Medicare questions and Social Security answers for readers
A sequence of reader inquiries on Medicare coverage and Social Security eligibility. Topics include chiropractic services not covered by Medicare, Railroad Retirement Board beneficiaries and the $35 special benefit, disability benefits not retroactive before 1956, retirement timing and first Social Security check timing, back payments for late eligibility, and spousal or familial Social Security exemptions for those working for relatives.
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Medicare
Railroad Retirement Board
RRB
Social Security
Miss V. S
Miss S
Social Security Office
Internal Revenue Service Office
Portland Hospitals Raise Nurses and Staff Wages
Maine Medical Center and Mercy Hospital in Portland announce May salary increases. Starting minimum for registered professional nurses rises from 90 to 110 dollars per week. Other hospital staff receive similar boosts and all overall minimum wages go from 1.35 to 1.45 dollars per hour.
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Portland
Maine Medical Center
Mercy Hospital
Nuclear test shows cobalt-60 speeds potato growth in rest period
The U S Atomic Energy Commission's Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Richland Washington reports that a light dose of radiation from cobalt-60 can interrupt a potato's normal 60 to 90 day rest period before sprouting and trigger premature growth.
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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific Northwest Laboratory
Richland
Wash
Engaged Marie-Luise Fokken to Thomas L MacDonald
Announcement by Mr and Mrs Fred E Clark of Saco Maine outlines engagement of Marie-Luise Fokken daughter of Rev Albert Fokken and Mrs Fokken of Germany to Thomas L MacDonald son of Beatrice MacDonald and the late Lloyd MacDonald He is a Farmington State Teachers College graduate and U S Navy veteran working as a customs inspector in Coburn Gore The couple plan a wedding next October in Germany
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Marie-Luise Fokken
Thomas L. MacDonald
Eustis
Fred E. Clark
Ferry Road
Saco
Miss Fokken
Albert Fokken
Mengershausen
Germany
America
Clark
Walkenzin
Newbrandenburg
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Beatrice MacDonald
Eustice
Lloyd M. MacDonald
Stratton High School
Farmington State Teachers College
U.S. Navy
Coburn Gore
Valliere
Sanford High Wrestling Club Beats Biddeford 36 to 9
Sanford defeats Biddeford 36 to 9 at Steve White Memorial Gym. Raymond Brulotte and Roger Brochu led Biddeford with a pin and a tie, while Sanford won most classes including 121 and 127 pounds. One match forfeited to Sanford.
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Biddeford High School
Steve White
Sanford
Biddeford
Raymond Brulotte
Tigers
Roger Brochu
Ronnie Goddell
Leon
Brochu
Brulotte
Tuttle
W. Leighton
Bishop
Monroe
Cleary
Mercier
Bourque
Peck
Treadwell
Poirier
L. Leighton
Pappas
Goddell
Lavigne
Shufelt
Cantara
Sponsor Calls for Defeat of Primary Date Bill
Maine Senator Bennett Katz of Augusta urged defeating his own bill to move the June primary to September citing insufficient time to prepare for November’s general election. He spoke before a legislative committee on election laws after consulting the State Election Division.
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Augusta
Maine
Bennett Katz
Ieady
Katz
Area School Menus Across Saco Biddeford and St Louis High
Weekly lunch menus list items for Saco public schools St Andre s Biddeford public schools and St Louis High School including entrees sides desserts and beverages. Entries cover Monday through Friday with varied dishes such as Spanish Style Franks Sloppy Joe Fish Sticks Grape Juice Turkey Sandwich Ravioli and more accompanied by milk.
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St. Andre’s School
Biddeford
St. Louis High School
Cousens School
Kennebunk
School Lunch Menu Fragments from Maine Districts
Old Orchard Beach, Cousens School, Thornton Academy and others list weekly menus with daily meals. Items include chicken stews, sausages, soups, shrimp patties, corned beef, tuna, and varied sides plus milk, fruit, desserts, and bread.
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Old Orchard Beach
Hamburg
Maine Lawmakers Average Age 55 in 103rd Legislature
Augusta AP report shows 103rd Maine legislature with 151 representatives and 34 senators including 116 natives of Maine and eight born abroad. Average age 55, many businessmen, 13 women, eight born outside the U S, and a shift away from lawyers toward merchants and real estate. Florence Italy reference at article end.
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Augusta
Senate
House
Canada
Frank Norris
West
Peru
Lithuania
Herman D. Sahagian
Belgrade
Armenia
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Delaware
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Missouri
Robert L. Couturier
D-Lewiston
John L. Martin
D-Eagle Lake
Saco Madisses Install Officers
Mrs. Doris Stackpole became president with Mavis Gray as vice president and Louise Sanborn as treasurer at the First Parish Congregational Church United Church of Christ meeting in Saco. Other officers were Florence Bohlin secretary Lois Currier publicity chairman Geneve Lamontagne sunshine chairman. Donations were voted to the Church Memorial Fund for Marion Kennedy and Mildred Tibbetts. A quilt project was started with Florence Orthrop LaMontagne and Mavis Gray in charge. A covered dish supper preceded the business session and a swap party followed social hour. Next meeting set for February 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the parish house.
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Doris Stackpole
First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Saco
Mavis Gray
Louise Sanborn
Florence Bohlin
Lois Currier
Geneve Lamontagne
Sunshine
Barbara Freeman
Church Memorial Fund
Marion Kennedy
Mildred Tibbetts
Florence Orthrop
Lamontagne
Gray
Ruth Meserve
Ethel Smith
Jean Davis
Marion Lacy
Truman Talks About Price Of Freedom
Former state legislator Plato Truman spoke at the Tighe-Beau doin-Farley American Legion Post in Biddeford on What Price is Freedom Worth with a follow up QandA. New members Henry Tartre John Chenard Louis Cyr were welcomed and reports read.
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Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Post
Elm Street
Biddeford
Plato Truman
John Chenard
Louis Cyr
Robert Poire
Reynald Boisvert
House Committee
Joseph Zaitlin
John Miller
Fred Russell, Jr
Robert FE. Lee
Boris Gottlieb
Zaitlin
Veterans Hospital
Tagus
Polycarpe Richard
Edie Giroux
Joseph Hanusek
Henry Tartre
Louis Cyrand
York County Council
Saco
Owen-Davis Post
American Legion
Joseph Bastarache
Adrien L'Heureux
Nude man seen walking across York bridge
A man wearing no clothes was reported walking naked across Wriggly Bridge in York. Police chief Albert Moulton said a woman saw him park on Lindsay Road, cross toward Route 103, then sprint back to his car and drive away.
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York
Albert Moulton
Lindsay Road
Wriggly Bridge
Evans to head Paramount as film slate announced
Actor Bob Evans, 36, takes leadership role at Paramount Studios with Bernard Donnenfeld as administrator. They unveil upcoming projects including Catch 22 with Alan Arkin, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever with Barbra Streisand, Paint Your Wagon with Eddie Fisher, Sam Sheppard Story by Sidney Furie, Barbarella with Jane Fonda, The Odd Couple with Lemmon and Matthau, The Battle of Britain, Villa Rides with Yul Brynner and Robert Mitchum.
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Hollywood
Robert Evans
Paramount Studios
Bob Evans
Irving Thalberg
Thalberg
Norma Shearer
Evans
Sun Valley
Idaho
Alan Jay Lerner
Eddie Fisher
Sam Sheppard
Sidney Furie
Jane Fonda
Roger Vadim
Jack Lemmon
Walter Matthau
Britain
Harry Saltzman
Villa
Yul Brynener
Robert Mitchum
Ombudsman Plan Labeled Utopian
Rep. Joseph Dalfonso calls Maine ombudsman plan utopian and quixotic while Gov Curtis includes it in the Maine Action Plan. The proposal would empower an ombudsman to investigate citizen complaints against government agencies.
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Portland
Office of
Maine Ombudsman
Joseph D’alfonso
D’alfonso
Kenneth Curtis
Maine
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