New England Briefs From Across the Region
A four man crew including two Massachusetts lawyers sailed a new 32 foot sloop from Scotland to the Caribbean. John Wulling owns the sloop Prince de Neufchatel with navigator Jack Maytham of Port Dover aboard. The voyage lasted about two and a half months ending in St George's Grenada. Hyannis memorial bids come in for a plaza overlooking the harbor with a wall and head sketch of John F Kennedy. Bids total 28 703 for plaza and wall and 11 494 for landscaping. Rhode Island politics criticizes mental health funding as Rep Fogarty says Rhode Island lags in federal programs. Edwin E Eveleth 94 dies after being hit crossing Route 107 at Gilman ton. Roger Benoit 15 injured by accidental rifle discharge near Monson. Rhode Island Junior College opens with its first president and Rhode Island College dedicates a new Health and Physical Education Center named for Michael F Walsh and costing 1.1 million.
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Port Dover
Ont
Massachusetts
Scotland
British West Indies
Jack Maytham
Bay State
Tom Tavenner
Andover
Maine
James Brink
Boston
Maytham
Prince de Neufchatel
John Wulfing
Warsaw
Dumbarton
St. George’s
Grenada
Hyannis
Mass
Barnstable
John F. Kennedy Memorial Committee
Hyannis Harbor
L. P. Lanza
West Yarmouth
H. V. Lawrence Inc
Falmouth
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island Junior College
Rhode Island College
William F. Flanagan
Michael F. Walsh
This Was Bur lesque charms Broadway with tandem tours
Surprise summer hit on Broadway revival draws crowds after three years off Broadway. The nostalgic variety show proved so popular that two separate companies are already booking tandem tours for next summer.
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Tandem Tours
New York
Great White Way
Powell seeks tripled antipoverty spend to 4.5 billion
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell calls for a threefold increase in anti poverty funding to 4.5 billion annually, arguing funds should be set aside despite Viet Nam war defense budgets. Other notes report creation of a hunger group, FDA officials retiring, Johnson cards, strong retail gains, and NASA contract shares.
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Associated Press
Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem Democrat
Viet Nam
Powell
Committee On
U.S
Washington (Ap
Food and Drug Administration
Malcolm R. Stephens
George P. Larrick
John L. Harvey
Capital Footnotes
Johnson
White House
Missile Space Daily
North American Aviation, Inc
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
North Viet Nam
Suburban Homes Change Hands in Maine Listings
Multiple Maine properties change owners including a six room Cape in Arundel sold by Norman O. Racine Agency to Mr and Mrs Richard H Weiss. 206 Temple Avenue Old Orchard Beach sold to Carl S and Leone C Littlefield. 6 West Labonte Avenue Saco sold to Mr and Mrs Ezra Yow. Emwood Drive Saco new ranch home sold to Lester R Bernier. All sales coordinated through local real estate offices.
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Richard H’ Weiss
Cape
Arundel
Gerard Lapierre
Weisses
Norman O. Racine Agency
Cleaves St
Biddeford
Temple Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
May Ross
Monrovia
Calif
Carl S
Leone C
Littlefield
Augusta
South Portland
Yow
N. P. Scentral Agency
Main St
Saco
Emwood Drive
Clifford A. Purvis
Lester R. Bernier
Bernier
Armand J. Mercier
Thornton Ave
Methodists Form Liaison Committee Opposing Reunion
In Leeds England a group calling itself the Methodist Liaison Committee formed by dissenting Methodists aims to reverse a planned reconciliation with the Church of England at next year’s Methodist Conference. The committee claims about half of British Methodists support a split if union is pressed along Catholic lines, warning the Conference would bear responsibility for any church division.
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Leeds
Johnson Proves He Can Be Very Tough Opponent
AP News analysis notes President Johnson demonstrates toughness in crises including Cuba Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic. It cites his steps from Castro water to bombing North Viet Nam and warns of continued hard choices as he aims for peace. A section recalls the underwater Cook memorial marked by a bronze tablet.
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Johnson
Washington
Fidel Castro
Dominican Republic
Viet Nam
Castro
U.S. I Naval Base
Guantanamo
Cuba
Iwater
Naval Base
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
James Cook
Hawaii
My Sea
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New England
John E. Fogarty
D-R
Rhode Island Association For Mental Health
Forgarty
Rhode Island
Gilmanton, N. H
Edwin E. Eveleth
Gilmanton
Eveleth
Monson
Roger C. Benoit
Robert E. Chaffee
Benoit
Springfield
Halstead
Pillsbury
Brown St
Kennebunk, Me
Sweaterama
Remar’s
Highway Store
Wells
St. John’s By-The-Sea Episcopal Church
St. John Street
John Price
Marie Court
Ann Pennell
Sarah
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
WtoMuwo
Thomas R
Lee, Jr
Jaycees
Community Action
Thomas R. Lee Jr
Robert R. Gosselin
The
University of Montreal
Boston College
Bob
Board of Education
Citizens Committee
Wilbur J. Bernier
Leo Lemire
Leo
Lemire
L'Heureux
Raymond
Gaudette
Sullivan St
Henry
Camire
Raymond St
Richard
Sevigny
Hill St
Oscar
Peloquin
Green St
Lionel R
Croteau
Spruce St
Bernard
G. Neveux
Elm St
Roland Lemieux
Campaign
Mgr
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