Mothers Of LL Players Map Plans
The West Biddeford Little League Mothers and friends held its second meeting at the Green Lantern club. Officers were elected: President Dolores Beaudette, vice president Constance Gagne, secretary Dolores Roy, treasurer Lucille Eon, and Muriel Gagne. A food sale at Edward's Market on January 19 and 20 from 2 to 9 p.m. was planned with Lorraine Simard chairing the sale committee and multiple members assisting. A poster committee was named, and future meetings were set for the second Wednesday of each month.
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Edward's Market
Lorraine Simard
Muriel Gagne
Cora Camire
Dolores Beaudette
Constance Gagne
Lucille Ron
Jeanne Rochefort
Theresa Nolette
Rose Cantara
Yvette Valliere
Theresa Clark
Evelyn Eon
Inauguration Day Forecast Hopes For Clear Skies
Washington AP reports a strong chance of no rain or snow on January 20 and a high likelihood of above freezing temperatures. Maine’s sled unit hopes for snow to pull its 10 huskies down Pennsylvania Avenue. without snow they must use wheels. Weather Bureau cautions it is early to forecast, but past data suggests a 3 in 5 chance of dry weather and an 8 in 10 chance of above freezing temperatures. Inauguration Day moved from March 4 to January 20 in 1937 for FDR’s term.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Maine
Pennsylvania Avenue
Weather Bureau
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chuckle Air Travel Enables Passing Motorists Safely
An item from the Copt. Gen. Fea. Corp notes air travel allows drivers to pass other vehicles at a safe distance, emphasizing safer highway maneuvers for motorists.
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Fea. Corp
White Church Elects Officers and Committees
The Biddeford Second Congregational White Church held its annual meeting after supper, electing Joseph A. Haley moderator and Paul F. Grace clerk among officers. Deacons serve four-year terms with Norman P. Lundy and others, while numerous others filled three, one year, and trustee posts. Conference delegates, council representatives, and historical society members were named, with nominating committee leaders announced.
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Biddeford Second Congregational
Joseph A. Haley
Paul F. Grace
Mar Jones
Donald Fraser
Paul Croxford
Clayton Cartmill
Norman P. Lundy
Alfred Wilcox
Norman Lundy
Albion Benton
William Beety
Ruby Packard
Wayne Hutchins
Albert Whitehurst
Helen Daly
Biddeford
Carleton Foss
Charlotte Staples
C. Raymond Means
John Moeckel
Melbourne F. Means
Phyllis Means
C. Millard Neal
Thomas Haley
Kennedy fills four Interior posts in new administration
President elect John F Kennedy announced four top Interior Department appointments and kept Floyd Dominy as reclamation chief. James Carr Kenneth Holum John Carver Jr and Frank Barry named undersecretary assistant secretary for land resources and solicitor respectively. Cadence notes Hoover meeting in Palm Beach.
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S.D
John A. Carver Jr
Frank Church
O-Idaho
Frank Barry
Tucson
Ariz
Interior Department
Study reports Russia ahead in space race
A Kennedy committee study urges expanded space funding and stronger leadership to close the gap with the Soviet Union. It critiques Eisenhower era space policy, stresses America’s prestige in the orbit race, and calls for more powerful rocket thrust and decisive effort without naming figures.
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Russia
Palm Beach
Fla. Im
Kennedy
America
Soviet Union
John F. Kennedy
United States
U. S
Eisenhower
Maine governor proposes 4 percent sales tax to fund plan
Gov. John H. Reed urged the Maine Legislature to raise the sales tax from 3 to 4 percent to finance a 12.6 million program of measured advancement and 9.3 million in new buildings and improvements funded largely from surplus. He warned only the sales tax would yield needed funds and outlined a 132 million general fund request across education health welfare economic development and state salaries. The proposal would make Maine the fourth state with a 4 percent rate, joining Washington Pennsylvania and Michigan, and would require broader service cuts or revenue shifts if rejected. He also noted ongoing appropriations and stressed evaluating alternative taxes.
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Augusta
John H. Reed
Maine
Reed
Inland Fisheries & Game
Washington
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Twin City Officials Seek Help for Low in Spirits Area
A letter from Biddeford and Saco officials asks Congress to consider the low in spirits area bill. Signed by Hugh McC Marshall and leaders from Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development committee TWUA AFL-CIO Mayors Deschambault and Cote, the letter cites continued unemployment after the Bates manufacturing York Division closing.
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Biddeford-Saco
Congress
Paul Douglas
Banking and Currency Committee
Twin City
Hugh McC. Mearshall
Albert Deshaies
Chapter At Saco Elects New York Royal Arch Officers
York chapter Royal Arch Masons at the Saco Masonic hall elected their officers for the coming year. Ralph H. Stickney high priest and Donald R. Nowell king head the slate, with Frederick W. Elwell scribe, Robert C. King treasurer, Myron E. Savage secretary, and others named as captains, wardens, chaplain, and sentinel. Installations set for February 9 after a social hour and refreshments following the meeting.
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York County Medical ‘Society
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Charles W. Kinghorn
Kittery
Kenneth Leigh
York
Marcel D. Ouellette
Sanford
Leigh
Robert F. Ficker
Kennebunkport
Royal Arch Masons
Saco Masonic Hall
Ralph H. Stickney
Donald R. Nowell
Frederick W. Elwell
Robert C. King
Myron E. Savage
Gordon G. Maddix
Richard Tozier
L. Donald Lord
Royal Arch
Gordon G. Smith
Edwin M. Cloudman
John M. Strickland
Robert W. Burns
Robert Patterson
Judge Voids State Law of Georgia
A federal judge in Macon Georgia voided a Georgia state law that cut off funds to integrated schools and kept an injunction against Governor Vandiver and others from closing the University of Georgia. The decision delays any closure action and blocks a repealer this session. The judge also overruled a motion related to appeals by two students suspended after a riot on Wednesday night.
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Macon
Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
University of Georgia
W. A. Bootle
State Patrol
Vandiver
Bootle
Grave Problems Confront U. S. Eisenhower Warns Congress
President Eisenhower warned Congress in a farewell State of the Union message that America faces grave foreign and economic problems after eight years in office. He cited the Communist threat to Berlin, Laos, Cuba, and Africa, and noted home economic challenges including unemployment and a sound currency. He offered cautious confidence and wished success to his successor, and the message was delivered by transmission to Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Berlin
Cuba
Freedom of
Laos
Africa
Joh F. Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Castro Appeals for Harvest Volunteers in Cuba Crunch
Fidel Castro urged volunteers to help harvest the cane as bad weather and mobilization slow sugar output. The National Federation of Sugar Workers called all Cubans to volunteer including retired workers and children while textile mills recruit patriotic brigades to sustain cloth production amid a production slump and low sugar content.
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Fidel Castro
National Federation of Sugar Workers
Castro
United States
Cuba
Revolucion
Czechoslovakia
Mrs Kennedy prepares for White House role with aides
Washington reports Jacqueline Kennedy will take a slow start in her White House duties after a Caesarean birth on November 25. She plans only main inauguration events, skipping most unofficial celebrations, while assembling a small entourage including secretary and public relations aide.
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Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
White House
John F. Kennedy, Jr
Palm Beach
National Gallery of Art
Raymond Gallagher
Alexandria
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