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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1959
Page
1
Army Times reports continued manufacture of the M 60 machine gun for at least ten years with no other models in development. Initial contracts for Saco Lowell and Springfield Armory total 10 780 guns, distant from Army needs for 15 active divisions and Reserve support units.
Workers Of World mark May Day with parades and festivities across nations. Communists and non communists held separate rallies in capitals. In Moscow the Red Square parade featured Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Dorothey Roe profiles Bess Myerson Miss America 1945, noting her career as a TV commentator host and fashion coordinator for The Big Payoff, a piano album project, and extensive philanthropy with her 11 year old daughter. She pursued speaking engagements to aid juvenile issues and aims to continue music and Broadway ambitions while staying active helping youth.
AUGUSTA AP The Ways Committee endorsed two recommendations from a professional study of the State Highway Commission. Ebasco Services urged expansion of SHC management training and writing down department policies and procedures. The committee split 9 1 against Rep Benjamin Crockett s bill to have the Maine Turnpike Authority pay for State Police on the Turnpike.
Amid a public row with Sen Wayne Morse, Clare Boothe Luce quits as ambassador to Brazil. Eisenhower regrets the decision after a White House talk, Luce cites an unreconcilable mission and an unalterable stance. Police report a separate break in Saco where intruders left a deck of cards and scattered belongings.
Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson criticizes street maintenance crews for excessive loafing and cigar smoking. He cites complaints about workers standing around and smoking, calling the observed loafing simply shocking and urging better work pace.
The Portland District of the Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service held its spring meeting at School Street Methodist Church Saco with the theme The Fruit of the Spirit Is Love. Mrs. Hoyt elected president for the coming year and Miss Nancy Blake spoke on missions.
New England Telephone Company has purchased the Center House at 17-19 Center Street Biddeford adjoining the local phone office. The firm plans to tear down the rooming house for expansion. Twenty one tenants have until May 16 to vacate. The boarding house was run by the late Charles Fernald who owned it since 1935 and died recently. the sale is part of his estate liquidation.
Arthur Godfrey, 55, underwent five hour lung cancer removal at Columbia-Presbyterian and spent a satisfactory postoperative night with no complications. He remains hospitalized, with expected two months before possible return to air. The bulletin notes successful removal of the upper left lung lobe and good immediate recovery, amid public support and wide fan mail.
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