Editorial Page Thinks About Boston and Maine Rail Service
The editorial discusses the Boston and Maine Railroad plan to end most passenger service, weighing public need against the carrier’s financial losses. It notes last year’s nearly four million dollars in passenger losses, the risk of bankruptcy, and the regulatory burdens of a public franchise, urging balanced consideration to protect a small traveling public without crippling the railroad.
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Chambers of Commerce
Boston and Maine Railroad
Maine
Boston and Maine
Venezuela’s vote signals shift amid Castro fears and unrest
Venezuela appears to back Raul Leoni with Betancourt support, but FALN terrorism and efforts to thwart the new government loom. Analysts warn that despite the likely normal succession, regional turmoil and anti communist pressures persist, affecting stability and U.S. influence.
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Venezuela
Raul Leoni
Betancourt
Castroite
FALN
Reds
Leoni
United States
Latin America
Johnson Reassures Allies With Rapid Western Alliance Talks
President Johnson moves quickly to meet Western alliance leaders including Erhard Segni Home and seeking talks with De Gaulle. Meetings aim to reassure allies about defense of Western Europe and discuss NATO and nuclear policy while clarifying issues and improving mutual familiarity.
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Johnson
Erhard
West Germany
Segni
Italy
Douglas Home
Britain
de Gaulle
France
Lyndon Johnson
Western
Europe
NATO
Thirsting for water and the strange experiment
A West German professor conducted a 127 day test drinking 10 quarts of water daily to learn why people feel thirsty. After the period ended he could not stop visiting the water cooler, and it took three weeks of willpower to return to normal intake.
USIA campaigns to shape world view of Johnson presidency
Washington reports detail USIA and Voice of America efforts to present President Lyndon Johnson to foreign publics after Kennedy’s assassination. High tempo coverage included a worldwide broadcast, extensive wireless dispatches, and coordinated materials for 111 overseas posts.
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Washington
Enterprise Assn
NEA
U.S. Information Agency
Government International
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy
Voice of America
Johnson
Congress
USIA
Amerika
USIR
President Johnson
Latin America
Africa
Free Asia
Manila
Beirut
Mexico City
Tom Tryon rises as Hollywood’s next big star
New YorkAP Tom Tryon the 6 foot 4 actor built a late rise from journeyman to prominent film figure after Otto Preminger cast him in The Cardinal. Tryon of Dutch English descent studied at Yale, served in the Navy, and credits TV with broad exposure yet laments mass imitation in the industry. He says he felt at home in a Catholic church after Kennedy’s death but remains not religiously converted.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Tom Tryon
Hollywood
Tom
Ono
Otto Preminger
the Cardinal
Preminger
Tryon
Bishop Sheen
Laurence Olivier
Hartford, Conn
New England
Kennedy
Yale University
Broadway
Charles Parsons
Kennebunk
Parsons
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
The
Journal
Mr. Parsons
Glossary of stock market terms for readers
AP Business News explains common stock market terms with plain definitions covering blue chip penny stock margin accounts round lots odd lots short sales and over the counter markets. A St Louis note reports a Philadelphia man fined half after Musial fan judge halved the speeding fine and spoke of the last game ceremonies.
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ST. Louis
Philadelphia
Stan Musial
Joseph M. Boyle
Cardinal
Boyle
Litchfield
Illinois
Leland Storm
Henry Cross
Storm
Musial
Cress
Daily Crossword Puzzle 53 Countele Peak
A list of crossword clues with numbers and fragment entries. The readable items include a mix of across and down hints such as At a distance Gloomy Christmas child Army man and Galli Cures, Mixture Get well again Assembly Affair of chance and several dates and abbreviations. The fragment shows an appearance of many short entries typical of a daily puzzle.
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Assembly
The Prize Nudist Premiere Promises Hollywood Laughs
Hollywood hosts an inaugural undress premiere for The Prize at a Escondido nudist camp. Paul Newman stars as a boozy writer who wins the Nobel Prize for literature in a spoofed intrigue plot. Edward G. Robinson plays a dual role.
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MGM
Escondido
Calif
Paul Newman
Edward G. Robinson
Ernest Lehman
Mark Robson
Newman
Ellie Sommer
Foreign Office
Robinson
City of Biddeford praised for fiscal progress under Pomerleau
A reader commends the Republican administration for moving the city toward balance, noting improved street department productivity and effective snow removal. The author argues the leader, not the party, drives progress and that the city should be given another term to continue improving its financial standing.
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Journal
Theresa N. Connolly
Biddeford
Pomerleau
Biddeford Saco Journal Cresting Local News Listing
Biddeford Saco Journal details publication at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with staff titles, subscription rates in advance and AP membership. Rates show one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. News agency rights noted.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
The
Journal Publishing Corp
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Be not first or last to cast aside the old ways
Paul Harvey reflects on air travel, economy, and the risk of clinging to memory. He argues that automation presses handcraft aside, the South and West surge with new wealth, and that both too cautious and too impulsive stances endanger finances. He warns that today’s dollars lose value and that civilizations have fallen to worthless money.
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Houston
Texas
Seattle
Washington
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