Nixon Boosted for Senator From Maine
Bangor man Al David Bernstein proposes a living reference plan to draft Nixon for Maine’s U.S. Senate nomination. He would launch in June, resign after the primary, prompting a new GOP primary, with Nixon likely to run for the seat or the presidency. Muskie seeks a second term against McIntire.
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Bangor
Richard M. Nixon
Maine
U.S. Senate
al David Bernstein
Atlantic Union
United States
North America
Europe
Bernstein
Nixon
Senate
Clifford G. McIntire
Firemen Answer Two Beach Calls
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Children playing with matches under a porch at George Joncas on Ocean Avenue triggered a noon call. Firemen found no damage and returned to station at 11:54. Earlier Christmas Day, they responded to a flooded oil stove at 131 Union Avenue with no damage reported.
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Old Orchard Beach
George Joncas
Ocean Avenue
Union Avenue
Lakonia Disaster Rescue Echoes Across Atlantic
Survivors recall chaos aboard the Lakonia as flames trapped passengers and crew. The Belgian freighter Salta rescued 475 survivors, guiding others to safety as dawn revealed a drifting burning ship and scattered lifeboats amid language barriers and shifting seas.
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Peseneee
Lakonia
Jose Barrero
Salta
Atlantic
Caroler's Car Damaged In Biddeford Traffic Crash
A Christmas Eve collision on Biddeford's Pool Road left two cars heavily damaged with no injuries. Donald M. Allen, 17, of Fortunes Rocks, said his 1941 sedan slid on ice while avoiding a braking car in front, hitting a parked 1963 compact owned by Arnold E. Howe. Both vehicles were towed to garages. Howe had returned to his car with carolers after a nearby performance.
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Pool Road
Donald M. Allen
Fortunes Rocks
Allen
Arnold E. Howe
Herring Ave
Howe
Berliners continued on wall incident with guard shooting
East German guard shot 18 year old Paul Schulz in the back on Wednesday as he sat trapped in barbed wire on the concrete wall. Loudspeakers blasted Christmas music from East German radio while the wounded youth toppled from the wall.
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Paul Schulz
Biddeford Firemen Called Only Once
Biddeford firemen were disturbed only one time during the period reported, with no further alarms or major incidents noted. Details remain sparse in readable text.
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Pepperell Trust Co
Saco & Biddeford Savings Inst
S & B Saver
Biddeford
Twelve Children Die In Blaze
A Christmas Day fire in Charleston Washington DC killed 12 members of the Walter Johnson family, nine children and three grandchildren, in a top-floor bedroom. An oil heater explosion and a cigarette sparked the blaze. Emile Descoteaux’s apartment building is listed as the scene. Two other family deaths occurred in Michigan and Indiana from separate holiday fires.
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Associated Press
Walter Johnson
Charleston
D.C
Spring Lake
Mich
Engine 5
Tank 1
Emile Descoteaux
Main St
Muncie
Ind
Michelle Johnson
Joretta
Johnson
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