Maine records worst Fourth of July death toll in history
A Maine holiday weekend toll of sixteen violent deaths included nine traffic fatalities five from a single wreck and six drownings plus one farm accident. Gov Reed, Police Chief Marx, and Highway Safety officials blamed speed and recklessness while urging education and vigilance.
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Associated Press
Maine
New England
John H. Reed
Arlyn A. Barnard
The
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Nation's Fourth of July traffic toll hits new record
The long Fourth of July weekend produced a record high in traffic fatalities with totals topping 500 and including a surge in boating accidents and drownings. Officials noted late reports may push the toll past 500, far below the all time holiday peak of 706 in 1956.
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National Guard
Barnard
National Safety Council
Chuckles on sanity and numbers from a quirky quote
A humorous quip contrasts normal, psychotic, and neurotic views on two and two. It notes a normal person accepts four, a psychotic insists five and believes it, while a neurotic holds both four and five simultaneously.
Area Redevelopment To Get Under Way At Once
The Department of Economic Development will organize groups in Biddeford Saco and 20 northern and western York County towns to develop a program under the Federal Area Redevelopment Act. Designated by the U S Secretary of Commerce on June 13 the area aims to tackle persistent unemployment with federal funds likely for technical services municipal improvements and retraining. The 21 towns include Acton Alfred Arundel Buxton Cornish Dayton Hollis Kennebunk Kennebunkport Lebanon Limerick Limington Lyman Newfield North Berwick Old Orchard Beach Parsonsfield Sanford Shapleigh Waterboro and the cities of Biddeford and Saco. The area population is 71539.
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Department of Economic Development
Biddeford
Saco
York County
U.s.secretary of Commerce
John H. Reed
Agricultural Extension Service
Maine Forest Service
State Department of Agriculture and Sea and Shore Fisheries
Sulo Tani
DED Division of Research and Planning
Tani
Acton
Alfred
Arundel
Buxton
Cornish
Dayton
Hollis
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Lebanon
Limerick
Limington
Lyman
Newfield
North Berwick
Old Orchard Beach
Parsonsfield
Sanford
Shapleigh
Waterboro
Strikers Riot In Algiers Marks Wider Algerian Unrest
Moslem demonstrators and riot forces clash across Algeria as a 24 hour general strike erupts in support of Ferhat Abbas regime and opposition to De Gaulle. At least 12 killed in Telergma Miliana Castiglione clashes as police and troops deploy in Algiers Bab-el-Oued.
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Algiers
Algeria
Ferhat Abbas
Charles de Gaulle
Telergma
Miliana
Rrillas
Castiglione
Algiers Casbah
Mossem
Contests Set For New Church Post In United Church of Christ
Philadelphia reverend James E. Wagner campaigns against Norwood Ohio pastor Ben M. Herbster as two-way race for the presidency of the United Church of Christ unfolds after the new denomination’s constitution takes effect. Delegates in Maine name a top titular officer for a two year term as power centers form under a two stream E and R governance structure tracing roots to German Protestantism and Pilgrim era Congregational Christians. The merger unites Congregational Christian Churches with Evangelical and Reformed Church, the first cross origin national union in U S Protestant history.
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Philadelphia
United Church of Christ
James E. Wagner
Ben M. Herbster
Norwood
Ohio
Congregational Christian Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Maine
Pilgrims
England
Row Over Saco Truck Terminal Developments
Biddeford attorney Atty Edward L Caron described a three hour Saco city council meeting as the most irresponsible he attended. He said his clients motel owners would pursue court action against A and B Trucking over a claimed illegal truck terminal on Ocean Park road. He contended evidence supported the charge, while alleging harassment during the meeting.
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Atty
Edward L. Caron
Biddeford
Saco
Caron
Board of Aldermen
Peter W. Hellige
Martha Cloutier
A and B
Ocean Park Road
Atty Caron
E Biddeford
Alcide Deschenbeault
Benjamin Rycosky
Louis Soucy
A & R Trucking Company of
Vermont
Babysitter On FBI Most Wanted List Hid In Plain View
In Philadelphia, Kenneth Holleck Sharp, 29, known to the Bloom family as Bryan Brenton, was hired as a babysitter for the Bloom children ages 2, 4 and 8 while they aided authorities. Sharp, wanted since 1952 for the murder of a Chicago service station attendant, was captured by the FBI after five years in the city. The Blooms, shocked by his true identity, plan to testify in Chicago and offered to help however possible.
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Philadelphia
FBI
Jack Bloom
Blooms
Bryan Brenton
Kenneth Holleck Sharp
Chicago
Sharp
Bloom
Israel Fires Rocket Into Space
Israel announced its first successful space rocket launch, a meteorological Shavit II from a Mediterranean site. Premier Ben-Gurion witnessed the event as scientists tested stratosphere conditions, with a sodium cloud at peak height and no onboard radio gear.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Mediterranean
Pur
David Ben-Gurion
United States
Soviet Union
France
Orion
Italy
Japan
Castro Blames US Embargoes for Cuban Famine Lard Shortage
In a national broadcast Fidel Castro accuses the United States of imperialist aggression by blocking food exports to Cuba. He notes Soviet aid of 10,000 tons of lard to offset a seized 12 carload shipment and says Cubans will ration fats, buying no more U.S. lard despite $20 million in annual imports. He cites seizures of a Cuban airliner and crop dusting planes tied to a Miami advertising firm judgment and criticizes Adlai Stevenson’s tour as part of Kennedy’s anti-C Cuban front.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Soviet Union
U.S
Castro
Florida
Miami
Florida Keys
Adlai Stevenson
South America
Kennedy
Beach Arrests Near 40 Mark
Police chief John Clark reports about 35 to 40 arrests by Orchard Beach police over the Fourth of July weekend for intoxication affrays speeding drunken driving passing stop signs and other violations. Warrants are being prepared by Trial Justice Wesley M Mewer for hearings tonight and tomorrow.
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Ch Orchard Beach
John Clark
Clark
Wesley M. Mewer
Saco Court Hears Seventeen Cases From Beach Area
Seventeen cases were heard in Saco Municipal Court by Judge Hilary F. Mahaney and Associate Judge William F. Wilson Jr. The morning session included twelve liquor cases from Old Orchard Beach during the Fourth of July weekend, while Mahaney handled traffic violations. Several defendants faced fines for illegal liquor possession, drinking in public, and intoxication, with amounts ranging from $10 to $25. Bail was defaulted for three youths who failed to appear.
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Saco Municipal Court
Hilary F. Mahaney
William F. Wilson, Jr
Wilson
Old Orchard Beach
Mahaney
Orrey P. Young
Pittsfield
Mass
Roland R. Wear
Topsham
Gaston Gougeon
Montreal
Raoul A. Boutin
Atlantic Avenue
Richard G. Leggett
Joseph §. Gordon
South
Portland
Sion
Donald G. Fournier
Sullivan Street
Biddeford
Raynald E. Labbe, Jr
St. John Street
Richard T. Howard
James J. Grace
Springfield
Paul W. Kaplan
Newton
Lawrence Ahern
George J. Demers
Lawrence
William J. Lynes
Emery Street
Merton C. Wright
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Charles Prior
Elwin Libby
Jean Richard Letendre
Everett Bowden
Siami Ruel Ricker
Ross Perkins
Ken Pendleton
Ovide Poitras
Arthur Savage
Raymond Smith
Ocean Park
Robert Marx
Marx
Main Street
Goose Rocks Beach
GRB Association
Roy Quinn
Peter Barrett
Kathryn Mul
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Saco Court
Ferry Road
Stone Street
Elmwood Drive
Glenhaven Circle
Bay View Road
Maple Drive
Timothy Crowley
Saco Street
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