Thornton Teacher Quits After Federal Grand Jury Indictment
Robert E. Stanton a 23 year old Thornton Academy English teacher has resigned after being indicted by a Chicago grand jury on conspiracy to send obscene material through the mails. The Saco man taught junior English at Thornton Academy for two years and is single. Indictments involve a six month probe of pen pal clubs advertising nude male photos and magazines Vim and Gym. 750 members across 24 states and Canada were linked, with 65 educators and 77 students among club files.
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Robert E. Stanton
Thornton Academy
Robert Bowie
Stanton
Chicago
Saco
Stephen Stanton
Glen Haven Circle
Bates College
Lewiston
Vernon Street
U.S. Marshall
Portland
Robert Tieken
Post
Fice Co
Adonis Malee
International Body Culture Association
Vim
States
Canada
Loop
Tieken
Graham Commends Kennedy Religious Stand On Faith Ties
President-elect John F Kennedy gains praise from Billy Graham for easing Protestant Catholic tensions. Graham affirmed Kennedy’s forthright stance on religion and noted improved church relations. Kennedy also announces Seaborg as AEC chairman as his Florida trip winds down and prepares to take office.
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Billy Graham
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Florida
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Graham
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ken
Nedy
Glenn T. Seaborg
University of California
Atomic Energy Commission
Capitol
Office grapevine speeds past light in jokes
A veteran white collar worker quips that science should seek a faster unit of measurement than light, suggesting the office grapevine as a humorous faster alternative. Capt. Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Fea. Corp
Farmer Dies In Caribou Blaze
Ralph Nickerson, 44, a Fort Fairfield farm hand, died in a fire at the Winston C. Marshall farm house. Officials say the blaze started when a cigarette ignited Nickersons bedding, destroying the dwelling.
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Ralph Nickerson
Fort Fairfield
Winston C. Marshall Farm
Nickerson
Eulogies for Rog ers and Wigglesworth heard by House
House members offered eulogies Monday for two late colleagues, Edith Nourse Rogers of Maine and Richard Wigglesworth of Massachusetts. Rogers, a 35 year veteran from Saco, died last fall.
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Washington
House
Edith Nourse Rogers
Richard B. Wigglesworth
Massachusetts
Farrell Elected To Post As Merchants Leader In Biddeford
Edward G. Farrell Jr was elected chairman of the Biddeford Saco Merchants Committee at a meeting in Biddeford this morning. Leonard Drapeau was named vice chairman Clayton W Cartmill secretary treasurer retiring president Raymond Bonang presided. Nominating committee members were Roy MacNaughton Lawrence Lamb and Albert F Deshaies. A February Dollar Days Crazy Day promotions discussion followed with a promotion committee named. Bonang received a vote of thanks for service as chairman.
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Edward G. Farrell, Jr
Biiddeford-Saco
Bi Ideford
Leonard Drapeau
Clayton W. Cartmill
Raymond P. Bonang
Roy MacNaughton
Lawrence Lamb
Albert F. Deshaies
Bonang
Chester Palk
John R. Gibson
Robert Fenderson
Farrell
Biddeford Council Approves 1961 Budget Without Tax Hike
Biddeford City Council approved the 1961 budget with a total of 94 605 including a 72 855 rise in bonds. General government totals show salaries 35 000 and election expense 4 210. Fire protection and police show 75 000 and 73 000 respectively. Health sanitation and roads totals are listed with reductions and increases. overall debt and county tax to 88 655 and 49 754 respectively. The council noted the budget rise does not require a tax increase.
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Biddeford
Biddeford Pooice
Woodlawn
Jand McArthur
Agger Named Track Agent for Gorham Raceway Sale
Portland attorney Jacob Agger has been appointed liquidating agent for Gorham Raceway by U.S. referee Richard E. Poulos in bankruptcy. Agger will contact buyers and arrange the sale of the harness track as J. R. Cianchette and Sons reorganizes finances. A $300,000 bid was rejected by Poulos as the sole offer to date.
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Portland
Jacob Agger
Gorham Raceways
Richard E. Poulos
U. S
Poulos
Agger
J. R. Cianchette and Sons
Kenneally To Head Red Cross Campaign
Raymond Kenneally, Biddeford educator and longtime civic figure, will chair the 1961 Biddeford Red Cross fund drive. He serves as principal of Biddeford High Schools since 1959 and has held multiple teaching and supervisory posts since 1956. Kenneally, a UMaine alumnus with BA and MA, is married to Geraldine Lamb with two children.
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Emery School
Kenneally
St. Mary Grammar School
Biddeford High School
University of Maine
University
Maine
Biddeford
York County Teachers Association
Geraldine Lamb
Two County Men Imprisoned for Assault and Theft
Justice Abraham M Rudman at York County Superior Court sentenced Robert P Morissette of Biddeford to 10 years at Thomaston State Prison after pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill. Gloria Morissette, his former wife, was attacked with a loaded pistol. Morissette claimed he intended to kill himself but could not pull the trigger. Grant of Limerick received 24 years for passing bad checks totaling 200 dollars after forgery and two more checks with arrest. Demers of Sanford got an indeterminate Windham reformatory term after larceny convictions and prior offenses. Raymond Demers and Eugene Christiansen received two-year probation for prior theft and cottage robbery respectively. Whitemore of Old Orchard Beach fined 100 dollars after pleading guilty to assault. Thompson of Saco pleaded guilty to giving alcohol to a minor and will stand trial on another charge.
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Michel
Westland Avenue
Martels
Donald
Robert
David
Frank
Alice Soulard
Biddeford
Martel
Maine
Thomaston
Abraham M. Rudman
York County Superior Court
Robert P. Morvissette
Gloria
Morrissette
William FE. Grant
Limerick
Grant
Kenneth G. Demers
Sanford
Reformatory
Windham
Demers
Windham Reformatory
Raymond C. Demers
Eugene W. Christiansen
Lynn
Mass
Christiansen
Acton
Robert Whitemore
Old Orchard Beach
Richard Thompson
Saco
Plans Under Way For Mothers March In Saco
Saco prepares for the 1961 March of Dimes Mothers March with over 225 volunteers door to door from 6 to 7 pm January 26. Golden Key lapel pins identify volunteers as leaflets outline the theme The Golden Key and campaign aims. Local organizers led by Mrs Charles Mills and Mrs Patrick Lunetta presented plans at the Saco Unitarian parish house with captains and section leaders named.
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Mothers March of
Saco
Saco Unitarian
Charles Mills
Patrick Lunetta
Howard Shaffer
H. Clifford Ladd
Golden Key
Saco Unitarian Parish
Maine
13 Year Old Boy To Get Mental Test
A 13 year old Amherst boy accused of shooting his grandmother to death is in Bangor state mental hospital for observation. Gerald Humphrey was remanded for mental testing after juvenile court proceedings. He is held without bail on a juvenile delinquency charge.
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Bangor
Amherst
Bangor State Mental Hospital
Gerald Humphrey
Charles J. Hurley
Gerald
Merritt A. Fitch
Peter Larson
Austra
Hurley
Larson
Promise of America booklet promotes economic growth
Public service notice from The Advertising Council encourages sending for a free booklet titled The Promise of America. It forecasts a record-breaking surge in research creating new industries and millions of jobs, with the economy on a long-range upward trend and opportunities for all.
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New York
N.Y
Public Service
Advertising Councils
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Burns School
Bertha Russell
Helen Finn
Velma Gibbs
Ira Russell
Madeline Davis
Phyllis Sanborn
Sara Emmons
Mabel Fanning
Gibbs
Thornton
Kesslen Shoe Co
Kennebunk, Maine
Farmer
Caribou
Mrs. Rogers
Tower of Hope
WSCS
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Bessie Dawley
Avis Parslow
LaDora Gannon
Barbara Allen
Betty Stevens
Nora York
Coast Guard
Red Cross
March of Dimes
Sace
Mothers March
Howard Schaffer
William Searle
Brendan Twomey
William Hyland, Jr
Lawrence Bowie
Patrick Zello
Mary-Jo Zello
George Harrison
Louis P. Lambert
U. S. Army
Robert O. Mercier
Lambert
SFC Mercier
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