Theft Reported At Saco Motel Involving Pocketbooks
A Saco motel theft saw Mrs Jennie Kownacki of Deerfield Mass report $50 and valuables taken from her pocketbook after her family went to bed around 1 a.m. An older daughter Jane, 14, lost a purse with no valuables, while a younger daughter’s bag was untouched. The door was found slightly open upon awakening, suggesting an unlocked entry. Officers Foran Lombard and Martin investigated. witnesses are sought to help identify the thief.
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Saco
Jennie Kownacki
Deerfield
Mass
Jane
Norman Lombard
Alberic Martin
Saco Police
The Enterprising Raccoon Gully Ride 1895 Maine Guide
A 19th century travel guide note describes the Cycle Club route near Alfred and Biddeford Maine with steep grades on Route 3 from Rochester New Hampshire and Route 6 from Milton Mills. It covers road laws for cyclists, travel by rail, bicycle repairs in Biddeford and Portland, and early cycling attire and gear including shoes, coats, and luggage carriers.
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Raccoon Gully
Alfred
Rochester
N. H
Milton Mill
Biddeford
Sanford
Long Pond
Shaker Village
Central House
Bates Torrey
Maine
R.A. Fairfield
W.T.S. Morrison
Boston and Maine Railroad
Portland
Lake Central Railroad
Butler
Bicycle Hospital
Bowdoin Head Predicts Deficit at College
Bowdoin College faces a potential deficit of one million dollars by 1967, per President James S. Coles in the annual report. He notes continued deficit spending could push the near term shortfall to about 150,000 dollars next year if budget requests are approved, urging belt tightening and more efficient operations rather than immediate tuition hikes or reliance on external support.
Great Northern Paper reports gains in first half 1996
FINANCIAL REPORT PORTLAND The Great Northern Paper Co shows higher net sales and earnings for the first 24 weeks of the year. Net sales through June 14 totaled 25,520,954 with a dividend of 63 cents per common share. For the 1995 period, net sales were 24,356,856 and a deficit of 10 cents per share.
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Financial Report
Portland
Great Northern Paper Co
Small California Town In A Hole Town Of Jacumba Faces Sinkhole
In Jacumba California about 300 residents face a growing sinkhole near the emergency airfield. A crack widened to 75 yards then to a 150 yard long hole five feet deep and three feet wide, swallowing irrigation water and nearly trapping a teenager. Geologist Don Weaver links the subsidence to runoff from a nearby lava shelf and recent flash floods, predicting the ground could keep sinking for days or more.
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Hank Ketchum
Don Weaver
Jacumba
Weaver
Group Protests Public Funds Use For Private School Pupils
In Portland AP report Americans United for Separation of Church and State passes a resolution opposing public transportation for parochial school children. The group cites the Maine Supreme Court ruling and urges the governor and 99th Legislature to consider permissive legislation enabling communities to fund transit for private school pupils. Mayors from five cities had asked for a special session to address the issue.
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Portland
Americans United For the Separation of Church and State
B. F. Wentworth
Maine Supreme Court
Chuckle Lieutenant Commander A Lieutenants Wife
A humorous snippet notes the wife of a lieutenant in a light, playful context. Capt. Gen. Fea. Corp is referenced as part of the humorous framing.
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Fea. Corp
City urges proper attire in Biddeford this summer
Biddeford Police Chief Edgar Sevigny urged residents and visitors to wear proper clothing in the shopping area. He said shorts are acceptable on Main Street but no bathing suits in town shops. He added that hot weather invites relaxation but short shorts and bathing suits belong at the Beach.
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Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
Sevigny
Miss Maine Advances In Miss Universe Contest
In Long Beach California a panel of judges using an adding machine selected 15 finalists from 46 American contestants for the Miss Universe pageant. Carolyn Komant Miss Maine and other state titleholders moved toward Friday’s Miss Universe crown as scores from tally sheets determined the16 finalists.
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Miss Maine
Long Beach
Calif
Alabama
Pat Sullivan
Arkansas
Donna Sue Need
Sham
California
Terry Lynn Huntingdon
Colorado
Diane Lee Gardner
Florida
Nanita Greene
Georgia
Dorothy Gladys Taylor
Iowa
Kay Nielson
Louisiana
Mary
Margaret la Bianca
Maine
Carolyn Komant
Maryland
Diane White
Missouri
Barbara Stell
Nevada
Joy Blaine
New York
Arlene Nesbitt
Texas
Carelgean Douglas
West Virginia
Wilda Sue Estep
Memorial Auditorium
Alaska
Vermont
Korea
Kyun Choo Oh
England
Pamela Anne Searle
Couture Will Have Operation
Maurice Couture, 34, a Canadian tourist shot during a picnic grove robbery at Old Orchard Beach on July 9, will undergo exploratory surgery today. Dr. George L. Maltby, a neurosurgeon, aims to locate the bullet that left Couture partially paralyzed and determine spinal damage. Police continue to seek Robert G. Brown Jr. for armed robbery and assault with intent to kill. Kenneth F. Chenette is held for the grand jury.
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Portland
Maurice Couture
Robery
Old Orchard Beach
George L. Maltby
Couture
Maltby
Robing Couture
Robert G. Brown Jr
Laconia
N. H
Kenneth F. Chenette
Concord
Brown
Seven Airmen Killed In KC97 Crash At New Hampshire Farm
An Air Force KC97 tanker crashed near a saw mill on the Keyser farm in Andover New Hampshire killing all seven crewmen on a training flight from Pease AFB Portsmouth. Witnesses reported flames and debris scattered. one body found with parachute open. recovery took hours as the wreckage burned and fire crews contained the site.
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Andover
N.H
509Th
Pease Air Force Base
Portsmouth
Leland Miller
Harold Keyser
Hehusband
Keyser
New Hampshire
Eisenhower Names Top Goals for 1960 Agenda
President Eisenhower prioritizes labor control, road building, and farm legislation. He hints at a vice presidential nod for Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell, one of ten Republicans viewed as potential successors, with Nixon and Rockefeller as the confirmed options. He signals support for revenue measures to fund interstate highways and a strong farm bill, while Congress debates labor, road, and farm bills amid party divisions.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
En Nunes
Congress
Senate Labor Management Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Surgeon links lung cancer rise to cigarette smoking
Dr Alton Ochsner of New Orleans told the Texas post graduate medical assembly in Houston on Tuesday that the advance of lung cancer is entirely due to cigarette smoking.
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Houston
Tex
Alton Ochsner
New Orleans
Airman Drowns in Penobscot Bay While Mooring Boat
Donald Roth 24 of Bath drowned last night in Penobscot Bay after falling overboard while mooring a boat. His companions Airman Robert Bohanan of Keene New Hampshire and Robert Ledger of South Portland pulled the body from the water. Roth was stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Station and on a temporary assignment to the Sedgwick area to work on a radar installation.
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Sedgwick
Donald Roth
Bath
Penobscot Bay
Robert Bohanan
Keene, N. H
Robert Ledger
South Portland
Roth
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Atomic Merchant Ship Savannah Nears Sea Trials
The Savannah, the world s first atom powered merchant ship, was afloat and towed to a fitting out dock at New York Shipbuilding. Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower named the vessel and launched it amid hopes of peaceful atom use. Sea trials are not expected until 1960 with limited tests possible earlier.
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Camden
N. J
Savannah
New York, Shipbuilding Corp
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
Khrushchev Cancels Scandinavia Visit Amid Tension
In Warsaw AP reports Khrushchev canceled his planned three week August tour of Scandinavia saying he would head only to places where his message helps. He warned the trip would have sharpened tensions and noted notes from Sweden Norway and Denmark criticizing Scandinavian politicians and editors. He also dismissed Geneva conference talk and questioned Nixon's aims in the Soviet Union.
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Warsaw
Nikita Khrushchev
Scandinavia
Khrushchev
Poland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
U.S
Richard M Nixon
Soviet Union
Bug Juice Rain Confounds San Diego Backyard
In San Diego, a rain mystery ends as leafhoppers or sharpshooters are identified by Dr. Rudolph Preisendorfer of UC La Jolla. The insects emit a honeydew spray, drenching a 20 by 20 foot area in Coval's yard and confirming the strange moisture was bug juice not rain.
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Coval
Rudolph Preisendorfer
University of California, la
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U. S. Army Reserve
Richard G. Ganthier
Linwood Oberg
417Th Infantry Regiment
BCT
Oberg
Andrew Orr
Ronald Provencher
Cycle Club
Stevens & Jones Company
W.S.T. Morrison
Jacumba, Calif
Bernard Finch
Las Vegas
Nev
Barbara Jean
Ovina
Finch
Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Krushchev
San Diego, Calif
Charles
Kessler Shoe Co
Kennebunk
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