Local Biddeford Residents Listed For Summer Breaks And Hospital Care
Local notices list several Biddeford residents in summer plans and medical care. Mrs. Edmund Hobbins and Adelbert Houde are surgical patients at Webber Hospital. Roger Normand and others are taking rest or working summer posts at various Downtown and area locations. Stephen Bryant earns a Camp Sebago award and plays cornet in the Salvation Army camp music division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Hobbins
Jefferson Street
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Roger Normand
Cults St
Webber
Kinney
Shores
Saco
J. Richard Martin
Kathleen
Brazil
Alex Martin
Kinney Shores
Stella Eukins
RFD
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Alfred Street
James Riley
May Street
Robert Boss
Dearborn Ave
Moe Kenney and
Heard Co
Stephen Bryant
Roy Bryant
Ross Road
Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army
Camp Sebago
Sebago Lake
Deaths. Joseph Couture of Biddeford Dies in Dayton Ohio
Joseph Couture formerly of Biddeford has died in Dayton Ohio where he lived with his son. He is survived by his brother Arthur Couture in Canada his son one grandchild and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Couture
Biddeford
Dayton
Ohio
Arthur Couture
Canada
Funeral services for John M Stevenson in Saco
Funeral services for John M Stevenson age 29 of Ocean Park were held yesterday at 2 pm at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco. Rev Stanley Bennett of the Saco United Baptist Church officiated. Interment followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery with bearers Willis Stepp Alvin Berry Elmer Berry Laurent Caron John White and Albert Riddick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Stevenson
Oceana Ave
Ocean Park
Dennett and Craig
Main St
Saco
Stanley Bennett
Saco United Baptist Church
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Willis Stepp
Alvin Berry
Elmer Berry
Laurent Caron
John White
Albert Riddick
Funeral services for Mrs Dorothy E Russell in Saco
Funeral services for Mrs Dorothy E Russell of 27 Old Orchard Street Old Orchard Beach were held yesterday at 9 AM from Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main Street Saco with Rev Stanley Bennett of the Saco United Baptist Church officiating Interment was in Riverside Cemetery Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy E. Russell
Old Orchard St
Old Orchard Beach
Benjamin R. Russell
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Saco
Stanley Bennett
Saco United
Division 2 AOH meeting at Biddeford clubroom
Tonight at 8, Division 2 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians holds a meeting in the clubroom on Mason Street in Biddeford. Members are urged to attend and discuss society affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Mason Street
Biddeford
Midweek Prayer Services Across Coastal Maine Churches
Churches in Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Saco Goodwins Mills Ogunquit Wells and Kennebunkport host prayer and midweek worship Wednesday evenings around 7:30 p m. Faith Tabernacle Advent Christian and Village Baptist Church set study and choir events. Reading room hours noted at Christian Science Society in Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advent Christian Church
Biddeford
Chapel Street
Faith Tabernacle
Pentecostal Church
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Christian Science Society
Winter Street
Saco
Lyman First Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Route 35
Kennebunk Lower Village
Saco’ Avenue
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Village Baptist Church
Kennebunkport
Stock Market Rebounds Mildly as Glamour Stocks Rise
New York stocks drifted higher in a light trading session led by gains in motors, steels, and airlines. The Associated Press average rose 0.2 to 269.6 at noon, while the Dow Jones industrial average climbed 73 to 704.01 as rails weakened on railroad labor uncertainty and bonds showed mixed performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Chrysler
IBM
Xerox
U.S
du Pont
Jones & Laughlin
Dow Jones
American Stock Exchange
Beach Accident in Old Orchard Beach No Injuries Reported
A two car collision on St John Street in Old Orchard Beach yesterday evening caused no injuries. Celina Duprey 59 of Cascade road backed up into Peter B Lockhart 21 of Agawam Massachusetts as traffic flowed both ways. Damages to both vehicles were about 100 dollars each.
Memorial service for Frances Mullins set at Old Orchard Beach
The American Legion Auxiliary unit C Fayette Staples will hold a memorial service for Frances Mullins tonight at 7 30 p m at the Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home on Portland Avenue in Old Orchard Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Fayette Staples
American Legion Auxiliary
Frances Mullins
Old Orchard Beach
Portland Avenue
Buddhist Monks Stage Picket At US Embassy In Saigon
More than 200 Buddhist monks and nuns outmaneuvered Saigon police to hold a two hour street demonstration in front of the U S Embassy residence. They carried banners urging action for Buddhists and began a 48 hour hunger strike with no serious violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Frederick E. Nolting Jr
Free World
U.S.A
Xa Loi Pagoda
No Respite Demonstration After Baltimore County Turmoil
Mrs. Richardson and NAACP field secretary Stanley Branche led 12 Negro protesters on Race Street in Cambridge. Col J Maurice Tawes ordered the marchers into two carriers and held 14 demonstrators at the Armory. At Bethel AME church Gov Tawes escorted two leaders away but released all 14, as crowds gathered outside and searches lit Pine Street. Tawes pledged longer efforts to resolve the dispute after talks in Annapolis with Cambridge and county officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branche
Tawes
Collins
National Guard
Easton
Bethel Ame Church
Philip H. Savage
NAACP
Col. Tawes
Reginald Robinson
Fred Jackson
Robinson
Jackson
Cambridge
Annapolis
Gov. Tawes
Dorchester County
State Police
Larceny Reported At Saco Edwards Plant
Police investigate petty larceny at Saco-Lowell Edwards Plant on North Street after four copper cables totaling 60 pounds vanished from the maintenance department. Guards say cables weighed 15 pounds each and police search for disposal sites continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Edwards
Saco-Lowell
North Street
Patriotism Award to be Presented in Thomaston
The 1963 Knox Award for patriotism will be presented July 25 to Adm. Samuel E. Morison USN Ret a noted naval historian. Morison will speak at ceremonies honoring Knox the nation s first secretary at Knox s restored home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
Samuel E. Morison
USN
Morison
Knox
Henry I
Portland Weather Outlook Sees Warmth and Coastal Breezes
This afternoon reports variable cloudiness with considerable sunshine and warm conditions. Highs in the low 80s, westerly winds 8 to 15 mph. Tonight will see little temperature change with lows 58 to 62 and gentle winds. Wednesday promises mostly sunny and warm skies with afternoon sea breezes along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Tide Timetable for July Coastal Waters
Daily tide schedule in July shows high tides at 7 26 and 9 34 A M with peaks at 7 49 and 9 52 P M and low tides at 1 14 and 3 19 P M plus 1 30 and 3 30 P M. Eastern Daylight Time notes indicate adjusted timing.
Bay State Man Is Taken To York County Jail
A Massachusetts resident, Alton R. Liberty 57 of Brockton, was jailed in York County after failing to pay a 110 fine for drunken driving. He pled guilty in Biddeford Municipal Court and will serve 30 days. his license was confiscated. Trooper Sherwood Baston arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
York County
Alfred
Gerald Ciason
Biddeford
Alton R. Liberty
Brockton
Nason
Liberty
Sherwood Baston
Norman R. Poirier
Vine Ae Biddeford
Frederick Trum
Raymond L. Bertrand
RFD 1
Kennebunk
Daughters and Sons Born to Local Families in Biddeford and Nearby
Birth notices from Biddeford and surrounding towns report multiple newborns. Carol Ann born to Mr and Mrs Leo Paul Dumont at 176 Hill St Biddeford. Patti Ann to FE James Langlois of Sanford. Jane Mary to Richard A Boudreau of Biddeford. James Michael to Laurent Breton of Saco. Maureen Ann to Raymond L Montpas of Biddeford. Robert Alan to Alfred J Chenard of Kennebunkport. Jeffery Robert to Marcel L Letellier of Biddeford. Michael Germain to Germain A Binelte of Biddeford. another son, six more months. Elsewhere, Kelly Lee born to Claude Roberts of Lancaster Calif. grandmother Claire Beaudoin of Biddeford. paternal grandparents C L Roberts of Hoquiam Wash.
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THE
Webber
Leo Paul Dumont
Hill St
Biddeford
Carol Ann
James Langlois
Sanford
Patti Ann
Richard A. Boudreau
Walnut Street
Jane Mary
Laurent Breton
Bradley St
Saco
James Michael
Raymond L. Montpas
Summer St
Maureen Ann
Alfred J. Chenard
Goose Rocks Road
Kennebunkport
Robert Alan
Marcel L. Letellier
RFD 1
Jeffery Robert
Germain A. Binelte
South St
Michael Germain
Richard M. Desautels
Ross Rd
Kennebunk
Claude Roberts
Lancaster
Calif
Kelly Lee
Roberts
Claire Beaudoin
Claudia Beaudoin
Piersons Lane
C. L. Roberts
Hoquiam
Wash
Moremont Sets Up South Africa Shock Absorber Plant
Gabriel shock absorber unit in Cape Province begins production as part of Gabriel International Division. The Plumstead plant, over 22 000 square feet, capacity 1000+ units daily, serves Africa's 3 million vehicles. Judge Jeffrey leads plant. Wilson chairs board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moremont Corporation
Gabriel
Jerome M. Comar
Cape Province
South Africa
Comar
Gabriel House
Plumstead
Gabriel International
India
Canada
Belgium
Panama
Venezuela
Argentina
Cleveland
Ohio
Pulaski Town
S. P. DuToit Vilioeh
Board of Trade and Indus
Pretoria
S. A
Republic of South Africa
Gabriel, S. A., (Pty
Gabriel International, Inc
Instrument Manufacturing Corporation of
S. A. Ltd
Harold H Jones and Co
Cape Town
S. H. Jeffrey
Frank §. Wilson
New Corporation
Brooklyn Civil Rights Pickets Are Released
Forty two civil rights demonstrators arrested for blocking trucks at a hospital construction site in Brooklyn were released without bail pending hearings. Among them were 14 Negro clergymen who protested alleged discrimination in on site employment. They warned that state and city backed projects must meet 25 percent minority hiring or face further action. Police said they would protect assembly but not allow access disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Downstate Medical Center
Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Bedford - Stuyvesant
Michael J Murphy
Area residents enrolled in shipyard training program
Four area men have been enrolled in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard engineering technician training program. The three year curriculum combines related instruction at the Shipyard Apprentice School with on the job training by the Planning Department Design Division. Enrollees include Raymond J. Cote and George D. Gregoire of Biddeford, Gerald LaMountain of Kennebunk, and Carleton C. Young of Old Orchard Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Planning Department Design Division
Raymond J. Cote
George D. Gregoire
Biddeford
Gerald LaMountain
Kennebunk
Carleton C. Young
Old Orchard Beach
Cobscook Bay power project outlined amid long study history
Congress wavered over funding from 1936 to 1956 as the Cobscook Bay Passamaquoddy Bay plan moved through the IJC and LJC reviews. The 1961 report found the scheme physically feasible but not economically viable under then conditions, though later framing deemed it justified locally. The plan envisages about seven miles of dams shaping tides between Cobscook and Quoddy Bays with Quoddy serving as a high tide pool and Cobscook as a low pool feeding 1 million kilowatts via turbines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobscook Bay
Passamaquoddy Bay
Army
Congress
Federal Power Commission
Maine
U.S
IJC
LJC
Canada
Pecular
Qu. Cobscook
Quoddy Bay
Favorable Udall report fuels Passamaquoddy Bay power hopes
Eastport residents react with guarded optimism as Secretary Udall endorses the Passamaquoddy Bay tidal power project. Officials cite job losses and skeptical residents fear another political pledge, while Governor Reed and Sen Muskie push bipartisan action and negotiations with Canada to push authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastport
Stewart L. Udall
Passamaquoddy Bay
Maine
Downeast
Herbert Spear
Guilford Industries, Inc
Guilford
Spear
Burton Turner
Quoddy
Congress
Louis Arnold
Arnold
Norman D. Pratt
New England
Augusta
Reed
Udall
Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Sailor Cleared in Saco Traffic Death Trial
Gene R. Michaud, 20, sailor at Brunswick Naval Air Station, was found not guilty in Saco Municipal Court of driving a vehicle causing a death. The June 22 crash on Ferry Road left Robert Fumelle, 20, also from BNAS, dead. James Abbott survived with a cut above the eye. Judge Hilary Mahaney presided as Lloyd La Fountain and Ralph H. Ross prosecuted. Francis J. LaFountain represented the defense. A second trial also occurred, with John B. Shapleigh, 47, Old Orchard Beach, pleading guilty to operating a car with an inadequate muffler on Route One. sentence deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene R. Michaud
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Saco
Robert Fumelle
BNAS
Ferry Road
Glen Haven Circle
James Abbott
Michaud
Hilary Mahaney
Mahaney
Lloyd LaFountain
Biddeford
Ralph H. Ross
Sanford
Francis J. LaFountain
Old Orchard Beach
John B. Shapleigh
Ross Road
Three Trees Damaged At Log Cabin Village
Saco police investigated a morning incident at Log Cabin Village on Ocean Park Road. A car drove onto the lawn, damaging three trees and a lawn chair, then proceeded toward Route One. The vehicle also hit and damaged a wall across the street. A hub cap found on the lawn helped identify the car. no solid leads yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Daniel Hodgman
Ocean Park Road
Hodgman
Biddeford Firemen Answer Two Calls
Biddeford firefighters were summoned to two separate blazes yesterday. Engine 4 responded at 7:45 p.m. to Railroad Avenue for a 1957 sedan fire caused by a backfire in the carburetor. A second call followed at 7:53 p.m. Then at 10:58 p.m. Engine 5 was sent to Washington Street to extinguish a smoldering seat cushion in a 1961 sedan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Engine 4
Railroad Avenue
Engine 5
Washington Street
Second Story Fall Injures Biddeford Girl
Two and a half year old Susan Ledoux of 7 Harrison Ave Biddeford fell from a second story porch to a cement platform. She was taken to Webster Hospital by the city ambulance. Authorities reported her condition improved and resting comfortably. She is the daughter of Donald Ledoux of the same address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Ledoux
Harrison Ave
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Donald Ledoux
Herter Arrives In Brussels For Trade Talks
Christian A. Herter arrives in Brussels from Paris to begin policy talks with the six nation European Common Market. The negotiations aim to form a tariff cutting formula ahead of a Kennedy round next year, with the tariff subcommittee in Geneva to prepare a plan for reducing duties on products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Christian A. Herter
Kennedy
Paris
European Common Market
Herter
United States
Common Market
China and Soviet Union Power Plays Push World Toward Rift
Izvestia warns that peasant colored nations and white nations split could form a schism in world communism. It accuses China of seeking non white allies while opposing racial lines, says China attacks India to ignite unrest, and claims Soviet aid to India is a strategic ruse to extend revolution without nuclear war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kremlin
China
World Communist Center
Izestia
Peking
India
Recall Followed Cigarette Burn Incident At 10 38 P M
A recall was issued after a cigarette burn incident, with the alert noting the event occurred at 10 38 p m. The report provides minimal details beyond the time and cause of the recall.
Rail strike threat and arbitration clash over layoffs
Bolton proposes mediation with a possible compulsory arbitration backed by government seizure threats if talks fail. Kennedy calls a strike intolerable as railroads push to cut 60,000 jobs through new work rules. Unions dispute the need for layoffs, arguing safety and efficiency, while both sides pause actions until July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
Kennedy
Wirtz
Firemen's Fair Slated Saturday At Goose Rocks
Goose Rocks Fire Company Auxiliary organizes the seventh Firemen's Fair on Saturday July 20 starting at 10 a.m. at the partly finished firehouse on Wildwood Avenue Goose Rocks Kennebunkport. Activities include firetruck rides tables games with grand prizes a noon sandwich lunch and a Waldo Chick's Chicken Barbecue from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets available at the door or by reservations with Mrs. Gilbert Fessenden or Mrs. William Nickerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Rocks
Wildwood Avenue
Kennebunkport
Waldo Chick
Gilbert Fessenden
William Nickerson
Goose Rocks Fire Company Auxiliary
Fessenden
Nelson Willey
Patrick Healy
Nickerson
M. M. Shaw
Albert Ritchie
John Dever
Horrace Evans
Norman Brownlie
Two People Burned in Beach Motel Fire at Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach reports Mrs. Elsie Cummings 49 of Imperial Ave suffered severe first and second degree burns at the Alouette Motel on East Grand Avenue when a kettle of hot fat spilled as proprietor Roland Pageau tried to douse flames. Cummings remains at Webber hospital in Biddeford in stable condition. Pageau also treated and improving at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Elsie Cummings
Imperial Ave
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Alouette
East Grand Avenue
Louis Wharff
Roland Pageau
Biddeford Tax Collector Warns of August Tax Payment Deadline
Biddeford Tax Collector John Boissoneault urged city taxpayers to pay all taxes before August 1 or face a six percent interest charge on any outstanding amounts. He issued the warning this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
John Boissoneault
Boissoneault
Desegregation Protests Trigger Riot and Arrests in City
Nightly marches by integrationists led to warrants against leaders, triggering arrests totaling 155000 in bonds for Williams. Rioting caused injuries and property damage amid white resistance. biracial talks offered fragile peace with National Guard involvement. Bevel and Rev. Young helped restrain militant action as leaders vow further legal challenges. Local business leaders urge continued peace for resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Carl E. Sanders
National Guard
Victor H. Mulling
Bevel
Andrew Young
Judge Offers Clean Justice in Soap Mouth Punishment
In Binghamton New York City Judge Joseph W Elworthy gave two men who pled guilty to public intoxication a choice between six months in jail or having their mouths washed with soap. Richard Walicke 19 swore at women and Francis Perkins 56 swore at a policeman chose the punishment. Two patrolmen administered the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
Joseph W. Elworthy
Richard Walicke
Francis Perkins
U.S. and Britain seek nuclear test ban talks with Laos issue
U.S. Undersecretary of State W Averell Harriman and British Science Minister Lord Hailsham, envoy to Prime Minister Macmillan, are instructed to negotiate only on a nuclear test ban while preserving Laos neutrality amid pressure from the pro Communist Pathet Lao and North Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Kennedy
Lord Hailsham
Harold Macmillan
Harriman
Laos
Pathet Lao
North i Viet Nam
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Wells
Bay State
Moremont
Grant Angrove
Hugh Myers
Salinas
Sailor
Log Cabin Village
Army Transportation Research Command
Yuma
Arizona
Firemen’s Fair
Williams’ Group
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