Biddeford Saco Sanford no longer low in spirits area
Washington's decision to remove Biddeford Saco and Sanford from the low in spirits list sparked local pride over recovery after job losses in the late 1950s. Officials cautioned unemployment figures and noted continued challenges while ARA aid deadlines and retraining programs linger.
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Washington
Biddeford
Saco
Sanford
Willie Pomerleau
Nicholas Scontras
Employment Security Office
Hugh Marshall
Kennedy Book The Torch Is Passed Sees Massive Orders
AP reports orders for The Torch Is Passed memorial book on JFK death total 3,091,000 with weekly adds over 100,000. Western Printing in Poughkeepsie and Racine produced copies for 735 papers in the United States and Canada plus private requests. The 100 page volume features color portraits of JFK and Jackie and a 35 000 word narrative by four AP writers led by Saul Pett. Deliveries reach 2,768,000 with no bookstore distribution and continued production as demand persists.
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New York
Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Kennedy
Karsh
Canada
Saul Pett
Sid Moody
Hugh Mulligan
Tom Henshaw
Edineus
Western Printing and Lithographing Co
Racine
Wis
Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York Daily News
The
Kansas City Star
Harrisburg Patriot- News
Visalia
Calif
Times Delta
New Elementary School Proposed For Biddeford
The Sewell report to Biddeford Planning Board recommends a 20 room elementary school to ease overcrowding, plus a new athletic plant and modernization of Emery School. It also calls for closing Wentworth and Bradbury Street schools and moving fifth and sixth graders to elementary buildings. A public zoning hearing is set for April 24.
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Emery
Biddeford
Sewell
James W. Sewell Co
Planning Board
Joseph S. Audie
Lewis Lubka
Old Town
Lubka
Wentworth Street
Bradbury Street
Cop
Josph S. Audie
Pomerleau
Audie
James W. Sewall Company
Vito Mininni
Jury Deliberates Kidnapping Case of Sinatra Jr
Los Angeles jurors weigh three men charged with abducting Frank Sinatra Jr at a Lake Tahoe motel on December 8 1963 The judge warned that if the defense shows the crime was staged for publicity the jury must acquit The defendants Barry Worthington Keenan Joseph Clyde Amsler and John Irwin argued the abduction was a publicity stunt and not a genuine crime The case ended with Sinatra Jr released after a $240000 ransom and the jury retiring for the night in an undisclosed downtown hotel.
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Los Angeles
Frank Sinatra Jr
William G. East
Young Sinatra
Lake Tahoe
Nev
Barry Worthington Keenan
Joseph Clyde Amsler
John Irwin
Sinatra Jr
East
U.S. Atty
Thomas R. Sheridan
Keenan
Three Escapees Still At Large In Dallas
Seven prisoners broke from Dallas County Jail during the Jack Ruby trial chaos. A hostage, 19 year old Karen Lynn Bennett, pregnant and frightened, reported a pistol like weapon. Four men were recaptured. three remain at large as chaos echoed near the courtroom.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Karen Lynn
Little Lynn) Bennett
Little Lynn
Ruby
Melvin Belli
Rosemary Allen
Ruth Thornton
Ruby Trial Enters History With Three Weeks Of Oddities
Dallas AP indicates Jack Ruby's murder trial passed its third week, becoming a unique case in and out of court. It recounts Kennedy's Dallas assassination, Oswald's murder, Ruby's shooting of Oswald, and disputed motives amid an unusual defense strategy and a jail break incident.
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Lynn
Bill Decker
Joe B. Brown
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Johnny R. Jenkins
Burnell Hall
H.H. McKaye
Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
United States
P. T. Dean
Seven prisoners escape Dallas County Jail during daylight
In a bold daylight breakout seven inmates flee Dallas County Jail while a striptease witness about to testify for the defense in Jack Ruby’s murder trial is disturbed. The Ruby trial surpasses three weeks with landmark status already in legal history.
Local Residents Favor Tax Slash
In Biddeford and Saco a Journal poll finds residents mostly view the federal income tax cut as a very good thing for themselves and the local economy. Workers welcome extra spendable income, merchants expect stimulus, and most say it will help business though a few remain doubtful or say to wait and see.
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Biddeford
Saco
Civil Rights Debate Set to Open in Senate Monday
Washington AP The Senate plans a historic civil rights bill debut Monday as Democratic leader Mike Mansfield says the issue must be faced. Morse plans to seek hearings, while Mansfield threatens to oppose such a move amid filibuster fears and procedural tensions.
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Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Manus
Washington
Monay
Mike Mansfield
House
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Judiciary Committee
Morse
Mansfield
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Order of the Eastern Star
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Jean A. Arnold
John W. Alley
Rena E. Woodward
Roy C. Edwards
Story
Hed Cross
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Red Cross
Pearl Maurice
Priscille Mailhiot
Kathleen Noel
Annette Lehoux
Pulse
Andrea Payheur
Joan Jacques
Page
Mimi Garland
Park
J. Edward Whelan
Whelan
Scontras
Area Redevelopment Administration
York County
ARA
Lewis ‘Jk
Marshal
Arundel
Gen
Fea. Corp
Aluminum
Northeastern Aluminum
Alfred Street
Sponsored
B.H.S. Activities Association
Rachel
Rene
Alfred St
BY ED Smith
Alfred Road
Turnpike
Elm Street
McArthur
Harry M. Wooster
Martin J. Rielly
John F. Xaphes
Mrs. Allen
Mrs. Belli
Allready
International
Greece
Paul
Constantine
St. Mary’s Grammar School
Assumption Sodality
Reynold Brulotte
William Eon
David D'Ambrose
Randall Parenteau
Elizabeth Avarites
Seveth
Prine
Frank Ribaudo
Ann Tousignant
Martha Conroy
Leo Moreau
Rosanna Perreault
Norman Martin
Robert Perrin
St. Mary’s Associates
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