Ex-City Officials Cleared as Charges Dismissed
In Biddeford former Mayor Clement H. Deschambault and ex-city clerk Raoul J. Binette face no further action on six indictments from 1960 and 1961. Larceny counts for $1,292 and a $1,000 bribe case were not pressed due to insufficient evidence after mistrials and state argument by Atty. Gen. Hancock. The Maine Supreme Court had previously ruled on validity of other charges.
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Alfred
Clement H. Deschambault
Biddeford
Raoul J. Binette
Deschambault
Maine Supreme Dop
Frank FE. Hancock
Thomas FE. Delahanty
Hancock
York County Grand Jury
Guidance Clinic Plans Furthered
A Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Association meeting introduced the Community Child and Family Guidance clinic staff at Sweetser Children's Home Saco. Dr Willem Nieuwkerk born 1925 Amsterdam trained in Utrecht and Michigan gained Maine medical licensure in 1962. Psychiatric social worker Sara Dale holds a master’s from Western Reserve and has led Maine Child Welfare. Community interest grows with Biddeford High School leaders planning fundraisers and radio outreach while Kennebunk and Wells express interest. Five executive committee members from each community will join the board of a new non profit state chartered corporation formed by Edwin Walker with seats to be filled from September.
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Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach
Sweetser Children’s Home
Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Lansing
Mich
Ypsilanti State Hospital
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Nieuwkerk
Maine State Medical Board
Sara Dale
Western Reserve University
State of Maine Division of Child Welfare
Melvin Simensky
Biddeford High School
Gloria Petit
Joseph Cole
Kennebunk
Biddeford - Saco - Old Orchard Beach Association
Roland Hotte
Wells
Atty
Edwin Walker
Joseph A. Plamondon
JFK Calls NATO Unity Amid De Gaulle Challenge
President Kennedy urged Western allies to strengthen NATO at Hanau base after reviewing 15000 U.S. troops, stressing the alliance as a bulwark and a peaceful instrument. He warned alliances fray when danger recedes and signaled a tougher response to De Gaulle's push for European independence from the United States.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Kennedy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Hanau
U.S
NATO
Navy probes Thresher wreck with second Trieste dive
The Navy conducts a second bathyscaphe dive aboard the USS Fort Snelling to locate the Thresher after an earlier descent yielded no results. Capt. Frank Andrews notes the first dive was limited by a faulty transponder affecting navigation while debris-rich bottom areas 220 miles off Boston guide the search as divers report two square miles explored and a fine clay seabed with marine life.
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Fort Snelling AT
Navy
Frank Andrews
Trieste
St. Andrews
Boston
Thresher
Cmdr
Donald L. Keach
Somerville
Mass
Orrington
Maine
Kenneth MacKenzie
San Diego
Naval Electronics Laboratory
Atlantic
Keach
U. S. Airmen Cleared In British Keeler Case
Defense investigators say three U S airmen show only a casual link to Christine Keeler and no tie to Capt Eugene Ivanov or ex minister John Profumo. Airmen are noncommissioned enlisted with 3rd Air Force at South Ruislip. no charges or arrests reported.
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Arthur Sylvester
Pentagon
3Rd Air Force
South Ruislip
London
Defense Department
Thomas Murphy
Murphy
Naval
Dodgers and Angels Split City Pride in LA Baseball Jibe
Chuckle Los Angeles notes two teams, the Dodgers and the Angels, with humor about city loyalty and traffic, citing a quip attributed to Gen. Kea of Corp. The item playfully frames the sports split as a local identity marker in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Dodgers
Angels
Kea
Vacation Pay For Biddeford And Saco Workers
Vacation pay totaling 460700 will be distributed with regular wages by six large local plants in Biddeford and Saco ahead of an annual one week shutdown. This compares to 375000 reported a year ago from three industries. Plants include Edwards Plant Saco-Lowell Pepperell Saco Tanning Garland Allied-Hampshire Footwear and Lyn-Flex. Production will resume July 8 after the break.
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Biddeford
Saco
Edwards
Saco-Lowell
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
Saco Tanning Corp
Garland Manufacturing Co
Allied-Hampshire Footwear Corp
Lyn- Flex Industries, Inc
Khrushchev Plans Quick Berlin Visit Tied to Kennedy Tour
Premier Khrushchev will hurriedly visit East Germany this weekend to counter Kennedy's West German tour. The trip, framed as a friendly gesture for Ulbricht's 70th birthday, aimed to bolster East German morale and balance the Kennedy visit. Western officials viewed it as a counterweight move amid shifting Cold War signals. Tass did not specify Berlin as the destination, leaving arrival city uncertain.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
East Germany
Kennedy
West Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Soviet Bloc
Bonn
Presi
Ulbricht
Karl Guenther von Hase
Berlin
West Berlin
Ireland
Tass
Landing For Pool Readied Biddeford Pool Landing and Parking Planned
Biddeford city crews prepare a new public landing and adjacent parking at Biddeford Pool. Mayor Willie W. Pomerleau says marble ledge construction will span city land opposite Crowley’s Lobster Pound, with the Street Department led by Arthur Pratt directing the work.
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Biddeford
Willie W. Pomerleau
Pomerleau
Crowley
City of
Tents Stolen As Boys Sleep
Five boys sleeping in a tent in Lackawanna New York woke to find their tent missing during the night.
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Lackawanna, N, Y
Portland Man Held For Maine Holdup
Portland man Robert E Kilbreth 27 was arrested in Augusta in connection with a Canton bank holdup. An accomplice, a man about 28 in a white over black sedan, is at large. About $500 found on Kilbreth. Bank official Benjamin Irish said the robber wore a sports cap and dark glasses and fled with just under $1,000. Roadblocks and police watch followed the incident.
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Augusta
Robert E. Kilbreth
Portland
Canton
Kilbreth
Millard EF. Nickerson
Criminal Investigation Bureau
John J. McGillicuddy
FBI
Boston
Nickerson
Aurele Veilleux
Millard Nickerson
Emery Jordan
A. Blaine Ame Bler
Benjamin Irish
Canelton
Rumford Falls Trust Co
Red Space Failure Is Revealed
A Soviet spacecraft exploded into 24 orbiting pieces after last fall’s launch, cited by NASA in a semimonthly NASAGoddard report. It follows the Transit 4A breakup on June 29, 1961, making this perhaps the largest orbital debris event reported to date. The Oct. 24 incident’s crewed status remains unclear. The disclosure stems from NASA’s new policy to publish nonclassified spaceflight data from NORAD and other agencies.
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Washington
U. S. Space Agency
U. S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
NASA
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Dua
Orit
State Eagles To Meet In Biddeford This Week
Principal speakers at the Maine State Aerie Convention in Biddeford June 28 to 30 will be Herschel McWilliams Kansas City Kansas grand worthy vice president Harry E Burns St Cloud Minnesota member of the board of grand trustees and Lino Ponti Quincy Massachusetts northeast regional president. The gathering aims to plan Eagle programs for the next year and elect state officers. McWilliams has been on the Board of Grand Trustees and led regional councils. Burns has led his Aerie for three terms.
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Herschel McWilliams
Kansas City
Kan
Grand Worthy
Harry E. Burns
St. Cloud
Biddeford
Ernest E. Valliere
Aerie
Aeries
Maine
McWilliams
Grand Trustees
Kansas State Aerie
The
Eagles
Wyandotte Aerie
Kansas
West Central
Eagle
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kennedy and De Gaulle clash over Western Europe plan
International president Kennedy replies to De Gaulle about Europe autonomy from the United States. Premier Khrushchev plans a rushed East German visit this weekend. Washington Democrats prepare to name their 1964 National Convention city. A Russian spacecraft reportedly exploded into 24 orbiting pieces after last fall launch. A strong Goldwater backing emerges at the Young Republicans convention in San Francisco.
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Kennedy
de Gaulle
Western Europe
United States
Khrushchev
East Germany
Washington
U.S. Space Agency
National
San Francisco
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Joseph Plamondon
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JFK
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George Martin
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mackenzie
John Profumo
Charles Lee Wright
Mount Vernon
Ill
George Hopkins
Bellaire
Ohio
Electrolux Sales & Service
Joseph Durfee
Quickie
Fernand Audie
Vernon Street
Africa
U. S. Department of Labor
Conakry
Guinea
Audie
Sekou Toure
Labor Department
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Sierra Leone
Rome
Paris
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His
Aerie For Three
Associated Press International
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