Wage Policy Meet Closes Amid Steel Strike Impasse
United Steelworkers 170 member Wage Policy Committee opened a pivotal session in Pittsburgh with President McDonald receiving a standing ovation as talks over an 83 day strike s contract offer failed to reassure early resolution. The Executive Board rejected the industry proposal in a separate session. In a murder suicide case, Fernand Cote 32 and wife Dorothy 29 were found shot on Old Limerick road Arundel. The couple, employed by Pepperell Manufacturing Biddeford, had been waiting in their driveway since yesterday afternoon as police investigated the shooting with a .22 revolver nearby.
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Pittsburgh. Pa
United Steelworkers
USW
David J. McDonald
Fernand Cote
Dorothy Cote
Limerick Road
Arundel
David Waters
York County
Cote
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Biddeford
Pepperell
Bessie Momna Heads Powers Auxiliary in Saco Ceremonies
Mrs. Bessie Momna was installed as president of the Llewellyn Powers Spanish American War Veterans auxiliary in ceremonies at the Saco GAR hall. Other officers installed were Harriet Hazelton as senior vice president Blanche Hobbs as junior vice president and Grace …
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Bessie Momna
Llewellyn
Harriet Hazelton
Blanche Hobbs
Grace
Saco G. A. R. Hall
Llewellyn Powers
Biddeford Saco Chest Drive Lists Four Divisions
Workers for the Biddeford Saco Community Chest drive were announced. The fifth division is to be formed soon. Maurice Roux and Roger Sherman supervise the industrial division. Arthur Peloquin and Harry Garland head the small industries division with several assistants. Business and professional solicitors include co chairs Audie and Deshaies with a long list of names. Public division solicitors operate under Harry Wooster. The drive runs October 7 to 22 with a $28,700 goal benefiting local health nursing services and Scouts.
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Biddeford-Saco
Maurice C. E. Roux
Roger Sherman
Arthur J. Peloquin
Harry P. Garland
W. A. Lawrence, Jr
J. J. Stackpole
Thomas Armstrong
George Rooman
Marc Simard
Henry
Gerard Sevigny
Atty
Roger Nadeau
Charles Nadeau
Albert V. Cote
Raymond Bonang
Michael Pastore
John Montagne
Charles Towle
Chester Ball
George Giatas
Gerry Sneider
Roy MacNaughton
Paul Murphy
Maurice Hickey
Bernard Boutin
Hosea Curtis
Allen Sukalas
Roland Henaire
Leo Drapeau
Irenie Shevenell
Paul Cabana
John R. Gibson
Mellen Potter
Wilfrid Fortier
Maurice Hebert
Paul Rousseau
Martin Rielly
David Bradford
Robert Littlefield
Raymond Audie
Robert Fenderson
Kenneth Taylor
Fernand M. X. Cote
Joseph Vachon
Marcel Viger
Roger Parker
Biddeford Public Health
Saco Public Health Nursing Service
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Kauffman Case Is Continuing In Boston Harbor Mystery
Lubertus Van Drop, a Dutch crew member, testified before a Suffolk County grand jury about the death of Lynn Kauffman in Boston Harbor. He described his friendship with William Van Rie, the ship radio operator, who faces a murder warrant in Boston and is detained in New York as a fugitive.
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Boston
Lynn Kauffman
Utrecht
Suffolk County
Lubertus
Luuk) van Drop
Harderik
Holland
William van Rie
Netherlands
Dist
Garrett H. Byrne
van Rie
New York
Search On For Mother Of Five
Framingham police and authorities in two states seek Doris Godin a missing mother of five. Donald Godin 23 a fruit picker said she left Friday night to visit a girlfriend whose name he did not know. He took the children ages 3 months to 5 years to his mother in Sanford Maine.
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Framingham
Mass
Donald Godin
Doris
Godin
Sanford
Maine
Supreme Court Opens New Term With Civil Rights Focus
The Supreme Court reassembles to hear arguments in civil rights cases affecting the 1957 Civil Rights Act. Key items include appeals from Georgia and Alabama rulings on the act’s reach, plus cases involving Prince Edward County school closings, Norfolk school funding, and North Carolina admissions procedures. The court will also hear NAACP v Little Rock and a Greensboro golf trespass case as part of a crowded docket.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Georgia
Torney General
Alabama
Prince Edward County
Norfolk, Va
North Carolina
Moberly
Richmond
Greensboro
N.C
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Little Rock
Ark
NAACP
World War I Widows Meet at Saco Gathering
The Saco unit of World War I Widows hosted guests from Kittery Portland Westbrook and Gardiner for a state department meeting at the American Legion home in Saco. Dignitaries included department president Mrs Martha Whitten Portland past presidents Mrs Edith Howard and Mrs Grace Woodbury and state secretary Mrs Louise Jenkins. A Bible was donated in memory of George Whitten. The next state meeting is planned for March 1960 in Portland with nominations elections and installation.
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Rkiddeford-Saco
Kittery
Portland
Westbrook
Gardiner
State Department
American Legion Home
Saco
Martha Whitten
Edith Howard
Grace Woodbury
Florence Cavanaugh
South Portland
Louise Jenkins
Dorcas Chandler
Saco Committee
Martha Beaudoin
Rose Frechette
Eva Desautels
American Legion
Martha L. Whitten
Officers Elected for Our Lady of Victory Circle Biddeford
Circle E elected officers at the October meeting in St. John hall Biddeford. New officers include President Mrs Anna Forcier and Vice President Mrs Albertine Fournier with Secretary Mrs Emilia Romeo and Treasurer Mrs Elizabeth Cyr. The circle will attend a Notre Dame de Lourdes church ceremony in Saco on October 11 where their banner will be blessed followed by a Rochambeau club banquet marking the 16th anniversary.
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Our Lady of Victory Circle
St. John Hall
Main Street
Biddeford
Anna Forcier
Albertine Fournier
Yvonne Hevey
Emilia Romeo
Elizabeth Cyr
Juliette Quinn
Annie Labarre
Alice Nolette
George Desprey
Emilia Boldue
Cora LeProhon
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Saco
Rochambeau Club
Saco Boy Struck by Taxi on Main Street
A 16 year old Saco youth Rod Bergeron of 36 Nott Street was struck by a taxi while stepping from a truck on Main Street. He suffered a severe forehead cut and a slight concussion, was taken to Saco Hospital, and required 17 stitches. Dr. David Sheehan said the youth was in good condition afterward.
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Saco
Rod Bergeron
Nott Street
Main
Saco Hospital
David Sheehan
Wedding Ring Referred to as One Man Band
A playful note likens a wedding ring to a one man band in a humorous line credited to Gen. Fea. Corp. The quip comments on marriage with a lighthearted image of a lone performer.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
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Fernand
Stephen Bruton
State Police
Stephen A. Cobb
Harold Nason
Joseph Ethier
Edwara’s
Hamburg Swift
Long Island
Snowy White
Kauffman
Bouceuvalas Bros. AD
Agle
Stamps
Hershey
Tin
MAC
WED
Saco Boy
Brigitte
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