Saugerties Welcomes Medal of Honor Winner Donlon
About 4000 residents braved 24 degree weather to honor Capt. Roger H. C. Donlon, Medal of Honor recipient for Vietnam. Stores closed, auditorium renamed for Donlon, and 1000-seat school filled as townsfolk presented life memberships, plaques, and gifts from local groups. Donlon, 30, was wounded four times defending Camp Nam Dong on July 6 and received the Medal of Honor from President Johnson on December 5.
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Saugerties
N.Y
Hudson Valley
Roger H. C. Donion
South Viet Nam
Donlon
Ulster County
Camp Nam Dong
Johnson
White House
Visitors Offered Bourbon Egg Nog
Johnson City Texas AP report notes President Johnson prefers bourbon and water before dinner. White House physician Rear Adm George G Barkley cites bourbon in a questionnaire. Yuletide observances at LBJ Ranch include visitors offered cake and egg nog made mostly with bourbon here.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
George G. Barkley
White House
LBJ
Gallagher Reappointed Deputy Sheriff in York County
Charles M. Gallagher of Biddeford was omitted from the York County deputy sheriff appointments announced by Sheriff Richard Dutremble. He was later reappointed and sworn in during Sunday evening ceremonies.
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Alfred
Charles M. Gallagher
Biddeford
York County
Richard Dutremble
Gallagher
Bay State Man Escapes Injury In Truck Crash
Joseph Cannati, 25, escaped injury when the trailer segment of his mail truck separated from the cab on U S Route 1 near Agamenti cus Road. He steered the cab into the trailer to halt its roll. Trooper Savage reported little damage to both sections.
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Boston
Joseph Cannati
Agamenticus Road
A Savage
Cars Damaged In Saco Mishap
Beach Street in Saco witnessed a rear end collision as Judith A. Cole 17 and Napoleon G. Laprise 42 collided while Laprise turned left onto Washington Avenue. Icy roads prevented stopping. Cole sustained about 213.96 dollars in damage and Laprise 25 dollars.
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Beach Street
Saco
Judith A. Cole
Napoleon G. Laprise
Main St
Biddeford
Laprise
Washington Avenue
Cole
Conferences Aim to End Viet Nam Deadlock in Cap St. Jacques
Lt Gen Nguyen Khanh and key generals traveled to Cap St. Jacques for talks likely aimed at resolving the standoff with the United States over aid. Washington seeks reinstatement of the High National Council and release of political prisoners, but Khanh hints at living without U.S. aid rather than concede. Chiefs Phan Khac Suu and Tran Van Huong issued a communique urging restoration of the council to stabilize the government.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Viet Nam
Cap St. Jacques
United States
Khanh
High National Council
Council
Washington
Phan Khac Suu
Tran van Huong
Coun Suy
Huong
Trio Sought In Criminal Attack At Church Rectory
Three masked gunmen raided a church rectory trapping and tying Father Burke and a guard with tape after slugging the driver. They rifled a safe containing about $200, then fled in a car behind the armored truck, leaving the wounded to be discovered by Heinz Beer, an ambulance driver.
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Pace
Morris
Ather Burke
Father Burke
Johnston
Bernard Gendek
Gendek
Heinz Beer
Norridge
Guerrillas Free Filipino Sugar Cane Expert in Vietnam
Filipino sugar cane expert Eligio Languico, part of a U S aid mission, was freed by Communist guerrillas after being kidnapped on August 8 with American field representative Joseph W Grainger of Sumter South Carolina. Languico appeared tired and ill as American officials escorted him to Saigon. He said Grainger was taken deeper into the mountains after initial captivity, and he described his own hands being tied behind his back for much of the period. The two were seized while traveling in Tuy Hoa Province about 250 miles northeast of Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Joseph W. Grainger
Sumter
S.C
Eligio Languico
Qui Nhon
Grainger
Lauguico
Tuy Hoa
Minimum Milk Prices Fall One Half Cent In Maine
The Maine Milk Commission says minimum milk prices will drop by a half cent per quart on January 1 as part of four seasonal reductions for the first half of 1965. The decreases will be offset by increases scheduled for the last six months of the year.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Milk Commission
Saco Democratic Groups Will Meet Tonight in City Hall
A joint meeting of the Saco Democratic City Committee and the Saco Democratic Social Club is planned at 7:36 tonight in the Municipal Court Room of Saco City Hall. On the agenda are the Twin City Victory Ball set for January 27 at the Franklin Street Armory and the appointment of subordinate officers for the new city government.
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Saco
Johnston Hospitalized After Incident
Johnston was hospitalized with lacerations to the head and was reported in satisfactory condition.
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Johnston
Local enlistees begin eight weeks basic at Fort Dix
Pvt. Roger Pinard of Biddeford and Pvt. Russell G. Philbrick of Saco start eight weeks of basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey. Pinard, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Pinard, will later serve six months active duty then join Maine National Guard unit 133 Group 4th Tank Battalion. Philbrick, son of Mr and Mrs Clifton Philbrick, will also complete basic training then move to home guard duties with the 133 Group 4th Battalion Co B Maine National Guard after six months. Reginald Sargent sailor apprentice third class spends 14 day leave with parents in Saco before reporting to Quonset Point Rhode Island for on the job training in the Commissary Department.
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Fort Dix
N. J
Pvt
Roger Pinard
Joseph Pinard
Sullivan St
Biddeford
St. Louis
Pvt. Pinard
133 Group
4Th Tank Bat
Maine National Guard
Thornton Academy
Russell G. Philbrick
C Co
Third
4Th Bat
Clifton Philbrick
Smutty Lane
Saco
Reginald Sargent
Navy
Buxton Road
Quonset Point
R. L
Commissiary
Car Crash Sees Pennsylvania Man Hurt on Maine Turnpike
A single vehicle collision on the Maine Turnpike sent 51 year old William Lunt of Philadelphia to Webster Hospital for observation after the crash occurred last night.
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Maine
Pennsylvania
William ©. Lunt
Philadelphia
Webber Hospital
Biddeford council debates zoning amendments and records errors
The Biddeford City Council discussed amendments to zoning area requirements for several districts. Mayor Pomerleau outlined pass, reject, amend or table options. Ward one councilman L Heureau presented a 400-name petition against the zoning. Absent were Pelletier Guertin and Fontaine. The zoning effort began in 1961 with a federally funded survey and planning board input. The city shared $5,625 of the project cost, about a quarter, with state and federal funds. Other actions included a quit claim for tax purposes, relief of delinquent taxes for the Tax Collector, and a liquor license for Blue Moon Case. A separate incident reported Lunt’s car skidded on ice, overturned, injuring no one else. the driver was alone.
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Pomerleau
Rudolph Bergeron
Ward
Roland L’heur ‘Eux
Joseph Pelletier
Victor Guertin
Ernest Fontaine
Sewell Co
Biddeford
Raoul Labranche
Henry Camire
Conrad Fortier
Labranche
Fabiola R. Chagnon
John G. Boissonnault
Franklin St
Diplomacy Quiz for Teens on Dating Decisions
Vivian Brown presents a teen quiz guiding choices in dating parties driving after drinking and party crashing. It outlines five scenarios with recommended answers and ends with the solution: 1-C 2-A 3-B 4-B 5-C.
Sunday School Christmas Party at Biddeford United Baptist
Sunday School members attended the Christmas party at Biddeford United Baptist Church. The primary and junior departments performed carols and solos including Lois Pike’s Silent Night and David Dawn’s Jingle Bells. Bronze pins were awarded to Virginia McInnis Linda Herrick David Dawn Michael Hallezuk Wayne Romprey Patrick Ganong and Ganong.
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Biddeford United Baptist
Adelpha McKeen
Luke Michael Hallezuk
Matt Theseca
Louise Pike
Lois Pike
David Dawn
Genevieve McDonald
Virginia McInnis
Linda Herrick
Michael Hallezuk
Wayne Romprey
Patrick Ganong
Ganong
Jasper Beane
James Dawn
Michael Haller
Bruce Numan
James Herrick
Kenyon ‘Wills
Ruth Herrick
Rowena Gardella
Elinor McKeen
Marie Lunetta
Humphrey Quits Senator Post
Vice President elect Hubert H. Humphrey resigns as a Democratic Minnesota senator to allow Governor Karl Rolvaag to appoint Walter Mondale to serve the remaining two years of Humphrey's term. Mondale, aged 36, is Minnesota attorney general and will gain seniority over other new senators. Humphrey will not draw vice presidential pay until inauguration but leaves the Senate payroll tonight.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Karl Rolvaag
Walter Frederick Mondale
Ierve
Humphrey
Mondale
Johnson
Senate
Don Hutson Sets Pro Football Touchdown Record
Don Hutson of the Green Bay Packers, a star end and top pass catcher, reached 105 career TDs, the most in professional football history, marking a historic scoring milestone for the era.
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Don Hutson
Green Bay Packers
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