Fire damages Diamond match factory in Springfield
A large fire swept the Diamond match factory in Springfield causing explosions and smoke before the flames were knocked down by fire crews. The dry room ignited though unoccupied, injuring five workers nearby. two were kept in hospital, foreman George M. Reed and Miss Lucile Clautier. Sulphur and phosphorus fumes hampered the firefighters as the midnight blaze disrupted operations.
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Springfield
Mass
Diamond Match Factory
George M. Reed
Lucile Clautier
Economic Plan for Saco and Nearby Areas Approved
Sen. Edmund Muskie says the Area Redevelopment Administration will announce Friday the approval of overall economic development programs for Saco Sanford and Washington County. The plan must be approved before applications for industrial and commercial loans and grants and for certain occupational training assistance.
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Washington
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Area Redevelopment Administration
Saco
Sanford
Washington County
Liberty Island dispute stirs Capitol Hill jurisdiction clash
A New Jersey representative argues Liberty Island lies within his district and New Jersey limits, while Congressman Farbstein defends New York control. The debate centers on whether the island near the Statue of Liberty remains in New York or should be counted for New Jersey, with Census and Library of Congress notes cited.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Associated Press
Capitol Hill
Liberty Island
New Jersey
New York Harbor
Leonard Farbstein
D-N.y
Manhattan
Rep. Corvelius
E. Gallagher
Redice
Jersey City
New York
Garden State
Farbstein
The
New Yorker
Gallagher
New World
Tares
Census Bureau
Stotert W. Burgess
Library of Congress
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Interior Department
Udall
Rye Women Plan Sale Tea at Bethany Church Vestry
The Bethany Congregational Church women host an annual Christmas greens sale and silver tea from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday in the vestry. Circle chairs and ways and means leaders include Mrs Norman Carlsen Mrs William G Johnson Mrs Verne Dennett Mrs Roland Huston Mrs Irwin Barr Mrs Stanley Berry and others. Yellowship members will pour at half hour intervals.
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RYE
Bethany
Circle
T Heir
Ways and Means
Norman Carlsen
William G. Johnson
Verne Dennett
Roland Huston
Irwin Barr
Stanley Berry
William Thomas
Melvin Brown
Meander Smith
Fred Baumgarten
Walter Wilson
Gordon Staples
Edward Herlihy
Norman Currier
Feered
Yellowship
Mancing Philbrick
Walter Adderson
John Parsons
Edward Sawyer
Willard Gooding
William Daniels
Howard Roper
Frank Sturm
Walter. Wilson
Anne Hillary
Anna, Yaikmann
Christmas events at Second Christian Church in Kittery
The Second Christian Church outlines a busy Christmas schedule including a hearse service at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, a church school Christmas program December 17 from 6 to 7 p.m., a Christmas party December 20 from 6 to 7 p.m., a Junior Pilgrim Fellowship party December 23, and a Christmas Eve carol and candlelighting service with Second Methodist Church on December 24. Infants and children will be baptized Christmas Sunday at 11 a.m., with calls to Rev. Edward F. Swansburg for time arrangements.
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Second Christian
Kittery
Second Christian Church
Junior Pilgrim Fellowship
Second Methodist Church
Edward F. Swansburg
Personalized gifts at De Jay's and Meadowbrook Inn sale
Portsmouth ad notes monogrammed gifts from one to five dollars including travel cases appointment pads and desk items with initials available at De Jay's. Continued sale at Meadowbrook Motor Inn from 10 AM to 3 PM promotes open house and shopping options for discriminating tastes.
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Portsmouth
de Jay's
de Day's
Meadowbrook Motor Inn
New Hampshire Savings Bond Chief Dies At Wheel
Manchester AP reports New Hampshire Director of the Savings Bond Division Lyrea A. Littlefield, 64, died of a heart attack at the wheel of his car after it failed to make a turn. Littlefield, a Naval aviation veteran, led state war bond sales and had served in the Treasury Department. Police noted the vehicle struck no other objects.
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Say
Manchester
Ings
New Hampshire
Littlefield
Naval
Treasury Department
Lyrea A. Littlefield
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Somamouth
Neal Hardware
Durham
Hazel Emery
Circuit Road
Portsmouth Herald
Empire State
Bed" Joe's Island
Isaac Bedloe
Ibw
Ished
Chrysler
Abood Dodge
Islington St
Towne House of Beauty
Dan
Eva
Eve Shoppe
Rye Grange
Spaulding Youth Center
Grange
Ernest Eaton
Nelie Seavey
Helen Brown
Rockingham Grange
Neues Se
Maplewood Ag
Mele Cs
Welch Auto Electric Service
Court St
Ore Pia Daily Canada
Nterstate Highway
Newington Sales CO
Spouldi i
Adilan
All & Chairs
Brats
Qual
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