Inventor Carlson Built Xerox Copier Empire
John Cunni ff AP Business Analyst Chester Carlson, 62, says his wealth is under 50 million and recalls 38 when he noted the date 10 22 38 at Astoria as the start of his photoconductivity idea. His dry image process launched copier sales by 1960, now surpassing 1 billion in annual sales with more than 40 competitors. Carlson remains a consultant to Xerox and lives modestly in Pittsford with wife Doris Hudgins, funding charities while pondering future invention.
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New York
Chester Carlson
Carlson
Xerox
Astoria
N.Y
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Ohio
Haloid Co
Xerox Corp
Arlson
Indus
America
Rochester
Doris Hudgins
Portsmouth
Pittsford
DAR Chapter Meets at Saco Cottage in Maine
Rebecca Emery Chapter D A R members gathered at Ella Luman’s summer cottage in Ferry Beach for a business session led by Regent Elvira Lord. Reports included Maine State Society appointments, a National Defense briefing, and plans for Constitution Week and a fall conference. Several members and two guests from Saco and Buffalo attended. next meeting set for Oct 5 at Lord’s home with a talk on American Indians.
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Rebecca Emery
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ella Luman
Ferry Beach
Elvira Lord
Lord
Maine State Society
Damariscotta
Maine
Muriel Hubbard
Gertrude Q. Farwell
Biddeford Pool
American Heritage
Stanley Hurd
Kennebunk
Ioe Libby
Farwell
National Defense
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Falmouth
John L. Gordon
Concord St
Portland
Ethel Cobb
Ways and Means
Harriet Nickerson
Hazel Beety
Hazel Emmons
Ethel Ballard
Lillian T. Frost
Bertha L. Parcher
Priscilla O. Austin
Doris M. Thomas
Catherine M. Hutchins
Dorothy Grant
Gertrude G. Pease
Dorothy Dennett
Mildred B. Coleman
Dorothy Oddy
Dorothy Tarbox
Helen E. Tarbox
Saco
Marjorie Q. Rautenberg
Buffalo, N.Y
Saco Woman Receives Court Summons After Collision
Saco police report two vehicles driven by Wesley Bridges, 58, of Kennebunk and Eulalie Orr, 39, of 13 Middle St., Saco collided at Elm and Water Streets yesterday afternoon. Orr was summoned for passing a flashing red signal or operating without care.
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Saco
Wesley S. Bridges
Kennebunk
Eulalie
Susan W. Orr
Middle St
Elm Street
Water Street
Orr
Biddeford Council Meets Tonight
The Biddeford City Council agenda includes junk yard permits continued hearings on several buildings that may be condemned and a hearing on a Northern Utilities request to furnish natural gas to Biddeford residents. The session is set for 8 p.m.
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Northern Utilities
Biddeford
Saco Family Picnic Honors 61st Wedding Anniversary
The Poirier family of 49 Spring Street Saco held their annual family picnic at the home of Mr l and Mrs A Victor Fleurant Jr of Biddeford. The event celebrated the 61st wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs George Poirier and included a farewell for Sister Martha Poirier who returns to Basutoland South Africa as a missionary and the 15th birthday of Barry Reardon. Many relatives attended from Saco Westbrook Rochester N H Somersworth N H and beyond.
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George Poirier
Spring St
Saco
A. Victor Fleurant Jr
Granite St
Biddeford
Conrad Bertrand
Gary
Linda Bertrand
Romeo Sylvestre
Anita Gosselin
Norman
Claire
Lucy
Janet Gosselin
Florence Poirier
Gertrude Poirier
Joseph V. Poirier
Janice
Paulette
Bernard
Doris Poirier
Paul Poirier
Suzanne
Peter
Denise
Gisele Poirier
Maurice Poirier
Ricky
Elaine Poirier
Somersworth
N.H
Daniel Reardon
Barry
Karen Reardon
Arthur Dallas
Dianne
Martha
Jimmy Dallas
Westbrook
Richard Poirier
Michael
David
Rachel Poirier
Andre Provencher
Allen
Eric
Andrea
Anna Provencher
Rochester
William Plourde
Raymond Perrin
Andre Gauvin
Robert Mininni
Marc
Michael Roberge
Dianne Nadeau
Patricia
Rachel
Ralph
Jackie Donald
Charles
Brian
Saco Firemen Win Parade Trophy at Ban or Maine event
The Saco Fire Department won first place in the Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention parade in Bangor. Their trolley car float featured the department Dixieland Band performing during the parade.
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Saco Fire Department
Maine State Federation of Firefighters
Bangor
Car Damaged In Hit And Run At Beach
Police report a car operated by Patricia D. Kent of Portland sustained extensive damage when struck by a vehicle that fled the scene on East Grand Avenue Saturday night. Kent, 26, was in the car at the time of the incident.
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Old Orchard Beach
Patricia D. Kent
Portland
East Grand Avenue
North Korea holds Pueblo crew. US wary of timing
In Seoul officials say no official word from the North on the Pueblo crew. A U.S. military spokesman says Washington is waiting and watching. If Pyongyang decides to release the prisoners, it would likely notify Panmunjom first and then free them before news crews for maximum publicity. No Panmunjom meeting request has been received.
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U.S
Seoul
Panmunjom
Fragmented Quiz Q A Rae of Historical Phrases
A jumble of trivia and garbled text asks about the origin of the phrase tied to soldiers paid in salt, notes a replica Elizabethan theater at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, and questions how many states contain the word matter, with many garbled words and stray letters.
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United States
Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington
Prague parade highlights Red Army firmness amid limited turnout
Pravda warned that Soviet forces remain on a mission in Czechoslovakia as Red Army troops in Prague marked Armored Forces Day with a low spectator showing. British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart arrived in Bucharest for talks with Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu, amid Soviet pressure and rumors of a possible invasion of Romania.
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Pravda
Czechoslovakia
Red Army
Prague
Romania
Michael Stewart
Bucharest
Europe
Stewart
Nicolae Ceausescu
Moscow
Ceausescu
Portland Twin Drive In Theatre Opens Twin Complex
Scarborough Maine announces Portland Drive-In Theatre becomes a twin facility this October. Second drive-in added beside the existing site to form Portland Twin Drive-In Theatre with East Screen and West Screen. East will feature electric heaters and all underground wiring for winter operation.
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Portland Drive-In
Scarborough
Portland
Maine
Lockwood and Gordon
Skowhegan
Waterville
Farmington
Lewiston
Auburn
Early License Plates and Historic Stadium Answer Lines
The first state to require automobile license plates was New York in 1901. The world’s largest stadium is Strahov Stadium in Prague, Czechoslovakia, holding about 240000 spectators. America’s first road was the Great Lancaster Turnpike, completed in 1795 between Lancaster and Philadelphia.
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Strahov
Prague
Czechoslovakia
America
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Japan
John Cunniff
U.S. Department OF Agriculture
West Point
Pepperell
Main St
Mr. Larose
Tosp
Biddeford, Maine
DAR
Saco Cottage
Saco Firemen
Parade
Czech
Trip
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Gupessn
Anam
Beeely
Bank
Biddeford Savings Bank
A. H. Benoit & Co
Maine Hardware
George’s & Lemire’s Furniture & Appliance Co
Langevin
S & Boys
Lord’s Flowers
Potter’s Furniture
Max Ruben
York Savings & Loan Assn
Youland’s Dept. & Jewelry Store
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