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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1961
Page
8
Commercial Advertisers encouraged to call AT 3.3625 to learn about new low introductory rates and the value of classified ads. The notice promotes a contract option and urges quick contact for availability.
York County Commissioners invite bids for No 2 fuel oil for the York Court House from Oct 7 1961 to Oct 7 1962. Bids must include physical and chemical analyses, flash point, pour point, water and sediment, and carbon residue. specify brand. Bids due by 11 00 AM Oct 3 1961, opened at 11 00 AM in the County Commissioners office.
A reader asks for help locating something to list in the Journal classifieds. The note requests a brief entry suitable for a classified section, prompting readers to respond with details and contact information.
Hollywood reports that West Side Story, produced by the Mirisch brothers, cost about six million dollars, with Natalie Wood paid two hundred fifty thousand and color 70mm, stereo, and a year of preparation. The film, a dance opera about rival New York gangs and two star-crossed lovers, features Robbins choreography and Bernstein music, praised as highly energetic with strong performances by Wood Tamblyn Moreno Chakiris, though a brutal police portrayal adds a jarring note.
Maine Teachers Association convention will be held in Bangor and Lewiston October 5 and 6 with the Institute on Quality Teaching featuring keynoters Dr. Alice V. Keliher and Dr. Harold G. Shane. An audio visual demonstration by Syracuse and Maine professors will show two screen projectors audio readers color slides and films. Discussion groups will cover age for school entry read ing readiness reading programs Maine history discipline study skills elementary fitness and science in the primary grades.
Washington AP reports the Civil Rights Commission urged the President and Congress to speed school desegregation. The six members unanimously urged that every local school board operating segregated schools file a desegregation plan within six months, aiming for full compliance with the 1954 Supreme Court decision by the next school year. Senators Clark and Celler introduced a similar bill. One member, Robert Rankin, dissented on withholding up to 50 percent of federal education grants from states not desegregating. There was no dissent on denying federal funds to racially or religiously discriminatory higher education. Four commissioners supported withholding aid from privately run segregated institutions.
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