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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1961
Page
1
A bill to raise Biddeford mayor salary to 3000 and councilmen to 240 passes to be engrossed in Maine House and heads to Senate. If approved it returns for referendum in Biddeford. Current pay stands at 1500 for the mayor and no councilual pay.
More than 100 teenage skiers from the United States and Canada began the National Junior Alpine Ski Championships at Sugarloaf with the downhill race underway at 11 a.m. EST. The giant slalom and slalom follow on Friday and Saturday on the same trail as officials watch for future Olympic and world contenders. Notable entrants include Jack Morbeck of Kellogg Idaho, Marsha Fletcher of Rutland Vermont, Barbara Ferrish of Aspen Colorado, and Skippin Brian of Holderness School.
A lighthearted reminder to stay friendly with people you know and rely on. The note humorously suggests without them you would be a stranger, attributed to Gen Fea Corp.
Old Orchard Beach police grilled several Biddeford youths, mostly juveniles, in connection with seven concession-stand break-ins at Old Orchard Beach Tuesday and Wednesday. A youth entering Biddeford police station admitted his part, leading to further questioning by Capt. John Marshall and officers. The group allegedly took inexpensive jewelry, knives, and radios. two suspects are over 16.
London AP reports Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd offered to maintain financial and trade ties with Britain after withdrawing from the Commonwealth. Prime Minister Macmillan welcomed the move, urging cooperation on common interests and hope South Africa may one day rejoin the Commonwealth. Stocks slumped in London as UN censured South Africa for actions in South West Africa.
Robert W. Hodge of Biddeford has been named principal of the Biddeford Junior High School. In United Nations news, the U.N. General Assembly censured South Africa for actions in West Africa, voting 74 to 0 with nine abstentions. The resolution urged pressure to change apartheid policies and uphold prior U.S. and U.N. positions on Southwest Africa.
Maine lawmakers opened committee hearings on two hot topics. Judiciary weighs private school bus transport via local option referenda to fund parochial bus service without state subsidies. Taxation panel considers excise tax relief for Maine railroads based on Dr. John F. Sly’s tax study recommendations.
A Saco taxpayers group attacked Pepperell park school plans and aired deeds issues. Attorney Wil liam F. Wilson Jr. said no injunction basis exists and outlined Pepperell park plots tied to a meeting house burial ground and school provisions. The group will take findings to State Rep Camille Bedard. The article also notes Kennedy era economic aid passage and House activity toward an Easter recess.
President Kennedy plans a sweeping reform of U S foreign aid to create a single agency under State Department control. The overhaul would base aid on national programs and long term plans, require congressional action, and aim for social progress in recipient nations while avoiding widening inequality.
Sen Edmund S Muskie praised the urban renewal conference between Biddeford Saco Area Industrial Development committee leaders and top Housing and Home Finance agency officials in Washington. The first national meeting on blending urban renewal with area redevelopment gathered Mayor Clement Deschambault and local officials along with HHFA Administrator Dr Robert C Weaver and other commissioners. Deschambault said the group appreciated Muskie’s help in arranging the session and sought ways to proceed.
Lewiston based Denis A. Blais of the Textile Workers and a commission member said mid February Maine unemployment reached 9.8 percent with 36,100 jobless, manufacturing losses remain high. He warned the unemployment fund is near emergency action levels as 1960 gains come from government jobs while manufacturing and private non manufacturing sectors fall.
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