Sampson's Market Becomes Samp Stop N Save In Biddeford
Sampson's Market on Elm Street in Biddeford South of Five Points closes and reopens as Samp Stop N Save. Spokesman Hollis Sawyer says personnel will largely remain and hiring will increase. full brand and building updates expected within a month. An unnamed tenant will occupy the former Sampson's building within two weeks. There are about 15 employees.
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Sampson's Market
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Biddeford
Five Points
Shop ‘N’ Save
Alfred Street
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Sampson
Danforth To Fill Journal Photo Post
The Biddeford Saco Journal announces the creation of a photographic department with Richard E. Danforth of Saco named chief photographer. Editor Elston P. Ingalls notes the move expands local photo coverage and follows years of improvement in the paper. Danforth, of 16 Union Street, brings extensive photography experience to the new role.
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Richard E. Danforth
Saco
Biddeford
Saco Journal
Elston P. Ingalls
Ingalls
Danforth
Union St
Parliament sent home in Congo constitutional row
Congolese President Joseph Kasavubu dismissed Parliament in Leopoldville after lawmakers refused his demand to draft a Congo constitution. The move unsettled the capital as political leadership clashed over constitutional timing and authority.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Dan Flagg A Marine Major In Biddeford Lace Journal
Behind the smile of Major Dan Flagg United States Marine Corps lies a man of action. The piece highlights his rapid mood shifts from warmth to cold derision and snarling intensity, inviting readers to follow his life in the Biddeford Lace Journal.
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Dan Flagg
United States Marine Corps
Biddeford-Lace Journal
Two White Men Jailed In Birmingham Probe
Two white men were jailed in Birmingham for further investigation into a series of bombings that have troubled the racially tense city. Chambliss and Cagle, both connected to anti integration activity, were held while others were released.
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Ala
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al Lingo
State Highway Patrol
L. A. Holcomb
R. F E. Chambliss
Charles Cagle
Chambliss
Cagle
Slate Named By Rebekah Lodge In Saco
Officers were elected at Saco Rebekah Lodge meeting in Odd Fellows hall Main Street Saco The slate lists Lucy Durgin as noble grand Madeline Brackett vice grand Ethel Day recording secretary Adelpha McKeen financial secretary Parnell Burrill treasurer and Carlton Burrill third trustee Ethel Day elected first trustee to fill Carrie Emerys vacancy Installation set for October 12 with District Deputy President Marguerite Wescott to preside A memorial service was held for Carrie Emery charter draped for 30 days A records memoriam page was opened. The group approved a Thornton Academy band calendar and meeting dates Miss Adelpha McKeen and Mrs Elizabeth Hill are convalescing A letter announced Maine Rebekah Assembly dates October 17 18 19 at Frye Hall Portland A penny social supper led by Priscilla Ladd preceded business and a silent auction followed by Miss Jessie Clark
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Odd Fellows Hall
Main Street
Saco
Lucy Durgin
Noble Grand
Madeline Brackett
Ethel M. Day
Adelpha McKeen
Parnell
Marguerite Wescott
Springvale
Carrie M. Emery
Thornton Academy
Elizabeth Hill
Eleatha Fenlason
Maine Rebekah Assembly
Frye Hall
Spring St
Portland
Priscilla Ladd
Jessie Clark
Departments Chided On Viet Nam Policies
A House subcommittee attacked the State Department for restricting reporters in South Vietnam. It faulted a 1962 cables guidelines, saying they hid facts from the American public and hindered understanding of conditions in Viet Nam. The report cited rules limiting critical coverage and press access aboard military missions.
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State Department
South Viet Nam
House Subcommittee On Information
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Subcommittee
Viet Nam
U.S
Carl T. Rowan
Finland
Dean Rusk
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Diem
Town Clerk Miss Palmer Dies in Bowdoinham
Miss Alice L. Palmer aged 55, town clerk for 20 years, also served as excise tax collector and registrar of voters, died at her Bowdoinham home on Sunday.
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Bowdoinham
Alice L. Palmer
Catholic Redefinition Proposals Endorsed at Vatican Council
Vatican City AP report says the second phase of the Vatican Ecumenical Council opened with Cardinal and bishop speakers endorsing the reform schema De Ecclesia as a basis for church restructuring,. Pope Paul VI urged reform and unity in his opening remarks. About 372 proposed amendments to the schema were mailed to the Vatican during a nine month recess, signaling a faster session through December 4.
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St. Peter's Basilica
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Pope
Paul
Wallace annouces arrest in Birmingham church bombing
Gov George Wallace states two men are arrested in the Birmingham church bombing that killed four African American girls. Names are withheld and the investigation continues as officials pursue results. The Vatican Council resumes work with a streamlined agenda. A Rusk Gromyko meeting is viewed as key to new U S Soviet accords. Kennedy returns from a Western tour with optimism for the 1964 campaign under the Peace and Prosperity theme.
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George Wallace
Birmingham
Wallace
Kennedy Bets on Peace and Prosperity Theme for 1964
AP analysis notes Kennedy tests peace and prosperity messaging on a Western tour. He highlights limited nuclear test ban and foreign aid, while linking potential tax cuts to avoiding recession. Audience responses in Montana and Rocky Mountain states show strong applause for the peace argument and international role.
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Washington
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rocky Mountain
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
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Montana
Billings
Great Falls
Salt Lake City
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Goldwater
W I C Expresses Over Saco Project
Dinsmore Worthing former Saco mayor and Maine Water Improvement Commission member released a letter to the City of Saco. The commission expresses concern over the apparent failure of the proposed pollution abatement project and the risk of losing more than a half million dollars in Federal Accelerated Public Works funds. The note, signed by Raeburn Macdonald, chief engineer, urges timely action to bring the Saco River estuary into compliance with class standards.
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Saco Exmayor
Maine Water Improvement Commission
Saco
Raeburn Macdonald
Commission
Saco River
Saco Voters Reject Sewer Plan With River Pollution Aim
A letter from the W I C urges city changes within five to seven years and promises aid if a sewer district is created or other reforms enacted. The Saco vote rejected the river pollution project on September 9, which would have funded two sewage treatment plants along the Saco River and interceptor lines to reduce pollution.
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Saco
Saco River
High Level Talks Look For Breakthrough At UN
United Nations New York AP U S diplomats see a Wednesday night meeting between Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko as the best prospect for new Washington Moscow accords A breakfast with British Foreign Secretary Home preceded a dinner at the Soviet mission to the UN with Thant The talks focus on a range from a consular agreement to space cooperation and observers to guard against surprise attacks Gromyko offered broad disarmament views but details were sparse and the nonaggression pact proposal drew no consensus Western allies remain undecided on that plan while room exists for other US Soviet deals on mutual interests.
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