Acton Fair Schedules Longest Program Yet
Acton celebrates its 104th fair with a four day run starting Thursday August 21 featuring Myron Floren headlining a vaudeville show on the grandstand along with Jerry Torman and Hager and Nancy. Free grandstand seating and a full slate of cattle judging ox and horse events plus parades and fireworks highlight the lineup.
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Acton
Robert G. Bragdon
Maine
Lawrence Welk
Myron Floren
Jerry Torman
Hager and
Nancy
York County
Ken MacKenzie
York County Boy Scouts
Hurricane Debbie Intensifies Over Atlantic
The Associated Press reports Hurricane Debbie reached peak force with 125 mph winds as it moved west-northwest about 500 miles south of Bermuda. NOAA predicted continued motion. Roosevelt Roads pilots prepared another seeding attempt while Dr. Cecil Gentry called Operation Stormfury a success with valuable data collected.
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Associated Press
Debbie
Atlantic
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Bermuda
Hurri
Camille
U.S
Roosevelt Roads
P.R
Cecil Gentry
Thai defense stance sparks U S troop withdrawal call
Bangkok Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman urged immediate U.S. troop withdrawal if Americans will not defend Thailand. He warned against using troops to fight Communist subversives and said Thailand will rely on local forces with Nixon’s support. In Seoul, U.N. Command agreed to a Panmunjom talk on the downing of a U.S. Army helicopter, while in Sydney the Melbourne captain faced court martial over the Evans collision that killed 74 sailors.
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Bangkok
Thailad
Thailand
Thanat Khoman
U.S
Thanat
Foreign Correspondents Club
Seoul
U.N
North Korea
Korean Armistice Commission
U.S. Army
Panmunjom
U.S. Marine
Arthur H Adams
Remember the Pueblo Committee
Chicago
David H. Crawford
Pooler, Ga
Malcolm Loepke
Richmond
Ind
Herman Hofstatter
Lowpoint
Ill
Sydney
Australia
Melbourne
Frank E. Evans
John P. Stevenson
South China Sea
Evans
Saco Shower Honors Marilyn Compton Bride‑to‑Be
A bridal shower for Marilyn Compton was hosted at her mother Martha Harriman 344 North Street Saco. She will wed Joseph Guilbault of Biddeford on September 20. Guests and gift presenters are named, with a list of attendees and those who could not attend.
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Marilyn Compton
Martha Harriman
North St
Saco
Compton
Joseph Guilbault
Arthur Guilbault
Gertrude Avenue
Biddeford
Beulah Linscott
Roberta Lombard
Joan Foran
Nancy Harriman
Tide of aid flows to Mississippi coast after Ca mille
Gulfport residents face the wreckage of Hurricane Camille as relief pours in from federal and local agencies. In San Francisco, FBI agents arrest Bobby Seale on a fugitive warrant for flight from a murder charge tied to the torture killing of a former Black Panther in New Haven, Conn.
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Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi
Camille
San Francisco
FBI
Bobby Seale
Black Panther Party
Flight
New Haven
Conn
Battle wins Virginia runoff for Democratic governor nominee
Richmond Virginia APWilliam C Battle a former U S ambassador to Australia backed by most of the Democratic party leadership wins the first runoff primary to select the party s nominee for governor in Virginia battles victory cements his position in a crowded race with party support and indicates strong support from top Democrats
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Richmond
William C. Battle
U.S
Australia
Virginia
Polanski recalls happiness in Tate marriage
Beverly Hills California AP reports Roman Polanski fights tears recalling his 20 month marriage to Sharon Tate, calling it the only time of true happiness in his life amid Tate's murder tragedy.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Roman Polanski
Sharon Tate
Vietnamese troops launch three night attacks near Da Nang
Saigon reports North Vietnamese forces pressed three nighttime assaults south of Da Nang while infantrymen attempted to reach the wreckage of a helicopter shot down with eight Americans aboard.
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Saigon
da Nang
Prague braces for anniversary crackdown as troops guard streets
Riot police and troops patrolled Prague to day ready to crack down on anything that looked like a demonstration on the first anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Northern Protestants decry NI concessions to Catholics
In Belfast leading Protestants condemned sweeping government concessions to the Roman Catholic minority in Northern Ireland, signaling heightened sectarian tension after the policy move.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Vietnam War News Worsens Amid Stalled Paris Talks
Washington reports intensified enemy activity in Vietnam as peace negotiations in Paris appear unproductive. U.S. officials warn of mounting casualties and renewed military pressure while diplomatic efforts continue with little visible progress.
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Washington
Vietnam
Paris
Secretary Rogers holds rare news conference today
Secretary of State William P. Rogers conducted a rare news conference today, outlining policy positions and answering questions from reporters about ongoing international issues and U.S. diplomacy.
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William P. Rogers
Garden Club Leader Mrs Haynsworth Studied Shape of Life
Mrs Clement F Haynsworth Jr wife of President Nixon's Supreme Court pick says she judges only horticulture politics not her focus. The Greenville native is a garden club president national judge and Kenmore regent, active in church and maternity shelter work.
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Greenville
S.C
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Nixon
Supreme Court
Haynsworths
Christ Episcopal Church
Richmond
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Charleston
Haynsworth
Dorothy Merry
Augusta
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