Kennebunk Man Builds Lace of Models in Retirement
Arthur Fretwell of Kennebunkport spends retirement crafting detailed models from his Dock Square fish market days. His five foot church model features a pipe organ and bell tower while a lighthouse and windmill decorate his porch. He and wife craft doll beds and other useful items for friends as a Mothers Club summer fair item.
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Kennebunk
Arthur Fretwell
Dock Square
Kennebunkport
Fretwell
Brooks Emery
Kennebunk Lower Village
Betty Shanks
Ontario
Mothers’ Club
Anastasoff
Johnson Signs Voting Bill In Capitol Ceremony
President Johnson signs the voting rights bill in the President's Room near the Senate, aiming to guarantee Negro voting rights in the South and suspend state literacy tests. The ceremony recalls Lincoln and follows Senate approval as Johnson pledges equal access to the ballot for every American.
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Washington
Capitol
Abraham Lincoln
Johnson
Senate
Lincoln
White House
South
Capitol Hill
Selma
Congress
Capitol Rotunda
House
John W. McCormack
Rotunda
Nicholas Katzenbach
King predicts large Southern registration drive under new voting act
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says his Southern Christian Leadership Conference will deploy 800 workers in six states and 34 counties to register about 900,000 Negroes by month’s end. SCOPE operation ends August 28 and targets Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Virginia and 34 NC counties with about 900,000 Negro voters registered. King warns demonstrations may fall with enforcement but Northern protests could rise as the civil rights battle continues.
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
King
South
Johnson
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCOPE
Federal Examiner
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chuckle Men Call 50 Mile Hike Training
Chuckle at the march of the 50 mile hike as fitness training while women see it as shopping. TM WRR Gen Fea Corp marks the humorous contrast in a news brief.
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WRR
Fea. Corp
Maine's Largest Forest Fire Tears Across 9000 Acres
Maine's Forestry Commission reports a four mile front fire burning over 9000 acres along the Machias River. Strong southwest winds and high temperatures fueled the blaze. Residents near Bog Lake and towns including Machias East Machias Whitneyville faced evacuation risk as resources—including 200 firefighters, bulldozers, and water bombing planes—converged to contain the flames.
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Whitneyville
Maine
Washington County
Austin H. Wilkins
Machias
Wilkins
Raymond J. Tracy
Centerville
Northfield
Tracy
Route 192
Fortas denies Communist ties in Senate hearing
Abel Fortas rebutted claims of Communist associations as he sought to reassure senators on his fitness for the Supreme Court. He defended his ties to President Johnson, insisting they would not affect his judicial function, as the Judiciary Committee recessed amid testimony for and against his nomination.
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Washington
Abel Fortas
Johnson
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fortas
Marjorie Shearon
Chevy Chase, Md
Moscow
Half Of Draftees Will Be Rejected
Washington AP reports that in 1964 about 47 percent of draftees passed pre induction exams while 53 percent were rejected. Of those rejected 22.2 percent failed medical tests 16.2 percent failed mental tests 11.4 percent were limited by training ability 1.5 percent failed both medical and mental standards and 1.7 percent were disqualified for administrative reasons.
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Washington
Army Surgeon General’s Office
Crippled Canberra Bomber Crashes Into Viet Nam City
A U S Air Force B57 Canberra bomber, crippled and derelict, crashed on a main street in Nha Trang killing at least 12 Vietnamese civilians. Four American and 63 Vietnamese were injured as four bombs exploded and debris blocked streets. Crew bailed out safely before the fuel-fed explosion.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Nha Trang
U.S
South China Sea
2Nd
U.S. Air Division
Gilbert L. Meyers
Analysis North Viet Nam Air Strikes Fall Short of Aims
AP analysis from Saigon by Peter Arnett notes six months of nearly continuous US air strikes on North Vietnam have yet to meet aims. It cites about 10,000 tons of bombs dropped and 50 US aircraft losses, with Viet Cong supply lines and North Vietnamese negotiating prospects far from improved.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Peter Arnett
North Viet Nam
Navy
North Viet
Ham
Mering
South
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cambodia
U Thant
Hanoi
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Rol’s
Pine Street
Biddeford
Paul R. Dargis
Crescent Street
Maurice J. Arsenault
Day’s Jewelry Store
Main Street
Emerson TV
Westbrook
Spring Street
Vinh
Biddeford High School
Biddeford Swimming Pool Fund
Hotpoint
Potters
At Real
Ralph
Man Street
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