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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1962

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Biddeford Eyes 16 Room Elementary School Need

Supt. Paul Larrabee warns a new 16 room elementary school is needed as all current elementary buildings reach capacity even after the new high school opens. He urges starting a study now while outlining other board challenges including arts, special needs classes, salary revisions, athletic fields, more teachers, adult night school, and Union 4 status.

Biddeford Paul Larrabee Board of Education Larrabee Wentworth Street Washington Street Bradbury Street Biddeford High School

Ex-Priest Denies Story Told By Wife In Lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO AP An ex priest named Walter A. Ryan 57 denies his wife Alice 41 filed a $2.3 million suit alleging church officials forced him into a monastery and spirited him from their home in 1955 He says he left by mutual agreement due to a drinking problem and has not left California since He claims he supported his wife and family until their fourth child was born and calls her allegations false He says reports of war hero status are bunk and that he never left the United States

San Francisco Walter A. Ryan California New York Ryan San Francisco Examiner Alice Glen Head N.Y Mineola Maryland Glen Cove Army

Experts Baffled By Sea Monster off Tasmanian Coast

Australian scientists puzzled by a huge carcass on Tasmania west coast beach. Described as circular with no eyes or defined head, 20 feet by 18 feet by 42 feet thick, weighing 5 to 10 tons, woolly hair and turtle-like shape. Dr Bruce Houston of CSIRO notes it differs from known fish or marine mammals.

Hobart Tasmania Bruce Houston Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

Cancellation Of Meeting Spurs Wrangle At Beach Legality Is Questioned

Four Old Orchard Beach council members repudiated the cancellation of a special meeting by Chairman Charles D. Peckham Jr and voted by phone to cancel again. Councilman David McCallum said the meeting was cancelled illegally and that a majority vote was required. They planned to meet next Friday at 7 after distributing an 80 page tax list booklet.

Old Orchard Beach Charles D. Peckham, Jr David McCallum Peckham Frank Chapman Maine Municipal Association Chapman McCallum Leslie Wyman Donald Jones Leopold Paul” Sicard McCallum and Sicard Lewiston Percival Wardnell

Rusk Heads to Geneva for 17 Nation Arms Talks

Secretary of State Dean Rusk left Washington for Geneva to push a real disarmament effort and reduce cold war tensions. He led a 33 man U S delegation routing via Goose Bay and planned meetings with Gromyko and Home as preparations for the 17 nation conference. Rusk called the talks one of the most important negotiations in years and warned the arms race could spiral beyond control.

Washington Dean Rusk Geneva Rusk Russia Britain Andrei A. Gromyko Lord Home Berlin Lausanne Gerhard Schroeder Gromyko U.S

President's Wife In Rome

Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy arrives in Rome en route to India and Pakistan for a 33 hour stopover. She meets President Gio vanni Gronchi at the Quirinal Palace then visits Villa Taverna, home of the U S ambassador, before an audience with Pope John XXIII. She departs for New Delhi after a brief stay.

Rome Jacqueline Kennedy America India Pakistan Giovanni Gronchi U. S Quirinal Palace

Marriage of Liz and Eddie Seen Shaky

Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher face rumors of trouble amid reports they will separate after Cleopatra filming. Fisher and Taylor deny claims through spokesmen and lawyers, while Rome papers hype the ongoing chatter about an affair with Richard Burton.

Liz Eddie Rome Elizabeth Taylor Eddie Fisher Fisher Richard Burton Marc Antony Miss Taylor

Presbyterians Urged To Avoid Extremist Tactics

The United Presbyterian Church urges its 3,259,000 members to resist extremist tactics and combat communism by strengthening love for one another and faith. The General Council issued a six page letter on pulpit and pew freedom to all congregations. It warned against right wing extremism and false charges against ministers, without naming any group.

New York United Presbyterian Church General Council Pew Eugene Carson Blake Council John Birch Society Blake Robert Welch

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