Construction of New Saco Hospital Planned
The Saco Osteopathic Hospital plans a new modern 40 bed facility to serve Saco and surrounding communities including Biddeford. Plans are under study with Milton F. MacIntosh handling final details and land on North Street purchased in 1959 from Eliot B. and Carol H. MacLean. Funds remain to be raised to cover the estimated 500000 cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Rudolph A. Bergeron
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Biddeford
Milton F. MacIntosh
Providence
R.I
Kittery
North Street
Eliot B
Carol H. MacLean
Bergeron
Saco-Lowell Union Meets To Negotiate New Contract
Negotiations opened between Saco-Lowell New England Division of Maremont Inc and Local 406 Textile Workers Union AFL-CIO-CLC at the Saco plant. Union seeks higher wages and expanded benefits including pensions sick and accident coverage hospital payments and three added holidays. Next meeting slated. both sides aim for a settlement before September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco- Lowell
New England
Maremont Inc
Textile Workers Union of America
Afl-Cio-Clc
Saco
Eminent Domain Upheld Over Oxford County Fairgrounds
The Maine Supreme Court ruled that eminent domain for a new school can proceed with the Oxford County Agricultural Society property in South Paris. The decision states the society’s fair activities do not meet the public use threshold. The 1965 fair remains planned for September 17 to 19.
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Portland
Oxford County Fairgrounds
Maine Supreme Court
Oxford County Agricultural Society
Paris
Supreme Court
Walter M. Tapley Jr
Tapley
Fair Society
Chuckle Sign on Truck Finds Steady Humor
A roadside sign on a truck reads Please don t hug me I m going steady. The quip blends playful wordplay with a tongue in cheek message from the sign owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fea. Corp
Saco Youngster Rescued At Camp At a Loa Pool
Diane Wilbur 11 of Saco was pulled from the Royal Ambassador pool at Camp At a Loa Ocean Park after floating face down. Aids including mouth to mouth resuscitation, lifeguards and firemen responded with artificial respiration and aspirator before transfer to the infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Diane Wilbur
Melvin L. Wilbur
South St
Saco
Camp At-a-Loa
Ocean Park
Royal Ambassador Swimming Pool
Paul Tibbetts
Herbert Hager
Biddeford
Negotiators Hammer Out Housing Pact
Washington AP reports Senate and House negotiators finalizing a 7.5 billion housing bill with rent subsidies for low income families and authorizations for 240,000 additional public housing units over four years. The measure increases urban renewal funding and expands veteran housing support while easing mortgage down payments with insured loans. 82 differences arose between the two chambers, but no major controversy expected in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Johnson
Viet Nam Strategy Talks Prolonged At White House
Washington AP reports White House conferences on Viet Nam strategy extend with no conclusions. Talks focus on manpower needs and budget impact as Congress debates funding and possible draft expansions. Budget Director Schultze warns military spending will rise beyond January estimates.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Bill D. Moyers
Charles Schultze
Senate House
Schultze
Senate
Everett M. Dirksep
Mike Mansfield
Greece on alert as funeral crowds raise tensions
In Athens the armed forces go on full alert to guard against violence during the funeral of a young man killed in political riots. White House conferences press on with Viet Nam strategy while the nation debates the plan.
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Greece
Athens
White House
Athens Demonstration for Youth Killed by Riot
More than 100000 protesters gathered in Athens for a funeral in honor of Sotirios Petroulias, a 25 year old killed during a police riot. Police and troops guarded the crowd amid fears of violence as Papandreou supporters and government figures attended.
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Athens
Greece
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Sotirios Petroulias
Petroulias
Air Strikes Step Up in South Viet Nam War Effort
U S forces stepped up air strikes against suspected Viet Cong targets in South Viet Nam and conducted at least six bombing missions over North Viet Nam. Navy 7th Fleet vessels maintained offshore bombardments, while U S Air Force and Marine personnel reported several fatalities and crashes amid ongoing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S. 7Th Fleet
USS
Air Force
Binh Dinh
Technical Problems Delay Gemini Flight Rehearsal
At Cape Kennedy astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr faced a long delay when a bulky gantry could not lift the Gemini 5 craft atop a Titan 2 rocket. A faulty electrical switch blamed. A crane aided egress after an hour on the pad.
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Louisiana
John McKeithen
Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cooper
Conrad
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Schirra
Stafford
Launch Control Center
Mission Control Center
Houston
Tex
Houston Center
Cape
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Saco Hospital
Saco-Lowell
David Spear
Roger Sherman
Theodore Papleacos
Alphonse Polackwich
Oscar Paradis
Harold Daoust
Chael Schoonjans
Leo Bedard
Local 406
Adrien Petit
Robert Labelle
Raymond Drouin
Blanche Miniani
Frederick Greenwood
Joseph Ellis
John Maddox
William Taylor
Joseph Tardif
Robert Brochu
Roland Boissoneault
Schoonjans
Electrolux
Joseph Durfee
Wilbur Avenue
D. O
Hollywood Motor Court
Apple
Saco Avenue
Maine
Linoleum CO
Il Alfred Street
Everett M. Dirksen
Constantine
Athanasiadis Novas
Pageno
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Andrew E. King
Katherine Whitman
Lillian Gross
Frances Pettengill
Harold A. McElwain
Sarah Smith
Col. Cooper
Navy
Cmdr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas
P. Stafford
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