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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1959

Page

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Tribute Paid In Final Rites For Stephen White

The final tribute was paid this morning to Stephen White a noted Biddeford sports coach and civic leader in services at St Mary church and cemetery Biddeford. Delegations from city government school board York County Coaches Association and various local groups attended with honorary bearers from several schools and societies. Police and city officials accompanied the funeral motorcade as flags flew at half staff in memory of the prominent leader who died Wednesday. Continued on Page Two.

Stephen Steve) White Biddeford St. Mary Church York County Coaches Asso‘ation Tation Biddeford Alumni Field Association ,the Holy Name Society of St. Mary Church Ancient Order of the Hibernians St Francis School and College Cosgrove Clement Deschambault Daniel Cantara Fred Letellier H. Clifford Berry Raoul Sevigny Biddeford Teachers Association Raymond Kenneally Biddeford High School Germaine Bergeron Peter Mantis Gertrude Colliff Emery School Elizabeth Hoyt Washington Street Alice Sullivan Bradbury Street School State Coaches Association Robert Cote St. Louis High School Neil Serpico George Wells Quentin Johnson Thomas Caddigan John Burns Thomas Breen Joseph Cook St. Francis Fred Warner William Sutton Marcel Cloutier Ernest Therrien St. Francis Lay Raymond Bonang Joseph Audie Francis Cote Albert Deshaies Roy McNaughton J. Ralph Larochelle John Barrett Norman Reilly Fernand M. X. Cote Leonard Drapeau Peter Hellige Joseph Kenneally George Malesnik James Murphy Armand Rene Henry Ross Maurice Roux Michael Schoonjans Roland Sylvester Edgar Sevigny Elm St. Mary Stephen White Cornelius Darcy Melbourne Means The Hibernians Holy Name Society of St. Mary Church Biddeford High School Alumni Field Association St. Francis 'Ay

Gangster and beauty queen slain in Queens Carfano and Janice Drake murdered

Underworld leader Anthony Carfano and Janice Drake, wife of comedian Allan Drake, were shot to death Friday night in a flashy black Cadillac in Jackson Heights Queens. Neighbors saw two men flee. weapons .52 and .88 caliber. Drake, Miss New Jersey 1944, linked to Nat Nelson case years earlier, identified by clothes labels. Carfano identified by auto license.

New York Underworld Anthony Little Augie Pisano Carfano Queens al Capone Frank Costello Janice Drake Allan Drake Janice Hansen Palisades Park New Jersey Jackson Heights LaGuardia Field Drake 102Nd St Forest Hills Nat Nelson Nelson Tony Martin

Eisenhower Khrushchev Open Historic Cold War Talks

Eisenhower and Khrushchev began a problem by problem debate on West Berlin and divided Germany at Camp David Aspen lodge in Maryland. Their breakfast talk followed a helicopter flight from Washington as reporters briefed the press center on Gettysburg.

Gettysburg. Pa Eisenhower Nikita S. Khrushchev Aspen Camp David Maryland Catoctin Mountains West Berlin Germany Khrushchev Washington Gettysburg Anne Wheaton White House James C. Hagerty Andrew H. Burney Berlin Laos

Manhunt for Brown Called Off in New Hampshire

State Police halted the search for Robert G. Brown once listed by the FBI as a top 10 fugitive. A Meredith resident reported seeing a man in an orchard who fled when approached. Brown faces charges in a July 9 shooting robbery of a Canadian tourist at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

Meredith N. H Robert G. Brown FBI Brown Laconia Christian Nolte Old Orchard Beach Maine

Time changes end daylight saving in scattered regions

Daylight saving time ends on different dates across the nation with New York and most of the Middle Atlantic states keeping the time until the last Sunday in October. Clocks will roll back at 2 a.m. in several western states and in parts of several others including California Nevada Wisconsin Indiana Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia. The pattern also includes Missouri and Kentucky.

New York New England Middle Atlantic California Nevada Wisconsin Indiana Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Seaboard Vilinsis Missouri Kentucky

Odd spider items come from Biddeford shop and Kennebunk herd

In Biddeford Five Points the Land Manufacturing Company makes spider web frames among its varied outputs while York Products in Kennebunk milks spiders for their gossamer webs used as cross hairs in instruments. The Lund firm also turns jets missiles and molds with 60 machines and service tools in Waltham.

Land Manufacturing Company Five Points Biddeford York Products Kennebunk Lund Company Wendell Lund Lund Route 1 New England Mississippi Seattle Egypt Waltham Mass Leonora Anton Old Orchard Beach

Adventurers in Christian Living series speaker noted

The October 12 session at Foss Street Methodist in Biddeford features Dr. Allen Knight Chambers of Boston University School of Theology as the second speaker. He was longtime pastor of Broadway Tabernacle NYC and a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People board member who worked toward peaceful school integration in Little Rock.

Allen Knight Chambers Boston University School of Theology Biddeford-Sace

Navy Airmen Rescue After 12 Hours at Sea

Ten Navy airmen were hoisted from the Pacific after ditching a Marlin patrol plane 110 miles off the Columbia River. Four Navy and Coast Guard aircraft searched under foul weather as the men, three officers and seven enlisted, were recovered aboard the Coast Guard cutter Rocona near Astoria. The freighter Olympic Pioneer stood by while the rescue continued to bring them to safety in good condition but exhausted.

Columbia River Coast Guard Rocona Astoria Ore Olympic Pioneer Navy Seattle Whidbey Island Wash Naval Air Station James B. Henson Pearcng Ark Henson

Sometimes I Wish I Had Loved and Lost

A distressed young mother laments her chaotic home while her children cry. The fragment hints at past romance and loss, attributed to a Gen. Fea. Corp. copyright note.

Ceylon Prime Minister Slain by Monk in Colombo

Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike was killed by a Buddhist monk during a bowing farewell in Colombo. Vijayananda Dananayake was sworn in as the new prime minister, while Gov. Gen. Goonetilleke declared a state of emergency. The gunman was captured and questioned as authorities probe motives amid East West tensions.

Colombo Ceylon Solomon Bandaranaike United States Asia Vijayananda Dananayake Bandaranaike Dananayake Oliver Goonetilleke Britain G. Pannasekera Thero

Storm Gracie Marking Time Off Cape Canaveral

Gracie hovered about 350 miles offshore as it met strong northeasterly winds. Weather officials expected the storm to remain stationary for 12 hours before resuming a northward path.

Mnami Fla Gracie Cape Canaveral Carolinas Weather Bureau

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