Annual School Union Seven spelling bee at Burns School
The annual School Union Seven spelling bee was held yesterday at K Burns School in Saco. Participants included sixth to eighth graders from Federal School Old Orchard Beach and Burns School. Front row names Janice O'Neil Peter Garland Ronald Dyer.
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School Union
K. Burns
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Burns
James Ross
Barbara Smith
Channing Migner
Patricia Presley
Sheila Beardslee
Migner
Union Seven
Kennebunk High School
LBJ Silent With Republicans In Panama Crisis Dispute
President Johnson has cut off direct talks with Senate Republican Leader Dirksen and House Leader Halleck amid criticism of foreign policy. Since the January 29 White House meeting, communications have mostly ceased, signaling a possible election year shift and Republican intent to challenge his Panama policy.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Panama
Dent
Senate
Everett B. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Dirksen
Halleck
Alaska Toll Rising After Earthquake and Tsunami
Anchorage reports show 24 dead 79 presumed dead and 55 injured as officials tally casualties after a devastating quake and tidal wave. Coast Guard death at Kayak Island omitted. Turnagain losses feared. 31 missing including 23 Chenega and 5 Port Ashton.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Emergency Health Office
Coast Guard
Cape Elias
Turnagain
Health Office
Chenega
Port Ashton
Port Nellie Juan
Vietnam May Hit Red Bases In Laos
South Viet Nam reached an understanding with Lao rightists to allow Vietnamese raids into Laos against Viet Cong bases and supply routes. Gen. Phoumi Nosavan gave tentative consent for limited, pre designated targets with no Laotian troop involvement or alliance. A separate push to secure a hot pursuit accord with Cambodia under Prince Norodom Sihanouk is also noted.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Laos
Dalat
Phoumi Nosavan
Nguyen Hanh
Khanh
Phoumi
Sele
Lao Bao
South
Viet Nam
North Vieta
Guerrilas
U.S
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Mekong
Brazil in turmoil as troops dispatched to quash revolt
President Joao Goulart mobilizes forces against rebel units near Rio de Janeiro while loyalists clash with insurgents in Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo. The strike across Rio paralyzes transport as loyal military leaders switch sides and rebel broadcasts claim momentum. In Rumford, 1500 Oxford workers vote to end a wildcat walkout, with production slated to resume tomorrow morning after a nonbinding expression of opinion.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Humberto Castello Branco
Army
Abelah
3Rd Army
Rio Grande
Sul
Sao Paulo
Rio
Juiz de Fora
Minas Gerais
Amaury Kruell
Olimpio Mourao
Belo Horizonte
Arthur da Costagne
Decio Palmeiro Escott
General Confederation of Workers
Commercial Aviators Union
Revolt spread in Brazil as Goulart claims army backing
News At A Glance describes Goulart’s claim that three of four army commands back him while unrest grows in Sao Paulo. Other brief items note Laos Viet Cong activity, Johnson cutting talks with Republicans, civil rights voting rights debate, quake survivors’ stories, and Mrs. Peabody jailed during racial protests in St Augustine.
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Goulart
Sao Paulo
Nation
Laos
Malcolm Peabody
Massachusetts
St. Augustine
Youth Guilty of Murder in 13-Year-Old Homicide
A 13-year-old boy was convicted of murdering 7-year-old Wendell Bowie in Weld. The jury found him guilty of murder with a mandatory life sentence, with sentencing deferred pending appeal. Defense plans to appeal and argued the defendant is a sick abnormal child while the state described a character disorder.
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Farmington
Clyde Maynard Hathaway Jr
Wendell Bowie
Weld
Thomas E. Day
Hathaway Boy
Abraham M. Rudman
John A. Platz
Clyde
Wayne A. Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Jones enters Democratic bid for county commissioner in June
Frank M. Jones of Saco announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner in the June 15 primary. He has former roles as Saco Police and Fire Commission chairman and city alderman, and holds leadership positions in local groups including the York County Fish and Game Association and the Dunlap Masonic Lodge. He and his wife Kermis Cook live at 106 King St with son Howard, who works with the family Upholstery Co. in Biddeford.
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Frank M. Jones
Saco
Jones
Saco Police and Fire Commission
Harry A. Warren
York County Fish and Game Association
Dunlap Masonic Lodge
Biddeford
Democratic Social Club
Kermis Cook
Westbrook
King St
Howard
A. Jones and Son
Il Chapel St
Duquette Announces Bid for York County State Senate Seat
Armand Duquette of Biddeford announces candidacy for Maine state senate representing York County in the June Democratic primary. He served seven terms in the Maine House and one in the Senate, 1959-60, worked on taxation, appropriation and education subcommittees, and held posts as Biddeford city clerk, auditor and police commissioner.
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Armand Duquette
Pike St
Biddeford
York County
Duquette
Maine
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Edmund §. Muskie
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Kennebunk
Nance
Harry Mapes
Chamber
Jonathan Milligan
David Walley
Henry Twombly
LBJ
Delmar
Feracci
York Town
Manhattan
Buffalo Jrs
Oxford
Willie W. Pomerleau
John F. Xaphes
Ropes and Gray
Boston
First National Bank of Boston
Francis I. DuPont Co
Townsed
Dabney and Tyson
THE
Associated Press International
Bowie
Young School
Franklin Thompson
Judith Harvey
John Sherman
James Wilcox
John Choroszy
Gayle Pratt
Raymond McGraw
Pamela Buck
Peter Marzeiko
Stephen Tarbox
Leslie Tripp
Maine Linoleum CO
Alfred Stree
Ation
Garnache’s Seafood Red Street
Commission
Copr
Gen
Fea
Corp
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