Holiday Fourth of July Weekend Closes Local Facilities
The area braces for the Fourth of July holiday with many out-of-state cars entering the twin cities. Banks stores and municipal offices in Saco and Biddeford will close tomorrow and The Journal will not publish. A fatality on the Maine Turnpike marks the holiday period as traffic remains heavy. Old Orchard Beach plans a fireworks display at 9 30 p m and Pepperell Manufacturing pauses for the week. Mail delivery is suspended in Biddeford and Saco.
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Saco
Twin Cities
Biddeford
Journal
John Henry Harms
Portland
WCHS
Maine
Old Orchard Beach
Pepperell Manufacturing’ Company
Holiday Traffic Deaths Are Ahead Of Estimate
Safety officials warn that highway deaths over the Independence Day weekend are running about 25 percent above estimates by the National Safety Council. With 450 expected through Tuesday, officials say the final toll could reach 550, surpassing the 491 record set in 1950.
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National Safety Council
Council
George C. Stewart
Knox ‘City
Macon
Associated Press
Brunswick journalist selected for national briefing in Colorado Springs
Topsham AP headquarters says Harry G. Shulman of Brunswick, Brunswick District correspondent for Guy Gannett papers, is one of ten Northeastern newspapermen invited to a special briefing at Colorado Springs this week for the Bangor Air Defense Sector SAGE initiative.
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Topsham
Bangor
SAGE
Harry G. Shulman
Brunswick
United States
Colorado Springs
Colo
Shulman
Guy Gannett
Chuckle Caption on Brain Capacity
Humorous line compares the human brain to a freight car with a fixed capacity yet often running empty. Attributed to Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp., the quip reflects a light take on mental load and memory.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Hemingway Dies From Gun Shot At Idaho Retreat
Ernest Hemingway aged 61 died from a shotgun blast at his Sun Valley home. Mary Hemingway found the body in pajamas and called a doctor. Coroner called the wound personal safety related and possibly accidental, with no inquest planned unless new facts emerge.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Ernest Hemingway
Sunny
Mary
Hemingway
Ray McGoldrick
Frank Hewitt
Hemmingway
Kennedy
No Journal On Tuesday Observes Fourth of July Holiday
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish on Tuesday in observance of the Fourth of July national holiday.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Pepperell Park Cleared For Saco School Site Claim
Atty. Dean F. Jewett reports it is legally permissible to use Pepperell Park for a school. He reviewed a nine acre parcel and found no park dedication in law, noting prior uses and a 1811 academy on the site, with the city needing only action to clear the front half for a $399,000 elementary school.
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Dean F. Jewett
Saco
Pepperell Park
Atty. Jewett
7 Park
Jewett
Sir William Pepperell
Massachusetts Commonwealth
Pepperell
Saco Academy
York County
Old Burying Grounds
Agricultural Society
Cornelius Sweetser
City of
First Parish Congregational Church
Il Am
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Inunction Sought to End Maritime Strike Under Taft-Hartley
The federal government sought a Taft-Hartley injunction to end an 80 day maritime strike by about 80 000 seamen. President Kennedy approved the move, saying it would restore full operation while not hindering settlement efforts. Labor Secretary Goldberg advised the action at Hyannis Port with Atty. Gen. Kennedy and others present.
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New York
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
U.S
Robert M. Morgenthau
Cape Cod
Goldberg
Secretary of
Architect Named For TA Projects At Thornton Academy
Irving W. Hers ey associates of Durham New Hampshire named architects and consulting engineers for Thornton Academy's two phase renovation plan. Phase one converts the auditorium into three 30 seat classrooms by fall and builds a new classroom building and gymnasium with total project cost near one million dollars over 10 years. Survey work by Irving Hers ey president of Hers ey Associates noted. classrooms to be completed by September with more work planned soon.
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Irving W. Hersey
George Addison Emery
Academy
Irving Hersey
Hersey Associates
British Guard Tightens Kuwait Front Amid Iraqi Tensions
More than 2,000 British troops stood guard in Kuwait with commandos and paratroopers arriving to complete a two day landing operation. Saudi forces aided Kuwait, while London warned of action if Iraq crossed Kuwait's frontier. A UN security council mission pressed Kuwait's claim that Iraq endangers its independence and oil wealth.
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Kuwait
Iraq
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
United Nations Security Council
New York
Sheik Abdullah As- Salim As-Sabah
Britain
The
Security Council
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America
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Maine Turnpike
Harms
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Wilbur Leighton
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