Independence Day Celebrations Across Resorts and Parks
Independence Day festivities unfold with Moody Beach chicken barbecue led by Waldo Chick, Indian dances, and hot dog cooking under Cubmaster Henry Hampe. Wells by the Sea Chamber sponsors fireworks, two Sunday band concerts, and an old fashioned parade at Ocean Park with a flag ceremony for the 49 star standard. Old Orchard Beach plans ocean fireworks near the Pier at 10pm with local committee supervisions and sparklers for visitors, signaling a busy holiday weekend across Wells Ogunquit and nearby venues.
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Wells
Con- Wells
Ocean Park
Moody Beach
Waldo Chick
Henry Hampe
William Ireland
The
Sea Chamber of Commerce
Wells-Ogunquit
Seawall Terrace
Wells Beach Square
Ogunquit Beach
Painchand
United State
Edward R. Nelson
Portland
Elton N. Moore
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard ‘Beach
Rocco Aceto
Helen Cummings
Mildred Leonard
Bernard Osher
Fifty Police On Duty In Area Over 4th Weekend
More than 50 officers will work full time in Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach for the July 4 holiday weekend. Biddeford will field 35 officers plus Civil Defense workers for traffic control at Hills Beach Fortunes Rocks Biddeford Pool and Granite Point. Saco adds three officers and uses a radio equipped car loaned by Dr David Sheehan. Old Orchard Beach anticipates the heaviest traffic with extra officers and special police on duty to manage influx of summer visitors.
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Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Edgar Bevigny
Hills Beach
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford Pool
Granite Point
Saco Police
David Sheehan
City Lights Reveal New Main Street System
Biddeford residents witnessed the switch to a new Main Street lighting system featuring 20,000 mercury units. The first lights went on at 8 30 and the final one at 9, allowing a direct comparison with the old setup. Each light operates independently for individual control.
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Biddeford
Main Street
Bidceford
Police Muster Forces To Keep You From Killing Yourself
Traffic safety officials nationwide mobilized plans for the July Fourth weekend to curb deaths and injuries. The National Safety Council projected 350 traffic fatalities during the 54 hour period, down from 370 last year, as state patrols deploy planes, radar, ghost patrol cars, roadblocks, and warning arrests to deter reckless driving. Civic, business groups join the effort with pamphlets and billboards. Connecticut touts constant safe-driving slogans. New York State uses unmanned patrols to deter speeders. California imposes automatic six month suspensions for drunken driving first offenders.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
American Legionnaires
Iowa
California
Chuckle: Two kinds of workers in jokes
A humorous line from Copt. Gen. Fea. Corp contrasts workers who prevent blunders with those who create blunders never thought possible. The quip plays on flip sides of workplace error prevention and mishaps.
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Fea. Corp
Journal Will Not Publish Saturday Feature
The journal will skip Saturday publication due to Independence Day. A Saturday feature is included with today’s edition.
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Journal
Wee Journal
Maine Development Report Sees Optimism Amid Job Growth
Maine's development chief said 63 new fire and 55 plant expansions added 5,150 jobs in 20 years, with 2,000 more anticipated from a Lewiston electronics plant. The same period saw 5,126 industrial job losses, mostly in textiles, as the report urged better paying, professional, and technical jobs and expanded training.
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Augusta
Retina Commissioner of Development
Maine
Payrom
Fred A.clough Jr
Guv Clauson
Lewiston
Clough
New England
Long Heads Toward Re election Campaign Amid Heart Tests
Gov Earl K Long clung to plans for a Saturday bid for reelection as doctors conducted extensive heart tests after his recent release from a mental hospital. The 63 year old faced a potential setback as he traveled between Covington New Orleans and Baton Rouge while undergoing evaluations. A close associate warned of the seriousness of the condition as Long prepared for campaign events including a southern tour and a northern Louisiana beauty contest. In related news Rev Maurice G Croteau 45 assistant priest at Notre Dame Parish died yesterday of a heart attack.
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New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Paul Pratt
Long
Covington
Baton Rouge
Roosevelt
Canal Street
Louisiana
Springvale
Maurice G. Croteau
Notre Dame Parish
Higgins Resigns As Sox Boss
Boston AP reports Mike Higgins resigns as manager of the Boston Red Sox. Jack Maloney says Rudy York will handle the duties temporarily. GM Bucky Harris in Baltimore says he is speaking with several prospects for the job but names are not disclosed.
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Boston
Mike Higgins
Boston Red Sox
Jack Maloney
Sox
Rudy York
Bucky Harris
Baltimore
Red Sox
Orioles
Harris
New 49 Star Flag Official Tomorrow
The nation’s new 49 star flag becomes official at one minute past midnight. Alaska’s addition ends 47 years with the 48 star banner. Ceremonies will raise the flag at Ft McHenry Baltimore and Independence Hall Philadelphia, with the Capitol and White House also displaying it. Many buildings will still fly the old 48 star flag while stocks last. It will be legal for government and private citizens to fly the old style flag.
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Washington
America
Alaska
Ft. McHenry
Baltimore
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Capitol
White House
Mishap Restores Hearing For Garden Grove Boy
In Garden Grove California four year old J Byron Patterson who was hit by a car and dragged 44 feet two months ago has regained hearing after brain surgery for head injuries. Once almost deaf he now hears bells doors and voices and may avoid enrollment in a school for the deaf. His mother Dorothy notes progress as doctors plan tests to gauge exact hearing gains and his father Floyd works as a tool engineer with four brothers and a sister awaiting further updates.
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Garden Grove
Calif
Byron Patterson
Byron
J.B
Dorothy
Floyd
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