More Big Fish Nominees Highlight Maine Angling Month
Notable contenders include George Besaw of 1250 Holmes Road and Charles Howard of 42 Edison Ave for top angling honors this month. Besaw filleted three Atlantic salmon weighing 1¼, 14, and 16½ pounds on successive Metane River days in Gaspe Peninsula Canada while fishing with family aboard the Magnum out of Boothbay Harbor Maine. Howard, a Pittsfield Public Works civil engineer, hooked four other cod up to 40 pounds and shared the boat’s pool, with wife and two sons also recording catches. the family joined the Maine Tackle-Busters Club with gubernatorial certificates.
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George C. Besaw
Holmes Road
Charles M. Howard
Edison Ave
Metane
Gaspe Peninsula
Canada
Besaw
Howard
Magnum
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
New England
Pittsfield
Charles Dr. Five
David
Maine Tackle-Busters Club
Kenneth M. Curtis
Operation Better Block shines in New York slums
A feature on New York City's Operation Better Block, a major city and private sector partnership to rehabilitate blocks. It details block leadership, seed money, and specific projects like plantings, cleanups, and play streets, plus praise from Bristol-Myers head Richard Gelb. It notes 92 blocks rehabilitated in 1968 and 18 more planned, with expanded national applicability.
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New York City
U.S
New York
Bristol-Myers Co
Urban Action Task Force
OBB
OBE
Department of Sanitation, Health, Housing
Block Association
Richard L. Gelb
Bristol-Myers
Gelb
Woman’s Strudel Reaches White House and State Department
DETROIT AP. Mrs. Anna Sherline of Detroit sent 70 pieces of her raisin strudel to President Nixon asking help locating her sister in the Soviet Union who has not been heard from in two years. The White House complimented the strudel, and the State Department said the Red Cross is trying to locate her sister.
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Detroit
Anna Sherline
White House
Nixon
Soviet Union
Sherline
U.S. State Department
Red Cross
Washington's transit standstill shows federal gridlock
Washington residents face a transit dilemma as Congress blocks subway funding while pushing a bridge. Natcher's leverage over district transportation reveals a pattern of congressional control, overlapping agencies, and rising costs, hindering urban growth and fair transit solutions. The piece notes the broader policy clashes shaping American cities and recalls Natcher's NASA role.
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Washington
Congress
Potomac
Natcher
Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Senate
White House
Department of Transportation
Maryland
Virginia
Alexandria
Kentucky
Los Angeles
America
William Natcher
NASA
New York Times News Service
Quotes on heart disease prevention and Lombardi praise
A Baylor College of Medicine doctor argues preventing heart disease saves thousands of lives, contrasting with spending on artificial hearts. The piece also notes Sam Huff praising Vince Lombardi, saying his approach expands understanding of the game and humorously suggesting Lombardi could have made the Edsel succeed.
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Lawrence E. Lamb
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Tex
AMA
New York
Lombardi
Edsel
Sam Huff
Washington Redskins
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Pop” Williams Jr
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Monroe St
Onota Lake
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Harlem
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