Whitehurst Enjoys Retirement After 50 Years on the Road
Albert Babe Whitehurst retired from Deering Lumber Co after five decades of service including 46 years on the road. A Thornton Academy graduate, he started in 1917 in Saco and Biddeford, later handling the Southern York County route, meeting figures like Kenneth Roberts and Booth Tarkington while helping with historic room projects and antique wood orders.
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Tom Armstrong
Whitehurst
Babe
York County
Albert
Babe) Whitehurst
Westward Lane
Saco
Deering Lumber Co
Thornton Academy
Frank
Deering
Elm St
Biddeford
Kenneth Roberts
Booth Tarkington
Mr. Roberts
Rocky Pastures House
Tarkington
Italy
Quebec separatist movement seeks broader support
The Canadian Free Quebec movement, urged by Charles de Gaulle, aims to widen its base amid strong opposition. Premier Daniel Johnson of Union Nationale doubts a breakthrough but hopes constitutional changes will make French Canadians feel at home nationwide. Separatists argue French Canadians, about 30 percent of Canada’s population in 1961, cannot live with dignity in a bilingual Canada and advocate Quebec independence with French as its sole official language.
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Dave Bazay
Quebec
Canada
Charles de Gaulle
Liberals
Jean Lesage
Union Nationale
Daniel Johnson
Johnson
North America
Pentagon Calls Up 14000 Reservists For Active Duty
The Pentagon announced that more than 14,000 Air Force personnel and reservists are being mobilized for active duty following North Korea's seizure of the USS Pueblo. The move, linked to the Pueblo crisis, follows President Johnson's directive to place enough air units on active duty to man 372 fighter and transport aircraft. Details on Navy mobilizations were not immediately available.
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Washington
U.S
Pentagon
White House
Johnson
Air Force
Navy
Air National Guard
Clark M. Clifford
Secretary of Defense
Senate
North Korea
Robert S. McNamara
George Christian
Pueblo
Army
Marine Corps
Christian
Arthur J
Goldberg
United Nations
White House Pueblo
Dean Rusk
Defense
U.S. Navy
Moscow
Enterprise
Strik
Okinawa
South Korea
Osan
Kusan
Capitol Hill
Congress
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Vietnam
Defense Department
New Earth Tremors Strike Western Sicily
A strong new earthquake jolted western Sicily burying rescuers digging for bodies from the island's worst quake disaster in 60 years. Four dead and about 50 injured. epicenter in the same poverty stricken hills as Jan 15.
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Palermo
Sicily
Trapani
Gibellina
Diamond Ball Amid Pickets Draws $257,000 Diamonds on Display
In New York the Diamond Ball for the Institute of International Education drew antiwar demonstrators outside the Plaza Hotel where Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey attended a $150 per person event. About 400 guests viewed vast diamond displays, while 33 protesters were arrested nearby.
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New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Plaza Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Humphrey
Institute of International Education
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Sen
Charles Percy
R-Ill
North Korea
Uss Pueblo
Mansfield
Percy
Gardner To Leave Post As HEW Secretary
Washington AP report says John W. Gardner will resign as secretary of health education and welfare. White House announces the departure and a transition plan.
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Gardner
Washington
John W. Gardner
White House
Budget Cuts Threaten University Research Woes
Washington reports show defense and space agency research funding to universities slashed by 20 percent this year. The memo notes that smaller private schools with limited endowments will bear the heaviest impact, with graduate admissions and postdoctoral fellowships likely cut.
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Washington
Defense and Space Agency
Shirley A. Johnson Jr
University of Denver
Defense Department
Ated
Nuclear bombs rupture feared in Greenland B52 crash
U S military and nuclear scientists in Greenland suspect one or more of four missing hydrogen bombs ruptured in a B52 crash. Pieces found near Thule Air Force Base prompt officials to warn of radioactive contamination while saying alpha radiation requires minimal precautions. Arctic darkness and storms limit search as teams assess bomb assembly fragments and determine if they originate from the same weapon.
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Washington
USS
Greeland
Thule Air Force Base
Pentagon
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Free Quebec Movement
Commission
Kesslen
Kennebunk, Maine
General Electric
RCA Whirlpool
RCA Victor
Main Street
Notre Dame Parish
Sacred Heart League
Conrad Boilard
Partanna
Agrigento
Romanow Furniture
Paul E. Benoit
Romanow Furniture Store
Main St
A&p
Biddeford & Saco
Apply Phillippe Restaurant & Lounge
Greenland
Chambermaid
Kennebunk
Sunbeam Bakery
Delorge Baking Co., Inc
Beacon Ave
Maine
Youland
Youland’s Department Stores
Biddeford & Kennebunk
H. W. Thompson
Thompson
Home Appliance Center
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