Two Veteran Saco Teachers Honored
The Saco Teachers association held its annual May meeting at Shawmut Inn Kennebunkport with a banquet and a testimonial for retiring teachers Mr. and Mrs Charles Clark. The couple have 41 years in Saco and 93 in the profession. Guest honor included former superintendents Dr and Mrs Howard Bowen and Mr and Mrs Cecil J Cutts. Officers elected were Virginia Guay president Sylvia Johnson vice president Pauline Pollock recording secretary Mary Thurston corresponding secretary and others noted in photos.
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Saco Teachers Association
Charles Clark
Saco
Howard Bowen
Cecil J. Cutts
Madeline Davis
Helen Finn
Agnes Cunningham
Velma Gibbs
Virginia Guay
Sylvia Johnson
Pauline Pollock
Mary Thurston
Shawmut Inn
Kennebunkport
Frank Lawler
Phyllis Borden
Patricia Roy
Nancy Tarbox
Sarah Haines
Secetary
Kennedy Proposals Predict Big Budget Boost for 1962
President Kennedy asked Congress to fund space research defense foreign aid and other programs, raising the 1962 deficit to over 3.5 billion and pushing peacetime outlays above 85 billion. He forecast a 724 million hike in fiscal 1962 with further increases in later years.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Treasury
Showdown Slated For School Bill
Washington AP Kennedy seeks 2.55 billion federal school aid in a heated House showdown after the Senate approved the measure 49 to 34. Supporters call this the best chance to enact education aid, while sponsors note many absences trimmed final votes. The House Education and Labor Committee has approved a similar bill.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
House Education and Labor Committee
Kennedy Urges Drastic Revision of Foreign Aid Plan
President Kennedy asked Congress for a sweeping overhaul of the foreign aid program with a 4.75 billion dollar request for next year and a new multi billion loan system for future years. He proposed a single aid agency named A.I.D. to consolidate units and separate arms aid from economic aid within the Defense budget. The plan details 1.69 billion for economic aid, 1.885 billion for arms assistance, 900 million in borrowing authority for long term loans, and 300 million in reutilized repayments for new projects.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
A.I.D
Agency For International Movement
Secretary of State
U.S
Southeast Asia
House votes to cut promotional bill amid budget clash
Augusta AP reports the House rejected a 1 million promotional bill for industrial development, trimming the Senate favored 300 thousand. Rep Myron D. Rust urged Lovell's resolve to boost payroll attraction, while Rep Bradford S. Wellman defended a 7.5 million supplemental budget including development efforts. The body kept its stance against a constitutional amendment to back recreational loan guarantees, seeking a conference with the Senate. Land for Parks agenda also noted.
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Augusta
House
Senate
Myron D. Rust
York
Ralph M. Lovells
Sanford
Bradford S. Wellman
Bangor
Wellman
Sen
Shopping Center Construction Set for Biddeford
Work on a six unit shopping center at St. Mariefield Biddeford between Elm and Graham streets begins Monday. Edward F Connors president of Eastern Development Corp says the brick and steel center will cover about 25 000 square feet with a 16 000 square foot First National store and space for 350 cars. Completion targeted for October 1. local contractors and materials will be used. Other tenants unnamed.
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St. Mariefield
Elm and
Graham Streets
Biddeford
Edward F. Connors
Eastern Development Corporation
Winchester
Connors
First National
Ized Connors
Elm
Littleton
N. H
Peace Corps Exam Set For 7000 Candidates Nationwide
About 7,000 applicants face a five and a half hour written test on Saturday for Peace Corps overseas service. The exam starts at 8 30 a.m. in 340 centers nationwide and screens applicants for U S aid to underdeveloped nations, a program announced by President Kennedy on March 1.
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Washington
U.S
America
Peace Corps
United States
Kennedy
NEW OFFICERS OF AMERICAN LEGION INSTALLED IN BIDDEFORD
New officers of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley post American Legion were installed at the post home on Elm Street Biddeford with Donald Leighton and Edward Farley among the seated and Joseph Hanusek and other officials noted in the ceremony.
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Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post
American Legion
Elm Street
Biddeford
Donald Leighton
Alfred
York County Council
Edward Farley
Joseph Hanusek
Joseph
Rocket Plane Sets New X15 Speed Record
Edwards Air Force Base California test pilot Joe Walker pushed the X15 to 3370 miles per hour on his seventh flight, beating the previous mark by 296 mph. Dropped from a B52 at 45000 feet, he held the throttle wide open for 73 seconds, nearing speeds only achieved by Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Joe Walker
Walker
Ned
Air Force
Bob White
Yuri Gagarin
Cmrd
Alan B. Shepard
15Th Air Force
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