Kennedy and Johnson Head For Deer Hunting Area
President-elect John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson head toward a deer hunting area from LBJ Ranch in Texas after a two hour pre inauguration talk. They are joined by supporters and Secret Service. Kennedy flew from Florida to Bergstrom then rode to the ranch.
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Kennedy-Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
Johnson
Kennedy
Ken Peey
Palm Beach
LBJ
Pedernales
Sam Rayburn
Bonham, Tex
John
Florida
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Berg- Strom
Texas
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lady Bird
Saco Canton Elects Officers At Odd Fellows Hall
Election of officers occurred last night for Canton J. H. Dearborn Patriarchs Militant at Saco Odd Fellows hall. Charles J. Hurd was reelected captain. officers Daniel Sylvester lieutenant Joseph H. G. Green ensign Milton Randal clerk Frank M. Murray accountant. A rehearsal for December 21 inspection led by Lt Col Harold E. F. Colby is planned.
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Canton
J. H. Dearborn
Saco
Odd Fellows Hall
Charles J. Hurd
Daniel Sylvester
Joseph H. G. Green
Milton Randal
Frank M. Murray
Harold EF. Colby Auburn
Capt
Hurd
Biddeford Twins Mark 75 Quietly Amid Illness
Twin sisters Lillian Wakefield and Lena Payhour, born 1885 in Biddeford, observe their 75th birthday. Illness keeps Payhour in Randall Hall Nursing Home and Wakefield at home on Elm Street. They worked at Pepperell Manufacturing and share family ties including one son and three grandchildren.
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Lillian
Bradbury) Wakefield
Lena
Bradbury) Payhour
Biddeford
Payhour
Randall Hall
Old Orchard Beach
Wakefield
Elm Street
Brainard Bradbury
Mary Hayman
Spruce Street
Bradbury Street School
Pepperell Manufacti'ng Company
Lillian Bradbury
Ezra Wakefield
Raymond
Lena Bradbury
Victor Payhour
Locke Bradbury
Ethel (Bradbury) Day
Ike Sends Naval Aid To Guatemala And Nicaragua
President Eisenhower ordered U S Navy warships and air units to aid Guatemala and Nicaragua against any communist directed attack if needed. The White House said ships including an aircraft carrier are on the high seas to carry out the mission following written requests from the two governments. Guatemala and Nicaragua have fought revolts they say are backed by Fidel Castro supporters.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
U.S Navy
Guatemala
Nicaragua
White House
High Seas
Fisenhower
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Mobutu Exhibits Power in Congo Parade
Leopoldville authorities staged a large military parade to show the strength of Mobutu's pro Western regime with 2000 soldiers and 30000 civilians along Boulevard Albert. Mobutu saluted in full dress as UN and Western diplomats observed, while Lumumba backers and some officials boycotted.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Albert
Leopoldville
Thysville
United Nations Force
Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Cleophas Kamitatu
Kamitatu
Lumumba
Young Escapee Hunted in Cumberland County Jail Break
State police and sheriffs hunted for 18 year old Clifford Guptill of Portland after he and 25 year old Roger Hanna escaped from Cumberland County jail during recreation. Hanna was recaptured in Cumberland. Guptill was last seen near Gorham in a stolen Portland pickup. Hanna had pled guilty in Portland to escape and Guptill previously fled from a South Windham reform school.
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Hollywood
Kay
Gable
Encino
Marilyn Monroe
Fege Eight
Gorham
Cumberland County
Clifford Guptill
Portland
Guptill
Roger L. Hanna
Freeport
Hanna
Cumberland
Buxton
York County
South Windham
South Portland
Biggest wood chip plant to open in Oakland next month
The AP reports a major wood chip plant, the largest of its kind in the East, is expected to begin operations in Oakland by mid next month. The project marks a significant boost for regional industry and employment prospects.
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Oakland
East
Bell system demos near future home telephone control
AP reports in Morris New Jersey that a Bell Telephone System trial lets homes dial a sequence to route calls to visiting houses and new central office tech uses a photographic memory and transistor memory. By 1965 Bell Labs expects national rollout with 600 Morris users and possible later expansion. Teens’ calls can be held with a recorded message until the line frees. A third party may dial into ongoing conversations as new services unfold.
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Whippany
N.J
Morris
Dad
Bell Telephone System
Bell Laboratories
Bell
Dishwasher Admits Killing Three Women in Starved Rock Canyon
A sobbing dishwasher told authorities he killed the wives of three Chicago executives in Starved Rock State Park after a bungled purse snatching. Otis Weger led detectives through the canyon, reenacting the March killings of Lillian Oetting Mildred Lindquist and Frances Murphy, tying them and pursuing one who broke free, amid a wide eight month probe.
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Ottawa
Chicago
Starved Rock State Park
Jiff Ray Butsey
Ter Otis Weger
Park Lodge
Lillian Oetting
Mildred Lindquist
Frances Murphy
Weger
So Bing
Drastic Cuts Imposed On US Foreign Spending
President Eisenhower ordered drastic curbs on overseas costs, aiming to save about a billion dollars yearly by bringing home 284,000 wives and children of U.S. servicemen abroad starting January. The plan accelerates a 15,000-month reduction, enforces a buy American policy, and seeks to rebalance the balance of payments while protecting the $18 billion gold reserve. Germany, Japan, France, and Britain host the largest dependents.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Defense Department
U.S
U. S
Iu. S
International Cooperation
Augusta
United States
Defene Department
Germany
Japan
France
Britain
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Rudolph Bergeron
Ward 7
Joseph
Fred) Warner
Bergeron
Warner
Fred Olson
Virginia Nelson
Alfred DesRoberts
St. Francis College
Executive Branch
Price Daniel
Saco Canton
Clark Gable
Biddeford Twins
James Bacon
Ike
Deschambault
Clement Deschambault
Joseph ‘Fred’ Warner
Democratic Social Club
St John Hall
Deschambaut
A.g.bell
John Barbour
Associated Press
Webber Hospital
Saco United Baptist Church
Saco City
Sue Emmons
Gloria Allen
Barbara Davis
Dianne Cote
Linda Harris
Reetta Flood
Suzanne Cote
Ann Marie Rancourt
Constance Turner
Marion Paul
Bette Foran
Irene Halasz
Wilbrod Bedard
Clifton Miles
Fea, Corp
Amvets
Post
Parents, Friends, Teachers Association
St. Andre’s Parish Hall
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