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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1969

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Biddeford High Girl Joins Industrial Arts Program

Celeste Roberge, 17, a Biddeford High School senior, adds an accelerated industrial arts course to her schedule. She plans civil engineering at the University of Maine and city planning graduate work, inspired by The Fountainhead. An only child of Mr and Mrs Conrad Roberg, Celeste aims to gain practical knowledge despite gender expectations, with instructor Ralph Jones tailoring the program to her pace.

Peg Hendrick Biddeford High School Celeste Ioberge University of Maine Ayn Rand Conrad Roberge Foss St Biddeford Harold Pinansky Ralph Jones Celeste Roberge

Black Panther Leaders Slain at UCLA Campus Meeting

At the University of California Los Angeles two Black Panthers, John Jerome Huggins 23 and Apprentice Carter 26 UCLA students, were shot dead during a campus meeting on an Afro American studies program. Police arrested 17 suspects later, seizing 14 guns and a homemade bomb, amid an apparent Panthers clash with another group and questions about the killers.

Los Angeles University of California At Watts Ucla John Jerome Huggins Panthers Carter

North Vietnam proposes to skip talks procedure

Paris AP reports North Vietnam proposed four party peace talks skip procedural discussions and focus on substance next week. Col Ha Van Lau outlined four rules on plenary size media access hall use and early substantive sessions, signaling a move to four sided talks amid U S and NLF position.

North Vietnam Paris Northietnam Col Ha van Lau United Sates South Vietnam Viet Cong National Liberation Front United States Hanoi Vietnam Lau International Conference Center NLF Henry Cabot Lodge Hotel Majestic Arc de Triomphe U.S Cyrus R. Vance W. Averell Harriman

France Calls For Big Four Conference On Middle East Crisis

The Associated Press reports France requests a Big Four meeting at the UN to address the Middle East crisis. The plan envisions U N backed talks under Gunnar V Jarring with U S Soviet tracks and direct Arab Israel talks under UN umbrella.

France Associated Press Middle East United States Israel Washington Evening Star Dean Rusk Yuri N. Tcherniakov Star Rusk Soviet Union U.N Gunnar V. Jarring Markout Jarring United Nations Paris Britain U.N. Security Council China Security Council Abba Eban Eban Suez Canal Tiran Straits

Fourth Cosmonaut Lands Safely In Soviet Union

Boris Volynov landed in the Soviet Union aboard Soyuz 5 ending a 72 hour 44 minute flight. Tass said the crew completed all experiments and the mission marked the first docking of two manned orbiting spacecraft and a world crew transfer.

Moscow Boris Volynov Soviet Union Tass Volynov Kustanay Space Center Balkonir Alexei Yeliseyev Yevgeny Khrunov Earth United States

Shaw Trial Garrison Seeks Indefinite Delay

Dist Atty Jim Garrison seeks an indefinite delay in the Clay Shaw trial on Kennedy murder charges. He argues federal secrecy cripples the case, and a hearing is set after Judge Edward A. Paugerty Jr. consents to an extended motion process.

New Orleans Jim Garrison Clay L. Shaw Lee Harvey Oswald John F. Kennedy Garrison Asst James L Alcock Shaw Court of General Sessions Charles Halleck Kennedy Alleck N. V. Bertel Jr

Sirhan Jury May Be Seated Tuesday

In Los Angeles AP reports a prosecution move could seat a jury as early as Tuesday in the Sirhan Sirhan murder trial. The state would relinquish its right to dismiss 11 tentative jurors, while defense counsel weigh whether to waive challenges. The 12th seat remains vacant with a prospective juror needing health approval.

Los Angeles Sirhan Bishara Sirhan Lynn Compton Yous Grant B. Cooper Superior Court Herbert W Walker Sirhan F. Kennedy Cooper Helen Woodworth Walker Chambers Ft. Edwards Mass Jacobi Kennedy Middle East Benjamin Glick

Hickel Alone on Firing Line as Cabinet Nominees Endorsements Grow

Washington AP Walter J Hickel faces a Senate Interior Committee review of divestiture plans to avoid conflicts of interest as Nixon Cabinet nominees clear informally. Laird Packard Kennedy Finch advances. Stennis group endorses Packard trust plan. Hickel’s conservation stance sparked debate but is said to be misunderstood.

Washington Alaska Walter J. Hickel Nixon Senate Senate Interior Committee Hickel Richard Nixon Senate Armed Services Committee Melvin R. Laird Wisconsin Defense David Packard California Secre Packard Senate Finance Com Mittee David Kennedy Chicago Treasury Robert Finch Kennedy Continental Bank of Illinois Henry M. Jackson John Stennis Armed Services Committee Hewlett-Packard Corp

Nixon Four Years Of Power Begins Monday

Nixon prepares for a calm transition as four year term begins noon Monday. He limits public steps, emphasizes staff work led by Haldeman and a three member cabinet team, Rogers Mitchell and others.

Walter R. Mear Associated Press NEW York Richard M. Nixon Nixon Pierre Nixon Associates United States Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson

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