Development of South America Jungles Urged
Peru's president promotes developing the Amazon fringe via a marginal highway from Maracaibo to Santa Cruz to spur growth on the east side of the Andes. The 1000 mile Peru link is due by 1979 with $172 million cost funded by the Export-Import Bank and Peru.
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Lima
Peru
South America
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Amazon Basin
Andes
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Ecuador
Bolivia
North America
Europe
Belaunde
Associated Press
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Santa Cruz
U.S
April 6 in History Highlights 1967
Today in history notes key events on April 6 including the 1917 U S declaration of war on Germany signed by President Wilson at the White House. Other items mention the Mormon Church formation in 1830, the Bowen Burke bout in 1893, Peary’s North Pole reach in 1909, and WWII invasions in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
House of Representatives
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Mormon Church
Fayette
N.Y
Year by year milestones and notable events
The timeline notes Bougainville island events and the end of electric trolley bus service in New York ten years back. It recalls the Mount Blanc tunnel avalanche that killed workers five years ago and Opera star Maria Callas giving up American citizenship one year ago amid marital and financial troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bougainville
New York
Mount Blanc
Maria Callas
Belaunde Urges Air Transport First for Underdeveloped Areas
Peruvian leader Belaunde argues for promoting air transport in tropical regions starting with airstrips. He says building an economic base around airstrips enables expansion by plane and later truck routes. He cites Miami as an example of transforming swampy areas into prosperous locales through modern tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belaunde
Miami
Fla
Village doctor held by bandit patients for 20 hours in India
A village doctor in Bhopal, India, answered an emergency call and was seized by bandit patients who kept him for 20 hours until ransom was paid. The incident underscores dangers faced by medical workers in volatile areas.
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Bhopal
India
Cardiac Capers 1967 Chairs Named by Webber Auxiliary
Co chairs for Cardiac Capers 1967 are Mrs Eugene Wolfahrt and Mrs G Patrick Shaw announced at a Webber Hospital auxiliary board meeting in Saco. Show dates Oct 27 and 28 have been set by Jerome Cargill Associates. First general meeting will be April 20 at 8 pm in Biddeford Nursing Home.
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Eugene Wolfahrt
G. Patrick Shaw
Webber Hospital Auxiliary Board
William Kirk
Saco
Jerome Cargill Associates
New York
Webber Auxiliary
Biddeford
Willard Stackpole
Robert LaFond
Thornton Academy
York County Medical Society
York County
Measles Clinic Set For Saco April 12
A measles clinic for preschool children is scheduled for 2 p.m. April 12 at the Saco Public Health Nursing Service office on Cutts Avenue. Parents must register at the office with the deadline next Tuesday.
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Saco Public Health Nursing Service
Cutts Avenue
Lions Club Names Officers For Next Year
In Kennebunkport the Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Lions Club met at the Kennebunkport Inn. President Henry Hanson presided as Peter Gordon was elected president for the ensuing year, Ronald Robertson secretary, Abraham Edelstein treasurer. An April 18 installation and Ladies Night at the inn were planned.
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Kennebunkport
Kennebunk - Kennebunkport Lions Club
Kennebunkport Inn
Henry Hanson
Peter Gordon
Ronald Robertson
Abraham Edelstein
New England Vignettes From James F Donohue
AP dispatch surveys quirky regional happenings from New England towns. Vermont hosts Maple Time with sugar on snow ceremonies. Boston’s Horace Mann School teaches deaf pupils to use phones. Windham Maine notes a humorous sign about speed. Crandon Rhode Island children monitor speed traps. Vermont residents lament a mild winter with three consecutive nights of 35 below.
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Vermont
State House
Horace Mann School For the Deaf
Boston
Alice V Stone
Madonna Chapter OES to Install Officers in Kennebunk
Madonna Chapter OES held at York Temple West Kennebunk with Worthy Matron Lorraine Russell and Worthy Patron Richard Russell presiding. Officers’ installation set for April 22 at 8 pm at York Temple open to the public with Grand Conductress Margaret Johnson and Worthy Grand Patron Earl Burrill officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roma Hatch
Doris West
Lorraine Russell
Kennebunk residents attend Blaine Mansion luncheon
Among those from Kennebunk at the Blaine Mansion in Augusta hosted by Gov. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Curtis were her mother Mrs. Olive Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fontaine and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Gordon. The report notes efforts to control gypsy moth larvae and comments on winter warmth.
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Kennebunk
Blaine Mansion
Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Olive Brown
Robert Fontaine
Wesley Gordon
Michigan Vian Named As Snow Removal Consultant
Harold Rathfoot of Lansing, after retiring as chief maintenance engineer of the Michigan highway department, is appointed chief consultant on snow removal in Florida by Rolfe Mickler. The job reportedly carries no heavy workload or expense-account duties.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
Harold Rathfoot
Michigan Highway Department
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Rolfe Mickler
Florida
Rathfoot
Ceremonys Held By Lyman AL Post
An everlasting ceremony was conducted last night by the Goodwin Labbe Taylor Post American Legion of Lyman and Dayton to honor the memory of a deceased individual. The event took place in the local community and reflected traditional Legion observances.
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Lyman AL Post
Former Auxiliary Members Attend Legion Event
Ray E. Whitehead and Mrs Beatrice Hines along with Mrs Ethel Greenough attended a legion auxiliary event. Commander Albert Gadbois and Rev Darrell Archer officiated at the affair at Goodwins Mills. State Department Commander Royal Sheltra spoke to post members auxiliary and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray E. Whitehead
Beatrice Hines
Ethel Greenough
Auxiliary
Albert Gadbois
Darrell Archer
Goodwins Mills
State Department
Royal Sheltra
Tighe- Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion
Biddeford
Carlsbad Caverns Contain Vast Ceiling and Floor Space
Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico feature a chamber with a ceiling about 22 stories high and a floor area roughly equal to 14 football fields. The expansive room underscores the cavern’s remarkable scale and geological interest.
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Carlsbad Caverns
N.M
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Summer St
Leigh Boyer
Kenneth Boyer
Bowdoinham
Biddeford High School
Holy Ghost School of Nursing
Cambridge
Mass
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Webber Hospital
Maine State Highway Commission
Right of Way
Boyer
Brunswick High School
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Ane
Ape
Aah
Zaaargest
Main Street
Waza Jewelers and OY Stores
Gilman E. Seaver
Promenade Ave
Lynne Alice
Michael T. McGrath
Michael F. McGrath
Waterville
Miss Seaver
University of Maine
Portland
McGrath
University of Maine At
Orono
Lions Club
Misty Harbor
Raspberry
New England
James F. Donohue Bolton
Frederick S. Townsend
Wethersfield
Conn
Townsend
Massachusetts
Walpole
Windham
Maine
Hell
Cranston
R.I
Bennington, Vt
Wallier
Carol Hanson
Wells
OES
Wright
Michigan
Vian
San Francisco
American Academy of Pediatrics
ST. Louis, Mo
U. S. Air Force
Amarillo Afb
Tex
Wayne R. Leathers
Randall C. Leathers
RFC 3
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Rae
Hopsack
Glazer
Hopseck Blazer
Blue
Heather
Lewis Polakewich
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