Ezra Wakefields Married 50 Years
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ezra C Wakefield of Biddeford was celebrated at Shawmut Inn Kennebunkport with Raymond Wakefield hosting and gifts of golden pieces. Attendees included Millard Neal Gordon Keith Roger Carnel Lena Payhour Margaret Welch Mildred Boothby Earl Atwood Betty Stansberry and the Wakefields daughter in law and grandchildren Linda Susan and Mark. The Wakefields wed Sept 11 1912 at the bride s parents home in Biddeford and have a son Raymond and three grandchildren.
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Ezra‘c. Wakefield
Biddeford
Shawmut Inn
Kennebunkport
Raymond Wakefield
Linda
Susan
Mark Wakefield
Wakefield
Dolloff Attacks GOP At Maine Democratic Field Day
Maynard C. Dolloff, candidate for governor, assailed Gov. Reed and the Republican record on workers rights at Alumni Field Augusta during the annual Democratic Field Day. He denounced the Esty bill and labor legislation as lip service and warned of neglecting Maine workers. Portland’s Roger Furbish spoke for congressional hopeful Thomas L. Maynard, noting his recuperation and recovery from illness.
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Maine
Maynard C
Dolloff
Alumni Field
Augusta Democrat
John H. Reed
Roger Furbish
Portland
Thomas L. Maynard
Union Signs Pact With Saco-Lowell
About 300 members of Local 406 TWUA AFL CIO ratified a new two year contract with the Saco-Lowell Automotive division of Saco. The pact raises costs by 15 cents per hour per employee over two years and includes pension eligibility at 62 starting Sept 17 1962 and improved insurance benefits including life insurance to $1000. The company estimates the pact will cost roughly $400000.
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Saco-Lowell Automotive Division
Saco
Behind Every Successful Man Joke Card
A brief joke item notes that behind every successful man are his wife and Mr and Mrs Jones, attributed to Copt Gen Fea Corp in a quip about traditional support networks.
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Jones
Fea, Corp
Red China Accuses U S Of Spy Plane Involvement
In Formosa, Red China charged the United States with involvement in a spy program after claiming to shoot down a U2 flown by Nationalists who bought the jet from Lockheed in 1960. Nationalist officials say the pilot likely died. U S officials stress the matter is Nationalist, with potential intelligence exchanges implied.
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Taipei
Formosa
Red China
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
Sakhalin Island
Japan
Peiping
Defense Department
Washington
White House
Andrew T. Hatcher
State Department
Kenney
Newport
McNamara backs JFK on reserves call up
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara urged rapid Senate approval of a resolution for a limited call up of 150000 Reservists to provide flexible response if the international crisis worsens. He testified with Joint Chiefs chair Gen. Lemnitz before the Armed Services Committee.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lyman L. Lemnitz
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Con
White House
U.S
Miss America winner vows bigger goals after reign begins
Jacquelyn Jeanne Mayer of Sandusky Ohio 20-year-old Northwestern student was crowned Miss America in Atlantic City. She sailed from 150 pound past to 115 pounds after shedding weight, 5 feet 5 inches, 36 22 36. Mayer plans further education and an acting career guided by a $10000 scholarship. Runners-up receive varying scholarships from 1500 to 3000 dollars.
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New York
Jacquelyn Jeanne Mayer
Atlantic City
Sandusky
Ohio
Jackie
Northwestern University
Vital
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Joan Mary Engh
Texas
Penny Lee Rudd
South Carolina
Evelyn Keith Ellis
Hawaii
Patricia Lei Anderson
Soblen in coma after barbiturate overdose in London
Robert A. Soblen, the wartime spy for the Russians, remains in a deep coma in a London hospital after a barbiturate overdose. Doctors report serious brain damage from oxygen loss during transport and note ongoing convulsions as treatment continues. Soblen’s wife Dina stays at his bedside as investigations into how the pills were obtained proceed.
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London
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Soblen
Cyril G. Barnes
Hillingdon Hospital
New York
Tal
Brixton Hospital
Daily Mirror
The
Sunday Pictorial
Home Office
Barnes
Soben
Dina
Ten States Hold Primaries In Wide Races This Week
The Associated Press reports primaries in ten states including New Hampshire Utah Arizona Minnesota Wisconsin Vermont Rhode Island Washington and Colorado with voters choosing party candidates for eight Senate seats 39 House seats and six governorships. Incumbents facing limited opposition include Norris Cotton George Aiken Alexander Wiley John Carroll Warren Magnuson and Carl Hayden. Political contest centers on New Hampshire where Styles Bridges seat is open with Deloris Bridges and Wesley Powell appointee Maurice Murphy contending, while Arizona Minnesota and Utah also show strong races.
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Associated Press
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Lee
Benson
Senate
New Hampshire
Utah
Arizona
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Vermont
Rhode Island
Washington
Colorado
Georgia
Sen
Styles Bridges
Norris Cotton
George Aiken
Alexander Wiley
John Carroll
Warren G. Magnuson
Carl Hayden
Maurice Murphy
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Jerome G. Plante
York County
Democratic Committee
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Thomas L
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Frank Higgins
Wells
Theresa N. Connolly
State Committee
St. Louis
Ezra Wakefields
Mr. and
Mrs
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Gop
Stamps
Goren’s
Birdseye
Saco-Lowell
Charm School
Main Street
Ae Ats Ss
Ted Smith
Augusta
L, M and G Corporation of
Monmouth
Haverhill
Mass
Larry Hall
State Police Turnpike Patrol
JFK
Wallace Bennett
Salt Lake
J. Bracken Lee
Wesley Powell
Murphy
Deloris
Perkins Bass
Eisenhower
Chester E. Mer
Jrow
Evan Mecham
Stephen Shadegg
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Paul Fannin
Billie Sol Estes
H. Carl Andersen
Pecos Tex
Robert Odegard
Andersen
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Old Orchard
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Romeo Forest
Wilfred Bouffard
Robert J. Quellette
Raoul
Edward
Swift's
CampBell's
Iceburg
Azar
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