Maine Abounds In Minerals By Peg Hendrick
Mrs Francis MacDonald, owner of MacDonalds Mineral Museum in Saco, curates about 300 semi precious stones. Maine harbors some 1300 minerals including gold with tourmalines and quartz pockets in Oxford County to Fortunes Rocks. She prospected weekly, finding rare amethystine quartz on Deer Hill, while supporting family duties and rockhound talks on mineral structures.
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Peg Hendrick
Francis
Teofila
Er- MacDonald
MacDonald
Ocean Park Road
Saco
Maine
Oxford County
York County
South Acton
Deer Hill
Stowe
Saco Rockhound
Officials Agree Life Sentence Too Severe For Murder
Maine penal officials debate reducing the state murder term. They cite 43 inmates at Maine State Prison and argue a shorter, flexible sentence with parole is needed. Reformers support much shorter terms. prosecutors favor keeping life for premeditated murder, with manslaughter for passion crimes.
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Augusta
Maine
Robert R. Raines
Allan Robbins
John J. Shea
Illiam F. Schumacher
Richard §. Cohen
Portland
Dana Childs
Curtis
Childs
Cohen
Schumacher
Shea
Raines
West Point Pepperell tax dispute headed for court
West Point Pepperell Inc and the City of Biddeford clash over tax abatements for 1967. Abatements granted reduce machinery and equipment by 245 319 and inventory by 11 062, leaving disputes over assessed values. Pepperell plans court action amid continued tax concerns.
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West Point - Pepperell Inc
Biddeford
Biddeford Board of Assessors
West Point - Pepperell
West Point
Pepperell, Inc
Henry A. Truslow
Pepperell
Richard R. Sevigny
Orphelia A. Chabot
Alfred Lantagne
Maine
Bideford Board of Assessors
Board of Assessors
West Point-Pepperell, Inc
Cumberland Farms Opens New Saco Store on Elm Street
Cumberland Farms of Canton Mass will open a new store at 3 Elm St in Saco. The Portland area chain will offer dairy products low milk prices groceries and packaged meat. Store manager is Donald Lowell of Portland. Opening at 9 a.m Thursday and hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
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Cumberland Farms
Canton Mass
Elm St
Saco
Portland
Donald Lowell
Nationwide Phone Strike Looms Across the Nation
President Beirne of the AFL-CIO Communications Workers says a nationwide strike looms with 200,000 tele phone workers set to walk out next Thursday after a seven hour meeting. Beirne notes the strike could disrupt long distance calls and operator services, with 23,000 installers—the highest paid at 3.27 an hour—needed to push a wage pattern. Bell System workers across many states face potential stoppages as contracts expire through April and May.
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Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers
Beirne
Afl-Cio International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
New Jersey Bell Telephone Co
New Jersey Telephone Company
Western Electric Co
Bell
Bell System
Ohio
Ilinois
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Michigan
Idaho
Indiana
California
Nevada
Washington State
Washington, D.C
Hawaii
Alaska
Commnications Workers
Three Day Holidays Bill Sparks National Debate
A bill approved by the House Judiciary Committee would make Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Veterans Day and Columbus Day three day holidays on Mondays. Backed by business travel groups and airlines, it faces strong opposition from patriotic societies veterans groups and church groups wary of impious or unpatriotic behavior. The idea, rooted in Columbus Day, had history in stalled attempts, with both parties aligning behind a new approach that could reshape holiday scheduling.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Robert McClory
R-I l
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Peter W. Rodino
PD. N.J
Judiciary Committee
America
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
McClory
Rodino
Rondino
Celler
Johnson Presses Hanoi as Peace Talks Loom in Hawaii
President Johnson urged rapid and serious responses from Hanoi on Vietnam peace efforts during visits to the Pacific command post in Hawaii. He met Adm. Sharp and Adm. McCain, spoke from Iolani Palace, and pressed for neutral sites for talks while Park of South Korea arrived to discuss U.S. commitments in the Pacific. Johnson plans to stay in Hawaii through Thursday at Kaiser estate.
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Honolulu
Johnson
Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S. Pacific Command
Adm
U.S. Grant Sharp
Pacific
Sharp
John S. McCain
North Vietnam
Iolani
Palace
John
Neutra
Nhan Dan
United States
Warsaw
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
Park
Seoul
Hawaii
Henry J. Kaiser
North Vietnam provinces show bombing scars in villages
Miami News editor William C. Baggs reports from NAM HA Province about widespread destruction along the My Trung area and the rural insistence on farming. He describes bombed schools and bridges, roadside markets, and farmers expanding rice output since 1954, despite American air raids.
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William C. Baggs
The
Miami News
North Vietnam
Bill Baggs
Mia
Nam HA
My Trung
Hanoi
United States Air Force
Soviet Union links two satellites as Moon mission aim grows
Western space experts say the latest docking of Cosmos satellites signals progress toward two Soviet programs: manned Moon missions and a military space station. The linkups followed a prior fatal Soyuz 1 flight and involved refining radar and docking systems akin to Gemini capabilities.
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Washington
America
Gemini
Vladmimir M. Komarov
Agena
Edward Welch
National Aeronautics and Space Council
United States
Russia
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Teofila MacDonald
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International
Maineline Shoe Go
North Berwick
Family Hobby Center
Main Street
Saco, ME
St. Joseph Parish Hall
By ED Smith
Leo R. Lemire
Joanne Laliberte
Roger R. Johnson
Fred Tebbenhoff
Model Cities Task Force
Bill
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