Bills Filed To Liberalize Unemployment and School Aid
Augusta AP reports bills to liberalize employment security laws and adjust school construction aid under the Sinclair Education Act. Rep. Paul Couture proposes added unemployment benefits including $4 per child and up to 13 extra weeks. Rep. LeTourneau seeks to raise state high school enrollment thresholds and tighten aid rules. lawmakers propose pay raises for officials and mileage increases. Sumner Pike would authorize a Canada Maine bridge and set aside 300000 for Maine’s share, needing multiple approvals.
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Augusta
Paul Couture
Lewiston
Couture
Raymond Letourneau
Sanford
Letourneau
Orville Haughn
Haugher-Bridgton
House
Senate
Public Utilities and Atomic Energy
Sumner Pike
R -Lubec
State Highway Commission
New Brunswick
Campobello Island
Maine
Blind Bede Best Sings Despite Darkness and Loss
Bede Best once sang with Joe Rines' Orchestra at the St. Regis New York 25 years ago while losing vision. By 1934 her one eye was blind and the other only 40 percent, yet she sought to aid others by finding a niche in radio despite the fear of stumbling through a clutter of instruments.
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Boston
Bede Best
Joe Rines
St. Regis Hotel
New York
Louisville
Bede
Best
al Pearce
Lena Torrey
Cherryfield
Colder Weather In Sight For Portland Area
Clear skies gave way to increasing clouds tonight as Maine faces colder temperatures with light snow expected Thursday. The Weather Bureau in Portland forecast a drop tonight and a colder day tomorrow, with no heavy snow anticipated. At Portland Airport the low reached nine above zero while downtown Portland fell to twenty. subzero readings were only at Presque Isle minus eight and Houlton minus one.
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Portland
Maine
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
Presque Isle
Houlton
Maine Right To Know measure filed
Senate Majority Leader Allan Woodcock filed a bill to establish a Maine Right To Know law requiring officials to conduct the people's business openly. The measure is sponsored by members of the Maine daily and weekly press associations and the state's broadcasters with limited exemptions and restricted executive sessions.
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Augusta
Senate
Allan Woodcock
Maine Daily
Island Falls Fatality Claims Houston Man
Gerald H. Anderson, 42, of Houston died after sustaining injuries from a fall from a truck in Island Falls. He died Tuesday at a local hospital where doctors treated his injuries.
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Island Falls
Gerald H. Anderson
Houston
Dulles Outlines Three Basic US Foreign Aims
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States has three basic foreign aims to block aggression, promote human dignity and freedom, and spur economic growth and interdependence. He warned that austerity and sacrifice may be required for generations to counter communist expansion and to secure national objectives.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
U.S. i Foreign Ma
Totnapper Awaiting Bail After Brooklyn Baby Theft
Frank Chionchio, father of the newborn Lisa, pleads for no charges against suspect Jean Iavarone, 43, held on 5000 bail for kidnapping. Police traced the infant from St Peter's Hospital to Iavarone's Brooklyn apartment after a major citywide manhunt.
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New York
Frank Chionchio
Chionchio
Jean Tavarone
James A. Roe Jr
Iavarone
Castro says executions needed to purge Cuba after Batista rule
Fidel Castro argues that executions of war criminals are necessary to unify Cuba after six years of Batista rule. Rebels have charged murder and torture against over 150 former regime figures as purge courts operate, while U S reaction grows. Castro defended the killings as a deterrent and justice.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
A. S
United States
Maine Ghost Town Residents Satisfied
Deblois Maine residents of a Washing ton County town describe a hollow community with no grocery store gas line or post office and only seasonal crops as the main industry. Ample supplies arrive from Cherryfield twelve miles away where a rural mail route serves the former post office area.
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Deblois
Washington County
Cherryfield
Guy Melvin
Saco Youth Club Affray Leaves One Injured
Three Saco youths aged 13 and 14 appeared in Biddeford juvenile court after an affray outside a theater left a fellow Saco youth with a leg wound requiring surgery. Judge Spill ordered a continuance to January 31, to allow the injured boy to appear, and urged breaking up the unsupervised club. The judge also directed records be brought to him and notified retailers about banning switch blade knives for under 16.
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Saco
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Simon Spill
Spill
Saco Grammar l School
Edgar Sevigny
Norman Harvey
Justice Siddall Conducts Realtor Board Installation
The York county Board of Realtors held a formal installation at the Hotel Thacher in Biddeford with Justice Cecil J. Siddall officiating. New officers William L. Graham of Old Orchard Beach president Vernon F. Littlefield of Kennebunk vice president and John G. Smith of Kennebunkport secretary treasurer were installed as Emile A. Morin noted membership growth and a dues increase to 10 dollars plus state and national dues.
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York County Board of Realtors
Cecil J. Siddall
Santo
Maine Supreme Court
Thacher
Biddeford
Emile A. Morin
Sanford
Morin
Siddall
National Organization
William L. Graham
Old Orchard Beach
Vernon FE. Littlefield
Kennebunk
John G. Smith
Kennebunkport
Graham
National Board of Realtors
Sec
Vernon E
Littlefield
Conference Debates Driver Licensing Law Proposal
AUGUSTA AP A proposal to prohibit licenses for under 17 without approved driver training will be debated at the sixth annual Highway Safety Conference. Arlyn E. Barnard notes discussion on a possible 45 mph absolute limit on unposted roads, with current law setting 60 mph and license eligibility for 15 year olds who pass tests.
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Augusta
Arlyn E. Barnard
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Railroad merger talks continue in New England plan
Portland reports the committee studying a possible five railroad merger says meetings have not been abandoned. E Spencer Miller president of Maine Central Railroad stated the panel will hold periodic sessions as planned.
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Portland
New England
E. Spencer Miller
Maine Central Railroad
Saco Bank Elects Staff Officers and Directors
York National Bank of Saco elected staff and directors at the annual meeting held yesterday. Reelected to the board were Joseph G. Deering Lawrence Garland Jr Atty Homer Waterhouse Adelbert M Jakeman Sr Arthur T Dickson Wilfred E Frechette Harry B Center Wesley M Mewer and Bernard C Brown. Officers include Deering as president Brown executive incident cashier and trust officer Edward C Jackson assistant cashier and Richard C Gray auditor. A large stockholders group attended and a buffet lunch followed in the cafeteria.
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York National Bank of
Saco
Joseph G. Deering
Lawrence
Edward C. Jackson
Richard C. Gray
Female Form Will Again Look Like Female Form
New York fashion preview highlights designers Jo Copeland Oleg Cassini and Ben Zuckerman with feminine daytime and evening wear. Copeland presents elegant gowns and a white chiffon sheath with jeweled midriff, Cassini returns to low necklines, and Zuckerman offers tailored suits with short jackets and slim skirts.
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Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
New York
Divine
Jo Copeland
Oleg Cassini
Ben Zuckerman
Larry Aldrich
Paris
Cassini
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