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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1959
Page
8
The article notes Winston Churchill’s anticipated 1958 U S visit was canceled due to pneumonia in the south of France. Traveling companions included bodyguard Scotland Yard Sgt Edmond Murray and private secretary Anthony Montague Browne.
World Briefs report M'hamed Yazid, Algerian rebel government information minister, warns Western pressure on France to negotiate a peaceful settlement. He says failure could worsen North Africa and become a major cold war issue. Adenauer returns to Bonn to tackle reunification, Berlin issues, and succession. Albania protests missile bases in Italy, threatening countermeasures. Soviet ambassador Meik leaves London for Moscow to discuss Geneva talks with the Kremlin.
Frank B Emery 77 retired director and officer of the British American Tobacco Co of New York died in a Portland hospital yesterday. He had long served in executive roles and was a prominent business figure in the tobacco industry.
In Tokyo, Tae Panchen Lama, Tibet's puppet ruler, told a Ceylonese Buddhist scholar that the uprising by upper strata reactionary elements has been quelled. Peiping radio quoted His Holiness defending religious freedom and saying monasteries were protected and repaired, while rebels allegedly turned monasteries into fortifications.
The scene unfolds with Charles and his 8 year old sister Anne under a canvas canopy during rain. Water pools on both sides, the roof sags, and Charles punches the canvas causing water to splash his mother's stockings. He repeats the act while 4,000 spectators watch, then sits as the Queen’s voice orders him down. Philip’s team wins 4 to 3.
A Maine teachers gathering in Kennebunk heard Clyde Russell of the Maine Education Association urge opposition to state operated vocational high schools. He warned such a plan would cost over a million dollars and advocated post high school institutes modeled after the Maine Vocational Technical Institute. Joseph Devitt highlighted upcoming changes in classroom techniques and described experimental programs in several states.
A Maine school convention featured speaker Salem Rizk sharing contrasts between old world war and new world education. He praised American peace, opportunity, and civic leadership, urging stronger educational effort and free copies of his book Syrian Yankee for school libraries.
A guide explains repairing chipped furniture by rebuilding missing sections with wood putty. Sold as powder, it dries into a hard wood like substance when mixed with water and sanded, sawn, or carved easily.
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