Opinion Varies On Changes In City Government
The fifth article in a series notes Biddeford and Saco debate moving to a council manager form. Mayor Lemire favors reforms but questions a two year term and raises pay. Saco Mayor Doyle backs a manager with reservations about salary and retention. Public hearings on the charter are planned.
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Bill Houston
Biddeford and
Saco
Biddeford-Saco
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Martin J. Rielly
Aull
Biddeford
Leo Lemire
Lemire
Donald C. Doyle
Doyle
Council
Sacodo
Board of Education
Saco Planning Board
Government Study Committee
Planning Board
Charles Fenderson
Support For New Law Cited
Augusta Maine state senator Sen Rodney W Ross says broad support exists for an implied consent law on drunken driving. Public hearing set for 1 pm Tuesday as Industrial leaders and civic groups back the measure. The bill would require chemical testing after arrest for DUI with license suspension for refusals and saliva urine or breath tests allowed.
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Augusta
Maine
Rodney W. Ross
Brownville
Maine Highway Safety Committee
Ross
New York
Highway Safety Committee
News At A Glance From Vietnam to Red China
The Mekong Delta base requires boat supply as bridges fail and roads are insecure. Cedar Falls ends with 711 Communist deaths per Senator Dominick. Senators may press Johnson over U S pilots limits. A Marine in Vietnam receives a cheer-up letter from a New York girl who becomes his wife. Hoffa claims Justice Department eavesdropping before the Supreme Court. A bank of information on crimes goes into operation. Four men rescued from a collapsed New York apartment house. Cardinal Cushing accuses Jesuits of spreading lies about Latin American missions. Heavy snowfall disrupts Chicago travel and hospitality. Red China civil strife settles into a prolonged struggle while McNamara notes Soviet defense hardening. France’s last marshal Alphonse Juin dies at 78.
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U.S. Army
Mekong Delta
Operation
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
Peter H. Dominick
Johnson
U.S
North Vietnam
Vietnam
New York
Washington Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Supreme Court
Justice Department
National Bank of Information
Ichard Cardinal Cushing
Latin America
Chicago
Red China
McNamara
Soviet Union
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Huu Co
Hong Kong
Haiphong
North Viet
Panhandle
Navy
Coral Sea
Ticonderoga
Triangle
U.S. F
U. S
Outer Space Pact To Be Inked Today
President Johnson oversees a White House signing ceremony for a 2000 word five language treaty aimed at peaceful outer space. More than 40 envoys had signed in Moscow and London signing was planned as over 100 nations expected to join. The pact, negotiated mainly between the United States and the Soviet Union, mirrors a path toward broader disarmament efforts beyond Vietnam.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Executive Mansion
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Geoffrey Harrison
Spiridonov Palace
London
United States
Soviet Union
Vietnam
These Trying Times Reframe The Good Old Days
A quip notes that what was once seen as the good old days is now described as these trying times. The witty line appears in a feature credited to WRR General Features, Corp.
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WRR
Fea, Corp
Vietnam War Big Drive Ends Cedar Falls With Heavy Losses
U S infantry claim 720 enemy killed as Cedar Falls ends in the Iron Triangle northwest of Saigon. Marines report 74 enemy killed near Da Nang while 3,709 tons of rice are captured. North Vietnam air and sea actions continue with raids and bombardments.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
USS
Tuscaloosa
da Nang
U.S
Wall Poster Says Over 100 Killed in Red China Clash
A Peking wall poster reported by Kyodo News Service says more than 100 people were killed and many wounded in clashes between Mao supporters and anti-Mao forces in Sinkiang Province. The report cites fighting in Shihotzu near the Soviet border with use of machine guns and artillery and notes mass suppression and continued resistance.
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Tokyo
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
China
Sinkiang
Japan
Kyodo
Shihotzu
Aion
Red Army
Urumchi
Mao
New China News Agency
Manchuria
Shanghai
Peking People’s Daily
Heilungkiang
Chicago Struck by Severe Midwest Snowstorm and Ice
The Midwest faced a massive snow and ice storm with Chicago hit hard by 16.4 inches of snow. Schools closed. 2,500 city workers salted and plowed as temps plummet. Thousands stranded, 1,000 vehicles blocked near southern city limits, and five hundred hotel rooms filled. Two deaths linked to shoveling and auto accidents reported with travel near zero.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
Iee
Ohio Valey
Chicago
Lower
Michigan
Indiana
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Peoria
Springfield
University of Illinois
Chicago Circle
Cook County
Criminal Courts
Jack Johnson
O'Hare International Airport
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Wlysdow
J. Henry Vachon
Old Farmer's Almanac
International Alphonse Juin
France
RCA
Main Street
Shop Main Street
Sun
Saco Residents
Saco Cub Pack
Hanoi
Nam Dinh
Thanh Hoa
Mainland
Cheu En-lai
Chen Po-ta
Shansi
Pinkiang
Harin
NCNA
Liu Shao-chi
Midwest
Notre Dame de Lourdes Federal Credit Union
Saco Church
Laurette Blais
Raymond Bonang
Raoul Roy
Alexander Ferguson
Ector
Maine Credit Union League
Portland
Rachel Saucier
Albert A. Cabana
Normand Goulet
Philip Cartier
Emile Bosse
Credit Committee
Claral Stamp Sales
Saco Petland
Rte
Dace
Jimmy Canty
Fisherman’s
Pier Pestaurant
Portsmouth
N. H
Thacher
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