School openings set for Biddeford Saco area
School equipment for their youngsters opening dates of public and parochial schools in the Biddeford Saco area are as follows September 4 St Andre high school September 5 Biddeford public schools including the junior and senior high schools Saco public schools and Thornton academy with upper classmen reporting to the academy in the morning and freshmen at 1 p m September 7 St Mary St Joseph St Andre and Sacred Heart grammar schools and St Louis junior and senior high schools September 10 St Joseph high school Biddeford and Notre Dame de Lourdes grammar school Saco.
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Biddeford-Saco
St. Andre High School
Biddeford
Saco Public
Thornton Academy
Academy
St. Mary
St. Joseph
St. Andre
Sacred Heart Grammar
St. Louis
St. Joseph High School
Notre Dame de Lourdes Grammar School
Saco
Two Mass men linked to theft, denied roles in Plymouth mail heist
In Lewiston Maine two Massachusetts men Charles Alfano and Raymond McGrath were linked by police to a shooting kidnap robbery and stolen car crash but denied involvement in the $5 million Plymouth mail rack robbery. Authorities said they would be questioned by postal inspectors FBI agents and state and local investigators about any link to the nation’s largest cash heist. McGrath admitted the kidnap robbery of Joseph Lenart and was booked on a concealed weapon charge while Alfano faced investigation. The men were arrested after a high speed pursuit in a turquoise 1961 car that fled a Boston parking lot and damaged several vehicles. Continued on Page Two.
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Lewiston
Maine
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Mass
Charles J. Alfano
Quincey
Raymond McGreath
Worcester
FBI
William F. White
New England
Boston
Camille Carrier
Alfano
Thomas McElhinney
McGrath
Carrier
Joseph Lenart
Wallingford
Police Gard
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Catholic Press Chief Resigns Over Vatican News Rules
Msgr. John E. Kelly, 50, resigned as press chief for U S bishops citing Vatican restrictions on coverage of the second Vatican Ecumenical Council. Chicago Daily News says the move signals tension between openness and Vatican control as the council opens October 11.
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Chicago
U. S
Vatican
Chicago Daily News
John E. Kelly
Daily News
Msgr. Kelly
Chuckle on pessimists and optimists in parking
A lighthearted quip contrasts a pessimist who doubts a woman can fit a car into a space with an optimist who believes she will not even try. The joke lampoons gendered perspectives and parking woes in a concise, era-tinged voice.
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Copr
Gen
Fea, Corp
Tragedy Scene Set Except For Actors
A Kentucky police officer and a news reporter wait for a fatal highway crash. The story traces a routine drive turning deadly after a curve and a driver’s distraction or error. It ends with a call for public vigilance to prevent such tragedies.
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Louisville
Kentucky
US Cuba Tension Draws Fire On Navy Plane
A U S Navy patrol plane 15 miles north of Cuba was fired on by vessels believed Cuban. The White House said future attacks will be met with force with all means necessary. Congress voiced support for retaliation, heightening Cold War frictions amid reports of Russian arms shipments to Cuba.
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Cuba
White House
Fidel Castro
State Department
U.S
Washington
Florida
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
United States
Havana Grips Under Invasion Jitters Amid Propaganda
Havana faced rising tension as Cuban propagandists alleged a new U S invasion plot. Reports of insurgent landings spurred partial militia mobilization and tightened security at key sites. Cubans were briefly restricted from travel to the United States and other Western nations, while the exodus to Miami continued at about 2,000 per week.
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Havana
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Bint
Miami
Algeria on the brink of civil war as army masses southwest of Algiers
AP dispatch reports 30,000 regular troops massed near Algiers to strike at mutinous guerrillas holding the capital. Wilayas 3 and 4 leaders urged civilians to block the advance. Amid chaos since independence, 20,000 Muslims marched in Algiers calling for an end to civil war, while countryside protests grew. A 2,000-strong unit at Tiaret broke camp but no marching orders were issued to regular forces.
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Algiers
Algeria
Wilayas
Ben Bella
France
Tiaret
Russian Venus Shot Fails
An inform ed source says Russia attempted a Venus space shot last Saturday but failed and three fragments of the spacecraft are in orbit. NASA later confirmed the report, noting timing ahead of Mariner 2 l’s Venus fly by planned for December.
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Washington
Russia
Venus
Earth
Space Agency
United States
Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
James E Webb
Moscow
Sen Margaret Chase Smith probes hydro survey scope
Washington AP reports Senator Margaret Chase Smith asks what a proposed 200000 interior department study of hydroelectric potential would add to the International Joint Commission survey regarding Passamaquoddy Bay. She seeks what the larger study would do that the $20000 Army Engineers plan on the St John River would not.
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Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Interior Department
Passamaquoddy Bay
International Joint Commission
Army Engineers
St. John River
No Journal On Holiday Observing Labor Day
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish on Monday due to the Labor Day holiday.
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Biddeford-Saco
Textile states press Kennedy on industry plight
President Kennedy met with about 20 Congress members from textile states to discuss their industry crisis. Senator Pastore said the president is attentive as they consider tariffs on imported cotton goods and tighter enforcement of trade regulations. Secretary Hodges noted a Tariff Commission decision could come in a few days.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
John O. Pastore
D-A.j
White House
Luther H. Hodges
Tariff Commission
Pastore
Senate
Rep
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Kenenedy
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Thomas J. Dodd
Conn
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Margaret Chase Smith
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Biddeford and Foss Street Methodist Church
James D. Riddle
C. Joseph Ingraham
Riddle
St. Mark Methodist Church
Brookline
Mr. Ingraham
Goose Rocks Beach
Goose Rocks Association
Alan Clark
Peter Barrett
George Clark
Lois Galgay
Arthur Max
Raymond Kenneally
Union 4
Biddeford City Council
Elizabeth Seidel
Wentworth Street School
Irene Mc
Sen. Smith
Dick Delaney
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