Biddeford Budget Tabled After 1968 Jump Analysis
In Biddeford a special council meeting tabled a proposed 1968 total budget of 3 004 441 to allow probing department heads on a 964 024 rise from 1967. The panel reviewed last year’s 2 040 417 budget, discussed a new wage scale, and agreed to have the finance committee revise the ’68 budget as salaries shift starting Feb 1.
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Civil Defense
Poll Berry
May St
Biddeford
Berry
Richard P. Potvin
Birch St
Daniel Turkanis
Saco River
Turkanis
Saco
Romney Urges Tax Hike To Reach Balanced Budget
Gov George Romney outlines Vietnam plan and calls for a federal spending ceiling in 1969 with a reasonable tax increase to balance the budget by 1970. He met Kosygin in Moscow on Dec 19 and said the Soviet leader showed interest but gave no commitment. Romney also criticized Johnsons Vietnam policy and urged negotiation terms less demanding unconditional surrender.
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Keene
N.H
George Romney
Vietnam
Alexsei N. Kosygin
Romney
Kosygin
Moscow
Munsonville
Keene State College
Johnson
White House
Snowflake wisdom in chaos of Chuckle Men
The note jokes that snowflakes are unique yet work together to achieve common goals like tying up traffic, humorously suggesting a lesson for the Chuckle Men to learn from nature in coordinating big efforts.
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WRR
Fea. Corp
Planning Grant Approved for Biddeford Public Works
An $82 000 planning advance for Biddeford city public works gained approval from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Sen. Edmund S Muskie and Rep. Peter N Kyros aides confirmed the NEWS Journal. The interest free loan is repayable at construction start and will fund street planning and public safety initiatives.
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Biddeford
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Earthquakes in Sicily Cause Surge in Deaths and Missing
In western Sicily a major quake raises the toll to over 300 dead with about 1,500 missing and more than 1,500 injured. Rescue teams race to reach buried survivors as aftershocks continue. thousands shelter outside in cold while fires light up vineyards and fields.
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Palermo
Sicily
Mediterranean
Sicily quake toll rises as towns destroyed and aid pours in
In western Sicily Palermo and Trapani escaped major damage while Montevago and Gibellina suffered devastation. About 200 feared dead at Montevago, 100 missing, with Messina quake memories resurfacing. Mafia stronghold area damaged. president Saragat and Vatican aid mobilize. International relief includes British, American, and Italian forces delivering tents, blankets, food, and medical teams.
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Sicily
Palermo
Trapani
Messina
Montevago
Gibellina
Salaparuta
Salemi
Poggioreale
Santa Margherita di Belice
Giuseppe Saragat
Rome
Paolo Emilio Tavia
Vatican
Italy
Royal Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Germany
U. S
Frederick Reinhardt
Woman Dies Of Injuries In Arundel Car Crash Trio Buried
Mrs. Marguerite B. Boucher 50 of Hills Beach Biddeford died at Webber Hospital from injuries after an auto crash Saturday night at Arundel that also killed her husband Jean Paul Boucher and son Michael. Born June 12 1917 in Biddeford she worked in a cafeteria and belonged to several local groups. Surviving are son Jean Paul T. Boucher Livermore Falls a grandson and granddaughter and several cousins. Funeral services will be Thursday at 9 am from St Andre Church with burial in St Joseph Cemetery.
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Marguerite B. Boucher
Hills Beach
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Arundel
Jean Paul Boucher
Michael
Arsene Bourgeault
St. Francisco
Ourchy of Fatima Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St. Andre’s Home and Hospital
St. Francis College Guild
Jean Paul T. Boucher
Livermore
Falls
St. Andre's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Antiwar actors launch drive to aid six vulnerable lawmakers
Hollywood and Broadway stars led by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward announce a fundraiser in New York to support a Congressional Peace Campaign Committee aiding six Democratic lawmakers facing tough re elections. Co chairmen Sen Stephen M Young and Rep William F Ryan outline aims as artists including Belafonte Streisand Bernstein Reiner Carroll Smothers Ryan Wallach Jackson Newman and Woodward perform.
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Washington
Hollywood
U.S
Vietnam
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
New Yor
Congressional Peace Campaign Committee
Stephen M. Young
Dohio
William F. Ryan
D-N.y
Tony Randall
Alan Arkin
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Wayne L. Morse
Oregon
George E. Brown Jr
Phillip
New York
Lincoln Center
Philharmonic Hall
Harry Belafonte
Barbra Streisand
Leonard Bernstein
Carl Reiner
Diahann Carroll
Tommy Smothers
Robert Ryan
Eli Wallach
Anne Jackson
Newman
Miss Woodward
Public Works Freeze Lifted
Washington AP reports the Johnson Administration lifted a public works construction freeze on Army Engineer and Reclamation Bureau projects. The action ends the moratorium on new contracts for these agencies though overall spending remains capped by a 4.1 billion dollar domestic cut. Savings stem from delays, with most slowdowns occurring in winter.
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Washington
Johnson Administration
Army Engineer and Reclamation Bureau
Budget Bureau
Lut
Agen
Cies
Congress
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
Britain Plans Austerity Push Cuts Far East Military Ties
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced by end of 1971 the withdrawal of Britain’s armed forces from the Far East and the Persian Gulf while pursuing a joint air defense system for Malaysia and Singapore. He also revealed social welfare cuts, canceled a 1.02 billion dollar contract for 56 swing-wing aircraft, and stressed Britain must prove it can pay its way.
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London
Harold Wilson
Thas
Far East
Persian Gulf
House of Commons
Willson
Britain
Southeast Asia
Malaysia
Singapore
Wilson
NASA Testing Enriched Air In Fire Safety Push
Houston AP report: NASA begins testing enriched air mixture for Apollo program safety after fatal Cape Kennedy fire. Tests use 60 percent oxygen and 40 percent nitrogen to reduce fire risk while delaying plan to deliver the first Apollo model.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
East- Tierce
NASA
America
Rockwell Corp
Delta Viet Cong hold in Mekong Delta endures a year later
AP analysis reports Viet Cong maintain dominance in most villages of the Mekong Delta a year after U S forces entered to bolster South Vietnamese troops Brig Gen William Desobry says the Viet Cong are “going down steadily” while predicting gains in one to two years U S forces note civilian casualties eclipse 3 800 and Viet Cong strength is about 80 000 with much of the delta under guerrilla control
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John T. Wheeler
Associated Press
Dong Tam
Vietnam
U.S
Mekong
William R. Desobley
Delta
Desobry
Lone
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Saigon
Central Highlands
Saion
Highlands
Iico
South Vietnam
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