Town urged to save ice pond by accepting offers
Editorial argues bulldozers end decades of Bristol skating at Collins Pond. Taxpayers fund a $2,000 Veterans Park rink, but town should consider Ralph Kinder offer to use his nearby Vermette Ice Pond site for free. Council urged to act before area is swallowed by housing.
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Bristol
Taft School
Collins Pond
Veterans Park
Colling Pond
Ralph F Kinder
Joseph C Kinder
Vermette
Traffic neglect on Hope Street shows poor worksite control
A four lane highway work site blocks three lanes with no traffic guidance. Hope Street at Colt Drive lacks any traffic control, forcing drivers to navigate hazard with only patience. Officials should ensure traffic directing personnel or funds, and authorities must enforce proper guidance to prevent further danger. Commodore Perry’s 1856 warning about global power clashes echoes the need for orderly stewardship.
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Hope Street
Colt Drive
America
Asia
Russia
Siam
China
Commodore Perry
Khrushchev invited to New England weekly conference
The New England Weekly Press Association invites Premier Khrushchev to attend its annual Crawford Notch conference in New Hampshire from September 18 to 20. The editor urges him to study slave labor in the United States by accompanying a New England weekly newspaper editor.
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New England Weekly Press Association
Khrushchev
Crawford Notch
Nikita
New England
Springfield
Mass
Italian steel for Navy station stirs wider industry effect
The Maine Navy radio site uses 5,700 tons of Italian made structural steel priced 12 percent below domestic steel. Officials say the move is unrelated to the ongoing steel strike but warn higher domestic prices could push more foreign steel into the United States, affecting U.S. industry and foreign competition.
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Maine
U.S
Letter addresses town actions on dumping complaints
David J. Ferris responds to Mrs Ruggiero and clarifies council decisions from August 20 1959 on freight yard control town property cleanup and no dumping notices. He notes health department reports explained and outlines actions taken by the Town Council to post and police the Woodlawn Avenue area while defending council transparency and public involvement.
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Ruggiero
Woodlawn Avenue
Health Department
Highway Department
Manderl
Beach Terrace
Ferris
Goulart
David J. Ferris
Japanese Rail Etiquette Trains Target Odd Travel Habits
A feature on Japan's railways notes new “model etiquette” trains tackling practices such as passengers stripping outer garments in public, discarding waste in aisles, rowdy group travel fueled by sake and whiskey, loud transistor radios, and loud warnings from conductors. Rules include matchbooks outlining travel etiquette and vinyl bags for waste disposal.
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Japan
A Letter From Julia and a Silly Tale Remembered
A memoir fragment recalls childhood tricks played by a brother Harry on Howell Williams, including taunts about bowel towels. The narrator reflects on family memories, aging, and longing for those who mattered once, ending with a vignette of Pape and a snow white hair prank.
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Harry
Howell Williams
Howell
Papa
Mr. Bogert
Gustin
P. S
Oid Wells
Community Events Listing For August And September
August 29 Saturday ham and bean supper at Trinity Church Rooms starting 6 p.m. August 30 Sunday town wide collection of waste paper magazines and old rags by The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps starting 10 a.m. rain date September 6. September 23 Wednesday St Marys Women's Guild at St Marys Auditorium.
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Trinity Church Rooms
Kingsmen
Bugle and Drum Crps
St. Mary’s Women’s Guild
St. Mary's Auditorium
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