Saco Voters Choose City Officers and Charter
Saco residents head to the polls Monday to vote on a new city charter replacing the current setup plus a two-plant sewer system to meet a 1968 cleanup deadline. Incumbent Mayor Doyle faces Clifford Purvis over the charter with party lines. council and school board contests feature numerous Republican and Democratic candidates across seven wards and multiple positions.
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Saco
Water Improvement Commission
Donald C. Doyle
Clifford A. Purvis
Saco Taxpayers Protective Association
Saco Council Manager Citizens Association
Robert H. Knox
Millard S. Leary
Paul E. Kerry
Benjamin R. Grant
Wilfred C. Buck
Harold P. Waight
Leary
Waight
Dupuis
Lester
Buck
MacLeod
Braley
Grant
Knox
Arthur T. Gallant
Harold A. Applin
J. Thomas Morrison
G. Fournier
Robert C. Mursray Sr
Gertrude V. Knox
Patricia R. Reay
Barbara L. Freeman
Robert J. Mondor
Eleye J. Twomey
Paula Norton
Rodney E. Watson
Raymond A. Dow
Theodore B. Gillette
Rita Y. Gagnon
William E. C. Hasse
Euphenia L. Ladd
Sweetser School
Three More Breaks Reported In Biddeford At Night
Police logged three additional break ins in Biddeford during the night with reports from local residents. Investigators urge anyone with information to contact the Biddeford Police Department.
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Biddeford
Allan Evelyn
Anger
Haley
Deering Lumber Co
Edgar Sevigny
Elm St
67 Killed in Peru Airliner Crash Over Andes
A Faucett Airlines four engine DC6 crashed into Cerro Carpish near Huanuco while en route to Tingo Maria. All aboard, including four Americans and 17 foreigners, were killed or missing as searchers recovered burned bodies amid jungle underbrush.
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Huanuco
Peru
Andes Mountains
Faucett Airlines
Cerro Carpish
Tingo Maria
Lima
Carlos Farje Allende
Faucett
Outsiders Interested In Beach Election
OLD ORCHARD BEACH voters face a quiet ballot as they elect a full slate using the new I. B. M. Votematic device for the first time. Town Clerk Barbara E. Lord notes observers from town towns and the Secretary of State will monitor voting and tabulation. District races include Ballard versus Jakeman in One. Smith unopposed in Two. Anderson versus O Neil in Three. Baudo in Four with Davis and Smith Sr. in contention. four names for two at large seats with Hertz Larochelle Lee Jr. and Mullen. Lord unopposed for Town Clerk. Hayes and Maguire for constables with no challengers.
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Old Orchard Beach
I. B.M
Barbara E. Lord
Secretary of State’s
Jesse L. Ballard
Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr
Gordon G. Smith
Lee Cummings
Charles J. Anderson
John H. O'Neil
Charles L. Beaudoin
Rupert H. Davis
Richard H. Smith Sr
Irving C. Hertz
Leo F. Larochelle
Thomas R. Lee Jr
William J. Mullen
Frederick T. Hayes
Robert E. Maguire
Wiliam F. Far
Saco Council-Manager Charter Summary Endorsed by Citizens Committee
Charles R. Cote and Dr. Edward Whelan announce that a 15 member charter study committee favored the council-manager form for Saco. The charter, adapted from the National Municipal League model, was approved by the Maine Legislature and signed by Governor Curtis in June 1967 for voter referendum.
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Charles R. Cote
Edward Whelan
Saco
Council-Manager Citizens Association
National Municipal League
Charter Study Committee
Maine
Curtis
Negro astronaut Robert Lawrence killed in Edwards crash
Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr., America's first Black astronaut, died when an F104 Starfighter crashed on landing at Edwards Air Force Base California. Maj. Harvey Rover was injured. Lawrence, Chicago born, was an MOL Project designee training for a two man space lab mission in 1970.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Robert H. Lawrence Jr
America
Air Force
Lawrence
Defense Department
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Harvey J. Rover
Rover
Aerospace Research Pilot School
World's First Heart Transplant Success Reported
The 55 year old Louis Washkansky received the heart of Denise Ann Darvall in South Africa, marking the world’s first successful heart transplant. A Brooklyn infant died six hours after a similar procedure. The Vietnam war dissent surged with 500 arrests in New York including Dr. Benjamin Spock amid ongoing antiwar protests.
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Associated Press
Louis Washkansky
Denise Ann Darvall
Washkansky
Brooklyn
N.Y
New York
Manhattan
Times Square
Rockefeller Center
Benjamin Spock
Lynda Johnson Walks Into History As White House Bride
President Johnson accompanies his daughter Lynda Bird down the White House red carpet to become the 14th presidential daughter wed in the famed residence. The East Room glows with candles and flowers as Marine Capt. Charles S. Robb and Lynda exchange vows in a formal 4 PM EST ceremony.
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Washington
Johnson
Lynda Bird
White House
Daugher
Lynda
Charles S. Robb
Chuck
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Donald L. Chretien
Charles T. Pollock
Edmond F. Aube
Richard P. Murray
Wilbrod J. Bedard
Aube
Joseph T. Curran
Reublican
Emelienne R. Fournier
Arlene T. Bryant
Priscilla H. Hall
Theresa G. Pendleton
Eunice A. Braley
Hortense J. Keith
Edith H. Smith
Rojeanne M. Paquin
Theresa Hamner
Émile L. Bosse
Laurette C. Victor
Grace J. Bouchard
Pauline Thiverge
Luella M. Garon
Warden
Ronald
Saco Jaycees
Shaw’s Super Market
Wellwood Co. Inc
W. T. Grant
Giant
Nichols Co
Sullivan
Amoco
Robert Morin
Wellwood
Donald E. Scribner
Shaw's Market
Wayne Edes
Shaw's
Joseph Newman
Kishner Drive
Las Vegas
Nev
Evelyn Craig
Robert and
Corina Houk
John White
Vivian
Puritan
Alfred and
Main Streets
Cal
Citizens OF
C. R. Cote
J. E. Whelan
Saco’ Council-Manager Citizens Association
WRR
Fea, Corp
Farrar Brown
Bill Brill
Oer
Biddeford High School
St. Andre’s Hall
Larry Eisenhower
Boston Patriots
Lynda Johnson
History Books
Robb
Carol Lawrence
Gordon MacRae
Georgetown
Miss Lawrence
King of the Hill
Ouija Board
Western Auto Store
Main St
Purvis
James S. Ward II
Blue Mountain Boys Orchestra
le Foyer Hall Corner Pool & Fossers
Western Auto
IGA
Sweetser
City Hall
Fairfield School
Gerard
Republican City Committee
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