Writers Conference Opens at Ocean Park Maine
The 27th State of Maine Writers Conference at Ocean Park opens Tuesday afternoon and runs through Friday under Ocean Park Association leadership. Highlights include teenage writer sessions, poetry and prose directions, a Winslow Homer studio pilgrimage, a screening of The Agony and the Ecstasy, banquet speaker David O. Woodbury, and awards across writing categories. Attendance is expected to exceed recent years with a modest registration fee.
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State of Maine Writers’ Conference
Ocean Park Association
Alfred Barrett
Thornton Academy
Adelbert M. Jakeman
Loring Williams
South Berwick
Jakeman
Williams
Charles Rawlings
Whitefield
David O. Woodbury
Ogun
Old
Margaret E. Singleton
Winchester
Mildred M., Thomas
Doris Ricker Marston
Clarice E. Farrar
Jeanne Caskie
Adelbert M. Jakeman, Jr
Alfred
B. Cahen
Lillian L. Munroe
Bhima M. Sturtevant
William E. Harris
Sheldon Christian
Kitty Parsons
Richard H. Recchia
Mrs. Todd
Julia Anna Cook
Walter R. Mitchell
Homer Studio
Porter Memorial Hall
The
Grove
Maine
Community Notices From Kennebunk and Surrounds
Local residents report returning from visits and relatives in East Brunswick New Jersey. Veterans and students mentioned include Germain Morin aboard the U S N S Corpus Christi Bay now in Vietnam for 142 years, and youths from Kennebunk Baptist Church visiting Hudson New Hampshire. Also noted are hospital recoveries and summer camp plans at Lake Cobbesseecontee Winthrop. Blueberry production data lists New Jersey Michigan and North Carolina as leading growers.
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Germain Morin
Debbie
Jerry
Michelle
East Brunswick
N.J
Veronica Morin
High St
U.S.N.S. Corpus Christi Bay
Vietnam
Franklin Blaisdell
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Benson's Animal Farm
Hudson, N.H
Laurie
Deborah LeBarge
Brian
Judy
Debra Hammond
Martha
Patricia Jones
Charlene Swett
Karen Hatch
Karen Cheney
Larry Campbell
Marlowe LeBarge
Jonathan
Kristen
Rodney Hammond
Tommy
Scott Going
Robert Going
Mousam Road
Michael Buzzelcuck
Paul Gagnon
Alewive Road
Daniel Hamilton
E. L. Hamilton
High Street
Lake Cobbesseecontee
Winthrop
Luther Derham
Robert
Summer Street
University of Maine
Orono
Kennebunk High School
Warrant Dropped in Murder Case of Md Doctor Slaying
Authorities withdraw murder charge against Lamar Branscomb Jr. of Austell Ga in the slaying of Dr Frank Wilbert 63 Havre de Grace Md. Marine Pvt John M Dragon 20 Bangor Me remains charged. Dragon admitted killing to his commander at Quantico. Branscomb to be questioned.
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Fredericksburg
Maryland
Edwin H. W. Harlan
Harford County
Lamar Branscomb Jr
Austell
Harlan
John M. Dragon
Bangor
Maine
Dragon
Frank Wilbert
Havre de Grace
Branscomb
Wilbert
FBI
Marine Corps
Quantico
Here
Pentagon weighs forming 18th Army division in Vietnam buildup
The Defense Department studies creating a new Army division, potentially the 18th, to replace home units bound for Vietnam as part of President Johnson's plan to add 45 000 to 50 000 troops. Ft Campbell Kentucky or Ft Lewis Washington cited as possible bases. Draft calls for fiscal 1968 vary with monthly targets ranging from 17 000 to near 30 000.
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Pentagon
Army
Vietnam
Defense
Johnson
United States
101St Airborne Division
Southeast Asia
Ft. Campbell
101St
Ft. Lewis
Wash
4Th
Air Force
Navy
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps
Drought Ends in Northeast as Reservoirs Rise
The US Geological Survey announced the Northeast drought is over. Hydrologist Henry C. Barksdale noted only minor remnants in areas from Cape Cod to New Jersey with groundwater receding in spots while eastern Connecticut runoff is seven times last year’s. Reservoirs and groundwater levels are above average.
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Washington
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Henry C. Barksdale
Cape Cod
Long Island
New Jersey
Barksdale
Connecticut
Baptist Pastor to Preach at Saco Sunday Service
Rev. Hugh C. Crouch of Springvale First Baptist Church will preach at 9 a.m. Sunday at Saco United Baptist Church. He is Missouri born, UM graduate, Colgate Rochester and Western Illinois alum, and Maine church council leader. Richard Witherell and Mary M. Hill provide solo and organ music.
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Hugh C. Crouch
First Baptist Church
Springvale
Saco United
Maine Council of Churches
Crouch
Nassau College
First Baptist Church of
Phi Delta Kappa
American Academy of Religion
Gate House at Baxter State Park Dedicated
The gate house at Baxter State Park was dedicated with proceeds from the Baxter trust fund. Governor Curtis stated the 200,000 acre park will stay forever wild as Baxter donated it to the state and urged planning to preserve natural beauty and keep it unspoiled.
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Percival Baxter
Baxter State Park
Baxter Trust Fund
Curtis
Baxter
Increase In Loan Funds Requested
Augusta AP The Executive Council will consider a temporary rise in state sponsored student loan funds at its Sept 6 meeting. Gov Curtis said the increase would last until a larger permanent program takes effect. Sen Katz noted many students would be denied college without added loans.
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Augusta
iGov
Curtis
Bennett D. Katz
Legislative Education Committee
Race Violence Flares Across Cities Sparks Curfews
Racial unrest continued in Syracuse and Louisiana with police using tear gas as crowds gathered and curfews were imposed. Across Houston Detroit Cincinnati Albany officials debated civil rights fallout and emergency plans as National Guardsmen mobilized to escort marchers through hostile areas.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Louisiana
Houston
Tex
Detroit
Cincinnati
National Council of Negro Women
Dorothy Height
John Conyers Jr
D-Mich
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
New York City
William F. Walsh
Walker
John McKeithen
Livingston Parish
Albany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Loneliness as Terror of Elder Citizens in a Florida Village
Beverly Hills Florida AP News features explores a retirement community founded by Sam Kellner offering 400 homes for aged adults. It notes social life, supportive design like wide doors and low ceilings, work for self respect, and occasional romances with weddings. The piece underscores loneliness as a fear and describes family neglect and community resilience.
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Jean Sprain Wilson
Beverly Hills, Fla
Sam Kellner
Sam
Kellner
Practice Begun By Dr. James Henick
Dr James Henick D O starts his first practice at 13 Storer Street Kennebunk after moving from Bethlehem Pa His wife a staff nurse and their four children relocate with him The doctor will work at Osteopathic Hospital Kittery and Maine Osteopathic Hospital Portland where he interned.
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James Henick
Kennebunk
D.O
Storer St
Bethlehem, Pa
Henick
Dow
Osteopathic Hospital
Kittery
Maine Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Jane
Paul
Bridget
Mary Kathryn
Maine Blueberries Push Onto Fresh Markets
Maine blueberry growers seek to sell on fresh fruit markets for the first time in years. Marketing specialist Gerald C. Dunn notes past harvests went mainly to freezing and canning plants.
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Augusta
Maine
Agriculture Department
Gerald C. Dunn
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