Walter Clark Honored By Scout Group In Biddeford
Walter Clark 78 of Biddeford received the 305 Salutes You Award during a Saturday evening anniversary and annual meeting at the Biddeford Scout hall. The event doubled as Troop One Building Association’s officer elections and banquet with a film of Clark’s life presented by Explorer post members. New officers were elected including Philip Hatch as president and Theodore Caouette as vice president.
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Biddeford Troop 305
Scout
Mason Street
Walter Clark
Robert Depilva
John Coulombe
Joseph Hill
Troop One Building Association
Joseph Zaitlin
Theodore Caouette
Philip Hatch
William W. McKenney
Joseph T. Small
Euclide Millette
Scoutry
Biddeford
Clark
Boy Scout Troop
Albert Ouellette
Explorer Post
Explorer
William McKenney
Joseph Small
James Riddle
Mrs. Riddle
Gerard Parent
Unit
St. Joseph Church
Roger Dubois
Timothy Donahue
David Lonsdale
David Proulx
Daughter of Lana Turner Still Loose
Lana Turner’s 16 year old daughter Cheryl Crane and two companions escaped from a Sylmar girls home by scaling an 11 foot fence. Police staked out a friend’s house after a phone tip and warned the trio off. A friend was booked for parole violation. The actress said she is heartsick and has placed Cheryl in the county home for psychiatric therapy after the fatal stabbing of Johnny Stompanato.
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Long Beach
Calif
Lana Turner
Cheryl Crane
Donna Wilson
Cheryl Zumbrum
FE Retiro
Sylmar
Hollywood
Donna
Palm Springs
Miss Turner
Cheryl
Johnny Stompanato
Stompanato
Een
Chessman Dies In Gas Chamber After 12 Year Struggle
SACRAMENTO Calif AP The governor announced the execution of Daryl Chessman by gas chamber at San Quentin prison ending a 12 year effort to avoid capital punishment. Chessman 38 had spent over 20 years in prison for kidnapping for robbery with bodily harm, crimes tied to alleged sex attacks in Los Angeles in 1948. His case drew global attention with nine death dates set, stays granted, and a reprieve issued to avoid demonstrations and political pressure. The case made his name a worldwide household word despite his denials of the crimes.
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Sacramento
Calif
Daryl Chessman
San Quentin
Chessman
Los Angeles
Mand G Brown
Eisenhower
Latin America
California
Death Row
Methodist Church Adopts Reforms At General Conference
The Methodist Church approved reforms aimed at unifying authority, allowing bishops to be consecrated by the National Conclave, transfer between jurisdictions with consent, harmonizing regional and national delegations, and scheduling jurisdictional conferences with the general conference or within 60 days prior. Some Southerners argued the plan infringes regional autonomy. The revision came from a 70 member study commission led by Charles C. Parlin.
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George
Lester Rumble
Atlanta
Charles C. Parlin
New York
Politicians Face Busy Weekend Schedule Across Primaries
A flurry of campaigning marks a busy weekend as voters in the District of Columbia Ohio Indiana Alabama and Florida head to primaries on Tuesday while Texas votes Saturday. presidential candidates roam the nation meeting voters and sparring over policy with Nixon defending the administration while Rayburn and Rockefeller make headlines. Humphrey gains attention as West Virginia primary focuses on endorsements.
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Associated Press
District of Columbia
Ohio
Indiana
Alabama
Florida
Texas
Eisenhower
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Rockefeller
Humphrey
West Virginia
State Teamsters Union
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Cardinal Cushing Delays Visit To St Francis College Biddeford
Cardinal Cushing of Boston announced via St Francis College officials and diocesan chancellor Msgr Robert Sennett that the May 1 visit is postponed not cancelled. He plans to appear later this school year and may shift the convocation to a weekday, awaiting a tentative date.
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Cardinal Cushing
Boston
St. Francis College
Robert J. Sennett
Portland
Norman Thibodeau
OFM
U S Blasted In Both Hemispheres May Day Demonstrations
May Day scenes across the globe show Cuba's Fidel Castro leading anti U S rhetoric with 250 000 to 500 000 in the crowd while U S workers celebrate. In Tokyo protesters burn effigies of Eisenhower and Kishi as Japan protests a new security treaty. Khrushchev leads Moscow parade as parades and rallies mark the workers holiday across continents.
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Associated Press
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Nobusuke Kishi
U.S. S.japan
International Socialist Congress
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
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Lain
Paul Woodman
Chuckle Pool
Fea. Corp
Bagleys
Stamps
Hamburg
Tin Chase and
Sanborn Reg
Lana Turner Still Loose
Sylvia Levesque
John St. Onge
Raymond Letellier
Methodist Church
Saco City Hall
Peter Cooper
Louella Goodwin
Kenneth Goodwin
Pamela Pendleton
Donald Beal
Candace Perdleton
John Sherman
Lorraine Wormwood
Charles Anthony
Jeannie Hill
Gladys Ruben
U. S
Tokyo
Capons
Simard’s
Franklin Street
Edward
CHUCK
SWIFT
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