Concord caucus on Social Security stalls action awaiting Congress
Concord acting committee of the Chamber of Commerce met January 4 at Colonial Inn to discuss Social Security. Reports by Charles B. Hall and John E. Holt outlined the scope and legislative issues. Peter Grimes chaired as attendance grew to about 75, with Newbury elected caucus chairman. Nominations were made for moderator and council. no action taken pending clearer information from the new Congress. Nomination papers close January 23 at 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Congressional Action Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Colonial Inn
Charles B. Hall
John E. Holt
Peter Grimes
Congress
Cornelia M. Lawrence
Lawrence
Egbert S. Newbury Jr
Aljean N. Doty
Harold C. Smith
Newbury
John K. Damon
Livingston Hall
George T. Goodspeed
Hall
Damon
Robert E. Sheehan
George Lawton
Robert A. Soderman
King
Frederick J. Robbins
William B. Lochman
John C. Collins Robbins
Thomas W
Anne Root) McGrath
Selectman Smith
E. Cary
Tomlin) Brown
Selectman Damon
Selectmar Jan 23 release and local notices mix
Mrs. Morton H owns her third book Fire in Wind. Town news lists six filling stations near 322 Main and a Friday night Cars event. March of Dimes drive approaching, and gas scare averted. Police note ongoing all night parker issue and local church builds in Stow Acton Carl.
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Selectmar
Morton H
H.S
Main
Spors
Don Kent
Carson
John Shea Squire
Broad
Mies
John
Pope John
Presi- John
Waltham
C-R Trust
Northborough
Mass
Horticultural Society
Horticultural Hall
Boston
Jamaica Plain
Bedford V. A
Edith Nourse Rogers
Heart Fund
Stow
Acton
Carl
California Agriculture Sends Nearly Half Outside State
About forty five percent of California's agricultural production is shipped out of the state, reflecting a strong outward flow of farm goods. The figure highlights a significant interstate and international trade impact on farm economies.
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California
State
Grimes Named To Direct Dimes Drive In Concord
Grimes Jr., president of Colonial Inn, is named chairman of the 1961 New March of Dimes drive in Middlesex County. He appeals for volunteers to fund hospital bills from the 1955 epidemic and protect children, with contact at EM 9 4600.
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Grimes
Concord
Loring Grimes Jr
Colonial Inn
New March of Dimes
Middlesex County
Robert Mahoney
Phillips Exeter Academy
Parker House
Bellevue Hotel
Boston
New England
Hotel
New England Hotel Association
Concord Chest Campaign Reaches Goal After Grants
The 1960 Community Chest in Concord totals show $100 633 raised toward a $110 350 goal, reaching 99.4 percent with a grant-based adjustment and full status for 1961 agency needs. Chair David Emerson thanks 370 captains, solicitors, press and town agencies. Raytheon employees pledge over $7 500.
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Concord
Concord Red Cross
David Emerson
Raytheon
Concord Chest
Old Case May Go to Trial in Concord
Concord selectmen received a letter from Harris A Reynolds Boston attorney representing the board of appeals in the case of John H Kennedy and Smith G Phillips. The 1957 petition sought a 150 foot frontage variance on Elm Street and was denied by the appeals board. Reynolds said the board and abutting residents need not attend the Superior Court trial this month and he expressed confidence in a town victory.
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Concord
Harris A. Reynolds
Boston
Board of Appeals
John H. Kennedy
Smith G. Phillips
Kennedy
Phillips
Elm Street
Reynolds
Day Appointed to Planning Board to Fill Expired Term
Concord selects Frederick L. Day Jr to fill the unexpired term of James Rainey on the planning board. Day, a Yale MBA holder with Harvard architectural training, is an architect with Carl Koch Associates and a World War II veteran who served as a captain in the Engineering Corps.
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Concord — Board of Selectmen
Frederick L. Day Jr
Simon Willard Read
James Rainey
Rainey
Ren
Day
Yale University
Harvard
Board of Appeals
Carl Koch Associates
Mass East Germans Flee to West Berlin in 1960
Berlin reports 152,201 East Germans fled to West Berlin in 1960, a sharp rise from 90,862 who escaped in 1959, highlighting continued cross‑border migration during the era.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Carlisle P T A Changes Meeting
The Carlisle P T A meeting has been postponed to Tuesday January 17 at 8 o clock in the Spalding School Auditorium. C Glidden Jr Marguerite L Grant Charles P Brown and other school committee members will attend along with teachers for discussions and conferences in classrooms.
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Carlisle
Announ P. T. A
Spalding School
Dis C. Glidden, Jr
Marguerite L. Grant
Charles P. Brown
Carlisle Fire Department Two Calls In Two Days
Firemen answered two calls in the last two days. Tuesday they were summoned to Mrs. Richard Warren’s River Road home when a washing machine overheated with no damage. On Wednesday a utility pole snapped near the Chelmsford line and crews remained on scene until repairs arrived.
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Carlisle
Richard Warren
River Road
Chelmsford
Rotary Makeups Reported by Concord Rotarians
Concord Rotarians report makeups by H Whit temore Brown in Brattleboro Vermont H S Campbell in Lexington Vermont Om as R Huckins and Edmund J Campbell both in Waltham Massachusetts Visitors at the local luncheon and meeting include Louis Aleturm Boca Raton Florida William Dow Ayer Ronald David Albert ford and John Bowen all of .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
H. Whittemore Brown
Brattleboro
H. S. Campbell
Lexington
Omas R. Huckins
Edmund J. Campbell
Waltham
Louis Aleturm
Boca Raton
Fra
William Dow Ayer
Ronald David
Albert Ford
John Bowen
Perfume Oils Need Hygiene Breakthrough Says LIU Scientist
Long Island University researchers led by Dr Jasper Coa found perfume oils halve bacteria and fungi in wearers and in nearby air. The associate biology professor directed the study on hygienic effects of fragrance and scent inhalation in New York.
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New York
UPI
Long Island University
Jasper Coa
Warrant Meeting Set for Town Annual Articles
Old High School on Stow Street hosts a town meeting Monday January 23 at 7 30 p m to discuss warrant articles for the annual town business. The session outlines proposed measures and budget items for public consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old High School
Stow Street
MIT Graduate Joins General Radio Staff
Basil A. Bonk a MIT class of 1960 graduate joined General Radio Company development engineering staff. He earned BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from MIT and served on MIT radio station and student government and Sigma Xi member. He gained industrial experience at General Radio and lived on Massachusetts Avenue Arlington.
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Basil A. Bonk
West Concord
M.I.T
General Radio Company
Bonk
Hex Alpha
Sigma Xi
General Radio
Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
Concord Selectmen OK Gas Station Plan After Hearing
After a public hearing the Concord board approved Beharrell Trust’s petition by a 3 to 2 vote to construct a new filling station at 322 Main Street. The plan involves storage of gasoline and oils in above ground containers near the West Concord fire station, with 16 000 gallons of gasoline and other fuels and oils in steel tanks.
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Concord
Beharrell Trust
Main Street
West Concord
Building Permits Drop In Concord With Few New Homes
Concord building department reports a December drop in permits with 12 total issued for 148 365 dollars versus 223 200 last December. Three residential permits were issued to Custom Colonials Inc two at 22 000 each and B D Agostino 8 Bayberry Road 21 000. One large permit was for Union Church 71 900.
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Concord
Town Building Department
Custom Colonials, Inc
B. D'Agostino
Bayberry Road
Union Church
Selectmen Sign Bond for Town Treasurer and Tax Collector
Concord selectmen sign fidelity bonds for Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Mary E. Sheehan. The 1961 treasurer bond is 67,500 up from 64,700 in 1960 while the 1961 collector bond is 72,900, up from 69,900 in 1960.
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Concord
Fidelity
Mary E. Sheehan
Arkansans Pay Over 100 Million in Insurance Premiums
The report shows Arkansans spent more than 100 million dollars last year on property and casualty insurance. It details the total premiums and notes trends in household and business coverage across the state.
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Arkansans
Carlisle Caucus Set For Jan 23
Carlisle board of selectmen set a citizens caucus for Monday January 23 at 7 30 p m in Spalding School Auditorium to nominate candidates for the annual town election Town Clerk Margaret M Heald will call the meeting to order.
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Carlisle — Board of Selectmen
Spalding School
Margaret M. Heald
Concord Chamber of Commerce Meeting Addresses Town Needs
The Concord Chamber of Commerce holds its next quarterly meeting Wednesday at 6:30 at Howard Johnsons. Guest speaker is Charles Zekus New England manager of the Chamber and former New Jersey chamber chief. President Hall presides Executive Secretary Erickson introduces the speaker.
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Concord
Concord Chamber of Commerce
Howard Johnson
Charles Zekus
New England
Chamber of Commerce
New Jersey
William C. Hall
George E. Erickson
Concord Board Grants Joint Pole Locations
Concord board of selectmen after a joint hearing with New England Tel and Tel Co and Municipal Light Plant granted pole locations on Cranfield Peter Spring Butternut Westvale Prairie and Brown streets. No opposition. Also a letter from Charles Putnam Red Cross chair on water safety and boating traffic asks selectmen to post signs from Fairhaven Bay to the Monument Street Bridge on the Sudbury and Concord rivers.
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Concord—Board of Selectmen
New England Tel. & Tel. Company
Municipal Light Plant
Cranfield
Peter Spring
Butternut
Westvale
Prairie and
Brown
Telephone Company
Wallace
Russell I. Eldridge
C.M.L.P. Selectmen
Charles Putnam
Concord Red Cross
Putnam
Red Cross
Fairhaven Bay
Monument Street
Sudbury
Concord
Economic worth of homemakers cited by agriculture department
The U S Department of Agriculture estimates the cash value of everyday services by the average housewife at about 2000 dollars per year.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Lincoln Man 10 Gives Talk On Planets
Dana W. Atchley Jr. president of Microwave Associates will speak at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Boston Chapter meeting at the Officers Club Charlestown Navy Yard. He will outline interplanetary communication premises and approaches. His firm supplies microwave gear used in Project OZMA at Green Bank WV to search for signals from intelligent beings in Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani. Atchley, an amateur radio operator W1HKK, resides in Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Dana W. Atchley Jr
Microwave Associates
Atchley
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
Boston
Officers Club
Charlestown Navy Yard
Microwave Associates, Inc
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Green Bank
Tau Ceti
Epsilon Eridani
Earth
Boating Enthusiasts Spend Billions This Year
An estimated 40 million boating enthusiasts will spend about $2.6 billion on recreational boating this year.
Town Manager Notes on Blue Cross Credit and Hillside Project
Concord town notes credit of 4100 as of June 30 1959 from Blue Cross. Theodore M Nelson signed a contract with Marden Land for the Hillside avenue project. Selectmen receive a letter about purchasing the old fire station and reply regarding Article 17 in the annual town meeting warrant.
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Concord
Theodore M. Nelson
Blue Cross
Nelson
Marden
Hillside Avenue
Fletcher
Missing petty cash box reported at Thoreau School
Police investigate after James V. McMullen reports a steel grey petty cash box with 6 to 8 dollars in cash and 17 to 19 dollars in voucher slips vanished from the Thoreau School vault since November 1. Officials delayed announcing the loss hoping it would be found. police were notified December 1 and are conducting inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
James V. McMullen
Thoreau and
Wheeler
Thoreau School
Dempsey Knocks Out Morris in 14 Seconds
New Orleans report notes Jack Dempsey halted Carl Morris in the first round with a 14 second knockout on December 16, 1918. The quick finish highlighted Dempsey’s dominance in the early career阶段.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
UPI
Jack Dempsey
Carl Morris
Concord Town Manager Nelson invited to MA associations meeting
Theodore M. Nelson, Concord town manager, received an invitation to the Massachusetts City Managers Association and Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association executive committee meeting at the Philomatheia Club, Boston College, on Tuesday January 17 at 12 noon. A luncheon will precede remarks by Patrick Healey Jr., executive director of the American Municipal Association.
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Concord
Theodore M. Nelson
Massachusetts City Managers Association
Massachusetts Selectmen's Association
Philomatheia Club
Boston College
Patrick Healey, Jr
American Municipal Association
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Sam Rayburn
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C. OF C
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D. W. Atchley
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March OF Dimes
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Dennison Mfg
Maynard Industries
Sperry Rand Research Center
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