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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1963

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Trieste Probes Ocean Floor In Thresher Search

The bathyscaphe Trieste descended a mile and a half to the Atlantic floor as part of the Thresher submarine search. Lt. A Martin, 30, and observer Kenneth Mackenzie, 51, conducted the dive after parts were flown 220 miles for replacement. Debris observed earlier spurred this two-square-mile bottom survey with new daily dives planned to recharge batteries and check equipment.

Fort Snelling Atlantic Resher New York A. Martin Brooklyn N. Y Kenneth Mackenzie San Diego Calif Naval Electronics Laboratory Trieste Navy Thresher Martin Andrews

Biddeford Voters Set Fall Charter Referendum Votes

Biddeford residents will vote in October on charter changes including mayor pay rising to 3000, council salaries of 240, biennial elections, caucus reforms, and borrowing powers. The measure would take effect December if approved. Kennedy visits West Berlin wall amid huge crowds and a tense checkpoint Charlie scene.

Biddeford Robert C. Cartier John H. Reed Paul Deshaies Cartier Reed Sidermen Board of Education Police Commission

Biddeford Food Bill Shows Strong Local Spending

The Standard Rate and Data Service survey reports Biddeford residents spent 7.922 million on food, up from 7.857 million the prior year. Auto equipment stores led retail, with 3.882 million, while general merchandise, apparel, and home furnishings also posted solid totals.

the Journal New York Biddeford Standard Rate and Data Service United States New England

Portland High Student Will Learn Smith Trade

A work-study program starting in September at Portland High School will place a 16 year old sophomore, Dail Tripp, at H Orlando and Sons to learn blacksmithing three hours daily. Tripp chose the trade to shoe horses and work in a riding stable. Orlando will apprentice him, teaching forge fire, metal forging, and the shop’s broader tasks.

Portland Maine Dail Tripp Dail Foye H. Orlando and Sons Washington Ave Tripp Orlando Henry S. Orlando

Muskie In Plea For U S Fund

Washington AP three New England Democratic senators voiced support for the administration plan to provide 455 million dollars for the low income areas program. House defeat preceded Senate discussions aimed at reversing the setback with a late vote anticipated. The funds drawn to attract job creating industries to distressed areas. Senator Edmund S Muskie of Maine said counties in his state are eager to use the program. Senator John O Pastore criticized opposition from regions receiving farm price supports and reclamation funds.

Washington New England House Senate Joay John O. Pastore D-R.l Edmund S. Muskie Maine

Pope Paul VI Biographical Sketch Traces Youthful Rise

AP correspondent James M. Long recalls Pope Paul VI’s ascent from a small Brescia boyhood in Milan to the papal throne. Primo Savodi recalls a fearless habit of climbing trees and a lesson to look to heaven when ascending, a thread traced from Montini’s youth to his leadership. Continued on Page Fourteen.

James M. Long Vatican Paul VI Pope Paul Vatican City St. Peter Giovanni Battista Montini Heaven Primo Savodi Giovanni Battista Milan Montini Brescia

Kennedy pledges support for West Berlin amid wall crisis

AN INTERNATIONAL roundup reports President Kennedy promising U S defense of West Berliners as Khrushchev's Sweden visit faces possible cancellation over a spy scandal. In Washington the civil rights bill begins its path through Congress while a triple-type polio vaccine is licensed. Goldwater sentiment grows among Young Republicans at the San Francisco convention.

Kennedy East Berlin West Berlin Willy Brandt Konrad Adenauer Berlin Brandenburg Gate Unter den Linden Khrushchev Associated Press International Communist Wall United States Goldwater San Francisco

Plunge kills 38 aboard Belgian transport in Germany

A Belgian military transport plane burst into flames and crashed near Detmold Germany killing 38 people aboard. The disaster prompted investigations and mourning as authorities reported the loss of life and noted the aircraft's wartime role and casualties.

Detmold Germany

Trieste dives deepen Thresher search in Atlantic

AP dispatch describes the Bathyscaphe Trieste as a toylike orange and white craft drilling toward the Atlantic depths in pursuit of the sunken nuclear submarine Thresher. Capt. Frank A. Andrews leads a week of daily dives while Lt. Cmdr. Donald Keach and Kenneth Mackenzie aboard insist the depth and danger are manageable after a five hour submersion.

Mackenzie Cmdr Donald Keach Somerville Mass Trieste Btotom Frank A. Andrews Thresher Andrews Conrad and Gillis Atlantic Junior Navy Boston Challenger Pacific Kenneth Mackenzie Naval Electronics Laboratory San Diego

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