Harris delays Cromwell role for Collins in Ireland film
London AP Richard Harris the Irish actor, 35, shelved plans to play Oliver Cromwell to portray Michael Collins in a film set in Ireland early next year. Produced by Kevin McClory, Harris cited affinity for Collins and Cromwell, noting Collins’s role in ending centuries of Irish resistance while Cromwell’s memory still stirs Irish hatred. The project aims to film in Ireland with McClory as producer.
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Richard Harris
Oliver Cromwell
Ireland
Michael Collins
Harris
Kevin McClory
John Huston
Collins
Cromwell
England
Strategy for a Livable Environment Aims at Pollution Control
The 1967 Strategy for a Livable Environment calls for bold action to curb pollution with a $2.5 billion five year program by HEW. It urges air quality restoration, waste disposal, urban improvement, safety standards, and federal compliance to reduce emissions, waste and hazards.
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Douglas Brooks
Travelers Research Center, Inc
Hartford
Conn
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
John W. Gardner
Ron M. Linton
Urban American, Inc
Linton
Revelle
North Vietnam’s counter to bombing effects
North Vietnam intensified air defenses and strategic withdrawals to blunt bombing impact, distributing forces to shield key hubs while boosting anti aircraft artillery and civilian shelter use. The move aimed to sustain operations and minimize disruption despite sustained air strikes.
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North Vietnam
Camp Ellis Fire Auxiliary Meeting Reports and Prizes
At the Camp Ellis Fire Station the auxiliary met with Jeannine Pendleton presiding. Reports were given by secretary Ruth Stackpole treasurer Theresa Pendleton and sunshine chair Susan Gagne. Special prizes went to Constance Collard and Ruth Stackpole. Refreshment duties for next week assigned to Theresa Pendleton and Joanne Larochelle with Phyllis Labbe and Constance Collard serving tonight. Dorothy Abbott attended.
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Camp Ellis
Phyllis Labbe
Constance Collard
Dorothy Abbott
Two Donations Approved by County Salon
Members of Salon 257 Eight and Forty voted in a meeting at Mrs. Doris Taylor’s Winter Street home in Saco. $10 was allocated to a nurses scholarship and $2 to the departmental chapeau’s project for a musical instrument for the National Jewish Hospital in Denver. The next meeting is set for March 21 at Mrs. Rose Sullivan’s Hall Avenue home. refreshments were served by Mrs. Taylor with Mrs. Gertrude Rankin assisting.
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Doris Taylor
Winter Street
Saco
Germaine Grant
National Jewish
Taylor
Gertrude Rankin
Sullivan
Angie Cote
Florence Lewis
Alice Milliken
Martha Beaudoin
Florence Gagne
Muriel Forest
June Tarbox
Reports Given To Pre School Students At Small Fry Nursery School
Progress reports were distributed today to pre school students at Small Fry Nursery School on F Avenue Biddeford. The reports cover social development child behavior use of materials art music poetry and dressing themselves. Names listed include Pauline Angers Richard Boisclair Rose Lambert Catherine Hersey Page Hersey Janet Gillis Diana Gillis Scott Croteau Kevin Morissette Mark Machado Ronald Fleurant David Levesque Lynn Pinette Jesse Painchaud and Tamara Gadbois. Director is Mrs Jacqueline Goulet. KEOTA IOWA Mrs Hazel Sievert believes her hard working hen may have set a record noting an eight pound Cornish hen laid an egg measuring 7 1/4 inches around the middle and 9 1/4 inches around the ends containing four yolks.
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Small Fry Nursery School
F. Avenue
Biddeford
Pauline Angers
Richard Boisclair
Rose Lambert
Catherine Hersey
Page Hersey
Janet Gillis
Diana Gillis
Scott Croteau
Kevin Morrisette
Mark Machado
Ronald Fleurant
David Levesque
Lynn Pinette
Jesse Painchaud
Tamara Gadbois
Jacqueline Goulet
Keota
Iowa
Hazel Sievert
Sievert
Wirtz delays end to copper strike health risk ruling
Secretary Wirtz says the copper strike has not yet reached a level that endangers national health and safety. He testified that only when the government is convinced such a condition exists can Taft-Hartley provisions be invoked during the cooling off period. Senate inquiry covered timing and legal action. The discussion framed the strike within federal labor law thresholds.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Paul J. Fannin
R-Ariz
Subcommittee set to probe FCC radio frequency adequacy
A House subcommittee will open hearings next week on the adequacy of radio frequencies assigned by the Federal Communications Commission. Mexico and the United States agree to a five year pact allowing fishing in waters between 9 and 12 miles off each coast. FDA bans Bithionol use in cosmetics due to harmful sun exposure reactions.
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Capital
House
Federal Communications Commission
Mexico
United States
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
McNamara Remarks On February Departure Date
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara jokes with newsmen that his present job ends in February and quips about the month having only 29 days, while discussing the upcoming change in leadership.
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Robert S. McNamara
East Berlin Tensions Rise Over NATO Base Threat
East Germany leader Ulbricht warned West Berlin would not be tolerated as a NATO base amid escalating U S and Soviet statements on Berlin. He spoke at a Communist rally in East Berlin after Moscow accused Bonn of provocative actions in Berlin. A State Department note denied West German activity to boost Berlin pressure.
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Associated Press Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Ulbricht
East Berlin
Bonn
United States
Berlin
U.S. State Department
West Germany
Amateurs Set The Theme For Flower Show
East Boston residents curate the New England Spring Garden and Flower Show at Suffolk Downs March 16 to 24. Open to the public Saturday noon March 16 with daily hours 10 am to 10 pm and Sunday 1 pm. closing March 24 at 6 pm. The show features an amateur theme a New England country village and extensive professional displays of woodland scenes gardens with swimming pools conservatories and outdoor work areas. Major plant collections include orchids gesneriads geraniums tree peonies clematis and popular house plants.
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Boston
New England
Founders Day Observed By Beach PTA
Old Orchard Beach PTA met at Jameson School Cafeteria with Capt. Santo Parker presiding. Reports for December and January were read and accepted. Budget presented by Howard Cushman. Founders Day honored Mrs Barbara Freeman for bylaws work. Cake donated by Mrs Anthony Eramo sold to Frederick DeRocher. Founders Day gift $5 to State Dept. Ways and Means chair Marie Smith reported $30 from Jan 27 Variety show. March 21 meeting postponed to March 28. next program on Sex Education with Fred Douglas. Cities planning Fall programs include Bangor Augusta Skowhegan Rockland and South Hiram. Portland Saco Old Orchard Beach in planning. Participants: Mrs Chalice Jones and Mrs Lavina Kimball.
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Old Orchard Beach
Parent Teacher Association
Jameson School
Capt
Santo Parker
Howard Cushman
Barbara Freeman
Freeman
P.T.A
Anthony Eramo
Frederick DeRocher
State Department
Marie Smith
Ways and Means
Fred Douglas
State Health and Welfare Department
Bangor
Augusta
Skowhegan
Rockland
South Hiram
Portland
Saco
Chalice Jones
Lavina Kimball
Dance Slated By Biddeford Seniors
Biddeford High School senior class hosts a dance at Steve White gym with Instant Puddings and the Assylumni providing entertainment. The event runs from evening until 11 PM, per Senior President Fay Lariviere.
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Biddeford High School
Steve White
Fay Lariviere
Networks Plot Next Season TV Schedules As Primetime Shifts
Networks renew, move, and cancel shows ahead of the 1968-69 season. CBS NBC and ABC prepare lineups. some Third-place NBC, CBS, and ABC series face uncertain fates, including Run For Your Life and Lost in Space, with debates on finales.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
CBS
NBC
ABC
Network i
Editors Urge Year Delay In Bar Proposal
A group of New England editors urged the American Bar Association to postpone for one year action on a proposal limiting pretrial publicity by the news media. They urged a nationwide survey first and noted plans for a $150,000 study by the AP on effects of pretrial publicity. The editors proposed a May 20 meeting in Newton, Massachusetts and discussed action against officials who bar media access to records and meetings.
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Concord
N.H
New England Newspage
American Ar Association Today
News Mena
Paul C. Reardon
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Reardon
Bar Association
House of Delegates
ABA
Chicago
New England
Associated Press News Executives Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Daily News
Ernest W. Chard
Portland
Maine
Press- Herald
Evening Express
T. K. Brindley
Falliver
Mass
Herald-News
Joseph L. Doherty
Boston Globe
Raymond A. Brighton
Portsmouth
Herald
Charles W. Gallagher
Lynn
Stem
Thomas W. Gerber
Concord Monitor
Jack Simms
Boston
Area Students on SMVTI Dean's List
Several students from Biddeford and Saco earned Dean's List honors at Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute. Named by Dean Joseph R. DeCourcey, the honorees include John B. Roberge Paul D. Marchand Michael C. Perrin David P. Peck Thomas L. Harris Richard A. Hill Richard H. Paquette and Karl D. Walbridge all from Biddeford or nearby Ocean Park.
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South Portland
Biddeford- Saco
Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute
Joseph R. DeCourcey
John B. Roberge
Paul D. Marchand
Michael C. Perrin
David P. Peck
Thomas L. Harris
Biddeford
Richard A. Hill
Richard H. Paquette
Saco
Karl D. Walbridge
Ocean Park
Card Party Aids Beach FHA Fund
A card party to benefit the Future Homemakers of America at Old Orchard Beach High School was held Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don. The event was directed by Home Economics teacher Mrs. Sandra Lard.
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Old Orchard Beach
Homemakers of America
Old Orchard Beach High School
Sandra Lard
Don
Gorillas Stand as Giants of The Ape World
Gorilla specimens dominate the primate realm with weights reaching up to forty pounds, highlighting their substantial size compared with other apes.
Local Bridge Players Rally in Fund Drive
Ald Briggs hosts a bridge session on Lawn Avenue with players including Eve Prendergast, Margaret Field, Gertrude Leonard, Estelle Aranovitch, Jane Shaw, Rosalie Ross, Eugene Gordon and Rolan Staples. Field’s high score leads as proceeds aid a fund to send a F.H.A. to the Florida convention.
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Ald Briggs
Lawn Avenue
Eve Prendergast
Margaret Field
Gertrude Leonard
Estelle Aranovitch
Jane Shaw
Rosalie Ross
Briggs
Miss Field
Eugene Gordon
Rolan Staples
F.H.A
Florida
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