CAR participants honor revolutionaries and inaugurate state officers
G Sherwood Norton Frederick Johnson and Douglas Johnson from Dedham led Massachusetts CAR events with wreaths at Rochambeau and LaFayette graves. Miss Benishin and Mrs Atwood to be installed later at Mt. Vernon as National CAR convention events in Washington. Alben Barkley was inaugurated vice president at age 71 years and 57 days.
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G. Sherwood Norton
Massachusetts
New England
Frederick Johnson
Douglas Johnson
Dedham
Mass
Miss King
Steven Duross
John Swadley
National Car Society
Paris
France
American Legion
Sons of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
Children of the American Revolution
Gen. Rochambeau
Marquis de LaFayette
Peddle
Miss Benishin
John Atwood
Mt. Vernon
George Washington
Alben Barkley
Harry S. Truman
Maine CAR Society Elects Officers At Saco Meeting
The Maine Society of the Children of the American Revolution held its annual meeting at Fairfield School in Saco with Miss Susan Sullivan presiding. Christina Benishin was elected president, joined by Carolee Cushman as vice president and a slate of officers from Machias, Saco, Wiscasset, and other towns.
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Washington, D.C
Catherine Cushman
Barbara King
Nancy Duross
Saco
Pamela Small
Lisa Small
Biddeford
Howard Cushman
Jane Linford
Machias
Howard Hooper
Stanley Reynolds
Wesley
Fort O’brien
Hallowell
Albert Coleman
Local Car Society
State Society
York Institute
Wallace Cunningham
Edmund Beal
Lillian Cleaves
John Tarbox
Rebecca Emery
Daughters of the American Revolution
Elvira Lord
C. H. Dresser
Clayton King
Maine Society of the Children of the American Revolution
Fairfield School
Susan Sullivan
John Fairfield Car Society
Thomas Peddie
Augusta
Christina Benishin
Carolee Cushman
Robert Blagdon
Wiscasset
Robert Atwood
John ‘Swadley
Donald Reynolds
Betty King
Rebecca Prime
Wendy Monson
Miss Sullivan
Lisa Mailman
Steven Duross
Thomas Duross
Sacco
Robert Doak
Rev
Four Candidates Plan to Tour Massachusetts for April 25 Primary
The Massachusetts Democratic primary on April 25 will draw at least four candidates. George McGovern visits at least eight communities over three days and plans a statewide tour of 10 days. Edmund Muskie will meet in Boston while Wilbur Mills Shirley Chisholm also plan Boston area stops. Wallace aides hint at campaign in the state next week. Humphrey focuses on Pennsylvania and has no Massachusetts schedule yet.
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Boston
Massachusetts
George McGovern
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Florida
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Shirley Chisholm
New York
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Registration Drive Aims At Young Maine Voters
The Maine League of Women Voters launches a statewide effort to register 18 and 19 year olds and enroll them in a political party. The drive partners with the state election division and Education Department with backing from the Maine Teachers Association and participation by Young Democrats and Young Republicans. About 40,000 new 18 year olds became eligible after the 1971 constitutional amendment.
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Augusta
Maine League of Women Voters
Robert R. Masterson
Cape Elizabeth
League
Bipartisan League
Masterson
State Election Division
State Department of Education
Maine Teachers Association
Young Democrats
Young Republicans
Maine
Murray Chapter To Meet Thursday
Murray Chapter Royal Arch Masons will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple West Kennebunk. The PM degree will be conferred on one candidate and the MEM degree.
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Kennebunk — Murray Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
West Kennebunk
Boyle's Notebook Carnivals arrives in Jonesboro Georgia
A two day carnival sets up in a vacant lot beside a shopping center in Jonesboro with a dusty, rundown display. Workers sleep in trailers and tents while a bald barker hawks a freak show featuring a baby with two bodies. The crowd seems more interested in the workers than the attractions as a girly show is limited by the civic fundraiser.
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Jonesboro, Ga
Billy
18 Per Cent Charge Called Extortion by Mills
U S Attorney Peter Mills calls 18 percent service and carrying charges illegal extortion by physicians dentists and retailers. He says such charges may violate consumer credit laws and are only collectible when a signed contract exists. Mills warns those arbitrarily charging these fees commit white collar loan sharking.
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Portland
U.S
Peter Mills
Mills
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Maine Car Society
Main St
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Boyle
Denmark
K. of C. Hall
Pool Street
Fourth Degree Assembly
Lake E. Hart Council
Knights of Columbus
John Paquet
Normand Bouthillette
K. of C. Color Corps
Norman Boissonnault
Roland Petit
Albert Carrier
Richard Bolduc
Hooz’s
Usz
Sanford, Maine
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