St Mary Unit Hosts Lecture On Diabetes Life Expectancy
Dr William B O Sullivan spoke at St Mary parish hall detailing advances in diabetes care. He cited life expectancy gains and safer pregnancy due to diet exercise hygiene and insulin therapy with Glucose-Col Collins tests and oral agents. He traced diabetes history from Strassburg to Joslin and noted 32 Joslin camps aiding children in Massachusetts funded by Universalist church women.
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William B. O'Sullivan
St. Mary Parish
Assumption and
Children of Mary Sodalities
Webber Hospital
Notre Dame Hospital Religious Hospitallers of
St. Joseph
Auxiliary
Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Saco School
York County
Strassburg
Toronto
Can
Elliott P. Joslin
Universalist Church
Massachusetts
St. Mary Parish Hall
Charles Cartier
The
Assumption Sodality
Royal Sharkey
Illiam B. O'Sullivan
Hundreds Seek Scamp as Adoption Draws Crowds
In Boston hundreds clamor to adopt Scamp the four month old puppy after an AP wirephoto showed him with casts on his rear legs from abuse. Angell Memorial Hospital reported 500 phone calls and 300 letters and telegrams requesting adoption, triggering a next week sweepstakes to choose his new home.
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Boston
Scamp
Associated Press
Angell Memorial Hospital
Texas In Argument Sparks Alaska Split Jibe
Two Alaskans argued with a Texan. One says if forced quiet, Alaska would be cut in two and Texas would become the third largest state. Phrase attributed to a cartoon caption from the Copt. Gen. Fea. Corp.
Prominent Americans Answer Six Grade Poll
More than 80 prominent Americans advised Ridge Ranch six grade students in Paramus New Jersey on building a stronger United States Education and public affairs were emphasized The responses came from figures including Eisenhower von Braun Fulbright Stewart Faubus and others urging diligent study news literacy civic duty and adherence to the Golden Rule
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Paramus
N. J
United States
Ridge Ranch
Washington
Hollywood
America
Dominick Lauricella
Eisenhower
Orvald Faubus
Arkansas
Chisholm Will Awards Large Cash Gifts in Portland
Hugh J. Chisholm longtime Oxford Paper Co. leader leaves cash bequests totaling over 120000. Probate estimates his estate at just over 1000. He leaves 25000 to Rumford Community Hospital and 10000 to Presbyterian Hospital in New York for future care. Remaining bequests go to family and employees.
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Portland
Hugh J. Chisholm
Oxford Paper Co
Nis
Chisholm
Rumford Community Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital
New York
Pinay resigns from government after meeting De Gaulle
Paris finance minister Antoine Pinay announced his withdrawal from the government after a meeting with President De Gaulle. In New York nineteen delegates to the Appalachian underworld convention were sentenced to prison terms up to five years.
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Paris Z
Antoine Pinay
de Gaulle
New York
Papers For Brown Need Added Facts
Maine Attorney General reports extradition papers for Robert Garfield Brown Jr. are sent to York County for more information. Brown, 41, eluded FBI for seven months, arrested Monday in Cincinnati. He fights extradition to Maine where York County has three indictments including assault with intent to kill and two armed robbery charges. Case may proceed at month’s York County Superior Court session or the May term.
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Maine
Robert Garfield Brown, Jr
Orchard Beath
York County
Brown
FBI
Salvation Army
Cincinnati
Harold R. Nason
Alfred
Ohio
Maurice Couture
Montreal
Couture
Carnet
Superior Court
Saco Grants $200 Pay Hike to Public School Teachers
The Saco public school system approves a $200 across the board raise for 58 teachers, raising the minimum from $3,490 to $3,600. The increase, effective in September, will cost $11,600 and be split across the 1960 and 1961 budgets. The district also adopts a salary scale by experience, potentially boosting future salaries, with the budget to be sent to the City Council for approval.
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Saco
Frank D. Lawler
Fie
Passing of Daddy Grace Sparks Joyful Wake At Charlotte Church
In Charlotte the House of Prayer for All People mourned the death of Sweet Daddy Grace. Elder Sloan Harvell led about a thousand followers in a service that turned from wailing to joyous dancing and speaking in tongues. Grace built a nationwide empire from 67 cities and led a large Charlotte flock before dying in a Los Angeles hospital two weeks before his 79th birthday.
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Daddy Grace
U. S
Indians Protest TV Portrayals
Fort Gibson Oklahoma AP reports fifty braves and chiefs from eleven tribes held a Tuesday night powwow to defend the Red Man's reputation against televised Westerns and urge Indians nationwide to counter television’s erroneous portrayal of Indian history.
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Fort Gibson
Okla
Eisenhower Won't Protest Soviet Rocket Plans
President Eisenhower signaled the United States would not protest Soviet plans to test rockets into the Central Pacific after January 15. He argued such testing aligns with international law, noting the U.S. has used high seas for valid scientific work after notifying all concerned and warning away potential injuries.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Central Pacific
U. S
Russia
Harry S. Truman
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Enhower
United States
ITICS
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Screwball Blamed For Cut Cables At Naval Yard
In Quincy AP dispatch a union spokesman blamed a “screwball” for cutting electric cables on two Navy ships under construction at Fore River shipyard. The Navy and FBI probe damage on USS Luce and USS Long Beach, with Navy official noting “indemn of damage” to Long Beach cables. James McGonnigal questioned sabotage, suggesting lax clearances rather than deliberate act. Previous Nautilus cable damage at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was considered apparently intentional, with FBI Navy investigations ongoing.
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Quincy, Mass
Navy
Fore River
FBI
Luce
Long Beach
E. H. Batchelder
Navy Shipbuilding
James McGonnigal
McGonnigal
Hallows
Portsmouth, N.H., Naval Shipyard
Fbi-Navy
Levesque Found Sane, Set for Murder Trial in Augusta
Joseph A Blackie Levesque has been found sane to stand trial for the murder of Mrs Marguerite Couture, 37, at Augusta State Hospital. Officials said the trial will occur in the current Superior Court term. Couture was stabbed in her bed on December 13 while her husband and two children slept.
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Auburn
Joseph A. Blackie Levesque
Marguerite Couture
Augusta State Hospital
Levesque
Superior Court
Dowser Henry Gross Engages Austrian Client in Water Hunt
Famous dowser Henry Gross takes on a new project for Erwin Hein of Vienna to locate water veins on the Hein property in Biddeford. The correspondence passes through Dr Richard Hein in Montreal and translator Dr Carl Haas aided by Ruth Wakefield. Gross writes replies in English, translated for Austria. Continued on Page Seven.
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Henry Gross
Erwin Hein
Vienna
Austria
Hein
Gross
Pool Road
Biddeford
Richard Hein
Montreal
Can
Carl Haas
Ruth Wakefield
Haas
Herr Hein
Kennebunk Free Library group re elects officers
The Kennebunk Free Library association re elected officers including Mrs. Clarence M. Crosby as president and Donald F. Smith as vice president. New trustees include Mrs. Orren Tibbetts and others. Librarian reports rising circulation, 19,307 volumes, and growth in adult and junior registrations amid active reading clubs.
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Kennebunk Free Library Association
Edward C. Winston
Donald E. Smith
Clarence M. Crosby
Donald F. Smith
Robert R. Stinson
Thomas E. Vail
Helen Macdonald Googins
Robert T. Cole
Albert W. Emmons
Thomas Dwight
Orren Tibbetts
Robert Cumler
Leon A. Bradley
Mark McCullough
Orren Tibetts
Thomas FE. Vail
Sidney Crawford
Maurice Clark
Harvey Bixby
Walter Day
Earl Freeran
Reading Club
Children’s Library
Parrot Smuggling Case Hinges on Language Barrier
In Los Angeles Robert Harold Gebhart faced charges for smuggling 65 parrots from Mexico and changed his plea to no contest amid a language barrier. Investigators could not extract English from the birds as they spoke only Spanish, complicating the case.
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Los Angeles
Buenos Dias
Senor
Robert Harold Gebhart
Mexico
Bath banks announce planned merger and potential follow-up
Bath Trust Co and First National Bank of Bath disclosed plans to merge, forming a single Bath institution. Officials said the merged bank could then join with First Portland National Bank, marking Bath’s first bank merger in over half a century. Stockholders must approve at special meetings.
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BATH
Bath Trust Co
First National Bank of Bath
First Portland National Bank
Casco Mfg Co Leases Westbrook Mills Space
A new Maine corporation Casco Mfg Co leased 50 000 square feet in the Dana Warp Mills building Westbrook for a 10 year term and plans metal working production next month. The company expects to employ more than 200 at full production hiring machinists tool and die setters assemblers material handlers punch press operators and floor workers. The Maine Department of Economic Development and the Greater Portland Area Development Council announced the move.
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Augusta
Maine
Casco Mfg. Co
Dana Warp Mills
Westbrook
Maine Department of Economic Development
Greater Portland
Museum Reopens in Albany With Civil War Collection
A refurbished New York state military museum reopened in the Capitol after months of closure. The century old facility houses one of the nation’s largest Civil War object collections.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State Military Museum
Capitol
Century Old
Shuffle dance in court tests tiny Louisville case
In Washington a Supreme Court hearing explores whether a shuffle dance in a Louisville beer hall without a dancing license violates law. Sam Thompson, jailed on other charges, faced fines for disorderly conduct after explaining his foot tapping was waiting for a bus. The justices weighed due process vs local licensing rules as they consider the case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sam Thompson
Louisville
Louis Lusky
Kentucky
Thompson
Whittaker
Herman E. Frick
Justice Frankfurter
Frick
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Earl Freeman
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Donna Meserve
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Nancy Meserve
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Rita Scamman
Marilyn Carter
Susan Winston
Tommy Winston
Story
Kennebunk Free Library Group
American Assn. of Colleges
Opal D. David
American Council On Education
Davis
J. Ralph Murray
Elmira College
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