Ocean Park Librarian Is Appointed His Within Communism May Affect History
Ruth V. Conley, Wakefield High School guidance counselor, named librarian of Ocean Park Memorial Library. She succeeds Nina L. Kendall and brings Europe travel, a Boston University degree, and long Ocean Park ties. The library, opened 1924, sits at Furber Park under Ocean Park Association funding with a yearly tag day and a Mary Chalmers Turner Historical room.
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Ruth V. Conley
Wakefield
Mass
Memorial Library
Ocean Park
Ocean Park Association
Boston University
Europe
Miss Conley
Nina L. Kendall
Lakeland
Fla
Mary Chalmers Turner
Clyde G. Fussell
Barre
Robert W
Maine Potato Growers Press For National Marketing
About 600 potato growers met in Presque Isle to push for a national potato marketing order via an official referendum. Maine Potato Council members discussed the National Potato Advisory Committee plan including possible national acreage control under a congressional act and a marketing order to exclude inferior potato grades from commerce. State Senator Edmunds and Luman Mahaney attended as advisory committee members.
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Presque Isle
Maine Potato Council
National Potato Advisory Committee
E. Perri) Edmunds
R-Fort
Peace talks rise after Thant meets Dutch and Indonesian reps
United Nations Acting Secretary General U Thant held separate talks with Dutch Ambassador Schurmann and Indonesian expert Subjarno Tjondronegoro as hopes grow for a peaceful settlement of West New Guinea. Indonesia seeks preconditioned negotiations while the Netherlands wants talks without conditions. observers proposed.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U Thant
Netherlands
Indonesia
West New Guinea
Thant
C. W. A. Schurmann
Subjarno Tjondronegoro
Sukarno
Sukarno Wiriopranoto
Tjondronegoro
Jakarta
United States
Wells youth's car damages Auburn cruiser in rear collision
A Wells and Auburn linked driver Arthur Beals, 19, caused a rear collision with a state police cruiser on Minot Avenue after a pursuit. Trooper Albert Jamison and Officer Richard Burns chased Beals, who fled after a dispute, but no charges will be filed. The crash left $100 damage to the cruiser and left taillight damage to Beals's car.
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Auburn
Arthur Beals
Wells
Albert Jamison
Jameson
Richard Burns
Beals
Minot Avenue
Bears
Parson's Mills
Jamison
Burns
Cookson Emphasizes Civil Defense Duties in Biddeford Meeting
Atty Albert Cookson spoke to the Biddeford Civil Defense and Public Safety association in the municipal courtroom about Civil Defense responsibilities and safety for children. He urged Civil Defense officers to know motor vehicle laws and noted summonses require officer court appearances.
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Atty
Albert Cookson
Biddeford Civil Defense and Public Safety Association
Civilian Defense Reserve
Atty. Cookson
Reserve
Henry Rocray
Shipping Point Price Beats Production Cost By Narrow Margin
The report notes a shipping point price of $1.10 a barrel versus a production cost exceeding $2, highlighting a slim margin that affects profitability for producers.
Hope Fading For Survivors Of Plane Crash
Searchers on Adirondack trails battle sub zero cold and storms for a week seeking survivors from an Air Force B47 jet bomber crash near Lake Placid New York. Winds ice and snow hindered ground teams as they found debris including a wing and jet engine but no fuselage. The SAC jet was 30 miles off course from Plattsburgh AFB and last radioed near Watertown.
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Lake Placid
N.Y
Air Force
Wright Mountain
Strategic Air Command
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Watertown
Here
Balmain Promises Easy Silhouettes With Pyramid Shapes
Paris AP dispatch reports Pierre Balmain’s spring summer line favors ease and a return of a cinched waist. The designer presents pyramid shaped silhouettes with narrow shoulders and belted waists, hemmed just below the knee, and vivid day suits in brutal red yellow turquoise.
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Paris
Pierre Balmain
Balmain
Mass Feeding Procedures Demonstrated At Saco Grange
Saco Grange held a January demonstration on Civil Defense mass feeding with Mrs Frema Grant and Miss Jean West overseeing the session at the grange hall. Members formed groups of five to prepare serve and clean up during the mock feeding drill. Special sessions include officer leader training at Saco Grange and Bar Mills fire station January 24 25 and a 1963 projects planning meeting today in Springvale led by Mrs Doris Ladd.
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Civil Defense
Saco Grange
Frema Grant
Jean West
Grange
Bay State Pike Extension Into Boston Planned
The Turnpike Authority announced plans to start a 12 mile toll extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike into Boston with three underwriters pledging 180 million in bonds. Construction is expected to take three years at the Weston terminus while officials weigh city impacts and takings.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Newton
John F. Collins
Boston University Bridge
South Station
AMVETS Post Reports 146 Dues Paid Aboard
Merton Ira Staples AMVETS post in Biddeford held a meeting presided by Cmdr Roland L. Huot. Joseph Bouchard reported 146 paid-up members. two new members were inducted and dues encouraged by January 29.
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Merton Ira Staples Post
Amvets
Biddeford
Cmdr
Roland L. Huot
Talmadge Allen
Joseph Bouchard
Bouchard
State Department
Edwin Pisulski
Cmdr. Huot
SEC
New Gloucester
Rene Huot
Gerard Potvin
Allen
Paul Potvin
NEC
Norman Sevigny
Joseph A. Goulet
Judson Allen
Rard Potvin
Harry Critchley
Post
Ronald Berthiaume
NBC chief barred from France by Paris government
NBC reports Paris has permanently barred its Paris Bureau chief John Rich from returning to France as a correspondent. Rich, a Cape Elizabeth native, may visit only as a private citizen. NBC President Robert Kintner protested to Kennedy Rusk and Gavin, calling the move unfair toward a veteran reporter.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Paris
France
John Rich
National Press Club
Washington
Rich
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
NBC
Robert E. Kintner
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
James M. Gavin
U.S
Kintner
Jobless Pay Claims Show Slight Drop in Biddeford
Unemployment claims at the Biddeford office of Maine Employment Security declined last week with 957 recipients, down from 1027 two weeks earlier. There were 25 benefit exhaustions, totaling 103 to date, and 186 claims are under the extended benefit program installed this year.
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Biddeford
Maine Employment Security Commission
Police officers under probe in Boston lounge burglary
The Boston Herald reports two police officers are under investigation for possible involvement in a Dec 21 burglary at Leonardi's cocktail lounge in the Greyhound terminal near St James Avenue. Dist Attorney Garrett Byrne leads the inquiry after an anonymous tip.
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Boston
The
Boston Herald
Boston Police Department
Leonardi
Greyhound
St. James Avenue
Gone
Suffolk County Dist
Garrett H. Byrne
Herald
Back Bay
Journal
Salon 257 Has Saco Session in January Meeting
Eight and Forty members met at Florence Gagne's Saco home and discussed the February 4 pouvoir meeting in Portland. Betty McKeon reported from the National Jewish Hospital in Denver and two members sewing for the hospital.
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York County
Florence Gagne
Ocean Park Road
Saco
Portland
Betty McKeon
Denver
Colo
National Jewish Hospital
Martha Whitten
Martha Beaudoin
Emilie Thorner
Kittery
Gagne
Angie Cote
Petite Chapeau
Whitten
Gertrude Wood
Kit
Knickerbockers Beat Packers To Snap Scoring Slump
The New York Knickerbockers defeated the Chicago Packers 131 to 94 in Moline Illinois, ending a stretch of low scoring as they also marked 15 wins on the season. The win was notable as holding an NBA opponent under 100 points was their feat of the year. In other action, the Cincinnati Royals beat the Detroit Pistons 115 to 106 in Dayton Ohio.
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Associated Press
New York Knickbockers
National Basketball Association
Knicks
Chicago Packers
Moline
Ill
NBA
St. Louis Hawks
Cincinnati Royals
Detroit Pistons
Dayton
Ohio
Portland Fire Department Is Ranked At Top
Portland Maine earns highest ranking in 1961 NFPA fire prevention awards in the United States and Canada. Philadelphia and Kitchener Ontario named grand award winners. Boston and Hartford also place in their population classes with honorable mentions for smaller communities. New England state results list Portland first in Maine and Hartford in Connecticut with several towns cited for recognition.
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Portland Fire Department
Boston
Philadelphia
Kitchener
Ont
United States
Canada
National Fire Protection Association
North America
Memphis
Tenn
Providence
R.L
Portand
Maine
Hartford
R.I
Wilton
Conn
Bellows Falls
New England
Connecticut
Windsor Locks
Cheshire
Granby
Norwich
Portland
Lewiston
Fort Fairfield
Massachusetts
Fall River
Winter Duck Count Up in Maine Over 1961 Levels
The Maine winter duck inventory shows a nearly 25 percent rise from 1961 with black ducks leading the total. Buffl eheads decline slightly while other species stay above decade averages. the survey notes wider dispersal due to less ice and marks January 11 completion as part of a national flyway study.
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Augusta
Maine
Howard E. Spencer, Jr
Fish and Game Department
Spencer
Maris Wins Coveted Pro Athlete Award in Rochester
Roger Maris received the S. Rae Hickok prize for pro athlete of 1961 at the Rochester Press and Radio Clubs charity dinner in Rochester New York. The Yankee slugger earned a diamond-studded belt for his 61 home runs and record season.
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Rochester
N.Y
Roger Maris
S. Rae Hickok
Rochester Press and Radio Clubs
Arnold Palmer
Maris
Whitey Ford to Receive Ruth Award for 1961 World Series
New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford, aged 33, will receive the Babe Ruth Award at the 39th annual New York Baseball Writers' Association dinner. Ford was chosen as the standout performer of the 1961 World Series after earning two wins.
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NEW York
Whitey Ford
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
Baseball Writers’ Association
Ford
Pitcher Extends Runless Streak Against Reds
The pitcher dominated Cincinnati Reds hitters in a series, tossing 14 scoreless innings to push his runless streak to 32 innings, surpassing Babe Ruth’s 29 2 3 inning mark.
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Cincinnati Reds
Ruth
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