Mothers March Nets $2,660 In Biddeford and Saco drive
First returns from the annual Mothers Meech show a total of 2660 with 1462 from Biddeford canvassers and 1200 from Saco workers. Pepperell hall in Biddeford served 350 volunteers with coffee and doughnuts as they logged donations at city hall and house to house canvassing across wards in Saco and Biddeford.
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Biddeford
Saco
Saco City Hall
Howard Shaffer
Henry Cyr
Patrick Lunetta
Philip Nunan
Brendan Twomey
H. Clifford Ladd
Lawrence Dolby
Patrick
Zello
Lynn Poulin
Sheila Nunan
Pepperell Hall
Joan Nadeau
Laurette Towle
Mignonne Dutil
George Perkins
Alexander Draggins
Priscilla Barker
Arthur Perron
Thomas Barker
Thomas Paine Perkins
Mothers March
Jean Nadeau
Raymond Méhieu
Frank
Hal
Francis Spencer
Carol Spencer
Diane Davis
Pauline Curro
Shirley Belisle
Helen Chabot
Annette St. Ours
Myrtle Lefebvre
Fernand Cadorette
Rachel Dubois
Doris Boissard
Elizabeth Perkins
Cheryl King
Paul Deschambeault
Lucy Perkins
Thomas Perkins
Phillip Nunan
Ward 1
Anne Kang
Leonard Driscoll
Walter Johnson
B.F. Dolby
Edward Gallagher
Betty Murphy
Ernest Heffernan
Robert Lennox
Marjorie Parola
Albert Beety
Romeo Dumont
Wilbrod Bedard
Newton Sanborn
Yvette Boutet
Ann Harvey
Ernest Huot
Richard Vose
Marie Gagnon
George Dichard
Bonnie Bartlett
Maureen Brennick
Beatnik Bride Keeps It Dry In Wedding Plight
A playful squib notes a beatnik girl marrying and skipping a traditional shower, choosing a splashy alternative instead.
Lewiston Snowshoe Festival Opens With Canadian Trekkers
The International Snowshoe Congress begins with a welcome by Mayor Emile Jacques as three Canadian hikers reach Lewiston to join a three day festival. Joe Maurice 49 traveled 284 miles from Montreal while Charles Delorme 43 and Gilles Laliberte 31 came 180 miles from Sherbrooke Quebec. About 3500 visitors from the eastern U S and Canada are expected for the event.
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Lewiston
Emile Jacques
Hardy
Joe Maurice
Montreal
Maurice
Charles Delorme
Gilles Laliberte
Sherbrooke
Que
United States
Canada
Bates College Queen Elect For Winter Carnival
Laurie Jean Sunderland, senior from Wethersfield Connecticut, has been elected queen of Bates College winter carnival. She will reign during the three day festival that opened Thursday night.
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Lewiston
Laurie Jean iSunderland
Wethersfield, Conn
Bates College
Living Costs Hit Another Record Height For Nation 10th Jump
Washington reports December living costs rose to a record high for the tenth time in 11 months, with the Labor Department noting a one tenth per cent rise in the consumer price index to 127.5. Higher food and shelter costs pushed the index, with a 1960 peak for food and rent increases, while after tax earnings showed little change and buying power fell.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Douglas and
Northrup Aircraft
Greyhound Bus Lines
Navy Pursuing Captive Liner Off Belem Becomes Appeal for Passengers
In San Juan the U S Navy renewed its appeal to rebel commander Henrique Galvao aboard the Santa Maria to redirect toward Belem and free the liner's 588 passengers, including 42 Americans, with transfers planned at sea off the Brazilian coast. Admiral Dennison urged the move to minimize Atlantic crossing. The Santa Maria, en route to West Africa, was about 750 miles northeast of Belem.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U. S. Navy
Santa Maria
Atlantic
Belem
Robert L. Dennison
U. S. Atlantic
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveiria Salazar
West Africa
Brazil
Dennison
Henrique M. Galvao
Amazon River
Fires Plague Greater Portland Area With Fatal Blazes
The Associated Press reports multiple fires across greater Portland in the last 24 hours, killing five people. Fatalities include a Rumford family trapped in an apartment blaze and Leo Gould Sr. of Waldoboro in a tank truck explosion. Additional blazes damaged a Dixmont farmstand, left seven Belfast residents homeless, and scorched an auxiliary building at Purpo dock Golf Club in Cape Elizabeth. A 200-year-old West Falmouth brick home also suffered extensive damage.
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Associated Press
Greater Portland
Rumford
John C. Orino
South Portland
Leo Gould, Sr
Waldoboro
Dixman
Cecil Bickford
Bickford
Belfast
Arthur Bouchard
James
Arthur Grunwald
Purpoo‘dock Golf Club
Cape Elizabeth
James Jones
West Falmouth
Clifford Farm House
Bernard H. Grey
Cold Wave Persists As Maine Sees Weaker Snowfall
Portland reports only an inch of snow as a coastal storm moves out, with temperatures staying above zero in southern Maine for the first time in nine days. Old Town remains the coldest, at 11 below, while Augusta and Eastport stay above zero. Arctic air returns tonight with lows near 10 below in the south and 20 below in the north, and five-day forecasts show no warming trend.
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Portland
Maine
Mercury
Tem
Goldwater Praises Kennedy Choice of Dr Travell as White House Doctor
Senator Barry Goldwater lauds President Kennedy’s appointment of Dr Janet Travell as White House physician. He notes she treated Kennedy’s back for years and jokes about getting his own appointment. Travell, 59, is married to a New York stock broker and previously treated Kennedy’s wartime back injury.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Kennedy
Janet Travel
White House
Jack
Goldwater
New York
Sen. Kennedy
Arizonan
Travell
Moscow Seen On Verge Of Another Space Shot
The Soviet Union may launch two men in a single capsule, winning the space race by carrying two astronauts. Pacific range ships monitor target areas as Moscow speeds toward a manned orbit, challenging U.S. plans for a single-orbit mission.
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Moscow
Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Pacific Ocean
United States
Atlantic Range
Kennedy denies plans to seek elective office in 1962
Edward Kennedy, youngest Kennedy brother, says he has no plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat left by his brother. He also did not rule out the possibility of accepting an appointive post as an assistant U.S. attorney in Boston, despite speculation.
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Boston
Edward
Ted) Kennedy
Kennedy
U. S
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