Road Projects To Be Started Soon In Saco
Mayor Peter A Garland announced that road work on Lindley Street in Saco will begin June 1 with $5,000 in city funds matched by $5,000 from the state and another $5,000 to be raised locally. The project will start at Garfield Street after Memorial Day, with an 18 inch gravel base and a 2 inch mix in place, estimated at about $15,000. The effort aims to connect Canada with Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach, to be completed before summer.
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Lindley Street
Saco
Peter A. Garland
Garland
Saco Street
Saco Streets
Garfield Street
Neil Dow
Canada
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Main Street
Bradbury Street
Upper
Biopsy For Mrs. Truman Under Way
Mrs. Harry S. Truman, 74, rallied after surgery for removal of a breast tumor. A Research Hospital spokesman said her condition was satisfactory after a two hour and 45 minute operation on Monday. Biopsy results likely in two to three days. Former President Truman visited her at the hospital, noting she was groggy but the doctors reported everything going well. Mrs. Truman had entered the hospital last Thursday for a checkup.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Search For Dr Bridges Continuing Search For Dr Bridges
PEMBROKE AP The search for the body of Dr Ron ald Bridges who is believed drowned in the Penname River will resume some time after lunch Sheriff Raymond J Tracey said tide conditions won t be right until about 2 p m so there s not much sense in doing anything more until then Two divers will aid the probe for Bridges He is 53 a brother of Sen Styles Bridges and religious advisor to the U S Information Agency His cane was found on the riverbank last night Tracey said the cane is a good indication he is in the river Bridges was last seen Friday
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Pembroke
Ronald Bridges
Pennamaan
Raymond J. Tracey
U.S. Information Agency
Tracey
Bridges
Convicts Mutilate Selves To Press Grievances
Eight long term inmates at Ivy Bluff Camp Caswell County harmed themselves to protest conditions. Three cut off part of their fingers and five injured themselves with sledge hammers. They sought television store privileges and complained about food. The incident prompted a state investigation and hospital treatment for the wounded.
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Raleigh
N.C
William Bailey
Bailey
Ivy Bluff
Caswell County
Central Prison Hospital
State Bureau of Investigation
Asst
Robert Allen
Eenls
Mondeya
Electrical age makes home life plug powered
An ad-like line from Capt. Gen. Fea. Corp. touts simple home operation by staying plugged in, highlighting easy efficiency in the electrical era.
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Fea. Corp
Wells Band Boosters Elect Officers and Plan Dedicatio
Wells Band Boosters elected officers at their final meeting of the season in the Wells High School annex. New slate includes Arthur H. Tufts as president and James S. Wentworth as first vice president among others. The group approved playing at the June 13 dedication of the new Wells Post Office and declined participation in Ogunquit Firemen’s Field Day on August 1 due to member work conflicts. Principal Norman F. Holder announced the band’s A-1 rating at the Western Maine Music Festival with a superior rating for deportment and conductor response.
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Wells Band Boosters Club
Wells High School
Arthur H. Tufts
James S. Wentworth
Paul Bridges
Richard Keir
Stead
Sumner Gordon
Russell 0
Bridges
Alber G. LaPierre
Wells
Shorey Asking Defeat Of Beach Civil Service Measure
A Biddeford man, Paul Brewer, 16 Maple Street, was rushed to Webber hospital after being cut across both legs by a power saw while clearing brush along the Alfred road near Route 35 in Arundel. One cut was very deep. he was treated by Dr. Peal Hill. Brewer was part of a Lucas Tree Company crew. a stumble caused the saw to injure his legs. He was taken to Saco Municipal Ambulance after Biddeford’s vehicle broke down.
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Biddeford
Paul Brewer
Maple Street
Webber Hospital
Alfred Road
Route 35
Arundel
Peal Hill
Brewer
Lucas Tree Company
Saco
Referendum Fight Over Old Orchard Beach Police Civil Service
Joan Donald Shorey of Old Orchard Beach urged voters to reject a bill that would keep current police officers in civil service without examinations. The measure, pushed by last year’s board, would remove examination requirements, a move Shorey calls political. The bill, signed May 1 by Governor Clinton A. Glauson, requires a referendum 90 days after adjournment.
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Joan Donald Shorey
Old Orchard Beach
Beach
Shorey
Jerome G.plante
D-Oob
Augusta
Clinton A. Glauson
Ogunquit Civic Club names slate for new term
J Lawrence Smith was reelected president of the Ogunquit Men's Civic Club for a second term at the final meeting of the season held at the Ogunquit Firemen's Hall. Howard Littlefield was reelected vice president Fred Winn was named treasurer and Harold Staples named secretary. Plans were made for an end of season activity week in late August sponsored by the Civic Club Ogunquit Village Corporation Ogunquit Village Improvement Association and the Hotelmen's Association featuring an auction fishing derby Little League baseball game and a clam bake.
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J. Lawrence Smith
Ogunquit
Civic Club
Dulles Remains Seriously Ill After Pneumonia Setback
Washington AP reports John Foster Dulles remains seriously ill with cancer. The former secretary of state worsened Friday after a pneumonia attack, with the State Department noting no change since Monday.
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Washington
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Moniday
Business Is Missouri Improved In Nation
Boston AP reports an upward business trend in early 1959 from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston with hopeful tones. Insured unemployment for six states runs about one third lower than a year earlier, while residual unemployment above 9 percent persists in several Northeast labor markets, as residential building contracts rise sharply in the first quarter due to easier mortgage access.
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Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Lowell
Lawrence
New Bedford
Providence
R. I
New Britain
Bridgeport
McElroy Sticks To Job As Secretary Of Defense
Washington AP Nei H McElroy announced he will stay on indefinitely as secretary of defense after a White House meeting with President Eisenhower and new deputy Thomas S Gates Jr Gates will replace Donald A Quarles as deputy secretary Gates, retiring as secretary of the Navy, had been urged to stay on at the Pentagon and may be in line to succeed McElroy later.
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Washington
Nei
H. McElroy
McElroy
White House
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Eisenhower
Gates
Navs
Donald A. Quarles
Defense
Pentagon
McIlroy
Navy
Querles
Philadelphia
Gees
City Flood Drowns Man in St Joseph After Cloud Burst
A wall of water up to ten feet surged through St Joseph’s north side after a cloud burst north of the city. One man drowned, William M. Thomas, whose body was found four blocks from where the flood swept him. No mass casualties were reported amid widespread damage.
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St. Joseph's Nort Side
William M. Thomas
Mrs Daniel Gives Birth To Second Son In New York
Mrs Clifton Daniel, daughter of former President Truman, delivered her second son today in New York. The birth occurred by Caesarean section at 8 45 a.m. at Tor's Hospital after Mrs Truman underwent surgery in Kansas City. The baby weighed seven pounds.
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New York
Clifton Daniel
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Kansas City
Intor’s Hospital
Legislator Myron F. Shepard Dies in Maine
AP reports state Representative Myron F. Shepard a Republican from Deer Isle Stonington died unexpectedly Monday at age 44 He was rushed to Blue Hill hospital but died on arrival His death leaves a vacancy in the coastal district and a note of sorrow in local politics.
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Stonington
Myron F. Shepard
Deer Isle-Stonington
Shepard
Blue Hill
US Aid For Education Urged At PTA Convention
Denver report: Martin Essex, president of the American Association of School Administrators, urged the nation to back federal aid for education. He warned that education is underfunded, citing taxes and shifting priorities, and urged PTA delegates to push for stronger funding for every child. In North Bellmore New York a three year old, Brian Swanson, wandered from home with his dog and returned unharmed after police intervened.
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PTA
Martin Essex
The
American Assn. of
Akron
Ohio
America
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Essex
Americies
North Bellmore
N.Y
Brian Swanson
Swanson
Woodsman Robbed in Cabin Attack Near Edgecomb
State police search for three or four men after an elderly woodsman Levi Webber, 75, was assaulted in his cabin near Edgecomb. They robbed him of $20 and his pickup, leaving him with head and body bruises and hospitalization in Damariscotta. He had invited the intruders in for coffee.
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Edgecomb
Levi Webber
Dameriscotta
Television To Be Screened As Parents Guide
Denver AP reports the Na Teachers will begin screening TV programs next fall to guide parents. Ratings will appear in National Parent-Teacher magazine, mirroring the similar movie rating feature already published monthly.
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Denver
Colo
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Organizion
National Parent-Teacher
System Devised To Store Blood For Long Periods
The Navy unveiled a method to preserve red blood cells for long periods. Blood stored in a fractionator is separated, glycerin-glazed, and frozen to extend viability from days to potentially years. More than 500 transfusions at U S Naval Hospital Chelsea, Mass. used this approach.
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Chelsea
Mass
Navy
U.S. Naval Hospital
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