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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1961
Page
1
Col William Dawes Veazie US Army chaplain addressed about 1,000 at Laurel Hill cemetery in Saco on Memorial Day. He warned communism’s dangerous leaders and urged honoring fallen soldiers to keep the nation alive while noting global Cold War tensions and inroads in Africa and Asia.
Wells man Wells 61 Harri secket road Austin H Strickland died this morning at Maine Medical Center Portland from injuries in a dynamite accident yesterday at his farm. Police say he set off a fourth charge as a stump flew up and struck his head crushing his skull. Dr J Robert Downing assisted and ordered transport by Wells Beach Fire to Portland hospital.
An estimated crowd of 5,000 gathered for Memorial Day services and a parade in Biddeford under fair cool skies. Rev H Lewis Cutler urged veterans to celebrate the day by honoring heroic dead and defending the ideals for which they died.
Wells Police State Police and the State Fire Marshal's office investigate an arson attempt after a blaze last evening caused extensive interior damage at the Wells Beach Casino. The winter closed venue houses a dance hall theater and amusements. Firefighters from Wells Beach Hose and neighboring units battled the flames despite windy conditions and access via boarded entrances. No damage total yet set.
President Kennedy began European diplomacy in Paris with De Gaulle after a 101 gun salute and a warm greeting. They opened talks at the Elysee Palace amid a festive Paris, focusing on Berlin and Khrushchev's looming summit in Vienna.
Augusta AP Maine enacted a bill authorizing Sunday sale of liquor in hotels and restaurants after a 72 66 vote defeats. The bill advances to the Senate with preliminary approval. Rep Robert Moore questions necessity calling it unneeded while hotels would sell liquor Sundays 8 to 10 weeks in summer and other 10 months. He labels many hotels as dives not fine hotels. Rep Bertrand Lacharite participates in debate.
AUGUSTA The Maine House defeated a bid to junk a railroad tax relief bill by 124 to 10. The measure would grant excise tax abatements when net income fell below a threshold, costing the state an estimated $700,000 in 1963-65 and $2.1 million per biennium afterward. Rep. Orville Haughn challenged it, arguing equal treatment but criticizing railroads for management and publicity while noting a possible reversal if passenger service returned.
Nancy Fortune, 17, married ten days, dies of leukemia in Redlands after her Marine husband Dwight Twomey, 19, returned from Okinawa for the ceremony at Riverside area hospital chapel. She fell ill during the wait and died Monday night.
The 15th area AMVETS and auxiliary convention will be held in Old Orchard Beach with events at Hotel Vesper and nearby venues Friday through Sunday. Highlights include a Sad Sack scrimmage, a parade, a Miss Maine AMVET 1961 contest, joint opening ceremonies, a Friday banquet honoring Frances Allen, and a Saturday commander's banquet with guests National Commander Harold Russell US Rep Peter Garland and Gov John Reed.
Harry S. Peridikis of the U S Army Corps of Engineers outlined a Hills Beach erosion plan in Biddeford mayor's office. The proposal calls for widening the beach by three feet over about one mile using 300000 cubic yards of fill and raising the south jetty at the Saco River mouth from three to 16 feet with 9000 tons of stone. The project would cost about 560000 dollars and require local financing, as no federal funds would be available for privately owned beach land under Bill 826. If the area were publicly owned, federal help could cover up to a third. Wave action erodes roughly 60 yards yearly, but the plan would maintain the beach at a cost of 17000 dollars annually, while noting erosion cannot be fully prevented. The beach would widen to 125 feet. Federal jetty funding is unlikely due to navigation needs and lack of larger river vessels.
Cambridge AP Norbert Wiener MIT mathematician releases a second edition of Cybernetics. He defines cybernetics as control and communication in animals and machines. He notes machines already show learning and reproduction like living systems, suggesting evolution-like adaptability.
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