Chicago Firm Buys Saco-Lowell Stock Stake
Arnold H. Maremont of Mareemont Automotive Products Inc confirms Chicago firm bought 127,500 shares of Saco-Lowell shops common stock in open market purchases over recent months. He denies any merger plans and notes the board welcomed the investment to strengthen leadership in the auto parts and textile machinery firms.
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Arnold H. Maremont
Mareemont Automotive Products, Inc
Chicago
Saco- Lowell Shops
Saco-Lowell
David F. Edwards
Saco- Lowell
Maremont
Seco-Lowell
Marement
New York
Soviet 42 ton dummy space ship in Earth orbit
Soviet officials report a 42 ton dummy manned space craft is in orbit around the Earth on a 91 minute cycle. Tass notes the mission tests signals matching calculations and plans for a future manned flight. Experts cite unresolved issues including safe return and the dummy will burn up on reentry after dropping its pressurized cabinet.
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Moscow
Viktor Bazzekin
Moscow Planetarium
Paris
I. I. Shevivakov
Invention credited to area man Monoxit device cut carbon in exhaust
Ebco Inc led by Edward S. Boules Jr claims a coffee can sized Monoxit device re burn s noxious gases in engine exhaust. OTAC Detroit participates though Ebco says no Army contract. Herman Cohen of Kennebunk is credited with the invention.
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Portland
Edward S. Boules Jr
Ebco Inc
Ebco
Army Ordnance Tank Automotive Command
OTAC
Detroit
Army
Boulos
Herman Cohen
Kennebunk
Unitarian Church Expands Across Regions
The American Unitarian Assn reports over 50 new groups in the last year applying for fellowship. The extension director notes the association now includes 400 churches and more than 300 fellowships, with one new group formed in Saudi Arabia.
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Boston
American Unitarian Assn
Saudi Arabia
Richard B. Gibbs
Ike Not To Visit Soviets
Paris AP report on the Paris summit collapse over the U2 incident as Khrushchev demands a six month delay and Eisenhower cancels a planned visit. Eisenhower and Khrushchev exchange accusations while promising limited talks and no renewed U2 flights.
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Ike
Soviets
Paris
Sovet Union
United States
Nikita S. Khrushchev
U.S
U. S
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Francis G. Powers
Sverdlovsk
Breaks Plague Old Orchard Beach Police Activity
Police report six attempted house breaks in Old Orchard Beach over two weeks. A gunpoint attempt targeted an East Grand Avenue resident. most breaks involved window smashing and latch tampering. Tiny cash and a ring with an Elks emblem were seized. other targets included residents on East Grand Avenue Saco Avenue Summit Street Cedar Avenue and the Old Orchard Beach Memorial Library. A masked youth pistol-whacked John Bishop and fled with a second suspect in a car after a late night confrontation.
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Orchard Beach
Leslie Wyman
Matilda Court
East Grand ‘Avenue
Elks
C. Jackson Curit
Saco Avenue
William Clark
East Grand Avenue
Rey Roller
Summit Street
Sara Washburn
Old Orchard Beach Memorial Library
Alcide Plourde
Cedar Avenue
John Bishop
Bishop
New Sputnik Over Maine Lights Up Clear Skies
Maine residents expect a rare sight as the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory says the Russian space ship may be visible over Portland and other cities at 2:45 a.m. and 4:18 a.m. daylight tomorrow.
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Portland
Maine
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Chuckle on Words and Wit in Honest Speech
A humorous note comments that many wise words in jest pale beside foolish words spoken in earnest critiquing speech and the folly of rhetoric. The brief quotation from Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp. in its dated tone adds a playful reflection.
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Fea. Corp
GOP Contest Hinted In July Convention
The Associated Press notes a New York hint that the Republican convention may feature a contest for the presidential nomination in Chicago. Nixon is the clear favorite, Kennedy leads the Democratic ticket, while Rockefeller resists a second place bid.
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Associated Press
New York
Maryland
Oregon
L. Judson Morhouse
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Chicago
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Albany
Morhouse
Thruston B. Morton
Kennedy
Sen
Wayne Morse
Morse
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Lyndon B. Johnson J
Texas
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Kenedy
West Virginia
Symington
Johnson
Arco Mayor resigns to become town clerk
Arco Idaho mayor Oscar Johnson resigns to take the town clerk post with a salary of 400 dollars per month. The former mayor previously served in a part time role and received no pay.
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Arco, Idaho
Arco
Oscar Johnson
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Maine Council of Catholic Women
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St. Raphael Parish
Francis J. Kane
St. Mary Parish
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Robin Hood
Ranger
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Jean Rennie
Ethel Ballard
Stephanie Butler
Annie Cranshaw
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Althea Carson
Mary Fairfield
Sunshine Work
Bertha Perkins
Phyllis Borden
Womens Society of Christian Service
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Maude Tuttle
Roberta Jordan
Mildred Harris
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