Pacification Efforts Falter as Communist Help Refilled Vacuums
U S officials report pacification in 13 of 44 provinces seriously damaged while 16 moderately and 15 slightly. Withdrawn ARVN battalions and Revolutionary Development teams created security vacuums allowing Communist recruitment and propaganda. Communists bypassed urban regions, disrupted government functions, and entered hamlets once pacified, destroying schools and clinics in Tuy Phuoc and Tuy Phuoc districts in Binh Dinh Province.
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U.S
Saigon
Binh Dinh
Tuy Phuoc
Seventeen of 31 Development teams pulled for combat drive
Seventeen of Binh Dinh's 31 Revolutionary Development teams were withdrawn to towns to meet Communist attacks. Local militiamen were pulled from hamlets and the U.S. estimates the program is set back at least 18 months. An official warned that if the Communists launch annual offensives the program may never get off the ground. Top Americans say the 1968 program must be scaled down and objectives reconsidered.
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Binh Dinh
U.S
World Calendar plan seeks 91 day quarters with Worldsday
The World Calendar Association proposes redefining quarters to start on Sunday with a 31 day first month, followed by two 30 day months, totaling 91 days and ending on Saturday. A Worldsday would be added after December 30 to reach 365. Leap Year Day is suggested between June 30 and July 1 in textile years.
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World Calendar Association
Bis Textile
Oilmen and shrimpers face Gulf pipe problems
Gulf Coast oil drilling leaves pipes protruding from the seabed, snagging trawls and rigs. New Orleans fish broker Theodore Shepard notes cooperation from industry, while dynamite testing by seismographic crews adds risk. Oyster suppliers report severe earlier troubles but say overall cooperation has improved. A government advisory committee is studying the issue.
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Gulf Coast
Theodore Shepard
New Orleans
Sal Sunseri
Sunseri
George Snow
Market News and Statistics
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Snow
Shepard
Lucille Ball Plans CBS Show Format Change Next Season
Lucille Ball announced plans to alter the format of her CBS series next season to bring back her two children from the early episodes, Lucie and Desi Jr. The move follows shifts in production from Connecticut to Hollywood and is possibly influenced by NBCs Rowan and Martin program gaining ratings. The article also notes ABCs Noel Coward special with Peter OToole and Honor Blackman, and the end of Marlene Sanders five minute news summaries.
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Lucille Ball
England
Lucy
Variety
CBS
Hollywood
Arnaz
Lucie
Desi Jr
Desi
Dino Martin
Dean
IBC
Rowan and Martin
McNamara faces critics over defense policy and arms race
The article outlines criticisms of McNamara’s tenure as secretary of defense, including civilian control, shifting to cost effective planning, and five year budgets. Opponents question Vietnam war risk analysis, Soviet missile gains, and the TFX program’s Navy issues. It notes naval and air force concerns and ends by referencing Thomas Sully's painting model.
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McNamara
U.S
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Congress
Vietnam
Navy
Maine Briefs: McFadden Dies at 91 and State News
Maine’s oldest active oarsman Roscoe P. McFadden, a pharmacist since 1897 who ran his own store since 1916, has died at 91. Maine reports 276 of 312 miles of Interstate 95 open and 89 percent of its allotted mileage carrying cars. Influenza cases drop to 59 in the week ended Feb 17, total 1,200. Richard Corriveau, 26, pleads innocent to marijuana possession and is bound over to the grand jury. Horace Hildreth urges school-based anti-drug lectures as he runs for Congress. State liquor stores to remove cash after closing due to a rash of break-ins. losses approach $11,000 with safes pried open and a Livermore Falls robbery followed by abandoned trucks and safes.
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Bath
Maine
Roscoe P. McFadden
McFadden
Augusta
U. S. Transportation Department
Connecticut
Oregon
Lewiston
Richard V. Corriveau
Liquor Commission
Commission
Livermore Falls
Falmouth
Scarborough
Waldoboro
Quiz Q and A on honors and biology facts
Quick quiz questions cover who holds the most honorary degrees Herbert Hoover 84 figures the Smyrna fig relies on fig wasp for cross pollination and vitamin D first synthesized commercially in 1927 and marketed 1928. Lichens lack true roots stems or leaves.
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Herbert Clark Hoover
United States
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Army to study radiation effects on decision making
Washington AP reports Army researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center will open a behavioral science laboratory to study radiation impacts on total patient behavior. The project will assess reflexes blood pressure memory intelligence and personality factors using radiation patients data. House approves congressional Spain trip despite Rep Gross protest and votes to send three Agriculture Committee members to Madrid for a farm products sale meeting March 6 12.
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Associated Press
Washington
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Behavioral Science Laboratory
House
Spain
H. R. Gross
Rigwa
Gross
Agriculture Committee
Madrid
U.S
Thomas G. Abernethy
D-Miss
Paul C. Jones
Dmo
George V. Hansen
Rome
L. T. Easey
Agreement Neared on Nuclear Pact and Travel Discount Plan
Washington officials say a U S Soviet nuclear nonproliferation treaty is within a few words of final form. Antipoverty chief Sargent Shriver jokes he knows nothing of any ambassador offer from President Johnson. A coalition of 22 U S airlines has proposed discounts to attract more foreign travel with half price fares.
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Washington Post
United States
Soviet Union
Sargent Shriver
Johnson
France
U.S
America
Romney withdraws from race amid future concerns
Michigan Governor George Romney announces he is withdrawing from the Republican presidential contest. He states his aim to serve the country and its ideas differently, after scrutiny by the Civil Aeronautics Committee and York Bar Association boards. He previously represented Biddeford in the 99th Maine Legislature, serving on Gov Clinton Clauson’s steering and on the judiciary committee. The Second District, seeking Caron’s nomination, includes Biddeford Arundel Kennebunkport and Wells.
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Michigan
George Romney
Civil Aeronautics Committee
York Bar Asso Board
Cration
Biddeford
Clinton Clauson
Judiciary
Caron
Arundel
Kennebunkport
Wells
Caron Named Leader in Biddeford Legal Circles
Caron of the Marshall Melnick and Caron firm is admitted to practice before the U S District Court and other federal and state courts. He holds membership in ABA American Trial Lawyers Maine Bar York County Bar and Federal Bar Association. He led Port land University Law School Alumni Association as president for two years and chairs the York County Bar Association financial committee. He has chaired the Biddeford Board of Registration and served as a former city councilman reflecting active York County Democratic political involvement.
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Biddeford
Marshall, Melnick and Caron
Caron
U.S. District Court
U. S. Supreme Judicial Court
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Treasury Department
American Bar Association
American Trial Lawyers
Maine Bar Association
York County Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Portland University Law School Alumni Association
Biddeford Board of Registration
York County Democratic
Staples AL Unit Hosts Silver Tea for Heart Fund
The Staples Alabama Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary held a silver tea for the Heart Fund at the post home on School Street on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Shirley Doe chaired arrangements. Mrs Gertrude L Heureux and Mrs Catherine Lemire served as auxiliary presidents, with Mrs Amelia Tibbetts in charge of the guest book.
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Old Orchard Reach
C. Fayette Staples
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
School Street
Shirley Doe
Auxiliary
Gertrude L'Heureux
Catherine Lemire
Amelia Tibbetts
No provision in UN charter for withdrawal of member
The statement notes that the United Nations charter contains no clause permitting a member nation to withdraw. It outlines implications for sovereignty and international obligations within the existing framework.
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U.N
Children’s items sold through infant care program
Fragmentary line suggests a note about children’s articles and a program or sale. Key terms reference Stites and a caution against throwing away items, urging sale or transfer through a communal or institutional channel. Further context is unclear due to garbled text.
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Westfield Avenue
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South Paris
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Oxford Hills
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University of Maine
University of Missouri
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Panty Girdle
Main Street
Cynthia Lowry
New York
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Noel Coward
Peter O’toole
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London
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James Bond
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Carol Channing
101 Men
Walter Matthau
George Burns
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State
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Thomas Wilcocks Sully
THE
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Portland
Horace Hildreth
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