Murphy Elected Vice Chairman For Local Chest Drive
Harold P. Waight, campaign chairman of the Biddeford Saco Community Chest, announced James H. Murphy of Biddeford as vice chairman and named division heads for the drive. The campaign opens October 12 with a parade and aims to raise 33,688 for public health nursing services, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, hearing and speech center, and campaign expenses.
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Biddeford-Saco Community Chest
Harold P. Waight
Saco
James H. Murphy
Biddeford
Raymond Bonang
Thomas Armstrong
Francis Condon
Robert Conroy
Public
W. Paul Casavant
J. Alan Jasper
Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford Public Health Nursing Service
Saco Public Health Nursing Service
Kennebec Girl Scouts Council
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts
Northeast Hearing and Sneech Center
Maine Prepares For Invasion Of Presidential Aspirants
Maine gears up as both major party candidates plan visits within days. President Johnson heads to Portland City Hall for a 5 p.m. address after stops in Providence and Burlington while Goldwater speaks at Portland Municipal Airport at 8 a.m. Friday. Maine leaders expect rallies, and Muskie campaigns in Bangor and Waterville. McIntire criticizes Johnson over shoe imports, citing 22 000 Maine families tied to shoe jobs.
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Associated Press
Maine
Portland
Johnson
New England
Brown University
Providence
R.I
Burlington, Vt
William Howard Taft
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Reed
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Bangor
Brewer
University of Maine
Orono
Muskie
Clifford G. McIntire
Acd
Bangor Industria Management Club
McIntire
Youth Breaks Back In Mishap at Sanford Service Station
In Sanford a Gray youth suffered a serious back injury when a large gasoline tank fell during bed excavation at a service station. Police said James Davis 21 and Edgar Surette 49 of Auburn were involved as the chain snapped. Suzette sustained only superficial injuries.
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Sanford
Portland
James Davis
Edgar Surette
Auburn
Suzette
Warren Commission Summary Offered by AP and Journal
The newspaper announces the forthcoming official Warren Commission summary on Kennedy's assassination. AP rushes to press with the 300000 plus word document, accompanied by an illustrated durable hardcover edition. Readers may order for 1.50 each and pick up at the newspaper office once printed.
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Warren Commission
Kennedy
Associated Press
Myation
Journal
Most Of East Coast To Be Spared Damage From Storm
The Weather Bureau forecast in New York City said the eastern Long Island coast may see limited effects but the rest of the densely populated East Coast should avoid hurricane damage from Gladys. No dangerous winds expected from Cape May to Block Island, though tides two to three feet above normal threaten flooding.
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New York
U.S. Weather Bureau
Long Island
Weather Bureau
Cape May
New Jersey
Block Island
R.I
New York City
Northeast coast braced as Hurricane Gladys nears
At 6 a.m. reconnaissance placed Gladys center about 220 miles east of Norfolk. Emergency preparations rushed to protect miles of coast from floods and erosion as marinas haul boats out. Winds up to 85 mph within 50 miles of center with forecast turn northeast toward Atlantic and pass southeast of Cape Cod. Weather warnings shift along the coast as crews brace for the storm.
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Norfolk
Rumery
Biddeford
Saco
Marston
William Marston
Biddeford Pool
U. S. Coast Guard
Leonard Malens
Gladys
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Mass
Virginia Cape
Block Island
Virginia Capes
Cape Hatteras
Hurricane Gladys Threatens New England Shoreline
Strong gusts up to 45 mph forecast with heavier winds along Southeastern New England. Gale warnings for New York Harbor downgraded to small craft warnings at 4 a.m. Rain heavy at times for Long Island as Gladys shifts toward the northeast. Evacuations planned from North Carolina northward, sandbag barriers rise around Battery and Queens World’s Fair grounds, Long Island beaches face erosion, and boats are moved to safer docks while civil defense readies measures and coastal areas brace for tides and flooding.
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New England
New York Harbor
Long Island
New York City
Gladys
Cape Cod
Provincetown
North Carolina
Battery
Manhattan
Queens
New York State Civil Defense Commission
Albany
U.S. Air Force
Tannery Vote Set Aside At Saco Plant By NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board set aside the July 29 tannery union election at Saco Tanning Corp and ordered new elections. Amalgamated Meat Cutters official Nicholas Rassias cites union objections over a wage increase two weeks before voting. About 265 employees were eligible. the union claims illegal influence and intends to appeal. The company says the wage action was improper and will pursue any needed legal avenues.
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National Labor Relations Board
Saco Tanning Corp
Nicholas Rassias
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
Afl-Cio
Saco
Rassias
Obj
NLRB
Tanery
Washington, D. C
Boston
Pany
Three Trapped Mine Workers Rescued At Nevada Site
The third of four men trapped over 80 hours in a nuclear test shaft at Nevada Test Site was brought to the surface in 1 hour 3 minutes. Art Luhnow of North Las Vegas led the rescued group, with two others saved earlier and one fatality reported among the four originally trapped. The rescue involved a two man elevator and salvage of tons of tangled cable, while the AEC kept details confidential.
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Mercury
Nev
Nevada Test Site
Art Luhnow
North Las Vegas
George R. Cooper
Tucson
Ariz
Frank Solaegui
Cooper
Luhnow
Leland Roeder
Solaegui
Floyd Shaw
Santa Barbara
Calif
William Flangas
Roe
James C. Gray
Indian Springs
AEC
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Harry M. Wooster
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AsdAuntiane
Clayton W. Cartmill
Waterville
Guilford
MacLeod
Kenneth M. Curtis
Curtis
Farmington
William D. Hathaway
Hathaway
Kenneth P. MacLeod
Bill’s TV Center
Main Street
Saco Dial
Linoleum CO
Alfred Street
Commission
Cleary
Biddeford-Saco Coal & Oil. CO
Cleaves Street
Gen
Tea, Corp
First National
Biddeford Shopping Center
Assumption Sodality of
East Coast
Eastport
Coast Guard
Constellation
Valley Contractors, Inc
Soldier Pond
John Coffin
Brattleboro
York Hill
Kermit C. Stadig
Coffin
Webber Hospital
Parent-Teacher Association
Fairfield
Alice W. Huff
Donna Cockerille
Suzanne Smith
Bernard Forbush
Old Orchard Beach
Julia Boothby
Sue Anne Bellavance
Margery Shuster
James Marines
Edward LeBlanc
Paulette Keller
Ruth Allen
Joseph Deschenes
C. K. Burns School
George Chase
James Vanites
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