Local notices from Biddeford area mark patient statuses and travels
Personal briefs list residents and relatives in Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, and Goose Rocks Beach. Entries note hospital stays at Maine Medical Center in Portland, vacations, family visits, education and summer study plans at University of New Hampshire, naval training at Great Lakes, and a funeral for Lena Reed.
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Leoson
Westmore Avenue
Biddeford
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Gertrude Pennell
Atlantic Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Joseph Hickey
Colorado
James Hickey
Union Street
Betsy Chace
Vermont
Goose Rocks Beach
Birger Johnson
Saco
Matthias Hickey
Currier
Brother Albert
St. Louis
St. Michael's College
Winooski
Donald Verrier
University of New Hampshire
Joan Paquette
Warren Furniture
Granite Street
Webber Hospital
Joseph A. Leprohon
Sperenice. Usn
J. Leprohon
Main Street
Electrician's Mate School
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Ronald Howard
Prescott Howard
Orchard Street
University of Maine
Elizabeth Scully Northrop
North Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Montreal
Brothers of Christian Doctrine
Alfred
St. Louis High School
Emerson Cummings
Old Orchard Beach High School
Philip Gerrish
Durham
N. H
Army Pvt
Joseph A. L. Letendre
Elm Street
Chemical Corps School
Fort McClellan
Ala
Letendre
Army
Fort Dix
Club Calendar Meeting Week Plans September
Council Chagnon will meet Wednesday at Adams Street hall at 8 p m. Blue Feather council D of P will meet Thursday at Elm Street hall 7 p m. Finance committee and desk officers will audit books. Owen-Davis unit American Legion auxiliary meets Wednesday 8 p m at Post home Saco. York County Past Noble Grands association meets Thursday at West Buxton. Supper served 6 30 p m. Transportation by calling Miss Herberta Harriman.
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Council Chagnon
Adams Street
Blue Feather Council
D. of P
Elm Street Hall
Owen-Davis
American Legion Auxiliary
Saco
York County Past Noble Grands Association
West Buxton
Herberta Harriman
Church events schedule and new Maine school officials
A list of midweek religious services across Kennebunkport Saco Old Orchard Beach Biddeford and Saco outlines prayer meetings Bible study holy communion and revival services with times and locations. The Maine School Superintendents Association elected new officers including Carroll Ronco as president elect and Frank Kent as president with other officers named such as John Seekins Perry Shikles and Frank Sammis.
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Advent Christian Church
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Cronop
Carroll Ronco
Cornisi
Maine
Alsn
Frank Kent
Guilford
Roland Andrews
Presque Isle
John Seekins
Kennebunk
Perry Shikles
Aucuata
Ellsworth
Frank Sammis
Herter to Outline Stand in Berlin Talks Tonight
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter is set to declare a no retreat stand in future talks with the Soviet Union over Berlin. In a 15 minute nationwide radio and TV address, he will explain why Geneva talks failed to ease East West tensions. He will stress Allied unity to defend West Berlin and reject further concessions unless Moscow drops its deadline.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Berlin
Herter
Geneva
Germany
Nbc-Tv
Cbs-Tv
Abc-Tv
Eisenhower
White House
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Kremlin
West Berlin
Nivita Khrushchev
State Department
Rioting Prison Wing Seizes Control At Springfield Center
Inmate rioters took hostages at a Springfield medical center housing government prisoners. A knife was held to a guard, threats were issued by prisoners, and lights were smashed. Five guards were stripped, inmates wore uniforms, and escape routes were blocked as officials and a lone reporter observed the stalled scene. Prisoners demanded conditions, with no new statements since 10:20 p.m. Monday.
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Jim Billings
Springfield Daily News
Billings
Settle
William L. Fitch
Leonard Appleby
Melvin G. Jung
Robert D. Rosendahl
Charles R. Allen
Springfield
al Capone
Funeral Directors pick Stanton Giber as president
The Mail Funeral Directors Assn. yesterday named Stanton Giber son of Bingham as its new president. He succeeds Edward C. Jones of Portland. Others elected Philip Annis of Dover Foxcroft as vice president John F. Franham of Newport as secretary and John W. Hay of Westbrook as treasurer.
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Kennebunkport
the Mail Funeral Directors Assn
Stanton Giberson
Bingham
Edward C. Jones
Portland
Philip Annis
Dover Foxcroft
John F. Franham
Newport
John W. Hay
Westbrook
Hawaii coffee shop offers twenty world blends in Waikiki
In Honolulu a local cafe in Waikiki serves about twenty blends from around the world including Tahitian Bali nese Vienna Arabian Turkish New Orleans Expresso Danish and Hawaiian varieties.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Waikiki
Weather Update for Portland and Nearby Cities
This afternoon is sunny and warm with gentle northwest winds. Tonight remains fair and cool with light northwest winds. Wednesday continues mild with variable winds and pleasant conditions. Temperatures include Portland 59 and Boston 66, while other readings span Caribou 54, Eastport 46, Greenville 50, Old Town 54, Rumford 51, Mt. Washington 38, Concord 60, New York 7, Washington 74, Miami 50, Chicago 50, New Orleans 77, Denver 58, Los Angeles 54, Montreal 60.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
New York
Washington
Miami
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
Los Angeles
Montreal
Lack Of Funds Hinders Poultry Inspection Plan
A Department of Agriculture official told a conference that the federal poultry inspection program started last January cannot fulfill its mission due to a limited budget and a shortage of inspectors. Dr. Robert J. Lee cited only several hundred inspectors covering interstate dressed poultry across the nation, making effective inspection impossible.
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Boston
Department of Agriculture
Robert J. Lee
Assn. of Food and Drug Officials
United States
Copper Wire Stolen From Saco Yard At York Hill
Central Maine Power reports copper wire reel stolen from its coal yard at the foot of York Hill in Saco. An employee spotted the wire in the yard last night before the gate was locked and returned this morning to find it missing along with a pick taken from the yard, according to Saco police.
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Central Maine Power Company
York Hill
Saco
CMPC
South Portland Man Fined In Biddeford Court
David Merrithew, 19, of South Portland, paid a $10 fine in Biddeford Municipal Court for driving without a license. Judge Simon Spill found it a common mistake after Merrithew testified his license would be valid for a year though his birthday was in January. Biddeford police filed the complaint.
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David Merrithew
South Portland
Biddeford Municipal Court
Simon Spill
Merrithew
Biddeford
Miss Murphy’s Fifty-Year Business Teaching Career Remembered
Retired educator Miss Murphy shaped Biddeford commercial studies from 1916 to 1946. She taught at the high school, ran adult evening classes, offered private lessons, and helped hundreds advance into business and banking roles while also active in music and church life.
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Page One
Isaac Pitman
Miss Murphy
Biddeford High School
Arthur W. Reynolds
Harry H. Burnham
Alton C.garcelon
Leslie Pearson
Charles E. Taylor
James and
Joanna ‘Collins Murphy
Granite Street
Biddeford
Summer Street
Murphy Music Store
Gray’s
Portland Business College
Young
Saco
International and
LaSalle Correspondence Schools
Chicago
Murphy
Festival Chorus
Portland
St. Mary
Clark
St. Joseph Church
Virgil Burnham
Henri Bourdelais
L. B. Cain
St. Mary Church
Children of Mary Sodality
Muskie Blasts Ike Over Defense Budget At Bangor
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie told a Bangor chamber banquet that Congress and the military are losing confidence in President Eisenhower’s view of military needs. He said the Administration prioritizes a balanced budget over defense while the Russians outpace the United States in missile development.
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Bangor
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Congress
Eisenhower
Muskie
Chamber of Commerce
Barbara Moulen Weds Richard Cahill in Saco Ceremony
Barbara Moulen married Richard Cahill at 4 PM Saturday in her mother’s home at 46 Clark Street Saco Rev Norman Langmaid of School Street Methodist Church officiated. Matron of honor was Mrs Faye Cunningham. bridesmaid Mrs Carl Brandt and best man Carl Brandt. Reception followed at Cascade Lodge Saco. They will live in Narragansett Rhode Island.
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Lena Freed
Moncey
Lena Frances Reed
Fredson Reed
Saco
Dennett and Craig
Norman Langmaid
School Street Methodist Church
Seco
Laurel Hill
Alfred Lawe
Clark Street
Barbara Moulen
Richard Cahill
Harold Cahill
Lynn
Mass
Faye Cunningham
Cunningham
Exeter
N. H
Carl Brandt
Cascade Lodge
Portland Road
Medical Group Explores Hypnosis Pain Relief
Dr Milton Erickson, president of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, told the Maine Medical Association that hypnosis can relieve cancer pain even in advanced stages by dissociating patients from sensations, reducing narcotic use. He demonstrated trance induction with an 11 year old subject. MMA named Dr Wilson MacWethy president-elect for 1960 and Dr Carl E Richard as council chair.
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Rockland
Milton H. Erickson
Phoenix
Ariz
American Society of Clinical
Stanley Beckerman
Waterville
MMA
Wilson H. MacWethy
Augusta
Allan Woodcock
Bangor
Carl E. Richard
Alfred
Harriman Meets Khrushchev at Kremlin on Soviet Tour
London AP reports former New York Governor W Averell Harriman, WWII ambassador to Moscow, met Premier Nikita Khrushchev today at the Kremlin as he tours the Soviet Union.
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London
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Premekr
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Moscow
Harriman
Soviet Union
Lightning slays shepherd and flock in Yugoslavia
AP report from Belgrade says a lightning strike on Mt Sar-Planina in Macedonia, southern Yugoslavia, killed a shepherd and about 470 sheep on Sunday. The tragedy was confirmed by the Yugoslav news agency Borba.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Macedonia
Borba
Mt. Sar-Planina
Riot at State Prison Locks Down Switchboard
A control officer reported that inmates seized the unit and hold all officers as hostages. Demands are being prepared while calls to outside parties are discouraged. Other wings remain quiet and guards form a wide cordon around the facility as officials wait for developments.
Letter and confession tied to Waterville shooting case
The letter in Papolas's room described a Fairfield meeting with Irene Mayo Papolas and the victim. Croft read a statement from Papolas about the shooting on Feb 11 as Emond left Papolas's apartment. A pathologist testified Emond was struck by two shotgun blasts.
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Papolas
Fairfield
Irene Mayo Papolas
Croft
Emond
Boston
Hus
River Combed In Search For Drowned Child
YARMOUTH The Royal River was lowered about a foot as searchers combed the turbulent stream for Russell York six who tumbled from a homemade raft last night and drowned The sluice gates of the Roy al River Cotton Mill were opened to drain the waters The six year old son of Mr and Mrs Floyd York was seen falling from the raft by a playmate Gary Britt seven The boy said he tried to wade out to Russell but found the water too deep Searchers found the raft about two hundred yards downstream piled up against rocks and debris
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Yarmouth
Royal River
Russell York
Floyd York
Gary Britt
Russell
Helicopter To Bring Out Body Of Dead Hiker
Sheriff James Lassiter planned a helicopter retrieval for the body of hiker Jack Abels 34 of New York found on Balipate Mountain near the Appalachian Trail near the New Hampshire line. Abels likely died of natural causes two days earlier while hiking. The body was found by a hiker identified as C C Cutler of New Jersey. Peggy Abels said her son departed June 11 to hike the trail.
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Bethel
James Lassiter
Balipate Mountain
Jack Abels
New York
New Hampshire Line
C. C. Cutler
New Jersey
Lassiter
Abels
Peggy Abels
Coffee Held For California Couple
Mrs Arthur Jack of Grove street hosted a coffee in honor of Mrs Bradford Merrill of Long Beach California formerly of Kennebunk. Mr and Mrs Merrill stayed several days at the Jack home joined by numerous local women attendees.
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Arthur Jack
Grove Street
Bradford Merrill
Long Beach
Calif
Kennebunk
Merrill
Jack
H. Willis Day
Walter Cole
James Macdonald
Henry McCabe
Charles Wilson
Alexander Burr
Horace Nichols
Charles Chase
Kenneth Cuneo
Edward Winston
Reginald Libby
Donald Smith
Leonard Angell
Elliot Freeman
E. D. McKeon
Maurice Carrier
Warren Bowdoin
Edward Bath
Nelson Hall
Hotel Fire Claims Seven Victims In Early Morning Blaze
Fire at hotel killed seven, believed to be guests. One woman died in her room, others perished leaping from windows. Fire detected about 2 am by Harris Caldwell of Georgia who woke to roaring and snapping sounds. Hotel employees helped evacuate as the alarm worked. Unidentified dead, witnesses said the blaze started in a room. Mrs. B. Marrer of Los Angeles was among the injured.
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Pace One
Harris Caldwell
Georgia
B. Marrer
Los Angeles
Teacher’s simple rule for handling troublesome children
John H Tully, longtime principal of Public School 68 in the Bronx, credits his success to recalling his own mischief as a youth. He never used corporal punishment, works with community youth groups, and has spent 33 years as principal. He receives Fordham University’s Insignis Medal for service and character as he plans retirement at 70 next month.
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New York
John H Tully
Bronx
Moniday
Tully
Insignis
Fordham University
Father saves child jumping from burning house
Robert Reynolds 31 leaped from an attic window with his one year old daughter Barbara in his arms. He landed on a one story roof and dropped the child to a spectator below before landing safely on grass. Both were treated for burns but survived.
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New York
Robert Reynolds
Barbara
Saco Man Fails to Appear. $500 Bail Defaulted
Edgar Beaulieu of Ferry road Saco had $500 bail set by Judge Hilary Mahaney after a warrant charged him with assault and battery. He did not appear in Saco Municipal Court this morning, bail defaulted, and he is ordered to return tomorrow for the session.
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Edgar Beaulieu
Ferry Road
Saco
Hilary Mahaney
Beaulieu
J. Albert Merryman
Gouvernor Crisis Fallout Over Perceived Vacancy
Government turmoil centers on who can occupy the lieutenant governor's chair after a prolonged vacancy. Att Gen Gremillion issued an opinion that Lt Gov Lether Frazar must be acting governor, but Frazar resisted, citing his lieutenant status. Secretary Wade Martin questioned recognition, later yielding to Frazar. Concurrently Gov Long sought habeas corpus in Galveston claiming removal to a psychiatric clinic. he agreed to voluntary treatment in New Orleans, then left Ochsner and was intercepted near Baton Rouge and confined in Mandeville.
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Jack
Frazar
Wade O. Martin Jr
Long
Martin
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Texas
L. D. Godard
New Orleans
Ochsner Foundation
Baton Rouge
State Capitol
Mandeville
Fred LeBlanc
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Salvation Army
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Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Saco United Baptist Church
Mary Gayles Wells
Lindale
Tex
Dewitt Clinton
Treasury Department
Route 66
Saco Yard
Foreign Ministry
Klaus Fuchs
Fuchs
California
Plastics Industry, Inc
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Queen Elizabeth
Gov. Long
Dennett & Craig, Inco. Funeral Home
Saco, Maine
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