Biddeford Saco Honor War Dead During Ceremonies
Memorial Day events in Biddeford and Saco included a five division parade from Pepperell Square to Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco wreaths and speeches by Col Walter Provencher Major J Edward Whelan Lt Juanita Prine and Saco student Stephen Sanborn. Officers from the Maine National Guard Mocked up a rifle salute as city officials veterans groups and Widows of World War I members attended.
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Laurel Hill Cemetery
Saco
Pepperell’ Square
Main
Beach
Ray
Biddeford
Walter J. Provencher
Portland
First Medium Tank Battalion
Armor
Maine National, Guard
J. Edward Whelan
Athering
Graceohnson
Stephen Sanborn
Lincoln
Juanita Prine
the Salvation
America
Provencher
Whelan
United States
20Th Armored Division
Maine National Guard
Arnold Ballard
Owen- Davis Post
American Legion
Chapter 9
Widows of
World War I, Inc
Painchand
Thornton Academy
Burns School
Oliver Lamarre
Roger L. Grant
Ludger Picher
Reginald Blanchard
Nathan Ford
Woodlawn Cemetery
Lance Ball
Biddeford High School
Marcel
Pope Near Death After Relapse Relied Sacraments Given
The report details Pope John XXIII's sudden relapse and grave condition as Vatican medics administered viaticum and extreme unction. Doctors fear only hours or days remain, with Cardinal officials and L Osservatore Romano confirming the crisis and urging prayers.
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John XXIII
Piero, Manoni
Rome
Raimondo Manzini
Vatican
Losservatore Romano
Manzini
Tear Gas Stalls Rioters in Tallahassee Demonstrations
In Florida capital, tear gas halted a March by Negroes as 257 were arrested on Thursday during the first day of antisegregation protests. Most detainees were Florida A&M University students. 220 face contempt of court charges, 37 unlawful assembly. No violence reported.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Florida A&m (Negro) University
Ben Willis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Baltimore
Baton Rouge
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cambridge
Willis
Submarine Thresher Wreck Photographed Anew Near Ocean Floor
Photographs from the Conrad show hull, diving plane and sail area of the Thresher lying about 8 400 feet below the surface. The Navy court of inquiry at Portsmouth NH will review the images as it probes the April 10 disaster that claimed 129 lives. The Trieste bathyscaphe stands by in Boston ready to aid if more photos are required.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Thresher
Conrad
Boston
Navy Court of Inquiry
Navy
Washington
J. Lamar Worzel
Lamont Geological ‘Observatory
Pope John II improves. Vatican optimism grows
International update reports Vatican City optimistic over Pope John's improving condition. In Argentina a major Peronist labor union calls a general strike to test power against the government. National news notes tear gas used and 257 Black protesters arrested at an anti parcel rally in Tallahassee. A wreckage section of the submarine Thresher is found on the Atlantic seabed and photographed by a research official.
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Vatican
Antonio Gasbarrini
Bologna
Gasbarrini
John
Manzini
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Clinton N. Fecteau Jr
Col. Provencher
103Rd Division
Beach Street
Ion
Rockette Precision
Rockefeller Center
Rockettes Precision
Main Street
Joseph M. Wood
BHS
Biddeford Teachers Association
Biddeford Board of Education
Raymond Kenneally
BHS Princ
Paul M. Stebbins
Wood
Board
Willie W.pomerleau
Vatican City
Vatican Radio
Pius XII
Angelo Dell'Acqua
Gustavo Cardinal Cento
Vatican Curia
L'Osservatore Romano
Maine Carpet Co
Alfred Street
Maine
Electrolux Sales & Service
Joseph Durfee
Jackson
Miss
Los Angeles
Sub
Copr
Gen
Fea, Corp
Judy Ann
Ross Road
Old Orchard Beach
Carol Harry
Michael Guay K
C. Hall
Washington Street
Rachel's Orchestra
Don Brown
Biddeford & Saco
Coal & Oil Company
Cleaves Street
Biddeford Junior High School
BJHS
Claire Drouin
Patricia Keileher
Bonnie Remar
Diane Wagner
Richard Beaudette
Arthur Lerman
Dana Peck
Richard Nolette
Robert Hodge
Journal
Mayfair Apts
Paul Sheltra
Jefferson Street
Sandler
Lewiston & Biddeford
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