Four escapees in biddeford steal new car. police pursue
Fire damage is heavy after a break in at L C and L C Maling garage 444 Alfred Road. Four escapees from the Men’s Reformatory at South Windham, all connected to Biddeford or Augusta, allegedly used a stolen Gorham car to back a gray sedan off the lot and drive away after forcing a washroom window. They took a 1959 four door sedan valued at 4200, coins from vending machines, cigarettes, and license plates for repairs before fueling at Hamel’s Five Points. Police set up road blocks as state troopers pursue the fugitives who disappeared onto Route 1.
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South Windham
Biddeford
L. C
L. C. Maling
Alfred Road
Carroll Cyr
Elm Street
Raymond N. Provencher
Connecticut
Terry Daniels
Raymond D. Beaulieu
Augusta
Gorham
Maling
Hamel
Roger Rumery
Rumery
Maling’s
Textile Workers Get Increase In Wages
Boston AP reports a 10 cent per hour raise for about 60,000 New England textile workers, first industry-wide hike in three years. The cotton rayon group rises to $1.51, woolen to $1.65, effective in sixstate area with a two year contract and a one year reopening clause. About one third of the workers are in Massachusetts mills Fall River New Bedford Pittsfield. The union director expects broader national effects and regional economic benefits.
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Boston
New England
J. William Belanger
Textile Workers Union of America
New York
Massachusetts
Fall River
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Cottton-Rayon
Belinger
Explosion rocks York County Biscuit Company building
A morning blast at the York County Biscuit Company at 47 South Street shatters windows in nearby homes and damages the two story concrete structure. Fire chief estimates losses at about 100000 with no injuries reported. Eyewitnesses describe a 6 15 am explosion followed by rapid flames. Nearby residents recount the shock and debris, while 12 people inside the adjacent building escape unharmed.
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York County Biscuit Company
South Street
Green Street
George Boutet
Boutet
Joss
Biddeford
Arthur King
Myron Campbell
The
Biscuit Company
Campbell
Dominic Doyon
Doyon
Victoria Beaudoin
No. 33
Speedometer battle ends in court ruling shift
WESTBROOK AP The speedometer dispute ends as Municipal Court Judge Francis Rocheleau and Police Chief Pierre Harnois confirm radar checks align with a stopwatch test. Rocheleau will accept radar evidence in speeding cases, ending prior resistance. Harnois says public safety outweighs pride as 10 watches in two jewellers’ stores verified the stopwatch.
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Westbrook
Francis Ocheleau
Pierre A. Harnois
Rocheleau
Harnois
Harness
Memorial Day Plans Aired In Biddeford
An initial planning meeting by Biddeford veterans groups outlined Memorial Day exercises. The parade will start at 2 p.m. after an 1:30 p.m. ceremony at City Square directed by the Spanish American War veterans. Woodlawn cemetery events are led by the Sons of the Union Veterans.
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Court Room
City Building
Biddeford
City Square
Woodlawn
Sons of the Union, Veterans
William J. McKenney
New Eng Baptist Conference Names Cole Secretary
Leon A. Cole of Ocean Park will become executive secretary of the New England Baptist Conference on August 1. He will succeed T. Chubb Condit, who resigned to return to school work as Woodstock High principal. Cole retired as production manager of the Saco-Lowell Shops, after long service with Saco-Lowell and a stint as Hobbs Manufacturing official during World War II. He has church experience with Saco United Baptist. continued on Pare Two.
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Leon A. Cole
Colby Avenue
Ocean Park
New England Baptist Conference
Rufus H. Bond
Medford
Mass
T. Chubb Condict
Wocodstock
Cole
Saco- Lowell
Saco-Lowell
Hobbs Manufacturing Company
Worcester
Saco United Baptist
Chubb Condict
Woodstock
NEBC
Phobia as Alibi in Massachusetts Auto Case
A Westfield man claimed a phobia of hospitalization served as his alibi in a District Court automobile case Tuesday. The AP report notes the unusual defense and pending proceedings.
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Westfield
Mass
Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor Honeymoon in Europe
Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor prepared for a European honeymoon after their Las Vegas wedding. They stopped at Idlewild Airport en route to Madrid and Barcelona, with plans for a three to four month stay. The couple toured the terminal as reporters pressed for updates, and a planned departure by air could be delayed for passport formalities. They will honeymoon aboard a yacht styled after Christopher Columbus quarters on the Santa Maria.
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New York
Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Las Veigas
Nev
Los Angeles
Pat Newcomb
Idlewild Airport
Waldorf- Astoria
Fisher
Miss Taylor
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Santa Maria
Saco Church Women Elect New President at Annual Meeting
Mrs Isabelle King was chosen last night as president of the Women’s Fellowship at First Parish Congregational Church Saco with 50 members present. Other officers named include Elmer Harrison first vice president Caroline Dearborn second vice president Catherine Nielsen treasurer Virginia Moore assistant treasurer Patricia Bryant secretary Florence Davis corresponding secretary Marion Walker auditor. A covered dish supper preceded the ceremonies. Mrs King led devotions and introduced guest speaker Mrs Marion Walker whose Mexico talk used slides showing villages markets and cosmopolitan centers.
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Isabelle King
Women’s Fellowship
First Parish Congregational Church
Saco
Elmer Harrison
Caroline Dearborn
Catherine Nielson
Virginia Moore
Patricia, Bryant
Florence Davis
Marion Walker
Unit 2
Janet MacMillan
Catherine Googins
Cecil Cutts
Daniel Davis
William Marston
Nina Goodchild
Mary Sweetser
King
Mexico
Walker
Portland man elected head of Maine Traffic Club
AP reports Harry L Milliken of Portland was elected president of the Maine Traffic Club, succeeding Frank R. Keenan of Great Northern Paper Co. Other officers include Laurence R Newell of Burnham & Morrill Co. as vice president and William J Berry of New Haven Railroad as secretary treasurer.
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Traffic Club
Portland
Harry L Milliken
Maineraffic Club
Milliken
Congdon Transportation Co
Frank R. Keenan
Great Northern Paper Co
Bangor
Laurence R. Newell
Burnham & Morrill Co
William J. Berry
New Haven Railroad
Two Plane Crashes Claim Lives Of 33
A Capital Viscount turboprop from New York to Atlanta exploded near Baltimore killing 31 aboard and scattering wreckage over fields. Earlier, a four engine Capital Constellation plunged from Charleston runway embankment killing two, with six hospitalized as emergency crews recovered bodies and parts amid storms.
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Baltimore
New York
Atlanta
Charlesiton
W.va
Civil Aeronautics Board
Charleston
Nancy Marshall
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Western Auto
Main Street
Donald C. Doyle
Ferry Beach
NE Baptist Conference
Erenc
Eddie
Liz
Lofficers
Webber Hospital
Elliot Fink
J. Ralph Larochelle
Robert Warner
Secre
Tary
Carl M. Haas
Robert M. Smith
Thomas Anton
Claude Faulkner
Story
Walter Bevans
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