Maine Legion Sets Meeting in Waterville
The Executive Committee of the Maine Department of the American Legion will hold the first 1967 meeting at the Waterville Legion Hall on Sunday January 15. State and county leaders will attend, discuss membership programs and reports, and hear on 50th anniversary plans for 1969 and The American Legion Story book promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Maine, American Legion
Waterville
Waterville Legion Auxiliary
Sheltra
Maurice R. Parisien
Portland
Legion
Daniel E. Lambert
Orrington
American Legion
Raymond Moley Jr
Maine Legion
Maine
Reginald Dennis
Maurice Morse
Cherryfield
Gerald Bond
Oakland
Robert C. MacFarland
Thomaston
Officers Told to Reserve Luncheon Seats
All officers attending the program should make reservations for the luncheon by contacting State Adjutant Anthony Lee at 119 Main St Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Lee
Main St
Waterville
Blaze Drives 45 From Building in Portland Fire
Fire swept a four story East End apartment at Congress Street and Washington Avenue early today. About 45 people, 38 children, were evacuated after a kitchen fire in Edna Crockett’s second floor unit. Richard Crockett alerted others. flames damaged third and fourth floors. Loss set at 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Edna Crockett
Richard
Joseph R. Cremo
AP Final Offer In Pay Talks With Guild
The Associated Press announced a two year pay deal proposal to the American Newspaper Guild offering top scale newsmen a minimum of 200 dollars weekly in year one and 207 in year two. The Guild rejected and countered with higher minimums. The contract expired at midnight but was extended to January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
American Newspaper Guild
George Papp
Guild
Bass Footwear Plans Bowdoinham Plant Opening
G H Bass & Co will open a Bowdoinham plant employing 100 to 200 people. President George H Bass II cites rising demand for Bass footwear. Anne Brierly named plant superintendent. she interviews workers at the Bowdoinham town office. Maine Department of Economic Development and local officials assisted. The Wilton company makes moccasin style shoes and sandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdeinham Development Commission
Wilton
Hanscom Retires After 15 Years as Kennebunk Town Hall Custodian
Bertram Hanscom of Heath Road retires after more than 15 years as Kennebunk Town Hall custodian. Known for sign painting and poems, he was gifted a purse by the town and friends. He plans to take it easy this winter and return to sign painting next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Bertram Hanscom
Heath Road
Bert
Newsroom Strike Threat Recedes as Pay Talks Progress
The Guild had authorized its negotiating committee to strike if no settlement was reached. Company wage offers range from 3 to 7 dollars weekly in year one and 2.5 to 6 in year two for workers not covered by newsman minimums.
Kyros Targets National Affairs In Washington Plan
Maine freshman Rep. Peter Kyros outlines focus on domestic issues including low cost power education anti pollution and small business. He supports unrestricted college grants student loans Head Start oversight and a 10 percent increase for Social Security and Medicare. Kyros will work with Bath Iron Works Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Sanders Associates on oceanography proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
U.S
Maine
Washington
House
Peter N, Kyros
National Women’s Press Club
Hubert Humphrey
George Romney
Michigan
Bath Iron Works
Portsmouth Naval
Kittery
Sanders Associates Inc
South Portland
Kyros
Anti Communist flags spark tension in Macao amid government ban
In Macao local labor unions raised Nationalist flags defying a Portuguese rule banning flags from enemies of the Communist mainland. Residents feared clashes between Communist and Nationalist factions as Peking’s stance framed the flags as subversive. The small colony remained tense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
MACAO
Red China
Red
Peking
Accident on Route 1 in Saco details rear collision
Saco police report a Route 1 crash yesterday afternoon when a car driven by Doreen J. Huntley 21 of West Scarborough stopped for a red light and was hit from behind by Rosario Turgeon 19 of 62 Storer Street Saco who could not stop in time Turgeon was issued a summons for inadequate brakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Doreen J. Huntley
Scarborough
Rosario Turgeon
Storer St
Turgeon
Older Pilots Filling Air Force Vacancies
The Air Force will restore 2300 older airmen to flight roles abandoned in 1960 61 and plans to train 3247 pilots annually an increase of 487. Randolph Base near San Antonio is reactivated as a pilot training base with 891 officers 2472 enlisted and 766 civilian staff at an estimated cost of 300 million over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Pentagon
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Vietnam
Navy
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Sen
C. John Stennis
D-Miss
Congress
Freda Gagne Weds Joseph R Goodwin in Portsmouth
Freda P Gagne and Joseph R Goodwin wed in Portsmouth on December 24. The bride is the daughter of Edna McCain Gagne and the late J Fred Gagne. the groom is the son of Grace B Goodwin and the late Robert Goodwin. They will reside on West Road after January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N.H
Freda P. Gagne
Joseph R. Goodwin
Edna McCain Gagne
Saco
J. Fred Gagne
Grace B. Goodwin
Rye, N.H
Robert Goodwin
West Road
Down East Chip and Clam Casserole Wins Maine Cooking Title
James E. Trott of Freeport won the 1967 Men's National Cooking competition in Portland Maine with his Down East Chip and Clam Casserole. Trott, a sales engineer, was chosen Tuesday by judges who were all women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
James E. Trott
Freeport
Maine
Trott
Town Policy On Sick Leave Is Discussed
Wells officials discuss a new sick leave policy with Police Chief James McMahon while the Police Department budget is reviewed. A tentative plan proposes one to two and a half days per month, with broader townwide rules to be set by the budget. Ruth Stackhouse gains pay increases until a town manager is hired as office manager. Taxes paid reach 769,970.62 on 192 percent of the levy, with licenses sale actions tabled for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Police Department
James McMahon
Board of Selectmen
Hamlin Lord
Ruth Stackhouse
Selectmen
William Abbott
Planning Board
Fellowship Slate Installed At Biddeford Church Rite
A candlelight service installed the new officers of the Women's Fellowship of the United Church of Christ in Biddeford. Rev. John Miller led the rites as Mrs. Mark Horne became president and officers including Mrs. Wayne Hutchins and Mrs. Warren Libby were announced. Refreshments followed and Circle D members will serve at the next meeting February 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship of the United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
John Miller
Robert Noble
Mark Horne
Wayne Hutchins
Warren Libby
William Beety
Philip Scamman
Norman Lundy
William ‘Trott
Charles Patrick
Alfred Bradford
Joseph Haley
Claude Faulkner
Horace Nichols
Earle Atwood
Robert Montgomery
Leo Pratt
John Moeckel
George Harpoot Jian
Richard Long
Paul Larrabee
Carleton Foss
Neil Dow
Reginald McAdoo
Ruby Packard
Bids Open for City Radio System Contract
Biddeford's finance committee opened two bids for a street department communications system including a base station for the fire department 12 mobile units a remote control unit at the street department HQ and a tower and antenna at the fire station. Apparent low bidder was General Electric of Portland at 7 803 87 with Linear Electron a close second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
General Electric of
Portland
Linear Electron
Mooers Triplets Born at Augusta General Hospital
Gardiner AP reports Mr. and Mrs. Robert D Mooers welcomed triplets Heather Jean Jeffrey Scott and Holly Jean at Augusta General Hospital on Tuesday. The three babies, two girls and a boy, are two months premature and in incubators. The couple also has children David four Richard three and Robert fifteen months.
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Gardiner
Robert D. Mooers
Heather Jean
Jeffrey Scott
Holly Jean
David
Richard
Robert
Navy Pilots Battle MIG and Viet Cong Actions in Vietnam
Reports detail a Monday air battle over Vietnam with a disintegrating MIG, 288 U S strike sorties Tuesday, and 78 by South Vietnamese pilots. Ground actions kill 132 Viet Cong in four operations near Saigon and the Mekong Delta. Names released include Thomas R. Scales and Robert W. Monahan, plus Ophelia Gaza. Viet Cong and U S officials report civilian casualties and ongoing terror incidents, while military strength and control estimates show limited secure government control across South Vietnam.
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South Vietnam
U. S
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Thomas R. Scales
Matamoras
Robert W. Monahan
Bellport
Long Island
N.Y
Ophelia Gaza
Air America
Scales
Monahan
Vung Tau
Red
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
U.S
South Vietnamese Constitutional Assembly
Rochester firm cites $11,350.10 figure in Comco system
IcS Inc of Rochester New Hampshire cites a figure of 11350.10 on a Comco brand system. No decision will be made until further research into the matter is conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ics Inc
Rochester
N.H
Comco
Maine Education Study Wins Endorsement For Two Reforms
Augusta AP says Maine education authorities endorsed two main proposals from the Maine Advisory Commission on Higher Education. The legislature should adopt a comprehensive policy to expand and strengthen public and private higher education. A statewide University of Maine system would merge existing and future institutions. Coles, Bowdoin president, noted broad backing from state education leaders. Final report due January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Maine Advisory Commission On Higher Education
James S. Coles
Commission
University of the State of Maine
Coles
Icing Streets Blamed for Three Minor Biddeford Accidents
Biddeford police report icing streets led to three minor crashes yesterday. George E. Campbell of Saco rear ended at Main and Elm Streets, Florence D. Auger of Biddeford involved, no injuries. Archie Montpas of Biddeford had a parked car struck. driver not identified. Roland Turgeon of Biddeford skidded on ice on Alfred Road into a ditch. no injuries. Investigating officers were Police Chief Edgar Sevigny and Capt. Philip Poirier with sergeants Elwell and Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
George E. Campbell
Buxton Road
Saco
Main
Elm Streets
Florence D. Auger
Elm St
Archie Montpas
Middle St
Alfred Street
Roland J. Turgeon
RFD 1
Alfred Road
Edgar Sevigny
Philip Poirier
Albert Elwell
Lionel Gardner
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London
Bass Footwear
Bowdoinham
Hanscom
Butter and Egg Stores
GIANT
Elm Street
Katmandu
Nepal
Himalayas
Ellsworth Bunker
Carol Laise
Miss Laise
India
New Delhi
Bunker
Patras
Greece
Peloponnesus
Southampton
England
Esso Glasgow
Europe
Esso
Fawley
Chester
Freda Gagne
Riverside
Calif
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Biddeford Rites
Acousticon
Jackson
Congress St
Otty
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