Pool Man Malcolm Parsons Dies In Biddeford Crash
Pool man Malcolm F Parsons 42 of Main Street Biddeford Pool died late last night from injuries when his foreign make sports car left Fortunes Rocks road struck a shoulder hit a culvert flipped and scraped a utility pole before ending in a ditch. Parsons a field engineer for Baker Company Biddeford was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators from Kennebunk Biddeford Police and Buxton joined the inquiry after a call from Ferrier Menard of Riddeford. Parsons born September 30 1919 in Waterville was a son of Merle E and Alice Bowden Parsons and served in World War II in the South Pacific. He had worked with American Can and Baker Company and belonged to the Masonic lodge at Stratton. Continued on Page Two.
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Biddeford Pool
Baker Company
Biddeford
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Parson
Ferrier Menard
Greensteret
Riddeford
Menard
Parsons
J. Robert Downing
Kennebunk
Fadgar Sevieno
George Friary
Philip Poirier
Theodore Drouin
Marcel Faucher
Waterville
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Alice ‘Bowden’ Parsons
Waterville High School
South Pacific
American Can Company
Masonic Lodge
Straton
Rome
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Eddie Fisher
New York
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Fisher
Burton
Anthony
Brick Top
Ostia Antica
Pierre
Marc Antony
Cleopatra
Certas
Gracie Square Hospital
Fishers
London
Nicky Hilton
Michael Wilding
Mike Todd
Fugitives In Proper Garb At Columbus Zoo
Officials search for four escapees described as wearing black and white attire. The four Hum boldt penguins and five others fled Friday from the Columbus Zoo after a gate was left ajar. An all day chase along the Scioto River ended with five captured in a cove two miles upstream in a large dip net.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Zoo
Scioto River
White Expected for Supreme Court Seat
Washington AP Former All-America halfback Byron R White has been named to the U S Supreme Court by President Kennedy. At 44 he would be the youngest member if Senate confirms to fill the Whittaker vacancy. Initial Senate reaction was favorable with leaders praising his decison making and character. Continued on Page Five.
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Washington
Byron R
Whizzer
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
White
Kennedy
Trans Atlantic TV Broadcasts Slated For Spring
Liz and Burton report first live TV broadcasts across the Atlantic planned for spring. Telstar satellite, financed by AT T and launched near May or June, will relay 10 to 20 minute programs of landmarks from both continents. European Broadcasting Union members will meet in Seville to organize the exchange with Intervision and Eurovision links. The Soviet bloc linkage remains uncertain.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Europe
New York Times
Telstar
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
European Broadcasting Union
Seville
Spain
Union
Intervision
Soviet Union
Eurovision
Edward R. Murrow
Sevigny Announces Bid for Biddeford State House Seat
Sevigny Romeo Sevigny a Biddeford Ward two city councilman announced his candidacy for renomination to a second term as representative to the State Legislature from Biddeford in the June Democratic primary. He is a lifelong Biddeford resident employed by Saco Tanning and formerly Bates Manufacturing. He is married to Rose Pinette with two children Royal and Gisele.
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Romeo Sevigny
Cleaves Street
Biddeford
Sevigny
Saco Tanning Corporation
Bates Manufacturing Company
Rose Pinette
Royal
Gisele
St Louis High Band Heads to Washington for Cherry Blossom Parade
The St Louis High School band of 64 students, 13 adults, boards two chartered buses Wednesday morning for Washington D C to perform at the Cherry Blossom festival. They will attend receptions, a Marine Corps band concert, a band contest, and the Coronation ball before marching in the parade on Saturday and returning Sunday. The trip, funded by the group, followed months of fundraising and rehearsals.
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St. Louis
Washington, D.C
Constitution Avenue
Washington Monument
Union
Burlington
White House
Woodland High School
Maine State Society
U.S. Marine Corps
U. S. Army
Biddeford
Ralph Binette
Peter A. Garland
Washington, D. C
Marcel Drapeau
Adrien Cote
Richard Anastasoff
Economist Warns On Trade Expansion At Maine Institute
A leading economist warned that President Kennedy s trade expansion plan could harm U S business unless Western Europe and Japan bear more defense and foreign aid costs He cited a large international balance of payments deficit and limited gold supply urging slower market opening He projected 1962 will be uneven with volume gains and noted Maine industry gains in construction shipbuilding chemicals and other sectors
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Waterville
Kennedy
U. S
Western Europe
Japan
Free World
Ira T. Ellis
Colby College
Institute For Maine
Ellis
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Wilmington
Del
United States
Europe
Argentina's Guido Faces Domestic and Foreign Opposition
In Buenos Aires the new president Jose Maria Guido seeks a cabinet to stabilize after General Frondizi's ouster. He faces strong opposition from exiled Peronists and labor unions, plus a wary international reaction as diplomats weigh recognition and coalition prospects emerge in Congress.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose Maria Guido
Senate
Arturo Frondizi
Guido
Juan D. Peron
Confederation of Labor
Peronists
Congress
War Ministry
Romulo Betancourt
Washington
State Department
Lincoln White
United States
Steel Pact Seen Signed In Early Labor Deal
AP reports top union policy committees will approve a new two year steel industry contract. Major companies reportedly backed the pact in a secret Friday meeting. Details to be announced after executive board meetings. The agreement aims at wage price stability and includes about 10 cents more per hour in benefits but no first year pay raise.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Rmer
Berry Announces Run for Maine House Speaker
Cape Elizabeth state representative Richard N. Berry announced Friday his candidacy for speaker of the Maine House of Representatives at the 101st Legislature.
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Richard N. Berry
Fridday
Maine
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