Garbage to Asphalt: Cities Turn Trash Into Fuel and Freight
AP reports urban garbage disposal explores rail haulage to strip mines near Philadelphia at $2 per ton savings over incineration. Paris Munich and others burn waste for power. gold and metals recoverable from fly ash. New Yokosuka plant compresses 3000 tons into rocklike blocks sealed with asphalt for building foundations.
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New York
Philadelphia
Wilhelm
Paris
Munich
Germany
Geneva
Montreal
San Francisco
Norfolk
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Yokosuka
Japan
Maine Delegates Asked For Open Minds
Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island says he mailed letters to all Maine delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago seeking a more open convention. He urges Vice President Humphrey and Senator McCarthy to release their delegates so the convention can enjoy freedom of choice.
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Washington
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
Maine
Chicago
Humphrey
McCarthy
Providence Parents Seek $2.5 Million School Budget Boost
A committee of parents teachers and administrators urged a 2.5 million increase for Providence school spending in 1968 69 at a school committee hearing. Officials noted the current estimate exceeds 20.7 million dollars and the追加 funds would grade schools and address needs across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence, RI
Annual Maine Open Starts In Portland Today
The 50th Maine Open Golf Tournament began at Riverside Municipal Golf Course in Portland with a large field and rich prize money. 277 entrants compete over 54 holes in foursomes. top money is 1100 and total prizes near 4500 in cash and merchandise. Early favorites include Jim Veno of Orono and John Mills Jr. of Riverside. defending champ Rich Bassett will not play due to Westchester Classic qualification.
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Portland, Maine
Riverside Municipal
Maine
Jim Veno
Orono
Vermont
Spudland
John Mills Jr
Riverside
Rich Bassett
Upper Montclair
N.J
Senator Calls for Open Convention and Public Addresses
The Senator urges the national convention to choose the Vice President openly rather than ratify, allow all presidential and vice presidential candidates to speak before ballots, and begin a broad letter campaign to Democratic leaders to foster unity and a forward looking party.
Truck Drivers End Montreal Mail Strike Settlement Reaches
In Montreal, about 400 Red Service Ltd drivers voted to end a five day strike over pay during Canada's postal shutdown. They receive one week’s pay for the strike period and one week for the days off this week. Mail service resumes as drivers return to work, with Montreal handling about 70 percent of overseas mail.
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Montreal
Red Service Ltd
Canada
Surprised bridal shower for Rachel Nadeau in Biddeford
A surprise bridal shower honored Miss Rachel Nadeau daughter of Mr and Mrs Aime Nadeau at the Fremont Club Biddeford. She will wed Richard Fecteau at St Josephs Church Biddeford August 31. Hostesses were Mrs Aime Nadeau and Mrs Fernand Fecteau with many attendees and gifts distributed.
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Rachel Nadeau
Aime Nadeau
Dupont Ave
Biddeford
Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Nadeau
Richard Fecteau
St. Joseph’s Church
Fernand Fecteau
Yvonne
James Gerard
Violette Montpas
Paul Fecteau
Theresa Letellier
Jeannine Poissant
Jeanne Lizotte
Janice Brzybyla
Donald Lessard
Yyvonne DeLorenzo
Joan
List of names in local social column
A long roster of women and several men listed with titles and married names appears in a community social column. The line includes Brousseau Curro Daigneault Nolette Lang Beaulieu Cote Pike Rheault Montpas Harrison Gagne Bourgeault Masse Theroux Provencher Rheault Marinello Cloutier Vilandre Poirier Lambert Gagne Lambert Maslawski Gaulin Chadbourne Sopliwenki Fortier Richard Soulard Chabot Croteau Proctor Roberge Boudreau Meehan Wood Rochefort Bisson Carr Anger Neault Petrin Petrin DeSilva Morin Gobeil Rice Wood Gaudette Marcoux Park Lemieux Bisson Moran Howe Nolette Bergeron Cote Moreau Arel Trottier Delamarre Lambert Lambert Champagne Rheault Letellier Callahan Joggins Seving Sevigny Levesque Labbe Letelier Chretien Johnson Faucher Huppe.
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Theresa Roberge
Aurore Boudreau
Alice Meehan
Pauline Wood
Laurette Rochefort
Margerie Bisson
Eleanor Carr
Gabrielle Anger
Armand Neault
Florence Petrin
Priscille Petrin
Juliette DeSilva
Doris Morin
Pauline Gobeil
Irene Rice
Gertrude Wood
Ethel Gaudette
Irene Marcoux
Pauline Park
Blanche Lemieux
Germaine Bisson
Irene Moran
Pauline Howe
Dolly Nolette
Sylvia Bergeron
Carmen Cote
Rachel Moreau
Irene Arel
Susan Trottier
Agatha Delamarre
Constance Lambert
Alice Lambert
Unemployed man charged for public flag defilement in Northfield
Lawrence Wang, 19, of Plainfield, accused by Woodson County Atty. Joseph Palmisano of wearing a U.S. flag as patches on his pants in public. Wang, who keeps long hair in a pigtail, surrendered at the Northfield home of District Judge John P. Connarn after learning of the charge. He pleaded innocent and was released on $100 bail.
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Northfield
U.S
Heheen
Joseph Palmisano
Lawrence Wang
Plainfield
Wang
John P. Connarn
Welfare chief cites Social Security lift from poverty
Washington AP report says up to seven million could be pulled from poverty by expanding benefits and extending them beyond the labor market. Five to six million would rise above the poverty line by aiding nonworkers such as the elderly disabled widows and orphans. about a million more could be helped by higher minimum benefits.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilbur J. Cohen
Cohen
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
North Korea rebuffs Pueblo meeting request at Panmunjom
Washington reports North Korea has not replied to a U S demand for a new Panmunjom meeting on the capture of the Pueblo and the release of its 82 surviving crew members. The State Department notes the longest interval since prior talks, with the last meeting dated July 9.
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Washington
State Department
North Korea
U.S
Panmunjom
Pueblo
Carl Barthh
Airlines form five subcommittees to ease NYC congestion
In Washington AT A president Stuart G. Tipton announced five special subcommittees set up by airlines serving New York area to study congestion and report findings by August 27. The groups will cover domestic passenger traffic international passenger traffic cargo and chartered flights and potential fare structures to curb rush hour demand.
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Washington
New York City
Stuart G. Tipton
The
Air Transport Association
Commission to Hear Witnesses in Washington on Sept 11
The new presidential commission on violence in America announced it will begin hearing witnesses in Washington September 11 and has nearly completed staffing of its seven task forces. Attorney General Ramsey Clark said the Justice Department filed a record number of suits challenging business mergers in fiscal 1968 20, surpassing the 1965 high of 17.
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Presidential Commission On Violence In
America
Washington
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Justice Department
Capital Quote on Security Circles and the Secret Service
A Treasury Department aide describes security as concentric circles with the innermost circle the Secret Service, outlining how protection layers work around vital officials. The remark reflects views on safeguarding high level elected and appointed leaders.
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Secret Service
Treasury Department
Secret Service Teams Collaborate With Law Agencies
Secret Service personnel work with other law enforcement to shield candidates and their families, coordinating protection plans and security measures across jurisdictions.
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Cret
Lawn Party Reservations Are Going Fast
Council Chagnon of Union St. Jean Baptiste will hold its annual lawn party at the Adams Street hall in Biddeford on August 24 at 6 p m. The menu features boiled lobster clam chowder and corn. Muriel's Orchestra will provide dancing from 8 p m. Reservations chairmen Paul Roy and Leo Chretien urged quick contact with any council officer due to limited availability.
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Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Adams Street
Biddeford Hall
Muriel
Paul Roy
Leo Chretien
Council
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Illinois Central
Western Pacific
Western Maryland
Ross Wilhelm
University of Michigan
Portland
Davidson
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Dover, N.H
Route 11
Farmington, N.H
McCord Corp
Detroit, Mich
Grant
W. T. Grant CO
Biddeford Shopping Center
Planters
Planters Siren
Standard Brands Incorporated
Birmingham
Alabama
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