Maine Voters Split Over Municipal Industrial Credit
In the Maine referendum sample, urban industrial financing faced narrow opposition. Among 21 cities and 49 towns, 33 favored and 36 opposed the municipal credit proposal, with Lewiston showing a 20 20 tie and Ellsworth narrowly opposing. Other questions passed by wide margins, including highway bonds and dormitory bonds. Local issues in Falmouth Lewiston and Bangor reflected varied outcomes.
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Lewiston
Municipal Credit
Litchfield
Ellsworth
Bangor
Falmouth
Auburn
Biddeford Endorses Four Ballot Issues
Biddeford voters totaling 494 approved all four measures in the special referendum. The state highway bonds of 6 million dollars passed 368 to 123, and self liquidating student housing for state teachers colleges won 357 to 124. The Maine State Retirement trust amendment passed 378 to 160, while the industrial building bond issue carried 295 to 179 amid varied ward turnout.
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Biddeford
Maine
Ward
Ward 7
Court Frees Laffin in Westbrook Gambling Case
Westbrook AP Alder man Stanley E. Laffin 31 was cleared of a gambling charge by Associate Municipal Judge William Berman who found no probable cause for bookmaking and pool selling alleged by State Police. Laffin said he bet only for friends and the council agreed to investigate the police department after resignations.
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Westbrook
Stanley E. Laffin
William Berman
Berman
Laffin
Scarborough Downs
Gromyko Calls Berlin Talks Useful to West
Moscow reports Foreign Minister Gromyko said talks on Berlin with Kennedy Macmillan and other Western leaders have been useful though he offered no details. He arrived with First Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov and was seen in earnest conference. London notes Home told the Conservative gathering Western Allies have convinced the Russians they will resist interference with West Berlin access. Home warned any such move could trigger a nuclear exchange.
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Moscow
Andre A. Gromyko
Berlin
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
London
Gromyko
U.S
Lord Home
Conservative Party
Brighton
West Berlin
Home
Rayburn Faces Pneumonia After Cancer Diagnosis
Dallas Tex House Speaker Sam Rayburn developed pneumonia and was listed in critical condition. He had entered Baylor Hospital ten days earlier diagnosed with incurable cancer of the lymphatic system, doctors reported.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Baylor Hospital
Saco OKs Three Issues in light turnout vote
In a rare low turnout, Saco approved three statewide referendums and rejected one. Bond issues for six million dollars for state highway construction and two point six million for self liquidating student housing at the State Teachers Colleges passed, while a constitutional amendment to place Maine State Retirement funds in trust won by 266 votes. The proposal to allow municipalities to issue notes or bonds for industrial buildings lost. Final tallies showed 489 votes cast. cost per vote estimated at 3.11 dollars.
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Portland
Maine
Reed
Executive Council
Maine Municipal Association
The
Industrial Devlopment Council of Maine
Saco
Old Orchard Beach adopts new town charter and four referendums
Beach voters approve a sweeping town charter with five councilor districts Ocean Park Halfway Beachfront Camp Ground and Downtown while rejecting a civil service bill for police The four statewide referendum questions also passed The charter requires district maps voter counts and town meeting member allocations by November 1 and calls for a full time chief assessor with five to five members per district at least The first election under the new charter will occur after terms expire December 31
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Old Orchard Beach
Civil Service
Ocean Park
Halfway
Beachfront
Camp Ground
Verbal Battle Over Saco Sewage Hearing
A heated exchange in the Saco Municipal Court during a Maine Water Improvement Commission hearing focused on Saco's plan to discharge 25 000 gallons daily of treated domestic waste into Goose Fare Brook. Miss Marion Banks urged an investigation of city affairs while Mayor Charles R. Cote defended the debt plan and industrial park development.
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Charles R. Cote
Marion Banks
Maine Water Improvement Commission
Saco
Cote
Miss Banks
City of
Water Improvement Commission
Goose Fare Brook
E.R. Hitchner
University of Maine
Commission
Edwards
Saco-Lowell
Pepperell Park
Hitchner
GAR
New School
Industrial Park
Allied-Hampshire
Young School
Goose Farebrook
WIC
Stephen Dorr, Jr
Coffin & Richardson
Bear Brook
Robert Smith
Ocean Park Road
Roland Chendar
Portland
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Laurent C. Gauvin
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N. H
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Chaplin
Darie Lemieux
Jean M. Roberge
Armande Courtois
Rita Corriveau
Irene Morin
New Sentinel
Rojeanne Paquin
Gertrude Wood
Sentinel
Rosaire J. Laliberte
Napoleon Dupras
Aurore Nolette
Corinne Corriveau
Armand J. Grebin
Crowley
Allied Berlin
Parent-Teacher Association
Paul Walker
Rudolph Bergeron
Norman J. Reilly
Samuel Karlin
Board of Education
PTA
Story
Pace 2
Spede
D.J. Caddigan
Beach
Maxine
Main St
Fea Corp
Linoleum CO
Alfred Street
Guilple
Iss Banks
Atkinson
Main Street
Alfred St
Motor Oil
Sneider’s
U. S
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Central Theatre
West Street
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