Local Briefs From Biddeford and Dayton
Surgical and medical patients listed for Trull and Notre Dame hospitals include William N. Daniels Willie Fortier Mrs Ralph Dauphin Lawrence Ouellette and Euclide Millette who will lead Notre Dame Thrift Shop next week. The Kent Smith family and daughter Lori visit Dayton for the summer. Mrs Smith is Barbara Waterhouse, daughter of J C Waterhouse.
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William N. Daniels
Summer Street
Biddeford
Trull Hospital
Willie Fortier
Piersons Lane
Notre Dame Hospital
Ralph Dauphin
Western Avenue
Lawrence Ouellette
Saco Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Notre Dame Ospital
Euclide Millette
Kent Smith
Lori
Aurora
Ill
Dayton
Smith
Barbara Waterhouse
J. C. Waterhouse
Morisette 31 A Maine Native Dies in Miami Florida
Jean Paul Morisette 31 formerly of Bedford died in Miami Florida Wednesday. He was the son of Henri and Jeanne Lefebvre Morisette of 95 Alfred Street. A Navy veteran of World War II he attended local public schools and worked for Pepperell Manufacturing Co. He leaves his parents a sister Pauline and will be buried at Togus.
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Jean Paul Morisette
Bidedford
Miami
Fla
Henri
Jeanne (Lefebvre) Morisette
Alfred Street
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
Florida
Pauline
Togus
Biddeford United Baptist Picnic at Hills Beach Tomorrow
The annual church and Sunday school picnic of Biddeford United Baptist Church will be held at the cottage of Mrs Genevieve McDonald at Hills Beach if the weather is fair. Attendees meet at the church at 9 20 a m and should bring a box lunch. Junior Band practice is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10 at the Old Orchard Beach Salvation Army.
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Biddeford United
Old Orchard Beach
Salvation Army
Monrovia Sinks After Foggy Lake Huron Collision
The 417 foot freighter Monrovia sank in foggy Lake Huron after colliding with Canadian Royalton near Thunder Bay Island. The Norman W. Foy lost radar contact 11 hours later. Royalton sustained minor damage. Monrovia sailors were rescued about an hour after abandon ship orders. Royalton owned by F. Scott Misener Ltd of Port Colborne Ontario.
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Alpena
Mich
Monrovia
Lake Huron
Coast Guard
Norman W. Foy
Royalton
Thunder Bay Island
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Sea Way
Plane Crash Takes Life Of Maine Doctor
Dr. Arthur H. Sampson Jr., 36, of Nobleboro, chief of staff at Miles Memorial Hospital, died when his pontoon plane struck a rock pile in Biscay Pond area. The wreck was found at dawn. cause and flight purpose undetermined. He joined the hospital in 1954 after Yale Medical School training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Sampson
Nobleboro
Miles Memorial Hospital
Biscay Pond
John R. Turner
Sampson
Leo Sidelinger
Dr. Sampson
Hospitel
Bates
Bowdoin
Yale University
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Marilyn Monroe Leaves Lenox Hill Hospital After Surgery
New York actress Marilyn Monroe was discharged from Lenox Hill Hospital where she had gynecological surgery. Dressed in beige and smiling, she spoke of feeling fine and left with her husband Arthur Miller, as they headed to their New York City apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marilyn Onroe
Lenox Hill Hospital
Arthur Miller
New York City
Miss Monroe
Train Jumps Tracks In Chicago Rain Storm
An electric train bound for Chicago jumped the tracks on the far south side during a Thursday night rain. Fifteen passengers were injured and traffic was blocked for several hours, disrupting travel in the suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Suburba
Girl explains life-saving class hair routine in Kansas City
Jane Hedley, 12, returns from swimming class in Kansas City. She says she is the only girl in the class and all the boys have crew cuts, so she can practice the hair-carry method during life-saving lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jane Hedley
Council Members Plan Evening Tribute at Sansoucy Funeral Home
Members of Council Chagnon of the Union of St John will meet tonight at the council home to escort to Sansoucy Funeral Home at 1 Stone Street Biddeford to pay respects to J. Alberic Benoit a deceased member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Chagnon
Union of St. John
Council
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone Street
Biddeford
J. Alberic Benoit
Sacred Heart League to Meet for Prayers at Biddeford
Members of the Sacred Heart League of St. Joseph gather at Sansoucy funeral home at 1 Stone Street Biddeford tonight at 7 to say prayers for J Alberic Benoit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart League of St. Joseph
Sansoucy
Stone Street
Biddeford
J. Alberic Benoit
Court Rules US Is Responsible In Boy's Death
U S District Judge Edward T Gignoux ruled the federal government liable for the 1953 Fort Foster shooting of 15 year old Donald Schultz during a Portsmouth New Hampshire camping trip. Damages to be set at a later hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
U. S. District Court
Edward T. Giginoux
Portsmouth, N. H
Carl W. Schultz
Donald
Juze Gignoux
Schultz
Robert S. McAfee
Fort Foster
Portsmouth Naval Base
Gignoux
Adm
Charles A. Ferriter
Military Chiefs To Confer On New Command System
Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy has called a special meeting at Quantico with about twenty military leaders from the Pentagon and field to discuss issues arising in the first six months of the streamlined command structure. The session follows the seventh annual service secretaries conference, which opened at Quantico Thursday night and runs through Saturday, with around 160 civilian and military officials in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quantico
Neil H. McElroy
U. S
McElroy
Newsmen
Pentagon
Marine Corps Base
Defense Secretary
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Explosion Kills Two At Knoxville Chemical Plant
An explosion at the Foote Mineral Co plant in Knoxville Tennessee Thursday night sent two workers Albert Hurst and Mac Cox to their deaths in a 13,000 gallon vat of acid. Firemen recovered the bodies early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville, Tenn.p
Albert Hurst
Mac Cox
Foote Mineral Co
Portland Weather Outlook With Showers and Thunderstorms
Cloudy and cool Portland with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Moderate east to southeast winds through tonight. Temperatures reach the upper 50s to low 60s, with cooler conditions Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Military threat eases as Argentina names free enterprise reformer
In Buenos Aires AP reports the military menace to President Frondizi cooled while his new economic czar Alvaro Alsogaray struggles to recruit aides for a free enterprise program. Officers remain split over his fate with some demanding resignation, others appeased by cabinet changes. Alsogaray aims to curb inflation and unrest within six months, but job candidates balk amid union criticism and Peronist influence.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
Alvaro Alsogaray
Free Enerprise
Alsogaray
Juan Peron
Tag Days Planned by Local Little League Teams
Members of the Saco Old Orchard Beach Little League conduct tag days today and tomorrow in their communities. Teams Bagleys Boucouvalas Bros OwenDavis cover the area to raise funds for new equipment. Old Orchard representatives join in the effort in their town. Proceeds support gear upgrades for the teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco-Old Orchard Beach
Bagley's
Bou‘couvalas
Castro seizes vast cattle lands amid reform drive
Fidel Castro orders seizure of 2,355,242 acres of ranch land in Camaguey province after ranchers refuse to sell cattle at government profitable prices. Troops occupy 400 ranches, targeting land used for counterrevolutionary activity under state power. The move follows Cuba’s land reform push and affects 131 cattlemen.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Camaguey
Welcome To The Fold Welcoming New Arrivals
Rita Collard welcomes a baby daughter 11 months old to Roger and Marilyn Collard of Biddeford. Grandparents on both sides noted. A Notre Dame hospital birth at six pounds six and a half ounces on June 26 for Bernard and Jeanette Nadeau’s daughter. A second baby, Dino Richard Dion, seven pounds 15 ounces, born June 11 at Hotel Dieu Notre Dame de Beauce to Louis and Georgette Dion of St George Canada, with paternal grandmother Mrs. Joseph Dion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Rita Collard
Roger R. Collard
Herring Avenue
Biddeford
William L. Landry
Alfred Road
Armand Collard
Pool Road
Bernard Nadeau
Market Street
Saco
Notre Dame Hospital
Nadeau
Jeanette Levasseur
Louis A. Dion
St. George
Canada
Dino Richard
Hotel Dieu Notre Dame de Beauce Hospital
Dion
Georgette Gagnon
Adolphe Gagnon
Elm Street
Joseph Dion
Circus Lion Roams Mojave Desert After Escape
An African lion escaped from a circus truck during a March highway crash and has since wandered the Mojave Desert and U S Highway 66 area. Sheriff deputy warns heat could push the animal toward settled regions as it appears four times in six days, with a homesteader firing three shots and missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amboy
Calif
Mojave
Robert Lorimer
U.S. Highway 66
Lorimer
Biddeford Man Appeals Fine in Saco Court
A Saco resident had his traffic case continued for sentence in Saco Municipal Court this morning. Francis E. Pierce, 35, Old Orchard Beach, was charged with passing on a curve and his case was continued by Judge Hilary F. Mahaney. In a related action yesterday, Robert P. Morisette, 34, of 76 Pool Street, was fined $100 for driving after license suspension. Morisette pleaded not guilty and appealed the sentence. bail was set at $200 and he was released until the September term of Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Francis E. Pierce
Old Orchard Reac
Hilary F. Mahaney
Robert P. Morisette
Pool Street
Morisette
Controversy at New Jersey restaurant over Venus statue
In Paramus the Continental restaurant agreed to cover a statue of Venus during a Sunday communion breakfast by the Rosary Society of St. John’s Church in Bergenfield. The Venus statue will be draped with a bra or tablecloth, while a naked-boy fountain statue will be moved elsewhere for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramus
N. J
St. John’s
Bergenfield
Maine Rep Warns on Mail Service If Trains Stop
Representative James C. Oliver of Maine urged Postmaster General Summerfield to prevent mail disruptions if Maine Central and Bangor and Aroostook railways lose passenger service. He suggested expanding the highway post office system if freight train service is inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerfield Washington
James C. Oliver
Maine
Summerfield
Maine Central
Bangor & Aroostook
Oliver
Priesthood Entrustment Sets Father to Follow Son
A successful businessman will follow his son into the Episcopal priesthood in Haddon Heights New Jersey Saturday. The Rev Warren Cassell 45 recently director of printing for a nation wide magazine will be presented for ordination by his son the Rev W Michael Cassell pastor of Christ Episcopal Church Zillah Washington
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Son
Haddon Heights
Warren Cassell
W. Michael Cassell
Licar
Christ Episcopal
Reform Rabbis Favor Church State Separation
A large majority of Reform rabbis back absolute separation of church and state in a CCAR poll of 700 leaders serving over a million people in the United States and Canada. Rabbi Edgar E. Siskin notes near three quarters oppose retreat from the long standing principle, while the study also addresses religion in public schools and Israel. The report also urges UN reform toward a security oriented European system and notes race relations as America's urgent issue.
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Bretton Woods
N. H.ap
Central Conference of American Rabbis
CCAR
Canada
Edgar E. Siskin
North Shore
Glencoe
Ill
U.S
Siskin
Israel
Conference Commission
United Nations
America
AAUW Head Discusses International Relations
Dr. Merideth E. Cameron urged Americans to study new nations in Africa and Southeast Asia during a symposium at the AAUW 56th general assembly in Kansas City. The group re elected Dr. Anna L. Rose Hawkes as president and admitted seven colleges for membership, including State Teachers College Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
International Federation of University Women
Africa
Southeast Asia
Merideth E. Cameron
South Hadley
Mass
Cameron
Mount Holyoke College
General Assembly of the American Assn. of
University Women
AAUW
Anna L. Rose Hawkes
Orleans
State Teachers College
Salem
Mess
Herter Reviews Obvious in His Geneva Report
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter reviewed the Geneva talks with the Soviets as unsurprising and dull. He stressed Western resolve to keep West Berlin, noting no real progress and only a faint hope that future talks might yield agreement if the Soviets accept a free West Berlin under Western protection. He offered no new proposals.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington (Ap
Christian A. Herter
The
Nation
Geneva
Herter
West Berlin
Hertzz
Berlin
Soviet Union
Gromyko
East Germany
Western Germany
West
Buxton Youth Narrowly Escapes 38000 Volt Shock
Thirteen year old Larry Pierce swung an electo coil over his head in Buxton last night. The coil unwound and struck a 38000 volt power line, knocking out television pictures across southern Maine for seven minutes. He suffered minor burns on his hand and both legs but survived. Central Maine Power Co officials are puzzled by the near miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buxton
Larry Pierce
Maine
Central Maine Power Co
CMP
Saco Memorial Field Program Draws Youth Interest
Nearly 100 boys join Saco Recreation activities at Saco Memorial Park this week under director Bill Pavlikowski. He aims to form eight midget teams and four junior teams with age limits and varying sizes. Most participants play baseball, with growing interest in tennis and basketball. 80 to 100 join mornings, about 50 in afternoons. Staff provide daily baseball and basketball instruction and he seeks to recruit girls for softball.
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Saco
Saco Memorial Park
Bill Pavlikowski
Pavlikowski
Pawlikowski
Birth News Reaches Pole in Quick Radio Call
BERKLEY Calif A couple in Berkeley learns their first son Victor is born at home in the South Pole through a radio telephone link set up by Amateur Radio Operator W Lloyd Townsley. Julie 30 and George A Doumani 10 000 miles away share the moment as their daughter Sandra 15 months old watches.
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Berkley
Calif
George A Doumani
South Pole
Julie
Victor
W. Lloyd Townsley
Doumanis
Sandra
Flood closes Texas Scout Camps as rains surge
Floods isolated a Boy Scout camp and a Girl Scout camp near San Antonio after heavy rains drenched southwest Texas Thursday. Police said campers were safe while the Guadalupe River rose up to 15 feet from the deluge, threatening about 15 summer resorts with as much as 72 inches of rain in the hill country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Guadalupe River
No Court Session At Biddeford Municipal Court
A morning report from Biddeford Municipal Court shows no session held and no arrests. Biddeford Police reported no traffic accidents and the Fire Department logged no calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Saco Couple Celebrates 45th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. William Fairfield of Morton Avenue Saco observe their 45th anniversary with a dinner party at their daughter Mrs. Reed Rumbery’s Fortunes Rocks home. They wed June 25, 1914 at Cutts Avenue Baptist Church. Guests included sister maid of honor Mrs Elmer Kimball and Edward Fairfield. Gifts included corsage, electric frying pan, and purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fairfield
Morton Avenue
Saco
Reed Rumbery
Fortunes Rocks
Fairfield
Wood F
Cutts Avenue Baptist Church
Elmer Kimball
Kittery
Edward Fairfield
Theman
Linda
Joyce
Jessie (Rumery
Roy Wakefield
Long Island
Saco Democratic Club Set to Hear Sheriff Nason
The Saco Democratic Political and Social Club names York County Sheriff Harold R. Nason as principal speaker at its meeting Monday at 7 p m in the G A R hall Saco. Mrs Phyllis Deschambeault notes the event and a refreshments committee of Mrs Ella McKenney Mrs Alice Warren and Donald McCone will host after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Deschambeault
Saco
Democratic Political and Social Club
York County
Harold R. Nason
G. A. R. Hall
Ella McKenney
Alice Warren
Donald McCone
Mail truck crash near Hampton toll gate in NH
A tractor trailer carrying mail jackknifed approaching the Hampton toll gate on the NH Turnpike and crashed into two booths. Driver Arthur L. Roberts, 35, of Ipswich MA, suffered facial injuries and a fractured arm. Booth attendant Elmer Smith, 52, of Rye, was cut by flying glass. The load was en route from Portland ME to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
N. H
New Hampshire
Arthur L. Roberts
Lafayette St
Ipswich
Mass
Elmer Smith
Rye
Portland
Maine
Boston
Roberts
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