Local notices list patients and contributors in Maine
Mrs Ruth Jacques of 42 Wentworth Street Biddeford is a surgical patient at Maine Medical Center Portland. Mrs Fern Bertrand of Wood Avenue Saco contributed to the stork shower for Mrs Ruth Dionne of 17 Wood Avenue Saco.
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Ruth Jacques
Wentworth St
Biddeford
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Fern Bertrand
Wood Avenue
Saco
Ruth Dionne
Wood Ave
Saco Salvation Army Bands Meet Saturday Morning
The Junior Band and songs of the Saco Salvation Army meet Saturday at 9 a.m. Confessions are heard at St. Monica Church Keasebusk from 4 to 5 p.m. Also at St. Martha Kenmebumk from 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m., and Mary Church Wells from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. The Ladies Union Circle of the North Saco Christian Church sponsors a Church Fair Saturday 1 to 4 p.m. on Flag Pond Road church grounds.
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Saco Salvation Army
St. Monica Church
Keasebusk
St. Martha Church
Kenmebumkrt
St. Mary Church
Wells
Ladies Union Circle
North Saco
City Department To Do Work On School Grounds
The Street Department will grade and feed the Governor Fairfield School grounds to ready for September. Work began on Pond Street entering the school yard with two coats of tar planned for the parking area and surrounding grounds. Bids from outside contractors exceeded the school building fund, so the street department option was approved as a cost saving measure.
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Governor Fairfield
J. Edward Whelan
Timothy J. Crowley
Pond Street
Stock Market Mixed as Kennedy Tax Plan Weighs Markets
New York stocks drift lower in quiet trading as Kennedy proposal to tax Americans on foreign securities spooks markets. Dow Jones average slips to 692.86, while blue chips drop and some issues like Jersey Standard and American Telephone pull the average down.
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New York
Wall Street
Kennedy
Canada
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Royal Dutch
Unilver N
Governor weighs federalizing National Guard in Cambridge
Demonstrations issue persisted as Governor Tawes plans to discuss federalizing the Cambridge National Guard. Since July 12, six people were wounded in racial violence, with the state spending about $25,000 weekly to maintain troops. If federalized, the national government would cover operating expenses.
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National Guard
Cambridge
Tawes
Maine Safety Conference to be held in Poland Spring
The 36th annual Maine State Safety Conference will take place in Poland Spring on August 29 and 30. About 800 attendees are expected, including representatives from business industry and civic organizations.
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Augusta
Poland
Adultery Case Proceedings Placed in Biddeford Court
In Biddeford Municipal Court Judge Gerald C. Nason continued two adultery cases to July 30 under joint agreement. Elliott Jr. and another defendant faced $2,000 bail each. a separate non support case for Leo Paul Gagnon was continued indefinitely with personal recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald C. Nason
Bidder
Aive Elliott Jr
Nason
Buddhist monks reject immediate truce in Saigon crisis
In Saigon Viet Nam Buddhist leaders in blockaded pagodas rejected any immediate truce with the government, demanding public identification and punishment for bloodshed, release of prisoners, and permission for newspapers to publish notices. About 400 monks nuns and lay followers remain holed up at Giac Minh pagoda amid food shortages as police blockades continue.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Giac Minh
Hue
Breakfast Club Flies In For Coffee In Aiken
The South Carolina Breakfast Club brings together flying enthusiasts who fly in every two weeks for breakfast. They compare notes on aviation, promote safety, and inspect each other’s planes. A playful prize is a bouncing ball awarded for the sloppiest landing. The meetings draw about 30 planes with around 9 people aboard.
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Aiken
S.C
South Carolina
Maine names John W Blake director of continuing education
AP dispatch reports that the University of Maine has named John W Blake to direct its continuing education division in Port land. Blake, previously in charge of the Portland program, takes on the new post as the university expands outreach and adult education services statewide.
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Crono
The
University of Maine
John W. Blake
Port
Portland Weather Outlook With Warm Weekend
This afternoon mostly sunny and hot with high in the mid to upper 80s. Westerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight increasing cloudiness and mild with lows in the 60s. Saturday mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers mainly in the afternoon. West to southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
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Portland
Coast Guard Auxiliary To Inspect Saco Boats Saturday
A three man Coast Guard Auxiliary Squadron 301 from Kennebunkport will inspect boats moored at the Saco Yacht Club Saturday at noon. The educational program promotes water safety and courtesy stickers will be issued to boats that qualify. Lead inspector is Roland Hussey of Wells, assisted by Ray Emmons and Lee Masury.
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Coast Guard Auxiliary Squadron 301
Kennebunkport
Saco Yacht Club
Coast Guard
Roland Hussey
Wells
Ray Emmons
Lee Masury
Bonds Set Against Negro Demonstrators in Charleston
Nearly 1.4 million dollars in bonds were levied against Negro demonstrators during six weeks of antisegregation protests in Charleston. Magistrate George T. Raney added 690,000 dollars for 68 arrests on riot charges after an incident that injured six policemen and a fireman near the Charleston News and Courier Building. Bail was set at 15,000 dollars each for Rev. I De Quincey Newman and James Blake. the rest faced 10,000 dollar bonds. Protest leaders had pledged property to cover bonds exceeding 700,000 dollars for some 600 earlier arrestees.
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Charleston
S. C
George T. Raney
Man Drowns After Prank Gone Wrong in Tampa
In Tampa a 22 year old man named Filme CC Scranton described as a good swimmer drowned after pretending to drown during a prank with friends. He allegedly developed a stomach cramp and slipped under in 12 feet of water Thursday.
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Tampa
Fla
Filme CC. Scranton
University consolidates adult education programs head
Blake will coordinate into one overall program the Continuing Education program the Department of Industrial Cooperation the Generation program and the Cooperative Extension program.
Eclipse Viewing Gear Arrives for Maine Event
Equipment for the Windsor Maine eclipse viewing is arriving with public displays at the University of Maine. A Tiros 6 satellite station will show weather maps and satellite images while researchers from the Air Force and Spitz Laboratories prepare high speed cameras to capture Bailey's Beads and solar corona phenomena for study.
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Mass
Tiros 6
Telstar
Ozono
Allison
Tiros 7
South American
Boston
Bangor
Orono
Weather Central
University of Maine
John Gilbert
Dow Air Force Base
Raymond Wexler
Monte Glovinski
Astronomical League
Air Force Research Laboratories
Hanscom Field
Armand Spitz
Fairfax
Spitz Laboratories
Planetaria
Naval Research Laboratories
Washington, D.C
Spitz
Baily
Cinerama Cameras, Inc
Los Angeles
Guy Hearon
Grady Hicks
Cay Whitfield
Births at Notre Dame Hospital Offers Local Names
Notices from Notre Dame Hospital record numerous births to families in Biddeford Saco and surrounding areas. Daniel Renald Paquin nine pounds 14 ounces born June 29. Therrie Ann Jansson seven pounds six ounces born June 30. Kevin Jalbert six pounds 11 ounces born July 2. Carol Ann Sylvestre eight pounds 13 ounces born July 2. Pamela Joan Stone six pounds nine ounces born July 3. Constance Jeanne Payeur seven pounds two ounces born July 5. Kenneth Percy Rheault five pounds 14 ounces born July 6. Michael Roland Gagnon eight pounds seven ounces born July 6. Robert Allen Eastman Jenkins Read seven pounds 13 ounces born July 10. Scott Denis Cor-biddle eight pounds nine ounces born July 15. Donna Marie Vir seven pounds 11 ounces born July 14. Danielle Cunningham six pounds seven ounces born July 17.
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Notre Dame Hospital
Emelien Paquin
Maple St
Saco
Daniel Renald
Ivars Janson
Oak Place
Biddeford
Therrie Ann
Roger Jalbert
Simard Ave
Kevin
Raymond Sylvestre
Vernon
Payeur
West St
Constance Jeanne
Norman Rheault
Pool Road
Kenneth Percy
Roland Gagnon
Center St
Michael Roland
Ira L. Eastman Jenkins
Robert Allen
Donald Cor
Biddle St
Scott Denis
Louis Vir
Summer St
Donna Marie
Seymour Cunningham
Granite St
Danielle
Grain deal with Austria led to diversions via Germany
The department loaned feed grains to Austrian traders starting in 1959 for strategic materials. Private firms shipped to German ports and payments came in strategic materials. Later licenses were found insufficient, prompting an ongoing inquiry. Seven Austrian importers await trial for mislabeling or diverting grain. State Department absolves U.S. officials.
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Austria
State Department
Reuther urged strong bill to end discrimination in public facilities
Reuther pressed a robust public accommodations proposal to outlaw discrimination by privately owned businesses serving the public. He urged adding a damages remedy for those wrongfully excluded and linked the move to national progress, noting the 88th Congress would catch up with the 44th in ending the indignity of service refusals from coast to coast.
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Reuther
Maine
California
Khrushchev accuses China as talks end in stalemate
The Soviet leader reiterated he will not use thermonuclear arms first and attacked China over personality cults. He warned of arrests while denying lawless detentions, as talks in Moscow fail to produce a communique. China pressed for a noncommittal statement, with Pan Tsu-li present. A Foreign Ministry note accused Soviets of opposing peaceful coexistence and praised armed struggle in Vietnam. The article note ends with a scientific aside on tuna body temperature.
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Moscow
Pan Tsu-li
Peking
South
Viet Nam
Unconstitutional 1875 Law Declared By Supreme Court
A 1875 law faced constitutional challenge and was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1883, shaping later statutory limits and federal authority. The decision clarified constitutional boundaries affecting subsequent legislation and enforcement.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Saco Resident Found Guilty Of Assault Charge
Lester J. White, 39, of 54 Beach Street, Saco, was found guilty in Saco Municipal Court of assault and battery against Muriel P. Gregoire, 24, of Biddeford. Associate Judge William F. Wilson Jr. gave a suspended 30 day jail sentence and six months probation. Gregoire testified July 14. Also, Nick De Filippo, 48, of Everett, Mass., pleaded guilty to fishing without a license in Kennebunk Pond, Lyman, and was fined $15 by Judge Hilary Mahaney.
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Lester J. White
Beach
Saco
Muriel P. Gregoire
Biddeford
Saco Municipal
William F. Wilson, Jr
White
Nick de Filippo
Everett
Mass
Kennebunk Pond
Lyman
Hilary Mahaney
Fish and Game
Thomas D. Bryant
Youth Breaks Collar Bone In Beach Vehicle Accident
Miss Joyce Leroux aged 16 of 14 Longwood Ave suffered a broken collar bone a cut above the eye and abrasions on arms and knee after falling from a tractor type truck on Longwood Avenue yesterday at 4 35 pm. The truck was driven by Miss Mary R. McCullum of Ocean Park Road. She was taken to Webber Hospital by Saco ambulance and treated by Dr. Michael Magaudda before being released.
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Old Orchard Beach
Joyce Leroux
Longwood Ave
Longwood Avenue
Mary R. McCullum
Ocean Park Road
Webber Hospital
Michael M. P .Magaudda
Khrushchev presses arms talks amid Berlin peace cites
Khrushchev urged Western troops to negotiate mutual troop reductions with Soviet forces in a divided Germany while insisting on a Germany peace treaty for Berlin but without deadlines. He warned a nuclear war would devastate humanity, urged a world test ban, and said socialism wins domestically, not by global thermonuclear war. He called a Moscow conference productive as Harriman and Hailsham pursue a draft for an atmosphere test ban, while exploring nonaggression pacts and potential East-West assurances.
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West Germany
East Germany
Germany
West Berlin
Peking
Khrushchev
Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Britain
Andrei A. Gromjyk
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Europe
Andrei A. Gromyko
Ece Gles
Kennedy
Macmillan
West
East
Berlin
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Bonn
Heinrich Krone
Konrad Adenauert
Joan Of Arc Of South Africa Fights Racism
Helen Suzman, a lone Progressive Party member in South Africa’s all white parliament, challenges apartheid. The Johannesburg MP robustly questions the Nationalist government, warning of isolation and urging phased inclusion of Africans in the nation’s wealth while confronting Minister Balthazar Vorster. She vows to stay politically alive and outspoken.
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Joan of Arc
South Africa
Johannesburg
Helen Suzman
Houghton
Dr. Verwoerd
Helen, Suzman
Progressive Party
Nationalist
United Party
Sir de Villiers Graaff
House of Assembly
Vorster
Mrs. Suzman
Syria Tightens Curfew After Attempted Coup
Beirut AP report says Syria lifted then reimposed a nationwide curfew with threats of shooting violators. Damascus Radio announced the curfew and armed-amendments, as border lines to Beirut were cut again and martial law restrictions remained in force amid accusations of inside and outside plots.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Ba’ath
Damascus
Amin Hafez
Ba’Athist
Syrian Army
Syrian National Revolutionary Command
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nasser
Abdel Hamid Serraj
Construction Starts On Building For Tire Firm
Construction has begun on a 17,000 square foot multi level building on lower Elm Street in Biddeford to house the Biddeford Tire Shop. Gerald Slosberg, the manager, says occupancy is expected by late fall or mid winter. The structure will include an under car service center, a tire retread plant, showroom and offices. The workforce will nearly double. The building, opposite Deering Lumber, is built by local workers led by Raymond Allie, with a complete sprinkler system and 12 inch fire walls. All retread work will be done locally. the firm also runs a Portmouth New Hampshire branch. The new site will have wide blacktop drives and access from two Elm Street points.
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Lower Elm Street
Biddeford
Gerald Slosberg
Slosberg
Deering Lumber Company
Raymond Allie
Portsmouth
N.H
York County
Grafton Lumber Company
Elm Street
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