Four St Andre High honors named for Class of 1960
Biddeford St Andre High announces four top scholars for 1960. Valedictorian Ruth Beaudoin daughter of Mr and Mrs Henri Beaudoin, involved in Glee club Mission club Highlight staff and many school activities. Salutatorian Florence Grenier daughter of Mr and Mrs Romeo Grenier plans nursing at St Mary hospital Lewiston. Claudette Guertin first honor essayist and Monique Plante second honor essayist named among other senior leaders.
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St. Andre High School
Biddeford
Ruth Beaudoin
Florence Grenier
Claudette Guertin
Monique Plante
Henri A. Beaudoin
Jefferson Court
St. Andre
Future Homemakers Club
Credit Union
Catholic Digest
Romeo Grenier
Foss Street
St. Mary Hospital School For Nursing
Lewiston
Future Ne
Student Nurses’ S Club
Student Council
Sodality of Mary
Shoe Firm Leases Area In Biddeford Building
Machinery for the manufacture of ladies novelty shoes will move into Building 14 A of the former Saco Lowell shops in Biddeford starting Saturday. Biddeford Footwear Inc. leased 11,000 square feet on the third floor, with room to expand. Maynard J. Christopher expects 35 to 50 workers to begin, with hiring through the Maine Employment Security Commission.
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Saco-Lowell
Biddeford
Hugh Marshall
Biddeford-Saco Area
Maine Employment Security Commission
Marshall
Senate Sends low in spirits Area Bill To Eisenhower
The Senate sent to President Eisenhower a 251 million dollar bill to aid chronically distressed areas with federal loans and grants to create jobs in industrial and rural regions. Democrats aim to push it in the 1956 election, but a veto seems likely and override chances are slim. Senator Kennedy and Humphrey backed the measure in West Virginia despite campaigning elsewhere.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humaed
D-Minn
Plane Incident Kept In Diplomatic Circles
Washington reports initial U S reaction to Khrushchev boast that an American plane was shot down by a rocket over the Soviet Union. State Department spokesman Lincoln White said no immediate public statement until information from Moscow is received. Ambassador Thompson to seek details as Khrushchev vows a severe protest. Indications point to a missing U S weather plane and pilot Francis G Powers of Pound Virginia, a Lockheed test pilot.
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Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
State Department
Lincoln White
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Marschal Andrei A. Grechko
Grechko
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchhev
Senhower
White
Llewelyn Thompson
Pound
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Royal Wedding Cheered In London As Princess Marry A Commoner
London crowds cheered when Princess Margaret wed Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey beside a sea of trumpets and banners. Margaret, amid stage fright, repeated vows after the archbishop pronounced them husband and wife at 11 45 a m. The bride wore a white organza gown and a diamond tiara, a historic union watched by millions on radio and television.
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London
Margret
Aming Savin
Westminster Abbey
Margaret
Tony
Canterbury
Margaret Rose
Antony Charles Robert
Geoffrey Fisher
Westminister
Old Orchard Beach Voters OK 153100 for Town Projects
Beach voters approved 153100 for town projects at a special meeting. all articles passed except a vocational arts wing at the high school which was postponed 91 13. Sewer funds were granted to build an interceptor sewer line from Mullen to Atlantic, with general obligation securities of 120000 authorized. A new 1000 gallon fire truck costing up to 23000 was approved, with funds from Major Equipment Fire and a five year pay plan. A three member committee will study a new fire station, and the town may borrow 264000 more this year with bank support. By law study funded from surplus and electrical inspector appointment were approved, plus notes to fund street improvements on Milliken Street.
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Old Orchard Beach
Mullen Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
Board of Selectmen
Louis Wharff
Wharff
S Beach
Milliken Street
Imperial Street
Walnut Street
Milliken _ street
Firestone Heir Plunges To His Death
HAVANA AP Harvey Firestone lil crippled scion of the wealthy rubber family crawled to a balcony of his 20th floor hotel suite and plunged to his death Cuban authorities ruled it a death by own action He left no note in his room The 30 year old Firestone a resident of St Petersburg Florida suffered cerebral palsy and was confined to a wheelchair He checked into the Havana Hilton at 140 pm Thursday with his attendant and a cousin David M Firestone 29 of Sarasota Fla They planned to stay three days About 7 pm Harvey disappeared and his body was found on a third floor parapet above the hotel
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Havana
Harvey
Firestone Lil
Firestone
St. Petersburg
Fla
Havana Hilton
David M. Firestone
Sarasota
Rights Bill Is Signed at Washington
President Eisenhower signed the 1960 civil rights bill in a brief ceremony, praising it as a historic step toward equality. The act expands federal power to enforce voting rights, allows injunctions in civil rights cases, and supports a commission to curb race discrimination in federal contracts. Two pens were used, one given to Atty. Gen. Rogers and one to Deputy Atty. Gen. Walsh.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
William P. Rogers
Lawrence Walsh
White House
Rogers
Walsh
Senate
Permanent Commission
Martell Indicted in Two Limerick Murders by Grand Jury
Henry Pete Martell of Limerick was indicted on two murder charges by the Alfred Grand Jury. One count alleges the murder of Edward Martell on April 25 in Limerick. the other accuses the murder of Amanda Martell on the same date in Limerick. The jury returned twenty three indictments, four of them secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Pete) Martell
Limerick
Alfred
Edward Martell
Amanda Marstell
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Fea. Corp
Mom
NlewBevw Co
Clayton Motors Inc
Elm Street
Saco
Mobil
U. S. Route One
House
Lyndon B Jornson
D-Tex
Everett M Dirksen
Johnson
Dirksen
Treasury
Parent-Teacher Association
Mark McCullough
Jud Karlin
Fernando Bourque
Robert Johnson
Ernest A. Donahue
Association
Beach
Donald W. Shorey
Old Orchard
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Biddeford-Saco
Robinon
Martell
Regina Electric Broom
Laurette and
Frances Kennebunk Inn
Kennebunk
Yukon
General Electric
Omersworth
DIE Makers
Personnel Office
Main Street
Somersworth, N. H
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