Airport Renovation Aims to Boost Biddeford Industry Growth
Area development agent Hugh Macaeshall advocates rehabilitation of Biddeford Municipal Airport to attract industrial and recreational business. Plans include a major runway and field upgrade funded by federal state and local matching funds totaling 94 000. Final site work hinges on land surface repairs with additional expansion potential along the airport corridor. Drag racing has damaged the strip in the past and must be curtailed to preserve the facility for business.
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Hugh Macaeshall
Biddeford
Biddeford-Saco
Marshal
Ralph Binette
Marshall
Airpes
Saco
Kanfar
Gasports
Catholics Get New Rubrics From Pope John XXIII
Vatican City Pope John XXIII unveils a motu proprio announcing a new code of rubrics for the Roman breviary and Mass. The reform shortens and simplifies services with a new calendar to take effect January 1. Those following the Roman rite must conform. older rubrics will cease.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
John
Nixon and Rockefeller in Harmony at GOP Convention
In Chicago the Republicans loosen up before Nixon acceptance, sharing breakfast with Nelson Rockefeller and the New York delegation. Tensions over the platform fade as Nixon calls New York a key state in a very close election contest.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Saco Girl Begins Grange Exchange Visit
Miss Ella Mae Grant of Saco starts a Grange exchange visit by swapping hostess roles with Miss Linda Rowen of Wellington S D. The 16 year old will spend August in South Dakota visiting Pierre and Custer Youth Camp with Rowen as sponsor. The trip continues the National Grange exchange program with meetings including Gov Reed of Maine.
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South Dakota
Wessington
Ella
Grant
Buxton Road
Saco
Linda Bowen
National Grange
Lawrence Grant
Saco Grange
Ella Mae Grant
Linda Rowen
Welsington
S. D
Miss Rowen
Rowen
Miss Grant
Gov. Reed
Maine
Augusta
Grants
Maynard Dolloff
South Dakota Grange
Pierre
Custer
Linda
New England
Platforms of Rivals Compared
Chicago AP reports a brief comparison of the Democratic and Republican civil rights planks. Democrats pledge full use of existing law to secure ballots and end literacy tests while delaying desegregation plans to 1963. Republicans seek literacy evidence from six grades and aim to enforce desegregation via the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and Justice Department actions.
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Chicago
Democratic Party
Republican Platform Committee
Supreme Court
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Fly Returns as Tongue and Pen Quip collides
A light item notes the recurring pest being a troublesome fly. The anecdote frames the joke as a satirical clash between clever phrasing and a stubborn insect, reflecting the era’s humor and wit.
Four Democrats Warned Over Late Campaign Reports
In Augusta the Legislative Election Expenses Committee warned four candidates their names will be excluded from November ballots unless fines for late expense report filings are paid within two weeks. The letters set Aug 10 as the payment deadline. prior report deadlines were July 5. Fines ranged from one to six dollars per day.
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Augusta
Legislative Election Expenses Committee
Bernard Cratty
Waterville
Kennebec County
Andrew J. Fournier
Saco
State Senate
Fred D. Willis
Gorham
House
Keith D. Patterson
Hudson
Bartholomew J. Sullivan
Portland
California
Eisenhower Defends Prosperity and Defense at GOP Rally
President Eisenhower praised unprecedented prosperity and the strong military, defending his eight-year stewardship at the GOP National Convention. He challenged Soviet leaders to accept UN supervised free elections, cited a 25 percent rise in gross national product, and highlighted inflation control and fiscal discipline. He noted strides in ballistic missile development and foreign policy achievements.
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Hicago
Eisenhower
White House
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Job
America
Rockefeller
Security Council backs U S on RB47 shootdown dispute
The U N Security Council rejected Soviet charges and vetoed an Italian proposal for a Red Cross contact with the captured RB47 crewmen held by the Soviet Union. Nine to two votes opposed the Soviet accusations with Poland and the Soviet bloc vetoing the American proposal for an international investigation.
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United Nations
N. Y
Security Council
United States
International Red Cross
America
U.N
Red Cross
Council
Barents Sea
Lodge
Arctic
State Trooper Hollis G. Dix Receives Court Compliment
In Biddeford Municipal Court Trooper Hollis G. Dix was praised by Arnold C. Newcomb of Rochester New Hampshire who paid a $15 fine for driving without a license. Newcomb commended the trooper for courtesy and fair handling. Earlier in July 19 a New York driver commended Dix after a DUI summons.
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Hollis G. Dixon
Biddeford
Arnold C. Newcomb
Rochester
N. H
Dixon
New York State
Biddeford Court
Pay Boost Sought By Ferry Crew
Crews aboard the Bluenose ferry linking Nova Scotia and Maine threaten a strike starting Aug. 5 unless a 5 cent hourly wage rise is granted retroactive to Jan. 1 for a one year term. The move follows a rejected conciliation award and could impact Nova Scotia tourism.
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Otiawa
Nova Scotia
Maine
CLC
CNR
Douglas Gonder
Bluenose
Yarmouth
N. S
Bar Harbor
Conciliation Board
CNA
Federal Department of Transport
Gander
W. J. Smith
Brotherhood
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Royal Ambassador Pool
Ocean Park
Myra van Fleet
York County Waver Safety
Eleanor Shaffer
GOP
Fea, Corp
Linoleum Co
Alfred Street
York County
Main Street
Washington, D. C
Kennelwink
Washington
Capitol Building
Edmund Cashen
Cashen
Summer Street
Kennebunk
Margaret Chase Smith
Mrs. Cashen
Sen. Smith
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Cashens
Fournier
Ike
Kremin
Hisna
U. S
Mae Dennis
Donna Shaffer
GRB
Richard Crown
Goose Rocks Beach
GRB Association
Patsy Dykstra
Ann Cooke
Debra Kinney
Pittsburgh
Capitol
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