State Officials Named Within Regional Political Roster
A list of candidates and office holders appears in order by district including John G. Smith of Kennebunkport for state senate and James Erwin of York as a state senator. Other names include William H. Bruce of Buxton for state senate James H. McKeon of Biddeford sheriff Lester Jobbs Acton for state senate Peter A. Garland coordinator Jonathan C. Milligan of Kennebunkport state senate and Fred G. Bowen of Sanford sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
State Senate
John G. Smith
Kennepunkport
James
Erwin
York
William H. Bruce
Buxton
James H. McKeon
Biddeford
Lester
Jobbs Acton
Peter A. Garland
U. S. House of Representatives
Jonathan C. Milligan
Kennebunkport
Fred G. Bowen
Sanford
Portsmouth Shipyard changes called false economy
Washington AP reports a debate over centralizing planning at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine. Employee spokesmen warn chaos and hidden costs, while Navy officials defend streamlined production to stretch defense funds. Congress members from New Hampshire Maine and Massachusetts attended a Bridges briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery
Maine
Navy
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Congress
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Bureau of Ships
Portsmouth Yard
Thomas J. McLin
Church Ties Under Fire At Conclave
Leaders of the American Baptist Convention sought to quell rebellion over affiliation with the National Council of Churches while preserving relations with Protestant groups. About 10,000 Baptists gathered as Wichita First Baptist pressed to repudiate the council, citing leftist stances and federal aid programs. The denomination, with 12 million members and 6,240 churches in 42 states, faces factional debate as Wichita votes to withhold a $33,000 annual grant unless links are severed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N.Y
American Baptist Convention
Wichita
National Council
Gates defends alert as prudent military precaution
Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates Jr testified to the Senate that he ordered a quiet increase in command readiness from Paris after warning Khrushchev’s aim to wreck the summit. He stressed the action was prudent, not a move of forces, and that no troops were recalled. He credited U2 flights with intelligence gains for defense programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates
Washington
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Eisenhower
Senate
Secretary of State
JCS
Defense Department
Maine Water Tanks Full After Wet May
Maine storage reservoirs were full at the end of May as rainfall averaged 130 percent of normal. Ground water declined but below average rate, with regional variation from 75 percent to over 200 percent rainfall. Stream runoff remained at or above normal statewide. Levels were higher than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
U. S. Geological Survey
Gordon S. Hayes
Clash Over Polish Church Sparks Violent Outbreak in Zielona Gora
In Zielona Gora, a 50,000 population city, Roman Catholics and police clashed when authorities moved to convert a church parish hall into a community center. Workers faced stoning and crowds swelled to thousands as police used tear gas. reinforcements arrived from Poznan to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszinski
Zielona Gora
Gruenberg
Lower Silesia
Poznan
Democratic Presidential Candidates Compete At Union Event
The Associated Press reports Kennedy and Symington spoke at a Textile Workers Union convention in Chicago and San Francisco events, with Stevenson urging bold Western alliance policy. Rockefeller's status in New York's GOP delegation emerged from Cooperstown reports as Nixon looms. Alabama primary returns show Loyalist Democrats securing most electoral votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Chicago
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Denver
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Missouri
San Francisco
California
Edmund G. Brown
Stevenson
Cooperstown
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Western Alliance
America
Brown Kennedy
Brown
Symington
Alabama
National Party
Two Young Brothers Die In Stolen Plane Crash
In Pomona California two brothers aged 14 and 12 stole a single engine plane after reading a flight book. They flew about ten minutes before plummeting into a power dive near a school, dying along with their small brown dog. A prior attempt at stealing a plane at Cable Air Field had occurred three weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Calif
James A. McDonald
Thomas
D. F. Archer
Runanes
Cable Air Field
Claremont
Walter Cable
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Saco
Republican City Committee
Saco Municipal Court
Atty
Philip Graves
House of Representatives
Robert J. Winton
John J. Harvey
Ralph M. Lovell
Gordon E. Bre
Biddeford-Saco Aerie
Order of Eagles
Birch Street
Gerard Hevey
Daniel Pendleton, Jr
Glenn Yarborough
Robert Morris
Philip Perreault
Adelard Tremblay
Emile Madore
Roland Sylvestre
Raymond Roy
Edward Chelate
Harry L. Wilson
Henry W. Labbe
Naval Shipyard
Granite Street
Fish
Westinghouse
RCA Victor
Newt
Scarborough
OS A
Fea. Corp
Linoleum CO
Alfred Street
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Film Street
Ida Noyes
Germaine Lariviere
Blanche Farley
Evelyn Morin
Elodie Renaud
Marie-Jeanne Pelletier
Nellie Petit
Lizzie Tremblay
Mary Wood
Yvonne Bergeron
Biddeford Council
Knights of Columbus
Muriel Duprey
Paulette Loranger
Story
Swift
Hamburg
Franks
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