House Faces Ongoing Fight Over School Prayer Issue
In 1962 the Supreme Court banned official school prayers in New York and protests spread in the House. By 1964 144 constitutional amendment measures were filed to overturn court rulings. Rep Becker pushed a discharge petition with 149 signatures to bring an amendment to the House floor.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Apne
House
Judiciary Committee
Becker
Winners Named At Public Card Party In Old Orchard Beach
Nine tables played at Odd Fellows Hall in Old Orchard Beach for a public card party by the Rebekah Lodge. Prizes went to Sadie Thompson and Jane Lake for women high and low, Robert Ricker for men high, Albert Pellengill for low. Queens prize to Jan Simpson. special prizes to Adeline Cote Mary Emery Louise LaPointe and Alice Bellevue. Refreshments by lodge members. Next party set for 8 p.m. next Thursday at Odd Fellows Hall.
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Old Orchard Beach
Odd Fellows Hall
Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge
Sadie Thompson
Jane Lake
Robert Ricker
Albert Pellengill
Jan Simpson
Adeline Cote
Mary Emery
Louise LaPointe
Alice Bellevue
Summer Programs Planned At Ocean Park And Biddeford Clinic
Ocean Park announces a slate of three special weeknight programs at 8 p.m. in The Temple as part of its 84th assembly. The lineup includes a July 8 travelogue by Russell J. Goodall and July 30 performances by the Bishop's Company of American repertory players featuring Saint Joan and Occupied Territory. Also planned is an August 17 illustrated lecture on Mission Work in the New Congo by Rev. Dr. Elmer N. Bentley and Mrs. Bentley. In Biddeford an oral polio vaccine clinic is set for March 15 from 1 to 5 p.m. at St. Andre's Parish Hall and the City Building. A second clinic is scheduled for May 17. Registration runs March 2 to March 6 at the Biddeford Public Health Office. The clinics cost $2 per person for two doses, and target all residents including infants six months and up.
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Biddeford
M. P. Houle
St. Andre's Parish Hall
Municipal Court Room
Houle
Ocean Park
the Temple
Russell J. Goodall
Sanford
Pacific Coast
Kiwanis Club
Bishop's Company of
American Repertory Players
George Bernard Shaw
Phillis Beardsley Bokar
Gerald Kennedy
California
Merle S. Harbach
New Congo
Elmer N. Bentley
Augusta
United Baptist Convention of
Maine
Bentley
Republic of Congo
John S. Pendleton
Maine Baptists
Rainbow Division
Massachusetts
Dorothy Rider
The
Ocean Park Association
Acquaintance Club
Florida Club
Educational Bureau
US weighs three Viet Nam options amid stalemate
American officials in Saigon outline three paths for South Viet Nam policy. Options include striking China and North Viet Nam, a neutrality push, or muddling on with limited involvement. They warn no major policy shift while elections loom and fear a wider war.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
South
US S
China
North
Hanoi
Peking
Haiphong
Vinh
White House
Pentagon
State Department
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
America
France
Miss Heart to Be Chosen at Biddeford Benefit Dance
A Miss Heart will be selected at the Heart Fund dance from 8 to 11 p.m. tomorrow in the Biddeford Junior High gym. Candidates include students from St. Joseph's and St. Andre's high schools and Biddeford High School. Co chairs are Mr and Mrs Randy Walker and Mr and Mrs Benjamin Remar with Richard Reny as ticket chair and Leonard Drapeau as publicity chair. Drapeau will also MC with Harry Huot as DJ. prizes donated by local merchants will be awarded to the queen and two court members.
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Biddeford
Diane Lizotte
Joanne Cote
Jacqueline Labbe
Donna Ryan
St. Joseph's High School
Susan Leblond
Claire Ruel
Annette Belanger
Linda Beaulieu
Nancy Lacerte
St. Andre's High School
Constance Goulet
Beverly Donovan
Priscilla Roy
Mary Reilly
Bid
York County Dairy Herd Awards At Saco Meeting
At the York County Dairy Herd Improvement Association annual meeting in Saco Grange Hall winners received gold seals for herds over 500 pounds butterfat. Recipients include Paul Fournier Saco Millard Leary and Son Saco Robert Cole Dayton Cassette and Carroll Kedrick Biddeford Lyman Harris Dayton Boothby and Clarence Day Kennebunk Robert Gay Saco John Harris Goodwins Mills and others with blue seals. Officials elected include Herbert Boothby treasurer Leland Scammon Gerard Cassette and James Leary as directors.
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York County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Saco Grange Hall
North Street
Paul Fournier
Saco
Millard Leary
Chamber Group Plans St Francis College Tour Event
The Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce reports strong advance reservations for a St Francis College program on Thursday. Wayne Lago leads a 5:30 to 6:30 tour of facilities with students, followed by a 7 p.m. dinner and social. Mayors Whelan and Pomerleau, Chamber director Deshaies, and Rev. Clarence Laplante will speak.
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Stuart V. Flavin
Biddeford-Saco
Roland Sylvestre
Harry M. Wooster
Chamber
J. Edward Whelan
Saco
Willie W. Pomerleau
Biddeford
Albert F. Deshaies
Clarence Laplante
St. Francis College
Pemba Island Known for Fights Witches and Cloves
Swamp fringed Pemba is a 380 square mile island located 25 miles northeast of Zanzibar. It is noted for bullfights witches and the cloves that grow on its fertile hills.
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Pemba
Zanzibar
Hancock will not protest judge's Pierce murder conviction ruling
Maine Attorney General Frank Hancock says no appeal or protest will be filed after Superior Court Judge James Archibald set aside the murder conviction of 22 year old Paul David Pierce. Hancock notes readiness to join Washington County prosecutor in trying the case again. Pierce was convicted of murder in the dynamiting death of Larson Kelley a WatervilleHigh School guidance counselor.
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Augusta
Maine
Frank Hancock
Paul David Pierce
Hancock
Washington County
Francis A. Brown
James P. Archibald
Machias
Pierce
Atty
Wayne Hollingsworth
County Atty
Brown
Archibald
Larson N. Kelley
Waterville
Augusta State Hospital
Young Pierce
Hadassah Dinner Meeting Planned in Biddeford Saco
Mrs. Frederick Small, president of the Biddeford Saco Hadassah chapter, will lead arrangements for the annual paid-up members dinner on March 3. Dinner at 6 30 p m in the Etz Chaim Synagogue vestry, Bacon Street, followed by business and entertainment with helpers including Mrs. Irving Zaitlin and others.
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Frederick Small
Biddeford-Saco
Hadassah
Etz Chaim Synagogue
Bacon Street
Biddeford
Irving Zaitlin
Joseph Zaitlin
Abe Serothc
Paul Lerman
Israel Rosen
Leonard Goldman
Maine Highway Safety Committee Urges Safer Driving
Good drivers guard against excess speed live longer and let others live longer the Maine Highway Safety Committee says. The statement emphasizes safety to reduce fatalities and injuries on roads.
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The
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Traffic Violation Cases Heard In Kennebunk
Five traffic cases were heard by Associate Judge Chester Cram in Municipal Court. Michael Brennan of Kennebunkport pleaded guilty to two counts of driving without a license and paid $10 each. Laurence Abbott of North Berwick was fined $5 for running a pedestrian light after pleading not guilty. David P. Baldwin of Pittsfield Mass paid a $5 fine for passing a red light. Albert Kabeel Sr. of Saco pleaded not guilty to speeding but was found guilty and fined $15.
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Kennebunk
Chester Cram
Michael Brennan
Kennebunkport
Laurence Abbott
North Berwick
David P. Baldwin
Pittsfield
Mass
Alternatives Tie New Members At Biddeford American Legion
Two new members were accepted by the Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post American Legion in Biddeford. They are Ernest Collard and Louis R Gervais. Membership stands at 122 with initiation for new members at the March 13 York Council meeting in Eliot.
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Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post
American Legion
Post
Elm Street
Biddeford
Ernest Collard
Louis R. Gervais
Adrien Poissant
York Council
Eliot
Eliot Memorial Post
Edmond Pinard
House and Entertainment Committee
Royal Sheltra
Department of Maine Child Welfare
Dirigo Boys State
Boys State
Biddeford High School
Donald Leighton
Brown-Emmons
Alfred
York County
William Rogers
Maine
Dallas
Tex
Sheltra
George Boutin
Alfred Prejean
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Robert Wade
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Myron Weiner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Frank J. Becker
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Alfred Street
Chevrolet
Impala
Fisher
Ed & Frank Chevrolet, Inc
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Mekong
Diem
St. Francis
York Savings & Loan Association
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Howe’s Highway
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