Burns Principal Named Superintendent of Schools
Ber nard C. Forbush announced the appointment of Joseph Deschenes as Burns School principal to replace Carleton Robbins. Deschenes, former Longfellow Elementary principal in Sanford, brings and education and administration background with degrees from Gorham State Teachers College 1949 and the University of Maine 1963, plus current studies. He has coaching and teaching history in Presque Isle and Sanford, is married with four children, and serves as a Maine National Guard major. He will start September 1.
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Sanford
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University of Mine
University of Maine
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Presque Isle
Emerson Junior High School
Maine National Guard
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Saco
Johnson Answers Charges Over Nuclear Arsenal Claims
President Johnson and the Pentagon rebut Senator Barry Goldwater’s claim that the U S nuclear delivery capacity may fall by 90 percent in the next decade. The Defense Department says Goldwater’s charge is false and cites growth in on target warhead delivery capacity by 1970.
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Defense Department
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National Association of Counties
Arthur Sylvester
Reapportionment Battle Lines Formed
Washington news reports heated lines over attaching a reapportionment rider to the foreign aid bill. Dirksen leads the push to slow court ordered population based reapportionment for state legislatures, signaling a prolonged floor fight and possible delay past next week.
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Bones
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D-Ark
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
House
Dirksen
Massive helicopter assault on Viet Cong in jungle ambush
In South Viet Nam, a major helicopter attack aimed at 3,000 Viet Cong began as nearly 1,000 Vietnamese troops flew in. A U.S. lieutenant was killed at the controls when a 50 caliber round pierced the windshield. Maj. Ralph Irvin’s helicopter was damaged but the crew survived as the operation drew in all available aircraft. The dawn operation started slowly as aircraft plans faltered.
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Viet Nam
Robert Estes
Anson
Maine
Ralph Irvin
Redding
Calif
Goodhue
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong Armor and Fog Halt Helicopter Lift
A flight operation in dense jungle pause due to heavy ground fog and Viet Cong anti aircraft fire. Troop helicopters resumed after a nearly nine thirty start with spotter planes signaling Viet Cong presence.
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Goldwater Secret Meeting Sparks GOP Summit
In Hershey Pennsylvania Republican chieftains convened a closed door summit after a secret talk between Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller. The session mirrored Rockefeller Nixon 1960 dynamics as party unity hopes rose, with leaders like Dwight Eisenhower and William Scranton in attendance. A separate social gathering at Indiantown Gap featured Miller and Dean Burch, while no business was reported.
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Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Arizona
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Goldwater
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Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Indiantown Gap
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Dean Burch
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Two Gemini Flights Scheduled This Year
Houston AP report says space officials expect two Gemini flights this year with an unmanned test before October and a crewed mission in December. Charles Mathews notes all spacecraft bugs are ironed out and deliveries to Cape Kennedy will occur before August.
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Tex
Charles W. Mathews
Gemini
Cape Kennedy Fla
Manned ‘Spacecraft Center
Mathews
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Virgil ‘Grissom
Cmdr
John W. Young
Cape
Cape Kennedy
Chuckle Motto Inspires Daily Effort and Growth
A concise proverb notes that by doing a little more each day than is expected, one gradually earns greater expectations. The item attributes the quote to a general audience and emphasizes steady personal improvement as a path to rising demands and achievement.
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Gen. Tea, Corp
Passamaquoddy tidal project revised to cut costs and time
Interior details a scaled down Passamaquoddy Bay tidal energy plan to Congress. The revised scheme lowers total cost from 1.041 billion to 896 million dollars and trims construction to about ten years. It envisions a high pool at Passamaquoddy Bay and a low pool at Cobscook Bay with a single powerhouse, reversible turbines, and pumped storage to boost flexibility and provide firm power for Maine and New England.
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Interior Department
Congress
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
U.S
Canadian
Cobscook Bay
New England
St. John River
Dickey
St. John Lincoln School
Quoddy Bay
Funeral for Wrong Man Shocks Los Angeles Family
Ramundo Reyes was buried as a mistaken identity case after a misidentified body led to a family funeral. Neighbors and relatives recall the vigil as heartfelt while police and coroners confirm the mix up. the deceased was found dying at a downtown relief mission.
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Los Angeles
Ramundo Reyes
Ito
Matchi Reyes
Downe
Rios
Ifty
Chile breaks ties with Castro Cuba amid election match
Chile severs diplomatic relations with Cuba, leaving only Uruguay Bolivia and Mexico with ties, days before presidential election pitting Salvador Allende against Eduardo Frei. Labor groups threaten nationwide strikes, and U S reaction is cautiously positive as possible trade shifts loom.
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Mexico
U.S
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Frei
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