Maine U growth drives $5.7 million campus construction at Orono
Weather aids rapid progress on University of Maine projects totaling 5 67 million dollars in Orono. Taxpayers cover under 20 percent while the rest comes from student housing fees alumni gifts and gifts to students and friends. Dormitory work progresses with Cumberland hall 260 men Kennebec hall 180 women and a new unnamed women’s dormitory moving toward fall and next year occupancy. A 1 458 million dining hall and 750 seat capacity building by Consolidated Constructors advances. New University Park family housing housing for 120 families will be ready by September 15 and a sewage plant serves the area.
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Orono
University of Maine
Maine
Lloyd H. Elliott
Fao
College of Education
Consolidated Constructors, Inc
Cumberland Hall
Henry Doten
F.w.cunningham
Kennebec Hall
Doten
Franchi Construction
Jateo
University Park
Sanders Construction Company
Aroostook Storm Flattens Barns and Downs Lines
A powerful storm hit north central Aroostook County on Tuesday with lightning, high winds, and heavy rain. In Fort Fairfield, Howard L. Fowler’s barn was flattened and another barn lost siding. Utility lines fell and potato crops were damaged. Caribou recorded 1.3 inches of rain in two hours. The Steelworkers report a record low lost time injury rate of 3.14 per million hours in 1960, a drop from 3.51 in 1959.
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Fort Fairfield
Aroostook
Howard L. Fowler
Myra Fowler
Caribou
American Iron and Steel Institute
Actress Bardot Silent On Reporter Interview Or The B B Story
Reporter recounts futile attempt to interview Brigitte Bardot at St Maurice Studios. Bardot declines to talk, remaining aloof as Louis Nalle directs a scene. Bardot hints at quitting films by year’s end after a life described as Europe’s top sex symbol and fashion icon.
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PARI
Brigitte Bardo
Louvre
St. .Maurice
Brigitte Bardot
Europe
Bardot
Charles de Gaulle
Moulin Rouge
Louis Nalle
New Wave
Army Offering New England Assignments
Sixty five young men enlisting in the United States Army during July will be assigned for duty at Nike missile sites in New England. Army Air Defense Command will accept 60 enlistees for the Boston Providence area and five for Caribou. Enlistees will complete basic training before assignment in their chosen area. Contact Sergeant Cobb at the Biddeford Army recruiting station, 148 Main Street.
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United States Army
New England
SFC
Paul A. Cobb
Army
Cobb
Army Air Defense Command
Boston-Providence
Caribou
Sergeant Cobb
Main Street
Biddeford
Peabody Pew Presentation Dates Set
The Old Peabody Pew by Kate Douglas Wiggin will be presented at the Tory Hill Meeting House Buxton Lower Corner on Friday night August 11 at 8 and Saturday afternoon August 12 at 2 30. The book and play are dedicated to the Dorcas society of Hollis and Buxton under whose auspices the play is presented. The cast is composed of society members and there are no new members this year. These will be the 70th and 71st performances in this church setting.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Tory Hill
Buxton Lower Corner
Peabody Pew
Dorcas Society of
Hollis and Buxton
Parish marks 200th minister and 60th Dorcas Fair
The parish observes 200 years since Rev. Paul Coffin began in 1761 with a 250 dollar salary and 60 years of service. The present church dates to 1822 and this year also marks the 60th Dorcas Fair, to be held on the church lawn Saturday August 12 from 1 to 5. Aprons, fancy work, home cooked foods, candy, grabs, and other items will be sold. Six thousand pounds of steam are used in drying each ton of newsprint.
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Paul Coffin
Quilcote
Church Lawn
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Nickerson and O'Day
FBI
Penney’s
Penney
Brassieres
Tras
Fas
Jamaica
By Bob Thomas
Peabody
Odds and Ends
5S & H
Green’s Bargain Annex
Green’s Shoe Store
Penney's
Mom
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