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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1961

Page

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Muskie Tours Biddeford Saco Area Progress Noted

Senator Edmund Muskie praised progress in Biddeford and Saco during an York county redevelopment tour. He visited the Saco Industrial Park met with area development officials and discussed park needs. Officials cited potential job gains from a railroad spur and a new industry awaiting rail access. Mayor Clement Deschambault noted testing on eight acres for another prospect and Lynn Innersole’s building project.

Saco York County Sen Edmunds. Muskie Muskie Charles R. Cote Charles W. Smith Clifford A. Purvis Nicholas P. Scontras Bernard C. Brown Canal National Bank Mark B. Black Area Development Commission Hugh Marshall Keith Marshall John G. Smith Edmund S. Muskie Biddeford Clement Deschambault Sanford Limerick Cornish Waterboro Northeast Gases, Inc Charles Cote Lynn Innersole Saco-Lowell

Cancer Drug Combo Said To Eradicate Some Incurable Tumors

Dr. Robert D. Sullivan reported at a medical meeting that injections of a dangerous drug and its antidote appeared to wipe out tumors in eight of 52 patients with incurable head or neck cancers. About 20 months later these eight patients remained apparently tumor-free. Some other patients showed partial tumor regression lasting one to three months.

Chicago Robert D. Sullvan New York Sullivan American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology

Berlin clashes as East German police fire on U.S. guards

Nine refugees broke through West Berlin barbed wire prompting East German police to fire rifles and submachine guns at U.S. military police and West Berlin officers. No injuries reported. The incident, described as the most serious since Aug. 13, lasted about an hour as East Germans dragged a damaged truck from the fence and warned others away.

U.S Trol Lire West Berlin East Berlin Berlin

Khrushchev Attacks Sen. Smith in Nuclear War Speech

Premier Khrushchev denounces Sen. Margaret Chase Smith as savage in a Senate speech. In a message to British Labourites released today he accuses her of urging nuclear use in the Berlin crisis and of man-hating malice toward socialist nations. He questions her motherhood and warns that a nuclear war would kill millions, possibly her own children.

London

York County Diving association forms in Biddeford

A new club named the York County Diving Association was formed at the Voltigeur clubrooms in Biddeford. Officers elected were Carl Danis president Richard Fearon vice president and secretary and Ernest Corriveau treasurer. Membership is open to skin and scuba divers with meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays at 7 p.m. A safety program will be the main objective to promote safe enjoyable recreation.

York County Diving Association Voltigeur Southhstreet Biddeford Carl Danis Richard Fearon Ernest Corriveau

Pomona Officers Elected At York County Grange Meeting

Pomona officers for York County Grange were elected at the October meeting held at Wells Garage hall Sanford road. Officers include Eliot master Harry Willis John F Hill Grange Pomona and others from Bauneg Beg Saco Mousam Lake North Saco Waterboro and Wells Granges with installation set for November 9 at John F Hill Grange Eliot. Tellers named for the election were Milton Randall Edna Mason and Charles DeHaven first group and Maurice Shibles Esselgin Perkins and Eleanor Merrill second group.

York County Pomona Grange Wells Sanford Road Harry Willis John F. Hill Grange Eliot Edward Ross Waterboro Grange Margaret Thompson Bauneg Beg Grange North Berwick Lawrence Grent Saco Grange Benjamin Foster Milton Randall Verne Hobbs Mousam Lake Grange Saco Edna Mason Riverside Grange Charles DeHaven Lebanon Grange Maurice Shibles Beaver Dam _ Grange Esselgin Perkins Ogunquit Grange Eleanor Merrill Arundel Grange Richard Burke Lebanon Bux

Opinions Varied On Taylor's Mission In Saigon

In Saigon mixed views emerge on sending U S troops to help crush the Communist threat as Gen Maxwell D Taylor surveys the scene. Kennedy’s move to dispatch a personal adviser sparks debate while Diem’s government remains silent on reports and U S officials judge the situation serious but not warranting troops. Reports note strains over Staley plan and doubts about Diem’s ability to win rural support.

Saigon South Viet Nam Maxwell D. Taylor U.S Kennedy Ngo Dinh Diem North Viet Nam Washington Taylor Diem Unitee States Staley U. S Harry Felt Pacific

Career girl with twins recalls copywork past

A young mother of twins reflects on her past as a career girl who used to make carbon copies of everything. The remark appears in a feature from Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp.

Gen Fea. Corp

Mock Aerospace War To Halt Non-Military Planes

Washington reports a nationwide pretend air war to shut down non military flights for 12 hours from noon to midnight EST. NORAD will coordinate a simulated defense with Gen Laurence S Kuter directing interceptors and missile stations from Colorado Springs while Gen Curtis E LeMay monitors the exercise.

Washington U.S Alaska NORAD North American Air Defense Command Colorado Springs Laurence S. Kuter Curtis E. LeMay Air

Boullion Beef and Polish Rye Featured in Ad

Vintage ad highlights Boullion beef at 39 cents, extra special Scotch ham at 79 cents per pound, and Polish rye bread for sale, signaling a grocery store sale.

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