Great Fire Changed Face Of Famed Resort Town
Old Orchard Beach marked the 60th anniversary of a blaze that leveled 17 plush hotels and caused two deaths. Fire officials led an observance at Libby Memorial Library with honorary chairs. The fire started when a lantern exploded in the Emerson House area, destroying more than 60 cottages and many storefronts.
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Peggy Welch
Old Orchard Beach
Libby Memorial Library
Staples Street
Emerson House
East Grand Avenue
Olympia Hotel
Milliken Street
Old Hard Beach
Saco
Bid
Johnson tax plan draws mixed congressional reaction
The AP reports President Johnson’s 10 percent income tax surcharge drew mostly lukewarm to chilly reactions in Congress. Bankers largely back the tax hike, while some businesses resist. A higher draft call and a 2 billion dollar supplemental budget request are expected after Johnson orders 45,000 more troops to Vietnam. U S B 52s fly five raids over South Vietnam and another American plane is missing.
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Associated Press
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Office of Economic Opportunity
Antipoverty
Nashville
New Rochelle
N.Y
International
Saco Tax Assessments Due In Mail Tomorrow
Saco taxpayers will be notified of their new assessments after a city revaluation. The estimated tax rate is pegged at 27 per thousand, with hearings Aug 14–18 to adjust values. Deadline for hearings is Aug 11 at 4 p.m., and final rate depends on these adjustments.
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Saco
A. Raymond Gannon Jr
Gannon
Cole-Laver-Trumble Company
Cole - Layer - Trumble
Congress Reacts Cautiously to Johnson Surtax Request
Congressional reaction to President Johnsons call for a 10 percent income tax surcharge ranges from lukewarm to chilly. Democratic leaders and other lawmakers voiced skepticism about boosting revenue quickly and warned against retroactive increases. House and Senate committees schedule hearings starting Aug 14 with possible Oct 1 effective dates for the tax hike and ongoing links to Vietnam costs.
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Washington
Johnson
William Proxmire
D—Wis
Senate—House Economic Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Congress
Arkansas Democrat
Ways and Means
Higher Draft Calls Seen Amid Vietnam Troop Increase
Pentagon sources say President Johnson ordered a troop increase to 525,000 in Vietnam with 45,000 to 50,000 more deployable. Draft calls through September average about 23,000 monthly, possibly rising above 35,000 in Q4 as war manpower grows. A $2 billion trimming of the defense budget may offset up to $4 billion of overrun, with cuts in fighter aircraft purchases noted. The current force stands at 454,000 official strength after a 7,000 adjustment. Most of the new troops are expected to be Army, with some Air Force and Navy units. no Reserve callup is planned.
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Johnson
Vietnam
Jack Miller
Lown
Miller
Ciety
Johnson Administration
Sen
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
North Vietnam
India
Burma
Thailand
Indonesia
Peking
China
Association of Southeast Asia
Moscow
Asia
Massive U S Air Campaign Hits North Vietnam on Thursday
AP reports 197 strike missions flown and 635 combat planes lost in North Vietnam. Ground operations end a major Mekong Delta sweep with 10 000 troops. Navy pilots destroy 72 boats and damage rail hubs while Air Force hit a bridge near HaiPhong and facility targets.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U. S
Delta
Panhandle
Quang Nap
Thanh Hoa
Navy
Dong Khe
Vinh
Lu Nhan
Oriskany
Haiphong
Air Force
Harry W. Schurr
Indiaa
Break In Vietnam War Seen By Analysts In 1967 68
AP analysis notes experts foresee a possible break in the Vietnam war within 1967 or early 1968 and a settlement short of full withdrawal. It cites Trager and others linking regional pressures from China and Soviet moves to end the clash while preserving a long military civilian presence in Southeast Asia.
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William L. Ryan
Southeast Asia
Red China
China
Frank N. Trager
New York University
Vietnam
American Legion
Trager
U.S
South Vietnam
Korea
Kager
Burma
Anastasoff Named As Union Leader
Alexander Anastasoff of Biddeford will succeed Michael Schoonjans as manager of the Biddeford-Saco Joint Board TWUA AFL-CIO CLC. The appointment was unanimously approved by joint board delegates. Anastasoff has served as joint board business agent since 1947 and as Local 305 recording secretary and president. He is married with three sons and five grandchildren.
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Alexander Anastasoff
Michael Schoonjans
Biddeford-Saco
TWUA
Afl-Cio
CLC
Lis
William Pollack
Schoonjans
Pollack
Joint Board
Robert Bissell
Anastasoff
Local 305
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Yvonne Savard
Laconia
N. H
South St
Biddeford
Alexander
Donald
Norman P
USAF
Virginia
Community Chest
Maine State Employment Security Commission
Donald Nolette
West Point-Pepperell
New England
Saco- Lowell
Ed Delorge Baking Co., Inc
Northeast Gas
Eastern Plastics Corp
Sanford
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Portland
Old Orchard Street
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Boston
Honey Fitz
John F. Kennedy
Fitzgerald
Emerson
Herbert L. Hildreth
Ocean Pier
Joseph Stalin
Svetlana
Laventiy Beria
National
Mt. McKinley
Cole-Layer-Trumble Co
City of
General Electric
RCA
RCA Victor
Coleee
Main Street
WRR Gen
Fea. Corp
Farrar Brown
Elm St
Bill Brill
Biddeford Pool Community Club
Biddeford Pool
Vietnam War
Sam’s
Alfred St
Maine Linoleum CO
Alfred Street
St. Andre’s Grammar School
Sacred Heart High School
Genest’s Market
Elm Street
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