Volpe Eyes Private Stadium Plan After Senate Defeat
Gov John A Volpe announces he will push private industry to build a Greater Boston sports stadium after the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority stadium bill failed 20 to 15 in the Senate. He expressed disappointment and said no new bill is planned soon while inviting private sector package efforts to move forward.
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Boston
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
New Social Security Rules Expand Widow Disability Benefits
The second in a six part series explains how the 1935 law now offers disability benefits to widows and dependent widowers based on their spouse's earnings. Benefits range from 50 percent to 82 percent of the deceased spouse's benefit depending on age, with eligibility tied to disability onset before death or within seven years after. The article notes broader child eligibility rules and a relaxed blindness standard for disability claims.
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Associated Press
Martin Segal
Martin E. Segal
The Busy Man Gets the Job Done Joke
A quip notes that the surest way to get work done is to assign it to a busy man whose secretary handles the rest. The line plays on efficiency and delegation in a light newsroom tone.
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WRR
Fea, Corp
Northeaster Dumps Snowdrifts Across Twin Cities
A nor’easter dropped up to 11 inches in Biddeford and nearby towns with winds creating drifts up to four feet. Minor accidents occurred on Main Street while roads were cleared by dawn. In Portland 11 to 15 inches fell with gusty winds and slick conditions. turnpike speed reduced and flights canceled.
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Twin Cities
Biddeford
Main Street
Arthur Daigle
Pool
Central Maine Power Co
Paul Street
Saco
Biddeford and
Saco Water Company
John E. Lombard
Portland Road
North
Scammon
Arthur Rizas
Graham St
U.S. Weather Bureau
Rumford
Maine
Portland
Maine Turnpike
Weather Bureau
Freez
Boston
Greyhound
Augusta
Old Towr
Bangor
Eastport
Millinocket
Houston
Caribou
Greenville
Limestone
How Much Is Your Wife Really Worth
New York AP report surveys housewives on value of their work for families. Respondents name varied figures from 50 to 1000 dollars monthly, often calculated by hiring outsiders for chores and added duties like meal planning and hosting.
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New York
Agriculture Department
Associated Press
Paradise vanishes as TVA coal project clears town
Paradise Kentucky faces final shutdown as TVA orders families including Mrs. Carlos Smith to move out by Saturday. The 40 acres bought plot by plot will host a coal stockpile for a planned steam electric plant, set to become the world’s largest of its kind. About 80 residents lived in Paradise, many linked to the town by work or family, including long-time postmaster J H Buchanan.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Smiths
Muhlenberg County
TVA
Ber
Paradise
Kentucky
Green River
J.H. Buchanan
Greenville
Has Anybody Seen Shantang Siamese Kitten Missing
Mrs. Lillian Pilkington of Charlotte visiting Biddeford, loses her registered Siamese cat Shantang on Christmas Day. The buff colored male with a black face and collar vanished from 48 State Street where her parents live. Gregory 5 Barbara Jean 4 Kimberley 18 months wait at their grandmother’s window hoping for Shantang’s return.
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Ton
Charlotte
George Harpoothan
State St
Pilkington
Gregory
Barbara Jean
Kimberley
Shantang
Sihanouk open to talks on Cambodia sanctuary issue
President Johnson likely to accept Sihanouk indirect invitation for talks on Vietnam troops using Cambodia as sanctuary. Sihanouk says he would welcome an envoy and would not intervene militarily in hot pursuit if limited incursions occur, while warning of potential strikes if border crossings continue and seeking aid from China and the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Johnson
Norodom Sihaniuk
Cambodia
U.S
Sihanouk
Washington Post
Averell Harriman
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Red China
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Saigon
United States
State Department
Big Power Conflict Danger Grows in Southeast Asia
Analysis notes rising tensions in Southeast Asia as the Vietnam war threatens to spill into Laos and Cambodia. It references Communist buildup, U S opposition to Cambodia as Viet Cong sanctuary, and historic drives toward international action to avert wider war, with Laos as a potential flashpoint.
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William L. Ryan
Southeast Asia
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
United States
Vietnam
Burma
Thailand
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A. L. Poirier
Northeaster
Hugh Savage
Kansas City
Albert Jensen
Chicago
Devil
Carlos Smith
North Carolina
Lillian Pilking
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Pathet Lao
Viet Minh
Phong Saly
Sam Neua
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Pathet
Steak House
Kesslen
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