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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1960
Page
8
Alfred Chre tien of 226 Guinea Rd Biddeford offers strawberry plants for sale under the Cat skill and Howard 17 listing. Local buyers may contact for details and availability.
Real estate ads show a furnished summer cottage with five bedrooms a family room and sun parlor on Old Orchard Road priced at 6500 and a colonial near Kennebunk priced at 8500. A May 24 1960 town hearing before the Municipal Licensing Board will consider Paul Karnemides malt liquor license application at Barniand corner Milliken and Imperial Streets.
A Wednesday night rolloff at Pas time lanes brings the National American and New England Mercantiles leagues together for a five string competition. Handicaps start from scratch with bonus pins based on each string. Prizes go to the top roller in each league as one of the season’s largest rolloffs. Starts at 7:30 PM with an equal chance handicap.
George Nye of Colby wins Maine intercollegiate golf title at Augusta Country Club with 36-hole score 148. Newton Spurr of Bowdoin runner up at 158 and Art Dickson of the University of Maine third at 160. Also Colby tops Maine in State Series baseball 5-4 in 10 innings, securing at least a tie for the title with Bowdoin. Colby can clinch the crown with a win today.
Atty. David K. Marshall was elected the first president of the newly formed Little Old Orchard Beach Town League at a meeting at league headquarters. Officers include Louis DeAngelis as vice president and Mary J. Smith as secretary treasurer. The league lists sponsors such as the Elks Knights of Columbus AMVETS VFW and Democratic Social club. The first game is tonight at 6 30 P M on the West End field with boys ages 9 to 12 eligible. Over 87 youngsters attended a practice, with parents supervising. a girls division may follow with mothers directing. The league aims to secure land for a playground via private donations.
The Saco City Council accepted John Lucas Tree Expert Co. of Portland bid to spray all Saco trees for 1480 dollars. Goodall Tree Expert Co. of Portland bid 1100 dollars but only for Elm trees. Council also approved Thornton academy budget with 376.50 per student and a five year contract, authorized 50 dollars for Spanish-American War Veterans grave markers, and granted 100 dollars to the Saco Yacht Club for clubhouse maintenance.
Motions pushed the minister's arraignment to Wednesday amid charges of filing false state income tax returns. In Chattanooga, twenty four Black students three girls were arrested during a sit in at a white lunch counter at S H Kress. In Detroit, S S Kresge stated it will not file complaints against sit in demonstrators at its southern stores, citing compliance with local laws and customs where integration is barred.
The 42 ton Soviet space ship was reported over New York at 4 17 am by an observer on Long Island. The tumbling craft produced a pulsing light as it crossed the sky and Moscow said the cabin would not be recovered but would burn up on re entry.
Paris dispatch notes Khrushchev’s failure to move the summit signals a struggle to lead world communism and may foretell a new cold war freeze. He demands an apology from the U.S. president and cites internal Soviet politics as a factor. The leader battles Stalinists, the military, and Chinese Communists over peace tactics.
Up to noon today Biddeford firemen had not received a call for a fire since May 6. The municipal ambulance was sent to Biddeford Pool yesterday afternoon for Walter Lozowski of Saco who was stricken ill. He was taken to Webber Hospital where his condition was reported as good this morning.
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