Biddeford Legionnaires Celebrate 50th Anniversary Night
More than 100 people attended the 50th anniversary of the American Legion at the Elm Street post in Biddeford. Post Commander Roland St Michel and Unit President Mrs. Alice Goulet introduced officers and guests including Walter F Webster and Paul DeRoy. Stella Young of the Salvation Army recalled WWI and WWII service to veterans, with gifts presented.
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American Legion
Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley
Elm Street
Biddeford
Roland St. Michel
Alice Goulet
Cmdr
St. Michel
Quinton Wilson
Walter F. Webster
Paul
Richard Doe
Anthony Rumo
Rumo
Clifford Quinney
Sons of the Legion
Stella Young
Salvation Army
France
England
Miss Young
Department
Anthony Rump
Royal Sheltra
Peter Farley
Vietnam
Parisiena
Sheltra
Maurice Parisien
Joseph Zaitlin
Zaitlin
Blanche Keithley
Pauline Kennedy
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
Portland
Roland St
York County poet Julia Cook chronicles farm life and Maine ties
The article profiles Julia Cook, her family, and the creation of York County Ballads and Verses. It recalls her farming life since 1934 with husband Edward Philip Cook, their children, and the loss of a daughter. It notes strong Maine connections, art and writing work, and plans to promote the book at the Maine Writers Conference.
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Thomas Goodall
Sanford Square
Denmark
Maine
Gerald Horrigan
Cook
Yankee Magazine
Down East
Washington Post
Evening Star
New York Times
American Weave
Step Ladder
Portland Press Herald
Sanford Tribune
Edward Philip Cook
Quincy
Gore Road
John
Theodora Hall
Julia
Edward
Geraldine
York County
Michael
Shapleigh
Shalit
Crabapple
Sanford
Down Maine
Springvale
Marshall
Alfred
Ancient Comstock Lode Verge of New Silver Boom
An electronic edition from the Comstock lode near Virginia City Nevada notes silver at about two dollars an ounce and suggests modern methods could yield at least an ounce per ton to cover costs. The ore is not confined to quartz veins but dispersed in large rock masses, notably sandstone and silstone, across Western deserts and mountains.
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Comstock Lode
Virginia City
Nev
Desert
June 22 Wedding Planned for Miss Sharon Morrison and Normand Cyr
A June 22 wedding is planned for Miss Sharon Ann Morrison and Normand A. Cyr son of Mr and Mrs Paul E Cyr of Old Orchard Beach. The couple is forming their engagement announcement from the Morrison family in Saco. Morrison is a St Louis High School graduate and a University of Maine student while Cyr, a Northeastern and School Boys division attendee, also attends the University of Maine. In Santa Fe new student newspaper Bang debuts at Santa Fe Mid High School to air controversial issues, with a student describing its name as chosen to make a bang.
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Sharon Ann Morrison
Normand A. Cyr
Paul E. Cyr
Carll Ave
Old Orchard Beach
James F. Morrison
Franklin St
Saco
Northeastern University
Boston
University of Maine
Anastasoff
Santa Fe, N.M
Santa Fe Mid High School
Marene Currier
Charles Currier
Kensington
N. H
Kenneth Lowery
Graham Lowery
West Cutts St
Biddeford
Miss Currier
Peabody (Mass.) High School
Salem Commercial School
Massachusets
General Electric Co
Lynn
Mas
Ker
Biddeford High School
U. S. Army
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Floods and evacuations as Charles River tops flood stage
Torrent Civil Defense released many volunteers after a night of efforts. Public and private schools and some factories closed as 25,000 tons of water pressure pressed behind Whittenton dam. Mayor Friedman ordered evacuation of over a hundred families. about 200 people sought refuge in schools. Red Cross and Civil Defense personnel aided evacuees from nearby communities.
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Civil Defense
Army
Whittenton Dam
Haskill
Benjamin A. Friedman
Four Mile
Gladys McIisaac
Red Cross
Friedman
Charles River
Massachusetts
Boston Harbor
Boston
Charles
Rhode Island
Biddeford Guild To Hold Bean Supper
South Biddeford Methodist Guild discussed a baked bean supper at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Dorothy Peck. Mrs. Shirley Gross led the meeting, with devotions by Mrs. Ruth Bailey. The April 20 event will have a committee announced later, and a church Easter plant will be placed by vote. A social hour followed.
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South
Saco Churchwomen Plan April Supper for Union Meet
Ruth Esther Circle of the Saco United Baptist Church met at Miss Emma Lougee’s Pleasant Street home to discuss plans for the annual supper in April for the union meeting. Devotions by Mrs. Alice Libby opened the session, with scripture readings and prayers. Reports from secretary and treasurer were given, White Cross work of cutting squares for missionary aid was completed, and refreshments were served by Miss Lougee with help from Miss Brackett.
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Ruth Esther
Saco
Curtis cites leniency in Detroit riot cases
Sen. Carl T. Curtis cites arrest and conviction records showing too little punishment for riot-related offenses in Detroit after the July riot. Senate witnesses testified 22 of 666 charged with riot felonies were sentenced to prison. Mundt noted only four got anything tougher than a rap.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Detroit
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Curtis
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
Subcommittee
Young readers log words and review books at school
A principal says students in a reading program jot new words in notebooks and write brief reviews with biweekly conferences guiding progress. He recalls faster readers in his own fifth grade class and notes gains in vocabulary, comprehension, and silent sustained reading. Later in Santa Monica a boy retrieved a possibly $150 dime after a meter refund, a rare event for meter collectors.
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Libby
Santa Monica
Calif
John Cayton
John
A Watanabe
Grant
Public radiation control bill clears House unanimously
A bill to shield the public from radiation from products like color TVs passed the House 381 to 0 and moves to the Senate. The measure would establish an electronic product radiation control program. Also, AT&T asked the FCC to cancel 20 million of a 120 million long distance rate cut order.
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House
Senate
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
Avalanches Kill Nine Russians in Polish Sudeten Mountains
In southwest Poland the Sudeten range saw an avalanche that killed at least 13 people, including nine Russian tourists. Five others, two Poles, two East Germans, and one Russian, were hospitalized as rescuers searched a snow field near Karpacz.
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Warsaw
Sudeten Mountains
Poland
Communist Party Newsroe Trybuna Ludu
Karpacz
Kidnap aftermath and ar chbishop shielded at Guatemalan rescue
The Most Rev. Mario Casariego and his chauffeur were picked up by a Guatemalan air helicopter near Quetzal Tenango and flown 135 miles to Guatemala City as church bells rang. The archbishop gave no details on the kidnapping. In Tokyo a Japanese fisherman, Teru Nakano, was slashed by a giant fishhook and evacuated by U.S. Air Force C130s to Tachikawa and Marcus Island for medical care.
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Mala
Mario Casariego
Ree
Quetzaltenango
Guatemala City
Tachikawa
Pacific
Teru Nakano
Air Force
Nakano
Marcus Island
Marcus
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Frederick Eon
Arthur Hanna
Keithley
Kennedy
Lorette L'Heureux
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Flora Poirier
Angeline Dion
Lea Cadorette
Lillian Fournier
Marguerite Poire
Celia Zaitlin
Robert O. Poire
Adrien L’heureux
Capt. Advertisers Exchange Inc
Main Street
EU Eng
Biddeford Guild
State Department
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
Matsu
Jack Anderson
Robert Barnett
Honolulu
Robert J. McCloskey
McCloskey
U.S
China
Congress
Taiwan
Pescadores Islands
Sean Harris
Harris
Bob Strawn
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ST. John's
Antigua
Wilfred Jacobs
Devere Cornwall Birc
Antigua Workers Union
Guatemala
Guate
Tokyo
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DuPont
Cochrane’s Appliance Sales & Service
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