Past Commanders and Presidents Night at Owen-Davis Post
The Owen-Davis American Legion post in Saco held Past Commanders and Past Presidents Night with about 45 in attendance at Beach Street post home. Honorees included Mrs May Waterhouse, Mrs Martha Beaudoin, Mrs Florence Lewis, Mrs Priscilla Hooper, Mrs Helen Blanchette, and others. a lobster stew supper, social games, a Community Chest donation, and Civil Defense meeting invite were announced. Over 50 percent of 1962 membership dues had been collected. canned goods for Thanksgiving baskets were requested for the next meeting.
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Owen-Davis American Legion
Post
Beach Street
Saco
May Waterhouse
Martha Beaudoin
Florence Lewis
Priscilla Hooper
Helen Blanchette
Eva Sherman
Charlene Farnham
Angie Cote
Gilberte Lavoie
Florence Gagne
Henry Blanchette
Ralph Sawyer
Gertrude Rankin
Samuel Rankin
Juliette Rocray
David Whelan
Joseph Stirling
John Sherman
Muriel Forest
Auxiliary
Community Chest
Civil Defense
Salvation Army
Welfare Committee
Gromyko Signals Flexible Soviet Policy on Berlin Talks
Moscow reports Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko states the USSR is willing to consider Western Allies views on Berlin and Germany if the West seeks genuine understanding. He warns the Soviet Union will sign a separate peace with East Germany if talks fail, while urging collaboration with Kennedy and Khrushchev to prevent war and advance peaceful coexistence.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Gromyko
Soviet Communist Party Congress
East Germany
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Safety Rules Proclaimed For Spooky Set
The National Safety Council offered Halloween safety tips to protect goblins and ghouls. Tips include improved visibility with reflector tape, flameproofing costumes, using flashlights over candles, and traveling in groups of four to five while seeking treats only at known homes.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Yugoslav Ivo Andric Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel text notes Ivo Andric of Yugoslavia, aged 69, wins the 1961 Nobel Prize for literature worth 48 300 dollars. Andric, a prewar diplomat, is recognized for epic depictions of Bosnia and its people in novels including The Bridge on the Drina and The Travnik Chronicle.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ivo Andrie
Yugoslavia
Andrie
Travnik
Drina
Bosnia
Boundary clash as Berlin border closes under East German police
U S troops again crossed into East Berlin to reassert free movement amid tense protests. East German police closed Friedrichstrasse, then reopened it as Marines and tanks backed the convoy. A tense stand-off followed with armed police and armored carriers lining the border while American officials sought instructions from Washington.
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Berlin
U. S
East Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
Vopos
People's Police
West Berlin
U. S. Army
Aed
Irwin Firestone
Andrei I. Solovyev
U.S
Albert Watson II
Washington
Firestone
Kennedy urges economy to balance budget next year
President Kennedy called for caution and economy in government spending to balance the budget. In a Cabinet statement he urged postponing or limiting increases in government programs and keeping the payroll to the minimum necessary to get jobs done.
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Washington
Kennedy
Election of officers at Hobah Encampment in Saco
At the Hobah Encampment meeting held last night in the Saco Odd Fellows hall Daniel Davis was named chief patriarch and William Skea high priest. Others elected include Walter Pochebit senior warden Milton Randall scribe Richard Thirault treasurer Kenneth Littlefield junior warden Ernest Guilford first trustee William Hayden second trustee and John A Kennedy third trustee. Installation is set for November 8 at the Saco hall under Merton Gordon Kennebunk and Hayden will serve as district deputy grand patriarch. Presiding was William Skea and refreshments followed the social hour.
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Hobah
Saco
Russians May Discard Albania in Western Crisis
U S officials speculate the Soviet Union may eject Albania from the Warsaw Pact amid a Moscow Peiping rift. The Albanian dispute tests the Communist bloc, with Albania backed by Red China. Authorities fear possible showdown as Khrushchev weighs expelling Albania.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Albania
U.S
Moscow
Communist Party
Red China
Peiping
Khrushchev
Embattled SAD 3 Faces Fresh Court Battles
Fourteen residents from Liberty Montville Monroe Knox and Brooks sue Waldo County Superior Court seeking injunctions to bar district directors from acting or borrowing funds. A separate suit by Henry Peavey seeks ballot inspection in the dissolution referendum. The district, formed amid controversy over consolidation costs and travel, faces prior rulings against earlier injunctions. Attorney George A. Wathen says the new suit mirrors prior language but with different plaintiffs. A response is prepared with an expected filing by November 8.
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Brooks
Liberty
Montville
Monroe
Knox
Waldo County Superior Court
Henry Peavey
George A. Wathen
Augusta
Wathen
Maine School District Commission
Supreme Court
F. Hareold Dubord
Protective Measures On Fallout Due For Study
Washington health officers from every state gather in a two day session called by the Public Health Service to discuss protective steps if fallout grows. Dr Francis Weber says no current cause for alarm and hazards from the Soviet test likely would appear next spring as fallout descends from the stratosphere.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Francis Weber
Soviet Union
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