Pepperell Players Rise From York Players Name Change
John Ray announces Pepperell Players formed from The York Players with West Point Pepperell support. The group uses Lina and the upcoming Cinderblossom for rehearsals, staged May 2–3 at Thornton Academy to benefit Biddeford-Saco Elks. Tickets go on sale in advance for general and angel seats.
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Peg Hendrick
John Ray
Impressano
York Players
West Point
Pepperell Co
Pepperell Players
John
Pepperell
Linnell
Lina
Thornton Academy Cymnasium
Biddeford - Saco
Ray
Cash Grabach
Biddeford-Saco Gas Co
Biddeford
Jackie Ray
Joanne Laliberte
Lorraine Anastasoff
Sue Poirier
Elks
Ronald Ayotte
Paul Reay
Ray Fe
U.S
Mary Crosby
Dorothy de Naples
Biddeford-Saco Elks Lodge
Linnell Gymnasium
Thornton Academy
Viet Cong Open Paris Talks Demanding Peace Cabinet
Paris reports that Viet Cong and the National Liberation Front opened substantive talks demanding a new peace cabinet in Saigon to replace the Thieu Ky regime. The statement urged recognition of the NLF as an equal, with US talks based on the NLF political program. Violent clashes flared briefly outside the conference center as talks began.
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Viet Cong
Paris
Vietnam
Saigon
Tran Buu Kiem
National Liberation Front
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Vietnam
Kiem
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
NLF
United States
International Conference Center
Henry Ca‘bot Lodge
North
North Vietnam
Viet Co National Liberation Front
Vietnamese peace talks open after ten year wait
South Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador Pham Dang Lam arrives at the conference center with barricades forming a corridor for pedestrians. North Vietnamese and NLF representatives follow within three minutes as Americans enter the scene. The session aims to break months of prelude and deadlock, with spokesmen urging goodwill and serious conduct from all sides.
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Pham Dang Lam
NLF
Vietnam
Cap
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Marked contrast in New England winter snow patterns
Winter in New England shows divergent patterns with Boston remaining snow light while northern Maine Vermont and New Hampshire report heavy accumulations. Meteorologist Oscar Tennebaum notes Boston average 40 inches a season but only 5.7 inches so far. northern regions report 20 to 50 inches and Mt. Washington records.
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Boston
New England
Oscar Tennebaum
U. S. Weather Bureau
Department of Public Works
Tennebaum
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Weather Bureau
Mt. Washington
When you asked is it a boy or a girl a baby
In bygone days the common question framed curiosity as whether the newborn was a boy or a girl, reflecting past social norms and language around infancy. The remark hints at evolving attitudes toward gender and identity in historical contexts.
Franco Declares Emergency in Spain
Gen. Francisco Franco’s government declares a three month state of emergency and imposes wide censorship. Police can search without warrants, detain without charge, exile citizens, and restrict public assemblies as dissidents face a crackdown after student protests. Madrid and Barcelona universities closed, 68 000 students barred from classes. Information minister Manuel Fraga Iribarne pledges firm action against inciters of unrest to defend Spain’s fatherland and progress.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Franco
Barcelona
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
Spain
Fraga
Two-China Policy Proposal at Santa Barbara
Senator Edward M Kennedy and former UN Ambassador Arthur Goldberg urge a two China policy for the UN. They propose allowing Nationalist China to keep a seat while Red China also joins, with a U.S. draft admitting Beijing while Taipei remains. Other officials advocate less restrictive policies toward Red China.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Edward M. Kennedy
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
China
Formosa
Red China
Asia
Kennedy
Center For the Study of Democratic
Los Angeles
Senate
Red
William Fulbright
Dark
Mark Hatfield
Rore
Supreme Court
William 0. Dogufi
Goldberg
United States
Bucher Testimony On Pueblo Interception By North Korea
Cmdr Lloyd Bucher testified that Pueblo crewmen tried to tell back home that spying confessions were fake but most efforts were intercepted by North Korean captors and followed by beatings. Navy officials described most of the testimony as classified during five hours of closed court proceedings. Senators Mansfield and Dominick urged congressional hearings into all aspects of the Pueblo seizure and handling by Navy officials.
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Coronado
Calif
Lloyd Bucher
Pueblo
Navy
Bucher
Thomas L. Dwyer
Chie
Japan
Dwyer
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Peter H
Dominick
R-Corp
Armed Services Committee
Mansfield
Foreign Relations Committee
Jury for Sirhan trial picked from diverse Los Angeles pool
Jurors chosen for Sirhan Bishara Sirhan murder case include a plumber, a truck driver’s wife, a high school math teacher, two computer analysts, five utility workers, a mechanic and a clothier. Defense and prosecution approved eight men and four women, with four minorities noted, as selection entered its ninth day.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Grant B. Cooper
Cooper
Emile Zola Berman
New York
Berman
Sirhan
Herbert V. Walker
Cartwheels May Be On Way Back
Washington AP reports potential legislation to sell three million old silver dollars stored in a vault. The plan would authorize minting copper nickel dollars and sell the three million silver coins, valued around 75 million dollars to collectors. The move aligns with Joint Commission on the Coinage and aims to phase out silver in new U.S. coins.
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Washington
Treasury
House Banking Committee
Carson City
Joint Commission
Trenton Votes Today On Aluminum Plant
Trenton Maine voters decide on a 160 million bond to fund an industrial park and a Canadian built nuclear plant. Opponents fear pollution and secrecy while supporters cite tax benefits and high paying jobs from the aluminum project and related firms.
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Trenton
Maine
Tepco, Inc
Frank Walker
Ellswwrth
Kenneth Blaisdell
TEPCO
North Carolina
Sen. Edmunds. Muskie
Dmaine
Massachusetts
Union River Bay
James K. Keefe
Department of Economic Development
Eastman Dillon Union Securities of
New York
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Louis Mourmouras
Victor A. Fleurant
Mary C. Tousignant
Chimar Realty
Old Orchard Beach
Sp.in
Claude Dubois
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Security Council
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Great Britain
France
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Council
North Koreans
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
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Joseph Zuke
Leon Grover
Theodore Cote
Roger Souliere
Robert Lavigne
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