Rusk guarded as Viet Cong plot feared in Saigon
U S and South Vietnamese forces tighten protection around Secretary of State Dean Rusk amid reports of Viet Cong planned assassination by own action squad. A bomb wounded two Americans when hurled at a military bus. Police pursued a suspicious loiterer near an electrical plant as transformers and installations are placed under heavy guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Thai Lap Thanh
Thanh
Price
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dieting Georgia Policemen Promised New Outfits
Georgia State Patrol officers ordered to shed weight through September 1964 must meet a five pound target near ideal weight. 418 troopers were weighed with 301 overweight. over two tons lost in 11 months, and authorities warn disciplinary action if goals aren’t met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Atlanta
Georia
Sam Browne
State Patrol
Lowell Conner
Conner
New Water Pen Writes Under Ink Inventions
A novelty device uses water in a pen to create writing that appears beneath ink, described as a practical joke or home invention. The note credits Copr. Gen Fea Corp. and lists it as a featured item in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen
Fea, Corp
Aroostook County Wins Sugar Beet Quota Boost
Aroostook County Maine gains 33,000 beet acres effective 1966, enabling a 50,000 ton raw sugar output and a proposed $17 million refinery near Presque Isle. The move spurs $5 million yearly beets income, creates jobs, and supports farmers amid six years of potato price volatility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presque Isle
Maine
Aroostook
Onlu cd
Washington
Arizona
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Aroostook County
Edmund S. Muskie
D. Maine
Greater
Clifford G. McIntire
Perham
McIntire
University of Maine Agricultural Experimental Station
U.S. Department of Agriculture
News At A Glance Highlights Global Tensions And Domestic Politics
A missing plane with 23 Americans prompts an air search hampered by sandstorms as De Gaulle recovers from surgery but faces an unsettled future. Belgium ends an 18 day doctor strike and resumes house calls. Rail talks near a critical juncture with threats of a national strike. Senate leaders oppose 24 hour sessions to pressure civil rights action. Johnson hosts editors at the White House while Jerrie Mock Day honors the solo world flight pioneer. Princeton admits a top student who astonishingly does not exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
de Gaulle
Belgium
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Jerrie
Ohio
Princeton University
Attending Fair Can Be Cheap at New York World’s Fair
Americans weighing World’s Fair costs find many exhibits free or cheap with select rides and shows priced from 25 cents to several dollars. Highlights include the Republic of Sudan pavilion 25 cents, Bounty sail ship 90 cents, and monorail 80 cents, while admission to the fair remains $2 for adults and higher for some attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Republic of Sudan
John Ringing
North Continental Tent Circus
Hollywood
U.S.A
Pavilion
Indonesia
Fairgrounds
New Yor State Building
Columbus
Santa Maria
Texas Pavilion
Patriots' Day Holiday Closures Noted Local Offices Banks Open
The Patriots' Day holiday will be observed locally with municipal offices and banks closed. Most stores plan to stay open, while post offices keep regular schedules. The Biddeford-Saco Journal will not be published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Biddeford-Saco
Biddeford-Saco Journal Canceled Monday Patriots Day
The Biddeford-Saco Journal will not be published on Monday in observance of Patriots Day. All departments will be closed for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Jetliner Crashes in Persian Gulf With 49 Aboard
A Caravelle twin jet from Beirut plunged into the Persian Gulf after overshooting Dhahran during a sandstorm. Of 49 aboard, 23 were American, with the crew including Lebanese, French, and Swiss members. Rescue efforts by U S and British forces continued as boats and helicopters searched the site ten miles offshore near Saudi Arabia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jetliner
Persian Gulf
Bahrain
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
U.S. Navy
Air Liban
Gulf
Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Arabian American Oil Co
Aramco
Compa
Blind Biddeford Youth Leads Popular Four-Man Combo
Jerard Jerry Pierce, 17, of Biddeford, who has been blind since birth, fronts a four member group called the TelStarrs. The band, which includes teens from Biddeford and St Louis High Schools and a 24 year old, performs for local events and plans a July Fourth show at Pineland Hospital. Pierce, an alumnus of Perkins Insti tute for the Blind and Cheverus and Biddeford High, plays guitar after singing and piano study, moving without a cane with escort help from friends, aiming to become a professional musician. He is a client of the Portland Division of Eye Care and Special Services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerard
Jerry) Pierce
Granite St
Biddeford
TelStarrs
Jerry
Pineland Hospital
Pierce
St. Louis
Perkins Institute For the Blind
Watertown
Mass
Cheverus High School
Portland
Biddeford High School
Perkins
Division of Eye Care and Special Services
Bureau of Social Welfare
Nathaniel H. Pierce
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Science Museum
Boston
St. Joseph’s High School
Regina Marie
Marie Annunciata
Cecile Pontbriant
Georgette Bolduc
Priscille Nadeau
Nancy Bouchard
Joan Cote
Janice Gobeil
Marguerite Bonsaint
Dorothy Nadeau
Lodge
Main Street
Patriots
Maine Sugar Beet Growers Association
Bangor
THE
Associated Press International
Pepperell
Local 305
Afl-Cio
St. John’s Hall
Jefferson St
Israel Shevenell
Alexander Anastasoff
Michael Schoonjans
By ED Smith
Ronald Goulet
Robert Doyon
Raymond Goudreau
Ken's
Pine Point
VIC’ S Appliance Center
Saco
Electrolux Sales
PRTC
Ai Mae
Roger Noel
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