Court Upholds Theft Claim Amid Circumstantial Proof
A housewife Violet wins an insurance claim for a missing diamond brooch after her maid's sudden departure and lack of police questioning suggested theft. The judge rules circumstantial evidence can establish theft under modern policies. A separate case notes a diamond ring lost down a garbage disposal may also be collectible under a mysterious disappearance clause.
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Violet
American Bar Association Public Service
Will Bernard
Muskie may announce choice for Democratic nomination
Senator Edmund Muskie, once seen as Hubert Humphrey’s running mate, may reveal his presidential choice today. Maine delegates shifted to Muskie freeing votes for Humphrey on the first ballot, with AP counts showing Humphrey leading and a portion undecided.
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Associated Press
Portland
Maine
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Eugene) McCarthy
George) McGovern
McCarthy
Severin Beliveau
Rumford
William Stone
Minnesota
Maine Briefs From Pushaw Lake to Natal Brazil
A Bangor child, Albert A. Southard Jr., aged 3, drowned at Pushaw Lake near a pier. Marion Fuller Brown pledges support for Nixon Agnew in a letter to Edward P. Harding. The USS Tills will be replaced and deactivated, with Navy notes on next month’s reassignment. Gov. Curtis plans to visit the Maine Maritime Academy ship in Natal, Brazil, as part of a friendship program. Orono ETN director resigns effective Sept. 15.
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Glenburn
Bangor
Pushaw Lake
Albert A. Southard Jr
Robert Southard
South Portland
Reining Ate
Tills
Naval Reserve Training Center
Cmdr
William J. Fleming
Augusta
Curtis
Maine Maritime Academy
Shi
Natal
Brazil
Maine
The
Alliance
Leaders Compare Invasion to 1939 Czech Occupation
A speaker framed the Soviet entry into Czechoslovakia as a personal blow and drew a parallel to Hitler’s March 15 1939 occupation, contrasting brown shirts with red stars to emphasize ideology and threat.
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Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Dunlop Named Manager of Virgin Islands Public TV System
John W. Dunlop will become general manager of the Virgin Islands Public Television System. He will oversee one for two educational stations. In Portland Life Insurance Securities Corp. bought Lisco National Corp. Plans call for immediate expansion. Augusta Governor's Recognition Awards went to three youths and a 5-year-old for rescuing a drowning girl near Pleasant Point.
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Virgin Islands
John W. Dunlop
Oneral Monager
Virgin Iland Public Television
Dunlop
Portland
Life Insurance Securities Corp. of
New York
Lisco National Corp
Burton M. Cross
Maine
Augusta
Pleasant Point Indian Reservation
Curtis
William Rupert
VISTA
Wyandotte
Mich
Virginia Francis
Joyce Murphy
Russell Bassett
Catherine Lewey
Open verdict in death of Anne Quinn at Newquay cliff
Coroner J A F Harvey returned an open verdict on 17 year old Anne Quinn of Wayland Massachusetts found dead beneath a 60 foot cliff after a three day search. The inquest heard she vanished while two American friends and a British student waited for the tide. Forensic expert Dr Frederick Hocking said a head blow would have caused instant death and no preexisting injuries were found.
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Newquay
England
J.A.F. Harvey
Anne Quinn
Wayland
Mass
Miss Quinn
John Clarke Quinn
Frederick Hocking
Quinn
Salon 598 Meets in August at Kittery Host Home
York County Salon 598 Eight and Forty gathered at Mrs. Robert Eatons Kit tery home in Kittery with co host Mrs Reuben Wood. Awards were given for best scrapbook and best child welfare report with Gert aine Lariviere of Biddeford winning the scrapbook prize. Funds and birthday cards were noted for hospital care and a guest from Florida attended the session.
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Wells
Maine
Portland
York County
Kittery
Robert Eaton
Reuben Wood
Gertaine Lariviere
Biddeford
Nathan F. Ford
Old Orchard Beach
National Jewish Hospital
Denver
Colo
Albert
la Pierre
Richard M. Doe
Ocean Park
Doe
Nellie White
Saco
William G. Biehler
Ogunquit
Wood
Freda Draper
Marion County
Florida
First U S president to ride in an automobile
The item lists questions and answers from a quiz feature. It notes William McKinley as the first U S president to ride in an automobile in 1899 and covers brief trivia about British knighthood, the meaning of Leo, the matron’s capital in official flower, and the two planets closest to Earth Venus and Mars.
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U.S
William McKinley
American Beauty
Earth
Venus
Mars
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Public program on drug use to be held in Augusta Armory
The Health Council of Maine announced a public program on drug use in Maine at the Augusta Armory on September 10 at 1 30 p m. Officials cited lack of information and distortion of the drug situation and urged all to attend.
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Augusta
Maine
Augusta Armory
The
Health Council of Maine
Crochet a Quick Potholder From Cloth
Learn to fold a dishcloth or floral washcloth twice and crochet a simple edge. Create a loop on one edge for a fast, practical potholder.
State Electrical Group Meeting Set In Saco
Secretary L Earle Hutchinson says the State Electrical Associates will hold the first meeting of the new season on Thursday September 5 at Cascades on the Portland Road Saco The day’s theme is Code for Contractors Those planning to attend may bring associates and employees but reservations are due by September 2 George Hilton of Underwriters Lab will speak at 2 30 p m A social period at 6 30 p m followed by dinner at 7 and a program at 8 led by Ted Edwards Blake MacKay and John Sanborn state electrical inspectors.
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L. Earle Hutchinson
State Electrical Associates
Cascades
Portland
Saco
Hutchinson
George Hilton
Underwriters Lab
Ted Edwards
Blake MacKay
John Sanborn
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