Four Biddeford Women Involved In Car Crash
In Brunswick AP report four Biddeford women and four sailors from Brunswick Naval Air Station escaped serious injury when their car swerved off the road and struck a steel guard rail along the Androscoggin River. Driver Priscilla LaVerriere, 21, had a head injury and was treated and released.
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Brunswick (Ap
Biddeford
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Androscoggin
Priscilla LaVerriere
Brunswick
Connie Perrin
Annette LeTarte
Irene Nadeau
Brian L. Care
Donald W. Hettich
Paul Protivnak
John M. Newland
Maine House OKs ten new liquor stores plan
The Maine House approved a bill to let the State Liquor Commission open 10 new retail stores over the next two years, authorizing 3.965 million dollars for the biennium. The plan projects 400 thousand dollars in net revenue, with 330 thousand dollars to open the stores. Republicans debated revenue estimates and enforcement costs as supporters tied the measure to a general pay raise and public service.
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Augusta
Maine
House of Representatives
State Liquor Commission
A Ge
Appropriations Committee
Harold Bragdon
Perham
James Stanley
Bangor
Dwight Brown
R Ellsworth
David Kennedy
R-Milbridge
Augusta Christie
Rpresque Isle
Maine Women's Christian Temperance Union
Natick Church Plans Scopes Trial Drama in Worship
Natick Mass AP The Natick Unitarian Church will replace its usual sermon and service next Sunday with a dramatization of the 1925 Scopes trial. Church members will act on the chancel, the choir serving as jury while singing Give Me That Old Time Religion and Go Tell It on a Mountain. Reverend Arnold Thaw notes religious plays have long been used in worship.
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Natick
Mass
Natick Unitarian Church
Scopes
Tennessee
Arnold Thaw
Europe
Nicaragua Prepares as Rebels Reported From Cuba
Nicaragua braces for an armed confrontation as President Luis Somoza marshals forces to meet three boats carrying rebels and arms from Cuba. The government claims 75 rebels landed by air from Costa Rica and reports on clashes remain unconfirmed while Cuba denies aiding the revolt.
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Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Cuba
Aanernes
Somoza
Washington
Guillermo Sevilla- Sacasa
Organization of American States
Latin America
Foreign Ministry
Costa Rica
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Panama
United States
San Jose
Santo Tomas
Lake Nicaragua
Mu Muy
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
la Prensa
Costa Rican National Assembly
Tegucigalpe
Honduras
el Salvador
Golfo Fonseca
Luis Cantrerero
Beach Police Positions Announced
Old Orchard Beach Police Chief Ernest Murphy announced several summer and special appointments. Armand Fortier 60 will serve as a Palace amusement corp special officer and Frederick Stewart 52 as Bancroft hotel special officer. other new officers include Philip Gray 28 Jeffrey Thompson 25 David Mooers 32 and Charles D Peckham Jr 61 all of Old Orchard Beach. Parking meter enforcement will begin June 15 with most meters already in place.
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Armand Fortier
Adelaide Road
Old Orchard Beach
Palace Amusement Corporation
Frederick Stewart
Elm Street
Saco
Bancroft Hotel
Philip Gray
Lewis Avenue
Jeffrey Thompson
Portland Avenue
David Mooers
Shady Jane
Charles D. Peckham, Jr
Temple Avenue
Murphy
Manhunt at Scarborough Continues in Portland Area
State and local police pursue two Men's Reformatory escapees, Frank Brady and Richard Logan, who stole a patrol car near U S Route 1. Brady and Logan fled through foggy woods, abandoning a car in a sand pit, after a high speed chase above 100 mph. Both men escaped from South Windham reformatory last Thursday, having previously swam the Presumpscot River to evade capture.
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Scarborough
Portland
Frank Brady
Richard Logan
Santas Barbara
Calif
Brady
Winslow
Holmes Road
Logan
South Windham
Institute
Eisenhower reports no Geneva progress for summit talks
President Eisenhower said no detectable progress at Geneva justifies a summit. He urged the Soviet Union to show good faith at the foreign ministers sessions, including a clear commitment that Western Berlin rights will be preserved pending German reunification. He noted Khrushchev’s recent statements do not ease East West tensions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Russia
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
Andre A. Gromyko
Britain
France
United States
Pardon requested for Anthony Frenette Jr in 1957 escape
Gov Clinton Clauson and the Executive Council heard the pardon petition for Anthony Frenette Jr a Bedford man serving two and a half to five years for an escape from the county jail in 1957. The hearing occurred in Augusta this morning with continued coverage on page two.
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Bidford
Anthony Frenette, Jr
Clinton A. Clauson
Executive Council
Augusta
Frenette
Couple Near Ambitious Goal At Gorham State Teachers College
Mr and Mrs Bruce P Libby will graduate Friday at Gorham State Teachers College as the sole husband and wife team to complete their degrees while managing marriage and parenthood. They welcomed their son Duane Henderson Libby on March 12 and both resumed studies for a Bachelor of Science in Education. The infant lived with grandparents while the Libbys finished the program.
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Bruce P. Libby
Gorham State Teachers College
Libbys
Duane Henderson Libby
Libby
Mer Patten Ward
Saco
Duane
James Ward
Ferry Beach
Baby Duane H. Libby
Portland
Bruce Libby
Patten Ward
Legion Head Warns of Kremlin Cuba Base Proximity
American Legion national commander Preston J. Moore said agents of the Kremlin are near capturing a major base of operations in Cuba, 90 miles from the United States. He linked Fidel Castro and James R. Hoffa to ongoing U S labor and political tensions and criticized both Castro’s regime and Hoffa in a speech prepared for FBI Academy commencement exercises.
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Washington
American Legion
Kremlin
United Sates
Cuba
Legion
Preston J. Moore
Fidel Castro
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
United States
Moore
Hoffa
Batista
Castro
Teamsters
Beck
Fulgencio Batista
Dave Beck
FBI National Academy
Hawaii
State Pay Raise Bill Approved in Maine
The Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a bill to provide over a million dollars for state employee pay raises. The redraft by Sen George Hunt proposes 1 200 000 to establish a reserve fund for pay scale flexibility and a total of 1 340 215 for raises for classified and unclassified employees aligned with the Personnel Board plan.
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Augusta
Appropriations Committee
George Hunt
D-Hallowell
Personnel Board
Strike May Be Avoided in Steel Contract Talks
Washington reports strong hope that the steel strike set for July 1 can be averted as four man negotiating teams from the nations 12 largest steel companies and the United Steelworkers of America push to replace the June 30 expired three year pact. President Eisenhower urges restraint and responsibility while the union seeks higher wages and benefits, a shorter work week and other concessions.
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New York
Washington
United Steelworkers of America
Eisenhower
Ema Tate
Tuesay
Eagle Leader Appeals Fine for Augusta Eagles
Edmund J. Quiroun aged 27 was to be installed as president of the Augusta Aerie of Eagles but appeared in municipal court where he was fined 35 dollars on gaming charges from a liquor raid. He was found guilty of illegal possession of a gaming implement, pleaded innocent, and appealed.
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Augusta
Edmund J. Quiroun
Augusta Aerie of Eagles
Quiroun
Second Space Monkey OK Baker Survives Electrode Removal
Washington reports Baker the space monkey survived removal of two electrodes from her chest after a Jupiter rocket flight while Able died during anesthesia for similar surgery. Navy scientists in Pensacola and Ft Knox note earlier autopsy findings found no obvious injuries from the flight though red blood cells showed some damage in plasma. Further electrode removal and data analysis will continue to inform future manned space flights and packaging improvements.
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Able
Baker
Navy
Pensacola
Fla
Cape Canaveral
Ft. Knox
Army Medical Research Laboratory
David P. Cooney
Cooney
Bingham clergyman convicted in statutory incident
SKOWHEGAN The Rev. Arthur R. MacDougall 62 pastor of the Bingham Congregational church since 1923 was found guilty Thursday night of the statutory offense involving a 14 year old girl who said he fathered her baby. A seven hour jury trial ended with a bowing verdict as Judge Leonard Williams planned sentencing later this month. MacDougall released on 15000 bail. The case marks one of Maine’s most serious offenses. Attorney Richard J. Dubord said no appeal planned.
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Skowhegan
Arthur R. MacDougall
Bingham
Leonard Williams
MacDougall
Maine
Bingham Congregational Church
Dean
Embden
Atty
Richard J. Dubord
Mother Saves Son From Fire Near Gue rette Farm
A frantic mother rescued two-year-old Daniel Daigle from a blazing Gue rette farmhouse. Mrs. Alex Daigle, at a nearby potato house, heard the alarm, raced upstairs, and grabbed her son from a bed as flames swept through the home leaving nine in the family homeless. The father was elsewhere on the farm and the other children were at school.
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Guerette
Daniel
Alex Daigle
Daigle
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