Biddeford Knights Mark 65th Anniversary Founding
Biddeford Council marks the 65th anniversary of its founding on November 10 with a new program and committees to be announced next month. Organized September 12, 1897, it became Maine’s 14th unit and the 260th of the Supreme Council.
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Knights
Found of Columbus
Maine
Supreme Body
James J. Neilon
Manchester, N.H
Old Orchard Beach
St. Margaret Church
Timothy P. Linehan
Thomas Moran, Jr
Hugh W. Haswell
Robert B. Seidel
John Guiney
William Cosgrove
Anthony Dwyer
Outer Sentinel
Thomas J. McDermott
Inner Sentinel
John B. Morin
James O'Donnell John Crowley
John W. Mahoney
Portland
Kenney
Boston
Fr. Linehan
St. Mary Church
James A. Flynn
St. Mary's
William A. Cosgrove
William H. County
John W. Crowley
Cornelius Horigan
Bid
Doyle
James A. Flaherty
Supreme Council
Saco Armory
Haiti’s Duvalier regime under U.S. pressure faces wider threats
AP reports Haiti’s Francis Duvalier, aka Papa Doc, scorns U.S. leverage while Washington suspends aid and fears Communist influence. The volatile Caribbean situation alarms Washington as Cuba looms nearby and rumors of punishment surface amid Duvalier’s tight grip.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Uncle Sam
Papa Doc
Kennedy
Francis Duvalier
Caribbean
Cuba
Duvalier’s Haiti Lurches Between Dictatorship and Suffering
The piece portrays Haiti under Dr. Duvalier as a frightened ruler clinging to power through harsh rule amid widespread poverty and illiteracy. It notes U.S. aid concerns, a fragile democracy, and a stagnant naval mission while outlining Haiti’s volatile history and limited modernization prospects.
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Dr. Duvalier
Haiti
United States
Duvalier
U.S
Devotion To Dog Proves Fatal In Ohio Accident
In Fostoria 18 year old Clayton Dale Banks died after attempting to rescue a puppy that darted onto train tracks. The 7 month old dog was hit by a freight engine on the Chesapeake and Ohio line. The dog was run over. In Lewiston Maine Maynard Dolloff denounced tree and pole poster placement as illegal and ugly. He urged supporters to post posters on ground stakes.
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Fostoria
Ohio
Clayton Dale Banks
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Banks
Lewiston
Maynard Dolloff
Maine
Clergymen Describe Terror in Southern Jail Visit
New Haven clergy and a Yale Divinity School student described their six days in an Albany Georgia jail during a campaign against segregation. They reported verbal abuse by guards who warned of lynchings while addressing them as white Negroes and recounted the chilling conditions they faced and the broader blight of discrimination in housing and employment.
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New Haven, Conn
New Haven
Georgia
Robert Forsberg
Albany
St. Paul
Macedonia
Forsberg
Robert Goldburg
Jordan Osseyer
Roger Armstrong
Yale Divinity School
Community Baptist Church
Ossever
Des Moines Attorney Charles Wennerstrum Dies After Fall
Charles F. Wennerstrum, 72, Des Moines attorney and former Iowa Supreme Court member, went to a hospital for a checkup. Doctors found him in excellent condition except for a fractured arm from a rainstorm fall over a barricade in the hospital parking lot upon arrival.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles F. Wennerstrum
Iowa Supreme Court
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