Ambitious Plan Unveiled For Thornton Academy
Dr. Paul S. Hill Jr. announced at the Alumni reunion that Thornton Academy will launch a two phase expansion starting this summer with four new classrooms and a converted auditorium, plus a new gym and science center. A second phase planned for 1965 70 includes a large auditorium and additional classrooms. The plan aims to ease tuition costs for Saco residents and notes no federal aid due to private school status. The first phase is estimated at 570000, with $200000 to $250000 to be raised domestically to begin.
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J. Paul S. Hill, Jr
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Reed Upholds Sales Tax Hike in Maine
Governor Reed argues the Maine public supports raising the sales tax from 3 to 3.5 percent as a fair and sound move to fund a 7.5 million supplemental budget. He, defending the plan on TV and radio, says the state will remain competitive with other states, while an opposing Boothbay Harbor group led by Rupert Neily accuses leaders of pressuring lawmakers.
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Western nations push Laos talks after minor concessions
In Geneva the Western powers returned to the East West Laos conference after a small concession won from the Soviets. The ICC appealed for truce teams to Laos factions and a Pathet Laos visit to Padong was hinted. Soviets and British urged warring sides to stop fighting while ICC mediated. Continued on Page Eight.
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Pressure Builds as Session Nears Climax in Maine
AUGUSTA AP Pressure tightens on Gov Reed as lawmakers prepare to reconvene to vote on a 7.5 million dollar budget with up to 30 million more in appropriations. A sales tax rise and liquor tax boost are pitched to fund education welfare and economic development. Republican leaders push back amid Democratic opposition and a brokered plan for alternative funding. Reed attends Ricker College for an honorary degree and may confer with legislators on return. The session nears its 24th week with the financing issue as the main hurdle to adjournment.
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Egyptian Air Crash Kills Twenty In Cairo Dune
Cairo crash toll set at 20 after a Dutch Electra failed to land at Cairo. The four engine KLM craft carried 46 aboard with 20 dead and 10 seriously injured. Survivors injured. no Americans involved.
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Teens admit murder trail across eight victims in six states
Two calm teenagers George York and James Latham told AP and federal investigators they killed or attacked eight people in six states, joking about the death penalty and the electric chair. They described victims in Florida Louisiana Tennessee Illinois Kansas and Colorado, with no remorse. They face federal charges and are held on substantial bonds as investigators corroborate the confessions with separate statements.
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James D. Latham
Florida
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Kansas
Terrill
York
Jacksonville
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Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
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Former Saco Woman Dies At Wheel Of Car In Gray
A 30 year old West Scarborough mother, Alice Acton, died this morning when the station wagon she drove with nine neighborhood children aboard swerved off Route 100 into a swamp in Gray after she collapsed at the wheel. Passenger Mrs. Donald Whitman, 34, and all nine children were uninjured. Acton, daughter of Judge Hilary Mahaney of Saco, had worked as a medical records librarian at Webber Hospital in Biddeford and previously lived in Portland. Survivors include her husband, children, parents, two sisters, and Hilary Mahaney Jr., a UMaine student.
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Hilary Mahaney
Thornton Academy
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Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Librarian's Congress
England
Webber
Portland
Pine Point
Scarborough
Hilary Mahaney, Jr
University of Maine
Maine University Receives $389000 Bequest
The University of Maine was awarded a nearly 389000 dollar bequest from Mrs Annie E Stodder of Bangor. Trustees called it the third largest private gift in the university history.
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University of Maine
Annie E. Stodder
Bangor
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