State Begins Presenting Evidence in Brochu Poisoning Case
Three doctors and a hospital admitting clerk testified as the state opened its case against Armand Brochu 43 of Biddeford charged with poisoning his wife Helen J Farnsworth Brochu died November 24 1966 at age 43. Fortier testified he found no physical illness and advised psychiatric care if symptoms persisted.
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Armand Brochu
Biddeford
Brochu
Forest St
Alfred
H. Austin
Portland
Wood Philip J. Vilandry
Hampton
Andre Fortier
Bidde
Helen J. Farns
Sheworth
South Portland
Fortier
William
US Destroyer and Soviet Merchant Ship collide in Sea of Japan
The US Defense Department reported a minor collision between the destroyer U S S Rowan and the Soviet merchant ship Vishobokov in the Sea of Japan, about 96 miles east of Pohang Korea. No casualties. Rowan sustained a three foot hole above the water line.
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Washington
Defense Department
Sea of Japan
Department
Kapitan Vishobokov
U.S.S. Rowan
Pohang
South Korea
Rowan
Vishobokov
Loren I. Moore
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Navy
Pentagon
North Korea
U.S
Japan
Vladivostok
Enterprise
Tax deduction rules updated for medical expenses
The article outlines 1967 changes to medical expense deductions for taxpayers. It explains itemizing, standard deduction limitations, and how to compute deductible amounts by separating medicine costs from medical care, applying a 1 percent income floor, and combining eligible amounts for the final deduction.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Guest towel prompts hands not washing myth
A humorous line notes that guest towels often convince people to skip washing hands, reflecting a light corporate feature tone from TM WRR Gen Fea Corp.
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WRR
Fea. Corp
Groundhog in Lancaster County Sees No Shadow Early Spring Expected
In Lancaster Pennsylvania the Marmota Monax at Octorara Creek did not see a shadow forecasting an early spring. Slumbering Lodge members in Quarryville observed the groundhog and noted the event despite calendars showing six more weeks of winter. Ray Dunlap, lodge minister, provided the report. Punxsutawney ceremonies occur similarly with a banquet and a groundhog royal selection at a local high school.
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Lancaster
Quarryville
Lodge
Ray Dunlap
Punxsutawney
Hue under siege as Communist troops control most streets
Four battalions of Communist troops hold major parts of Hue's old citadel and streets while U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces fight to hold positions. Rockets and mortars fire intensifies as refugees flood the city and civilian casualties rise.
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Associated Press
John Lengel
U.S
Hue
Vietnam
Kings
Perfume River
Tham van Khoa
Lieve
Nixon Hitting Campaign Trail in New Hampshire
Nixon returns to New Hampshire to solidify support with a noon news conference in Manchester and a 1,300-strong Republican roast beef dinner in Concord. His lead in polls sits at about three to one over Romney with the March 12 primary looming.
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Manchester
N.H
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Nixon
Concord
John F. Kennedy
Edmund G. Brown
California
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Inflation Bites Into Wages in 1967 Rise
Washington reports inflation shaved payoff from 1967 income gains. After tax national per capita income rose to 2735, but real gain was 74 when adjusted for price increases. The Senate Finance Committee weighs a 6 percent personal surcharge and 8 percent for corporations amid talks on Johnson proposals.
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Washington
Senate House Economic Committee
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
Capitol Hill
John J. Williams
Delaware
Senate Finance Committee
Council
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