Bangor Meeting Raises Funds for Maine Cottage in Eaton Rapids
In Bangor on June 5 6 and 7 posts statewide collected for a State of Maine Cottage at the National V F W Orphan's home in Eaton Rapids Michigan. At the auxiliary meeting donations supported Cancer Crusade department rehabilitation and travel funds. Reports came from Sanford York South Berwick Wells Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach. Refreshments followed the social hour.
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Bangor
State of Maine
National V. F. W. Orphan's Home
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Cancer
Sanford
York
South Berwick
Wells
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Syrian Border Violence Escalates Between Syria and Iraq
Syrian and Iraqi clash claims 30 Iraqi cross border attacks wounding a Syrian guard. Nasser allies urge uprising against Kassem while Cairo mass protests condemn Iraqi Communists. Mosul fighting continues with casualties as rebels and pro Kassem factions clash.
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Damascus
Syria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Re
Abdel Kerim Kassem
United Arab Republic
1St
Nasser
Iraq
Kassem
Cairo
Kassen
Cairo University
National Union
U.A.R
Talhamar
Genes
Hamoudiya
Mosul
Stan Carter
Convicted Maine Lifer Seeks New Trial In Notorious Slaying
The hearing on Paul N. Dwyer’s bid for a writ of error corpus nobis opened in Rumford Superior Court. Attorney Herbert H. Bennett charged a conspiracy over “the queers” to bury the victim and said there was no record. Dwyer contends Francis M. Carroll forced changes to his story.
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Rumford
Paul N. Dwyer
Thomaston
Herbert H. Bennett
Portland
Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
South
Paris
Bennett
Maine
Francis M. Carroll
E. Walker Abbott
Carroll
Oxford County
Paul VII
Jessie Mann
Worcester
Mass
Electronics May Be Aid To Safety
Dr James L Malfetti of Columbia University Teachers College proposes electronic car controls to handle fatigue intoxication and slow reactions. He says guidance to center lanes speed and ignition lock could prevent accidents. He spoke at the 38th Massachusetts Safety Conference with about 3500 delegates.
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Boston
James L. Malfetti
Safeg’ Education Project
Columbia University Teacher's College
Maffetti
Massachusetts
New England
Biddeford Red Cross Drive Lags
The Biddeford Red Cross chapter reports fundraising lags with about half the drive completed and aims to reach roughly $8,000. Executive Secretary Anne Dumais says volunteers will canvass homes and stores in the city this month ending March 31, listing many house to house solicitors by name.
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Biddeford
William Cosgrove
Bruno Monaldo
Paul Dorais
Jules Baillergeon
Marie Brousseau
Jon Montagne
Harold Duranceau
Joseph Boisvert
William Landry
Charles St. Louis
Marcel Viger
Andre Cote
Elizabeth Carroll
John Barrett
Priscilla Roberge
Roy MacNaughton
Louis Pomerleau
Adolphe Campbell
Dorothea Shaw
Maurice Marcotte
Kanely Throumoulos
Charles Nadeau
Hormidas
Kickoff Meeting Tonight Spurs Stock Drive Sale
The final phase of the area drive to purchase the empty Saco Lowell shops buildings begins tonight at 7:30 in Peperro Hall. The goal is to raise 75,000 to buy, operate, and maintain the buildings for three years with a March 31 purchase agreement if successful. Attendees include local mayors, corporation officials, and civic leaders. Stock sales start tomorrow with 25,000 shares available.
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Saco- Lowell
Peppere
Community Development Corporation
Biddeford
Clement Deschambault
Saco
Peter Garland
Arthur
Archie Maxwell
Corporation
Newman Bagley
Industrial Devlopment Committee
Stuart Flavin
Chamber of Commerce
Albert Deshaies
Joseph Audie
Drive Cochairmen
Spring baby born in Saco
A daughter named April May was born Friday the 13th in Saco at the Saco Osteopathic Hospital to Mr and Mrs Floyd Farrell of North Street. The item notes the playful link between her name and the season and suggests she may become a June bride someday.
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Saco
April May
Floyd Farrell
North Street
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Mercury To Take Tumble
Portland reports clear skies and sunshine push temperatures into the 40s easing snow. Rain in the south washed away ground cover while central and northern areas saw little rain and no floods. Tonight will bring a plunge below freezing with cold weather continuing tomorrow as snow remains at spring arrival.
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Portland
Maine
Eisenhower to address Berlin crisis from White House
President Eisenhower speaks tonight to the nation on the Berlin situation in a half hour address from the White House. He will outline Soviet pressure to eject Allied forces and reaffirm U S resolve, with documents illustrating wartime agreements. Mansfield urges clear terms for possible negotiations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Berlin
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Voice of ‘America
Mansfield
Controversial Tax Bill Hearings Set This Week
Augusta leaders expect two afternoons of Taxation Committee hearings on cigarette sales tax hikes property tax increases and a new transient rental tax while Republicans push possible alternatives to Governor Clauson. Other sessions include university building funds and unemployment compensation discussions with more than twenty committee hearings in the four day session.
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Augusta
Legislative Taxation Committee
Clauson
Albert Emmons
Kennebunk
James Cox
Dexter
Wild Lands
University of Maine At
Orono
Portland
Appropriations & Financial Affairs Committee
Labor Committee
Bodies Of Lobstermen Recovered In Maine Coast Storm
Coast Guardsmen recovered the bodies of Fred Fernald and Ronald Sprague after a northeaster swept the Maine coast. Fernald, 37, of Islesford, was found first. Sprague, 29, also of Islesford, was retrieved after daybreak. Both died of exposure. A joint funeral will be held in Islesford.
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Southwest Harbor
Coast
Coast Guard
Fernald
Sprague
Congregational Church
Islesford
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