Enrollment Rise Expected In Beddeford And Saco Schools
Enrollment in Beddeford public schools is forecast at about 2,050 students and 93 teachers, up from 1,917 students and 83 teachers last year, with Saco’s system summing about 1,783 pupils. Superintendent Raymond Kenneally notes staff gains, a work-study program led by Alvin Gay, and new courses for junior high. Catholic schools in the area expect about 100 at Marie Joseph Academy, 292 at St Louis High, and 200 at St Joseph’s High, with St. Andre’s and St. Mary’s grammars also planning openings. Five school buildings will operate in Saco, with modern math pilots, limited French, and expanded guidance at Burns and Thornton Academy.
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Studets
Beddeford
Raymond Kenneally
Saco
Kenneally
Alvin Gay
Marie Joseph Academy
Pool Road
St. Louis
Brother Albert
St. Louis Junior High
St. Joseph's High School
St. Joseph’s Grammar School
St. Joseph's Church
St. Mary's Grammar School
St. Mary’s Church
St. Andre’s High School
St. Andre’s Grammar School
State Department of Education
Burns School
Robert Bowie
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Bath Shipbuilding Heritage Preserved in Museum
A Bath Maine article details the Bath Marine Museum preserving over 400 shipbuilding items in a 120 year old Wash ington Street mansion once home to Torrey and Sewall. The collection spans ship models, half models, scrimshaw, binnacles, steering gear, logs, and tools, with 225 visitors at opening and 1600 more since. Curator Harold E Brown, a Maine Archaeological Society president, links Bath shipbuilding to early colonial times and notes the 1840s peak with 17 yards. today Bath Iron Works employs over 2,000 building guided missile frigates and destroyers.
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Bath
Kennebec River
Harold Marsh Sewall
Sewall
U.S
Republic of Hawaii
Museum Society
Walter E. Edge
Small Point
Harold E. Brown
Brown
Maine Archaelogical Society
Basin
Phippsburg
State Museum
Augusta
Plymouth Rock
Virginia
Bath ‘Iron Works
Action Urged On Potato Bill By Maine Governor
Governor John H. Reed says he has urged President Johnson and Speaker McCormack to push action on a potato futures bill now before the Rules Committee. He sent telegrams Friday seeking their influence to move the measure.
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Augusta
John H. Reed
Johnson
House
John W. McCormack
Rules Committee
Pro Western Wins Chile Presidential Election Landslide
Pro-Western Eduardo Frei wins Chile’s presidential vote in a landslide over Communist-backed Salvador Allende. Frei, 53, a Christian Democrat reformer, will govern from November 4 for six years. Allende’s supporters cry foul amid rumors of outside backing. turnout exceeds 2.5 million.
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Chile
Santiago
Eduardo Frei
Frei
Salvador Allende
U.S
Cuba
Miller Assails Humphrey Record In Campaign Kickoff
Rep. William E. Miller opened his bid for vice president slamming Hubert H. Humphrey as a radical in Congress. He attacked Humphrey’s ADA ties and listed ADA supported positions such as recognizing Red China and abolishing internal security laws. Miller noted Barry Goldwater’s presence and emphasized crime in the streets as a issue.
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Lockport
N.Y
William E. Miller
Hubert H. Humphrey
Congress
Miller
Humphrey
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Goldwater
Five Men Rescued From Disabled Craft In Saco Bay
A Saco man Kenneth Pendleton and his daughter Janice rescued five men stranded after their 16 foot boat struck Punkin Ledge off Ram Island in Saco Bay. Pendleton towed them to Rumery's Boatyard, Biddeford, where the boat’s stern hole and motor damage were found.
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Saco Bay
Saco
Punkin Ledge Leff Ram Island
Kenneth Pendleton
Penditon
Pendleton
Rumery
Biddeford
Rumery’s
Mr. Hart
Haverhill
Mass
Biddeford Yard
No Biddeford Saco Journal Published Labor Day
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish on Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday. All departments will be closed.
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Biddeford-Saco
Pony struck and killed by truck on Route 201
A pony died after being struck by a truck on Route 201 Friday while two girls named Deborah McColler and Elaine Jenniss led the animal. State Police reported the girls were not seriously injured.
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the Forks
Route 201
Deborah McColler
Elaine Jenniss
Labor Day Observed in Biddeford and Saco
The Monday holiday will close most businesses city offices in Biddeford and Saco, banks, and similar institutions shut all day. Post offices follow regular holiday schedules with no deliveries or window service. special delivery and perishables delivered, citywide mail collection twice daily. The Biddeford-Saco Journal will not publish.
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Biddeford and Saco
Biddeford-Saco Journal
House Hearings End With Violence at Cuba Trip Probe
Washington AP The House Un American Activities Committee wrapped two days of hearings marked by clashes and little new on the Cuba travel by 84 students. Witnesses invoked the 5th Amendment except Albert Maher who admitted no funding for inciting riots. Slater, a witness, was attacked by a Nazi follower and hospitalized. more testimony awaits.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Cuba
United States
State Department
Havana
New York
Albert Maher
Houston
George F. Senner
Dariz
Maher
Communist Party
Progressive Labor Movement
Soviet Union
More
Ton B. Slater
Slater
World’s Week Nation Starts Presidential Campaign
The nation plunges into the presidential campaign as Barry Goldwater launches his bid from Prescott Arizona promising to reform government and end the draft while Lyndon Johnson tours Texas with Hubert Humphrey and avoids declaring a campaign stance. Kennedy wins the New York Democratic nomination and resigns as attorney general to pursue office. Henry Krajewski of Secaucus reenters the race, and Stan Musial falls ill. The Senate backs a health insurance and Social Security plan, likely to stall in the House.
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Associated Press
Barry Goldwater
Prescott
Ariz
Senate
GOP
Goldwater
Democratic Party
Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Texas
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Washington
Humphrey
Detroit
George E. Reedy
Robert F. Kennedy
New York City
U.S
Bob
Kennedy
White House
Henry Krajewski
Secau
Nelson A. Rockefeller
James Murphy
New
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Round Pond
New Bath Marine Museum
Allende
Pope Paul VI
Moscow
Julio Duran
Radical Party
Jos. T. Letellier & Sons
Pool Street
Royal R. Chretien Sales Rep
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Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
China
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Panama Canal
East
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Organization of American States
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N. Y. World’s Fair
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Freddy Cannon
Murphy’s Music Store
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