Nothing Has Changed Much In War Arguments
James Marlow argues that despite shifts in troop levels and casualties, the public debate over Vietnam remains repetitive. He notes U S troop increase to about 395000, casualties over 6630, and continued disagreement over whether the war serves U S national interests while bombing North Vietnam continues.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Vietnam
United States
U.S
Dean Rusk
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Fulbright
Johnson
Rusk
North
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
FASTEETH Powder Hugs Dentures Firmly In Place
FASTEETH is an improved powder sprinkled on upper or lower dentures to keep false teeth from sliding or rocking. It is alkaline and does not sour and claims to prevent denture breath. See your dentist regularly and obtain FASTEETH at drug counters.
Portuguese Women Flee From Macao in Riot Aftermath
About 250 Portuguese women and children fled Macao for Hong Kong amid stalled negotiations over an apology for riots last month. Nearly 400 Macao Chinese also fled as panic spread to banks and money changers. eight were killed and over 100 wounded in the December riots.
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MACAO
Hong Kong
Lisbon
Biddeford Troop 308 Plans Week Observance and Events
Committeemen of Biddeford Boy Scout Troop 308 met at the St Josephs Parish scout hall to plan Boy Scout Week activities including a parents night and communion breakfast. Rev Sylvia Levesque led prayers with Roland Charland chairing. A skating party February 6 at St Louis Alumni field and a local showing of Follow Me Boys were arranged. Andre Cote earned a fishing merit badge while Raymond Mercier gained first class in first aid and Richard Lebel and Roland Trottier earned hike precuation badges. Attending were Leon Lamb scoutmaster Gerard Collard John Joncas Eugene Guerin and Oscar Normand.
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Biddeford
St. Joseph’s Parish
Sylvia Levesque
Roland Charland
Leon Lamb
St. Louis Alumni Field
Andre Cote
Raymond Mercier
Richard Lebel
Roland Trottier
Gerard Collard
John Joncas
Eugene Guerin
Oscar Normand
Mrs. Wallace Begins as Alabama Governor
Alabama voters witnessed Lurleen Wallace become the states first female governor. She opened her administration with a cabinet meeting and a legislative address while hinting at a potential statewide road bond push to refill the highway department.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
United States
Washington Dispatch on Visa Tensions and Military Posts
AP reports U S withholds visas from Czechoslovaks over Czech born citizen detention. Officials note tense relations but no travel ban. Also Johnson reshuffles top air force commands with Ryan moving to Pacific duties and Nazzaro and Compton advancing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Czechoslovakia
United States
U.S
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek
Cambridge, Mass
Moscow
Prague
Nazzaro
Glen W. Martin
Air Force
Compton
Johnson names Boonstra as ambassador to Costa Rica
President Johnson selects Clarence A. Boonstra a career Foreign Service officer to succeed Raymond Telles retiring as ambassador to Costa Rica.
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Capital
Johnson
Clarence A. Boonstra
Foreign Service
Raymond Telles
Costa Rica
Midwest Stifled by Paralyzing Blizzard Across 15 States
A severe blizzard battered the northern Midwest with winds up to 70 mph. The storm closed roads and schools, halted travel, and caused at least three deaths in Minnesota and South Dakota. Snow totals reached four feet near Lake Superior, while temperatures plummeted to minus 30 in some areas and warnings covered 15 states.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Canadian
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Rockies
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Plains
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
South Dakota
Upper Peninsula
Marquette
Lake Superior
Chokie
Minn
Greyhound
Minneapolis
Chicago
Tomah
Wis
High Plains
Colorado Springs
Nation
Atlantic Coast
International Falls
Key West
Fla
Kennedy book settlement reworks passages after assassination
The Kennedy family settles Harper & Row dispute over The Death of a President with edits to about eight pages of the 654 page book. Mrs Kennedy withdraws her lawsuit as passages concerning her are altered or deleted. Publication remains planned for April with a paperback later.
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New York
Harper & Row
Kennedy
William Manchester
John F. Kennedy
Manchester
Dell Books
Cass Canfield
Canfield
Maine man sentenced to life in prison after murder cases
Richard Steeves, 24, of Waterville Maine, was ordered committed to the State Prison for life by Justice John Leahy. He faced first degree murder charges in the June 1965 stabbing death of Ralph Mace and a separate 1965 murder tied to the beating death of Lorenzo Troyer. Police linked him to the Gephart killings in Ohio after his January 1966 Manchester arrest.
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Manchester
N.H
Richard Steeves
Waterville
Maine
John Leahy
Hillsboro County
Strafford County
Mace
Kennebec County
Lorenzo Troyer
Augusta
Steeves
Francis Gephart
West Lafayette
Ohio
Gephart
Lewis
Gepharts
Supper Plans By Fireside Club At Methodist Church
A covered dish supper preceded the Fireside Club meeting at the School Street Methodist Church in Saco. Plans for the fried clam supper on Feb. 10 list Arthur Gannon chairing tickets Lester Harris publicity LaDora Gannon kitchen Phyllis Larivierie dining room Sidney Griffith cleanup. Mr and Mrs Lester Harris to run next meeting. A storm window was installed at the parsonage. Bill Moyers travels in Latin America ahead of President Johnsons April hemispheric summit trip.
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School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Arthur Gannon
Lester Harris
LaDora Gannon
Phyllis Larivierie
Sidney Griffith
Opinion by Wheeler on Vietnam war outcome
General Earle G. Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declares the enemy has lost any chance of military victory in South Vietnam in his public remarks.
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South Vietnam
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Industrial Arts Addition Planned for Wells High
Wells plans a 40000 dollar addition to the industrial arts shop designed by William O and Robert E Armitage of Portland. The project will add a music practice room a drafting room a wood industries area and an electricity electronics space with storage. The plan aims to relieve crowding and was endorsed by the School Needs Study Committee with a March town meeting article to fund the project.
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Wells
William O
Robert E. Armitage
Portland
Philip Grover
Grover
Wood Industries
Chicago Fire Destroys McCormick Place Killing Security Guard
A blaze wrecked McCormick Place in Chicago killing Kenneth S. Goodman, a security guard. Officials estimate costs from 10 million to 150 million for contents, with 40 million for the building plus 150 million in exhibits lost. Conventions canceled, others seek space at Navy Pier and Merchandise Mart.
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Chicago
McCormick Place
Robert I. Quinn
Lake Michigan
Kenneth S. Goodman
Navy Pier
International Amphitheatre
Merchandise Mart
Quinn
National Houseware Manufacturers Asociation
Edward J. Lee
Richard J. Daley
Leon Despres
John L. Waner
Daley
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Burnham Park
South 23Rd Street
School to expand business and industrial arts programs
The superintendent said the district plans a broader vocational program in both business education and industrial arts. A state subsidy for business education has been approved, with a subsidy sought for the industrial arts program tied to an adjacent plant addition. A School Committee meeting is set for tomorrow to discuss the budget and present findings to the Budget Committee by month’s end.
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Plete
Grover
Budet
China Watching These Days Poses Difficult Problem
In Hong Kong upheaval coverage faces limits as CBS panel discusses China. Bernard Kalb brings together three experts who debate Mao era turmoil, Soviet ties, and mass reality with divergent views and little consensus.
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China
NEW York
Hong Kong
CBS
Bernard Kalb
Robert Elegant
Richard Hughes
Mark Gayn
Mao Tse-tung
Gayn
Grange Youth Form Degree Team Meeting Planned
A meeting for all Grange Youth Committees and the York Pomona Grange Youth Committee is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. at Barney Beg Grange in North Berwick to form a youth degree team. Supper at 5 p.m. and attendees should bring a casserole or salad. A social hour will follow.
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Eliot
Grange
York Pomona Grange
Barney Beg Grange
North Berwick
Slimnastics Class Planned For Saco Residents
A Slimnastics course sponsored by the Saco Recreation Department will run Wednesdays 7 to 8 30 p m in Linnell Gym Thornton Academy and is open to Saco residents beyond high school. Miss Dorothea Viahakos will instruct with the first session tomorrow night.
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Saco
Saco Recreation Department
Linnell
Thornton Academy
Dorothea Viahakos
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Boy Scout
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Commerce Department
Glenard P. Lipscomb
California
Fireside Club
Bill D. Moyers
Latin America
Wells High
Copr
Advertisers Exchange Inc
Ati
Saco, Maine
Council Chagnon
Elks
Council
Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Walter Lamb
Arthur Foran
Paul Moreau
Ernest Valliere
Leo Paul Chretien
Joseph Grondin
Gilbert Luce
Elmer Meserve
Edward Gallagher
Amos McCallum
Hollis Trescott
John Couture
Thomas Pouravelis
Robert Janelle
Arthur Lachance
Elks Hall
Portland Road
Cynthia Lowry
Soviet Union
NBC
Andy Williams
Roger Moore
Leslie Charteris
Williams
ABC
Luigi Barzini
H. Polakewich
Main Street
Lee
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