Maine Briefs: Barnes Named Maine Editor at Portland Press Herald
Albert F. Barnes, 51, named to succeed the late A. Keith Glasier as state editor of the Portland Press Herald. Appointed by Executive Editor Ernest W. Chard, Barnes has long served in Maine journalism and chairs the Maine AP Editors Association. In Brunswick, a toddler, Sandra Ann MacLean, 3, drowned after her sled went through spring-fed ice at the local golf course. her body was recovered by her father.
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Associated Press Portland
Albert F. Barnes
A. Keith Glasier
Portland Press Herald
Barnes
Ernest W. Chard
Maine Associated Press Editors Association
Portland Evening News
Press Herald
Brunswick
Sandra Ann MacLean
Sandra
Scott MacLean
Rome
Martin Luther King
Italy
Paul VI
Portland mayoral election plan sparks statewide discussion
In Augusta AP reports Senator Gerard P. Conley D Portland outlined a proposed bill to let Portland elect a mayor, citing low election turnouts and public demand for more accessible government. Bowdoin College’s new president defended students as mostly conservative, while Maine U prepares its Augusta campus with a $1.5 million first building set to begin next spring.
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Augusta
Gerard P. Conley
Portland
City of
Conley
University of Maine
University
Manila strike widens over back pay for teachers
About 500 teachers stayed out on strike for the second day in Manila claiming the city owed back pay and fringe benefits. Secretary of Education Onofre Corpus released funds to cover Jan 15 salaries for 742 teachers and promised talks with the local teachers association.
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Associated Press Manila
Onofre Corpus
Manila Public School Teachers Association
Corpus
Washington Briefs on Labor Wirtz and Election Reform
Wirtz urges raising the federal minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.00 an hour with full coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act by 1971 and state support for supplementary coverage. Senate considers direct presidential election, term limits, voting age, and direct primaries amid multiple proposals. Powell may return to Education and Labor Committee as a freshman after expulsion, with conditions. Nixon appoints George Anson to head Office of Emergency Preparedness pending Senate confirmation. Eisenhower shows slow but steady recovery. aviation official to replace on UN Military Armistice Commission in Korea.
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Korea
Local club names and winners in social gathering event
Miss Margaret Field and others were listed as participants with winners split into North and South and East and West groups. The third Nationwide International Fund game is scheduled for Monday January 27 at 8 15 p m at the Clubhouse with multiple couples and individuals noted in attendance and results.
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Margaret Field
Gail’ Hoyt
A. Mongalian
Dorothy Sawyer
Angie Hickey
Robert Whelan
Richard Shorey
James Warren
Oscar Paradis
William Haase
North
South
Bernstein
Green
Miss Field
Dirksen Hints At Character Over Stock Holdings in Officials
Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen says emphasis should be on character rather than personal stock holdings of mid level government officials. He cautions a potential conflict of interest could arise if character prevents misuse of assets.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Bridge Players To Hold Fund Game
Duplicate bridge players who met Thursday evening at the Speak Easy Playhouse Lawn Avenue were Mr and Mrs Sumner Bernstein Mrs Donald Weld Paul Chadbourne Harold Spiegel Mrs Avis Briggs Mrs Gertrude Leonard Mrs Edrice Bates Lorimer Brackett Mrs Mary Wilbur Mr and Mrs James Mullen Mrs Estella Aranovitch Mrs Gwen Flannery Herbert Bean and James Moutsatsos Also Mrs Alice Fecteau Fred Patterson Mr and Mrs Leo Ross Mrs Esther Green
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Old Orchard Beach
Speak Easy Playhouse
Lawn Avenue
Sumner Bernstein
Donald Weld
Paul Chadbourne
Harold Spiegel
Avis Briggs
Gertrude Leonard
Edrice Bates
Lorimer Brackett
Mary Wilbur
James Mullen
Estella Aranovitch
Gwen Flannery
Herbert Bean
James Moutsatsos
Alice Fecteau
Fred Patterson
Leo Ross
Esther Green
Recognition Day Planned by Notre Dame Thrift Shop Group
Members of the Notre Dame Thrift Shop committee met yesterday to discuss Recognition Day on March 20 for volunteers. Miss Lucienne Metayer chaired the session at Elm Street Biddeford. A 6 p.m. mass at St. Joseph's Church and a dinner were planned, with a clothing sale set for February 15.
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Notre Dame Thrift Shop
Elm Street
Biddeford
Lucienne Metayer
St. Joseph's Church
Christmas Sale Report At Local Shop Meeting
Mrs Harold Carroll presented the treasury report and a Christmas sale update at the shop meeting. Attendees included Mrs Alfred Paul, Mrs Paul Emile Petit, Mrs George Simard, Mrs Marc Simard, and Mrs Lionel Perreault, shop manager.
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Harold Carroll
Treasury
Alfred Paul
Paul Emile Petit
George Simard
Marc Simard
Lionel Perreault
Ramblers Club Meant Meeting And Fire Incident In Arundel
The Ramblers Club gathered at Mrs. Ames Andrews home in Arundel with Emily Drew and Mrs. Marion Bedard among attendees. A furnace backfired caused a fire at 97 High Street Biddeford. firefighters responded to a late night alarm as the two story wooden tenement owned by Horace Beaulieu faced the incident. The meeting adjourned with plans for the next Wednesday session.
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Horace Beaulieu
City cuts back family planning program after resignations
Nashville health officials report reductions in the family planning clinic program as three employees resign in recent weeks. All three were pregnant, prompting concern over staffing and services.
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Nashville, Tenn
Board of Health
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