Saco Faces Elm Tree Crisis Under Community Plan
The Saco community initiates a Trees for Saco program to replace doomed elms. A survey by volunteers led by Mrs. Philip Snow counted about 1,200 elms on streets likely to be felled or already removed, guiding future plantings with input from Maine State Forest Service expert John Chadwick. Donations fund tree purchases as residents await replacements.
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Saco
Volun
Arteers
Mand J Mercier
Philip Snow
Ralph Hawkes
Kenneth Lord
John Staples
Laurence Staples
Diane Bowie
Frederica Shevenell
Sally Snow
Toni Panteleakos
John Chadwick
Maine State Forest Service
Augusta
Saco Ae
Robert Moody
Chadwick
Ers
Snow
Sereet
Richard Gray
Gs Nationa
Main Seas Wedel Bite Cabal
Armand J. Mercier
Caretaker Released By Police In Tate Slayings Case
Los Angeles police freed 19 year old caretaker William E Garretson after two days in custody in the Sharon Tate murder probe. Investigators say Garretson was in a guest room when the killings occurred and may be questioned about Miss Tate and her guests while police link a separate nearby homicide to the broader case.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Harold Yarnell
William E. Garretson
Barry Tarlow
Garretson
Miss Tate
Leno A. LaBianca
Abigail Folger
Voityck
Roman Polanski
Jay ‘Sebring
Earl Parent
Mayor Brown Sues Himself Over Boat Lot Zoning
In Hypoluxo James M. Brown Jr. sues himself and his nephew Chris Robinson over a boat sales lot dispute. Brown, both mayor and police chief, fronts actions in town and hands matter to Palm Beach Circuit Court while insisting zoning laws be enforced within 30 days.
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Chris Robinson
Robinson
Brown
Palm Beach
Army May Have A Woman General
Washington AP reports the Army may select its first woman general as a board begins work on one star promotions. About 11,800 WACs are in uniform with 12 colonels likely considered. a few could be elevated depending on records.
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Washington
Army
Elizabeth P. Hoisingoth
Wacss
Col. Hoisington
WAC
Congress
Air Force
Wafs
Navy
Wacs
Col
Hoisington
Crowded Schools Prompt Call to Rethink Curriculum
A humorous notice notes schools are so crowded that attendees joke about adding Hooky to the curriculum. The fragment suggests strained class sizes and lighthearted solutions.
Moon walk a breeze for Apollo eleven crew says Armstrong
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins spoke at a news conference about their moon surface work being easier than expected. They noted smooth ladder descent and mobility with a one foot in front of another stride and two feet at a time. They recalled monitoring alarms during landing and credit ground control for a safe touchdown in the Sea of Tranquility.
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Armstrong
Aldrin
Earth
Michael Collins
Moon
Eagle
Collins
Samuel Phillips
Apollo
Neil
Phillips
Space Agency
Stephen Bales
Move Afoot To Fire Jones By BILL HOUSTON
The Town Council vows to draft a resolution to remove Town Manager Leon Jones amid charges of ineptness and mismanagement. Motel operators and others allege poor leadership, bad roads, lax codes, and missed federal funding opportunities, while some call for a public hearing and executive session.
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Bill Houston
Old Orchard Beach
Leon Jones
Jones
Hour Prepared
Bureau
Rupert Davis
Charles Anderson
E. Emerson Cum Imings
William I Mullansheent
Uuu
Ernest Council
Adelbert Brousseau
Jones Jakeman
Debata
Counas
Self-Reliance Instilled In Kennebunkport Youths
Reverend Robert Howes and his wife Chris raise five children to be independent by supporting individual goals. Galen 15 and Eric 13 led a bike trek from Bethel Maine to Lan caster New Hampshire then Derby Vermont, facing rain and a flat tire before reaching the Dale Millers’ farm. The journey tested endurance and planning as parents monitored their progress from afar.
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Peg Hendrick
Kennebunkport
Robert Howes
Chris Howes
Galen
Eric
Dale Millers
Howes
Hartley
Chris
Dale
ATSS satellite orbited to study safer transoceanic flight
Cape Kennedy launched the ATSS Fifth Lication Technology Satellite aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket. The $12 million craft, with four extendable booms, aimed for a 22,300 mile equatorial orbit to test experiments for safer long distance air travel and regional TV relay feasibility.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
ATSS
Equator
South America
Space Agency
Centaur
Earth
Blanche Blows Toward Newfoundland as First Atlantic Hurricane
Hurricane Blanche with 90 mph winds moved toward southeastern Newfoundland and could pass near midday. The center lay near 44.0N 61.0W, about 140 miles from Halifax, with gales extending up to 200 miles southeast. Anna preceded Blanche, fading east of the Carolinas.
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Miami
Newfoundland
National Hurricane Center
Halifax
Nova Scotia
New York
Europe
Blanche
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