Kosygin and Wilson Rule Out Vietnam Breakthrough
In London Kosygin and Wilson restated their positions on Vietnam with no sign of progress. Each side stuck to the familiar stance as talks extended beyond scheduled time. Kosygin pressed for U S bombing halt, while Wilson favored a pause to pave a peace initiative. A news blackout surrounded private sessions at No 10 Downing Street.
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London
Vietnam
Alexei Kosygin
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Kosygin
Britain
No. 10
Downing St
Moscow
United States
North Vietnam
Johnson
U.S
Washington
Gin
Downing Street
Scotland Yard
Hungary
Charles de Gaulle
France
Soviet Union
Klunder Bill Aired At Council Session Over charter study bill dispute in Saco
Planning Board Chairman Charles W. Fenderson presented the proposed city charter to Mayor Donald C. Doyle and the council amid questions about the planning board authority to hire Hans Klunder Associates. Doyle and City Solicitor William F. Wilson said the $2340 bill for services to aid the study committee fell outside official planning board powers. The bill had been halted after Doyle informed Fenderson that the engagement was unauthorized, with demonstrations and continuing controversy noted.
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City of
Saco
Planning Board
Charles W. Fenderson
Hans Klunder Associates
Study Committee
Donald C. Doyle
Doyle
William F. Wilson
Klunder
Fenderson
Council
Maine Law Proposes Noncommercial Lobster License
A Maine bill would create a noncommercial lobster license for those lacking a commercial license allowing lobstering only on weekends or holidays for personal use. The measure targets separating amateurs from professionals to prevent competition.
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Augusta
Clarence E. Crosby
Rhennebank
Maine
Chuckle: Perfectionist Takes Great Pains and Gives Them
A witty quip notes that a perfectionist is someone who takes great pains and gives them to others, a tongue in cheek definition attributed to a corporate humor source.
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WRR
Fea, Corp
Brochu Freed On Bail In Murder Case
Alfred A. Brochu 42 of Biddeford, indicted for murder in the death of his wife Monique 41 on Thanksgiving Day 1966, released on $20,000 surety bail from York County Jail. Trial continuance granted to January term of Superior Court due to a crucial toxicologist witness abroad.
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Alfred — Armand A. Brochu
Biddeford
York County
Grand Jury
Monique
Saco 10Th District
Brochu
Lincoln Spencer
Richard S. Cohen
Augusta
United States
J. Albert Merryman
Northeastern Blizzard Sparks Widespread Closures and Warnings
A vigorous northeast storm drives heavy snow and strong winds across New England and the Mid-Atlantic. The Weather Bureau issued heavy snow and gale warnings for multiple states as schools close and traffic slows from New York to Massachusetts.
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Boston
New England
Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Old Town
Rumford
Montpelier
Glens Falls
N.Y
Eastport
Block Island
R.I
Associated Press
South Carolina
New York City
Seaboard
New York State
Mercury
Plattsburg
Watertown
Washington D.C
University of Maryland At College Park
Maryland
Connecticut
Atlantic
New Orleans
Carolinas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Snow Threat Tests Gary City Resolve Amid Deep Winter
Mayor Katz said normalcy could return in a couple of weeks if violent weather ends, while residents push back against perceived neglect. He notes 3 billion cubic feet of snow since January as Chicago crews clear 1,426 abandoned cars and Gary plows over 1,400 blocks, yet many streets remain blocked.
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Detroit
Robert Toohey
Public Works
Toohey
Gary
Ind
A. Martin Katz
Katz
Chicago
House Approves Local Option Date Switch And Other Bills
The Maine House advanced a bill to move liquor local option voting from November to the June primary to ease election-day congestion. Other actions included approving longer suspensions for traffic violators to 30 days, a bomb materials possession statute, and a blood test proposal for fatal accidents. The agriculture commissioner appointment debate split along party lines with the Senate tabling both reports.
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Augusta
House
Election Laws Committee
Stanley F. Hanson Jr
E. Louise Lincoln
R-Bethel
Archie Humphrey
Abbott M. Pendergast
Rhennebunkport
Judiciary Committee
Maynard C. Dolloff
Senate
Viet Cong shells four airfields as Tet truce nears
In South Vietnam Viet Cong fire hits four airstrips as Tet truce begins. U.S. and allied forces report 143 Communist deaths, with air offensives winding down before the cease fire. A downed U.S. observation plane and rescue helicopter prompt missing crew notices.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Mekong
Tra Cu
Tra Noe
Capital
Binh Thuy
Nam Dinh
Hai Phong
Mu Gia
Gadsden
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Tay Ninh
196Th Light Infantry
Independence
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Storer Street
Pleasant Street
Paul Mercier
Police and Fire Commission
Earl Jameson
Charles Desper
Kosy
Lator
Public Utilities Commission
Crosby
Richard L. Dunn
Denmark
Dunn
Ep. E. Louise Lincoln
Rbethel
Charlotte H. White
Guilford
Weir
Stor Sales Arundel
Ord
Virginia
Tennessee
West Virginia
North Carolina
Ohio
New Jersey
Hanson
English Army Airfield
Qui Nhon
South China Sea
Parent-Teacher Association
Lawrence Woodward
Thomas Morrison
Saco Pta
PTA
C. K. Burns
Butler’s Dept. Store
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