Vacation pay boosts Biddeford Saco area workers
Over 300000 in vacation pay was distributed by Pepperell Manufacturing and Saco-Lowell, the two largest local employers. Most plants will shut for July 4 with Edwards I not closing next week. Pepperell plans one week of vacation for eligible workers while others delay shutdowns to support area economic growth.
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Biddeford Saco
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Saco- Lowell
Saco-Lowell
Pepperell
Biddeford Welcomes Visitors Courtesy Parking Tickets
City aims to attract shoppers by issuing courtesy parking tickets to out of state visitors in July and August. City Clerk Ralph Binette notes cooperation with Mayor Clement Deschambault, the police department, and the chamber of commerce. The program, used previously in Biddeford and in other Maine towns, includes a polite notice urging cooperation with Biddeford’s parking system.
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Biddeford
Ralph Binette
Clement H. Deschambault
Police Department
Chamber of Commerce
Binette
Maine
Saco
Truck Flips As Lights Fail In New Hampshire
A tractor-trailer loaded with dressed poultry tipped into a ditch early today when the truck’s lights failed. Driver Carl F. Suhr, 35, of Freeport Maine, said he switched to high beam to read a road sign and the unit overturned after leaving the road. Suhr was not injured. The poultry was transferred to another truck.
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Lee
N.H
Carl F. Suhr
Freeport
Maine
Durham
Concord
Suhr
New Army Gun Contract Signed By Saco-Lowell OO
Maine liquor store opens in Saco at 9 30 with 10 year lease and 30 to 40 car parking. New Navy Army gun contract for 9 0657 62 mm M 60 machine guns worth 3 716 040 dollars adds to local jobs at the Saco-Lowell plant, sustaining 700 plus workers.
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New Army
Saco-Lowell OO Funds United
The
Liquor Commission
Nichols
Wesley A. Mingo
Old Orchard Beach
Maine Liquor Commission
Saco
Oscar Poisson
Kinney Shores
Biddeford
Raoul Boissoneault
Sigismond Duquette
Maine
Saco-Lowell Shops
Army
Margaret Chase Smith
James C. Oliver
Oliver
Secretary of the Army
Wilbur M. Brucker
Congress
Smith
Michael Schoonjans
Saco-Lowell
NATO
Boston
Edwards
Saco Tax Policy Shows Early Gains and Savings
Seco's 1 percent discount for real estate taxes paid before July 15 is drawing early revenue. City Clerk Clifford A. Purvis said $50,000 has been collected by Tax Collector Catherine L. Hanson with two weeks remaining. Officials aim to pay a $150,000 tax anticipation loan early, saving about $1,100 in interest. This year the city borrowed $375,000, versus $395,000 last year.
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Seco
Clifford A. Purvis
Purvis
Catherine L. Hanson
Saco
Bay State Steamship Strike Settled
A 10 week strike by steamship crewmen ended with a settlement announced after a 16 hour conciliation session at the State House. Island ferry service to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard to resume Saturday pending ratification by both sides. Islander and Cape Cod ferries to restart first, with reservations honored as backlog is cleared. Island businesses faced up to a quarter of a million dollars daily loss during peak July 4 week.
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Ben Baxter
Hyannis
Mass
Nantucket Island
Nantucket
Marthas Vineyard
Kateritek
Boston
Steamship Service
Federal Union
Labor Temple
New Bedford
Woods Hole
Nantucket Steamship Authority
Teamster Local 59
State House
Frank B. Look
Authority
Look
Marthas
Vineyard
Cape Cod
Leo J. Convery
Marthas Vineyard Chamber of Commerce
Khrushchev meets apathetic Austria on state visit
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in neutral Austria for a nine day state visit to project peaceful coexistence amid a largely bored public. About 6 000 gathered at the Soviet War Memorial as his motorcade rolled into Vienna with a small Communist contingent offering only faint cheers. The Austrians planned tourism oriented engagements with visits to the Opera and Capsburg palace, Alps and Salzburg music festival, while private talks with government leaders were limited to two hours for trade discussions. The reception remained polite yet restrained with undercurrents of hostility in a country largely Catholic and pro West.
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Vienna
Austria
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
West
Opera
Capsburg Palace
Alps
Salzburg
Eisenhower Vetoes Federal Pay Hike Plan
President Eisenhower vetoed a bill to raise federal pay by 7 percent for about 14. million workers calling it indefensible. He signaled openness to a smaller increase tied to living costs. Democrats plan to seek an override, House vote expected Friday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Great White Whale retires after perilous globe-trotting career
Bedford Mass AP The Air Force C-97 known as the Great White Whale ends active service after seven years 400000 miles flown eight pole trips to North Pole magnetic pole flights 18 countries and territories plus A-bomb test runs in 1956 1958 painted white to shed fallout crew including Maj Robert E Creager and Capt Andrew Brodhead. Boston AP Atomic Energy Commission official says nuclear aerospace power grows with caution noting a nuclear ramjet low altitude high speed missile and satellites powered by atomic energy, creating new defense challenges.
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Bedford
Mass
Oklahoma
Air National Guard
North Pole
Eniwetok
South Pacific
Robert E. Creager
Boston
Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Donald M. Ross
Office of Health and Safety
U.S. Atomic Energy Commision
The
Health and Physics Society
Ross
Atomics Energy
Ex Miss Maine Enters Contest in Miami
Lewiston report notes Terry Tripp Miss Maine 1958 leaves Friday for Miami to compete in the Miss Universe contest. The contest association sponsors her bid after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain 400 backing from the Maine Department of Economic Development. An Augusta DED spokesman said funds were unavailable since the contest is privately run and Maine has no role in selecting the representative.
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Lewiston
Terry Tripp
Maine
Miami
Fla
Contest Association
Maine Department of Economic Development
DED
Augusta
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Biddeford-Saco
Rotary Club
Mark B. Black
F. Turner Brown
Raymond L. Karnan
Saco Amvets
Boucouval
Dupuis
Walter J. Fougere
Post
Spring Street
Harold Strout
Fougere
Chuck Roast
Hamburg
Capons
Simard’s
Abe
Alfred Street
Saco Tax Policy
Bay State Steamship Strike
Imperial Hotel
Schwechat
Janus Raab
Moscow
Main Street
Sea Food Center
Western Auto
Fea. Corp
U. S
Ionnston
Andrew Brodhead
Orchard St
Laconia
Big Time Wrestling Palace
Mona Baker
Luis Valdez
Bull Montana
Golden Boy
Dupree
Alec Medina
Enrico Ponzi
Miss
Jerry’s Meat Mart
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