Budget Hike Approved By Saco City Council
Saco city council approved a 1959 budget totaling about 813,140, raising the tax rate by roughly three dollars from 46 to 49 per thousand, with taxes due Sept 1 and a 30 day grace period plus a six percent interest charge retroactive to Sept 1.
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Saco
Aing
Peter A. Garland
Stockman Avenue
Tibbetts
Arundel
Tibbs
Backes
W. T. Roussin
Kinney Shores
Robert Mel
Old Orchard Beach
Yeslay
Mike Anton
I. H. Fenderson
Bradley
Wendell Willett
Police
Ad Fire Commission
Ncil
Khrushchev Keeps Them Hoping on Berlin Demands
James Marlow analyzes Nikita Khrushchev's Berlin demand and its aim to keep the West off balance. He argues Khrushchev sought leverage to gain concessions, possibly split Western unity, and renew Soviet grip on Eastern Europe while the Geneva talks drag.
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James Marlow
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
John Foster Dulles Eral
Premir Karushy
Berlin
Khrushchev
Berand
Hlin
Townsend Plan Supported By James Oliver
Washington Bureau Congressman James C Oliver of Maine urged Congress to pass the Townsend Plan as a pension measure aligning benefits with living costs. He criticized a recent seven percent social security increase as inadequate, noting costs have risen more. The plan would create a parity system with a modest tax on gross receipts and tie retirement payments to inflation.
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Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
James C. Oliver
Maine
Congress
Townsend
House
Rep. Blatnik
Minnesota
Oliver
Blatnik
Maine Democrat
Beach Couple Observes 35th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George J Laney of 30 Washington Avenue Old Orchard Beach quietly marked their 35th wedding anniversary yesterday. Married June 1 1924 in Limerick by Rev Thomas McLaughlin the couple has lived in Old Orchard Beach for 12 years They have two children Fr Frederick Benedictine in Beruth Lebanon and Mrs Claudette Farrington Boston grandchild Laney works at Pepperell Manufacturing and Mrs Laney at Maine Cleaners Old Orchard Beach
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George J. Laney
Washington Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Limerick
Thomas McLaughlin
Old Orchard
Frederick
Beruth
Lebanon
Claudette Farrington
Boston
Mass
Laney
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Maine Cleaners
Minimum Wage Bill Change Is Defeated
AUGUSTA an effort to change the $1 minimum wage bill to exempt students from its provisions failed in the upper branch of the Legislature. The measure would have exempted only students working at summer camps. opponents sought a broader exemption for all students. The attorney general’s office has ruled against that broader scope, per Sen. Rodney Ross Jr. who asked for a Senate recap.
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Augusta
Attorney General's Office
Rodney Ross Jr
Bath
Senate
Zaitlin Heads Congregation Hitz Chaim Society President
Joseph Zaitlin of Birch Street is elected the new president of Congregation Hitz Chaim Society, succeeding L. Simensky. Officers named include Cohen as vice president Lewis Spill as secretary and Cohen as treasurer. The late Frank Fein is noted in the report.
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Joseph Zaitlin
Birch Street
Congregation Hitz Chaim Ue Society
L. Simensky
Viher
Ee Cohen
Lewis Spill
Cohen
Frank Fein
Piano Students Present Recital At Old Orchard Beach
A capacity audience attended the piano recital by Miss Mollie B Welch’s pupils at York Inn Old Orchard Beach. Charlene Hebert presented a bouquet to the teacher as students performed solos and duets including works by Chopin Tschaikowsky and standard marches.
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York Inn
Old Orchard Beach
Mollie B. Welch
Billy Searle
Marc Hebert
Meredith Searle
Tamaris Norton
Daphne Contraras
Paul Trudeau
Vivian Cote
Meredith Sears
Marjorie Cote
Novjelty
Hansel and Gretel
Treaders
Patricia Coburn
Janet Saunders
Karen Hadiaks
Charlene Hebert
Brass Band
William O 'Sears
Marc Hubert
Karen Hadiaris
Liebestraum
Barbara Warren
Dianne Cote
Patricia Denoncour
Wendy Stackpole
Chopin
Tschaikowsky
Steven Cote
Cumana
Jet
Saco Catholic Women's Club Holds Year End Banquet in Scarborough
The Catheolic Women's club of Most Holy Trinity church Saco held its annual banquet last night at Valle's steak house in Scarborough marking the final meeting until September. Rev Henry Sims installed a new slate of officers led by president Mrs John J Chase and including vice president Mrs Edmund Choroszy treasurer Mrs Peter Hellige recording secretary Mrs Leonard Burke and auditor Mrs Thomas Winston. Mrs Chase named Mrs Gerard Cameron as corresponding secretary. Attending the affair were Father Sims and many club members.
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Catheolic Women's Club
Most Holy Trinity Church
Saco
Valle’s
Scarborough
Henry Sims
John J. Chase
Edmund Choroszy
Peter Hellige
Leonard Burke
Thomas Winston
Chase
Gerard Cameron
Father Sims
John Chase
Anne Dineen
Germaine Camire
Samuel Rankin
James Lombard
Elsie Twomey
Teresa County
Raymond Hobbins
Henry Blanchette
Frederick Skinner
Elroy White
Ernest Cantara
Joseph Thibeault
Mary Richard
Chester Fecteau
Matthew Stone
Irene Tarazewich
Joseph Andrus
John Mazeiko
Bernard Walker
Frank Welch
Wilfred Binette
John Colpitts
Theresa Colpitts
Kenneth Goodwin
Donald Feeney
Bill Reconsideration Fails as Exemption Change Loses
The proposal to exempt all students was debated but Ross' amendment failed 16 to 13. The measure was retabled after the defeat, leaving the exemption goal unresolved and awaiting another review.
Iowa Man Surrenders After Terrorizing Town
Ray Herdman, 68, dazed former soldier, surrendered after a night of terror in Laconda Iowa. He had shot and killed his daughter Grace Hardman 25 and wounded neighbor boy Don Neer 12 before fleeing into a ditch and surrendering to deputies. Over 25 officers combed the town as Sheriff Richards warned residents to stay indoors. Hardman, held in county jail, was described as mentally disturbed with a past incident in which he tried to kill his son Clyde seven years earlier.
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Lacona
Iowa
Russ Smith
Des Moines
Tne
Ray Herdman
Grace Hardman
Don Neer
Smith
Jack Gorman
Hardman
Hardiman
Richard Hendrickson
C. J. Richards
Indiansola
Richards
Clyde
Hard
Cnarlton
Fireside Club Plans Picnics During Summer
The Fireside club of the Saco Street Methodist church held its final meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs Oliver Stevens Beach street Saco. Two summer picnics were scheduled the first on July 12 at Barker's pond summer camp hosted by Mr and Mrs Ralph Parslow with August 23 as a second outing yet to be announced. President Mrs Mildred Harris presided and refreshments were served by Mrs Norman Langmaid and Mrs Oliver Stevens.
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Saco School
Troop Building Group Meeting in Biddeford Hall
A joint meeting of Troop 1 Building association leaders the building association auxiliary Boy Scout troop Explorer Post and Cub Scout Pack 305 was held last night at Mason street Scout hall Biddeford. Philip Gadbois advised on expansion plans and results from the Mother's Day candy sale were reported. The next combined meeting is set for June 8 at 7 pm at the hall with attendees including Paul Garnache Joseph Small Joseph Zaitlin Euclide Millette Theodore Caouette Fred Greenwood John Hill Philip Hatch John St Onge Ray mond Letellier Mrs Olive Proulx and Mrs Jean Hudson. Den Mothers were noted.
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Troop 1 Building Association
Building Association
Explorer Post
Mason Street
Biddeford
Philip Gadbois
Paul Garnache
Joseph Small
Joseph Zaitlin
Euclide Millette
Theodore Caouette
Fred Greenwood
Explorer
John Hill
Philip Hatch
John St. Onge
Raymond Letellier
Olive Proulx
Jean Hudson
den Mothers
Rohmer dies. Fu Manchu creator aged about seventy
London AP reports Sax Rohmer creator of Dr Fu Manchu died after a long illness. He was about 70 and had produced a Fu Manchu series since 1913 with a final 1957 entry. Born in England, he lived in America and made New York City his home. The note also covers Belgian plans for a Brussels wedding of Prince Albert to Italian Princess Paola Rufo di Calabria, a change from Rome amid political opposition, and Maj John Griffin named as press secretary to Princess Margaret and Queen Mother Elizabeth in London.
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London
Sax Rohmer
Dr. Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu
Rohmer
Brussels
Belgium
Albert
Paola Rufo di
Calabria
Rome
Baudouin
John XXIII
St. Peter's Basilica
United States
Princess Margaret
Elizabeth
Clarence House
Maj
John Griffin
Buckingham Palace
Slug Invasion Rattles Towns on Japan Coast
In Kitanama and Motohama near Kagoshima hundreds report nightly awakenings as a greenish yellow slug species about 3 to 4 inches long invades bedrooms. An official from the National Earth Preservation Research Institute says the slugs are not harmful to humans. Meanwhile in Cairo Sudanese Premier Ibrahim Abbound orders the arrest of Brig. Abdel Rehim Shaenan and Brig. Mohieddin Ahmed Abdallah after reports of a coup attempt, with treason charges to be brought by a military court.
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Kagoshima
Japan
Kitanama
Motohama
East China Sea
National Earth Preservation Reserch Institute
Cairo
Ibrahim Abbound
Abdel Rehim Shaenan
Khartoum
Shenan
Mohieddin Ahmed Abdallah
First Negro Graduate Marks Central High Ceremony
Gus Roberts, 17, became the first Negro to graduate from Central High School in Charlotte. He entered two years ago as token integration began in the city and nearby Winston-Salem and Greensboro. His family attended the ceremony alongside several siblings. there was no segregated seating.
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Charlotte
N. C
Gus Roberts
Central High School
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Gus
Edward Roberts
Local Building Group Officials Named in Notice
James Benson committeeman and Mrs Theresa Chasse president of the Building association auxiliary lead a list including Mrs Euclide Millette Mrs Fred Greenwood Mrs Arlene Rhames Philip Chasse Pete Dumouchel and Philip Gadbois contractor in a public notices record detailing positions and roles within the organization.
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James Benson
Theresa Chasse
Building Association Auxiliary
Euclide Millette
Fred Greenwood
Arlene Rhames
Philip Chasse
Pete Dumouchel
Philip Gadbois
Teacher Becomes Stripper In Hollywood Burlesque Show
AP reports Patricia Ann Carruthers from Minneapolis, a former junior high teacher who quit after a dress criticism, now performs as Patti White at El Rancho Club in Los Angeles. She kept teaching hours until last October, says she always wanted acting, and describes stripping as impulsive with relief from school dress scrutiny.
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Hollywood
Peeler
Minneapolis
Patricia Ann Carruthers
University of Minnesota
el Rancho
Los Angeles
Patti White
Veterans of Foreign Wars Meet In Biddeford
Meeting at City building discussed fall presentation and Poppy Day sales. Commander Elvino Benamati reported grave decoration for deceased members and Memorial Day parade. Department convention set for June 5 to 7 in Bangor. Voted to hold one meeting monthly during summer.
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Biddeford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elvino Benamati
Bangor
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