Viet Nam Marshland Fighting Extends Beyond Truce Start
In Vietnam marshland fighting continues past the unilateral New Year truce as Lt. Col. and Marine units report heavy clashes across three northern provinces. The U.S. Command cites 70 Marines killed and 128 wounded with persistent air strikes and a downed Navy Phantom near Haiphong.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Washington
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Biddeford’s Early Steam Fire Engines and Police Scene
One hundred years ago in 1868 Biddeford purchased its first steam fire engine the Richard Vines to watch excited residents crowd the demonstrations. A second engine arrived in 1869 while old hand tubs remained for emergencies. The largest pump Old Triumph was sold to Berinck in 1882. The police force then consisted of a city marshal and a Night Watch of three men. Daytime policing began in 1869 with four men patrolling Sundays. The era also featured a booming ice trade.
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Biddeford
Richard Vines
Triumph
Berinck
New Year Revelry Costs Rise Across States
New Year celebrations will cost more this year with last minute liquor licenses allowing Sunday sales and many venues offering beer and wine until midnight before hard liquor. Nightclubs in big cities report brisk reservations with prices near 100 dollars per couple. Some locales offer bargain options such as a one dollar cover in St. Louis while New Haven and Pittsburgh provide buffet dinners, shows and dancing at rates around sixteen to eighteen dollars per person per couple.
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New York
St. Louis
New Haven
Conn
Pittsburgh
New
Social Security Law Expands to Domestic Service
A third installment explains how the new Social Security law extends coverage to domestic work by a parent for an adult child under specific conditions. It notes broadened rules for widowed or divorced parents and recognizes grandparent care as employment, with further details on military earnings not matching civilian pay.
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Associated Press Retirement Authority
Martin Segal
No Journal On Holiday Biddeford Saco Journal Observes New Year
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish Monday in observance of the New Year holiday. All departments will be closed.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Monay
Mechanic Gives Simple Car Care Advice
A humor caption presents a mechanic telling the car owner that the best maintenance is to keep the oil up and change the car to stay reliable. The line plays on a pun and everyday automotive care.
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WRR Gen
Fea, Corp
Dunkin Donuts Coming To Biddeford Maine
Dunkin Donuts plans a spring opening on Elm Street in Biddeford replacing the Biddeford Glass Co building. Henry De Mambro will own the franchise and move from Dover to Biddeford, while the Glass company relocates to Alfred Street in late January.
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Elm St
Biddeford
Dunkin’ Donuts
Elm Street
Dunkin
Portland
Dover
N.H
de Mambro
Biddeford Glass Co
Ed & Frank
Alfred Street
Louis Bernstein
U S Diplomats Press Cambodia on Sihanouk Vietnam War Stand
U S diplomats weigh how Prince Sihanouk may back his pledge to keep Cambodia neutral in the Vietnam War as U S forces report 67 Marines killed in fighting while B 52s begin new saturation raids.
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Cambodia
Sihanouk
Vietnam
Norodom Sihanouk
Thailand
Laos
United States
Deer Grazing Near Nuclear Reactor at Plum Brook
NASA and Ohio State University plan a fertility study to curb a deer herd at Plum Brook NASA says the herd exceeds 700 and threatens food supply for facilities Scientists will sample and test to find a potential birth control pill for the deer Venison from samples will be donated to state institutions in the project
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Sandusky, Ohio
Plum Brook
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Ohio Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
Tony J. Peterle
Ohio State University
John D. Harder
Ohio State
Harder
Humphrey Begins 12 Nation African Tour Amid Welcome
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey launches a 12 day trip to nine African nations in Abidjan with a festive reception of drums and dancers. He aims to show U S support for peace progress and human opportunity and attends Liberia president Tubman's New Year ceremonies in Monrovia before visiting Ghana Congo Zambia Ethiopia Somalia Kenya and Tunisia.
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Ivory Coast
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Washington
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Africa
Ghana
Congo
Zambia
Ethiopia
Somali
Kenya
Tunisia
Russia
China
United States
Nigeria
Morocco
Israel
World War Christmas pauses and Southeast Asia tensions rise
The world eases into year end amid holiday messages as Pope Paul VI warns against excess. President Johnson reports a bountiful White House Christmas. Bethlehem hosts a historic service. Vietnam sees a Christmas truce and heavy fighting near the coast. Cambodia’s sanctuary issue deepens with Sihanouk’s shifting stance and U.S. talks.
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Associated Press
Paul VI
Johnson
White House
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Bethlehem
Vietnam
Biddeford Saco Set New Year Inaugurals For City Officials
Biddeford Mayor-elect Leo R. Lemire will take oath at 10 a.m. in City Building with City Solicitor Marcel Viger administering and then will swear in seven councilmen, two councilmen at large, a Board of Education member and a police board member. Saco officials follow at 7 30 p.m. in Fairfield School gym with Mayor Donald C. Doyle taking oath for a second term and announcing appointments, followed by sermons and benedictions. seven aldermen and two school board members elected December 11 will be sworn in and the City Clerk appointed.
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Biddeford
Leo R. Lemire
Cere
Lemire
Marcel Viger
Board of Education
Board of Police
Donald F. Hess
Foss Street Methodist Church
South Biddeford Methodist Church
Cornelius Enright
Saco United Baptist Church
Robert E. Lee
Most Holy Trinity Church
Saco
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