Local Wards Vote Returns Show Democrats Dominant
Democrats won five wards while Republicans captured Wards Two and Four. In Ward Two Arline Bryant beat There sa Hamner 242 to 204 and Ward Four Theresa Pendleton 371 to Dorothea Curran 222. Among Democrats, Ward One saw Robert Murray Sr. 340 and Louise Sawyer 271. Ward Three Bernard Kirby 309 and Priscilla Hall 304. Ward Five Grace Bouchard 236 and Gertrude Boissoneault 77. Ward Six Pau Thivierge 222 and Hortense Keith 140. Ward Seven Euphemia Ladd 269 and Edith Smith. Water fluoridation referendum failed 1,909 to 1,385. A $1 million street bond issue passed by 294 to 292.
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Arline Bryant
Theresa Hamner
Theresa G. Pendle
Ton
Dorothea M. Curran
Robert C. Murray Sr
Louise T. Sawyer
Bernard FE. Kirby
Priscilla Hall
Grace Bouchard
Gertrude Boissoneault
Pau- Thivierge
Nixon Selections Add Black Public Relations Voice
York investment banker and under secretary of defense Robert J. Brown, 33, of High Point, named special assistant to the White House staff with broad scope but focus on black capitalism policy. Sapire, writer in Nixon’s 1968 campaign, joins as associate. both connected to civil rights circles and North Carolina entities. Brown has ties to era groups and local posts in High Point while Safire concentrates on policy in a room with veteran figures from the campaign era.
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Robert J. Brown
Richte Movement
High Point
N.C
William
Afire
Ow York
Nix
Brown
Nixon
Thern Christian Leadership Conference
New York City
Safire
Beach Woman Wins First Ever Council Seat in Old Orchard Beach
In Old Orchard Beach voters elected Miss Ann E. Pennell the town's first woman council member, capturing one of two at large seats as part of an 85 year history. The election produced 543 votes for Pennell and 533 for William Mullen, while five other candidates trailed. In district races incumbents won reelection and various posts filled, with unopposed Clerk Barbara Lorpol and school and park posts also decided. A total of 1,284 votes were cast from 3,400 registered voters amidst post-election remarks about unity and future action by the new administration.
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Old Orchard Beach
Ann E. Pennell
Miss Pennell
William J. Mullen
Frederick J. Ahearn III
Joseph Herschel
Dins
Irving R. Hirst Sr
Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr
Austin C
Gordon G. Smith
Frederick T. Hayes
Charles J. Anderson
Herman O. Goffin
Ruth I. McLeod
Rupert H. Davis
Charles L. Beaudoin
E. Emerson Cummings
le Leo F. Larochelle
Civil Service Commission
Linwood A. Kimball
Frank L. Hult
Edith Gallant
Irving C. Hertz
Barbara E. Lor
Louis de Angelis
Robert E. Maguire
James F. Murphy Jr
Federal guideline curb coal dust to combat black lung
The government urges a long overdue federal standard on coal dust density to fight pneumoconiosis or black lung. HEW proposes limits to protect miners, with 16 years of study backing the plan. Absent authority, Interior would seek Congressional power.
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Associated Press
Washington
Theovernment
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Pennsylvania
HEW
Interior Deany
Congress
Freedom Award honors Djilas for fight for liberty
Milovan Djilas former Yugoslav vice president released in January received the 1969 Freedom Award at a Freedom House dinner. He praised Eastern Europe’s drive for freedom while noting Yugoslavia’s ongoing struggle with democratic reform. He also defied a publishing ban with a new book carried out of the country. In New York, Christiaan Barnard lectured at Rikers Island on life and death, discussing brain and mind and future brain transplant possibilities. In Maine, a jury continued as Howard Lund Jr. faced trial for the murder of Jane Kennedy, whose body was found near a cabin shared with Kennedy. a one year old child was placed in state care.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Milovan Djilas
Yugoslavia
Europe
Djilas
Freedom House
Bill Moyers
Johnson
Newsday
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
Jean Monnet
Harry S. Truman
Christiaan Barnard
Riker’s Island
Wiscasset
Maine
Howard Lund Jr
Jane L. Kennedy
Pinellas Park
Fla
Kennedy
Saco Priests Attend Women’s Club Christmas Party
Rev James Daly and Rev Robert Lee were guests of honor at the Catholic Women’s Club Christmas party for Most Holy Trinity Parish in Saco. Sister Lazarian Mary Louise and Mary Giles attended with them at Wonderbar Steak House Biddeford. Co chairs Mrs Wilfred Binette and Mrs Glenn Baker oversaw gifts and carol singing with Miss Anne Dineen at the piano.
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James Daly
Robert Lee
Most
Holy Trinity Parish
Saco
Lazarian
Mary Louise
Mary Giles
Catholic Women’s Club
Wonderbar Steak House
Biddeford
Wilfred Binette
Glenn Baker
Anne Dineen
Parish Plans Christmas Party for Youths on December 22
The group made tentative plans for a parish Christmas party for youngsters on December 22 with the place to be announced.
Heroin Sales In U S Estimated At 300 Million
The Encyclopaedia Britannica estimates yearly heroin sales in the United States at about 300 million dollars, reflecting the scale of the illegal market and its nationwide impact.
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United States
Encyclopaedia Britanniica
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