Wendland Announces Expansion Plans for Biddeford Plant
Ronald D. Wendland of Components Inc. Biddeford, Maine, outlined expansion plans for the Biddeford plant. He noted that last year the facility grew by 12,000 square feet to support engineering and product development, and that nine months of new products and rising sales demand further justify more space. The company has contracted for an additional 15,000 square feet to expand manufacturing capacity for new product lines.
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Ronald D. Wendland
Maine
Components Inc
Biddeford
Wendland
Biddeford Opera
Safecrackers Hit Columbia Market in Biddeford Heist
Police report a late night break into Columbia Market on Elm Street with loss estimated between 5000 and 7000 dollars. Thieves used a crowbar tire wrenches a reshaped jack hammer kit and a sledge hammer to open the front and then the inner safe leaving blasting powder residue. The large front window was shattered but the inner safe remained unlocked. Police checked the store until 5 a.m. and did not report the incident until the manager opened today.
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Biddeford
Columbia Market
Elm Street
Yeggs
Adelbert Morin
Edgar Sevigny
Governor Against Hiking Sales Tax
Maine Governor Curtis says taxpayers have paid enough and opposes raising the sales tax to five percent. He doubts the measure will reach his desk, citing the need to avoid a lengthy political fight and noting cooperation in the current session. Proponents say funds are needed for education subsidies and the University of Maine.
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Augusta
Curtis
House
Senate
Maine
David J. Kennedy
R-Milbridge
University of Maine
Flames Gut Saco House
A Saco family of six fled a two and half story home on Pearl and Green Streets when fire gutted the dwelling in frigid early morning hours. Firefighters battled the blaze through subzero cold. one firefighter was taken to Weber Hospital, Biddeford, from exhaustion. A second fire at the Kesslen Shoe Corp on Park Street was limited to a boiler room wall with wiring blamed as a possible cause. No further damage reported.
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Saco
Henry Hughes
Pearl and
Green Streets
Conrad Grenier
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Kesslen Shoe Corp
Park Street
Viet Cong Attack Near Saigon Sparks Heavy U.S. Casualties
Viet Cong guerrillas launched a 10 hour attack on a U.S. platoon 19 miles south of Saigon, signaling intensified combat in South Vietnam. The period shows rising U.S. troop casualties in 1967 versus 1966, despite overall population trends suggesting a decline.
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U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Modest Yugoslav named head of Vatican Curia
The Vatican named Franjo Cardinal Seper a modest bespectacled Yugoslav to head the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith succeeding Cardinal Ottaviani. Seper, archbishop of Zagreb, has pushed for openness to Jews and dialogue with Communists and played a role in reconciling the church with Yugoslavia's government.
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Franjo Cardinal Seper
Paul VI
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
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Leper
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Paul
World Synod of Bishops
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Josef Cardinal
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Paul I
Mika Spiljak
Franjo Seper
Osijek
Croatia
Gregorian College of Theology
Rome
Yugo Slav
Alojzije Stepinac
Father Seper
Stepinac
Stepinae
Msgr. Seper
Transplant Patient In Critical Condition At Stanford
Mike Kasperak a 54 year old ex steelworker in Stanford California remains in critical condition after a heart transplant. He faced kidney and liver complications plus stomach and intestinal bleeding but heart function remained good. Doctors say his breathing required support and he watched news of the operation despite the dire condition. The donor was Virginia White a 43 year old Santa Clara mother who died after a stroke.
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Calif
Mike Kasperak
Kasperak
Norman E. Shumway
Stanford Medical School
Cleveland
East Palo Alto
Virginia White
Santa Clara
Weather Gladdened Jack Frost's Heart
Boston pa nd contends a bitter cold wave with subzero readings across the six state region. Vermont towns report record lows from -34 at St Johnsbury to -24 at Burlington while Boston hits a record low of 4 below zero. Schools in Massachusetts cities and suburbs close as the cold tightens its grip.
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Jack Frost
Weather Bureau
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Vermont
Newport
Canadian
Buylington
Pittsfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Greenville
Portland
Millinocket
Caribou
Augusta
McCarthy Receives Mixed Senate Support in 1968 Nomination Bid
Washington AP reports Sen Eugene McCarthy gains moral backing from fellow Vietnam critics in the Senate but little practical help. Sen Robert F Kennedy says he cannot advance peace by backing McCarthy and backs Johnson for re election. Sen Vance Hartke delays decision on a potential Indiana favorite son run to oppose Johnson over Vietnam. Kennedy calls the Vietnam debate sparked by McCarthy healthy for the party and notes no inconsistency in backing Johnson while criticizing Johnson's war policies. Hartke says McCarthy lacks an alternative to Johnson's approach.
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Senate
Eugene
McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
New York
Minnesota
Johnson
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Indiana
Kennedy
Vietnam
John
Hartke
New Budget Spending Expected To Top 190 Billion
The new style budget for Congress’ late month submission is likely to exceed 190 billion dollars, with total outlays including trust funds for Social Security highways and unemployment. Officials say spending will stay under 200 billion for the next fiscal year starting July 1, reflecting higher welfare Medicaid defense and Vietnam war costs.
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Congress
Know
Biddeford Man Dies In Two Vehicle Crash
A two car collision on South Street Biddeford this morning killed Fernald Le Clair 46 of 3 Main St Biddeford a passenger in the Daigle car. The Daigle car's other passenger Wayneau Dube of Foss Street was treated for cuts and held for observation. Norman R Frappier of RFD 3 Biddeford the other vehicle operator sustained multiple cuts and lacerations and was treated at Webber Hospital. The Daigle car headed toward Goodwins Mills skidded on a curve in front of Dr Georges Levesque then into Frappier’s path.
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Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Fernald LeClair
Main St
Et M. Baigie
Alfred St
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Foss Street
Norman R. Frappier
R.F.D
Webber
Goodwins Mills
Landry
Georges Levesque
South St
Fernand LeClair
Gilbert M. Daigle
Normand R. Frappier
Daigle
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