Exclusive Pact Secures Beatles Wing Dings Sneakers
The Allied-Hampshire Footwear Corp signs a New York contract with Saco Industry to exclusively manufacture Wing-Dings sneakers featuring Beatles images and signatures. About 70 000 pairs ordered, 7 000 daily output planned within a week, with 2 500 already en route for display. Distribution to Canada Germany and Nordic nations slated, movie tie in with United Artists, World’s Fair appearances expected. Production staff totals around 600 with recent hires in lasting department.
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Allied- Hampshire Footwear Corp
New York
Saco Industry
Edwin Solomon
Canada
Germany
Scandinavian
United Artists
Seltaeb
Paul
George
Ringo
John
Allied Hampshire
Factory Island
Silver Dust To Public In Anticlimax Of 1964 Rush
Washington AP Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon announced that the government will no longer exchange silver dollars for paper money. After runs by collectors the Treasury supply of cartwheels fell to about 3 million and most remain worth more than face value to collectors. A dollar in silver granules will be given in an unmarked envelope upon presenting a dollar bill at New York or San Francisco assay offices. The total stock, valued at $1.7 billion, is expected to last years.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Congress
New York
San Francisco
Carson City
Nev
Dillon
Today's Chuckles Drive with care on the road
A light humor item notes a pun on driving with care. It repeats a safety quip about not owning the road but the car, credited to Copr Gen Fea Corp. The item reads like a brief morale booster in a humor column.
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Gen
Fea, Corp
Biddeford Education Panel Approves School Plans
The Biddeford Education Panel approved construction of an elementary school additions to Biddeford High and an athletic plant. Mayor Pomerleau and board chair were told to present the decision to the city council. Paul Stebbins urged action in a speech to the Teachers Association as the Sewall survey backed the plans. A salary schedule from the association was tabled for later review.
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Biddeford S
Willie W. Pomerleau
Paul Stebbins
Biddeford High School
Biddeford Teachers Association
Sewall
Biddeford
School board weighs education reforms and driver ed plan
The board discussed increasing staff with six more teachers amid rising enrollment and kept four years of high school. A Sewell survey recommendation to shift to a 6-3-3 system was noted. Driver education will run in summer with two teachers for four groups and 80 students. Course fees total $30 with $10 refundable on successful completion. Five policy manual articles were approved. Continued on Page Two.
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Sewell
Rights Deadlock Broken in Senate Civil Rights Bill Debate
The Senate ended a March 9 deadlock by voting to take up the House civil rights bill for formal consideration. Democratic Leader Mansfield’s motion passed overwhelmingly, clearing the way for Morse to seek 10 days of hearings by the Judiciary Committee led by Eastland. Humphrey predicted a close tabling fight before a Monday debate after Easter recess.
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Washington
Senate
House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Reed Concerned Over MMA Funds Funding Debate Dominates Maine Board
Maine Governor Reed pressed federal fund issues as five trustees want Superintendent Frank Rodway ousted while seven prefer retention led by Ralph Leavitt. Reed stressed educational standards and fiscal impact over majority minority dynamics. Four trustees at St Joseph St Louis Alumni Association meeting elected officers in Biddeford.
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Falmouth
Secretary of Commerce
Rodway
Academy
Reed
St. Joseph-St. Louis Alumni Association
St. Louis High School
Biddeford
Richard Kenny
Roland Lemieux
Nine Guilty in Great Train Robbery Case
Aylesbury England AP nine men convicted of taking part in Britain’s Great Train Robbery of 7 345 000 dollars from the Glasgow London mail train on August 8. One more man convicted of conspiring to obstruct justice. Trial began January 20 and lasted nine weeks as police seek the masterminds.
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Aylesbury
England
Britain
London
Edmund Davies
Scotland
Davies
Roger J. Cordrey
East Molesey
Surrey
William Boal
Club event to study Roman life aids student sociability
Donald Beal reports a club activity intended to deepen understanding of Roman life and foster sociability among students sharing academic interests. The event, described as a campus story, appears on page 12.
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Donald Beal
Thornton Academy Latin Club
William Stacey
Dianne Hall
Susan Sheehan
Karen Hadiaris
Journal to Provide Workshop Stipends at UMaine Orono
The Biddeford Saco Journal will fund three scholarships for the third annual Newspaper in the Classroom workshop at the University of Maine Orono from June 15 to 20. Sponsors cover tuition, room, and board. transportation is not provided. Applications, addressed to Publisher Paul Casaven, are invited due to limited spots.
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Biddeford
University of Maine
Maine Daily Newspapers Association
Maine State Department of Education
Maine
Func
Paul Casaven
Biddeford-Saco
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Saco
William Mum
Ford
J. F. Adamik
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Kartland & Baseball
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Rte
Biddefora Education Panel
Risaldino Schaal
Eres
Oes
Eleanor J . R
MMA
Raymond Pepin
Standing
Paul Lafortune
Dollard Simard
Rena Gobeil
Edward Bergeron
Ronald Landry
Urbain Bolduc
Ralph Lachance
Raymond Cote
Normand Pinette
William Penn
Youland
Rust Craft
Youland’s Dept. Store
Main Street
Haddock
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