County Officials Demand Voice in York County Budget
York County officials from Kennebunkport and other towns protest the county budget process. They accuse county commissioners of ineptness and seek budget approval reform, proposing a towns-based representative body or state takeover. Legislators weigh restructuring county government as reform bills circulate.
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Augusta
York County
David Walley
Kennebunkport Selectmen
Selectman
Walley
James McMahon
R-Kennebunk
Biddeford
Gilbert Boucher
Sanford
Raymond Nadeau
McMahon
Lowell D. Henley
Norway
Maine
Toto
Massachusetts
Richard the Lion-hearted
England
Smokeless tobacco sparks a controversial fashion shift
The piece surveys smokeless tobacco as a growing market, detailing products like plug tobacco and sniff, the evolving slang, and the reactions of users and athletes such as Rollie Fingers. It notes sensory effects, spitting, and the uneasy public stance on tobacco despite claimed consumer growth.
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Oakland
Rollie Fingers
Rollie
Paris Viet Nam peace accords signed to end war
In two sessions at a hotel ballroom near the Arc de Triomphe, the United States South Vietnam North Vietnam and the Viet Cong signed the overall agreement to end the war and withdraw U.S. forces. The 18 minute ceremony finished with champagne toasts as demonstrators outside waved Viet Cong and North Vietnamese flags.
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Paris
Vietnam
U.S
Arc de Triomphe
Ing
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Saigon
William P. Rogers
Nguyen Duy Trinh
M*inister
Mrs. Binh
Control Commission
Canada
Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
Rogers and
Trinh
Republic of Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Fighting Continues as Viet Cong Seizes Tay Ninh City
Communist forces storm Tay Ninh and nearby towns in a land grab before the cease fire. U.S. officials report heavy attacks, American deaths, and mounting civilian casualties as operations unfold around Saigon and along Highway 1.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh
South Vietnam
U.S
Maine Churches Plan Peace Observances Across State
Gov. Curtis backs nationwide Vietnam peace observances urging Maine churches to ring bells at ceasefire and citizens to burn porch lights from 7 to 7 05 p m The Lest We Forget Committee says these acts honor prisoners of war and those missing in Indochina Rt Rev Frederick Wolfe asks parishes in his diocese to observe a Sunday day of thanksgiving Westbrook schedules outdoor peace celebration at Valley Square with speeches and music from the high school band
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
Vietnam
Indochina
Tom
John Savage
Fop Sham
Brunswick
Bath
Wiscasset
Curtis
Frederick Wolfe
Westbrook
Valley Square
Journal notices and classifieds digest summary
A fragmented reader summary covers classifieds and notices from a local paper section. It mentions church notices obituaries and sports highlights along with editorials and features like Dear Abby and a theater item. The text reads as an advertising oriented mix with humor and lifestyle content.
Newsmen Vanish in Indochina War Amid Cease Fire Hope
Amid talks of a cease fire across Indochina, the fate of 19 missing newsmen in Cambodia and one in South Vietnam remains unresolved. The war’s frontlines were elusive and danger constant, with hundreds wounded and more than 2,000 journalists drawn from worldwide coverage over a decade.
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Saigon
Indochina
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
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