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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1963
Page
9
A special meeting announced the Camp Ellis Bean Supper is cancelled due to construction. The event was to be hosted by the Camp Ellis Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night at Mrs. Mabel Cloudman's home. A fall date will be announced later and officials will discuss future finances at the Fire Station kitchen.
Mary Oppenheimer, 19, daughter of famed South African mining magnate, spends months in各 department of her father’s Johannesburg empire. Training in accounts, she earns 140 dollars monthly and learns big business while aiding charities as a socialite fundraiser. She remains unattached and studies French culture in Paris.
New York AP reports that the father of the bride will face higher costs next fall as wholesale prices for silks and imported laces rise. Bridal and bridesmaid dresses could cost 10 to 20 dollars more, driven by fabrics and heavy embroidery.
Bridal industry leaders say they will try to counter higher costs by cutting corners in workmanship and fabric yardage, but most insist on maintaining the quality and style of designs and passing the extra expense to the bride or her father.
U N command spokesman Col George Creel said ballistic tests proved the same submachine guns used in Monday’s ambush that killed two US soldiers and wounded a third south of the demilitarized zone were from North Korean troops killed Tuesday. Brig Gen Charles Pershing Brown noted no U S casualties in today’s contact as troops pressed operations near the armistice line and a North Korean patrol clash left one American and one South Korean policeman dead.
In L A quila Italy Marco Lombardo 16 owes his life to winning a skiing medal after a Grand Sasso slalom. He and Mario de Fermo 16 were struck by lightning during a post race moment. De Fermo was killed. Lombardo survived as the bolt ran down his medal and along one leg.
East German leader Walter Ulbricht told the Parliament that Western armed forces are breaking law by speculating in East Berlin. He alleged they buy goods with East marks at West Berlin rates and hinted at possible restrictions or searches in the Communist sector as American British and French troops move freely through the divided city.
London AP report notes Dr. Stephen Ward lay unconscious in hospital as Old Bailey jury considers lurid vice charges. Ward faces five misdemeanor counts carrying up to 25 years. bail was cancelled as court plans to ensure security. Christine Keeler linked to Ward's alleged prostitution ring. Ward found unconscious by friend Noel Howar Jones in Chelsea flat. Dairy cattle require three times as much salt as beef cattle per Salt Institute.
A Fifth Avenue shop introduces a memo-smoker cigarette case that holds 18 cigarettes and locks for up to two hours via an inner timer. Buyers claim the device helps reduce withdrawals, though buyers often purchase it for friends. The price is about 10 dollars. Keeneland race course posts a 1936 first-meeting profit of 10,567.12 dollars, with all track profits donated to charity.
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