Giant 200 Lot Home Project Planned Along West Street
Bernard Osher of Bowdoin Realty reveals a 10 acre development on West Street Biddeford containing 200 home lots. The plan includes ranch Cape Cod and split level homes with sale of both houses and lots. Construction will preserve trees and create Bowdoin Park with sewer water access and two entrances from West Street and Granite Street.
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West Street
Osher
Biddeford
Bernard Osher
Bowdoin Realty and Development Corporation
Granite Street
Cape Cod
Bowdoin Park
Gerard Laverriere
Laverriere
St. Joseph Cemetery
Gagne’s Pond
Piar.f
Boat Disaster Near Biddeford Pool 1909 Tragedy Recalls Item Incident
Fifty two years after the tragedy three women died and 26 others were saved when the gasoline launch Item capsized near Biddeford Pool. Katharine Lynch, 19, and Margaret Harvey, 25, died, plus Mrs Eugene A. Cutts who succumbed later. The coroner blamed the craft for instability after engine replacement. Survivors and local residents recall the event.
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Saco River
Biddeford Pool
Biddeford
Katherine Lynch
Margaret Harvey
Oak Street
Eugene A. Cutts
Saco
Erwin R. Gowen
Elm Street
Gowen
Journal
Ira Whitehead
John
Edward Matley
Henry Anderson
Otto Carter
Roy Tongue
Dennis Dineen
Frank Remick
Susan Matley
Sadie
Mary Anderson
Sylph
Nimrod
Mrs. Cutts
Basket Island
Harvey
Highway Crashes Claim Five Lives
Two Maine wrecks killed a young Canadian mother and her daughter and a middle aged South Berwick couple. An elderly Waldoboro man died after a Thursday collision. Louise Mongrain and her 3 year old daughter Ellen died in West Baldwin. her husband and 4 year old son Guy were hospitalized. A York crash killed George M. Butler and wife. Dover residents Gene Hall and Judith Wormstead had minor injuries. Bernard Hallowell Sr of Waldoboro died after a Nobleboro crash. autopsy ordered.
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Associated Press
Maine
South Berwick
Waldoboro
West Baldwin
Louise Mongrain
Ellen
Three Rivers
P. Q
Great Neck
N. Y
Guy
Portland
Mongrain
George M. Butler
York
Butler
Gene F. Hall
Judith A. Wormsteaed
Dover
N. H
Bernard Hallowell, Sr
Damariscotta
Nobleboro
Hallowell
Jay Man Drowns in Embden Pond Near North Anson
The Sheriff reported Ralph E. Chase, 34, of North Jay, drowned Thursday night at Embden Pond above North Anson. The incident occurred yesterday as rescue crews searched the area. Authorities continued to investigate the circumstances surrounding the drowning.
Area Slated To Receive SBA Help
Senator Muskie announced two Maine areas Biddeford Saco and Washington County will receive priority under the Area Redevelopment Act. The SBA will give preference to urban and rural redevelopment projects designated for assistance by the secretary of commerce as part of the act.
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Washington
Maine
Biddeford - Saco
Washington County
Small Business Administration
Edmund S. Muskie
SBA
Secretary of Commerce
Luther Hodges
Muskie
Rain Fails to Dampen Waynesburg Legend
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania light rain fell just after midnight, sparking talk that rain occurs on this date about 76 times in 86 years. Two officers Ralph Moore and Charles Shaw confirmed the few scattered drops, keeping the longstanding local legend alive.
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Waynesburg
Pennsylvania
Green County
Ralph Moore
Charles Shaw
Blaze Destroys Saco Esso Station on Elm Street
A fire believed caused by spontaneous combustion in oil soaked rags gutted the Esso station on Elm Street Saco last night. Firemen confined the blaze to the building, saving two gaso line tanks and limiting damage to the stalls and office. Employee Roger Sicard helped rescue a car owned by David Deschambault and was later treated for arm cuts after a fall into a cleanup pit.
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Esso
Elm Street
Saco
Roger Sicard
David Deschambault
Alcide Deschambault
Sicard
Webber Hopsital
France Stalemate in Parley Over Sahara Control
Paris AP report says de Gaulle’s France stands isolated as talks on Algeria break down over who governs Sahara oil and by whom. French paratroops hold Bizerte amid Tunisian protests while the UN Security Council weighs possible action. Paris insists the dispute is bilateral.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Peppeney
Algeria
Sahara
Tunisia
Bizerte
U. N. Security Council
Council
de Gaulle
Security Council
Senate OKs Arms Plan for JFK Defense Needs
The Senate approved two Kennedy defense requests with a 75 to 0 vote. The measures authorize 975 million for rapid delivery of missiles and aircraft and permit callups of up to 250000 reservists, plus authorization to extend service for units on duty. The House committee approved similar action 37 to 0, with full funding details to come from the appropriations panel.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Khrushchev
House
Amed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
Dga
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Appropriations Committee
Pearl Harbor Veterans Seek National Pearl Memorial Ride
Pearl Harbor Attack Veterans Post 1 of Concord Massachusetts expands to 23 states. The drive funds return trips for survivors to Pearl Harbor and seeks congressional support for a 135000 memorial bill. 400 Massachusetts men were at Pearl Harbor. 116 known survivors are Post 1 members.
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Concord
Mass
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Massachuetts
National Cemetery of the Pacific
Uss Arizona Shrine
George J. Sallet
West Concord
Congress
Sallet
Massachusetts
Alaska
Whatcha mean I’m on couth Chuckle strip riff
A humorous panel features a young man asking his sweetheart what counts as couth and denies she should be treated to only highbrow outings. He lists opera and ballet as examples, while the tone playfully mocks pretentiousness and social expectations.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
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Saco Station
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