New Quarters Set For Power Firm in Biddeford
CMP outlines plans for a new five acre service center on Elm Street next to Greenwood Cemetery. The single story brick front building will consolidate three Biddeford locations, improving efficiency and customer service. The district serves 18,000 households and 50 employees operate in a 240 square mile area from Wells to Scarborough.
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Augusta
Maine
Biddeford
William A. Soule
CMP
Greenwood Cemetery
Elm Street
Power Company
Soule
Alfred Road
Cleaves Street
Wells
Scarborough
Central Maine Power Company
Council At Beach Has Election
The election of officers of Council St. Margaret Union St John Baptist of America took place Tuesday evening. Charles E. Hout was reelected president for the 13th term. Other officers include Rev. Armand J. Landry chaplain, Harry S. Marcotte honorary president, Mrs. Blanche Boisvert dean, Urbain Goulet vice president, Mrs. Isabelle St. Ours collector of dues, Miss Irene Lachance secretary, Mrs. Rose Marie LaCourse assistant secretary, Mrs. Angelina Meecotte treasurer, Mrs. Yvonne Fortier mistress of ceremonies, auditors Mrs. Antoinette Fournier and Albert J. Cyr, guard Mrs. Yvonne Huot, and Mrs. Yvonne Fournier director of juvenile division. Installation set for St. Margaret parish hall in October, jointly with Notre Dame council of Saco.
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Council
Yvonne Fortier
Antoinette Fournier
Albert J. Cyr
Yvonne Huot
Yvonne Fournier
St. Margaret Parish Hall
Notre Dame Council of
Saco
Saco School Committee Names New Member
Mrs. Donald C. Doyle was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Sylvia Chelder on the Saco Superintending School Committee. She will serve until December, with Harvey Lamontagne Jr. and Thomas Winston voting. The panel also studied milk distribution, budgets, and transportation plans, including a $10,600 bid from Biddeford and Saco Bus Lines for this year, rising to $11,000 in 1962 and 1963, and a $10 per week raise for Marland Milliken for transporting pupils.
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Donald C. Doyle
Beacon Avenue
Saco
Sylvia Chelder
Harvey Lamontagne, Jr
Thomas Winston
Doyle
Chelder
Paul Gonneville
Frank Lawler
Simensky and Hosloff
Lawler
Health, Education and W-lfare Commission
Maine
Bonython, Burns, Jordan, Locke and Young Schools
Maine Department of Education
Peprel Park
Biddeford and
Saco Bus Lines, Inc
Marland Milliken
Colby Gets Bequest in Montague Will
The will of Gilbert H. Montague a New York corporate lawyer provides Colby College a $50 bequest and the sculpture court of the Bixler Art and Music Center in memory of his wife.
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COLBY
Waterville
Colby College
Gilbert H. Montague
New York
Montague
Bixler Art and Music Center
Ain't Off The Substandard List In Webster’s Dictionary
Springfield AP reports Webster’s Third Dictionary does not sanction ain't but acknowledges its linguistic reality. Editor P B Gove notes its use is limited to less educated speech and primarily as an interrogative tag. Historical notes contrast Merriam Webster and Noah Webster on dialect terms.
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Springfield
Mass
P. B. Gove
Gove
U.S
Merriam-Webser Dictionaries
Webster’s International Dictionary
Noah Webster
Necessity Father of Invention Question
A witty Nation piece questions why so much unnecessary stuff is invented if necessity drives invention. It riffs on the paradox with a light satirical tone and playful wording typical of the era.
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Fea. Corp
End To Strikes Decreed End To Strikes Decreed
DETROIT AP Hope vanished as General Motors and the United Auto Workers failed to reach a contract by Thursday to end local strikes that have shut down over nine plants. The UAW ordered unions with at-the-plant deals to return to work and urged faster settlements elsewhere. The scheduled GM Conference was canceled, signaling no enough local agreements to halt strikes.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
General Motors
Artificial Astronaut Capsule Circles Earth and Lands in Atlantic
CAPE CANAVERAL AP The United States launched an Apollo style “artificial astronaut” on a one orbit mission aboard an Atlas rocket from the missile test center. The capsule completed 1 hour 46 minutes in space and splashed down in the Atlantic 160 miles east of Bermuda after a short recovery delay.
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Cape Canaveral
Pia
United States
Atlantic
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Muda
Russia
NASA
Bermuda
Decatur
Plymouth Rock
Lsd
Free surplus food program expands in New England
Across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and Rhode Island the federally funded surplus food aid has broadened to include butter lard and protein items. About 60 000 welfare recipients in the region now receive food with few abuses and low per family values though storage and distribution costs deter expansion in several communities. Vermont touts streamlined paperwork and a recipe booklet that helped win support lifting living standards for the unemployed. Bangor Maine reports a case of a recipient selling canned heat amid hardship.
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Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
New Bedford
Bay State
Andre Pitonyak
Bangor
Carla Leaves Texas In Ruin
A massive hurricane Carla battered Texas and western Louisiana with 175 mph winds and 8 foot flood depths. Death toll stood at 15 along 250 miles of coast as dozens of tornadoes added to devastation. Recovery stretched to months with hundreds of millions in damage and ongoing water and health threats. Remnants moved northeast toward Missouri as mass inland migration reduced further losses. President Kennedy discussed civil defense during a teleconference with Governor Daniel.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Carla
Gulf of Mexico
Missouri
Kennedy
Price Daniel
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Frank B
Katanga Secession Ended by UN Assault at Elisabethville
UN forces crushed Katanga resistance in Elisabethville after hours of fighting. President Tshombe fled and a central government administrator took over the mineral province. Adoula announced integration of Katanga’s forces and a state of emergency. Casualties reported include UN and mercenary fighters. Jadotville siege noted with 150 Irish troops surrounded.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Katanga
Congo
U.N
Elisabethville
Moise Tshombe
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Tshombe
U. N
Cyrille Adoula
Joseph Mobutu
Adoula
Godefroid
Munongo
Jadotville
Noted Scientist Says World Not Doomed
Editor notes nuclear scientist Dr. Edward Teller argues measures now could avoid or win atomic war. He estimates 9 percent of Americans might survive a holocaust and foresees recovery in three to four years with rebuilt cities, industries, and institutions. Lingering radiation remains a challenge but not insurmountable.
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Edward Teller
U.S
Dr. Teller
Nuclear war threat shocks United States in ominous forecast
By Alton Blakeslee AP Science Writer the date is some dreadful tomorrow The holocaust of nuclear war suddenly sweeps the United States threatening mass destruction and a chilling forecast of global consequences across cities and communities.
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Alton Blakeslef
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
United States
Simard Re-Elected Leader Of Local Artisans Group
Ralph Simard was re-elected president of the Biddeford-Saco Local of the Society of Artisans for the 10th term at a meeting held at Simard's furniture store in Biddeford last night. New officers include Alice Nolette as vice president and Gabriel Migner as secretary-treasurer. other roles filled by Mrs. Ralph Simard, Rev. Aime Giguere, and several counselors. State delegates re-elected are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Simard. Substitutes are Mrs. Gerard Turgeon and Mrs. Josephine Valliere. Visiting agents Ronald Melanson Jean Rochefort and Charles Pothier attended. Arthur Melanson installed members. A banquet followed at Wonderbar steak house. the state meeting is set for October 8 at St Jean hall Biddeford.
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Ralph Simard
Biddeford-Saco
Society of Artisans
Eld
Simard
Franklin Street
Biddeford
Alice Nolette
Gabriel Migner
Chaplin
Aime Giguere
Rose Frechette
Alva Cabana
Josephine Valliere
Florence Binette
Clarisse Couture
Eva Nolette
Gerard Turgeon
Ronald Melanson
Jean Rochefort
Charles Pothier
Arthur Melanson
Maine
New Hampshire
Wonderbar
St. Jean Hall
Elm and
Maine Streets
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Film Street
Council At
Beach
Biddeford-Saco Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Wayne B. Hutchins
Raymond P. Bonang
Clayton W. Cartmill
Arthur J. Peloquin
Edwin G. Walker
Alfred S. Bradford
Melbourne
Means
Michael Schoonjans
Walker
Peter Boucouvalas
William Searles
Maurice C. E. Roux
J. Alan Jasper
Irving Remar
Paul Rousseau
Donald €. Doyle
Harry W. Wooster
William McKenney
St. Joseph High School
Catholic Action
New York City
Sharon Murphy
Ship
Patricia Angers
Patricia Harris
Sr. St. Paule d’Avila
Lorraine Belair
Fordham University
Alfred St
Sneider
U. S
Sneider’s
Simard’s
Central Theatre
SASAS
Sneider's
West Street
Alfred Street
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