Curtis to Call Elections If Officials Want Them
Gov Curtis says he will set a date for special elections to fill two Senate vacancies if Piscataquis County and Portland committees want caucuses and candidates. He criticized Atty Gen Erwin's constitutional view as partisan. The sea voyage context was during a shipboard meeting of the Sea & Shore Fisheries cruiser Guardian with the all Republican council.
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Monhegan Island
Kenneth M. Curtis
Piscataquis County
Portland
Atty
James S. Erwin
James Martin
Guilford
Ronald Kellam
Curtis
Erwin
Executive Council
Ocean Island
Sea & Shore Fisheries Department
Guardian
all-Republican Council
State Board of Education
William R. Adams Jr
Lewiston
Environmental Protection
Parker F. Hennessey
Augusta
Public Safety
James C. Schoenthaler
Waterville
Manpower Affairs
Bates Shoe Plant in Webster to Close
About 300 production and management workers at Bates Shoe Division in Webster face job loss as Wolverine Worldwide announced the Webster plant will shut within six to eight weeks due to economic problems.
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Bates Shoe
Webster
Fish Rescue Aids Family On July Fourth Route 1
A Massachusetts family of five faced a breakdown on Route 1 during the July Fourth weekend. A Fish volunteer ferried them and their luggage 60 miles to a camp on Thompson Lake near Oxford. The piece highlights growing Maine needs as calls average eight daily and urges more volunteers, noting locals such as Mrs. J Stanley McQuade and others who have assisted.
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Massachusetts
Thompson Lake
Oxford
Maine
J. Stanley McQuade
Albert Carignan
Pauline Fortier
Germaine Hebert
Sea Fair at Kennebunk Church on Aug 2
Kennebunk Christ Church will host a Sea Fair on August 2 at the church vestry and grounds if weather allows. Co chairs are Mrs Walfred Johnson Mrs George Reimer Mrs Elwood Sleeper and Miss Hazel Johnson. It runs 9 30 a m to 2 p m with attic jewelry garden s food candy and handicraft tables. Coffee brownies doughnuts served until 11 luncheon at noon offers lobster and chicken salad rolls and hot dogs.
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Kennebunk
Christ Church
Women’s Fellowship
Walfred Johnson
George Reimer
Elwood Sleeper
Hazel Johnson
Dinner Guests at Miss Wight Home Evening
Old Orchard visit featured Mr and Mrs Herbert Hodsdon of Standish former Portland residents plus Mrs Margaret Lynch, Mrs Gertrude Wight and C Paul Wight of Old Orchard Beach joining Miss Ethel Wight of Fort Hill Avenue yesterday.
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Ethel Wight
Fort Hill Avenue
Herbert Hodsdon
Standish
Portland
Margaret Lynch
Gertrude Wight
C. Paul Wight
Old Orchard Beach
Steering Committee Notes On FISH Meeting And Fall Drive
Costanzo Piselli, Rev. Gerald Burtt and Rev. James Martell provided transportation and aid. The monthly Steering Committee meeting for FISH met at Mrs. John Hill Jr home with Mrs. Betty Applin and Rev. Stanley Hyde present. A drive for more Setesteors is planned for this fall.
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Costanzo Piselli
Gerald Burtt
James Martell
FISH
John Hill Jr
Betty Applin
Stanley Hyde
McDonnell-Douglas Seeks Share of China Jet Market
McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft Corp seeks to join Boeing in selling jetliners to China. The Commerce Department approved a temporary export license for a $21 million demonstrator plane as Boeing wins a license for ten 707s worth $150 million. McDonnell-Douglas awaits government permission for a China demonstration flight amid rising U.S. competition in the Chinese market.
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Washington
McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft Corp
Boeing Co
China
T Oe
McDonnell-Douglas
McDonnell- Longssater
Boeing
McDonnell
Nixon
Red China
Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie Debuts 1924
Harold Gray created the Little Orphan Annie comic strip. The panel first appeared in the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News in 1924 and quickly gained popularity.
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Harold L. Gray
Chicago Tribune
New York Daily News
Duplicate Bridge Winners At Beach Old Orchard Beach
Winners at duplicate bridge yesterday afternoon were Robert Whelan and Oscar Paradis first, Roseanne Prince and Celia Gross second, Pearl Davis and Mrs Otis Kendall third, Dora Paulhus and Ada Sleeper fourth, with Alice Fecteau and George McLean tying Estella Aranovitch and Jane Burns. Also playing were James Warren and Otis Kendall, Margaret Bloomfield and Regina Hamlin, Carl Taft and Gil.
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Orchard Beach
Duplicate Bridge
Robert. Whelan
Oscar Paradis
Roseanne Prince
Celia Gross
Pearl Davis
Otis Kendall
Dora Paulhus
Ada, Sleeper
Alice Fecteau
George McLean
Estella Aranovitch
Jane Burns
James Warren
Margaret Bloomfield
Regina Hamlin
Carl Taft
Gil
Evening winners named in local event results
The report lists winners Novella Briggs and Avis Briggs first, Richard Cote and Roger Norman second, and Oscar Paradis with Jane Burns tied for third with Karen Parlin, Leotta Kelley, Margaret Blowfield, and Mrs. Hamilton mentioned among participants. A note adds that opossums are roughly the size of a kidney bean at birth.
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Harrison Ave
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