City Budgets Raise Biddeford Tax Rate to 54 Mills
City assessor Arthur Brunelle announced an 11 mill rise in Biddeford’s 1960 tax rate to 54 mills, up from 43 mills last year. Higher costs for a new high school, airport project with federal funds and state match, welfare load, and pay increases for city workers drove the hike. Mayor Clement Deschambault had warned of higher taxes for growth, noting past commitments and declining property valuations.
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Biddeford
Arthur Brunelle
Clement H. Deschambault
Breaks At Beach Reported At Old Orchard Beach
Two more attempted house breaks along the same pattern were reported at Old Orchard Beach this month. Police cited a window smashed and left unlatched at Mildred Smith’s home on Bradbury Street with small thefts including change, a carton of Coke, bread, cookies and cheese. An additional break attempt occurred at Mrs. John Neeland’s home on West Grand Avenue.
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Old Orchard Beach
Mildred Smith
Bradbury Street
Niger Bank
Smith
John Neeland
West Grand Avenue
Kennebunk Sewerage Plant Opens in Ceremony
Official opening of Kennebunk's new sewerage system held today at Water Street and Boothby Road plants. Construction cost totals 921,785.39 funded with Whitman and Howard engineers. Speakers included Charles W. Smith and Dr. Leon Bradley trustees, with Robert Wentworth as master of ceremonies and multiple experts presenting on engineering funding and system construction.
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Kennebunk
Waterstreet
Alty
Charles W. Smith
Robert Wentworth
Leon Bradley
Carl Freeman
Harold D. Kilgore
John Wo. Mahoney
James T. McDonough
Clarence M. Crosby
Ally, Smith
Water Street
Boothby Road
Bradley
Don and Elsie’s
Kennebunk Lower Village
Robert R. Wentworth
Whitman and Howard, Inc
Boston
Weer Street
Atty
Kennebunk Sower Village
Harspoke On
Kennebunk Sewer District
John J. Mahoney
Lester M. Klashman
U. S. Pub
Lic Health Service
Raeburn W. Macdonald
Maine Water Improvement Commission
Fred T. Staples
Robert Regent
Sniper Sent To Hospital In Mental Observation
Nashville Tennessee 18 year old Howard Criswell was ordered by Judge Homer Weimar sent to Central State Hospital for observation after being bound to the grand jury on nine counts of assault with intent to murder. One of two victims, 36 year old Mike Johns, underwent surgery for a stomach wound from the May 4 attack.
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Nashville
Tenni
Homer Weimar
Howard Criswell
Central State Hospital
Mike Johns
Lamontagne Named Summer Recreation Director in Saco
Harvey W. Lamontagne Jr., 26, of 56 Lincoln Street Saco, was chosen summer recreation director by the Saco Recreation Commission in a unanimous vote. He has served as Recreation center director in winter for five years and is a former golf pro at Willowdale Country Club Scarborough. Howard Jones was appointed assistant director and will work with Lamontagne along with Carol Austin Virginia Allen and John Anagnostis on the summer program.
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Harvey W. Lamontagne, Jr
Lincoln Street
Saco
Recreation Center
Lamontagne
Willowdale Country Club
Scarborough
Howard Jones
Carol Austin
Virginia Allen
John Anagostis
Recreation Commission
John Laird
Richard Libby
Richard Murray
Richard Charles
Sept Burns
Leah Koz
Plans Named for Biddeford Memorial Day Parade
Robert Norton of the Maine Disabled American Veterans was chosen parade marshal for Biddeford Memorial Day observances. Robert Libby of Biddeford DAV was named chief of staff. Services start at 1 50 p m May 30 at City Square under the Spanish American War veterans group, with Woodlawn cemetery exercises by the local Sons of the Union Veterans camp. Final parade line details to be set at the May 23 meeting.
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Robert Norton
Maine
Biddeford Memorial
Sons of the Union Veterans Camp
Kennebunk Recreation Council Formed For Kids
A new Kennebunk Kennebunkport Recreation Council was formed to serve as a clearing house for activities and to assist worthy groups. Representatives from 25 Kennebunk organizations and 12 Kennebunkport groups met at Lower Town Hall to plan for children and youth programs. Appointed were Mrs. Forrest Horne, Mrs. Dorothy Stevens, Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. Faith Eckler, Mrs. Bertha Timson, Anceo J. Peterson, Rev. Fred Holmberg, Police Chief Frank Stevens, and John N. Cole, with additional at large members.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Forrest Horne
Dorothy Stevens
West Kennebunk
Henry Smith
Faith Eckler
Bertha Timson
Anceo J
Khrushchev Threatens Summit Over U2 Incident
Soviet Premier Khrushchev demanded US apology and punishment for the U2 flight before any summit. He spoke in two interviews and via the Soviet Embassy, while the US signaled a possible move by stating spy flights over the USSR have ceased. He offered to meet with De Gaulle and Macmillan and Eisenhower only if the US publicly condemns the incursions and promises nonrepetition.
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Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Eisenhower
U.S
Soviet Union
de Gaulle
France
Macmillan
Great Britain
U. S
Toisenhower
Desegregation Orders Face Anniversary Tensions
The Associated Press reports New Orleans schools must desegregate by September as a sixth anniversary marks the landmark ruling. U S District Judge J Skelly Wright pressed the parish to submit a plan while Atlanta youths weigh an integration sympathy march despite Gov. Vandiver’s warning. Roy Wilkins and Martin Luther King Jr. react to ongoing segregation battles with trials and courtroom actions continuing in Montgomery.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
U.S. Supreme Co
U.S. Dist
J. Skelly Wright
Louisiana
Orleans Parish
Gerald Rault
Atlanta
Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
Roy Wilkins
The
National Assn. For ‘the Advancement of Colored Peo
York County WCTU elects officers at Kennebunk meeting
York County Women’s Christian Temperance Union elected officers during an all day session at the Kennebunk Baptist church. New officers include Mrs. Carl Humphrey treasurer Mrs. Ralph A Hatch corresponding secretary Mrs. Homer Chappell re elected president Miss Mary Worthley field secretary and Mrs. William G Munster vice president. Speakers Mrs. T Roy Jarrett national WCTU official and Mrs. Benjamin Sweet Maine WCTU president urged action against underage drinking and bootlegging. Rev. Benjamin Bubar Jr. spoke on rising bootlegging. Over 40 members attended.
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York County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Kennebunk Baptist Church
T. Roy Jarrett
Richmond
WCTU
Benjamin Sweet
Houston
Maine
Carl Humphrey
West Lebanon
Ralph A. Hatch
Kennebu
Edith Foster
North Berwick
William G. Munster
Old Orchard Beach
Jarrett
Sweet
Benjamin Bubar, Jr
Augusta
Maine Christian Civic League
Worthley
Woman Rushed To Hospital After Suspected Suicide Attempt
Old Orchard Beach police rushed Mrs. Rose Higgins, about 65, from Westland Avenue to Webber Hospital in a police cruiser after she allegedly tried to end her life by using a plastic bag. She remained unconscious, stomach pumped as a precaution, with four bottles of sleeping pills found nearby. no motive yet disclosed.
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Rose Higgins
Westland Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Webber Hospital
Leslie Wyman
Wyman
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