Armory at Saco to Receive $150000 Grant Plans
National Guard officials in Augusta discussed a $150,000 military construction grant for the Saco armory. President Eisenhower signed the bill this week, with funds likely used to expand the site for new Guard units. A restoration project of $5,000 had just been completed, and proposals include hardtop paving and a larger garage or expanded armory.
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Khrushchev Arrives In New York
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in New York aboard a deluxe train from Washington at 11:54 a.m. amid tight security. Police and guards swarmed Pennsylvania Station and key routes as a 2,000-strong crowd gathered outside the terminal. Richard C. Patterson welcomed him in the baggage room while hundreds of schoolgirls and thousands more lined the city streets during the visit.
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Washington
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Pennsylvania
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Moscow
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Department of Commerce and Public Events
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Red China Shakes High Command in Military Change
Red China reshuffled its armed forces high command as Marshal Lin Piao, deputy premier, took over from Marshal Peng Teh-huai as defense minister. Peiping reported the move without explanation amid Pengs recent role in Sino-Soviet military talks and his trip to Albania for talks with the Soviet Union.
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Lin Piao
Peng Teh-huai
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Peng
Eiping
Moscow
Albania
Portland girl given suspended sentence for concealing infant
Judith Ann Young, 16, was sentenced in Superior Court after pleading guilty to concealing the body of her newborn son found in an incinerator. She originally faced a murder warrant but was indicted only for concealing the body and placed on two years probation. The girl reportedly delivered the child at home then panicked and disposed of the body in the incinerator. Pathology results on the infant’s status at birth were not released.
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Judith Ann Young
Opposition Unites As Labor Faces Common Foes
In San Francisco AFL-CIO delegates, nearly 1,000 strong, report business opposition as a unifying force for organized labor. They back the 65 day steel strike amid employer resistance to wage increases and union bills, while party labels lose meaning as Meany signals stronger political mobilization.
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IBM Head Addresses Safety Men at Maine Conference
Russell DeBeamer of New York City told the Maine State Safety Conference that loss prevention and accident avoidance must be a management function not a single person task. He urged placing authority near action and keeping the first line supervisor responsible, addressing the opening of the 32nd annual event in Rockland. The two day session features panels on safety topics and ends with a Ford Motor Co. luncheon speaker Robert T. Ross.
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Russell DeBeamer
New York City
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Rumford Leader Julian P. Israelisn Named March of Dimes Chairman
Rumford businessman and civic leader Julian P. Israelsion has been named chairman of the Maine March of Dimes for 1960. The appointment was announced yesterday by Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation. Israelson is secretary of the Rumford Public Service Commission.
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Julian P. Israelson
Maine March of Dimes
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National Foundation
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History to Decide Washington on Economic Systems
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that history will decide whether capitalism or communism is best for the people. He said capitalism winning is impossible but acknowledged he would have to accept it if it happened.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Herter Lays Out Tension Ending Plan
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter presented a broad program to end East West tension through peaceful change in political military and economic fields at the United Nations General Assembly. He urged disarmament talks space cooperation and tackling Berlin and German reunification while denouncing Communist aggression and rejecting a Laos conference. He criticized Tibetan repression and urged United Nations cooperation as a step toward space age cooperation.
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Germany
Soviet Union
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John Foster Dulles
Far East
Laos
U. N. Security Council
Red China
Tibet
Canadian Man Indicted Over Counterfeit Bills in Maine
Joseph M. Morin, 33, of St Dome De Beauce Quebec, is indicted on bringing into the United States two counterfeit Canadian ten dollar bills. He was arrested at Dennistown near the border last July as authorities traced a flood of bogus notes in western Maine. About $6,000 in counterfeit bills were seized in the state.
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United States
Joseph M. Morin
St. Dome de Beauce
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Maine
Eisenhower says Khrushchev talks very friendly but early to judge change
President Eisenhower told reporters that his talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev have been friendly though it is too soon to determine if Khrushchev has altered views on world issues. He noted a mutual agenda for Camp David and that Berlin and Laos will be on the agenda.
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Satellite Launch Failure at Cape Canaveral
A three stage Thor Able launcher failed to place a satellite into orbit on a Cape Canaveral launch. The Defense Department said data was not confirmed and the satellite did not achieve orbit after engine stages fired on schedule. The project aimed to test a new global navigation system, anticipated to surpass existing accuracy.
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Defense Department
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Advanced Research and Projects Administration
Sub Debs Welcome Nine New Members at Biddeford Meeting
Nine new members were welcomed into the Sub Debs during a Wednesday meeting at the home of president Diane McDougall in Biddeford. New pledges include Doris Bergoon Susan Nannery Carol Mboria Sharon Anderson Judy Wilcox Cathy Roberts Joan McDougall Joan Johnson and Sheila Sanborn. A new fall calendar of projects was outlined by officers including Diane McDougall Margo Johnson Jackie Clark Patricia Turner Linda Lake and Bonnie Roberts. The next meeting will be Wednesday at the home of Margo Johnson in Saco.
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Marial Avenue
Biddeford
Doris Bergoon
Susan Nannery
Carol Mboria
Sharon Anderson
Judy Wilcox
Cathy Roberts
Joan McDougall
Joan Johnson
Sheila Sanborn
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Biddeford Banker’s Estate Topples Million-Dollar Total
Alfred York banker ALFRED E Goodwin died December 23 from burns after a fire. Probate shows estate over 1 million dollars with 105 stock types valued at 1,071,579 and a 396,646 York Community Trust Co. checking account. Most of the estate goes to York hospital. Goodwin was 90. Also, Joseph Raoul Letarte, Ramsey New Jersey, once of Biddeford, was sentenced to 2 to 4 years in Thomaston State Prison for arson. Richard Plummer, 18, Hollis, was sent to the South Windham reformatory for truck larceny from Alfred White House in July. Letarte’s arson trial for burning Mrs. Anna Dumont’s Biddeford home on June 22 resumed with Letarte testifying he came to Biddeford to see Leo Dumont.
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Richard Plummer
Hollis
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Anna Dumont
York County Superior Court
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Leo Dumont
Spies for Both Sides Allegedly Share Intelligence
Khrushchev joked at a White House dinner that the United States and the Soviet Union obtain most of their intelligence from the same paid sources. Allen Dulles and J Edgar Hoover joined the conversation, Canham recounts, highlighting mutual misgivings about intelligence procurement.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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White House
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
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