Greece Grips Power Tight After Coup Arrests
Athens reports a new round of arrests by Greece's military government as martial law remains in force. Thousands detained, tribunals set up, censors limit press and cables while King Constantine's role is awaited and rivals like George Papandreou are to be tried by special courts.
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Athens
Greece
Rome
Constantine Kollias
Constantine
Kollias
Gregory Spantidakis
Kollins
George Papandreou
Andreas
Carmichael Sparks Protest at Hampton Institute Talk
Stokely Carmichael told Hampton Institute students to refuse the draft as ROTC critics sparked emotion. A cheering crowd heard him condemn military training while a black ROTC student shouted he would shoot if ordered.
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Hampton
Hampton Institute
Stokely Carmichael
Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Tccer Smith
Smith
Vietnam
Presidential Candidates Conduct Coy Courtships
AAP report on the 1968 presidential prospects notes Gen. Westmoreland avoiding a firm pledge about a run, while Nixon keeps doors open amid district headquarters and Romney faces uncertain ambitions. Senators Percy and Romney attract attention as potential GOP contenders with Vietnam war positions shaping their appeal.
Congress Over Veto Passes Revenue Cutters Bill in 1845
The World Almanac notes the first Congress veto override on March 3, 1845. President John Tyler vetoed the act titled An act relating to revenue cutters and steamers but Congress sustained it by 41 to 1 in the Senate and 127 to 30 in the House.
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Congress
The
World Almanac
John Tyler
Senate
House
Surveyor 3 Returns After Lunar Siesta
Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to resume Surveyor 3 operations Thursday as lunar noon ends. The 620 pound craft faced overheating risk in 200-degree heat, cameras reached 140 degrees then cooled to 70 during a solar eclipse study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor 3
Surveyor
Rabbi Shubow Defends King Yet Attacks Vietnam Link
Rabbi Joseph S. Shubow of Temple B einai Moshe criticized Dr Martin Luther King Jr for tying civil rights to antiwar efforts in a Passover address He warned the stance could provoke violence while King argued that civil rights and peace goals align Shubow urged King to return to common sense and unity
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Boston
Martin Luther King
Vietnam
Joseph S. Shubow
Temple B'nai Moshe
Dr. King
Floyd) McKisske
CORE
Stokely Carmichael
Shubow
Scarborough hosts 57th Western Maine Pythian Jubilee session
Kennebunk members of Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters and Myrtle Lodge Knights of Pythias joined Nonesuch Temple and Nonesuch Lodge for a weekend Jubilee in Scarborough. The event featured a turkey supper and a Battle of the Bands with The Untamed Sound of Westbrook winning first place, Out of Reach of Kennebunk second, and The Strays of Biddeford third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivy Temple
Pythian Sisters
Myrtle Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Western Maine Pythian Jubilee Association
Scarborough
Nonesuch Temple
Nonesuch Lodge
Harland Dutch
A. Wesley Leech
Jack Ephross
William Taylor
Roberta Martin
Westbrook
Kennebunk
Kevin Brown
Vaughn McLean
Dennis
Gary Tito
Wayne Berry
Strays
Biddeford
Sons of Darkness
Main Street
Association of Madonna Chapter
Co.e.s
Glen Mor
Bernice Crosman
Fletcher Street
David Tibbetts
Evan Mahaney
Saco
Hartwick College
Oneonta
N.Y
David
Orren Tibbetts
Ronald Robert
Ralph
Roger
Robert
Summer Street
North Searsport
Ralph Robertson
Alton Clark
Robin
Marilyn
Kennebunk Beach
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Harry Ambrose
High Street
Montgomery
Ala
Patricia
Ambrose) Franklin
Lillian Hazlett
Caribou
Alfred Wardwell
Leo Violette
Upper
Ronald Robertson
Leland Priest
Clark and
Michael
Bethel
Conn
Leo Violette Jr
U.S. Army
Fort Belvoir
V.F.W
Earle Itham
Webber
Webhannet Woman's Club
Dorothy Harrison
Charles Belyea
Parker Brown
Lawrence Eustis
William Gardner
Clifton Schaefer
Louise
Elizabeth Maguire
Leon C. Hicks
Robert E. Marier Sr
VEW Auxiliary selects two new officers in Biddeford
Biddeford Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary elected Mrs Geraldine Poirier as senior vice president and Mrs Dora Soucy as junior vice president at last night session in Biddeford City Building. President Flora Poirier led reports by Secretary Blanche Small and Treasurer Delcia Frechette while Sunshine Chair Jeannette Curro noted sympathy cards sent. Attendees were urged to join Loyalty Day events and a 6 pm clam chowder supper precedes the program. A whist party occurs Thursday night with memorial services planned at the next meeting.
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Geraldine Poirier
Dora Soucy
Biddeford
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Flora Poirier
Blanche Small
Delcia Frechette
Sunshine
Jeannette Curro
Miami Wins Oceanographic Research Center Site
Miami defeated 114 bidders to secure the East Coast oceanographic facility at Virginia Key Dodge Island. The Commerce Department says three Coast and Geodetic Survey ships will be home ported there, with about 300 jobs and a $3.5 million payroll.
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Miami
Fla
Commerce Department
Virginia Key
Dodge Island
Environmental Science Service Administration
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Johnson
Congress
Marine Geology and Geophysics Laboratory
Physical Oceanographic Laboratory
Sea-Air Interaction Laboratory
Jacksonville
Toledo
Ohio
University of Miami Marine Institute
Interior Department
Tropical Atlantic Geological Laboratory
Miami Seaquarium
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Harvard Crimson editor to wed fellow editor plans Peace Corps service
Linda McVeigh 21 of Anaheim and T Jay Mathews 22 announced Monday they will marry June 15 and then join the Peace Corps. They hope to help set up radio station programming on Micronesia islands after service. Ahmed Ben Bella reports weight loss but good health following Algeria ouster. Ringo Starr to become father again in August. Margaret Hansen to Nigeria as Peace Corps volunteer with cattle herd and overalls aboard the African Lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Crimson
Linda McVeigh
Anaheim
Calif
T. Jay Mathews
Peace Corps
Micronesia
New York
Margaret Hansen
Nigeria
Miss Hansen
Middletown
N.Y
Railway Extension To Portland Sought By Official
Bangor AP report says Highway Commissioner David H. Stevens asked to extend the planned Washington to Boston high speed railway to Portland. He announced at a federal state conference that consideration of his suggestion has been promised.
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Bangor
David H. Stevens
Boston
Portland
Stevens
Baptist Minister Is Honored At Ogunquit Reception
Ogunquit Rev John B S Fitzpatrick and Mrs Fitzpatrick were honored at a vestry reception as he began duties as the churchs new pastor. The evening featured a varied musical program with solos, piano pieces, readings, marimba numbers and performances by the junior choir. Special clergy guests included Rev Edward G Ward and Rev Thomas Merrill.
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Ogunquit
John B. S. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Mr. Fitzpatrick
Christine Lord
Gail Pearson
Kittery
Patricia Grover
Terry Bracy
Albine Watson
Nancy Glendenning
Marilyn Young
Deborah Clark
Corinne Brewster
Cheryl Locke
Sue Ann Howell
Beulah Hanscom
Donald Moore
Edward G. Ward
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Thomas Merrill
Ogunquit Methodist Church
Grace Tower
Theodore Hutchins
Dorothea Grant
Dorcas Society
Edward Smith
Charles Jones
Wayne Perkins
Thomas Hutchins
Dexter Spiller
Fred Sherburne Jr
Howard Littlefield
Leon Perkins
AMVETS Post Reports Progress on Fund Drive
A fund raising report was given at the Mer ton Ira Staples Post AMVETS meeting held at the Alfred Street hall in Biddeford. Paul Potvin announced membership above last year while a committee led by Jack Marcotte was praised for cleaning the hall last week. Roland Huot presided as Joseph Goulette offered prayers.
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Merton Ira Staples Post
Amvets
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Paul Potvin
Jack Marcotte
Roland Huot
Joseph Goulette
Wells Church Groups Plan Activities and Try-Outs
The Wells Ladies Benevolent Society plans an outing to Flagstone's Restaurant in Newington with 11 a.m. church transportation. The 1967 New Parsonage Fund committee meets at 7:30 p.m. to discuss advertising and pledge progress totaling 5 000.61 dollars. Try-outs for Wells Little League are set for Saturday April 29 with 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for ages 9 and 10 and 2 to 5 p.m. for ages 11 and 12.
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Ladies Benevolent Society
The
Wells Congregational Church
Newington
N. H
New Parsonage Fund Committee
Bible Study
Wells Little League
David L. Angell
Wells
Arundel
American Legion Auxiliary meeting omitted. two girls chosen for Girls State
The C. Fayette Staples Unit Auxiliary meeting was omitted last night with only the executive board meeting held. Dawn Cronin and Patricia Michaud are slated to attend Girls State. Plans are under way for a rummage sale on May 13. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Ho race Tinkham and the Greise family from Neptune, plus their son Wayne.
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C. Fayette Staples
American Legion| Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Dawn Cronin
Patricia Michaud
Girls State
Americans quit smoking rise outpaced by sales and Haiphong passport revoke
The surgeon general reports a million Americans quit smoking annually while cigarette sales rose by 12.5 billion from 1965 to 1966. Lung cancer deaths in a four month span reached 18 000 per the National Advisory Cancer Council. Separately the State Department revoked passports of five of eight Haiphong bound yacht Phoenix crew amid unauthorized trip warnings. Dr Earle L Reynolds, leader, to report to the United States.
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Washington
Surgeon General
William H. Stewart
Stewart
National Advisory Cancer Council
Haiphong
State Department
Phoenix
Earle L. Reynolds
Hiroshima
Japan
United States
Ivan Massar
Concord
Mass
Robert Eaton
Philadelphia
Phillip Cragh
San Rafael
Calif
Betty Boardman
Madison
Wis
Horace Champney
Yellow Springs
Ohio
William Heick
Louis Kominer
North Vietnam
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Dirksen Hospitalized at Walter Reed During Flu
Senate Republican Leader Everett M Dirksen has been admitted to Walter Reed Hospital with flu for a new stay after several recent months of illness. The Pentagon plans midair refueling training using tankers flown by Air National Guard units from Chicago Milwaukee Dallas Knoxville and Clinton County Ohio for deployment in Germany while President Johnson travels there. Mrs Johnson hosted a tea for 275 women at the White House and accepted a Campfire Girls book as she promoted a Virgin Islands tourism trailer.
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Capital
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Walter Reed Hospital
Pentagon
Air National Guard
Chicago
Milwaukee
Dallas
Knoxville
Tenn
Clinton County
Ohio
Air Force
Germany
Johnson
Campfire Girls
Virgin Islands
Javits Sees Likely Labor and Management Unhappiness Over Action
Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York notes that swift congressional action may be required to avert a nationwide railroad strike. He warns both labor and management will be unhappy with any emergency legislation.
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Congress
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Victor Herbert Born in Dublin. Composer Settles in New York
Victor Herbert, the composer, was born in Dublin Ireland. He studied music in Germany and played in European orchestras. In 1886 he settled in New York City.
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Dublin
Victor Herbert
Ireland
Germany
Herbert
New York City
May Walter Clapton Wing Field of Wales Inventor of Tennis
Walter Clapton Wing of Wales is credited with inventing lawn tennis in 1873, laying the groundwork for the modern sport and popularizing it across Britain and beyond.
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Walter Clapton Wingfield
Wales
Meeting Notice At Wells Grange Hall
Persons should contact Mrs Angell by May 2. A meeting at Wells Grange is scheduled for Wednesday at 8. Pool in the Grange hall on the Stanford Road.
Thunderbird Patrol Receives Saco Centennial Neckerchiefs
The Thunderbird Patrol met in Saco last evening and were presented with Saco Centennial Neckerchiefs by Irving Kallock. Reports covered the Saco Valley Association for Retarded Children meeting at Hollis Center. Richard Ouellette and Clyde Clyatt reported on a trip to the state capitol for citizenship merit badge study. They attended a legislature session as guests of Rep. Walter W. Hitchens of Eliot. The group advanced merit badge work and planned a bicycle trip for Saturday morning.
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Saco
Walter W. Hitchens
Eliot
Portland seeks new city manager after Allen declines
Portland still searches for a city manager after South Portland's Bernal B. Allen said he would not take the Portland post citing age health and unfinished projects. Council will review earlier applications and consider new names while Barnett I. Shur remains acting city manager after Graham W. Watt left in February for Dayton Ohio.
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Portland
Maine
South Portland
Bernal B. Allen
Allen
Auburn
Skowhegan
Harold G. Loring
Jones
Barnett I. Shur
Graham W. Watt
Dayton
Ohio
DeMolay Mothers Circle Hosts Limington Visiting Group
In Mrs. Jean Kimball s absence due to hospitalization the Bradford Chapter Mothers Circle of DeMolay met at the Saco Masonic Hall. Visiting members from Limington s Valley Chapter joined Ira L. Burton Rev Norman F. Rust and Lee Ellis as group leaders.
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Jean Kimball
Mothers Circle of
Bradford
Order of de Molay
Saco Masonic Hall
Arthur Rumery
Kimball
Katherine Ellis
Christos Throumoulos
Mary Campbell
Bernice Daly
Jean Mooers
Ellen Clark
Patricia Bryant
Jeannette Allen
Joan Smith
Roberta Jordan
Valley
Order of de- Molay
Limington
Ira L. Burton
Norman F. Rust
Lee Ellis
Swedish Film Seized in Boston as Court Proceedings Initiated
Boston police seized the Swedish film Night Games shown at Cinema in Kenmore Square. Theater manager Peter Jenkins was slated to appear in Roxbury District Court on charges alleging possession of obscene and indecent films for exhibition and circulation and presenting an obscene show.
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Boston
Kenmore Square
Peter Jenkins
Roxbury District Court
Toronto Population Figures for City and Metro Area
Toronto, capital of Ontario, reports city proper population of 65 502 and metropolitan area population of 1 250 000. The figures provide a clear split between municipal and regional populations.
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Toronto
Ontario
Canada
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Thomas Daly
James Truman
Philip Scammon
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Black Power
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
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Robert C. Kill
Mexico
Nixon
Williamsburg
Romney
Illinois
Charles H. Percy
Michael A. Petit, M.D
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VEW Auxiliary
Site of Oceanographic Study Center
Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria
Ben ‘Bella
London
Ringo Starr
Maureen
Ringo
Zak
Irving Kallock
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts of America
Thunderbird Patrol
Albert Ouellette
David Dawn Scribe
Richard Ouellette
Robert Ouellette
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Clyde Clyatt
Saco Boy Scout
Amvets Post
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Clement P. Wight Dial
Horace Tinkham
Washington Avenue
Frank Greise
Wayne
Neptune
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