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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1960
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Francis G Carr of 07 Atlantic avenue Old Orchard Beach have returned after visiting his mother Mrs Agnes Carr in Jamaica Plain Massachusetts.
Annie Elizabeth Wilson 29 of Biddeford widow of George Wilson died Wednesday evening in a Biddeford hospital after a long illness. Born May 24, 1971, to Samuel and Sarah Smith she attended local schools and was active in Foss Street Methodist church and Adah chapter Order of the Eastern Star. Survived by sister Alice M. Smith of Biddeford. Funeral Saturday at 1 30 p m from her home with Dennett and Craig funeral home Saco handling arrangements. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
The Merton Ira Staples post AMVETS auxiliary will meet tonight at 8 at the post home on Al Fred Street in Biddeford. Members are reminded to bring candy for preparing trick or treat bags. A department meeting of the auxiliary to World War I Veterans will be held in Augusta Sunday at 11 a.m. at the American Legion hall.
Higher Grade Corp Cadets of the Saco Salvation Army meet Friday at 8 30 p m. Holy Communion at Trinity Episcopal Friday 9 30 a m. Lyman Baptist Bible club Goodwins Mills meets Friday 7 30 p m at the parsonage. Methodist Men's Brotherhood holds monthly meeting Friday 7 30 p m at Saco School Street Methodist church followed by a program and fellowship hour.
The Big Three Western powers Britain France and the United States warned the Soviet Union in notes that any restriction on the air corridors to West Berlin would create danger. They denied that corridor rights were limited to Allied garrisons and insisted Berlin’s 2 million residents must be free to move. The notes also stated the East German decree aiming to restrict travel between East and West Berlin violated postwar four power agreements. The latest note was delivered in Moscow on Wednesday.
In Burlington Vermont Democratic State finance director Robert W Larrow reported donating $1 to the GOP National Finance Committee after receiving a fundraising appeal addressed to Republican friends. He said the Vermont Democratic Party funds the gift and laughs at the odd situation.
The Biddeford board of registration released the first batch of names and addresses by ward for new voters registered at the city clerk’s office since the June primaries. The list totals 232 new voters across wards 7 1 2 and 6 and notes extended hours for registration through Tuesday. Significant number of registered residents from multiple streets and avenues are named in the long roster.
Georgianna Provost 84 of 43 Middle Street Biddeford died at home after a long illness. Born November 24, 1875 in St. Bernard P Q she was a communicant of St. Andre church and a Third Order of St. Francis member. Survived by two sisters Eleonore Provost Amanda Frechette. three nieces Amanda Beaudoin Robe rt Janelle and Conrad Fecteau. one nephew Edward Frechette. Services Saturday at 10 a m from St. Andre church. Flowers omitted. Friends may call Mond funeral home 72 Hill Street Biddeford 7-10 this evening and Friday 2-5 and 7-30 p m.
A late May poll of 1,150 British and 1,000 French residents shows mixed views on US leadership. Major findings: blame shared for the summit collapse, US favorability declines, Britons doubt US leadership, and little support for the idea that wartime flights boosted US military standing in the eyes of the West.
Cloudy to partly cloudy with mild temperature changes. East to southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Zone 1 temperatures 52 to 56 daytime and 38 to 42 nighttime. Overnight lows range from 29 to 43 across listed towns including Portland 40 and Caribou 30.
John D. Duncan, 31, a former Portland resident, heads back to Alcatraz after a cross country search for a new trial failed. He was moved from Maine to San Francisco Bay for a writ of error hearing challenging his 1956 Maine State Prison escape conviction. Justice Abraham Rudman denied relief, and Duncan began the voyage back to Alcatraz where he has been held since 1957 as incorrigible.
Rajeshwar Daval, head of the U N Congo mission, ordered Mobutu to remove his troops or face action. Mobutu pulled back most forces, leaving a few patrols and a detachment in front of the central post office in the European city to signal to bystanders.
Report notes a guest named Marga became ill after a fainting incident at a gathering. She required a liquid diet with chocolate milk while other guests consumed cake. The brief describes the scene and the dietary change following the event.
The coup followed firing by the 1st Artillery Regiment at the presidential palace. Lemu', a lieutenant colonel, was elected unopposed in 1956 and visited the United States in March 1959. He received a ticker tape parade on Broadway and met President Eisenhower in Washington.
A Albuquerque firm reports the theft of a bright orange 1200 gallon water tank weighing 2.5 pounds from the top of a 10 foot mountain east of the city.
Lewiston AP John C Donovan warned that a new generation taking party leadership must note a fundamental shift in American attitudes toward politics. He told a Rotary Club luncheon that educated Americans grow politically mature and that science becomes an issue orientation. He cited the Kennedy Nixon TV debates as proof of the public hunger for information on major national issues.
Miami City Manager M. L. Reese ordered a six day police workweek citing an emergency created by Cuban revolutionary activity. He noted about twenty thousand Cubans in Miami and increasing semi military refugee activities amid frequent factional quarrels.
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