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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1960
Page
6
The Maine State Board of Nursing will offer the professional nurse licensing examination on October 13 and 14 at the State House in Augusta. Applications must be filed by October 5 with executive director Anne R. Mitton at 363 Main Street Lewiston.
Associated Press analyst James Marlow reviews Nixon Kennedy TV debate noting it clarified contrasts in governing approaches rather than ideas. Kennedy favors expanded government action for social programs while Nixon resists extending government role, with both sides unsure how to push through Congress.
Peter Garland of Saco Republican candidate for Congress from the First district will be guest of honor Sunday at open house ceremonies by the Republican York county committee at John Fallon’s home in Governor's Corner Lyman from 2 to 5 pm The Meet Your Candidate session and social hour is open to the public of southern York county Special guests will include Mrs Peter Garland and all GOP county candidates with their wives The general chairman of arrangements will be Miss Janet Tibbetts and other hostesses include Mrs Lottie Ricker Mrs Esther Swanton Mrs Alice Flynn Miss Marian Roberts Mrs Betty Littlefield and Mrs Nancy Titcomb The world's deepest hand dug well is in Weissenburg Germany 544 feet deep.
New York AP reports a tense televised encounter between Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator Joan Kennedy. The debate was dignified and low key, emphasizing issues from farm policy to budget balancing, with little personal clash and broad consensus on national goals despite differing views on methods.
The candidates sparred for an hour in a nationally televised debate aired by NBC CBS ABC and more with delays on some stations. Estimates ranged from 6 to 75 million viewers as Nixon and Kennedy clashed over economy debt school construction and agriculture while urging effective government action and voter turnout for November eighth.
The report notes that Congress could have overridden the veto on this and other Democratic proposals but public support for Eisenhower’s stance among the people prevented such action.
The Saco Town Meeting Committee will meet tomorrow night at 7 30 in the municipal courtroom for a fall planning session and organizational meeting and election of new officers.
Plans for the coming season include Carl De Suze on December 10 with films and a lecture on South Africa and three scheduled Portland Children's Theatre appearances at dates to be announced.
An Indian boy at the Cerebral Palsy Institute in Norman Oklahoma told playmates he wished to be a cowboy for a change during a quarrel over games. The remark drew attention to his desire for different play roles.
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