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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1962

Page

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Byrd Rejects Chamber Tax Cut Plan

Sen Harry Byrd of Virginia rejects the U S Chamber of Commerce call for a substantial income tax cut calling it inflationary and expanding the federal deficit to more than 15 billion dollars. He cites expert estimates and notes a 6 billion baseline deficit.

Washington Harry F. Byrd D-Va Senate Finance Committee U.S. Chamber of Commerce Byrd John J. Williams R-Del Chamber Williams Senate Congressional Wen Nelson A. Rockefeller New York Michael V. DiSalle Ohio Edmund G. Brown California United States Chamber of Commerce

Salad Days Dilemma Sparks Laughs About Lettuce

A humorous note ponders the classic problem of a man’s salad days. The joke hinges on needing more lettuce to match tomatoes, playing on abundance and comic financial or appetite constraints.

Gen Fea, Corp

Reds Wall Up Border as Berlin Ends Barbed Wire Era

West Berlin police observed the Communists extending the border wall with concrete and steel along the 26 mile arc from Falkensee toward the northwest, replacing barbed wire as East Germany intensifies security after a call to harden the barrier.

Falkenseer Chaussee Falkensee Seegefelder Weg West Berlin Karl Maron

Couture Held in $10,000 Bail for Connecticut Theft

Reynard A. Couture, 27, of Biddeford, is held on $10,000 bail for the September term of Superior Court after pleading guilty in Municipal Court. Police say he stole furs and jewelry worth $15,000 from Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sanford of Wilton, Conn., and sold the pieces to a storekeeper.

Reynard A. Couture Biddeford Connecticut Couture Charles H. Sanford Wilton Conn

No Journal On Holiday

The Journal will not publish tomorrow due to the July 4 holiday. All departments will be closed.

Synn killer hunt widens in Boston area slayings

An intensive cooperative effort begins to find a killer after three similar strangulation deaths in Boston and Lynn. Police form three two-man teams to aid the homicide bureau, as two victims were in Boston and one in Lynn. Victims Helen Blake Nina Nichols Anna Slesers were all strangled in their apartments with items found inside, all three apartments ransacked, two rape cases reported, and none solved.

Nina G. Nichols Boston Brighton Anna FE. Slesers Back Bay

Many Set For Holiday Season Here

The holiday season arrives in force tonight with thousands of visitors expected for the 4th of July. Old Orchard Beach plans expanded police coverage as over 10 000 tourists are anticipated in the resort area. Municipal offices in Saco Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach will close for the holiday. Banks and stores in Biddeford and Saco will observe the holiday. The Biddeford Saco Journal will not be published. Law enforcement will operate around the clock to cut traffic accidents on Maine highways. Most area industries closed last Friday for the summer vacation period.

Old Orchard Beach Saco Biddeford Biddeford-Saco Maine

Biddeford Council weighs beach rights urged by Fortunes Rocks group

About 100 residents from Fortunes Rocks Biddeford Pool urged the council to pursue rights of way and beach parking along Route 9. The council ordered city solicitor Cookson to seek land by purchase or eminent domain to remove a traffic hazard and create a public park and playground, while rights of way and parking plans await further study.

Fortunes Rocks Biddeford Pool Biddeford State Highway Commission Albert W. Cookson Cookson Clement H. Deschambault Roland L'Heureux Beach Deschambault L'Heureaux Dutremble Hanthe Court House Alfred Repo Lat Lucien Dutremble York Commission William Hancock State Police Hancock

GOP Harmony Is Off Too by James Marlow

The piece notes rising disunity in both major parties ahead of the November elections. Kennedy cites a dismal Democratic record despite big margins, while Eisenhower pushes for unity. Goldwater criticizes the All-Republican Conference plan, and leaders like Dirksen and Halleck stall endorsement, underscoring bipartisan fragmentation in Congress.

James Marlow Associated Press Washington Kennedy Congress Dwight D. Eisenhower Gettysburg Eisenhower Barry Goldwater Arizona Goldwater William E. Miller Miller Everett Dirksen Illinois Senate Charles Halleck Indiana House Ev and Charley Dirksen Halleck

Union And Tannery In Settlement

The National Labor Relations board withdrew its hearing complaint against the Saco Tanning company after a settlement. The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen filed the complaint alleging the firing of ten hide trimmers for concerted action. the tannery said workers quit. A compromise monetary settlement was arranged, with 310 of 322 employees remaining on the job.

National Labor Relations Board Saco Tanning Company Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America Afl-Cio NLRB

U S to Try Third High Altitude Nuclear Blast

United States plans a third attempt at a high altitude test above Johnston Island in the Pacific as Operation Dominic nears completion. The megaton device is to explode around 200 miles up between 4 am and 7:30 am EST on Wednesday night or Thursday morning, following prior aborted attempts and minor injuries from debris.

Algiers Youssef Ben Khedda Algeria de Gaulle France Evian French Christian Fouchet Abderrahmane Fares Provisional Executive Honolulu United States Johnston Island Joint Task Force 8 Johnston Christmas Island Washington Kennedy Hiroshima

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