Larrabee Honored at Surprise Testimonial Banquet
Associates gather at Biddeford High School cafeteria as Paul Larrabee resigns after 17 years leading the union serving Biddeford Arundel and Dayton. The event features remarks by Maine Department of Education official Ker mit Nickerson and bids farewell from educators and officials including Ray Kenneally Clara Stone and Lucien Doyon.
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Biddeford High School
Paul Larrabee
School Union
Ruthinette
Raymond A. Kenneally
BHS
Lucien Doyon
Biddeford
Board of Education
Arundel
Dayton
Larrabee
Waldo Emery
Alfred
Kermit S. Nickerson
Maine Department of Education
Clifford Berry
Biddeford Board of Education
Clara Stone
Arundel Board of Education
Robert Anderson
Dayton Board
Theresa Vandermeulen
Soviet Union Raises Prices for Meat and Butter
The Soviet Union hiked meat and butter prices to fund agriculture amid food shortages. Butter rises 25 percent to 1.83 dollars per pound. pork and beef up 30 percent to 88 cents per pound. Salaries remain low, with semiskilled workers earning about 88 dollars a month and professionals around 222 dollars. The government blamed the United States for pressures, citing imperialism and a feverish arms race as context.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Goldwater Optimistic About 1964 GOP Prospects
Washington AP report summarizes a new biography stating Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona believes the Republican presidential nomination in 1964 will favor the conservative wing he leads. The bio notes he might run if GOP prospects look bright and that conservatives could control the next convention.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Eichmann Executed in Israel for Holocaust Crimes
Eichmann walked to the gallows at Ramleh Prison near Tel Aviv and was hanged for his role in the Nazi extermination of six million Jews. His body was cremated and ashes scattered in the Mediterranean. He remained defiant, rejected mercy, and claimed he followed orders.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Ramleh
Eichmann
Hitler
Mediterranean
Eich
Mann
Jewish Affairs Section
Supreme Court
Izhak Ben-Zvi
Jerusalem
William Hull
Chuckle: Housewife Finds Time With Dishes
A light joke notes the easiest way for a homemaker to get a few minutes alone at day’s end is by starting the dishes. The line reflects classic domestic humor and magazine feature framing.
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Gen
Fea, Corp
Saco zoning law questioned in municipal court hearing
Washington AP report notes Senate Finance Committee considering a compromise on withholding taxes on dividends and interest. A $5 000 income exemption is proposed but faced opposition from Chairman Byrd who fears undermining the principle of withholding. Republicans align with Byrd. other lawmakers oppose the measure.
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Saco
Ooo Sa
Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
House
Kennedy
Finance Committee
Sens
Russell B. Long
D-La
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Portland to Build $2.5 Million Waterfront Hotel
Portland shipping executive Ralph A. Leavitt said plans are under way for a $2.5 million waterfront hotel to be operated by Sheraton Corp with Maine capital. The 200 room facility at Long Wharf would include a restaurant lounges and boating facilities on land leased from Pocahontas Fuel Co. Local Waterfront Task Force outlined the plans last July.
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Portland
Sheraton Corp
Ralph A. Leavitt
Boston
Sheraton
Maine Capital
Market Shows Easing Opening After Deep Stock Losses
New York trading opened irregularly with some blue chips up and others down as investors take profits after a sharp rally. American Telephone fell 2.12 to 111.12 while Chrysler rose 0.12 to 44.37 and Eastman Kodak gained 1.75 to 98.25 amid heavy volume and a looming congressional probe into the securities industry.
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New York
American Telephone
Chrysler
Eastman Kodal
Congress
New York Stock Exchange
Pacific Coast
Midwest
Congressional
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking and Currency Committee
Patman
Kennedy seeks 10 Communist Party members to register
Atty. Gen. Kennedy petitions the Subversive Activities Control Board to compel ten named individuals to register as Communist party members. The action follows Supreme Court rulings upholding registration and the 1950 Internal Security Act. The list includes officials from New York, California, Seattle and Los Angeles. Responses are due in 20 days with hearings to follow.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
William L. Patterson
New York
Betty Gannett Tormey
William Albertson
New York Party Committee
Brooklyn
Arnold Samuel Johnson
Miriam Friedlander
Louis Weinstock
New York City
Albert J. Lima
Oakland
Calif
Northern California
Roscoe Quincy Proctor
Berkeley
North California
Dorothy Healey
Los Angeles
Southern California
Burt Gale Nelson
Seattle
Northwest
Inc
Lima
Nelson
Register
Legal challenge to Saco zoning ordinances in trucking case
Atty Philip Graves challenged city zoning in the MacDonald trucking case in Saco Municipal Court. Defense contends ordinances were not properly passed or published, affecting the A and R trucking terminal on Ocean Park Road. Proceedings paused with objections under advisement.
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Saco
Atty
Philip Graves
Saco Munnicipal
Francis L. Mac Donald
Ocean Park Road
Macc Donald
Peter W. Hellige
Graves
Zoning Appeals Board
William F. Wilson, Jr
Hellige
MacDonald Haseen
George Brickates
Cleo Ross
Telephone Company
Biddeford
Clifford A. Purvis
Raymond Hobbins
Peter Hellige
Andre Cloutier
Benjamin Rycosky
Perley Tripp
Ross
A & R Trucking Company
Chester A. Kimball
Kimball
Purvis
A and B_ trucking company
Brickates
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Camp Ellis Fire Station
George’s Biddeford
Fred Crowley
Carl Hevey
Constance Beaudoin
Priscilla
Beauchesne
Reds
State Tax Bureau
Augusta
Old Orchard Beach
Right
Fred Graves
Clarence Williams
Association
David Brown
Edgar Lund
Kesslen Shoe Co
Kennebunk
Marshall's
Biddeford Pool
Harper Grain CO
Pepperell Square
Saco Garden & Lawn Fertilizer
Fasgro and Bulk Seeds
Coal & Oil
Cleaves Street
Company
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