Barracks Proposed as Maine New England Mental Hospital
Kittery officials study transforming Navy barracks on Seavey’s Island into a maximum security center for the criminally insane for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. A July 9 tour by state corrections leaders is planned with the base slated for phase out by 1974. Robert R. Raines says the regional center could pool funds and talent to provide secure psychiatric care.
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Raines
New England
Navy Hospital
Disciplinary Command
Navy
Army Rison
Fort Leavenworth
William Hushing
Naval Shipyard
William E. Schumaicher
The
Maine Bar
News At A Glance Briefs United Nations Vietnam Politics
The Associated Press reports an airliner with 214 Vietnam bound U.S. soldiers forced down in Soviet territory after straying over the Pacific. U S intelligence notes North Vietnam’s food shortage easing as bombing reduces. B52s hit Viet Cong bases near Saigon amid reports of a July attack on the capital. McCarthy hints at backing Rockefeller. Democrats remain divided on 1968 presidential paths. de Gaulle wins a sweeping National Assembly majority as Parisians celebrate. The Soviet Union signals willingness to discuss peace while warning the West to refrain from pressuring Eastern Europe.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Pacific
U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rehe
Hubert H. Humphrey
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Soviet Union
Airliner Held by MIGs on Soviet Island in Pacific
An airliner carrying 214 U.S. servicemen to Vietnam was forced to land on Sturup Island in the Kuril chain after MIG fighters intercepted it. The Seaboard World Airlines DC-8 from McChord Air Base was tracked to the island and landed without injuries. The U.S. government urged quick release as ambassadors and defense officials sought answers.
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Vietnam
Pacific Ocean
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Seattle
Wash
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Kuril Chain
Pacific
State Department
MI6
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Vsily V. Kuznetsov
Pentagon
Seaboard World Airlines
Joseph Tosolini
Seaboard
Defense Department
Amand
Yokota
Japan
New York
Seaboard World
Henry Treger
Earl Scott
Lawrence Guernon
Gaullists win landslide to form French majority
Charles de Gaulle’s force secures a decisive Assembly win in France, delivering a strong mandate to repair weeks of labor unrest and push sweeping reforms. The Gaullists and allies claim about 299 seats, with UDR leading and independent rightists added. Pompidou warns of difficult reforms ahead amid wage hikes threatening inflation.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Neue
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
de Gaulle
Nterior
Raymond Marcellin
Gaullist
Democratic Union For the Republic
UDR
Gau
Uton
Federation
Party of Progress and
Modern Democracy
Pacific Island
Tahiti
Wallis
Fortuna Islands
US and USSR Agree To Talks On Disarmament
President Johnson announced that the United States and the Soviet Union will begin discussions in the near future on limiting offensive and defensive nuclear missile systems. The talks follow the Nonproliferation Treaty signings in Washington London and Moscow with 51 nations joining the pact.
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Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
White House
London
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
U.S.A
Vietnam
Harold Wilson
U.S
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United
Britain
Russia
France
Red
Peking
Nashville, Tenn
World ready for mammoth plane not yet
Marietta Georgia officials hailed Lockheed’s C5 Galaxy after a test flight deemed highly successful despite minor issues. At 497000 pounds takeoff, the craft carries 350 troops and gear with plans for future larger aircraft and potential commercial use.
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Wem
Air Force
Lockheed-Georgia
May
Telephone Union Head Accepts Offer in New England Walkout
In Boston AP reports the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers president Gerald J. Walsh told governors from five New England states he accepts their proposal to end the 67 day strike at New England Telephone Co. Walsh later said in a telegram he believes the company rejected the proposal.
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Boston
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
New England
New England Telephone Co
Gerald J. Walsh
Navy awards identical priced subs to two yards
The Navy awarded three Sturgeon class nuclear attack submarines to Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics at 107.4 million dollars each. The contracts differ: Ingalls uses a fixed price incentive while General Dynamics uses a letter contract with potential future price negotiation. The total six subs cost about 214.8 million, averaging 35.8 million per boat, with the vessels armed with SUBROC missiles and four 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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Navy
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
General Dynamics Corp
Ingalls
Pascagoula, Miss
General Dynamics of
Groton
General Dynamics
Pentagon
Congress
Newport News
Pope urges Catholics to accept Church dogma amid calls for change
Vatican dispatch reports Pope reaffirming core Catholic beliefs in St. Peter’s Square. He defends papal infallibility, original sin, Mary’s virginity, the Trinity, baptism, the Mass, the Eucharist, and the church’s exclusive status, while noting unrest among some clerics and lay believers seeking modernization. He发布 a Credo of the People of God and a priests’ message during the Year of Faith closing.
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People of God
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Jesus
Christ
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Purgatory
Hell
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