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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1961

Page

8

Kennedy backs single agency for foreign aid reform

The plan consolidates aid programs into one agency under Secretary of State Dean Rusk. It would absorb the International Cooperation Administration and related efforts, coordinating economic help with military aid and other programs, to reduce interagency confusion and sharpen policy.

James Marlow Associated Press Washington Kennedy Congress George Marshall Economic Cooperation Administration Paul G. Hoffman State Department Europe United States Senate OECD Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development Inter-Agency Knody Defense Department Secretary of State Dean Rusk Rusk International Cooperation Administration Sucessor Point Four Development Loan Fund Food For Peace Export-Import Bank Peace Corps Department of State ICA

Joe E Brown hosts NBC circus tv special in England

Hollywood AP writer recounts Joe E Brown tracing a circus life from Flying Astons to vaudeville and an NBC program on the Bertram Mills Circus. He recalls early trapeze work, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and two lost institutions the parade and the big top.

Bob Thomas Hollywood Joe E. Brown NBC Bertram Mills England Joe Kansas Ashe Tons Haymarket San Francisco Oakland Toledo

Farm and Home Week features clothing displays and more

Orono Maine Farm and Home Week at the University of Maine highlights programs for women who sew, including specialized clothing displays for physically handicapped homemakers. Miss Spearin notes demonstrations of garment construction and safe, comfortable designs, with sessions Tuesday to Thursday and daily previews.

Snerrip New York Doris Johnson Coats & Clark, Inc Educational Bureau Coats and Clark Thelma Berry University of Maine School of Home Economics

UM Students Tackle Better Study Habits on Campus

UM students plan a three part Senate Study Service to promote improved study habits and grades. Larry Cilley of Bangor outlines workshops featuring essay question techniques and group discussions led by student leaders. A steering committee and faculty nominees will test the program this semester with expansion planned next year.

Orono — University of Maine State University Students Senate Senate Larry Cilley Bangor Sense Cilley Mary Irving Gorham Alex Caughran Robert Thomson Charles Giles Newcastle Susan Ward Upper Montclair N. J Virginia L. Bellinger Westford Mass

Network TV specials loom in summer schedule variety

AP TV writer Cynthia Lowry notes NBC leads with a string of specials from Five Star Jubilee to Sing Along with Mitch and a Bertram Mills Circus telecast. NBC Opera presents Boris Godunov and An Omnibus of American Songs stars Edie Adams and Robert Goulet while Give Us Barabbas fronts an East Hall of Fame drama.

New York NBC New Mitch Small Fry Bertram Mills Circus London Joe__E Danny Thomas CBS Joey Bishop Will Rogers ABC

CNR Seeks End of Maine Passenger Rail Service

The Canadian National Railway asked on Wednesday to discontinue its last passenger service in Maine. The Public Utilities Commission noted similar petitions to New Hampshire and Vermont. A joint hearing is set for May 10, per chairman Frederick N. Allen.

CNR Augusta Canadian National Railway Maine Public Utilities Commission New Hampshire Vermont Frederick N. Allen

New England Vignettes By James Calogero

Boston AP. New England vignettes recount early telephone era jokes about male operators and the shift to women. It notes long service by a few aging operators Horace Eldridge 35 years in Orleans and Frederick Schwarzer 33 in Dalton, with others in Hampden and Middlebury. It also covers student fund drives at Winnacunnet High School, a slavery-themed fundraising gag, a historic case about Elroy Kent the cat, prison newspapers humor, and a sleepy driver collision in Andover Connecticut involving David Barros and William Tweedy.

New England Telephone & Telegraph Co High Telephone Company New England Horace Eldridge Orleans Mass Frederick H. Schwarzer Dalton, Mass Middlebury Daniel Burns Andover Conn David D. Barros Route William T. Tweedy Warwick R.1 Tweedy Barros

Pine Point Church to Open Supv Study Hall

Scarborough church announces a supervised study hall for high school students seeking quiet homework space. Pastor Rev George E Phinney says the hall will open next Monday night, run by church volunteers, in response to complaints about the absence of quiet home study facilities.

Scarborough Pine Point

Skiing duo at Cypress Gardens in poised balance

Edna Fur, the water skiing ace Simon Khoury perform a balance pose at Cypress Gardens Florida. The pair are perched on the water as Edna leans on Simons sturdy shoulders while a chair sits nearby for rest if needed.

Edna Furlong Simon Khoury Cypress Gardens Fla

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