Kennedy Advances Cause In Key Primaries
Sen John F Kennedy swept West Virginia boosting his bid for the Democratic nomination while Minnesota’s Humphrey exited the race. Kennedy led Nebraska by votes on the Democratic ballot with Nixon’s write ins rivaling Kennedy on the Republican side. New Mexico held a primary with no effect on the national race. Humphrey conceded early this morning. Kennedy’s win may bolster Stevenson as Humphrey’s followers realign. Nebraska delegates remain unpledged. Anderson won renomination in New Mexico for a third term.
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John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Kennedy
Nebraska
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New Mexico
Humphrey
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Clinton P Anderson
Kennedy victory reshapes West Virginia presidential race
In Charleston AP reports Kennedy’s sweeping West Virginia win strengthens his claim to the Democratic nomination, counters critics of Catholic candidacy, and presses rivals Johnson and Symington. Nixon foresees no early campaign, while Humphrey’s backers probe future delegate allegiances as Stevenson remains a potential, though uncommitted, factor.
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John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Richard M. Nixon
West Virginia
Massachusetts
The Honeymoon Turns to Housework After Dishes Stop
A light joke notes the honeymoon ends when he stops helping with dishes and begins doing them himself. Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Eight Vacancies Reported In Saco School System
Dr. Frank Lawler, superintendent in Saco-Old Orchard Beach, told the school committee that eight teacher vacancies must be filled next year. An extra first grade post is planned for enrollment growth. Several teachers will leave for higher salaries. one retirements noted. The district seeks bids to paint Burns School interior and light one classroom and two offices.
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Frank Lawler
Saco-Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Lawler
Flora Clukey
Sweetser
Mary Emmons
Young School
Ann Fortier
Loretta Robitaille
Earl Young
Burns School
Margaret Emmons
Albert Searway
Fortier
Burns
Superintendent of Schools
Soviet displays spy gear from downed U2 plane
The Soviet Union showed so called spy equipment from the U2 downed over Sverdlovsk May 1 including a hypodermic needle, sparking Khrushchev claims about the pilot Powers. Gromyko warned any future sorties would be smashed and bases supplying spy flights would be obliterated while deeming the intrusion an act of aggression. In Washington, Eisenhower said the U2 shootdown may not have been at very high altitude and hoped the Paris summit would ease tensions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Sverdlovsk
Nikita Khrushchev
Francis G. Powers
Khrushcev
Powers
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
U. S
U.S
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Paris
Russia
Bull Moose Hits Car On Alfred Road
Five workers from the Sanford shoe factory escaped serious injury after a bull moose struck their car on the Alfred road near Raccoon gully. The moose weighing about a half ton was killed on impact, windshield smashed, and all five passengers injured but not seriously. Driver Bernard Saucier and passengers Mrs Rita Saucier and Mrs Winlfrid Dugal, plus Mrs Wilfrid Lebrun, were traveling in the 1954 station wagon when the animal appeared in their path.
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Biddeford-Saco
Alfred Road
Raccoon Gully
Bernard Saucier
Maple Street
Saco
The
Journal
Sanford
Saucier
Rita Saucier
Pleasant Street
Winlfrid
Rita) Dugal
Harrison Avenue
Wilfrid
Gabrielle) Lebrun
Saco Church Fellowship Elects Staff
The annual meeting of the Women's Fellowship at Saco First Parish Congregational reelected officers including President Mrs. Robert C. King and Treasurer Mrs. Harry S. Nielson. New vice presidents and a recording secretary were chosen, July 21 set for the summer fair on the church lawn, with appointive chairs to be announced. Miss Sara Em presented the evening program.
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Saco First Parish
Robert C. King
T. Quigley Davis
Harry S. Nielson
Thomas F. Moore
Ralph H. Meserve
Richard E. Clark
Lawrence E. Dearborn
George S. Allen
Sara Em
Nora Wanek Re elected in Nearly One Horse Town Lost Springs
Nora Wanek was re elected mayor of Lost Springs Wyoming on Tuesday. She faced no opposition on the ballot and the town’s population remains tiny with only six residents, three of whom belong to her daughter’s family.
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Lost Springs
Wyo
Nora Wanek
Rumford Woman Indicted on Assault with Intent to Kill
A Oxford County grand jury indicted Mrs Marion Pratt of Rumford on a charge of assault with intent to kill for a stabbing of Frank Forni of Rumford on April 3. Forni sustained a stomach wound.
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South Paris
Oxford County
Marion Pratt
Rumford
Kennebunk High Class to Attend Legion and Auxiliary State Sessions
Nine juniors from Kennebunk High School will serve as delegates to American Legion and auxiliary sponsored Boy and Girl State sessions in June. Girl State runs at Colby College in Waterville and Boy State at the University of Maine. Delegates include Carol Michaud and Elizabeth Hersey among others representing local clubs and auxiliaries with several from Kennebunkport and West Kennebunk.
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Kennebunk High School
American Legion and Auxiliary
Colby College
Waterville
University of Maine
Carol Michaud
Dugald Michaud
Lyman
Goodwin-Labbe-Taylor American Legion Auxiliary
Dayton
Elizabeth Hersey
Alvin Hersey
West Kennebunk
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Lions Club
Martha Dymkoski
Sidney Dymkoski
Kennebunk
Webber-Lefebvre
American Legion ‘Auxiliary
Barbara Noyes
Parade Committee Maps Holiday Plans
Unitarian Women's Alliance elected Lillian Chapin as president at its annual meeting in Saco. Others named to offices and committees include Leon Libby, Arlene Burnham, Frank Twambley, Edmund Beal, and several committee chairs. Devotions led by Chapin. Memorial Day parade plans discussed for Biddeford with march lineup and cemetery services coordinated by veterans groups. Next planning meeting set for May 16 at the Veterans' Service center.
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Lillian Chapin
Unitarian Women's Alliance
Unitarian
Saco
Leon Libby
Arlene Burnham
Frank Twambley
Edmund W. Beal
Howard Shaffer
Ralph Hawkes
Katharine Deering
George Harrison
Norman McAuley
Charles Anthony
Paul Willson
Leavitt Emmons
Sara Emmons
World Fellowship
Christine Burnham
Chapin
Eitta Flood
Biddeford
Sons of the Union Veterans
David Grindle
James Morina
Sam J. Kalamaras
Merton Ira Staples Post
Amvets
Roland St. Michel
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley American Legion Post
Robert Norton
Robert Libby
Biddeford- Saco
D.A.V
William McKenney
Biddeford V
Cotton Carnival Opener Kicks Off In Memphis
The Cotton Carnival begins its five day festival with King Frank Norfleet and Queen Louise Crump leading the chilly windswept start. The riverfront area features the royal barge and crowds enjoy the midway shows and rides as parades open the event.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frank Norfleet
Louise Crump
Riverront
Nashville stores start partial integration at lunch counters
Six Nashville shops began serving Negro patrons during slack periods at previously all white counters under a secret agreement with white and Negro civic leaders. The move follows sit-in protests that led to about 150 arrests and aims to curb violence while ending a downtown boycott. Separate incidents in Winston-Salem and Durham prompted local truces. In Montgomery, Dr. Richard Nesmith was fined for disorderly conduct after dining with Negroes. his wife and 10 white students were acquitted under a new city ordinance targeting actions likely to provoke a breach of peace.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
John D. Gold
Durham
Richard Nes
Mith
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
Ill
Montgomery
Ala
Nesmith
Illinois Party
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