City Of Saco Annual Report Released Today
The annual city report for Saco for 1958 was issued by City Clerk Albert A. Cabana. The 52 page volume includes 17 departmental reports such as police, fire, health, schools, and welfare. 500 copies will be available at the city clerk’s office, with Thornton Academy headmaster remarks added this year.
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Saco
Albert A. Cabana
State Department
City Missionary
Fire Department
Peter A. Garland
Lucia Kimball Deeering
Sweetser Trust Fund
Tax Collector’s
Vital Statistics
Welfare Department
Cabana
Saco Printing and Lithographing Company
Thornton Academy
Saco City Hall
Club Calendar Meeting Notice In Biddeford
The Biddeford council and Knights of Columbus meet tonight at 8 at the mall on Washington Street.
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Biddeford Council
Knights of Columbus
Mall
Washington Street
Child Electrocuted in Newark New York
Nine month old Fred Murphy was found dead at the base of a lamp and apparently touched an exposed cord. The coroner ruled the death an electrocution on Wednesday.
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Newark
N. Y
Fred Murphy
Beauties Flee Mice at Miss Universe Event
Judging for New Jersey's Miss Universe candidate was halted Wednesday night as six contestants fled the dressing room after a prank. Officials resumed the contest after three white mice were captured, with officials noting a prankster likely placed them there.
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Cliffside Park
N. J
New Jersey
Open Air and Prayer Meetings Held by Saco Salvation Army
In Saco an open air Salvation Army meeting is scheduled for Friday at 7 p m. A holiness meeting follows tomorrow night at 7 30 p m. A prayer and praise service will be held Friday at 7 30 p m at the Biddeford Advent Christian church corner of Hill and Chapel streets.
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Saco Salvation Army
The
Biddeford
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Communion Service at Trinity Church Saco Friday
Holy communion will be celebrated in Trinity Episcopal church Saco on Friday at 9 30 a m.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Saco
Junior Legion and Junior Soldiers Meet This Week
The Junior Legion of the Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army will meet tomorrow at 3 30 p m. The Junior Soldiers of the Old will meet at 415 p m on Friday.
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Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army
Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army Torchbearers to Meet
The Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army Torchbearers will meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. The gathering aims to plan outreach and community service activities for the week ahead.
Missile kills soldier at Fort Leonard Wood
Sgt. George Hertrich, 50, from Maywood New Jersey, was fatally crushed Wednesday when a Nike Hercules missile weighing about 5000 pounds slipped from hoisting gear at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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FT. Leonard Wood
George Hertrich
Maywood
N. J
Jazz great Louis Armstrong gravely ill in Spoleto coma
Spoleto Italy Louis Armstrong the famed jazz trumpeter lay in a coma tonight after a rapid decline in health. The singer trumpeter who helped shape modern jazz has been hospitalized in critical condition with doctors stating his condition is grave.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Satchmon Armstrong
Earthquake Detected by Fordham Seismograph Off Mexico
A moderate quake was recorded today by Fordham University seismograph. Shocks registered at 1:53:42 a.m. EST and 1:59:19. The event was noted as occurring in the Pacific Ocean off the Mexican coast.
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Farthquake
New York
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Fordham University
Inventor Ralph Hill Dies After Surgery in Burlington
Ralph N. Hill, 75, inventor and former president of Green Mountain Power Corp., died yesterday after a surgical operation. He contributed numerous telephone improvements and invented a telephonic train dispatching device later adopted by major railroads.
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Burlington, Vt
Ralph N. Hill
Green Mountain Power Corp
Births in Maine and Massachusetts at Webber and Boston Lying-In
Birth announcements from June detail a son for Mr and Mrs Carl Sellers at Webber hospital Saco weight eight pounds born June 21 to former Carol Nason grandparents Alfred Sellers and Gerald Nason. A son for Mr and Mrs Frank Gallagher at Boston Lying-In weight eight pounds four ounces born June 21 to former Mary Ann Donnelly. A daughter for Dr and Mrs C Roger Verrier at Webber hospital born June 23 weight six pounds 10 14 ounces with grandparents Conrad Verrier Biddeford Goose Rocks and Roland Lemire Biddeford.
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Adelard Collard
West Street
Biddeford
Notre Dame
Butler's
Madeleine Octeau
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Sally Ann Pollock
Charles Leon
Temple Street
Webber Hospital
Conrad Cote
Massachusetts
Mary Means
Eleanor
Libby
Manchester
Portland
Goose Rocks
Ronald R. Toussaint
Elmer Toussaint
Elm Street
Mercy Hospital
James B. McKenzie
Dorothy J. McKenzie
Union Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S. C
Barbara Bisbee
Gloucester
Mass
Warren Libby
Paul Stebbins
Kittery
Alfred Street
Stebbins
Train Academy
Arthur Guerin, Jr
Herring Avenue
Chicago
Doris Sheehan
Cape Cod
Donald J. Brown
USN
Jesse S. Brown
Main Street
U. S. Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk
Goose Rocks Beach
Goose Rocks Association
Harold B. Wilson
J. O. Wilson
Rangoon
Burma
Pauline Riley
Marine Corps Base
Quantico
Joseph Rogers
West Grand Avenue
Washington, D. C
Mary Rogers
Library of Congress
Rose Frechette
Old Orchard Avenue
Robert Perrin
Gerard Doyon
Robert C. Milliken
Clayton Hoe
Pool Road
Bidderd
Long Beach
Calif
Merrick
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Far East
C. Roger Verrier
Boston
Conrad R. Verrier
Union Street
Carl Sellers
Cumberland Avenue
Sellers
Carol Nason
Alfred Sellers
Gerald Nason
Frank Gallagher
Greenleaf Avenue
Medford
Catherine
Conrad K Verrier
Roland Lemire
Panama Revolt Leader Arias Granted Safe Conduct
Roberto Arias husband of British ballerina Margot Fonteyn has been granted safe conduct to Brazil two months after leading a revolt that stalled Panamas government. Arias, a former Panamanian ambassador in London, sought refuge in the Brazilian embassy on April 24 after landing on Panama’s Pacific coast April 19 with a small armed group intent on overthrowing President Ernesto de la Guardia.
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Panama
Roberto Arias
Margot Fonteyn
Brazil
Arias
London
Pacific
Ernesto de la Guardia
Ninth anniversary marks start of Korean War with varied charges
In Seoul observers mark nine years since the war began. The day features a Communist claim that John Foster Dulles sparked the conflict, contradicted by an American denial. Ant i-American rallies occur in Communist China, North Korea and Tokyo, while South Korean crowds display banners urging unity and denouncing the day as disgrace.
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Seoul
Korea
John Foster Dulles
China
North Korea
Tokyo
South Korea
New York dealer buys royal tiara for 308000 dollars
London AP report notes Harry Winston paid 308000 dollars for a diamond tiara once worn by British royalty, part of the late Duke of Westminster estate. Earlier in the week a London dealer paid 770000 dollars for Rubens altarpiece The Adoration of the Magi for a private British collector.
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London
New York
Harry Winston
Duke of Westminister
Air Force cancels Burlington Bomarc base project
AP reports a proposed five million dollar Bomarc missile base at Burlington Vermont is cancelled. The Air Force regional civil engineer Roland Zippola cited a reevaluation of New England defense posture as the reason. Construction at Otis AFB Falmouth and Dow AFB Bangor will continue.
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Waltham
Mass
Burlington
Roland H. Zippola
Air Force
Zippola
New England
Washington
Joseph Noone
Corps of Engineers
Otis Air Force Base
Falmouth
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Maine
Khrushchev's Wife to Join Scandinavian Tour
Mrs Ni kita Khrushchev will accompany her husband on a Scandinavian tour in August, marking her first West visit. Danish Foreign Ministry sources said the Soviet Prime Minister’s wife is kept out of the limelight and largely unknown to Westerners in Moscow.
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Copenhagen
Nikita Khrushchev
Bardot Pregnant Rumor Delays Bardot Film Projects
In St. Tropez France Brigitte Bardot twenty four year old new wife of a week prompts producers to delay two Bar dot films amid rumors of a pregnancy. Husband Jacques Charrier denies the claim while Bardot smiles and defers comment.
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ST. Tropez
France
Brigitte Bardot
Bardot
Jacques Charrier
Brigitte
U S Queries on Ventura Simo Case Continues
Caribbean area officials protested the American ambassador’s apparent approval of Ventura Simo. He allegedly defected from Trujillo’s forces, fled to Puerto Rico, then returned to the Dominican Republic with rebel troops sworn to topple Trujillo and was captured. He rose from major to lieutenant colonel afterward.
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Caribbean
Ventura Simo
Trujillo
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Ventura Sima
New Rides Contined from Page One
The dispute mentions no action possible until rides open. Old Orchard Beach has never been zoned for business, residential, or commercial use, though officials have urged zoning the Beach in prior years.
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Old Orchard Beach
Biddeford Social Scene Covers Politics and First Journal
The piece recalls Chester A. Arthur era politics with Maine senators Frye Hale and Reed Dingley, and local officials Robie and Smith. It notes excitement over the Biddeford Daily Journal’s first issue and a winter concert with a grand march and dance, ending with patrons departing through Biddeford and Saco streets as century-old names surface again through a 1884 ticket discovery.
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Pace One
Chester A. Arthur
George F. Edmunds
Vermont
U. S
Maine
William P. Frye
Eugene Hale
Thomas B. Reed
Nelson Dingley, Jr
Charles A. Boutelle
Seth L. Milliken
Frederick Robie
Joseph O. Smith
Biddeford Daily Journal
Boston
Biddeford
Saco
Donald McCone
Bartholomew Murphy
Cherry Queen Elect Named in Traverse City
Melissa Beth Tornberg a 17 year old blonde from Cadilla Michigan is crowned the 1959 National Cherry Queen and will reign over Traverse City Cherry Festival July 8 10.
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Traverse City
Mich
Melissa Beth Tornberg
Cadilla
Detroit Fire Claims Seventh Young Victim
A Detroit house fire that spread June 14 killed Nathan Crowell age 10, bringing the death toll to seven young victims. Eight Crowell children lived in the home. a girl aged 11 escaped with minor burns after leaping from a window.
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Detroit
Nathan Crowell
Crowell
Pentagon selects New Hampshire site for satellite tracking station
The Pentagon named a former Air Force bombing range near New Boston New Hampshire as the site for a new satellite tracking station. Preliminary work has started. Division Construction Co. of Manchester NH won a 3 million dollar contract to build it. The station will employ about 350 Air Force personnel to track satellites predict orbits and receive radio data from space vehicles.
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Washington
Pentagon
Air Force
New Boston
N. H
Division Construction Co
Manchester
Seven Local Residents To Attend ROTC Camp
Seven Biddeford men and university students will join the fourth full scale ROTC encampment at Fort Devens Massachusetts. The group includes Lawrence Cole Normand Lagasse Roger Croteau Roger Lemay Guy Marcotte and Richard Perrault all of Biddeford and linked to the University of Maine or University of New Hampshire. The six week program emphasizes tactical technical and administrative duties with rifle marksmanship training on the M 1 Garand.
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Fort Devens
Mass
Lawrence Cole
Leon Cole
Orchard Beach
University of New Hampshire
Roger Lemay
Rene Lemay
Pool Street
Biddeford
University of Maine
Guy Marcotte
Andre Marcotte
May Street
Richard Perrault
Roland Perrault
Cutts Street
Murder Suspect Is Being Tested
UNITY New Hampshire AP Hope Fadden 15 Meriden accused of firing the shot that killed 14 year old Loring Spalding was undergoing mental tests at the state hospital in Concord. Tests ordered yesterday by Superior Court Judge Robert Griffith after a conference with defense attorney Richard Duncan. The Kimball Union Academy freshman was shot after an appointment with the girl at a swimming pool. Police quoted the girl as saying she fired a warning shot after the boy got rough with her. He was a summer resident of Kennebunkport.
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UNITY
N. H
Hope Fadden
Meriden
Loring Spalding
State Ospital
Concord
Superior Court
Robert Griffith
Richard Duncan
Kimball Union Academy
Kennebunkport
Bodies Of Two Tourists Found At Moosehead
GREENVILLE Deputies and game wardens yesterday recovered the bodies of Connecticut doctor Wendelin Buckner 48 and his son Mark 15 who drowned at Moosehead Lake on a fishing trip. Mrs Buckner and younger son Curt 12 were at Spencer Bay Camps when the tragedy occurred Tuesday afternoon. Investigators theorize the boy fell overboard hitting his head while untangling fishing line. The father apparently drowned while attempting a rescue. The bodies were found about 200 yards from where the boat drifted ashore.
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Greenville
Connecticut
Moosehead Lake
Wendelin Buckner
Stafford Springs
Mark
Luckner
Curt
Spencer Bay
Starkweather Case Tied to Lincoln Slaying Evidence
Nebraska and Wyoming authorities tracked teenage fugitive spree killer Charles Starkweather to a capture near Douglas. He confessed to an earlier Lincoln slaying to boost his death tally to 11. He faced trial for the Robert Jensen case in which Jensen and his girlfriend Carol King were found dead in a storm cave near Lincoln. Jurors rejected insanity and urged the death penalty. Carol King was later convicted of first degree murder for aiding Starkweather and received a life sentence.
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Wyoming
Starkweather
Douglas
Wyo
Lincoln
Robert Jensen
Bennet
Neb
Carol King
Carol
Starksweather
Educational TV Station to Begin Regular Programming
New Hampshire educational station WENH-TV Channel 11 will start regular programming July 6 from 6 to 10 p.m. weekdays. The slate includes news, children’s shows, classical music, fine arts, and a 26 part sewing machine program for homemakers.
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Durham
N.H
New Hampshire
Wenh - TV
Channel 11
Channel 2
Boston
Housewives
Busy evening delays installment repeats
Reader notes that installments will be repeated due to a busy evening with children to bed. Each installment will be repeated for clarity and to ensure all readers catch up.
Prison Rioter Richard Smith Dies After U S Medical Center Riot
Springfield AP report says Richard Smith, 24 from Salt Lake City, died from a skull fracture suffered during the inmate rebellion at the U S Medical Center. Warden Settle announced 53 prisoners injured, seven still hospitalized, and $10,000 damage. Guard hostage Robert Rosendahl remains hospitalized with severe cuts. condition fair.
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Springfield
U. S. Medical Center
Russell C. Settle
Richard Smith
Salt Lake City
Robert B. Rosendahl
Settle
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J. Alberic Benoit
South Street
Canada
Pierre and Marie (Proulx) Benoit
Union St. John and
Sacred Heart League
George Shevenell
Gerald Kelly
Cape Elizabeth
Ernest Moulton
York
Charles Twomey
Miami
Fla
Joseph Benoit
Basil Benoit
Springfield Mass
Gracia Belisle
Woonsocket
R. 1
St. Joseph Church
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone Street
Biddefert
York County Lawn Service
Smudge
Worcester Park
England
Sofie Hoesain
Vienna
Austria
Legation
Sofie
Delure
Metal
Idea
Ouanity
Brunswick
Dyut
Johnson
Pri
FREE
Aia
Fao
Moosehead
Nebraska
H. W. Thompson
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