Biddeford-Saco In Tribute To War Dead Of Nation
Memorial Day ceremonies in Biddeford featured Albert F. Deshaies urging peace and duty as a parade with veterans, police, school bands, and scouts led to St Joseph cemetery for remarks by Atty Lloyd P LaFountain and a service with taps and the Gettysburg Address read by students. Memorials were echoed in Saco with parades, Laurel Hill cemetery services, and community groups participating.
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Albert F. Deshaies
City Square
Biddeford Universalist Church
Deshaies
Painchand's
Paul T. LaPointe
Roland Huot
St. Joseph Cemetery
Atty. Lloyd P. LaFountain
Sons of Union
Maine National Guard
Arnold Ballard
BHS
Father Hevey
Saco
David Whelan
Painchand
Saco Valley
Biddeford
Stock market opens strong after Memorial Day rally
New York stocks rise in heavy opening trading as buyers push prices higher after the long holiday. American Telephone gains $6.50 to 115, Du Pont up $7.62 to 216.50, Boeing climbs $4.12, Chrysler adds $2, with 3 to 1 buy dominance. Congress to hold hearings on the market drop.
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New York
American Telephone
du Pont
Boeing
Chrysler
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
Milwaukee
Reuss
Keith Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Houston
Tex
Trinity University
San Antonio
Funston
Getty to continue buying stocks if prices stay down
J Paul Getty said he told his brokers to buy stocks last Monday and acquired between 40 000 and 50 000 oil shares before the New York market opened. He plans more purchases if prices remain low and spoke in England where he resides.
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J. Paul Getty
England
Getty
New York
Patient billed for operation at Chuckle Hospital
A report notes a patient at Chuckle Hospital receiving a bill after an operation. The piece remarks humorously that masks in the operating room were worn, attributed to the general feature by Copt. Gen. Fea, Corp.
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Fea, Corp
Statewide heat spell rattles Maine with record close
Maine endured a early season heat wave as Portland hit 83 by mid morning and towns like Old Town 83 Augusta 82 Brunswick 80 Houston 79 and Millinocket 75 reported high readings. Caribou remained cooler at 59 while midweek highs stayed well above the 68 average and near records in several locales.
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Portland
Maine
U. S. Weather Bureau
Old Town
Augusta
Brunswick
Houston
Millinocket
Caribou
Rumford
Greenville
Hearings on Motions Delayed for Deschambault and Binette
Maine Supreme Court will not hear motions to dismiss three of six indictments against Biddeford Mayor Clement H. Deschambault and City Clerk Ralph Binette until September at the earliest. Atty. Charles W. Smith said appeals were filed challenging denials by York County Superior Court Justice William S. Silsby of demurrers to dismiss the three indictments. Deschambault pleads innocent to two other charges, Binette to one. Trial date remains June 26 unless continued. Smith seeks particulars for fraudulent conversion charges. Silsby ordered June 6 deadline.
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Biddeford
Clement H. Deschambault
Ralph Binette
Maine Supreme Court
Charles W. Smith
Smith
York County Superior Court
William S. Silsby
Supreme Court
Deschambault
Binette
Silsby
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Near One Day Record
Memorial Day holiday traffic and related deaths totaled 97 highway fatalities by midnight Wednesday, with possible final toll near the 109 one day record set in 1956. Drowning, boating, and miscellaneous deaths raised the overall count to about 166, led by California and New York.
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California
New York
National Safety Council
Red Chinese Frown On Early Marriages
TOKYO AP reports China with 670 million people faces food shortages and campaigns against early marriage. The China Youth News features reader letters and an article by Yeh Kung-Shao of Peking Medical College arguing ideal marriage ages of 23 to 27 for women and 25 to 29 for men. Legal minimum ages are 18 for women and 20 for men.
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Tokyo
China
China Youth News
Yeh Kung-Shao
Department of Public Health
Peking Medical College
New Industry Opens in Biddeford Plant
Hugh Marshall announced Atlantic Precision Products Inc starting operations in the former Saco Lowell buildings in Biddeford. Merle Parsons of South Portland serves as president as the firm, currently four staff, plans to hire six more, will focus on machine tool and die making with turning milling and jig bore work, aims to hire locally, and operates from building seven leased through First National Bank of Biddeford with help from F Davis Little.
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Saco-Lowell
Biddeford
Hugh Marshall
Marshall
Atlantic Precision Products, Inc
Parsons
First National Bank of
F. Davis Little
Hickenlooper tightens line against Kennedy
Senate Republican Policy Committee led by Hickenlooper crafts a harder critique of President Kennedy as fall elections approach. He labels Kennedy promises on budget and jobs as failing while criticizing price fixing and the steel rollback. The 15 member committee leans conservative under new director Teeple.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Iowa
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Kennedy
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Hickenlooper
America
En Kennedy
David S. Teeple
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.N. Bond Purchase Authority
Americans For Constitutional Action
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
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Congress
Biddeford Junior High School
Clifford Clifford
Ricky Spill
John Gay
Marshal
Fred Lemovitz
Beverly Donovan
Candace Calderwood
Maralyn Salvas
Louise Nicols
Maine Carpet Co
Alfred Street
Western Trail
Alfred Road
Happy Smile
Pool St
Take Out Service
Kesslen Shoe Co
Kennebunk
Associated Press
Vienna Rolls
ORD
Hes
Main Street
Marshall's
Biddeford Pool
Armstrong Linoleum Rem
Hollywood
By Ij
Elm Street
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