Mothers March Tonight A Door Count survey aids polio effort
The 1960 Mothers March in Saco and Biddeford adds a Door Count survey to measure polio birth defects arthritis and vaccination status. Co chairs Mrs Patrick Lunetta and Mrs Howard Shaffer announce household folders to record conditions and vaccine doses for local planning and donations to the March of Dimes.
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Saco
Patrick Lunetta
Howard Shaffer
Mothers Maren Division
National Foundation
Biddeford
Pepperell Hall
Bid
Principals mum in large property negotiations
Rumors circulate that Philip Scammon owner of City Square Auto Parts has purchased Beach Motors building at 445 Elm Street from Irving Beach. Scammon and Beach refused to comment while reports claim possible demolition to create Adams Street parking space.
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Biddeford
Philip Scammon
City Square
Adams Street
Beach Motors
Cubans Blame U S For Chill In Relations
In Havana the Cuban government holds the United States responsible for the cooling of U S Cuba ties. President Osvaldo Corticos in a televised policy address says the rift stems from U S government misunderstanding of the Cuban revolution and insists problems can be solved through normal diplomatic channels with full respect for sovereignty. He responds to President Eisenhower's counsel of non intervention in Cuban matters.
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Havana
United States
Eisenhower
Osvaldo Corticos
Corticos
White House
Palm Sunday Festival Set by Biddeford-Saco Churches
The Palm Sunday music festival will be held April 10 at 7 30 p m in the White church Biddeford with Horace Killiam directing and Mrs Carl Deis Jr as organist Leon Lancey is committee chairman Rehearsals begin February 28 at 3 p m in the Whitechurch vestry and run Sundays through April 10 attendees include Horace Killiam Leon Lancey Mrs Carl Deis Jr Mrs Albert Kaleel Mrs Carleton Crogan and Robert Fenderson.
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Tr White Church
Biddeford
Biddeford-Saco
Horace Killiam
Leon Lancey
Carl Deis, Jr
Albert Kaleel
Carleton Crogan
Robert Fenderson
Maine Senate Rebuffs Private School Bus Funding Bill
The Maine Senate deadlocked 16 to 16 to not reconsider its defeat of the private school bus bill at the current special session. The measure would let municipalities fund pupil transportation to non profit private schools, amid a Maine Supreme Court ruling limiting public funds for such use. Senator Martin sought reconsideration, but remained opposed. a new favorable vote would have been unlikely. Continued on Page Two.
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Augusta
Maine
Senate
Martin
Rodney E. Ross Jr
Rbath
Menn
Saco Grader Is On Duty After Storm Preparations
Parts for Saco disable road grader arrived yesterday afternoon and crews worked late to place it in service by morning. Eighteen men began snow removal at 6 a m while waste pickups return to normal. Biddeford crews kept streets clear as Kennebunkport schools dismissed at noon due to the storm.
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Saco
Timothy Crowley
Crowley
Saco Steel Company
Biddeford
Kennebunkport
Girl Hurt Getting Off Local Bus
Miss Nancy Turcotte a 17 year old student of St Andre high school from Old Orchard Beach sustained injuries falling while alighting from a local bus. She was admitted to Weber hospital and kept under observation for a day or two with bruises and X rays to check for further injuries.
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Nancy Turcotte
Union Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Webber Hospital
St. Andre High School
M. P. Houle
Protestant Magazines Question Kennedy Catholic Influence
Two major Protestant magazines the Christian Century and The Lutheran warned that if John F Kennedy becomes president he would be subject to Catholic Church discipline due to his withdrawal from an interfaith chapel service in Philadelphia in 1951. They cited Kennedy 1951 decision saying he had “no credentials” because the archdiocese could not support the chapel. The magazines predicted religious scrutiny would accompany a Kennedy White House bid.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
The
Christian Century
Lutheran
Kennedy
Philadelphia
Greenland
Hills Beach Erosion Study Discussed by Officials
A Hills Beach delegation and a U S Army Corps of Engineers representative met in Mayors office to review an erosion survey begun last July and expanded this week. The four person land survey team is led by Ralph Hamilton with a future hydrographic party to follow. Local association leaders Fred Warren Alice Snow Eddie Goulet and William Sutton attended with Mayor Deschambault and City Solicitor.
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Hills Beach
Clement H. Deschambault
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Harry Perdikis
Waltham
Mass
Ralph Hamilton
The
Hills Beach Association
Fred Warren
Alice Snow
Eddie Goulet
William Sutton
Deschambault
City Solic
Sweat-Shirt Mutineers Protest Drury College Dress Rule
Springfield AP report details a student revolt at Drury College over a dress for dinner rule. SMS students and outside supporters turned Drury dining into a soup line protest with over 200 rebels in sweat shirts while faculty ate by the dining hall.
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Springfield
Drury College
Missouri State College
Drury
College
James Findlay
Findlay
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St. Andre Federal Credit Union
Credit Union
Bacon Street
Credit
Leonard Levasseur
Maurice Hebert
Ernest Therrien
Joseph Plamondon
Robert Gosselin
Arthur Boissonneault
Wilfred Fortier
John Beauchemin
Armana Fecteau
Roger Nadeau
Federal Auditor
Willie Laverriere
Emile Lamontagne
Walter Sparkowich
Rosaire Cote
Nathaniel Pierce
Frank Bill
Judy Goodwins
Suzanne Hall
Fernand Bourque
Lucien Bertrand
Ann Hoctor
Roland Bois
Joseph Doherty
Raymond Roy
Rita Dumas
Esther Springer
Maurice Chappell
Samuel
Dolly Chretien
Georgette Souliere
Isabelle Chretien
Laurette Lewis
Gerard Petit
Marion Brown
Lucien Doyon
Andrea Hebert
Nancy Yoho
Leo Marcoux
Orphilda Chabot
Mary Jones
Anita Payheur
Theodore Cote
Lorraine Montpas
Fern Gagnon
Rita Choiniere
Walter Nelson
Dorothy Hall
Suzanne Boissonnault
Margo Courchaine
Monique _ Boissonneault
Laure Pruneau
Raymond Couture
Albert Gardella
Gerard Sevigny
Missy
Carol Ann Sevigny
Linda Sevigny
Howard Barnes
Genevieve McDonald
Samuel Karlin
Margaret Couture
Marilyn Couture
Bernard Shapiro
Beverly Dunton
Ben. Remar
Newman McDonald
Raymond Kelleher
Omer Plourde
Leo Simensky
Edward Carp
Maurice Roux
Judy McNaughton
Jane McNaughton
Vickie Goodwin
Joan de Silva
Joan Boissonneault
Suzanne Roy
Elaine Boissononeault
Roland St. Ours
Doris Norton
Theresa Gonthier
Martha Masse
Pauline Morin
Germaine Landry
Helen Lauzier
Bertha Moulin
Dot Shaw
Rita Davis
Millie Cantara
Theresa St. Ours
Claudette Collard
Carol St. Ours
John Hajdusz
Rita Reilly
Lucille Gregoire
Zoeitsa Economos
Carolyn Lee
Karen Saucier
Alice Bissell
Beverly Bissell
Nancy Hem
Swift
Roosters
Fred Street
Gen
Fea. Corp
For Your Family TV
Main Street
Kodak Polaroid
Bell & Howell
Argus
Merton Ira Staples
Amvets
Post
Alfred Street
Arnold Ballard
Victor Tremblay
Major Lessard Jr
Leonard Bouchard
George Huff
Activitie
Granite Street
Hills
Lamb
Shurfine
Jerry’s Meat Mart
P. S
Jerry
T-Bone
Simard’s
Grand Ole Opry
Biddeford Knigars
Columbus Central Theatre
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