Watusi Children Flee War Amid Burundi Refugee Camps
The historic Watusi and Bahutu conflict forces thousands of children to seek safety in Burundi near the frontier. About 22,000 refugees live in camps as relief groups scramble to supply aid. Hostilities trace to 16th century cattle herding and a 1959 Bahutu rebellion against Watusi rule. The latest fighting began late last year with Inyenzi raids and Belgian-backed Rwanda army tensions.
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Burundi
Bahutus
Ethiopia
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Rwanda
Inyenzi
Marriage Intentions Filed in Saco and Biddeford Clerks
The Saco city clerk lists Edmond Wormwood and Margaret Meserve as filing marriage intentions. Biddeford records show Roland Deschambault and Jeanine Hanson, and Mark Ouellette with Nancy Pelletier as intending to wed.
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Saco
Edmond William Wormwood Coolidge
Margaret Ellen Meserve
Smith Road
Dayton
Biddeford
Roland Deschambault
Kossuth St
Jeannine Hanson
Franklin
St. Biddeford
Mark E. A. Ouellette
Raymond St
Nancy Pelletier
Pine St
Rockefeller Attacks Double Overtime Pay Plan
David Rockefeller, president of Chase Manhattan Bank, denounces the administrations double overtime proposal while criticizing the 18 hour White House workday cited by President Johnson. He urges a positive, policy driven approach including education retraining and tax cuts to expand jobs.
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Detroit
Johnson
White House
David Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
Rockefeller Brothers
Financial Executive Institute of Detroit
Supreme Court tackled important social problem
James Marlow analyzes the 1954 ruling ending segregation and the 1962 redistricting decisions as pivotal court actions. He notes the court's power to interpret the Constitution, Congress’s slow civil rights response, and the impact on national unity and foreign policy amid racial injustice.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Congress
John Marshall Harlan
Legislative Branch
Congr-s
Forum Warns of Gold Drain at Fort Knox
Readers fear Foreign drain on Fort Knox as the forum critiques Eisenhower policies. The piece accuses him of backing an army officer who promoted a communist and of aiding the campaign against Senator McCarthy over anti communism measures.
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Fort Knox
Eisenhower
Army
Peress
Joseph Raymond McCarthy
Fort Monmouth
States Department
Council of Foreign Relations
Charles Parsons
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Watusi
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Burndi
Dennis Lee Royle Stusi
Usumbura Burundi
ATLAS
Main Street
Local Finance Corp. System
Heritage Trophy
Waterboro
Maine
Men's & Boys
Garbardine
Big Yank
Washington Street
James Marlow
Associated Press News
People's Forum
Philco
Neault & Marcotte Inc
American Discount
A. H. Benoit Co
Butler’s Department Store
M. H. Fishman Co
Langevin
S & Boys
Lewis Polakewich, Inc
Murphy’s
Nichols & Co
Reliable Furniture Store
Western Auto Store
Bagley’s Supermarket
Bell Shops, Inc
Day’s Jewelry Store
Green’s Shoe Store
Liggett’s Drug Store
Murphy’s Music Store
the Men’s Shop, Inc
Wonderbar Steak House
Simard’s
Franklin Street
Merchants’ Committee of
The
Biddeford-Saco
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