Local Happenings over Holiday Weekend in Biddeford Area
Personal notices list Donald and Mary Reilly family travels from Biddeford to Vermont and Windsor Locks. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton of Manchester Conn vacationing with Cartier family in Biddeford. Julian Lambert of Saco, a Navy veteran with the Sixth Fleet, has joined Kits Navy Yard planning dept after 54 months of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Donald Bruce
Brattleboro
Joseph Lavigne
Portland Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Webber
Bradbury Street
Windsor Locks
Conn
Norman Reilly
James
Mary
Amherst Street
Reilly
Leo Perron
Julian Lambert
Arthur J. Lambert
Weymouth Street
Saco
U. S. Navy
Sixth Fleet
Kittery Navy Yard
Mrs Laura Jordan 72 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Laura Jordan wife of Thomas M Jordan a summer resident of Kennebunk pond Lyman died in Biddeford hospital after a long illness Born in Nova Scotia daughter of Nathan C and Mary R Hopkins She lived at Kennebunk pond in summer and Hastland hotel Portland in winter Survived by husband and one sister Funeral Monday at 2 pm at Dennett and Craig funeral home Saco with Rev H Lewis Cutler officiating burial in Yarmouth Nova Scotia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura (Hopkins) Jordan
Thomas M. Jordan
Kennebunk Pond
Lyman
Biddeford Hospital
Nova Scotia
Nathan C
Mary R. Hopkins
Lhastland Hotel
Portland
Ee One
Biddeford
Royal Palm Chapter
Order
Yarmouth, N. S
Legion Hosts Dinner For Owen-Davis Baseball Champions
Members of Owen-Davis post at the American Legion will host a dinner at 6 30 p m Tuesday at the Legion Home in Saco for Owen-Davis baseball team members who are the state junior Legion champions.
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Owen-Davis Post
American Legion
Legion
Saco
Owen-Davis
Sunday School Pioneers To Be Feted At Auburn
Maine Sunday School groups mark 990th anniversary with Open House and historical display at Auburn High Street Church. The event honors long serving teachers and old Sunday schools, concluding with a pageant in Lewiston and a September 14 Christian Education convocation featuring regional church leaders and academics.
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Maine
High Street Congregational Church
Auburn
Maine Council of Churches
Maine State Sunday School Association
Elizabeth Angeson
Portland
Plymouth Free Will Baptist
Immanuel Baptist Church
Winthrop Congregational
G. Duncan Moores
United Baptist Church
Lewiston
M. Ronald Bennam
Harvey Grant
High Street Methodist
Jamas Pedlow
Orono
Dwight R. Walsh
Gesta Ernest Lexen
David W. Jewell
Bangor
Robert S. Brightman
Harrington
Donald W. Henderson
Windham Hill
Wallace H. Harris
S. Portland
John W. Ames
Wilton
Donald W. Webber
Stanley B. Hyde
Francis Frellick
Louis Marstaller
Freeport
Laos seeks UN force to halt border fighting with rebels
Laos charges foreign troops from Communist North Vietnam have battled the royal Laotian army on the northeast frontier since July 16. The government asks the UN to send an emergency force to stop aggression and prevent spread, while some favor observers or a revival of the Canadian Indian Polish control commission from the 1954 Geneva accord.
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Couture
R Bee
Laos
Viet Nam
U. N
Egypt-Israel
Security Council
Soviet Union
Lebanon
Teenagers arraigned in Saco on liquor charges near Beach
Nine youths appeared before Judge Hilary Mahaney in Saco Municipal Court for liquor violations near the Beach area at East Grand Avenue and Old Orchard Street. Among the defendants are Michael Cox 17 Lewiston Donald Hoffman 18 Portland Richard Stickino 18 Lewiston Richard Lepage 18 Lewiston Leonard Slosberg 18 Portland Donald Bornstein 18 Lewiston Joel Felton 17 Montreal John Lally 19 Brighton Mass. Liquor inspectors said it was a routine check, not a Labor Day weekend roundup.
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East Grand Avenue
Old Orchard Street
Hilary Mahaney
Saco Municipal Court
Michael Cox
Lewiston
Donald Hoffman
Portland
Richard Stickino
Richard Lepage
Leonard Slosberg
Donald Bornstein
Joel C. Felton
Montreal
Canada
John Lally
Brighton
Mass
Computer teaches blackjack rules at Baltimore lab
In a University of Baltimore laboratory an electronic computer was taught the rules of blackjack by a scientist. The experiment explored how automated systems handle basic card game play and decision making.
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Aces BY Automation
Baltimore
University of Baltimore
Local Man Petrin Retires From Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Edgar Z. Petrin of Biddeford retires after 14 years of service at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard along with nine other employees this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petires
Naval Shipyard
Edgar Z. Petrin
Biddeford
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Petrin
Senate Recap: Morse Teases Johnson Over Chair Duty
In the Senate chamber Morse tapped a parliamentary rules book and told Johnson to sit and run the Senate while he took care of himself, a tense exchange captured in Pace One. The moment highlights leadership friction during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace One
Senate
Morse
Johnson
Scientist Defeats Computer Using 17 Count
A statistical scientist fed a computer coded data on tape to play cards. The machine dealt hands from punched tapes and would hit on 17, but the human defeated it by exploiting the rule.
Supper Serviced at Adah Chapter Fall Meeting
Officers of Adah chapter OFS served supper to members at the Masonic hall in Biddeford during the first fall meeting. Invitations listed attendances at Deering Piscataqua Longfellow Beulah Winneganee and others for various dates and guest roles. A memorial for Winfred Roberts and awards for Estor contributions were noted along with Mizpah surprise host and Grand Representative night on September 18.
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Adah
OFS
Masonic Hall
Biddeford
Martha Bonnie Alley
Deering
Eva Rooman
Piscataqua
Kittery
Longfellow
Ruth Herrick
Beulah
Portsmouth
N. H
Westbrook
Dorothy Lessender
York High School
Arline Johnson
International Temple Fund
Grand Chapter
Maine
Lois Burnham
Winfred Roberts
Mizpah
Beach School Head Wed To Biddeford Man
Miss Margaret Harriman of Saco and Old Orchard Beach school principal wed Thomas Simpson a Biddeford Board of Assessors former member at Most Holy Trinity church Saco The ceremony was a morning nuptial mass Rev Maurice Boland officiated Attendants were Alma Pinkham Portland and Daniel Hickey Saco The bride daughter of the late Emery Harriman and a longtime educator in Old Orchard Beach Simpson a Biddeford resident is a St Mary church communicant
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Margaret Harriman
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Thomas Simpson
Biddeford
Emery P Harriman Beach
Most Holy Trinity Church
Simpson
St. Mary Church
Extra Biddeford Police On Duty Over Weekend
Biddeford police chief Edgar Sevigny announced extra officers will be on duty all weekend to keep the holiday period safe. The city will patrol around the clock and cooperate with Saco Old Orchard Beach and State Police to enforce traffic rules and protect visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Sevigny
Morning beach patrol aids actions by volunteers and vessels
About five o clock this morning volunteers patrolled the beach on foot while the duck and picket boat dragged off shore.
Birth Announcements From Maine Hospitals Highlight Local Families
A sequence of birth notices lists new arrivals across Biddeford and surrounding towns. Daughters and sons born at Maine Medical Center Notre Dame and Saco Osteopathic hospitals include Beth Ann Atwood and Daniel Kenneth Dinsmore among others.
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Paul Atwood
Biddeford
Bangor
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Beth Ann
Earl Atwood
Charles Dearborn
Lewis Dinsmore
Park Place
East Aurora
N.Y
Mercy
Notre Dame Hospital
Richard Ronald
Charette
Jeanne d’Arc Poulin
Hurley Chadbourne
Heathroad
Kennebunk
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
James Wesley
Norman Poirier
Elm Street
Mark Paul
Maurice Brechu
Island Avenue
Sanford
David Albert
Albert Shute
RFD
Kennebunkport
Jonathan Paul
Harry Hubbard
Waterboro
Donald Wellington
Manley Gowden
Augus
Saco Osteonathic Hospital
Debra Joan
Antoine Champagne
Cleaves Street
Notre Dame _ hospital
Robert Cassette
Ferry Road
Saco
Cassette
Evelyn Clay
Publicity Stunt Deters Parade Attention at Michigan State Fair
Detroit AP B C Morton and Co sought publicity for its car in the opening day parade. The decoy car with around a hundred Sl-bills was swarmed by spectators who stripped the car and stole the top hat worn by driver D J Young adorned with $1 bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
B.C. Morton & Co
D.J. Young
Colby College Permits Alcohol in Fraternity Houses
Colby College will allow alcohol in fraternity houses and men's dormitories this year as part of new rules aimed at addressing campus social problems with stricter control. The college stated the policy seeks a realistic approach to student drinking.
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Waterville
Colby College
Firecracker Shooting Leads to Fine in West Virginia
A Fairview resident was arrested by West Virginia Conservation Commission officers for shooting a firecracker. The incident highlights wildlife protection enforcement by the National Wildlife Federation's advisory.
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The
National Wildlife Federation
Fairview
W. Va
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Ex Biddeford Youth Indicted in Escape Case
Ray mond Provencher a former Biddeford youth now of Connecticut was indicted by the Cumberland county grand jury on escaping from the Men's reformatory at South Windham last May. Terrance Daniels and Raymond D. Beaulieu also were indicted for the thefts and getaway involving a late model sedan, car theft in Gorham, and a high speed chase ending in Hartford Conn.
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Biddeford
Raymond Provencher
Connecticut
Cumberland County
South Windham
Provencher
Terrance Daniels
Raymond D. Beaulieu
Augusta
Gorham
Butler Seeks Tough Stand as Democratic Meetings Loom
Washington reports say Paul Butler plans to renew attacks on Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn after the mid September Democratic National Committee meeting. He presses for Rayburn’s ouster as convention chairman and vows a loyalty oath demand ahead of the convention.
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Robert E. Hennessee
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Paul Butler
Lyndon Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Butler
Texas
Democratic
Connecticut Avenue
Johnson
Rayburn
Oklahoma
Dixiecrat School
Joyce Deinstadt Bridal Shower Honors Biddeford Bride
Miss Joyce Deinstadt of 2 Pearl Street Biddeford was honored at a bridal shower hosted by Neal's Novelty shop employees. The event announced her September 26 marriage to Robert Ladderbush and featured a chrome portable mixer as a gift.
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Joyce Deinstadt
Pearl Street
Biddeford
Neal
Miss Deinstadt
Robert Ladderbush
Carol Deinstadt
Trousseau
Regina Deinstadt
Jeannette Morin
Helen Neal
Betty Stansberry
Helen Knox
Maude Rogal
Woman Appeals Lobster Fines To High Court
Mrs. Winifred Pento of Portsmouth New Hampshire appealed $810 in fines to the January term of York county Superior Court in Saco after being convicted of possessing 152 mutilated lobster tail sections. She faced a $50 fine plus $5 per tail segment and a $10 charge for transporting lobster meat without a state license. She was released on $1 025 bail. Coastal Warden Frank White of Kennebunkport was the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Pento
Portsmouth
N.H
York County Superior Court
Saco
Pento
Crackers in State Forest Lead to Fine of Twenty Dollars
A man cited for lighting a fire in a state forest received a fine of 20 dollars. Local rangers reported the incident as part of forest safety and wildlife protection efforts.
Civil hearings set in York County court for week long docket
A list of nearly 200 civil entries was read in York County Superior Court at Alfred. The week is devoted to civil work while criminal trials begin the following week. Notable actions include three automobile collision suits seeking at least 50 000 in damages by Charlotte F Brown and Walter N Brown of Plum Island against George L Young of Portland Street South Berwick, arising from a August 1 1956 crash at Access Road and Route 1 in Kittery.
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York County Superior Court
Alfred
Ralph H. Ross
Charlotte F. Brown
Walter N. Brown
Plum Island
Newbury
Mass
George L. Young
Portland Street
South Berwick
Kittery
Brown
Elmer J. Burnham
Morris, Griffin and Harrington
Portsmouth
N. Y
Young
Richard Dill
Waldron, Boynton Sy Genie
Hawaiians Find Uses For Lava Ravaged Soil
Lava from Hawaii eruptions is being repurposed to restore farmland and support industry. Agricultural experts say breaking up lava exposes minerals to aid plant growth, with 70,000 macadamia trees thriving on a restored flow. Construction uses lava in cement and as building materials, while experiments explore lava as sand substitute in concrete. The piece also surveys upcoming TV season changes.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Island of
Richard J. Lyman, Jr
Lyman
University of Hawaii
Agatin 'F. Abbott
Abbott
Radical TV Programming Changes This Fall
Networks will debut about 40 new prime time shows over seven weeks while long running programs begin their season premieres. The shift signals a battle for viewers as networks roll out big budget specials and new formats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
New York
Portland Man Killed by Lightning at Army Base
Four lightning strikes at Fort Dix New Jersey hit a bivouac site killing Sgt J C Melvin Gay ton Jr 28 of Portland Maine and injuring eight others. The wounded were treated for shock and minor injuries at the base hospital.
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FT. DIX
N. J
Army
J. c. Melvin Gayton, Jr
Portland
Maine
4Th
Construction Workers Killed in Maine Accidents
Two construction workers died in separate incidents in Rangeley and Kingfield. Arthur R. Brown, 63, from Bethel, was crushed by a backing truck on a road job. Clyde E. Hobbs, 50, of Stratton, was struck by a tree as it snapped over a bulldozer blade at Sugarloaf Mountain ski area.
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Rangeley
Kingfield
Arthur R. Brown
Bethel
Clyde EF. Hobbs
Stratton
Sugarloaf Mountain
Food spending shows families allocate most to meat in ads
Read journal want ads reveal food consumption studies indicating families allocate the largest share of their grocery budget to meat and meat substitutes, surpassing other major spending categories.
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Mrs
Laura Jordan
Memoriam
Joseph W. Haley
Father
USDA
Septeme High A. M. P. M
Beach School
Elmer Benson
Amherst Junction
Wis
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Debra Ann
June Marguerite
Roger Goudreau
Foss Street
Andrew Binette
Mr. Pleasant Street
Oliva Gendron
Freeman Street
Moscow
Klara Verkasova
Jack Benny
CBS
George Gobel
Loretta Young
NBC
ABC
Alaskans
Ed Sullivan
Steve Allen
June Allyson
Jackie Cooper
James Michener
Sullivan
Maverick
Perry Como
Dave King
Cheyenne
Texan
Bronco
Laramie
Army Base
Constellation
U.S. Navy
Constitution
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