Picariello and Singer Lease 25,000 Square Feet in Saco-Lowell Buildings
Picariello and Singer of East Boston signs a lease for about 25,000 square feet in the former Saco-Lowell shops, with plans to expand manufacturing in Biddeford Saco. The firm will hire 100 to 150 initially, using local training programs and Maine Employment Security for staffing, with potential expansion to 300. Production includes stitching and pressing, with materials finished in Biddeford and shipped to Boston.
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Picariello
Singer
Boston
Mass
Saco- Lowell
Hugh Marshall
Biddeford-Saco Area
Maine Employment Security Commission
Biddeford
Marshall
Saco-Lowell
Biddeford- Saco
Biddeford Footwear, Inc
Patsy Picariello
Picariello and Singer Company
East Boston
Biddeford-Saco Industrial Development Committee
Francis Coughlin
Biddeford Bureau of
Guertin Presses Nason In County Sheriff Race
Guertin challenges Nason in the county sheriff contest as Maine politics highlight a tight race. A Portland strike crisis is averted as three unions delay action on a 1.9 mile rail yard stretch between Union Station and the new terminal after a federal inquiry and a conference led by Judge Edward T. Gignoux.
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Portland
Maine Central Railroad
Commercial Street
Union Station
MCRR
U. S
Edward T. Gignoux
Opposing Tough Attitude Warned By Harriman
New York former governor W Averell Harriman urged against a get tough policy toward the Soviet Union saying it would strengthen Stalinists in the Kremlin and push Moscow toward Peking while frightening allies. In York County Maine, primary results produced two Upsets and a near upset in the Democratic ranks as voters largely stayed away from the polls. State Rep Edward L Caron won decisively in Biddeford and across 21 towns, defeating Nicholas W Danton. Theodore Caouette trails for county commissioner by a slim 38 votes over Reginald J Frechette, prompting a recount request. Near upset Sheriff Harold E Nason beat Victor Guertin by 334 votes. Republicans named Gordon E Brewster James S Erwin and Ralph M Lovell as state senate hopefuls, to be opposed in November by Deschambeault Desmarais and Fournier.
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New York
W. Averell Harriman
Soviet Union
Harriman
Moscow
Kremlin
Peking
York County
Edward L. Caron
Theodore Caouette
Biddeford
Caron
Atty
Nicholas W. Danton
Danton
Lyman
Caouette
Reginald J. Frechette
Sanford
Cennette
Frechette
Richard G. Morin
Victor Guertin
Harold E. Nason
Nason
Danton and
Guertin
Gordon E. Brewster
Wells
James S. Erwin
York
Ralph M. Lovell
Senate
Frederick Deschambeault
Henry J. Desmarais
Saco
Atty Edward L. Caron
Atorney
Victor E. Guertin
Harold R. Nason
Buxton
Peter A. Garland
James C. Oliver
Cape Elizabeth
Sac
Otter
Priimaries
Camille L. V. Bedard
Don C. Rhodes
Alfred Lantagne
Napoleon Nadeau
Romeo Sevigny
Richard Laverriere
Oscar Caouette
Theodore J. Caouette
Reginald R. Frechette
Richard Morin
Coast Guard resumes search for missing fishermen near Cape Elizabet a
The Coast Guard launched air and sea searches for three men reported missing after their 18 foot boat capsized during a deep sea trip off Cape Elizabeth. Noland Tanous Portland Druggist 50 Robert B Frank 49 of Portland and Nathan P Leighton 45 Westbrook S D Warren paper company employees were last seen after the vessel capsized two miles southeast of the cape. A second incident saw Richard Bowman 16 Georgetown drown off Five Islands when a mooring chain pulled a skiff under. his companion Thomas Watson 49 was rescued by his son, Thomas 12, as they prepared a mooring for a summer property caretaker.
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Cape Elizabeta
Coast Guard
Noland Tanous
Portland
Robert B. Frank
Nathan P. Leighton
Westbrook
S.D. Warren Paper Company
Cape
Guard
Salem
Mass
Alfred Martelle
D. Warren
Martelle
Witch Rock
Portland Harbor
Richard Bowman
Georgetown
Thomas Watson
Watson
Thomas
Young Watson
Bath
Young Bowman
Chuckle Caption on Room for Improvement
Comic line notes the joke that the biggest room in the world is room for improvement. Attribution to Gen. Fea. Corp. suggests a syndicated gag caption style typical of mid century panels. The quip relies on a pun about room space and self-improvement.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Heavy Rain Hits Widely Across Central United States
The first day of summer brings thundershowers and scattered rain across central and northern plains, the south Atlantic coast, and the central and southern Mississippi Valley. Tampa reports 2.22 inches with 1.69 in one hour, Springfield near 2 inches, Rapid City 0.95. Two tornadoes strike northeastern Colorado. hail and strong winds hit Imperial Nebraska and Rapid City. Cold front pushes into the northwestern plains with morning readings in the 30s and 36 degrees at Dubois Idaho. Blythe California reports 99 degrees.
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Associated Press
United States
Chicago Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Tampa
Fla
Springfield
Ill
Rapid City
M. D
Plains
Colorado
Imperial
Neb
Bureau
Rockies
Dubois
Idaho
Blythe
Calif
Colby Professor Named Waterville Head Of Skidmore Biology
Colby College announced that Prof. Denton W. Crocker, a biology faculty member since 1953, is named head of Skidmore College's biology department in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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COLBY
Waterville
Colby College
Denton W. Crocker
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Nixon Blasts Critics Of Nation Growth
Vice President Richard M Nixon told the 40th annual Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in St Louis that Soviet economic gains will not surpass the United States this century despite Khrushchev boasting of a coming lead. He mocked growthmanship and urged explicit policy views while backing private industry with government help when needed. The speech followed a farm address in Minot, North Dakota and touched on price supports, with Nixon declining comment on the issue. He then campaigned for Gov John E Davis in North Dakota Senate race, opposing the soil bank program.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Nixon
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
U.S
Minot
N.D
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
GOP
Thruston B. Morton
Congress
North Dakota
John E. Davis
Senate
Quentin Burdick
Davis
Soil Bank
Donovan Wins Biddeford Saco Primary In Calm Campaign
LEWISTON AP John C Donovan campaigned for Congress in a low key informal style learned at Bates College. He covered Maine's second district and won the Democratic banner for November. Donovan, 40, a Bates College graduate and former Muskie aide, emphasized a steady approach in contrast to a gregarious stereotype. In Biddeford Saco primaries lack of competition produced few surprises with several county races decided.
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Lewiston
John C. Donovan
Congress
Bates College
Donovan
Maine
Sen
Edmunds
Muskie
Naugatuck
Conn
Bates
Pacific
Harvard University
Senate
State Mediation Board
India
Andrs. Theodore Witter
Tupper Is Young Man In-A-Hurry
AUGUSTA AP Stanley R. Tupper of Boothbay Harbor and Farmingdale is the Republican candidate for Congress in Maine's Second District. The 39-year-old candidate, a former Maine House member and Sea and Shore Fisheries commissioner, won the primary over Roy A. Sinclair with a blunt, people‑oriented campaign.
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Augusta
Stanley R. Tupper
Boothbay Harbor
Farmingdale
Congress
Maine
Roy A. Sinclair
Tupper
Middlebury College
Border Patrol
Lasell University
Maine House
Ex Professor Liberal GOP Elected in Maine's 2nd District
In Maine's second district Republican-leaning voters nominated ex professor John C. Donovan and liberal Republican Stanley R. Tupper for Congress. Donovan defeated Roger P. Dube by about three to one, while Tupper beat Roy A. Sinclair 4-3. With 209 of 210 precincts reporting, Donovan led among early returns, and Tupper also led as the count progressed.
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Portland
John C. Donovan
Stanley R. Tupper
Congress
Maine
Donovan
Roger P. Dube
Chargin
Tupper
Roy A. Sinclair
Frank M. Coffin
John H. Reed
Margaret Chase Smith
Lucia M. Cormier
U.S
Sinclair
Duke
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Lorenzo Fredella
Archie Maxwell
Back Row
Newman Bagley
Stuart Flavin
Biddeford-Saco
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Biddeford and
Saco Country Club
Camp Nutter
Pine Tree Patrol
Columbus
Kenneth P. Kay
Norman Goulet
John Beaupre
Paul Boisvert
Michael Perrin
Roger Paradis
Liberal Gop
Thacher Hotel
Whitlock
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