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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1961

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Split in South Korea military government over power share

Reports say marines and paratroopers who seized Seoul resisted a withdrawal order and pushed for more seats on the 30 member revolutionary council. The junta chief Chang Do young backs the coup as U N commanders seek troop recall. Casualties and arrests cited as regime pushes ahead.

Seoul South Korea Revolutionary Council U. S Carter B. Magruder U. N Chang Do-young Marshall Green Magruder Chang E . Gen. Chang

Walsh Nominated as U.S. Marshal for Maine

Adam J. Walsh of Brunswick Maine a former Notre Dame star and coach at Yale Harvard Bowdoin and with the Rams was named by President Kennedy to be U S Marshal for Maine. At 59 he earned 16635 a year and is a Democrat with prior service in the Maine Legislature.

Washington Adam J. Walsh Brunswick Maine Kennedy U. S Walsh Notre Dame Four Horsemen Yale Harvard Bowdoin Cleveland Rams Los Angeles Rams Santa Clara University California Brunswick Canning Company

Montgomery Under Martial Rule After Race Riots

Montgomery, Ala. AP report says martial rule imposed after violent race riots. National Guardsmen patrol Greyhound station and a Negro church where Sunday’s violence occurred. Federal deputies, state officers arrest 18 whites. about 1,000 Negro worshippers sheltered in church. Freedom riders testified against segregation laws. MLK condemned the events. Gov Patterson proclaims qualified martial rule and grants troops sweeping powers to restore order amid federal-state tensions.

Montgomery Ala Greyhound National Guard Freedom Freedom Riders Alabama Martin Luther King Jr Hitler John M. Patterson Adj Henry V. Graham Iurder U. S Robert Kennedy Kennedy Byron R. White Patterson U.S

Sihanouk urges Laos peace talks at Geneva

Cambodian leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk called for negotiations in Geneva to form a coalition Laotian government. He invited three rival princes Boun Oum Souvana Phouma and Souphanouvong through Laotian delegations at the 14 nation conference. Talks in Ban Namone stalled as factions head toward a unity gov ernment, with Boun Oum’s boycotted delegation remaining seated.

Geneva Norodom Sihanouk Laos Sihanouk Southeast Asia Boun Oum Savang Vathana Souvana Phouma Souphanouvong Pathet Lao Ban Namone

Reserve Officers Elect Bangor Leader at Dow AFB

Lt. Col. Eric C. Nichols of Topsham was elected president of the Department of Maine Reserve Officers Association during a weekend meeting at Dow Air Force Base.

Reserve Officers Bangor Eric C. Nichols Topsham The Department of Maine, Reserve Officers’ Association Dow Air Force Base Manchester N. H George R. Caswell Augusta Maine U. S. Infantry Veterans Association George M. Savage Waltham Mass William Rogers Napoleon White Manchester Conn Eliot Carter Nashua David Goldberg Cranston R. I Leo Pyne Medford Bass Charles Upton Burlington, Vt Leon H. Linton Croydon N. H Walter M. Jones Fremont Chhosen

Today's Chuckle Mouth and the Plain Folks Parade

A brief feature notes a playful theme linking a grocer, dentist, orator, and fool in a local humor sketch. The punchline centers on clever wordplay and everyday life, reflecting a period newspaper tone and light civic whimsy.

Gen Fea. Corp

Porter’s Weeklong Flight From Jail Ends With Capture

Porter Jr., 21, eluded authorities for six days in four states after breaking out of Middlesex County Jail with Edgar Cook. He carjacked multiple times, rode with a cat that punctured his skin, and spent nights in woods and cars before being seized in a Keene New Hampshire grocery at 3:30 a.m. May 21. Authorities traced his day by day moves from May 14 to 21, including trips to Boston Providence Fitchburg and Cape Cod while a wide net of police, sheriffs and the FBI closed in.

Edgar Cook Middlesex County Cambridge Mass David S. Robinson Porter Cook Lincoln Woods Pawtucket R.I Providence New Bedford Larea Taunton Boston Fitchburg Hopedale Holliston Bourne Cape Cod Florida Massachusetts Dennis

Former Conn. Governor Dies

Hartford AP reports John H. Trumbull, 88, three term Republican governor of Connecticut from 1925 to 1931, died Sunday after a short illness. Known as the flying governor, he promoted aviation after taking up flying in 1924 and led the Trumbull iElectric Co. Born in Ashford, Connecticut.

Hartford

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