Biddeford council approves funds for high school gear and new supermarket
The Biddeford City Council authorized 125000 toward equipment for the Biddeford High School and gymnasium and read an application for a 200000 Newman V Bagley supermarket at Five Points funded by a bond issue. Bonds in 1000 denomination mature 12,500 yearly plus interest from 1962 to 1971. The city also plans to designate a clear zone at the municipal airport and transfer 15000 from contingencies to highway and welfare accounts.
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Biddeford High School
Biddeford
Newman V. Bagley
Richard Moore
Clement Deschambault
James L'Heureux
Albert Chretien
Federal Aviation Agency
Victor Fleurant
Highway District No. 4
Welfare Department
Lionel
Diana C. Gardner
Richard Howard
Chasse
Upper Elm Street
Deschambault
Bagley
Roland Cadorette
Cadorette
Bagley's Inc
L'Heureux
Chretien
Retiring church usher trains successor on pew duties
An elderly church usher guides his youthful replacement through duties noting the congregation’s friendliness until someone new sits in a pew. The joke wraps with a quip about careful seating and church decorum.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Freedom Riders Probe Declared Closed by AP
An investigation into how Mississippi treated the Freedom Riders appears closed, with Minnesota officials declining to speak until a report is filed. Minnesota Atty. Gen. John Casey Jr and Mrs. Wright Brooks joined Gov. Andersen in examining jails and penal facilities after interviewing five riders, four from Minnesota, as Rev. King urged nonviolence at a Jackson rally.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Minnesota
Elmer Andersen
John Casey, Jr
Wright Brooks
Minnesota Human Rights Commission
Andersen
Ross Barnett
Brooks
Newburgh
N.Y
Maine Quads Nine Years Old Today
STANDISH AP The Pinkham household marks nine years since quadruplets Bill Jane Becky and Melissa were born. They recovered from measles and anticipate gifts and a giant birthday cake mother Silas Pinkham baked. Father a carpenter tends a garden with the family selling vegetables at a roadside stand to fund winter clothes.
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Standish
Pinkham
Bill
Jane
Becky
Melissa
Silas ‘Pinkham
Magicians Expose Secrets At Atlantic City Convention
At Atlantic City, about 500 members of the International Brotherhood of Magicians convened and shared tricks openly. They stressed that a magician’s skill matters more than secrets, with Okito noting mastery surpasses mere technique and secrets are publicly accessible in libraries.
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Khrushchev
International Brotherhood of Magicians
Okito
Atlas Missile Sets Longest Flight Record and Kuwait Readies Fight
CAPE CANAVERAL FLAP: an Atlas missile flew 9050 miles to the Indian Ocean in the longest flight for the new Atlas E series marking its first long range success. In Kuwait, Army Chief Mubarak al Sabah warned that Iraq trains near the border and Kuwait stands ready to defend with Saudi aid and American equipment as frontier movements continue on a tense frontier.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Indian Ocean
Air Force
Kuwait
Iraq
Abdul Karim Kassem
Kassem
Sheik Mubarak al Jabar al Sabah
Mubarak
Saco approves 3 more home permits to reach 18 for year
Building Inspector Peter Hellige signed three new housing permits in Saco, raising total new starts this year to 18 versus last year’s 15. The three permits bring total issued this year to 71 with a combined value of 833,200 dollars. Parcels include Rodney Perkins at 221 North Street for a 26 by 40 ranch and 14 by 22 garage, Joseph W. Vire at 560 Main Street South Portland for a 24 by 30 ranch with porch, and Fernand Precourt on Boom Road for a 48 by 28 ranch with 22 by 22 attached garage.
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Saco
Peter Hellige
Rodney Perkins
North Street
Colonial Drive
Joseph W. Vire
Main Street
South Portland
Ocean Park Road
Fernand Precourt
Boom Road
Berry Road
Spray Truck Poses Danger in Old Orchard Beach
The Public Works mosquito spray unit in Old Orchard Beach draws youngsters toward its smoke like vapor during patrols. The Department of Civil Defense and Public Safety warns motorists to slow and proceed with care and urges parents to keep children from darting into the spray wake.
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Public Works Department
Old Orchard Beach
Department of Civil Defense and Public Safety
No New Buildup By Soviets In Germany
Washington reports no major Soviet troop shifts in East Germany beyond summer maneuvers as Khrushchev reopens Berlin tensions. East Germany hosts about 20 Soviet divisions and six satellite divisions, with Poland and Czechoslovakia adding 14 divisions each. Western plans discuss expanding American, French, and British forces in West Germany to bolster Berlin defenses.
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Washington
Berlin
East Germany
Khrushchev
West
Poland
Czechoslovakia
England
West Germany
Europe
Soviet Union
Germany
Nuclear Ship Is All OK on First Sea Trials
Boston AP reports the first nuclear powered surface combatant, the Long Beach, completed sea trials with flying colors. Vice Admiral John T. Hayward led a 20 member board noting the propulsion tests were very successful and met design requirements. Admiral Rickover aboard confirmed the positive performance and cost projections suggest future nuclear ships may match conventional-priced rivals. The 721 foot cruiser, keel laid Dec 2 1957 in Quincy, will be commissioned Sept 9. Long Beach is the first missile guided major offensive and defensive ship.
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Boston
John T. Hayward
Naval Operations
Hyman G. Rickove
Rickover
Bureau of Ships For Nuclear Propulsion
Hayward
Long Beach
Quincy
Huge Underground Test Area At Nevada Site Draws Scrutiny
The Atomic Energy Commission advances a vast tunnel complex at Yucca Flats Nevada despite a 32 month test ban. Experts warn the site could host future neutron bomb tests with a design to minimize damage to property while harming people. Reports describe a deep, 48 mile by 28 mile area with firing vaults, ground zero markers, and continuous tunneling as the facility awaits resumption of testing.
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Yucca Flats
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
AEC
Las Vegas
Commission
Radiation
Livermore
Calif
U.S
Soviet Union
Nevada
Marvin Miles
Larry Sharkey
Los Angeles Times
Miles
WPG
Rainier Mesa
Kennedy To Mull Berlin Problems Kennedy To Mull Berlin Problems
President Kennedy flies to Cape Cod for a weekend and will confer on the Berlin and German problems with three key advisers. Attendees include Dean Rusk Robert McNamara and Gen Maxwell Taylor in a series of ongoing discussions. The White House says the meeting is not an emergency or crisis but part of regular talks.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Berlin
Pierre Salinger
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell
Salinger
Germany
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