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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1960

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Four Drowned Men Prompt Wide Search by Deputies

Associated Press report details a large-scale hunt as hundreds of sheriffs deputies and volunteers search Maine waters for four missing men. Francis Beaupre, airman from Dow Air Force Base, drowned while aiding the Brooks rescue. Francis X. Brooks of Bangor went over a dam after leaping from his boat. Lewis Poland Jr of Oxford disappeared after being tossed from his craft on Thompson Lake. Louis Pray, a veteran guide, drowned when his boat struck driftwood near a sporting camp as two fishermen headed to a campsite.

Associated Press Old Town Stillwater Francis Beaupre Dow Air Force Base Beaupre Francis X. Brooks Bangor Brooks Oxford Lewis D. Poland Jr Thompson Lake Poland Louis Pray Pray

Eisenhower Returns Amid Warm Welcome After Lisbon Trip

President Eisenhower lands at Andrews Air Force Base to a cheering crowd of about 200000 onlookers. He calls the reception meaningful while cautioning of a missing armed C-47 near the East German border and notes possible irritations ahead. The plane later makes a forced landing.

Washington Eisenhower Andrews Air Force Portugal White House

Teaching Of Religion Is Questioned

A St. Lawrence University professor said indoctrination does not teach religion. Dr Angus H MacLean urged active learner involvement in identifying truth to avoid superficial creed teaching. The May meetings of Unitarian and associated groups covered leadership elections and regional vice presidents.

Boston St. Lawrence University Angus H. MacLean St. Lawrence Theological School Canton N.Y Council of Liberal Churches MacLean Universalists Milton J. E. Senn Yale University Unitarian Laymen’s League Henry H. Franklin Peterborough N.H New England Harold Clark Dallas Southwest

Today’s Chuckle complex sin joke caption

A compact humor line jokes that a sin was once simply a sin but is now termed a complex. This light quip credits Gen. Fea. Corp. as the source.

Fea. Corp

Mother Of Year To Be Honored In Biddeford Ceremonies

Mrs. Laudia Thibeault is named Mother Of The Year by Cercle Lacordaire and Ste. Jeanne dArc societies of St. Andre parish. She will be honored Sunday with a 7 a.m. Mass officiated by Msgr. Aime Giguere at the church and a living Rosary procession at Notre Dame hospital grounds. The evening hall tribute will present a medal and flowers, with parish and visiting clergy overseeing events.

Laudia Thibeault Cercle Lacordaire Ste. Jeanne d Notre Dame Hospital Thibeault Robert N2deau Lillian Tardif Alcide Boucher Lionel Goulet Leon Paul St. Andre Home and Hospital Biddeford Albert W. Cookson Isabelle _Vanasse Marc Simard St. Elizabeth France Jean Paul Boucher Armand Reny

Khrush Is Promised Support and Custody of Americans

Khrushchev returns to Moscow after Berlin detente and Paris summit rebukes as crowds praise his stance. Soviet authorities announce custody of nine Americans seized aboard a U S Air Force C47 forced down in East Germany near Kluetz. list of captives includes pilots and passengers, with U S generals seeking their release.

Moscow Nikita Khrushchev Berlin Soviet Union West Berlin Khrushchev Paris United States Nina Frol R. Kozlov Party Mikhail Suslov Wiesbaden Germany East Germany Clyde D. Eddleman U. S Europe Baltic Coast Kluetz Bonn U. S. Air Force James Palmer Lundy Findlay Ohio George A. Jorda West Lafayette Ind William Thomas Frewen Galveston Tex Leon Porter Russellville Ala Chester Kenneth Sleezer Saratoga N. Y Paul K. McCash Atlanta James P. Gavin

Adults Invading Old School Houses in Vermont

Southern Vermont couples and seasonal residents are moving into old rural schools as districts replace them with larger buildings. In Bennington County eighteen have sold recently as buyers convert them to homes, often with good water, heating, high ceilings, and adaptable layouts.

Bennington Vt Vermont Counlel Bennington County

Kennedy Sweeps Morse State In Oregon Primary

In Portland Oregon Senator John F Kennedy crushed Senator Wayne Morse in the Democratic presidential primary taking about 52 percent of the vote to Morse 33 percent with 1 553 883 precincts reporting. Kennedy piled up 17 more delegates bringing his unofficial total to 317 and setting state party momentum ahead of Los Angeles. Nixon led Republicans with 69 041 votes while unopposed.

Portland Ore John F. Kennedy Wayne Morse Oregon Massachusetts Morse Kennedy Los Angeles Hubert Humphrey Minnesota Lyndon Johnson Texas Stuart Symington Missouri Adlai Stevenson Humphrey Johnson Symington Stevenson Nixon Richard M.nixon GOP Eisenhower Rockefeller

House Committee Okays 73 Million For Nuclear Aircraft

Washington AP House Appropriations Committee approved 73 million dollars for nuclear aircraft development, despite a subcommittee vote against the project. President Eisenhower requested the funds and two thirds of the money would be used in the current fiscal year with 58 million possible for the year.

Washington House Appropriations Committee Gerald Ford R-Mich Clarence Cannon D-Mo Eisenhower Army Engineers Atomic Energy Commission Slare Defense Department AEC

Pastor Renews Call Against Bible Idolatry In Boston

The Rev. Jack Mendelsohn of Arlington Street Church argued that venerating the Bible as sacred scripture becomes idolatry when treated as an untouchable object. He urged liberal religious educators to foster children's curiosity about God ideas and origins rather than dogmatic certainty.

Boston Jack Mendelsohn Arlington Street Liberal

Cardinal to Get Degree in Rites Today

NEWTON Mass. Gregory Peter XV Cardin Agagianian leader of Armenian Catholics receives an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Newton College of the Sacred Heart today. The Armenian cardinal, director of missionary activities for the Roman Catholic Church, is the guest of Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, during a three day visit.

Newton Mass Gregory Peter XV Cardin’ Agagianian Newton College of the Sacred Heart Richard Cardinal i Cushing Boston

Limestone Surges Past Presque Isle as Population Leader

Limestone has become Aroostook County’s largest population center by growing tenfold to 12,997 residents, surpassing Presque Isle by two hundred. The gain comes from construction and staffing at the Loring Air Force Base under the Strategic Air Command.

Presque Isle Aroostook County John H. Britton Limestone Strategic Air Command Loring Air Force Base

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