Broken Hip Doesn’t Stop Her Traveling
A 94 year old woman from Saco, Mrs James Ferguson, broke her hip last October yet embarked on a 9500 mile auto trip across Canada and the United States with her daughter Marion. They left July 9 and returned August 18, visiting Ottawa Parliament and other landmarks, recalling family military ties and life on Tasker Street since 1905.
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James
Charlotte) Ferguson
Tasker Street
Saco
Ferguson
Nada
United States
Marion
Fergusons
Ottawa
Parliament
Queen Victoria
Togus
Mrs. Ferguson
Eisenhower in Walter Reed critical but stable health
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remains in critical condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital with heart irritability and stable vital signs. Doctors report he rests comfortably, shows cheerfulness, and continues brief daily family visits as lidocaine treatment is explored.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Army
Eisenhower
Lidocaine
Tibetans in Maine Woods Thrive as Log Camp Workers
In Ashland Maine six Tibetan refugees selected by the Dalai Lama work at a 45 man Great Northern logging camp in Allagash forest. They pool earnings to send for wives in India while learning woodsman skills and adjusting to life in exile.
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Ashland
Maine
India
Dalai Lama
Allagash Forest
Nepal
Aroostook
Nagawang Jigmey
Pima
Tibet
Jigmey
Tolstoy Foundation
Great Northern Papaer Co
Foundation
Avulmauvul
Maine Woods
Alderic Millard
Great Northern
Wangchuk Dorjee
Thupten Samphel
Richen Tsogny
Phuntsog Dicky
Thinlay Chog
Caribou
Clayton Gagnon
Swift Soviet Invasion Reignites Cold War Fears
AP analysis notes Moscow's invasion of Czechoslovakia reasserts control over socialist states, alarms Romania and Yugoslavia, halts hopes for East West détente, and shifts US political dynamics while boosting Western unity against Soviet power. It signals a potential internal Soviet crisis and risks a global nuclear tension surge.
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William L. Ryan
Nism
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Kremlin
Romania
Yugoslavia
Korea
Munist
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Czechoslovak Communist Party
France
Italy
Inva
Pentagon rebuked in GAO report on M 16 procurement
A General Accounting Office report sharply criticizes Defense Department procurement policies for the M 16 rifles. Congressional sources say the document circulated among a subcommittee examining the M 16 program earlier this year.
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Washington
Pentagon
General Accounting Office
Defense Department
Pope Paul VI Arrives for Latin America Visit
Pope Paul VI lands in Bogota for the 39th Eucharistic Congress as about ten thousand worshippers greet him at El Dorado airport. Police and troops guard the route while officials meet the pontiff led by President Carlos Lleras Restrepo. The pope expresses concern over the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Bogota
Colombia
Paul VI
Latin America
Avianca
Pontiff
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Czechoslovakia
Thornton Academy Names James McGaffin Submaster
James McGaffin of Westward Lane Saco is named submaster at Thornton Academy and remains athletic director and head basketball coach. He will devote full time to administration, with no teaching duties, after joining Thornton in 1956 following Dexter High School service.
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James McGaffin
Westward
Thornton
Bowie
Brad Leach
Maroon
Marc Fournier
Auburn
Boston University
Earl Jamieson
Thornton Academy
Greene
Ace Police Department
Fournier
Bob Kimball
Saco
Colby College
Leach
Kimball
Larry Bowie
Aroostook State
Howard Cutler
Gorham State
Wells ‘High School
Cutler
Academy
Quebec Carnival Caravan Arrives for Old Orchard Beach Weekend
The Quebec Carnival Caravan reaches Old Orchard Beach for a weekend of events. Activities begin at 5 p.m. with a social hour and chicken barbecue at Beachwood, followed by a parade, ribbon cutting, and receptions with Governor Curtis and Mayor Lamontagne.
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Old Orchard Beach
Beachwood Hotel
Beachwood
Les Cresendo’s
Asbestos
Que
Kenneth M. Curtis
Gilles Lamontagne
Waverly
Quebec
Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
Brunswick Hotel
Palace Dance Hall
Pepperell Mills
Biddeford
Scarborough Downs
St. Margaret's Church
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James Ferguson
Mount Rushmore
Black Elk
Marion Ferguson
By Peg Hendrick
West Grand Ave
Ocean
Clement P. Wight
Agency
C. Russell Durant, Realtor
Dial
Food and Drug Administration
National Heart Institute
Walter Reed
California
Peter Rehak
Associated Press
Prague
Vaclavske Namesti
Alexander Dubcek
Prague Radio
Dubeck
Vitava
Dubcek
Central Committee
Praha
Saco Valley Shopping Center
A&p
Biddeford & Saco
Main St
U. S. Post Office
Pope Paul
WIG Sale
State of
Old Orchard St
Labor Day
J&h
General Electric
RCA
RCA Victor
Main Street
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