Thornton Academy Names Student Council Officers and Delegates
Student council officers and class representatives were elected at Thornton Academy. Officers include Council president Peter Gordon, vice president Ann Clark, treasurer Mary Lou Bedard, secretary Sharon Anderson, and junior class president James Silcox. Absent from photo is advisor Mrs Carlton Robbins. The group planned Halloween dance activities with a talent show and refreshments, free to all T. A. students.
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Thornton Academy
James Silcox
Barbara Thurston
Peter Gordon
Ann Clark
Mary Lou Bedard
Sharon Anderson
Michael Cyr
Donna Kirby
Sharon Staples
Kathie McGovern
Carol Black
Daphne Victor
Lawrence Bowie
Ronald Chenard
Kermit Lane
John Bright
Robert Kimball
Steven Garland
Charles Belanger
Carlton Robbins
Academy
T. A
Ruling Junta Seizes Power in San Salvador Coup
The six member junta ousted President Jose Maria Lemus in a bloodless coup and dissolved Congress. It revoked decrees, lifted a siege, and promised free elections in 1962. Lemus and allies faced arrests and possible refuge in Guatemala or the United States as police brutality claims sparked protests.
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Jose Maria Lemus
Congress
Jnta
Stice
Amerca
Lemus
Eivilian
National University
Supreme Court
General Accounting Office
National Election Board
Social Welfare Service
Guatemala
United States
Biltmore Hote
Guatemala City
Jemus
Salvador University
Thougands
Banks Ready Credit to Finance Holiday Season
The Federal Reserve announced advance plans to boost bank lending for Christmas shopping. Starting Nov 24, 6,200 banks may count vault cash toward reserve requirements, smaller banks face higher reserves, and big banks in New York and Chicago see reserves cut to bring them in line with other cities.
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Washington
Fedral Reserve Board
Congress
Navy
New York
Chicago
No self-made man in humor draw
A witty quip notes that even a self made man earns critiques from a woman who would make a few alterations. attribution to Copr Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Garland Proposes On The Job Training Plan
Peter A. Garland proposes on the job training for commercial and vocational high school students in a Nor way Kiwanis Club speech. He envisions every Maine high school offering practical business office training for students aiming at business careers and urges similar integration in vocational programs.
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South Paris
Peter A. Garland
Norway Kiwanis Club
Garland
Maine
Thornton Academy Cagers Owe Saco Armory Quarters
Thornton Academy varsity basketball will be a road team this winter due to renovations at the Saco Armory. AD Jim McGaffin said no home games until mid January at best, with about five home games needing rescheduling.
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Thornton Academy
Aletic
Jim McGaffin
Saco
Thornton
Armory
McGaffin
Maroon and Gold
Western Maine
Tho Iton
Saco Recreation
Biddeford High School
St. Louis
St. Josenph
Moays
Biddeford Saco
Thornton Gym
Biddeford
YMCA
Saco Armory
McGuffin
Strickland Elected To Top Position
At the Brad ford Commandery Knights Templar annual meeting at the Masonic hall Biddeford officers were elected. John M. Strickland Old Orchard Beach was named commander alongside George W. Rooman Biddeford generalissimo and Roger M. Parker Old Orchard Beach captain general. Other officers include Paul H. Tate Saco senior warden Allen Sukalas Biddeford junior warden Edgar G. Pellerin Saco prelate Gordon G. Smith Old Orchard Beach treasurer and Clarence B. Rumery Biddeford recorder. Installation date to be announced.
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John M. Strickland
Old Orchard Beach
George W. Rooman
Biddeford
Generalissimo
Roger M. Parker
Paul H. Tate
Saco
Allen Sukalas
Edgar G. Pellerin
Gordon G. Smith
Clarence B. Rumery
Secret Survey Reveals US Prestige Decline Report
New York Times and Washington Post publish a classified June survey by USIA for the National Security Council detailing U S prestige slipping among European powers. Kennedy accuses decline. Nixon cites high prestige. Eisenhower defends accuracy. White House offers no comment.
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NEW York
The
New York Times
Washington Post
U. S
the Post
U. S. Information Agency
Office of Research and Analysis
National Security Council
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
San Francisco
White House
the Times
Chest At 36 Percent Mark
The Biddeford Saco Community Chest drive is 36 per cent complete with one week left. Total raised $12,277.50 of $33,943.69 goal across divisions: special gifts $3,990 large industry $5,225 small industry $1,020 shoes $500 business $635.75 public $906.75. First report showed $6,475. $5,802.50 added since then. Next report meeting Tuesday November 1 at noon at Chest headquarters Journal building.
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Biddeford-Saco
Grange session ends after record resolutions
The 87th annual state grange convention wraps up its four day gathering with a historic run of 19 resolutions prepared during Wednesdays session. They will be acted upon today as the meeting concludes.
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Grange
Senator Smith tours Saco-Lowell plant in Maine
Senator Margaret Chase Smith visited the Edwards plant in Saco to tour the facility and test fire the M-60 and M-16 machine guns produced for the Army. She praised Maine craftsmen, touted national defense, and shook many hands during the tour led by VP James P. W. Davidson.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Edwards
Saco- Lowell
Saco
Sen. Smith
Senate
Maine
Saco-Lowell
Army
Senator Smith
Margaret Smith
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rangers to Move Deer on Mt Desert Island
Acadia National Park authorities authorize rangers to remove about 1,000 deer from Mount Desert Island due to winter feeding problems. The plan calls for live capture where feasible, otherwise shooting, with operations announced Wednesday.
Mobutu Plans to Comply With U N Decree in Congo
Leopoldville source reports Col Joseph Mobutu agreeing to a United Nations decree and withdrawing most of his disorderly army from the African quarter. U N officials express confidence that order will return as the UN forces dominate a fragile triad of Mobutu loyalists, Lumumba police, and UN troops in the capital.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
United Nations
U. N
Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Reed Coffin race ends as Reed rejects second TV debate
Governor John H. Reed turned down a second televised debate with Democratic challenger Frank M. Coffin. Coffin accepted the invitation from Joseph Adler of Sanford, Maine Press Association, sponsor of the first debate news conference. Coffin said in Lewiston he was always willing to debate.
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Associated Press
John H. Reed
Frank M. Coffin
Coffin
Reed
Joseph Adler
Sanford
Maine Press Association
Lewiston
Lodge Defends Prestige of United States Abroad
In Philadelphia Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican vice presidential candidate and former ambassador, rebutted claims that US prestige abroad has slipped. He argued prestige rests on reliable words and noble ideals, while noting 50,000 greeted him from the airport and up to 5,000 gathered in a plaza for his Philadelphia stop. His press secretary called the reception the best in any city.
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Philadelphia
Henry Capot Lodge
America
United States Information Agency
USIA
John F. Kennedy
White House
Lodge
Op Nations
Stephen May
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Rene Fortin Magana
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Cagersose Saco Armory
Joseph Hill
Dance Committee
Linda Thimble
Carole Spencer
Margaret Mullen
Ronnie Barker
Hill
Steve Fleurant
Bruce Carp
Strickland
Bradford Commandery
Knights Templar
Masonic Hall
Times Today
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Nixon
Chest
Journal Building
James P. W. Davidson
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