Rotary Club Installs New State Mark B Black
Biddeford Saco Rotary installs Mark B Black as president at Hotel Thacher. Outgoing president Maurice C K Roux reviews the year while introducing officers including Karnan Cartmill Walley Means Simensky Haley. Guests from Quebec Massachusetts Portland Westbrook Kennebunk Sanford attend the meeting.
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Mark B. Black
Biddeford-Saco
Thacher
Maurice C. K. Roux
Rotary
Roux
Black
Raymond L. Karnan
Clayton R. Cartmill
H. David Walley
Melbourne Means
Leo L. Simensky
Joseph A. Haley
Oux
John Gibson
Daniel Favrey
Clayton Cartmill
Seme Bankport Playhouse
Tom Boston
Steve Allen
Richard Chadwick
Walley Staples
Richard Stride
Mark Black
Quebec
Massachusetts
Portland
Westbrook
Kennebunk
Sanford
Lewis Cutler
Gerald van- Fleet
Ray Lord
Biddeford
You Might As Well Keep Your Mouth Shut Chuckle
A short humorous quip notes that talking about oneself is dull while discussing others makes you a gossip. The line carries a Gen. Fea. Corp. copyright attribution.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Concert Night In Biddeford Celebrated Firehouse Gala
A Biddeford concert and dance recalling 1884 was hosted by Eben Simpson steamer fire company. Guests from city units, plus friends of other companies, attended as fashion of the era and kerosene lamps lit Main Street. Leaders and officials of that year, including mayor Edward Staples and fire chief William Roston, were noted among the dignitaries.
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Donald McCone
Barthowmew Murphy
City Theatre
McCone
Fire Company
Congress
Edward W. Staples
FE. A. Hubbard
Charles B. Harmon
N. B. Walker
Richard M. Johnson
Hamilston
Jesse Gould
R. G. Milliken
Otis T. Garey
Paul V. Labonte
Andrew Buckley
Carlos Heard
Elias Clark
Tristram Goldthwaite, Jr
James O. Eaton
James Bernier
Mark Wakefield
Daniel Goldthwaite
George Scott
Dennis O'Connor
Benjamin P. Snow
A. M
Estelf H Banks
Eben Simpson Steamer Fire Company
Clarence M. Watson
Edward Stackpole
Thomas W. Heeney
David Elliot
Charles Goodwin
E. S. Gowen
William Roston
Charles FE. Hoyt
James Beaumont
Richard Vines Steamer Company
Welcome Hook and Ladder Company
Fowl Causes Traffic Jam in Manhattan Escapade
A chicken escaped from a crate on a truck in Manhattan and dodged vehicles along Fifth Avenue. A cab driver scooped it up and tried to hand it to a patrolman, who declined. The cabbie left with the bird as traffic slowed.
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New York
Fifth Ave
Manhattan
Nebraska Killer Is Executed
Charles Starkweather, the Nebraska mass killer, was executed in a midnight electric chair in Lincoln after a 17 month spree that left 11 dead. A prison physician died of a heart attack before the execution. Starkweather offered no last words and faced witnesses as the curtain closed on his life in the penitentiary chamber.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
B. A. Finkel
Nebraska State Penitentiary
John Greenholtz
Washington
Guy Starkweather
Greenholtz
Robert Klein
Carl Ann Fugate
Kidnap Victim Guarded In Biddeford Window Display
Two U S Army sergeants guard a local kidnap victim, a cardboard mannequin of a WAC used by Army recruiter M Sgt Roland C Bissaillon, in a window at 135 Main Street Biddeford. The victim was abducted from the recruiting office this month and returned unharmed a week later. a sergeant mannequin was also kidnapped, while the original guard sergeant is still missing and presumed in the kidnapper's hands.
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U. S. Army
Main Street
Biddeford
Roland C. Bissaillon
Bisaillon
New Rides Provoke Beach Residents in Maine Area
A conflict over Luna Park at Old Orchard Beach prompts homeowners to seek action against nine children rides and three adults rides planned on a parking lot. Luna Park has $150,000 in rides and equipment ready, while protesters cite nuisance and property devaluation concerns.
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Old Orchard Beach
Hampton Beach
East Grand Avenue
Paul Sicard
Luna Park, Inc
Dorothy Garland
Arthur Balkan
Vesper Hotel
Marie R. LaBranche
Samuel Harrisburg
Copley Hotel
Patterson Jo Hansson Title Fight Postponed by Weather
Heavyweight championship bout between Floyd Patterson and Sweden's Ingemar Johansson at Yankee Stadium was postponed to Friday night at 9 30 p m EST due to bad weather.
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New York
Flyod Patterson
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Yankee Stadium
U S Questions Dominican Republic over aviation and ambassador incident
The State Department said the Dominican Republic has not replied to complaints about a U S Air Force transport being forced down by a Dominican fighter and about the ambassador being photographed shaking hands with a Trujillo secret agent. A separate incident involved a freighter halted by gunfire.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
U.S
Rafael Trujillo
State Department
Caribbean
Department
Air Force
Ciudad Trujillo
Puerto Rico
Cuba
For Sale 1957 Ford F700 Tractor and 28ft Gramm Trailer
Heavy duty 1957 Ford F700 tractor with air brakes electric sanders and 8 40 actual miles, like new. Includes Gramm aluminum 28 foot trailer, insulated with new tires and dual wheels, recently overhauled and in exceptionally good condition. Dial Biddeford AT 4 6122.
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Dial Biddeford
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