New Fiscal Year Begins Largest Deficit Expected
The United States starts fiscal 1967 amid projections of the largest peacetime budget deficit in history. Forecasters estimate deficits from $13.6 billion to over $20 billion, driven by Vietnam war costs and tax policy delays. The prior year closed with about $11 billion in red ink and a $327 billion federal debt.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Ry H. Fowler
Vietnam
Budget Bureau
Treasury Department
Fowller
Johnson
Congress
Kosygin and De Gaulle Hold Second Day Talks in Paris
Soviet Premier Kosygin and President De Gaulle met at the Elysee Palace for a second round of private talks focusing on the Middle East. Both leaders reiterated Israel fired the first shot in the June war as Kosovygin prepared to depart for Moscow after the discussions.
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Paris
Alexei N. Kosygin
Charles de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
Middle East
Israel
Valerian Zorin
de Gaulle
Kosygin
Orly
Moscow
Kosygin-De Gaulle
U.N. General Assembly
Vacation Pay To Pad Local Coffers
Hundreds of Twin City residents will start paid vacations as industries shut down. West Point-Pepperell distributed 254 915 among 1 900 employees this week. Saco Tanning Corp plans about 60 000 for 300 workers. Mare Mont Corp and Allied Hampshire Footwear also issued substantial vacation sums.
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Twin City
West Point
Pepperell
Maurice Roux
Arthur Peloquin
Saco Tanning Corp
New England
Maremont Corp
Saco
Maremont
Allied-Hampshire Footwear, Inc
Charles Shulman
Wine and Song Costs Leave Little for Luxuries
A terse quip notes that high costs for wine and women leave scant funds for other luxuries, attributed to TM WRR Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Fea. Corp
Scarborough Bank Robbery Prompts Police Manhunt
State police located a suspect auto tied to the Canal National Bank branch robbery in Scarborough. Two men are being sought. the heist occurred at 9 15 am with an undetermined amount of money taken. Roadblocks are in place on the Maine Turnpike and U S Route 1 as searches continue. The bank was occupied only by the manager and a clerk at the time.
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Scarborough
State Olice
Canal National Bank
Scarborough Downs
Maine Turnpike
U.S. Rt. 1
Four Massachusetts Men Charged With Market Theft
Massachusetts men Gennere Roberts 28 Br ighton Robert McLaughlin 24 Boston Frank Spinale 32 Randolph and Dominic Spinale 31 Randolph charged in a $1000 theft at Poli s Market Biddeford Maine. Police say the four ate sandwiches then left with a bag of cash. They are held in York County Jail on $2000 bail each.
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Massachusetts
Five Points
Biddeford
South Portland
State Olice
Poirier
Poli
Alfred Road
Maine Turnpike
Lavallee
Mike Poli
John
Journal
Gennere Roberts
Brightton
Robert McLaughlin
Boston
Frank M. Spinale
Dominic
Randolph
York County
Alfred
Park Not Hazard Developer Claims Park Not Hazard
Irving R. Hirst the Pinehurst Tent and Trailer developer says a proposed park on Olympia Avenue in Old Orchard Beach is not a fire or traffic hazard and will open this weekend. An appeal by Village residents seeks to overturn the Zoning Board of Appeals decision granting a tent and trailer park permit.
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Old Orchard Beach
John White
Irving R. Hirst
Zoning Board of Appeals
Pinehurst
Olympia Avenue
Stone Village
Zoning Appeals Board
Hirst
Robert Cyr
Biddeford
Alfred
Cyr
Atty
William Donahue
World peace plans at UN stage amid Jerusalem changes
UN debate splits on two peace proposals for Israel and Arab states. A Latin American plan calls Israel troop withdrawal and Jerusalem internationalization, while nonaligned nations seek a U Thant envoy and broader Security Council urging urgent crisis attention. In Jerusalem Israel moves to unify sectors amid gates torn down. Johnson critiques annexation. King Farouk warns of longer conflict. riots erupt in Buffalo over hiring practices. Kennedy Round tariff cuts cleared. Alabama Governor Wallace seeks treatment for cancer. South Vietnamese two-man ticket gains momentum.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Middle East
Jerusalem
Israel
U Thant
Security Council
Mideast
Holy
Johnson
Abba Eban
Jordan
Frussett
U.S
Buffalo
N.Y
Geneva
China
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
Houston
George C. Wallace
Meredith Advances Quietly on Mississippi March
Meredith continues his 1967 march down U S 51 from Hernando toward Batesville with little hostility or fanfare. He reports a sparse white reaction and few Negro supporters while noting the election year context and his goal to finish what he began in 1966.
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Winona
Miss
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Batesville
Meredith
U.S. 51
Hernando
Jackson
Morin and Lessard Open Wax and Compound Shop
Morin and Lessard announce a new wax and compound shop at 234 Pool Street Biddeford opening June 30 at 4:00 PM near the skating rink. The business promises car luster and professional detailing services to local motorists.
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Lo Morin & Lessard
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Webber Hospital
Alfred Ross Jr
New York City
Fantasticks
Kennebunkport Playhouse
Edmund Fearon
Ross
Alfred Ross Sr
White Caps Seafood
S Take Out— Cor. Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford Pool
Boucher's
M. Sukalas
Louise Pike
Linda Herrick
Linda Thompson
James Monaldo
Noel
Karen Labelle
Wendy Robinson
Robert Labelle
Lois Pike
March
Trinity Episcopal Church Parish House
Christine Harvey
William Harvey
Joanne Trask
Mary Beth Coulombe
Alfred Coulombe
Kathy Gagne
Charles Gagne
Pauline Fortney
Theodore Fortney
Morin
Lessard
Pool Street
Lafayette
Frank Manduca
The
Swingers
East Grand Ave
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