Time Kennebunk postal employee retires after 42 years
Joseph B. Burke a Kennebunk postal clerk and secretary of the former local Civil Service Examiners board was honored at a Saturday testimonial in Alene Grange hall for his 42 years of service starting in 1918. He received a wrist watch from Horace M. Robbins and commendations from Postmaster General Arthur Som-merfield and the Boston regional office. Burke noted local office growth and past incidents as neighbors and colleagues praised his career and family life.
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Joseph B. Burke
Mechanic Street
Kennebunk
Alen Ve Grange Hall
Burke
Horace M. Robbins
John Walsh
Kennebunk Beach
Lewis H. Burr
Edward C. Winston
Horace Robbins
Robert Welch
Robert Hutchins
Robert Spofford
Arnold Truscott
J. Russell Yates
Bradford C. Dyer
Albert Cowgill
Roland Nadeau
Samuel P. Simpson
Merle Libby
Grover Thyng
Walter Day
William A. Taylor
Frances Bradbury
Biddeford
James
Michael
Alewive Grange Hall
Joseph Burke
Pirates Clinch Series With 95 Wins and Batting Crown
The Pirates wrap up the regular season with a 9-5 win over the Milwaukee Braves, clinching first place in the NL, their first World Series since 1925, and Dick Groat earns the first Pirates batting title since 1940 while Lew Burdette loses his bid for a third 26-win season. Wilmer Mizell wins his 14th as Harvey Haddix allows one run.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh Pirates
Norm Larker
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Willie Mays
San Francisco
Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Reds
Pirates
Washington
Burdette
Wilmer
Vinegar Bend
Mizell
Braves
Harvey Haddix
Rod Taylor Enters TV as Adventurer
Rod Taylor shifts from film to television with Hong Kong on 20th Century Fox. The Sydney born star, who rose in Raintree County and Time Machine, says he turned down 25 TV offers before taking the role, aiming for integrity and cross medium work. He plans to act in films between series commitments and is developing a script.
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Hollywood
Calif
Australia
Hong Kong
Rod Taylor
20Th Century-Fox
Paradise
Gardner McKay
Ace
Robert Buckner
Rogue's Regiment
Taylor
Orient
Sydney
Jim Garner
Moonshiners In New Tact
In Little Rock Arkansas AP Harold H Sherman, a federal alcohol and tobacco tax investigator of 20 years, notes moonshiners are faster and harder to catch but less likely to shoot. He observes they avoid gun clashes, instead fleeing with greater slyness and speed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Harold H. Sherman
Sherman
Final Sermon Marks End of Wells Pastor Tenure
Rev. Lewis A. Chase preached his last Wells service after five years as pastor of Wells First and Second Congregational churches. He will begin duties October 16 at Scarborough First Congregational. The couple attends the National Association meeting in Maywood Ill. October 9 interim services to start. Sunday school enrollment exceeds 100 with full staff.
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Lewis A. Chase
Wells First
Second Congregational
Second Church
Mr. Chase
First Congregational Church
Scarborough
Rey
Wisconsin
Chase
Wells
Second Church Union
Well That Is Only Natural Well That Is Only Natural
Penny Nichols of Money Miss a 20 year old junior at Delta State College in Cleveland Miss collects dimes. Gene Verble manager of the Char e Hornets in the South Atlantic League says if he could pick any player in the league he would take Chico Ruiz a Columbia shortstop and calls him the finest minor league prospect in the circuit.
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Cleveland
Appenny Nichols
Delta State College
Columbia, D. C
Manag Er
Gene Verble
Char’ ‘E Hornets
Columbia
Chico Ruiz
Summit hinges on Khrushchev behavior says Eisenhower
President Eisenhower rejected a summit with Premier Khrushchev unless the Soviet leader mends his manners. He rebuked Khrushchev in a letter to neutrals, stressing that only heavy weights can solve disputes and warning against mere gestures. Khrushchev’s past threats and UN outbursts are noted as history of coercive tactics.
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Associated Press News
Washington
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Paris
Khrusnchev
West Berlin
Berlin
United States
United Nations
Job Recruiters Quitting Spurs City Hiring Push
The city faces an unusual shortage as three job recruiters quit for other positions. Deputy personnel director Allen A. Hyman says the team is now recruiting a new recruiter. Former U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall, a Virginia Military Institute graduate of 1901, appears in the fragment.
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City
Allen A. Hyman
George ©. Marshal
U.S
Virginia Military Institue
Women Musicians Face Dynamite Plot Charges
Two women musicians face charges in Rochester for allegedly plotting to blow up the Eastman School of Music. Police found 125 sticks of dynamite in an apartment and additional firearms in a car. Jacqueline Mershon and Carol Proctor, both connected to Eastman, are subject to arraignment on explosives, conspiracy, and weapons charges. Psychiatric exams were ordered. motives remain unclear.
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Rochester
N. Y
Eastman School of Music
Jacqueline Mershon
Rahway
N. J
Miss Mershon
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Eastman Graduate School
Carol Procter
Dedham
Mass
Eastman
Miss Proctor
Bombers edged by Comets in tight York Cumberland match
In a close league duel at 20th Century Lanes, the Congress Square Comets defeated the 20th Century Bombers 1,676 to 1,651. John Piacentini led the Portland keglers with 389, while Ray Gendron and Jerry Forcier paced the Bombers with 351 and 340 respectively.
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20Th Century Bombers
Congress Square Comets
John Piacentini
Portland
Ray Gendron
Jerry Forcier
20Th Century
Kennedy Returns to Washington After Cape Cod Visit
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline have flown from Boston to Washington, ending their Cape Cod summer. They returned to the capital to resume residence at their Washington home after a quiet holiday season on the Cape.
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Hyannisport
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Cape Cod
Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline
Boston
Capeital
Mrs Dolloff Injured in Fall in Gray Maine
Mrs Lois Dolloff, 78, of Gray was in fair condition at Maine Medical Center Portland after a fall at her Gray home Sunday. She is the mother of State Grange Master Maynard Dolloff of Augusta and suffered a fractured hip.
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Gray
Lois Dolloff
Maine Medical Center
Portland
State Grange
Maynard Dolloff
Augusta
Hydrogen bomb yields one megaton force of TNT
A hydrogen bomb of one megaton releases energy equivalent to 1a million tons of TNT.
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Fred Coburn
George Coburn
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St. Theresa Council of St. John the Baptist of America Society
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Wilfred Desnoyer
Paul Roy
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Alcide Gagne
Leo Paul Fortier
Henri Piette
Alfred Lantagne
Joseph Roberge, Jr
Antonio Jacques
Valmore Ruel
Napoleon L. Nadeau
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Lucienne Metayer
Wilfred Desnoyers
Council
Lillian Viger
Lena Grenier
Isabelle Nadeau
Germaine Godbout
Gertrude Boutet
Irene Roberge
Yvonne Metayer
Lucienne Trottier
Claire Metayer
Blanche Lebel
Blanche
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