Whales Surround Fishing Boat Near Wood Island Light
Captain John Narsiff reports a herd of 30 to 40 whales surrounding the Mary C as it rode inbound from a deep sea trip near Wood Island Light House. The whales rolled and spouted water, then moved south after about ten minutes, leaving Narsiff awed by the close encounter and likening it to old whaling days.
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John Narsiff
Mary C
Ceahal O Bert
Theiee
Wood Island Light House
Narsiff
Petitions Seek Liquor Ban and Sunday Races in Old Orchard Beach
Two petitions circulating in Old Orchard Beach aim to ban Sunday liquor sales and Sunday horse racing. Clayton Munster canvasses door to door, collecting 125 alcohol and 100 horse racing signatures, targeting about 330 votes. The drive is part of a statewide effort led by V Benjamin Bubar of the Kristian Civic League of Maine Waterville to gather 32,000 signatures for the November ballot.
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Old Orchard
Sangster Named Regional Sales Manager at Metal-Tech Inc
Philip C. Sangster joins Metal-Tech Inc of Biddeford as regional sales manager reporting to John E. Wilbur. He will market Honeycomb rolls and processes for the paper industry, backed by 19 years in pulp and paper including S. D. Warren Westbrook and Beloit Jones Division.
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Metal-Tech Inc
Biddeford
Philip C. Sangster
John E. Wilbur
Sangster
Stetson University
S. D. Warren
Westbrook
Lodding Or Co
Ground rules set for Kennedy inquest in Edgartown
Judge James A Boyle will lay ground rules for the next week's inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne's death on Chappaquiddick Island. Edward Kennedy and his chief counsel are expected to attend. Kennedy may testify voluntarily. Motions focus on cross examination rights and admissibility of statements as prosecutors and defense prepare for Sept. 3 proceedings.
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Edgartown
Mass
James A. Boyle
Ken
Mary Jo Kopechne
Boyle
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Robwacert Clark Jr
Brockton
District Court
Uny
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Massachusetts
Boston Record American
Dist
Edmund Dinis
Robert Enos
Dinis
Cpl
Biddeford mayoral bid urged by Gilbert R. Boucher
Gilbert R. Boucher of Kennedy Drive Biddeford declared his candidacy for mayor in the Democratic primary. A former mayoral candidate in 1962 and at large councilman in 1964 he argues taxes rose 60 percent from 20 to 33 per thousand, debt is high, retirees and small businesses suffer, and pledges tax reduction and careful spending while informing voters of his background as a World War I Seabee veteran contractor and family man.
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Boucher
Biddeford
Gilbert R. Boucher
Kennedy Drive
Democratic Panel
Nrg i
Seabees
South Pacific
Angela Grondin
US warns negotiated settlement impossible in Vietnam talks
Paris AP reports US Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told the 32nd peace talks that a settlement is impossible while North Vietnam refuses mutual withdrawal of non-South Vietnamese troops. He cited 130 battalions actively fighting in South Vietnam and urged North Vietnam to pull back. Xuan Thuy dismissed the demand as a trick and rejected any mutual troop withdrawal.
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Paris
United States
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Vietnam
Democratic Republic of
North) Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
South
Saco River Pollution Spurs Official Delay and Concern
Saco Maine faces river contamination as a tanning waste slip drifts downstream. Officials including Arthur Peloquin and Mayor Armand Mercier pledge action while Attorney General Robert Fuller notes a state timetable forcing waste treatment by 1976. Rumery's Boat Yard cautions about trade impact.
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Arthur Peloquin
Saco
Tanning Corp
Armand Mercier
Earle Rumery
Rumery
Saco Tanning Corp
Robert Fuller
Fuller
Inconsistent Vietnam Infiltration Report Prompts Debate
The State Department called a recent drop of enemy infiltration into South Vietnam significant, while the Pentagon disagreed. In Pittsburgh, a bitter struggle to win more jobs for Blacks in construction moves to the conference today.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Pittsburgh
Indust
Bishop to Join Folk Mass at St Francis College Biddeford
Most Rev. Peter L. Gerety will concelebrate a folk mass at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow at St Francis College Biddeford. The service closes a week long Summer Institute of Christian Action for New England high school youths at the college.
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Peter L. Gerety
Portland
St Francis College
Biddeford
Summer Institute of Christian Action
The
Casualties Drop As Offensive Subside In Saigon
U S and South Vietnamese forces reported lower enemy and allied casualties last week as the offensive by North Vietnamese forces eased, according to the U S Command.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnamese
Father Levesque Leaving Biddeford Parish
Rev. Sylivia Levesque, assistant to Rt. Rev. Msgr. Elie Hevey, will become pastor of St. Joseph's in Sinclair and Holy Family in Daigle, effective Sept. 8, after 12 years at St. Joseph's Parish in Biddeford. Born in Augusta, he earned a 1955 Ottawa licentiate in Sacred Theology and first served at St. Louis Limestone before coming to Biddeford.
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Augusta
Father Levesque
Mrs
Joseph Levesque
That
City
University of Ottawa
St. Louis Church
Limestone
St. Souaph
St. Joseph's Church
Spiritual Director Named At St Louis High School
Rev Clement Thibodeau named school pastor and spiritual director at St Louis High School effective with September classes. native of Caribou, educated at St Francis College Biddeford and Grand Seminary Montreal, ordained May 31 1958. serves as chaplain at Notre Dame Institute in Ames and columnist for The Church World.
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Portland
Peter L. Gerety
Clement F
Thiau
Notre Dame Institute
Ames
Newmandia
Ecumenical Commission
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