Shopping Center Slated For Scarborough Area
Max Coffman of Brockton announces plans for a 12 million dollar shopping center at Oak Hill Route 1 Scarborough on a 42 acre site with Gorham road frontage across from Scarborough High School. Land clearing to begin in weeks. project modeled after Portlands Pine Tree Shopping Center and will include a food center. firm operates The Mart discount stores in Lewiston Bangor and Waterville. A Portland engineering firm will complete the plans.
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Scarborough
Max Coffman
Brockton
Mass
Coffman
Portlands
Pine Tree
Lewiston
Bangor
Waterville
the Mart
Oak Hill
Gorham Road
Scarborough High School
Earl Stevens
Stevens
Portland
Boston names Col. York building commissioner
Retired Army engineer Col. Robert F. E. York, who supervised design and initial construction of Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine, is Boston's new building commissioner. Mayor John Collins announced the appointment last night. York, a 1918 U S Military Academy graduate and former assistant engineer of the Corps of Engineers New England division, retired from the Army in 1953.
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Boston
Robert FE. York
Loring Air Force Base
Limestone
Maine
York
U. S. Military Academy
Corps of Engineers
New England
Army
Wardwell Home in Saco elects new officers and committees
Marion H. Lowell was reelected president of the Wardwell Home Board of Managers in Saco at a meeting held at 43 Middle Street. New officers include first vice president Mrs. Mark B. Black and second vice president Mrs. Stephanie Butler, with several committee chairs named for Ad missions, Household, Care of Sick, Entertainment, Publicity, housekeeping, and more.
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Marion H. Lowell
Wardwell
Saco
Middle Street
Mark B. Black
Stephanie Butler
Ralph Hawkes
William L. Walker
Carlton A. Burrill
Paul E. Chadbourne
Anne Chessey
Paul Woodman
Hugh Carson
Laurence S. Garland
J. Burton Stride
Charles W. Fenderson
Robert Kine
Leon H. Libby
George J. Zink
Harry S. Sawyer
Henry W. Owen
R._ Pierport Jordan
Walter White
Lloyd M. Anderson
Wendell § Sawyer
Harry F. Mitchell
George E .Leatherbarrow
Harry P. Garland
Agnes Nichols
Warren Peterson
Laurence H. Dyer
Anne Chesney
William P. Kirk
Charles K. Fenderson
Harry O. Furber
Dorothy Furber
Harry Garland
Laurence H. Myer
Harry Sawyer
R. Lloyd Walker
Lloyd Anderson
Irs
William Kirk
Maitimens Testimonial Honors Two Retiring Mail Carriers
Dwight McLeod, chairman of the Democratic Social club, announced committee assignments for a testimonial banquet at Old Orchard Beach honoring Norris Marshall and Tom O’Meara, retiring mail carriers. Speakers include Jerome Doiy, Robert Morse, Herbert Bean, and Ernest Brousseau. The event emphasizes town fellowship despite political sponsorship.
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Dwight McLeod
Democratic Social Club
Norris Marshall
Tom O’meara
Old Orchard Beach
Arnold Morin
Irene McGleaflin
Leo Bellerose
Roland Violette
G. Tierrey
P. Levesque
Leo Larochelle
Eugene Gordon
John Marshall
Charles Beardoin
Gordon McAllister
Alcide Belduc
Gordon
Mary Smith
Kittchen
Ernest Allaire
Irene V McGlauflin
Jerome Doiy
Robert H. Morse
EU Jory
Herbert R. Bean
Old Orchard Beach High School
Ernest Brousseau
McLeod
Vv. F. W. Hall
Four TV Commercials Cited As Being Fakes
The FTC charged four major firms with deceptive TV advertising claiming demonstrations prove product claims. Firms named include Standard Brands Blue Bonnet Margarine Colgate-Palmolive Aluminum Co. of America Wear-Ever Aluminum Palmolive Rapid Shave Lever Brothers and Pepsodent with agencies Ted Bates Ketchum MaCleod Grove Foote Cone Belding. Respondents may answer within 30 days.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
FTC
Standard Brands, Inc
New York City
Blue Bonnet Margar
Ine
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Palmolive Rapid
Aluminum Co. of America
Pittsburgh
Wear-Ever Aluminum
Philadelphia
Lever Brothers Co
Ketchum, MaCleod & Grove Inc
Foote, Cone & Belding
Gyp Charge Rebuffed By VA Head at Togus
Augusta AP report quotes Malcolm L. Stoddard head of the Veterans Administration Center at Togus denying claims that Maine veterans defraud the government with disability compensation. He says eligibility, not need, governs awards and many are legitimately entitled regardless of finances.
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Augusta
Veterans Administration Center
Togus
Malcolm L. Stoddard
Maine
Supreme Court
Albert Beliveau
Rumford
Stoddard
New Styles Designed To Fit Figure
New York based fashion coverage notes Oleg Cassini describing spring 1960 silhouettes inspired by Venus de Milo. Cassini touts dresses that flatter the female form from career outfits to daring after-five styles with black braid bindings and sheer fabrics. Pauline Trigere showcases enduring ideas in a decade of designs, highlighting a bronze beaded sheath from 1953 as proof styling remains current.
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New York
Oleg Cassini
Cassini
Pauline Trigere
Local VFW Past Heads Pick Slate
Past Presidents Association of the Biddeford VFW auxiliary held a meeting at Mrs. Laura Dodge’s Adams Street home. The 1960 slate lists Florence Tipping as president, Blanche Roy secretary treasurer, Bertha Stone chaplain, Marie Boisvert sunshine chair, Florence Tipping press correspondent, and Almeria Proulx and Laura Dodge as trustees.
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Past Presidents Association
Biddeford V
Sunshine
Miss Cy
Almeria Proulx
Marie Boisvert
Miss Roy
Lucianna Roy
Wentworth Street
Biddeford
Bertha Stone
Fiorence ‘Tipping
Delcia Frechette
Alden Racine
Blanche Roy
Laura Dedge
Former State Department officer Gustav Pabst Jr. found dead
Gustav Pabst Jr., 60, once a Foreign Service officer, was found dead in his Washington apartment on Thursday. He suffered from a heart ailment and was the grandson of the Milwaukee brewery founder bearing the family name.
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Washington
Gustav Pabst Jr
State Department
Foreign Service
Milwaukee
Soviet Parliament Approves 1.2 Million Army Cut Plan
The Soviet Parliament unanimously approved Premier Khrushchev's plan to cut 1.2 million armed forces, relying on nuclear weapons to keep defense at top levels. Foreign Minister Gromyko urged similar action by the Western Big Three and other nations, with the vote following Khrushchev's call for adoption.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei A. Gromyko
Khrushchev
Central Committee
Council of Ministers
Mikhail Suslov
Supreme Soviet
Railroads Regret Decision to Continue Passenger Runs
Maine two railroads face a year of curtailed passenger service after the Public Utilities Commission ordered continued operation despite losses. The PUC allowed a one year trial, noting overall profitability but urging on time, clean coaches, and improved patronage to justify longer service.
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Augusta
Maine
Pulic Utlities Commission
PUC
Bangor & Aroostook
Maine Central
Bevan Leaves Hospital Bed After Abdominal Operation
Aneurin Bevan Labor foreign affairs spokesman is well enough to sit in a chair after an abdominal operation on December 29. The exact nature of the surgery has not been disclosed.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Labor Party
Bevan
Fires leave 700 Chinese refugees homeless in squatter village
Flames destroyed shacks on hillside camps overlooking Hong Kong harbor housing thousands of refugees from Communist China. A woman and a child were injured. Legislative action on highway excise tax relief was rejected, and municipal assessors were urged to value railroad property by its limited utility value. Maine Central cut Bangor to Portland trips from four to two daily and dropped Back Road passenger service via Lewiston Auburn. Bangor & Aroostook must drop Caribou Van Buren service if chosen. Executives lamented the decree’s practicality and impact on mail and merchandise trains. City leaders in Lewiston and Auburn warned of hardship to residents.
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Hong Kong Harbor
China
Caribou
van Buren
Ek. Spencer Miller
Maine Central
W. Gordon Robertson
Bangor & Aroostook
Lewiston
Auburn
Romeo T. Boisvert
Woodbury Brackett
Japan Will Import Coal From Soviet Russia
Japan agrees to buy 985000 tons of coal from Soviet Russia over the next three years at 9.50 to 12.25 dollars per ton. The accord was reached in Tokyo on Thursday between Japanese steel manufacturers and Soviet trade officials.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Diem Arrives in Taipei for Four Day State Visit
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam lands in Formosa for a four day state visit and is received at Chiang Kai shek International Airport by Chinese Nationalist President Chiang Kai-shek.
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Taipei
Formosa
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Vietnam
Chiang Kaishek
Mexican businessmen head to West Germany for investment
A group of Mexican businessmen departs for West Germany to seek capital for developing Mexico's medium and small industries, aiming to boost Latin American industrial growth.
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Mexico City
West Germany
Gunman terrorizes Lanecelin Island resort in Australia
Australian detectives race to Lanecin Island 90 miles north of Perth in a weeklong shooting spree that has left one man dead and two others shot at residents arming themselves as the gunman continues his terror. Hong Kong report notes more than priests.
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Perth
Australia
Lancelin Island
Hong Kong
Seventh Wife Divorces Longtime Husband in Los Angeles
Patricia Carpenter, 30, testified in Los Angeles as she divorced Richard Carpenter, 53, after seven years of marriage. They wed in 1952. she claimed he drank heavily and beat her, leading to the split reported from the court.
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Los Angeles
Hirs
Patricia Carpenter
Thursday Jr
Richard Carpenter
Denver youth pleads guilty to petty larceny
Ralph J. Valdez, 16, pleaded guilty to petty larceny and received 30 days in the county jail. He admitted breaking a store window and stealing a five pound teddy bear, saying he never had a teddy bear.
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Denver
Colo
Ralph J. Valdez
McKeon Announces Sheriff Candidacy in York County GOP Primary
James A. McKeon, 66, a retired Biddeford Pool resident, announced his bid for sheriff in the York County Republican primaries starting in June. Born in Somersworth NH, he attended Somersworth High, played for the Sanford-Goodall baseball team, and lived in Sanford 1913 to 1951. He held roles in shoe companies, Sanford Mills, Sanford police, and the State Liquor Commission before retiring in 1957. He married Eva Lanais in 1915 and later Mrs. Bessie Garnache in 1951, with five children.
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Biddeford Poolman
York County
James A. McKeon
Somersworth
N. H
James
Mary Malone McKeon
Somersworth High School
Sanford-Goodall
McKeon
Sanford
Sanford Mills Spinning Department
Sanford Police Department
State Liquor Commission
Eva Lanais
Bessie Garnache
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