Deaths Franklin J. Witham 86 Biddeford resident
Franklin J. Witham 86 a Biddeford resident died early today in Hallowell Born in Concord Massachusetts he was the son of Albus and Isabella Witham His wife A Grace Townsend died in 1958 He worked at Pepperell Manufacturing as a bob bin boy and later as superintendent of Edwards Mill now Bates Edwards Division Augusta Funeral services set for Saturday at 11 a.m. Knowlton and Hewins Augusta with committal at 2 30 p.m. Greenwood cemetery Biddeford
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Franklin J. Witham
Formr
Biddeford
Hallowell
Concord
Mass
Albus
Isabella (Moulton) Witham
A. Grace Townsend
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Edwards
Bates Manufacturing Company
Augusta
Leroy Hutchins
Kennebunk
Carroll Hutchins
Jamestown
N. Y
Marian ‘Breen
Freeport
Georg Ratcliffe
Danvers
Fernand Petit
Knowlton and Hewins
Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Chapel
Greenwood Cemetery
Portland Weather Update Noted For Friday
This afternoon for Portland is fair to partly cloudy and slightly warmer with northerly winds around 10 to 15 mph. Tonight and Friday expect fair skies with little temperature change and northwest to west winds of 5 to 10 mph. Temperatures in Zone 1 range from the low 70s to near 40.
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Portland
Mrs Lillian Brousseau Returns Home After Surgery
Mrs Lillian Brousseau of Middle Street Saco has returned home following a surgery at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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Lillian Brousseau
Middle Street
Saco
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Saco Rebekah Lodge to Meet Saturday Night
Saco Rebekah lodge will hold a meeting Saturday night at 7 30 at Saco Odd Fellows hall. Installation ceremony will be conducted at meetings of the York County Council American Legion and its auxiliary tomorrow at 8 pm in the Sullivan Nowell post home South Berwick.
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Saco Rebekah Lodge
Saco Odd Fellows Hall
York County Council
American Legion
Sullivan- Nowell
South Berwick
Church Notes Show Cadets Rally and Rummage Sale
Higher Grade Corp cadets of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Friday at 8 30 p m. The E and L club of the School street Methodist church will conduct a rummage sale at the vestry on Friday beginning at 9 a m.
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Saco Salvation Army
E&l Club
School Street Methodist Church
UN Resumes Debate on Independence for Ruanda Urundi
The United Nations General Assembly reopens its 16th session to consider setting July 1 as independence day for Ruanda Urundi, a Belgian trust territory described as a potential little Congo. Delegates also seek discussion on independence for Southern Rhodesia, while Archbishop Makarios attends for the first time since Cyprus’ independence.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Belgium
Ruanda-Urundi
Congo
Southern Rhodesia
South Africa
Makarios
United States
U.N
Cyprus
Bothuanda
Urundi
U.N. Commission
Ruanda
Kennedy grand strategy hints at tax cut and deficits
European-Style continues the debate on U.S. fiscal policy with talk of expanding federal spending and a possible 1963 tax cut. Officials note the aim to shift public opinion on deficits while Kennedy considers a sizable tax cut as part of a broad tax system revision. Friday previews the grand strategy.
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Britain
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
Baptists Move To Tighten Reins On Seminaries
In San Francisco the Southern Baptist Convention backed tightening doctrinal control over seminaries and denominational agencies. A push to ban the book The Message of Genesis by Ralph Elliott drew strong opposition amid charges of liberal theology. The 511 member executive committee debated a plan to define historic Baptist beliefs while reaffirming opposition to binding creeds. The convention re elected Herschel H. Hobbs of Oklahoma City to a second term as president.
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San Francisco
Southern Baptist Convention
K. Owen White
Houston
Ralph Powell
Kansas City
Ralph Elliott
Powell
Broadman Press
Elliott
Midwestern Theological Seminary
Herschel H. Hobbs
Oklahoma City
Funeral services for Mitchell Swan held in Saco
Funeral services were held this morning from Dennett and Craig Funeral home in Saco for Mitchell Swan of Ocean avenue Old Orchard Beach who was found dead at home earlier this week. Death attributed to natural causes by medical authorities. Rev Norman J Langmaid of Saco School Street Methodist church officiated. Body transported to Bellevue Cemetery Lawrence Mass for burial.
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Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Saco
Mitchell Swan
Ocean Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Norman J. Langmaid
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Bellevue Cemetery
Lawrence
Mass
Local club plans June outing and installs officers
The group announces auxiliary officers including Mrs Paulette Loranger as retiring president and Mrs Rita LeBlond as hospitality chair. Banquet chairs are Mrs LeBlond, Mrs Neault, Mrs Garnache, and Mrs LeBlond who will notify members of details. Annual outing set for June 24 at a summer camp with reservations due by June 21. Members welcomed include Mrs Pauline Nolette and Mrs Fernande Boucher. awards go to Mrs Helen Dussault and Mrs Pauline Garnache.
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Paulette Loranger
Paulette Cantara
Rita LeBlond
Pauline Neault
Pauline Garnache
Yvonne LeBlond
Garnache
Benny Eaglelake
LeBlond
Blanche Neault
Alfreda LeBlond
Pepperell Hall
Bonny Eagle Lake
Pauline Nolette
Fernande Boucher
Helen Dussault
UM President Backs ETV Referendum in Maine
University of Maine President Lloyd H. Elliott urged a June 18 statewide vote approving a 1.5 million dollar ETV bond. He called educational television the most timely and economical educational development and a rich learning laboratory and library for Maine. He spoke at the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs annual meeting where officers were elected including Mrs. Alva Appleby as president and Mrs. John Fogerty named federation secretary.
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Poland Spring
University of Maine
Lloyd H. Elliott
Elliott
Maine
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
ETV
Federation
Alva Appleby
Dennis Lombardi
Bangor
Robert MacBride
Lubec
Peter Aucoin
Rumford
Hollis Ingalls
Machias
George Harvey
Rockland
John Fogerty
Skowhegan
Officials in Biddeford face bribery and fraud charges
Bourque awarded school grounds contract and land fill from city gravel pit at eight cents a yard. Mayors and clerks denied bribery, with defendants arraigned May 29. One indictment alleges a $1,000 bribe from Gerard Laverriere of Biddeford Transportation Co. Trial set for June 26. Motions to dismiss counts denied. appeals filed to Maine Supreme Court. hearing expected this fall.
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Bourque
William S.S. Silsby
Charles W. Smith
Deschambault
Binette
Gerard Laverriere
Biddeford Tansportation Company
Silsby
Smith
Maine Supreme Court
New Officer Appointed By School Street WSCS
The final spring meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Saco School Street Methodist Church approved a new secretary Ruth LeFebvre replacing Marjorie Fogg. Reports covered program plans for 1962 63, student work, children's work and district conference highlights. The group set July 13 for the summer fair at Eva McClellan’s home Ocean Park and noted articles due by July 1 parsonage. An officers training session is planned June 19 at Thornton Heights. June program theme is Missions.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Ruth LeFebvre
Marjorie Fogg
LaDora Gannon
Bessie Dawley
Wilma Griffith
Maude Tuttle
Avis Parslow
Church School
WSCS
Annie Cranshaw
Eula Bell
Christian Social Relation
Frances Lewis
Norman Langmaid
Saco
Sunshine
Mary Fairfield
Eva McClellan
Ocean Park
Griffith
Thornton Heights
South Portland
Dawlevy
Six Maine Students Win Scholarships to St Francis College
Six Maine students gain scholarships to St Francis College for the upcoming school year. Recipients include Ronald Houde of Biddeford and Roger Normand of Sanford, with awards from La Mennais and St Cure d Ars, each worth 400 dollars over four years. Other scholars include Donald Ouellette of Biddeford, Howard Cutler of Saco, Joseph Sekera of Orrington, and Edward Trebilcock of Oxford, plus profiles of their schools and activities.
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Maine
St. Francis College
Ernest Therrien
York County
Ronald Houde
Roger Normand
Donald Ouellette
Howard Cuter
St. Cure d'Ars
Houde
St. Louis High School
Joseph
Pike Street
Biddeford
St. Ignatius
Henry Normand
June Street
Sanford
Key Club
National Honor Society
Cutler
Thornton Academy
Annabell Cutler
Eastern Avenue
Saco
Navy
Ouellette
Biddeford High School
Leo Ouellette
Hill's Beach
Steve White
Joseph Sekera
Edward Trebilcock
Sekera
Orrington
Oxford High School
St. Francis
University of Maine
Portland
Stocks Stall Near Center Amid Kennedy Press Conference
New York trading paused near the day’s middle with the Dow Jones average at 604.20, up 0.29. The A P 60 average stood at 222.70, with industrials up slightly, rails and utilities slipping. Key movers included IBM gaining about eight points and Xerox and Polaroid each up about one. American Tobacco rose a fraction while others like Litton, General Electric, and Montgomery Ward posted small gains. Volume ran about 1.03 million shares in the morning, below the previous day’s pace.
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New York
S AP
Associated Press
Kennedy
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Studebaker-Packard
IBM
Litton Industries
Xerox
Polaroid
Tobaccos
U.S
American Tobacco
Lorillard
Liggett & Myers
At&t
Eastman Kodak
International Nickel
General Electric
Douglas Aircraft
Anaconda
Homestake
Montgomery Ward
Dow Jones
Reading man sends newspaper gift to president
Lloyd Locke of Reading a stationary engineer in a Woburn factory arranged a six month gift subscription to the New York Herald Tribune for the President after the White House canceled its access. He said he believes the President should read it and cited strong convictions.
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Reading
Mass
White House
New York Herald Tribune
Lloyd Locke
Lo Locke
New York
Boston
Locke
Stock Prices Rise Mildly Amid Dull Trading
At noon prices were generally higher on the American Stock Exchange in dull trading as investors held positions with cautious activity and limited market movement observed across listed issues.
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American Stock Exchange
Everything All Set For Lil Cookout
Perry Grant plans a grand cocktail party at his Long Island estate for 800 guests to celebrate surviving a Maryland swamp plane crash. He has alerted police and hired caterers bands and champagne. Grant leads a family fortune in investments and a court stenography service.
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Long Island
Grant
Maryland
World Trying To Make Sense Says Rabbi Sky
Portland Rabbi Harry Z. Sky of Temple Beth El told the Biddeford Saco Rotary club that society’s woes stem from broad blame and pervasive worry from surveys and reports. He urged rising above ethics, said there are more saints than sinners, and cited Isaiah urging Shy away from violence and envy. He was presented with a Rotary Certificate of Appreciation and intro by Leo Simensky.
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Portland
Biddeford-Saco
Rotary Club
Harry Z. Sky
Temple Beth-El
Rabbi Sky
Isaiah
Rotary
Leo Simensky
Stuart V. Flavin
Bideford
England
F. Turner Brown
Clayton Cartmill
Lucien Begin
Auburn
Bernard R. Faunce
Gardiner
Allan Howes
E. A. Fessenden
John H.christensen
Kennebunk
Guy Nicholas
Division of Special Service
Maine Highway Department
Gerald Slosberg
State Department DAV To Convene At Beach
The 11th annual convention of the Department of Maine Disabled American Veterans will be June 15 and 16 at Old Orchard Beach. Highlights include a Past Dept Commanders luncheon, a 5 p.m parade, sessions, and a banquet with speakers such as National Commander Francis R. Buono and Maj. Gen. Edwin Heywood. The Biddeford Saco chapter hosts. Armand Mercier hosts, Robert Norton chairs, and Edward Caron presides.
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Department of Maine
Old Orchard House
Old Orchard Beach
Dept. Commanders
Francis R. Buono
New York
Edwin Heywood
Staite
Augusta
Peter A Garland
Saco
John Weltman
Veterans Administration
Tagus
National
Leo Lally
Braintree
Mass
Fred Skinner
State Division of Veterans Affairs
Allos
Raymond R. McEvoy
U.S. Civil Service
Robert E. Fecteau
U. S. Department of Labor
Veterans Employment
Ira Fronin
Rhode Island
Biddeford - Saco
DAV
Armand Mercier
Robert W. Norton
Robert Libby
Edward Caron
Gerald Gosselin
Auburn
Robert Libby Biddeford
John McPherson
National Service
Errol Reed
Togus
California primary returns show Brown and Nixon leading
Governor Brown holds a large lead over three rivals with 7 to 1 margin as California voters weigh bond issues and a possible special session. Nixon wins the GOP governor race with 891,766 to Shell's 470,006 as he calls for unity and progressive conservatism ahead of the fall campaign.
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San Francisco
Edmund G. Brown
Richard M. Nixon
Brown
Nixon
Joseph C. Shell
Los Angeles
Shell
California
U. S. Senate
Thomas H. Kuchel
Richard Richards
Kuchel
Howard Jarvis
Lloyd Wright
Richards
J. F. Coleman
Gabriel Green
Algerian War Brutality Grows as De Gaulle Probe Looms
In Algiers the Paris death row case looms with Jouhaud possibly spared by De Gaulle as the Secret Army ends a seven day truce. A scorched earth call targets Moslems while civilians flee, with gunfire killing workers on Hussein Dey street and a man en route to work soon after.
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Algiers
Hussein Dey
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J. P. Cote
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Guinea Road
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Lambert
School Street
Lil
Rockville Centre
Perry Grant
State Department
Milwaukee
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