Two Killed In Arundel Accident
A Biddeford woman, Marguerite Boucher, was hospitalized in poor condition with massive injuries after a head on crash in Arundel Saturday night that killed her husband Jean Paul Boucher and their 13 year old son Michael. The crash on Route 111 also injured driver Ernest Crocker. Funeral services for both father and son are set for St. Andre's Church with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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Webber Hospital
Jean Paul Boucher
Michael
Boucher
Marguerite
Sheriff's Department
Saco
Ernest Crocker
Lyman
Jerry E. Flowers
Maine State Police
Tedford Mines
Que
Emile and
Adelia Hu
Hills Beach
Bou
Gold Cover May Be Dropped In State of the Union Move
Washington AP report notes a request to Congress to remove the gold cover backing the dollar could appear in President Johnson’s State of the Union message this week. Officials say the move would reinforce a new balance of payments program and reduce the overseas dollar drain by $3 billion, with Johnson indicating all gold would back the dollar if the cover is removed.
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Martin
State of the Union
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Heller
NBC
Belgium
Switzerland
Democrats Split Over Vietnam Policy At California Conference
President Johnson's war policies drawing backing from about 1,000 California delegates while roughly 50 delegates rally behind Eugene McCarthy calling for immediate negotiations to end the war. Humphrey warns intraparty warfare could cost Democrats the White House as Romney visits New Hampshire amid GOP primaries and Rockefeller chatter. Gallup poll shows Johnson viewed as hawk by 66 percent, Nixon as hawk 46 percent, Kennedy dove 54 percent, Nixon leading GOP claim 31 percent in California.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
U.S
Vietnam
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White House
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McCarthy
Charles Warren
Gallup
Richard M. Nixon
Romney
Rockefeller
Robert F. Kennedy
D.N.Y
Alabama
George Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Los Angeles Times
Sicily Shaken by Deadly Quakes. Hundreds Killed
A pair of powerful earthquakes struck western Sicily, killing over 250 people and damaging towns including Gibellina Montevago Salaparuta and Santa Margherita di Belice. Rescue teams, relief planes, and blankets arrive as cold spreads and thousands seek shelter in fields.
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Salaparata
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Partanna
Salemi
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Menfi
Santa Ninfa
Salaparuta
Cient
Italy
Santa Margherita de Belice
Montevago
Mediterranean Sea
Messina
Bishop Will Enter Hospital For Minor Procedure
The Most Rev Peter L Gerety apostolic administrator of the Portland diocese will enter Mercy Hospital Wednesday for removal of a benign polyp from his colon. The chancery office says the procedure is minor and he is not expected to stay more than 72 hours.
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Portland
Peter L. Gerety
Mercy Hospital
Chancery Office
Heart Transplant Patient Is Critical
STANFORD Calif AP Mike Kasperak remained in critical condition after emergency gallbladder removal at Stanford University Medical Center. The one hour operation cleared the bile duct and gallbladder, while his transplanted heart from January 6 continues to beat normally. Medical experts in South Africa and Washington questioned the procedure's long term success and stressed the need for patients to return home to live normally.
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Calif
Mike Kasperak
Stanford University Medical Center
Norman E. Shumway
Santa Clara
Kasperak
Johannesburg
South Africa
Washington, D.C
Chrisjtiaan N. Barnard
Washington
Charles A Hufnagel
Georgetown University
Surgical Research Laboratory
U.S. News & World Report
Hufnagel
Romney Outlines Vietnam Policy for Peace and Neutralization
Michigan Governor George Romney unveiled a Vietnam plan emphasizing guaranteed neutralization, removal of direct conflict participants from East West rivalries, and a focus on Southeast Asia’s economic and social development. He urged a positive approach to possible Communist peace signals and pledged to support the Republican nominee in 1968.
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West
George Romney
Michigan
New Hampshire
Romney
Portsmouth
N.H
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Rom‘ney
Laconia
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Laconia Chamber of Commerce
Keene
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Detroit
Omney
Jerome P. Cavanaugh
Rail Merger Approved by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court approved the merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads, clearing the way for their combination by February 1. The approval comes almost six years after the firms sought government permission, marking the largest merger in U.S. business history.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Congress Returns to a Turbulent Election Year Session
The 90th Congress reassembles facing war inflation crime and racial unrest. Johnson seeks new tax measures and a stronger dollar while civil rights battles loom including a possible filibuster. Budget talks promise a record proposal with a broad set of administration aims and hearings to come.
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90Th
Congress
Good Fellowship
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House
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U.S
Defense
Vietnam
Old Brigade Retired From Draft Boards Across Nation
More than 1,500 draft board members aged 75 or older have retired in recent weeks under a new federal rule. The aging ex-officers, some in their 80s and 90s, served since 1941 with unpaid tenure on local boards. About 4,087 local boards and 96 appeal boards exist nationwide.
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Vietnam
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S.C
Joe C. Weyl
Armed Services
Archer A. Page
Richmond
Selective Service
Tom Hargis
Madison County
Ark
George Earl
Minnesota State Selective Service Appeal
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