Stores Open Tonight Dollar Days Theme Tops Biddeford History
Editor notes the first Franco-American history series on Biddeford by Michael Guignard a Syracuse graduate and future Catanovia College instructor. The piece recalls early French Canadian migration during the Revolutionary War led by generals Moses Hazen and James Livingston seeking troops for Washington.
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Michael Guignard
New England
Biddeford Guignard
Syracuse University
Adoin College
St. Louis High School
Catanovia College
Catanovia
N.Y
America
Moses Hazen
James Livingston
Canada
Washington
Franco Americans in New England Migration Soars then Stalls
A 19th and early 20th century flow of French Canadians to New England reshaped cities like Biddeford Lewiston and Worcester. Factors included economic hardship in Quebec, mill work shortages, and family based settlement reinforced by the Catholic Church and community institutions. The movement ebbed by 1912 with continued postscripts into the 1960s.
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Lord Durham
Quebec
U.S
New England
Worcester
Mass
Ferdinand Gagnon
Biddeford
Les Habitants
Daily Journal
Lewiston
Manchester
N.H
Lowell
Lawrence
Fall River
New Bedford
Woonsocket
R.I
Catholic Church
Israel Shevenell
McGovern Tours New Hampshire Campaign Swing
Senator George McGovern arrived at Grenier Field in a jet and traveled in a convoy to a shoe factory in Manchester to listen to workers. He thanked New Hampshire residents for supporting his bid and noted Maine would be visited soon as part of a broader New England swing.
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Maryline White
Manchester
N.H
Grenier Field
George McGovern
New Hampshire
Miami Beach
New England
Maine
Fred Dutton
McGovern
New York
Dick Dougherty
John Dancy
Main Street
Nbc-Tv News
Eagleton
Dougherty
Vietnam
Shriver Was Muskie Man in McGovern VP Pick Tale
AP report details that Sargent Shriver, McGovern’s seventh choice, discussed Muskie as the best unifier and later said McGovern has not bound him on all issues. Shriver, Catholic, noted not supporting abortion on demand and indicated differences with McGovern on that policy. He accepted the vice presidential nod after Muskie and others declined.
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Washington
Sar
Intergent Shriver
George
McGovern
Ed McGovern
Muskie
Maine
Shriver
Maryland
Maryvin Mandel
Sen. McGovern
Meteor Shower Peak Promises Bright skies Tonight
Cambridge based Smithsonian official says Perseid shower may peak tonight with 50 to 60 meteors per hour. Reports from at least six states and Canada describe fireball sightings. one fireball possible if a meteor ventured closer to Earth. Observers told to expect shooting stars near Perseus after midnight.
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Cambridge
Mass
Rocky Mountains
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
David Squires
Canada
Squires
Perseus
Inside The Journal Cartoons and Classifieds
A brief page listing sections: cartoons and classifieds alongside features like 12 13 crossword puzzle and Dear Abby while noting editorial opinions obituaries and sports coverage including theater listings.
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Abby
North Vietnamese mortars strike key Saigon region targets
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched multiple mortar and shelling attacks on Lai Khe base camp Cam Ranh Cu Chi and four district towns near Saigon with heavy shelling on Quang Tri. AP correspondent Holger Jensen reported highway 13 cut north of Lai Khe as ambulances ferried the wounded and South Vietnamese troops spoke of many friends killed.
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Saigon
An Loc
Namese
Lai Khe
Cam Ranh
Cam Ranh Bay
Big Cu Chi
Ent Holger Jensen
Jensen
Soldier Convicted in Espionage Case at Tyndall Air Force Base
A five secret documents case led to the conviction of Tyndall Air Force Base sergeant first class T. Perkins, 37, for attempting to smuggle defense secrets to Soviet agents in Mexico City. The trial, a nonjury court martial before Col. Joe Peck, found Perkins guilty on three counts and falsifying destruction records. His mother cried as verdicts were read. defense appeals for leniency follow.
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Tyndall Air Force
Pla
T. Perkins
Suezi
U.S
Col
Joe Peck
Perkins
Florida
Mexico City
Peck
Kins
Grace Perkins
Anti War Groups File Suit Over Wiretaps
The Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union sues the FBI IRS and Defense Secretary Laird in U S District Court alleging surveillance of four Cambridge antiwar groups phones. Plaintiffs seek a permanent injunction plus 100000 per day of potential taps and demand accountability from named defendants.
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Boston
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
Defense
Melvin Laird
U.S. District Court
Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union
IRS
Laird
Atty. i
Richard Kleindeinst
Mass. Pax
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Legal In- Service Project
Civil Liberties Legal Defense Fund
Cambridge
Civil Liberties Union
Big Brother
Bomb mission backfires in Belfast killing two terrorists and girl
In Belfast a premature bomb blast killed two suspected terrorists and a girl near North Howard Street as British soldiers responded. The blast followed bystanders throwing stones amid Shankill Falls Road tensions. a man and girl were seen fleeing a car moments before the explosion.
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Belfast
North Howard Street
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Falls Road
Shankhill i
Russian Artists Visit Ogunquit Museum of Art
Russian painters Alexander Mirinov and Peter Ikin visited Ogunquit to view the Ogunquit Museum of Art on Shore Road while touring a 4000 year span Russian arts exhibition now on display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts through August 18. The pair, with translator Valeria Churmanteva, praised the exhibition as among the finest seen, and Ogunquit curator Peter R. Mawn guided their tour with explanations of the artworks.
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Cecil B
Munson
Boston
Russia
Ogunquit Museum
Peter R. Mawn
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Inside the Journal
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Obits Sports Theaters
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Ogunquit Museum of Art
Thomas Strater
Peter Utkin
the Soviet of Cultural Affairs
Valeria Chumantevas Strater
Alexander Mirinov
Cultural Affairs Ministry
Cecil Munson
Quang Tri
Associated Press
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