Modern Firefighting Aids Northwest Forests
The Forest Service uses aerial bombers helicopters and smokecopters to fight more than 2 000 fires this summer in Oregon and Washington. Fire crews employ inflatable tanks ground pumps and retardants to curb blazes across 26 million acres as drought deepens and warns of a record season.
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Portland
Ore
U.S. Forest Service
Pacific Northwest
Bill Wood
Forest Service
Oregon
Washington
Willamette National Forest
Wood
Patricia Collins wins interim alimony and custody in Gary Collins divorce
In Santa Monica, Judge Edward R. Brand grants Patricia Collins $1,000 per month for four years, plus child support and custody of sons Gary Williams Jr. and Melissa Lee. The couple, married Oct 3, 1964 in Las Vegas, separated Jan 16, 1967, citing extreme mental cruelty.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Patricia Sue Collins
Gary Collins
Santa Monica Superior
Edward R. Brand
Sales Representative Wanted in Biddeford Saco Area
Maine based company with 60 plus years in business seeks a sales rep to cover Biddeford Saco. Earn over 5000 first year plus commissions and annual increases. Benefits and training provided. Age to 55. Send name and address to Box 23 c/o Biddeford Saco Journal for interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Biddeford-Saco
Bonds at work promote savings and freedom shares
A government advert promotes Payroll Savings Plans and Bond a Month schemes. It highlights saving through work or bank, offers Freedom Shares at 4.74 percent to maturity in 41 years, redeemable after one year, and notes availability one for one with Savings Bonds. It is a public service in cooperation with the Treasury and Advertising Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Freedom
Treasury Department
The
Advertising Council
Tokyo embassy fire and other AP briefs.
A young Japanese man threw gasoline on three U S Embassy cars and fled uninjured in the first incident at the embassy since 1963. Izvestia praises hippies as symbolic rebels while suggesting communism offers goals, and a Cathay Pacific Convair 880 explodes its engine before takeoff from Formosa but no injuries occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Tokyo
U.S
Edwin 0. Reischauer
Toshio Kimura
Tokyo
Formosa
Maine Pastoral Council Formed in Portland Diocese
The Diocese of Portland announces the creation of a Diocesan Pastoral Council for Maine Catholics following a Vatican Council decree. A planning committee will guide elections and operation, with the lay and clerical council to begin on October 15, 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Peter Ll. Gerety
Union certifies local bar photoengravers in Bangor
Local 446 of the International Typographic Union AFL-CIO was certified Wednesday as collective bar photoengravers in Bangor after two units operated unaffiliated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
International Typographic Union, Afl-Cio
Rolloff victors in Westland Allied Girls league
The Westland Allied Girls Summer League held its handicap rolloff at Pastime Lanes with 25 bowlers. Blanche Neault led Westland with 298 and Connie Bernier led Allied with 306 to claim trophies donated by Pastime Lanes. Other Westland winners were Beaulieu 295 Soulard 295 Matteau 294 Bolduc 288 and Allied winners Ruel 302 Martin 291 Nield 287 Bergeron 287 Champagne 287. The top winners will attend the Cascades banquet on Friday September 8.
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Westland Allied Girls Summer League
Blanche Neault
Westland
Connie Bernier
Allied
M. Beaulieu
V. Soulard
J. Matteau
J. Bolduc
L. Ruel
A. Martin
P. Nield
T. Bergeron
E. Champagne
Cascades i
US Soviets Work On Draft Disarmament Treaty
In Geneva US and Soviet negotiators plan to stay through early October to finish a draft treaty to halt nuclear spread for the U N General Assembly. Nonaligned nations oppose a private pace and secrecy as talks continue amid a push for an inspection clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
U.S
U.S. General Assembly
Assembly
New York
United States
Ban gor Daily News Gaining Agent Election Vote Summary
Robert Toole, president of the 70 member ITU local, announced unanimous votes in the Ban gor Daily News proofreading and photoengraving unit election. Proofreaders voted 9-0 and the NLRB supervised the process with a 2-0 result.
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Bangor Daily News
Robert Toole
ITU
National Labor Relations Board
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Eddie Mathews
Associated Press
Electra
Tex
Joe Mathews
Electra Star-News
Mathews
Electra Lumber Company
Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
University of California
California
Ronald Reagan
Anguilla
Caribbean
America
South
Georgia
South Carolina
Biddeford
Saco Area
Alfred ST
He Does
New Freedom Shares
Moscow
Izvestia
Maine Pastoral Council
Bobby Burnett
Tommy
Bobby
Buffalo
AFL
New York Jets
University of Arkansas
Blanche Neault, Connie Bernier
Rolloff Victors
York County Savings Bankity
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Boston Shoe Store
Main Street
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