Stamp Ban Proposal Denounced by Pepperell and Union
A Pepperell Manufacturing official and a Textile Workers' Union leader condemn Maine bill 661 to abolish trading stamps. The Pepperell rep warns 6 percent of business and up to 150 jobs could be at risk, while the union leader calls for keeping employment stable amid high unemployment. Continued on Page Six.
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Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Maine
Pepperell
Michael Schoonjans
Textile Workers’ Union of America
Afl-Cio
Augusta
Senate
Augusta K. Christie
Rpresque Isle
Cari i M. Stilphen
R-Rockland
Stilphen
Rayburn Predicts Budget Deficit for New Fiscal Year
Washington AP House Speaker Sam Rayburn warned that the forthcoming fiscal year starting July 1 will run a budget deficit possibly up to a billion dollars. He spoke after a Democratic leadership meeting with President Kennedy. Kennedy's general budget revision is due to Congress Friday, with a separate defense spending message expected early next week.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
S-Tex
Eadae Oy
Coteneeing
Rayburn
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower
Capitol
Mothers Of Boy Scouts Get Posts In Saco Troop 310
Officers were elected by the Mothers committee of Saco Boy Scout Troop 310 at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Harry Critchley Old Orchard Beach. Leaders named include Mrs. Critchley president Mrs. Gaines vice president Mrs. Murphy secretary Mrs. Hawkins treasurer and Mrs. Blunt transportation chairman. Members were urged to recruit new mothers and plans were made for a May donation to the troop camp trip a white elephant sale and an April 10 meeting at Mrs. Bernard Gaines home.
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Saco Boy Scout Troop
Harry Critchley
Smithwheel Road
Old Orchard Beach
Critchley
Bernard Gaines
Lawrence Murphy
Dorothy Hawkins
John Blunt
Saco Boy Scout
Cross Street
Saco
Carlton Butland
Frank Raychard
Anita Sargent
Welfare Jump By 5000 Seen
AUGUSTA The state director of general relief expects 5000 more people to receive surplus foods next month as new items are added including peanut butter oatmeal and canned pork in gravy. He projects 30000 applications reflecting previous underuse due to processing limits.
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Augusta
General Relief
Paul D. McClay
Today's Chuckle Headline Punchline
An optimist is a guy who hasn't read the day's head lines yet. (Copt. Gen. Fea. Corp.)
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Fea. Corp
Prosecution Proved High In This Case
CHICAGO The federal government won a four bit conviction Monday costing an estimated $750 to $2,000 to prosecute. William Wallace, 34, unemployed, arrested Feb 28 after attempting to pass two phony quarters into a juke box, was found guilty of possessing 50 cents in counterfeit money and received one hour in U S marshal custody.
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Chicago
William Wallace
Wallace
U. S
Michael L. Igee
Thornton Academy Band Club Elects Officers and Plans Events
The Thornton Academy Band Club elected officers at last night’s meeting in the school cafeteria: Lawrence Bowie president, Mrs. Robert LaFond vice president, Mrs. Patrick Zello treasurer, and Mrs. E Benjamin Currier secretary. They set an April 8 exchange band concert with Williams High School of Oakland, organized tag days on April 14 and 15, and scheduled the annual banquet for April 17 at the Elks lodge on Portland Road in Saco. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Van Piomiades and Mrs. Harold Hanson. Clifton Miles presided.
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Thornton Academy Band Club
Lawrence Bowie
Robert LaFond
Patrick Zello
E. Benjamin Currier
Thornton Academy
Williams High School
Oakland
Elks Lodge
Portland Road
Saco
van Piomiades
Harold Hanson
Clifton Miles
Strength Of Saco Taxpayers Association
Obscure but persistent group active in Saco politics campaigns against city charter amendments. Claims 500 signatures and 60 paid members, touts fiscal restraint and government economy, while facing sparse meetings and mixed council engagement.
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Saco Taxpayers Association
Saco Taxpayers Protective Association
Augusta
Taxpayers Association
Joseph Stirling
Saco
Girl Scout Training Saves Little Sister in Daring Well Rescue
In Troy Michigan Diane Kolodziej 12 said she learned to swim in the Girl Scouts when she jumped into an open well four feet across to pull her 2 year old sister Carol to safety. Neighbor Charles Steele 20 pulled them to shore as the water ran eight feet deep. Both girls escaped unharmed. Diane downplayed her role saying she was merely watching over Carol.
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Troy, Mich
Girl Scouts
Diane Kolodziej
Diane
Carol
Charles Steele
Soviets denounce Congo plan at UN debate
At the United Nations General Assembly Andrei Gromyko denounced the Congo federation, pledged aid to Antoine Gizenga's regime, and urged Dag Hammarskjold's dismissal. He pressed for a UN Congo force withdrawal within one month and called for a three member executive board replacing the secretary general.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Gromyko
General Assembly
U. N. Congo
US Plans Aid to Laos Amid Laos Crisis
President Kennedy signals deeper U S involvement to counter Soviet backed Communists in Laos. Meeting with top advisers reviewed options from stepped up supplies and training to possible international volunteers as U S options widen after failed Rusk Gromyko talks.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Laos
White House
Britain
France
Khrushchev Urges Worldwide Communist Victory
Premier Khrushchev told Alma Ata listeners that happiness lies in every country under Marxism Leninism banner. He proclaimed the goal of a world communist rule and received strong applause from farmers and party officials during a live radio broadcast.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Alma Ata
Virgin Land
Kazakhstan
Biddeford Family Bitter At Air Force Officers
The father of Raymond Martel, killed in the January tower collapse that killed 28, demands harsher punishment for three Air Force officers charged with neglect of duty. He says they should face the same treatment as the victims and accuses officials of knowing the tower was unsafe and failing to act before the storm and rescue efforts.
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Biddeford
Air Force
Texas Tower No 4
Raymond Martel
Westmore Avenue
Edward Martel
Martels
Martel
Sentence Reduction Sought In Morals Case
A Biddeford man, Marcel Bilideau, filed with the Secretary of State in Augusta for a reduction of his 36 year prison sentence for a morals offense involving his daughter. His family lives at 286 South Street, Biddeford. He claims the offense is his only criminal record and that he is needed at home to support his family after a York County Superior Court September term sentencing. He has no other record per Biddeford police.
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Biddeford
Secretary of State
Augusta
Marcel Bilideau
South Street
Biddeau
York County
Provencher Elected Commander at Biddeford VFW Post
Lionel Provencher was elected commander of the Biddeford post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at a meeting last night in Biddeford City building. Other officers named include Paul Lapointe as senior vice commander and Martin Rielly as junior vice commander. An installation is set for Sunday April 9 with William McKenney installing. The slate will join with the auxiliary for the event and a report on the District VFW meeting was given.
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Lionel Provencher
Biddeford _ post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Biddeford
Paul Lapointe
Martin Rielly
William McKenney
William Gaffney
John Conroy
Oscar Nadeau
Elvino Benamati
Robert Gross
Henry Provencher
VFW
Napoleon Frechette
Kennedy to Lead Talks With Labor and Management Panel
President Kennedy will host a 21 member advisory committee on labor management for closed door sessions at the White House. The panel includes seven business representatives and seven labor leaders along with five public members and the two cabinet secretaries. Discussions will cover industrial relations in defense, the balance of payments, competitiveness abroad, and the administration’s growth program.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Defense
America
Arthur J. Goldberg
Luther H. Hodges
Biddeford Band Mothers Club Elects Officers
At the Biddeford High School annual meeting two new officers and two re elected officers were chosen. New president is Mrs Delmont Emerson and new vice president is Mrs Wallace Carpenter. Secretary is Mrs Harry Wooster and treasurer Mrs Robert Coleman reelected to second terms. Executive committee includes Mrs Fred Greenwood, Mrs Raymond Mathieu and Mrs Stuart Flavin. May 13 fund raising dance for band uniforms was set, with preparations to be announced at the next session.
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Biddeford
Greenwood
Tobey Sneider
Albert Rhames
Emerson
Wooster
Coleman
Francis Spencer
Douglas Mathieu
Rhames
Mathieu
Spencer
Raymond Abbott
Stuart Flavin
Stevens
Cecile Brown
Carpenter
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Boy Scouts
Landry’s Laundry
Pool Street
Thornton Picks
Unitarian Church
Owen-Davis
American Legion Auxiliary
Charlene Farnham
Martha Beaudoin
Miss Farnham
Eleanor Shaffer
Helen Bowie
Patricia Hunt
Angie Cote
Little Sister
Johannesburg
Verwoerd
Lon
South Africa
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
State Department
Rusk
U.S
Management and Labor Committee
JFK
Biddeford-Saco Lions Club
Pepperell Hall
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