Fire devastates AYER area and costs millions
In AYER Massachusetts a devastating fire destroyed six homes and two plants, forcing evacuations and displacing over 400 workers from Hartnett Tanning Co and International Purchasing Co. Army troops patrolled to deter looting as officials revise damage to about 4 million dollars.
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Ayea
Mass
Hartnett Tanning Co
International Purchasing Co
Ft. Devens
Hartnett Co
Ayer
Walter F. Picard
Edwin Coltin
Hartnett
Coltin
State Employment Security Division
Fitchburg
Town Hall
Hart
Saco Aldermen Establish Health Fund Study Committee
Saco city council appointed Aldermen Fenderson Kenneally and Emens with Dr Paul Hill Jr to chair a committee to study using the Lucia Kimball Deering hospital fund now over 500000. They consider a public health center and elder care, linking the venture to Dr John Kimball memorial aims and city needs.
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Robert Fenderson
Joseph Kenneally
Earl Emens
Saco
Lucia Kimball Deering Hospital
Paul S.ll, Jr
City Hall
Fenderson
John Kimball
Maurice Ross
Oye
Hill
The
DAR
Chuckle Money Boosts Ene Mies Grades
A lighthearted note brims with wordplay about how chuckle money might raise a grade of enemies rather than friendships, attributed to Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
LETS NOT STOP HIS GROWTH public service notice
Public service notice created in cooperation with The Advertising Council. The short item promotes continued growth and development, highlighting collaborative public influence. No specific individuals, places, or dates are stated in the readable text.
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The
Advertising Council
Council OKs sale of city garage to Sheltra for 4000
Biddeford City Council approved selling the Jefferson Street garage to Paul E. Sheltra for 4000. Sheltra plans exterior interior remodeling and space use on the ground floor with a six foot security fence, removing tanks and a tree at no city cost.
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Biddeford
Jefferson Street
Paul E. Sheltra
Sheltra
Paul E. Moreau
Main Street
Albert W. Cookson
Atty
Harold Carroll
Cookson
Carroll
Ernest Fontaine
Public Property Committee
Romeo Sevigny
Alfred Cloutier
Clement Deschambault
Fontaine
Albert Chretien
Chretien
Maplewood Avenue
Wadlin Road
First Street
Biddeford Pool
Newtown Road
Planning Board
Albert Nadeau, Jr
Charles E
Dorothy M. Smith
Valer Lemieux
Ruth Chretien
Wilfred Desnoyers
St. Mary Parish
Amvets le
Kennedy Returns Ready To Report To Nation Tonight
President Kennedy returns from a European trip and plans a national broadcast at 6 p m to outline talks with Khrushchev and reinforce resolve against Soviet pressure. The report contrasts mixed congressional optimism with Republican skepticism about tangible East West gains.
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Kennedy
Nation
Washington
America
Europe
Andrews Air Force Base
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Ste
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
White House
Executive Mansion
Khrushchev
Berlin
Congress
Vienna
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D. Ark
Reapportionment of House Seats Studied
AUGUSTA AP A special legislative committee recommended reapportioning seats in the Maine House of Representatives adding one seat to Aroostook Cumberland and Penobscot counties and creating single seats for Oxford Piscataquis and Somerset. Bangor would gain one seat while Oxford and Piscataquis would lose seats.
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Augusta
House of Representatives
Aroostook
Cumberland
Penobscot
Oxford
Piscataquis
Somerset
House
Presque Isle
Freeport
Pownal
Yarmouth
North Yarmouth
Windham
Casco
Bridgton
Naples
Bangor
Rumford
Iitself
Andover
Byron
Roxbury
Inflation Concerns Rise Over Kennedy Prosperity
Washington reports top White House advisers warn that business upturn risks reigniting inflation unless unions accept moderating wage increases and management restrains prices. Walter Heller Douglas Dillon and Walt Rostow urge discipline without broad price controls while the Labor Management Advisory Committee works on wage and price guidelines for key industries.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Walter W. Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Walt Whitman Rostow
Rostow
Labor Management Advisory Committee
Committee of Labor, Industry
Icehouse Destroyed By Blaze in Portland Heck fires sweep Westbrook Street
A pair of two alarm fires woke Greater Portland residents early today. The Portland Sebago Co Icehouse on Westbrook Street was destroyed while storing about 6000 tons of ice for emergencies. Firemen fought sparks blown by a stiff breeze and no cause was determined. Nearby Westbrook saw a two alarm house fire later with two families safely escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Portland
Portland Sebago Co
Westbrook Street
South Portland
Westbrook
Space Vehicle Launching Site Work Is Completed
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Construction has been completed on the Saturn space vehicle launching site. The 45 acre complex centers on a service tower as tall as a 30 story building. NASA dedicated the $11 million facility, accepting it from the Army Corps of Engineers after a two year program.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Iead
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Army Corps of Engineers
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