29 Aug 1962
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1962
Page
1
Legion members attended the last meeting where Walter P. Blaisdell was thanked for the Pot of Gold. Pit beef barbecue preparations were made for Saturday and a baked bean supper was voted for next Friday. Notices call for bowlers and a city league meeting at Ian's Pepperrell Room on Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Coffee served at New Recreation Lanes in Geneva.
NORTH BERWICK The School Committee approved use of the high school gym by a local team and discussed plans for an assurance program. Merritt Lord and Robert Pickett were named to submit names for committees. Linscott and Griffin were chosen managers of the school lunch program. Thirteen windows will be purchased for the elementary school.
Maine State Police Chief Lee Marx plans to request an increase in troopers over the next biennium to curb a rising death toll, announcing six new hires and noting record vehicle registrations and accidents. He cites two flying squadrons on duty weekends and focus on highways from Kittery to Lincoln and parts of Aroostook County.
The Cuban press remains tightly controlled by Fidel Castro’s regime, restricting foreign reporters. Visa denials, restricted access, and repeated censorship curb reportage, with occasional leaks via diplomatic channels and refugee flows providing limited insight into conditions in Havana.
Myles 10F student nurse aid Sampson admitted he felt embarrassed at a tea for the freshman class at Philadelphia General Hospital’s new Mate Selioal of Nursing. Sampson, 19, from Warminster and now Spencerport, towers over his 102 classmates during the event.
AP reports a five day outlook for Boston with temperatures near to above normal through Thursday to Monday. Warm conditions peak midweek, then cools by early next week. Expected rainfall totals range from a tenth to half an inch with a few showers possible this weekend.
In HOULSTON Maine Superior Court imposed a mandatory life sentence for accomplice James Archibald Warder, after a lengthy process over a choking death and sale of a body. The Maine Supreme Court recently denied Wardwell’s appeal claiming improper conviction. Wardwell has been jailed since May 6, 1960, and will be transferred accordingly.
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