Nixon Cabinet Contains No Surprises
President-elect Nixon named a no-surprises cabinet drawn from Republican governors and business leaders. He said the 12 members are strong and compassionate, aiming to unite the country with independent thinking. A Democrat will later take one top post, ambassador to the United Nations. Walter Washington was noted for a second term as mayor.
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Washington
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Herbert G. Klein
Pressesman
Ronald L. Ziegler
United Nations
Sargent Shriver
France
Shriver
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Walter E .Washington
Wiliam P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Secretary of the Treasury
David M
John N.mitchell
Robert H. Finch
California
Housing and Urban Development
George Romney
John A. Volper
Massachusetts
Glasgow Street Gangs Turn City Into a Battlefield
An AP report on Glasgow's gang culture describes Alan, a 17 year old from the Tongs, stabbed and stitched after crossing into the rival Cumbie territory in the Gorbals. The piece highlights rising violence, with 250 teens admitted weekly and murders up 14 from 1967 to 1968, as sectarian lines fuel territorial fights.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Alan
Gorbals
Tongs
Cumbie
Britain
Drummy
Drumlanrig Avenue
Cumberland Street
Portland The Busiest Port In New England Last Year
Boston and Portland led New England port tonnage with Portland handling 22,818,045 tons and Boston 21,549,108 tons as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported. Other listed ports include New Haven 11,507,596 and Providence 9,062,469 tons amid a regional total rise in cargo moved.
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Boston
Portland
Maine
New England
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
New Haven
Conn
Providence
R.J
Fall River
Bridgeport
Fighting spills into DMZ as Marines clash with North Vietnamese
In a 12 hour battle, U S Marines and North Vietnamese troops fought into the southern DMZ. Twelve Marines and eight North Vietnamese were killed with 30 Marines wounded. U S casualties surpassed 30 000 in eight years, with 192 American deaths last week and 422 979 enemy fatalities overall. Marine artillery hit fortified bunkers inside the DMZ while airstrikes targeted enemy positions. On the Saigon front, 400 South Vietnamese paratroopers died as about 200 enemy riflemen were engaged 42 miles northwest of Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Rockpile
North Vietnam
Report Recommends Civilian GI Bill for Education
The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education proposed to President-elect Nixon a civilian GI Bill to fund college for about one million qualified youths. It would create Educational Opportunity Grants covering tuition, aiming to reduce income-based inequality in access to higher education. The plan also seeks to expand medical education to train 75 percent more doctors within eight years.
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New York
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Nixon
Peperece
Commission
Clark Kerr
University of California
Kerr
Lucien Bourque Inc Sold to Mininni in Biddeford
Lucien Bourque Inc announces sale of its Cole Road Biddeford operation to Henry Bourque and brothers Vito and James Mininni. The ready mixed concrete and excavating business started 23 years ago, now employs 20 to 30 seasonally, with no personnel changes planned. The new owners operate the Dutch Elm Golf Course site as a full time business. The Mininni firm, 546 Elm St Biddeford, manufactures concrete blocks and sells pipe and masonry supplies with nine plant workers. summer demand raises hiring.
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Lucien Bourque
Bourque
Dutch Elm
Arundel
Mininni Brothers
Vito Mininni
Apollo 8 Engine Leak Scare Fades For Moon Flight
NASA announced no leak in the Saturn V first stage after overnight tests on the engine blamed for a brief alarm. The Dec 21 launch window for Apollo 8 remains on track with astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders aiming to depart at 7:51 a.m. EST.
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Moon
Lunar
Apollo 8 Lifts Off For Moon Mission At Christmas
Apollo 8 launches from Cape Canaveral with Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders aboard the Saturn V. The crew prepares to orbit the moon ten times in a historic flight, while families in Houston await Christmas apart from home. Flight plan foresees no lunar landing this mission but a landmark test of deep space capability.
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Jim Stro
Aman
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Houston
Tex
Borman
Lovell
Anders
Moon
Earth
Chuckle Clarifies Open Seed vs Hole Confusion
A lighthearted note explains the common mix up between an open seed and a hole. The distinction emphasizes clear shapes and surfaces, aiming to prevent misreading seeds or seeds in foods during routine observations.
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Kennebunk Medical Center
Barbara Hilton Converse
Raoul
Charland
Kennebunk
William Bergen
D. D
GOP
Ehib
American Discount
Biddeford Fire Station
Biddeford Piano & Organ CO
Elm St
Rte
Biddeford
Sneider’s
Discount Foods
Elm St. Biddeford
A&p Super Market
Biddeford & Saco
Uck Bone
Lifornia
Vietnam
Lucien Bourque Inc
Mininni
Red Barn Farm
Wade H. Burnham
Newtown Road
Claude Dubois
Country
Ogunquit
Open Daily & Sun
Vkc
Space Agency Today
Navy Dept
Space Agency
NASA
Atlantic Ocean
Aline Berger
Westfield St
Bacon St
Main St
Saco
U. S. Post Office
Pine Point
General Electric
Panasonic
RCA Victor
Main Street
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