahoma as South Atlantic showers persisted, Jacksonville receiving 1.46 inches Friday amid light Pacific Northwest rain.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Oklahoma
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Fla
Pacific Northwest
Money Burden Of Uncle Sam Will Be Aired
The Journal launches a four part series by AP specialist Frank Cormier detailing the growing national debt of 286 billion dollars and how high interest costs threaten daily government spending and household budgets. The first installment outlines why this money burden matters to the public.
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Uncle Sam
Sam
Journal
Frank Cormier
Associated Press
U. S. Treasury
Great Northern Power Co. reports 1958 earnings drop
Bangor based Great Northern Power Co. said in its annual report that 1958 production, sales, and earnings declined. President M C McDonald announced net income of 628000 dollars for the year, down from 2846009 dollars in 1957, with production totaling 445000 tons, 94000 tons less than 1957.
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Bangor
Great Northern Powel Co
M. C. McDonald
Army Moon Shot Do Weekend in Space Push
Cape Canaveral reports an Army moon shot likely this weekend to hurl a 13 pound satellite past the moon into solar orbit. The Juno II with Sergeant stages will stabilize in flight, following Thor Able tests and a Navy Polaris setback amid a series of ambitious missile firings.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Army
Navy
Earth
Moon
Air Force
Soviet trawler eyed in cable damage near Newfoundland
ARGENTIA Nfld AP The U S naval lieutenant who boarded the Soviet trawler in the Grand Banks area said the Soviet vessel probably had a hand in breaking the transatlantic cables, though he stressed uncertainty over whether the acts were accidental or deliberate.
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Argentia
Nfld
U. S. Naval
Novorossisk
Donald Sheely
Falls Church
Grand Banks
Sydney
N.S
Telegrapa and Telephone Co
Communist Party
Erarneee Pravda
Tass
U.S. State Department
Lincoln White
Washington
Newfoundland
Moscow Radio
Adm
Jerauld Wright
U.S. Atlantic
Ernest J. Korte
U. S .Navy
Roy Coale
Cape Bonavista
Roland
Poulin
Chicopee
Mass
Court Orders Haircut After Guilty Plea in Biddeford
Conrad Jalbert a 21 year old of 22 King Street pleaded guilty to speeding in Biddeford Municipal Court and was fined 25 dollars with a 30 day suspended sentence. He must serve three months probation and visit a barber shop to cut his long D A style hair and Elvis sideburns. His license was suspended for 10 days and possibly 90 more pending secretary of state action.
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Main Street
Conrad Jalbert
King Street
Gerald Nason
Jalbert
Edgar Sevigny
Nason
Campanella Not Involved In Slaying
NEW YORK AP Davi Campanella 15 son of former Dodger catcher found free of any connection with a Brooklyn slaying. He was not in custody though questioned after being pictured in papers amid earlier scrapes. The victim Al Jaffe 40 was killed during a holdup at a luggage shop. The killer a Negro man 25 to 30 identified later. Campanella faced a juvenile delinquency charge after a street fight and burglary case with a March 11 court date. Roy Campanella, his father, has led efforts against juvenile crime.
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NEW York
Davi Campanella
Dodger
Brooklyn
Dist
Edward Silver
Silver
Young Campanella
al Jaffe
Children's Court Bn
Roy
Los Angeles Dodgers
Southerner Sees Textile Aid Hurting U S Industry
Representative W J Bryan Dorn of South Carolina warned at a Southern Garment Manufacturers Assn meeting in Greensboro that foreign aid and trade agreements favor foreign textile producers over American jobs. He argued federal policy shifts production abroad to Japan and the Philippines and called for proper administration of the trade act while condemning persistent Department of State bias toward foreign agreements.
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Greensboro
N.C
W. J. Bryan Dorn
D-Sc
Dorn
Southern Garment Manufacturers Assn
Japan
Philippines
State Department
Vatican Issuing Stamp Of Pope John XXIII
The Vatican announced that the first series of stamps bearing Pope John XXIII will be issued on April 2. The set will include four denominations and feature the late pope's image.
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Vatican
Vatican City
John XXIII
Student tragedy hits Route in Londonderry Vermont
Two Wesleyan University students died and two others were injured when their car rammed a parked trailer truck on Route in Londonderry Vermont. Authorities investigated the collision and identified the victims as Wesleyan students.
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Londonderry
Wesleyan University
Principal Chaplin resigns to join UMaine admissions team
Joseph B Chaplin longtime Bangor High School principal resigns after 22 years to become associate director of admissions at the University of Maine. He led and chaired several associations including the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the New England Council of Secondary School Principals.
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CRONO
Joseph B. Chaplin
Bangor
University of Maine
Chaplin
National Assn. of
State Principals Assn
New England Council of Secondary School Principals Assn
New England Assn. of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Red Cross Drive Starts Tomorrow in York County
York County Red Cross drive opens Sunday with Rich ard A. Nott announcing details on fund allocation. Over half locally stay for chapter use while rest goes to national fund for disaster aid, blood program at 13 percent, and administration 12 percent. Three new chairmen named Mrs. Ralph Booth Ogunquit Mrs. Mary Mander South Berwick Mrs. Charles Hayes Eliot.
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Red Cross
York County
Richard A. Nott
Nott
Ralph Booth
Ogunquit
Mary Mander
South Berwick
Charles Hayes
Eliot
Policeman Foils Break-In At State Motor Vehicle Office
Patrolman Richard C. Burns heard a break in at the Auburn State Motor Vehicle office around 2 a.m. Two men fled in a car after entering via a rear window and chiseling two safe handles. Police say only a few hundred dollars was in the safe and roadblocks failed to trap the burglars.
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Auburn
Richard C. Burns
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