Legend of Gettysburg Address Is Doubted
Editor notes debate over Lincoln's Gettysburg Address creation and when writing occurred. Scholar Dr. David C. Mearns argues likelihood Lincoln drafted most of it before Gettysburg and possibly on the train ride, while contemporaries like Nicolay dispute on-train writing. The piece traces accounts from Brooks, Everett, Speed, and Nicolay to weigh the evidence.
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Lincoln
Gettysburg
Ashington
David C. Mearns
Mearns
Noah Brooks
Recorde Byrooks
Brooks
Edward Everett
Boston
National Cemetery
Everett
Washington
John George Nicolay
Nicolay
The
Century Magazine
James Speed
Louisville
Speed
Fencepost Chewer Plagues New Interstate Project
The South Dakota Highway Department seeks the culprit after fenceposts along a new interstate route are gnawed by a small burrowing animal craving salt. Local workers report posts missing as the mystery pest damages construction zones.
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Pierre
S. D
Highway Department
Two Killed On State Highways
AP reports Maine fatalities rise to 167 this year with two separate crashes in Rumford and Waterville. Richard Cote 19 of Rumford died in a two car crash on U S Route 2 Monday night while Maurice J. Fortin was struck and killed crossing a Waterville street.
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Mexico
Maine
Richard Cote
Rumford
Waterville
Maurice J. Fortin
Three Clinics Held By Saco Health Group
Three clinics were held in the past month with a December 4 session planned, announced by Clinic Chairman Mrs. Peter Hellige at a Saco Public Health Nursing Association meeting in City Hall. Miss Roberta Rowe reported 230 home visits and 23 office visits, noted parade decorations, and outlined nursing work focusing on bedside care, aged care, school work, and communicable diseases.
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Peter Hellige
Saco Public Health Nursing Association
Saco City Hall
Roberta Rowe
R. N
John Gibson
Rowe
Miss Rowe
Dorothy Carter
Laurence Staples
Hilary Mahaney
Marion Lowell
Edwin Weymouth
Stephen Polackwich
Gene Palmer
Robert Lafond
Arthur Corriveau
W. Lloyd Walker
Ethel Libby
Ralph Larochelle
Hellige
Roger Sherman
Eliot Fink
Biddeford Music Boosters entertain students at meeting
Biddeford Music Boosters host an entertainment program at Biddeford Junior High School with Biddeford High School seniors and juniors performing piano, saxophone, guitar, trumpet, and trombone numbers. The group plans two school year music awards, a spring tea fundraiser, and a joint fashion show with the Activities Association and PTA.
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Biddeford Music Boosters
Biddeford Junior High School
Biddeford High School
Rene Giroux
Beverly Donovan
Richard Giroux
Richard Rhames
Cary Sneider
Donald Guillereault
Biddeford High Activities Association
Biddeford Pta
Robert Emery
Raymond Abbott
Daniel Lemovitz
Harry Coombs
Stuart Flavin
Frank Chappell
Lawrence Wiggin
John Cotsinas
Leo Ross
J. Raymond Kelleher
Donald M. Hackett
Yvonne Drouin
George Day
Clifford Clifford
Albert Brown
Leon W. Haines Jr
Make Honey Spread with Butter for Pancakes
Quick kitchen tip to keep a Honey Spread ready in the fridge. Cream a quarter pound of butter or margarine and slowly beat in a quarter cup of honey for a smooth, ready to use topping.
AMVETS Plan To End Drive For Members
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Abbott Ver ville AMVETS Post will end its membership drive next Saturday night. A roast beef supper is set for 5 30 to 7 30 p m with Thanksgiving basket donations requested. Stamp book project gained five more books last week. Cribbage halves: Phil Neault and Paul Cote beat John Travers and Edmund Henaire. second half starts tomorrow. Ping pong Mondays. current champ George MacDonald beat Cote and Pettengill. Junior AMVETS sponsorship tabled for lack of supervision. volunteers urged to contact Commander Trawyers. Convention set Elmwood Hotel Waterville May 15 16 17. Past Commanders Banquet at Eastland Dec 7, tickets by Dec 1.
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Old Orchard Beach
Abbott-Verville Amvets Post
Post
Phil Neault
Paul Cote
John Travers
Edmund Henaire
George MacDonald
Robert Petttengill
Amvets
John Trawyers
Convention Corporation
Elmwood
Waterville
Eastland
Tom Bill
Grenier Leads Cribbage Series With Narrow Margin
The ninth game was played at Council Chagnon Union St. Jean Baptiste Hall Biddeford. Jean Provencher top scored with 10 points while George Brunelle, Raymond Lafortune, and Arthur Lemire trailed. Grenier maintains lead with 66 points, Brunelle at 62, and low scorers George Ruel and Ernest Valliere at 43. The final game is set for Monday night at the council home.
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Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste Hall
Jefferson Street
Biddeford
Jean Provencher
George Brunelle
Raymond Lafortune
Arthur Lemire
George Grenier
Brunelle
George Ruel
Ernest Valliere
Council
Russians Are Slipping In Asia Dispatch
AP correspondent William L. Ryan completes a six week swing through seven Asian nations. This second of three dispatches surveys how Asians feel about the Soviet Union and reflects regional attitudes toward Moscow.
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AP Special
William L. Ryan
Soviet Union
Russians Lose Face as Asia Shifts Toward China and America
An analysis of Asian views on power shows Moscow fading in influence while the Red Chinese rise. The Soviet image weakens as Asian leaders favor Beijing and Washington, with China dominating the region’s political calculus from Vietnam to Malaysia. Indonesia’s Communist party struggles amid Soviet and Chinese pressure, and Sukarno brokers balancing acts while fearing Beijing. Moscow faces a geopolitically costly limit to expanding beyond Red China’s perimeter.
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Tokyo
Britain
Japan
Moscow
Sputnik
Peking
Asia
India
Soviet Union
United States
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Red China
U.S
Malaysia
Indonesia
China
Communist Party
D. N. Aidit
Aidit
Sukarno
Jakarta
Thailand
Burma
TV trends hint at new super agents and espionage shows
Public page continues with rumors of upcoming formats. NBC eyes Solo from Fleming in a James Bond mold. CBS explores Mark Dolphin with Robert Horton as a secret agent. Rod Serling plans a Hong Kong pilot Jeopardy Run. Burke’s Law lingers as a one year ahead trend. Recommended tonight: Mr Novak on NBC and a Greece, ye Golden Age special.
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ABC
Ian Fleming
James Bond
NBC
Fleming
CBS
Mark Dolphin
Robert Horton
Rod Serling
Hong Kong
Mr Novak
Komedy
Greece
Crime Commission Probes Reach Across New England
Boston AP reports Massachusetts Crime Commission investigations span 78 communities in 12 counties with 37 staffers, indictments facing six individuals including two executive councilors Crimmins and Stasiun. Probes extend to New York Salem Seabrook N H Lincoln Warwick Christmas Cove Maine Suffield.
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Boston
Massachusetts Crime Commission
State House
Crime Commission
Executive
Joseph R. Crimmins
D-Somerville
Ernest C. Stasiun
Fairhaven
State Controller
Commission
Massachusetts
New York
Salem
Seabrook
N.H
Lincoln
Warwick
R.I
Christmas Cove
Maine
Suffield
Conn
Alfred Gardner
Marblehead
Biddeford Hairdressers Unit installs officers
The Biddeford Unit of Hairdressers Association held a meeting at Paula's Beauty Shoppe on Bacon Street where Director Mrs Paula Murphy installed the new officers. Officers include President Lorette Richard Vice President Carmella Giammarino Treasurer Laurette Simoneau Recording Secretary Florence Lester Historian Doris Champagne Directors Irma St Amand Annie Forrester Connie Gagne and others. A Christmas party with gifts for underprivileged children is planned for December 1 at Marshview Restaurant Scarborough with a membership drive discussed and welfare program steps outlined for N E S W to be held February 9 15.
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Biddeford
Hairdresser’s Association
Paula
Bacon Street
Paula Murphy
Lorette Richard
Carmella Giammarino
Laurette Simoneau
Janine Trottier
Florence Lester
Doris Champagne
Murphy
Irma St. Amand
Annie Forrester
Connie Gagne
Yoland Lovell
Juliette Garon
N.E.S.W
Lucille Poisson
Richard
Giammarino
Ste
Marshview
Scarborough
Champagne
St. Amand
Simoneau
Trottier
Teresa Larochelle
Poisson
Rita King
Alice Verrier
Annie Shaw
Garon
Lester
Holidays Produce Great Horror Tales
Gardiner AP Milton F Huntington of the Maine Highway Safety Committee described holiday seasons as the greatest horror story ever told. He said liquor fuels about one half of Christmas highway fatalities, with one third year round, urging business leaders to curb holiday office parties.
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Gardiner
Milton F. Huntington
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Huntington
Gardiner Club
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Elizabeth Cochrane
Peggy Murphy
Sheila Jezar
Debra Bergeron
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Deborah Chasse
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Debra Huntley
Dorothy Keenan
Linda Lavigne
Dora Ledoux
Busan Lemovitz
Roma Nava
Elinor Remar
Marjorie
Holliday
A Schenley
Sir John
Schenley Distillers CO
N.Y.G
Saco Health Group
Coombs
Wiggin
Ross
Cotsinas
Clifford
Haines
Day
Drive
Grenier
Vienna
Romy Schneider
Hollywood
Romy
Jack Lemmon
Sam
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
William C. Farr
Sandra Ann Brown
Saco
Carlton Mall
Ernest A. Brown
San Antonio
Adrian A. Brown
Cecil C. Farr
Charles A. Busch
Linda Jean Brown
Jane Gail Farr
Cecil Farr
Richard Horne
Charles Busch
Houston
Bay State
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
Massachusetts House
Crimmins
Superior Court
Leo F. Benloit
Chicopee
State Housing Board
John A. Letteney
F of
Lancaster
Housing Board
Frank E. Smith
Smith
Martin Hanley
Hanley
State Supreme Court
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