Local Notices: Residents At Webber and Notre Dame Hospitals
Florence Harvey of 520 Elm Street Biddeford is a medical patient at the Webber Hospital. Julius Regina of 32 Green Street and Mrs Rose Cantara of 343 Ferry Road Saco are medical patients at Webber Hospital Biddeford. Leon Fontaine of 74 Pool Street Biddeford is at home after a medical stay at Notre Dame Hospital.
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Florence Harvey
Elm St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Julius Regina
Green St
Rose Cantara
Ferry Road
Saco
Leon Fontaine
Pool St
Notre Dame Hospital
Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting and local society events in Biddeford area
The Auxiliary to Biddeford Post VFW meets tonight at 7 30 in City Building hall. Gifts will be exchanged. Our Lady of Fatima Circle Daughters of Isabella holds an 8 pm meeting at St John s Hall Adams Street. A silver tea is set for 2 pm Wednesday at 496 Ferry Road Saco with invitation to Daughters of the American Revolution. An Annette Chapter Order of the Eastern Star special meeting for conferring degrees is tonight at 7 30 in Masonic Hall Saco.
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Biddeford
Veterans of Foreign Wars
City Building
Our Lady of Fatima
Daughters of Isabella
St. John’s Hall
Adams Street
Rev. John Fairfield Society
Children of the American Revolution
Albert W. Coleman
Ferry Road
Saco
Coleman
Daughters of the American Revolution
Annette Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Midweek prayer services listed for local churches
The midweek prayer and praise service is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Biddeford United Baptist Church. A prayer meeting is planned Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Full Gospel Church Route 9A Wells. The Home League of the Saco Salvation Army meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m.
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Biddeford United Baptist Church
Full Gospel Church
Route
Wells
The
Saco Salvation Army
News At A Glance Highlights From The Vietnam War Era
The halt in U S air strikes on North Vietnam continues as ground fighting persists. President Johnson holds faint hope the war won t return to pre Christmas ferocity. The Army charges two U S soldiers with aiding the enemy during two years of Viet Cong activity. Hubert H Humphrey begins his first major overseas trip as Vice President. Roger W Wilkins backs the Community Relations Service move to the Justice Department. A Senate fiscal expert resigns. Everard H Smith managed over two trillion dollars in federal appropriations across 53 years. U S traffic fatalities hit a Christmas travel record as scientists clash over antimissile and fallout shelter spending. Children cause airwave jams with Christmas walkie talkies.
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U.S
North Viet Nam
Johnson
Viet Nam
Hubert H. Humphrey
Far East
Roger W. Wilkins
Justice Department
Senate
Everad H. Smith
Capitol Hill
Asylum Seekers From Cuban Freighter Arrive in Tokyo
Four Cubans who sailed aboard a ship docked for months in Panama were granted asylum at the Osaka consulate and flown to Tokyo then to the United States. A U S consulate spokesman said they claimed orders to pick up weapons in Shanghai for North Vietnam. Police in Tokyo sought to confirm if they left the ship voluntarily. The freighter, damaged in a Panama collision, had been in dry dock since October.
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Nam
Osaka
Shanghai
North Viet Nam
U. S
Cuba
Tokyol
United States
Panama
Movable stretcher aids Chattanooga hospital
A foot pumped rolling stretcher at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga adjusts to align with beds X ray and operating tables. Pioneered by Mrs N B Hargraves Jr of the hospital's Women's Auxiliary, her specifications guided its design. The prototype proved successful and the Pink Sides ordered a second.
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Chattanooga
Tenn.ap
Memorial Hospital
N. B. Hargraves Jr
Women's Auxiliary
Deaths Mrs Elsie Haskell of Saco
Mrs Elsie L Haskell 67 of Ocean Park Road Saco died Friday night after a short illness She was born April 3 1898 in West Buxton daughter of James and Elizabeth Severance Coombs and worked 20 years at the Saco Lowell Shops She was a Gardiner Methodist Church member Survivors include her husband James a daughter Mrs Helen E Treadwell a stepdaughter Mrs Robie Nickerson five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Funeral services will be held 11 am Tuesday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Friends may call today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm
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Elsie L. Haskell
Ocean Park Road
Saco
West Buxton
James
Elizabeth Severance Coombs
Saco - Lowell
Gardiner Methodist Church
Helen E. Treadwell
Obituary of Arthur F. Chute of Saco
Arthur F. Chute, 62, of Portland Road Saco, died suddenly Saturday at Biddeford Hospital. Born June 24, 1903 in Saco, he was a lifetime resident and worked the past 10 years at the Boys Training Center in South Portland. Surviving are his widow Catherine, a daughter Josephine Wheeler, two sons John W. and Lloyd, five grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. from Sansoucy Funeral Home with Rev. Paul K. Weimer officiating. Burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call today 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Arthur F. Chute
Portland Road
Saco
Biddeford
John L
Josephine (Adams) Chute
Boys Training Center
South Portland
Catherine (McCain) Chute
Josephine Wheeler
John W
Lloyd
Sansoucy
Paul K. Weimer
Saco First Parish
United Church of Christ
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Wells native Roger Bragdon dies at 78 after public service
Roger S Bragdon 78 a Wells resident died Friday at York Hospital He was noted for his pulling teams and frequent at fairs He headed the York County Agricultural Association served as York County sheriff two terms and two County Commissioner terms He was a Maine state representative and held many fraternal and lodge posts Surviving are his widow two sons three daughters and 11 grandchildren Funeral services were held at Wells Second Congregational Church with burial at Bragdon Private Cemetery Wells.
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Wells
Roger S. Bragdon
York
D. Wallace
Emma (Perkins) Bragdon
York County Agricultural Association
Acton
Land
York County
County Board of Commissioners
Maine
Kora Temple Shrine
Lewiston
Ocean Lodge
Elva (Gray) Bragdon
Robert G. Lboth
Dorothy B. Clark
Springsfield
Marjorie Keyes
Ogunquit
Priscilla ,Goodwin
Shapleigh
Margaret M. Bragdon
Elizabeth A. Bragdon
Wells Second Congregational Church
W Vinton Murphy
Bragdon Private
Mrs Verna Brook 74 dies after long illness in Biddeford hospital
Verna C Brook 74 of 110 Seaside Ave Ocean Park died after a long illness in a Biddeford hospital. Born Feb 21 1891 in Portland she taught English in Maine and Rhode Island schools. She was active in Bates College alumni affairs church choirs and local clubs. Survived by widower Harry son John and several nieces and nephews. Private funeral at Shumway Funeral Home Saco with memorial service at Saco United Baptist Church Jan. ? 2 p.m.
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Ocean Park
Verna C. Brook
Seaside Ave
Biddeford
Portland
J. Albert
Carrie Howe Corey
Brook
Bates College
Lewiston
Rhode Island
Saco United Baptist Church
December Advertising Times and Schedule Fragments
Fragmented OCR shows a schedule of high and low times for December ads with morning and evening columns. Entries include dates 27 and 28 with multiple time pairs listed.
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Ads High Low
Obituary: Julien Dumont of Hartford Dies After Illness
Julien Dumont 59 longtime Hartford resident died Friday morning after a long illness. Born November 30 1906 in Biddeford Maine he was a loom fixer at Pepperell Mfg Co and former Biddeford police officer. Survived by son Paul Dumont Hazardville two brothers three sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral from St Andre Church Biddeford Tuesday at 9 am with calling hours at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford Maine.
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Hartford
Conn
Julien Dumont
Biddeford
Maine
Dennis and
Alden (Laderoute) Dumont
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Coast Guard
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Muriel Hurtubise’ Dumont
Paul ‘Dumont
Hazardville
Alcide
Adelard
Rene Dumont
Beatrice Fortier
Antoinette Langevin
Dayfield
St. Andre’s Church
Emond Funeral Home
Hills St
Towne longtime Kennebunk attorney dies at 85
Winfield C Towne of Goose Rocks Beach dies after a long illness at a Biddeford nursing home. Born November 14 1880 he was Bowdoin 1903 Harvard Law 1907 YMCA service in World War I and longtime Saco Lowell Shops attorney. Survivors include wife Helen and two brothers. Funeral services held at Bibber Memorial Chapel in Kennebunk with Rev. Jowes officiating.
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Kennebunkport
Winfield C. Towne
Goose Rocks Beach
Biddeford
Frank H
Caroline W. Wells Towne
Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Revere Lodge
A.F
A.M
Boston
Harvard Club of
Maine Bar Association
Saco- Lowell
Saco-Lowell
YMCA
Europe
Towne
South Congregational Church
Helen G. Towne
Alonzo
Frank E
Bibber
Kennebunk welder Thomas Dickson dies aged 70
Thomas Dickson 70 of 23 Ross Road Kennebunk died in a Portland hospital yesterday. He was born in Ireland June 10 1895 and worked as a paper worker before retirement. Survived by widow Emma L. Dickson two daughters Clara Ogne Brewer Lucinda Corber four sons Robert Thomas W George and Reginald and 12 grandchildren. Services at First Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 pm with Rev Edward Ward officiating. Interment Brewer. Friends may call Bibber Memorial Chapel today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.
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Kennebunk
Thomas Dickson
Ross Road
Portland
Ireland
Dickson
First Baptist Church
Emma L. Dickson
Clara Og Ne Brewer
Lucinda Corber
Greenbush
Mass
Robert
Thomas W
Indianapolis
Ind
George
Cambridge
Reginald
Boston
Brewer
Edward Ward
Bibber
Biddeford Watchmaker Jacob Steinhardt dies at 74
Jacob Steinhardt 74 of 253 Hill St Biddeford died in a local hospital after a long career as a watchmaker begun in Poland. Born 1891, he moved to the United States in 1924 and was active in Etz Chaim Congregation and the Lewis P. Stapley Lodge. He is survived by his wife Rebecca, two sons William and Irving, two sisters and three daughters-in-law. Funeral services are set tomorrow at Etz Chaim Synagogue with interment Wednesday at Sharon Memorial Park Massachusetts. A memorial week starts Wednesday night at the Steinhardt home.
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Jacob Steinhardt
Hill St
Biddeford
Poland
Europe
Etz Chaim
Lewis P. Stapley
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
New York
Longtime Salvation Army Officer Catherine Eckerle Dies
Lt Col Catherine Eckerle 83 of 210 Fifth Ave Asbury Park N J died at home She was born Aug 21 1882 in Philadelphia and joined the Salvation Army in 1902 She led in services for unwed mothers and directed the Boston Rescue Home She moved to Old Orchard Beach Maine then to New Jersey in 1960 A past president of the Retired Salvation Army Officers Organization She is survived by one niece Eva Allen Funeral services Tuesday at Salvation Army Hall Old Orchard Beach with interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco Maine Friends may call at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco Maine 2 to 9 pm Tuesday
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Asbury Park
N. J
Catherine E. Eckerle
Salvation Army
Fifth Ave
Philadelphia
Women’s Social Department
St. Paul
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Saco
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Wallace Cunningham Jr. dies suddenly in Greenville
Wallace Cunningham Jr. 55 of 403 Aberdeen Drive Greenville formerly of Saco Maine died suddenly Saturday morning in a local hospital. He was born Dec 26 1909 in Saco son of Wallace and Agnes Cunningham Sr. He worked as a foreman at the Saco Lowell Shops and belonged to multiple Masonic and civic groups in Saco and nearby towns. Survived by Derena Morgan Cunningham two daughters Mrs Allen R Jackson Anne Cunningham a son Wallace Robert a sister Agnes M Cunningham and brothers William G Cunningham and Thomas M Cunningham. Daughters reside in Portland and the community. services to be held at Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco Friday at 2 30 p.m. from the Wayne Funeral Home Saco with viewing Thursday 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S.C
Wallace Cunningham Jr
Aberdeen Drive
Saco
Maine
Wallace
Agnes Gallacher Cunningham
Saco - Lowell
Square and Compass Club
A.M
Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
St. Armand Commandery
Kennebunk
Portland
Derena Morgan Cunningham
Allen R. Jackson
Anne Cunningham
Wallace Robert
New Britain
lConn
Agnes M. Cunningham
William G
Thomas M
Nashua N.H
Laurel Hill
Spring St
Greek American Mrs Houseas 87 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Catherine Houseas 87 wife of Theodore Houseas of 19 Wharf St Saco died in a Saco hospital after a long illness. Born in Laconia Greece June 3 1878 she was daughter of John and Mrs Housas. She was a St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church communicant and St Fetini Society member. Survived by widower six grandchildren and three great grandchildren and several children in New England. Funeral from St Demetrios on Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. Visitation at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford tonight and Tuesday.
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Catherine Houseas
Theodore Houseas
Wharf St
Saco
Laconia
Greece
John Houseas
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Biddeford
St. Fetini Society
Christos
New York
Peter
Oregon
Stella
West Roxbury
Mass
Amelia
Cambridge
Pauline
Jamaica Plain
Nicholas Petrios
Emond Funeral
Hill St
Funeral services for Aquila Pelletier in Biddeford
Funeral services for Aquila Pelletier 74 former Biddeford resident were held Friday morning at 830 from St Josephs Church. Rev Sylvia Levesque celebrated the requiem. Church choir sang under Diana Rousselle at the organ. Burial in St Josephs Cemetery family lot. Father Labrecque said last prayers at the grave. Bearers Henry Jacques Joseph Roy Edmond Neault Charles Whitten.
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Aquila Pelletier
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Sylvia Levesque
Requim
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Labrecque
Henry Jacques
Joseph Roy
Edmond Neault
Charles Whitten
Funeral services for Jeremiah Buckley at St Marys Biddeford
Funeral services for Jeremiah Buckley of 411 Main St Biddeford were held Friday at St Marys Church. Rev Maurice Goan officiated with William Cleary and Elizabeth Seidel providing music. Interment followed in St Marys Cemetery with graveside prayers by Rev Coleman OToole. Bearers were John Sevigny Francis Sevigny Norman Sevigny Raymond Buckley Raoul Roy and Reynald Gagne.
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Jeremiah Buckley
Main St
Biddeford
St. Mary's Church
Maurice Goan
William Cleary
Elizabeth Seidel
St. Mary's Cemetery
Coleman O'Toole
John Sevigny
Francis Sevigny
Norman Sevigny
Raymond Buckley
Raoul Roy
Reynald Gagne
Parked Car Struck At Old Orchard
Police investigate Christmas Day collision on Old Orchard Avenue. Suzanne A. Waldron, 17, of Scarborough, held after leaving scene. Waldron’s car hit a parked vehicle owned by George W. Freeman Jr. No damage estimate given. Additional Christmas Day crash caused major damage to vehicles owned by James J. Juvinall and Norman L. Andrews. Juvinall, 20, of Des Plaines, Ill, stated he was crossing Washington Avenue when contact occurred and his view was blocked by a parked car.
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Old Orchard Avenue
Suzanne A. Waldron
Scarborough
Waldron
George W. Freeman Jr
James J. Juvinall
Tioga Ave
Norman L.andrews
Union Ave
Juvinall
Des Plaines
Ill
Son of
Central Park Avenue
Washington Avenue
Truce Breached as Vietnam Combat Intensifies Across Front
In Vietnam, a mine disabled Marine barracks near La Dec, while another mine outside killed two American soldiers and an American civilian. U.S. Marines reported 12 Viet Cong killed in 23 patrols around Da Nang as air losses rose to ten Communist planes. The cease-fire collapsed amid Viet Cong attacks. U.S. forces resumed operations at 4 a.m. Sunday. Pope Paul VI was expected to appeal for peace as Western Australia reports large cultured pearls off its coast. Burial services were held at St Hyacinth's Cemetery for local mourners.
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la Dec
Saigon
U.S
U. S
da Nang
North Viet Nam
Bac Cau
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Johnson
Texas
State Department
1St Cavalry
Vatican
Paul VI
Funeral services for Francois Plante in Westbrook
Francois Plante 89 of 100 South St Biddeford died recently. Funeral held Friday from St Hyacinth Church Westbrook with Rev Armand Bill presiding. Choir music by church cantor and members of the Holy Name Society attended the service.
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Francois Plante
South St
Biddeford
St. Hyacinth’s
Westbrook
Armand Bill
Holy Name Society
Several Traffic Mishaps Listed In Biddeford
Biddeford police logged multiple weekend crashes due to slick roads. Incidents on Elm Street involved Kathy Mayo 17 Kennebunkport and William Tremblay 23 Cape Elizabeth, with Tremblay saying Mayo pulled out. Other Sundays saw drivers Nicholas Dominicus 19 Portland Leo Sansoucy 18 Biddeford and Cornelius Darcy from Westminster Mich in separate crashes with no injuries listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Elm Street
Kathy R. Mayo
Kennebunkport
William P. Tremblay
Cape Elizabeth
Tremblay
Mayo
Lawrence Plante
Nicholas J. Dominicus
Portland
Adelbert Morin Jr
Leo Sansoucy
Rathier St
Bid
Raynald H. Camire
Raymond St
Camjre Auto
John Cretien
Guinea Road
Maine Power Co
West Street
Would-be bank burglars in Rawlins miss lucky lure
Rawlins police found a plastic sack with four fishing lines rigged at the night depository of the Rawlins National Bank. Officers theorize thieves hoped to snag money dropped in the depository but the system severs lines when pulled, leaving them empty handed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins, Wyo
Rawlins
Rawlins National Bank
Wilkins to lead change as Justice Department shift approved
Roger W. Wilkins 33 chosen by President Johnson to head the Community Relations Service pledges total support for its move to the Justice Department. He says morale concerns are overblown and vows to push racial integration across major cities while addressing broad minority issues. He notes focus on all urban minority groups including Negroes, Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans and Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Justice Department
Roger W. Wilkins
Commerce Department
America
Calvin Eytle
Congress
Wilkins
Kytle
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Katzenbach
Little North
California Holds Most Flowering Plant Species
California records more flowering plants than any other state with about one sixth of the roughly 30 000 U S plants growing there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
State
United States
Saco Accidents Highlight Icy Streets and Docked Fines
Gustave A. Gagne of Biddeford was fined 25 dollars in Saco 10th District Court after pleading guilty to intoxication on a public street. An earlier crash on Main Street near the railroad crossing caused about 500 dollars damage to Gagne’s car and 800 dollars to a hydrant, with a water fountain broken off. A second crash on Spring Street near Bradley Street involved Florence Boisvert and Eugene Dovyon with no damage estimate available. A Christmas Eve collision on Main Street between Joseph Constance and Theresa St. Ours caused 250 and 150 dollars in damages respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave A. Gagne
Emery St
Biddeford
Saco 10Th District
Gagne
Saco
Main Street
Water Company
Spring Street
Bradley Street
Florence Boisvert
Bradley St
Eugene Dovyon
Hubbard St
St. Ours
Pirates drop Del Crandall to free roster space
At the Fort Lauderdale baseball meetings the Pittsburgh Pirates released catcher Del Crandall after no team offered a 30 day conditional deal. The club sought 500 dollars plus 20000 if he joined another major league club, freeing room to draft two players Dave Roberts a 32 year old first baseman outfielder who hit 38 homers for Oklahoma City and catcher Jesse Gonder from Richmond Virginia, 29, roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Pittsburgh Pirates
del i Crandall
Crandall
Pirates
Dave Roberts
Oklahoma City
Jesse Gonder
Richmond
Atlanta
Gonder
Cosmic Ray Particles From Outside Solar System Enter Earth
Scientists report cosmic ray particles arriving from beyond the solar system carry energies millions of times higher than achievable on Earth. The mystery prompts new studies into interstellar sources and the mechanisms accelerating these particles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar System
Earth
They Met The Challenge At Vic's Appliance Center
A customer needed a Maytag dryer for a basement with a 23 inch door. Vic's Roger Thibault and Cliff Plourde dismantled the 31 by 27 inch unit, moved it piece by piece through the door, reassembled it, and delivered a running dryer at no extra charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Roger Thibault
Cliff Plourde
Vic
Main Street
Roger
Cliff
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Verna Brook
Catherine Eckerle
Wallace Cunningham, Jr
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Ruben School For the
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Albany Lagueux
State St
Old Orchard
Western Australia
St. Hyacinth’s Cemetery
Father Bill
Hervey Dubreuil
Richard Auguer
Joseph Loranger
Alberie Caron
Pool Road
Gerard Lambert
Common St
Lambert
Nelson Salvoy
Water St
Alfred and
Jefferson Streets
Donald R. Lapierre
Fernand A. Cadorette
May St
Cambodia
Phan Rang
Miles
South Viet Nam
Cam Ranh Bay
Southeast Asia
Chu Lai
Tan Sonn Hut
N. P. Scontral
Agency
Vices
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