Russians Embrace Long Weekends and Vodka Boost
The AP reports that Russia's five day work week has spurred more vodka drinking as workers gain long weekends. Production fell as workers wasted Mondays, while the Komsomol welcomed the change. Polls show most working women see little life improvement and some note more free time leads to hooliganism and drunkenness.
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Russia
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Nikitai S. Khrushchev
Komsomol
Communist Party
Old Man Of The Mountain Shaky From Vibration Tests
New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountains shows increased vibration in readings from summer instruments. Seismologist Wen ll V Mickey notes cantilevered profile vibrates more than surroundings as plans to route Interstate 93 raise blasting concerns. Efforts since 1955 birth celebration include frost-action slowdown and turnbuckles installation. About two million tourists visit the site each summer as debate over tunneling or blasting continues.
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Associated Press
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N.H
New Hampshire
Washington
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U. S. Coast Geodetic Survey
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Quincy
Mass
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Geddes
Eisenhower
Profile Lake
New England
Echo Lakes
William A. Norton
Franconia
Youth Charged With Murder In Death Of Fits Stepfather
A 17 year old youth, Raymond J. Chesley, was arrested at a Biddeford hospital on a charge of murdering his stepfather, Walter Dube, 51, who died after a gunshot wound to the back. Chesley was injured in a single car crash and remained under guard at Webber Hospital as state police investigated the case.
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Biddeford
Raymond J. Chesley
Walter Dube
Webber Hospital
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Dube
Sanford
Gary Snow
Snow
Richard S. Cohen
Muskie Picked as VP by Humphrey Amid Party Tensions
Democratic convention in Chicago awards Sen Edmund Muskie the vice presidential nomination as Hubert Humphrey seeks unity after a week of protests and discord. Nixon-like demands for reform echo amid threats to party cohesion and debates over Vietnam policy.
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Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Humphrey
Delegation Heads to Portland Airport to Meet Muskie
Biddeford Mayor Leo R. Lemire will lead a city delegation from City Square to Portland Airport to greet U S Senator Edmund S Muskie Democratic vice presidential candidate. The caravan starts in Alfred and is due here at 3 20 p m officials said. Lemire invites interested residents to join the trip.
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Leo R. Lemire
City Square
Portland
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Alfred
Lemire
Peole
1968 Democratic National Convention and Vietnam Peace Efforts
Vice President Hubert Humphrey seeks party unity with new policies to reach the White House while promising peacemaking in Vietnam. Chicago faces tear gas dispersal of 3000 demonstrators as Muskie urges working with dissent. Internationally, Czechoslovakia debates Moscow capitulation as U S bombings continue and vodka sales rise amid conflicting reports.
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Democratic Party
Chicago
Edmund S. Muskie
Humphrey
Vietnam
Robert F. Keny
B52 Bomber Crashes Near Cape Kennedy
A U S Air Force B52 Stratofortress crashed near Cape Kennedy Florida after skimming populated areas and a nuclear submarine. Seven crewmen bailed out with minor injuries and were recovered. the pilot Maj Bobby L Ward stayed with the aircraft until electrical power failed. The crash occurred about 8 50 p m near Cocoa Beach and Titusville with debris scattered over a wide area and no facilities damage at the Cape.
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Cape Kenne
Atlantic
Missile Row
Cape
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Universal City
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Beach
Titusville
Port Canaveral
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Here
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McCoy Airbase
Muskie Emerges as Democratic VP Nominee Over Johnson
Edmund S Muskie rises from Senate reformer to Democratic vice presidential candidate amid Johnson era politics He overcame initial friction with Lyndon B Johnson to become a key Senate figure and a cabinet ally in tackling pollution and urban programs Muskie is a 54 year old Polish American former Maine governor Navy veteran Bates College graduate and husband father of five The AP reports Muskie won the nomination at the Democratic convention and urged unity while facing dissent within the nation
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Maine
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National Unity and Justice
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Vietnam
America
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Foreign Relations
Senate Democrats
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Stephen Mareiszewski
Margaret Chase Smith
Bates College
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Waterville
Maine Voters React To Muskie Vice Presidential Pick
Maine leaders praise Edmund Muskie as the Democratic vice presidential nominee with bipartisan pride. Rumford and Waterville residents recount his rise from Stephens High School to the Senate, while Republicans acknowledge tougher odds and vow to fight harder. Curtis and other Democrats foresee new Vietnam direction as Port land plans an airport rally.
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Edmund Sixtus Muskie
U.S
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Maine
Muskie
Humphrey
Republican National
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Louis C. Jalbert
Guv. Curtis
Vietnam
Curtis
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Chicago
Sen. Muskie
Frank M. Coffin
Cape Elizabeth
Coffin
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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