Policemen Suspended In Fatal Seattle Shooting
In Seattle the off duty officer involved in a fatal shooting faced suspension as prosecutors charged four African American men and one more with assault. An all white coroner's jury ruled the shooting excusable homicide. Mayor Braman vowed investigation into police treatment of minorities.
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Seattle
Wash
J.D. Braman
Robert L. Reese
Harold J. Larsen
Chinatown
Larsen
Franklin G. Junell
Reese
Charles O. Carroll
Junell
C. A. Rouse
Jack Tanner
Northwest
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Youths Work in Biddeford Offices Under NYCP
Thirty two youths two dozen boys and nine girls work in the Biddeford city building under the Neighborhood Youth Corps project. Boys paint third floor offices while girls perform clerical tasks in the police tax collector assessors and city clerk offices. The program began July 1 under Director Joseph Plamondon. Ambergris is obtained from the sperm whale.
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Biddeford
Joseph Plamondon
Colors Of 1st Cavalry Return To United States
The colors of the historic 1st Cavalry Division have returned from the Far East after 22 years and two wars. They will be handed to the new air mobile division at Fort Benning, while the 2nd Infantry Division colors move to Korea. The 1st Cavalry, active since 1943, fought in WWII, Korea, and has long served on the Korean front.
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Washington
1St Cavalry
United States
Far East
Pacific
Korea
Army
Ft. Benning
Robert E. Lee
George Armstrong Custer
2Nd Infantry Division
Jist
Admiralty Islands
Philipines
Manila
Tokyo
Horseness Cavalry
Japan
7Th Infantry Division
Navy Officer Wrote Under Russian Pen Name
Comdr John A. Davis Jr a 43 year old Naval Academy graduate disclosed he used the pen name Aleksandr I Zhdanov to write Shadow of Peril a critical novel. He retired from the Navy today after two years of concealment while serving as antisubmarine adviser to the chief of naval operations in the Pentagon in 1962. The work argues Soviet submarines can penetrate U S defenses and threaten naval forces.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Navy
John A. Davis Jr
U.S. Naval Academy
Aleksandr I. Zhdanov
Zhdanov
Davis
U.S
Naval Operations
Maine Students Claim Volkswagen Stuffing World Record
Summer students at the University of Maine claim a new world record by stuffing 23 people into a Volkswagen. The effort began with 20 participants, then three more were added to surpass a 22 person California record. The group’s largest member stood 6'2" and weighed 175 pounds, while the smallest was 5'4" and 130 pounds.
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CRONO
University of Maine
California
Maine
Three Men Indicted On Murder Charges in Gwinnett
Three men named in Gwinnett County murder indictments face possible early trials for the 1964 slayings of policemen J N Gravitt Ralph K Davis and Jerry R Everett. Prosecutors consider a special court session while investigators withhold certain evidence.
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Lawrenceville
Gwinnett County
Reid Merritt
Gwinnett Superior Court
Maj
Barney G. Ragsdale
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Ragsdale
Alex S. Evans
Buford
Gwinnett
Wade Levi Truett
Hartsville
S.C
Venson Eugene Williams
Atlanta
J.N. Gravitt
Ralph K. Davis
Jerry R. Everett
Elks Hold Memorial Tablet Exercises in Saco
The Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks met at the Lodge Hall on the Portland Road Saco to honor late Richard C Leclair with a memorial tablet ceremony. Ill members Paul Allard Ralph Perrin and Harry Huot were noted. Richard Ladd announced a lobster bake and dance on July 31 and Edmond Rube reported the building addition nearing completion. A buffet lunch followed served by Harold Marr and committee.
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Richard C. Leclair
Biddeford-Saco
Harold Marr
New President Installed at Maine Maritime Academy
John A Platz of Auburn elected president of the Maine Maritime Academy board of trustees at a regular meeting. The 51 year old lawyer succeeds Dr Ermo H Scott of Farmington State Teachers College, with a spokesman noting board presidencies rotate.
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Castine
Maine Maritime Academy Board of Trustees
John A. Platz
Auburn
Platz
Ermo H. Scott
Farmington State Teachers College
Lacademy
More Marines Poised For Viet Nam Action
Lt. Gen. Krulak said more Marines are ready to be deployed in South Viet Nam. He noted the Da Nang air base attack is not a mere lapse and that investigations will conclude soon. About 500 Marines arrived in Qui Nhon, increasing totals to nearly 17,000 with 9,500 around Da Nang.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Corps
Pacific
South Viet Nam
Victor H. Krulak
Krulak
William C. Westimoreland
U.S
Qui Nhon
Saigon
Attacking Beach Officer Fined in Maine Court
A Massachusetts man, Fred Connely, 26, of Quincy, was fined 75 dollars after pleading guilty in Saco 10th District Court to assault on Old Orchard Beach police officer Paul Fontaine on June 26. Multiple locals faced fines and continuances for various traffic, liquor, and ordinance violations in the samesession.
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Massachusetts
Saco 10Th District
Fred Connely
Quincy
Paul Fontaine
Old Orchard Beach
Connely
David Cohen
Commorant
Old Orchard St
Llewellyn Crowley
Crowley
Edmund F. Wakelin
Cape Elizabeth
Wakelin
George H. Perkins Jr
Portland Road
Saco
Perkins
George Varney
Richard J. Racicot
Beach St
Michael W. Burns
Bay View
Biddeford
Harvey A. Grant
Robert E. Gauvin
Prospect St
Richard E. Gove
Elm St
Katherine T. Tremblay
Common Street
Portland
Maryjo Riley
Mass
Charles Bisson
Somersworth
N.H
Joseph E. Shmale
Sarasota
Fla
Walter C. Bucklin
Wells
Albert M. Harding Jr
Kennebunkport
Roland Amnette
Springvale
Lionel Turgeon
Berwick
John C. Bigelow
Monument Beach
Ada Salgals
Nashua
Newport Jazz Festival Sees Second Day Amid Tight Police
Newport Rhode Island AP reports the 12th annual Newport Jazz Festival advances into its second day with strict police controls after an opening night marked by low attendance and 21 arrests. Police raided an abandoned Ocean Drive estate arresting eight men and two women for camping illegally near a fire. One suspect carried a bullwhip and another a switch blade. others faced charges of revelry and littering. Eleven other arrests were for minor liquor law violations despite a $45,000 advance ticket sales boost for seven performances.
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Newport
R.I
Ocean Drive
Divorce Granted In Saco District Court
Priscilla D. Rollins of Waterboro was granted a divorce from Forrest E. Rollins of Lyman on cruel and abusive treatment in Saco District Court. She wins custody of two minor children with visitation rights for the defendant, $25 weekly child support, and $1 alimony yearly. A stipulation on Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance for the children is part of the decree.
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Priscilla D. Rollins
Waterboro
Forrest E. Rollins
Lyman
Saco District Court
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Funds Add to Bates College Endowment
The estate of Herbert A. Wilder of Boston has added $52,000 to Bates College, bringing the total donated to $109,000. Wilder previously left $5,000 to Bates in 1923 and instructed that the college share in the residuary estate distributions.
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Lewiston
Herbert A.wilder
Boston
Bates College
Wilder
Bates
Thousands Expected To Tour Independence Hall
Thousands are expected to visit Independence Hall on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia this weekend. U.S. Attorney General Nicholas de Katzenbach will speak at Monday’s ceremonies commemorating the 1776 summer activities. The article notes the hall’s role, the Liberty Bell, and historic events tied to the building.
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Philadelphia
Philadephia
Chestnut Street
Independence Hall
George Washlington
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Nicholas de Katzenbach
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
State House
William Penn
Pope Paul VI Invited to Visit United Nations
The Vatican announced Pope Paul VI has been invited to visit the United Nations though a date is not set. U.N. observer Msgr. Alberto Giovannetti said the pope is considering a trip that would mark the first visit by a reigning pope to the Western Hemisphere. The U.N. 20th session opens Sept. 21 and runs to late January with a Christmas break.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Paul VI
United Nations
U.N
New York
U.S. Assembly
U Thant
Alberto Giovannetti
Paul
Peck Named To Newspaper Post in New England
Dean B. Peck Jr., 45, named manager of the New England Daily Newspaper Association by president Charles W. Weaver. Peck, a personnel and labor relations specialist, replaces William B. Parry who left to run the Framingham News. He now manages the Los Angeles office of the Western Newspaper-Industrial Relations Board. a Dayton native and Ohio University graduate, Peck has worked with the Veterans Administration, North American Aviation, Rio Motors, and Acme Aluminum Alloys.
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Worcester
Mass
Dean B. Peck Jr
New England Daily Newspaper Association
Charles W. Weaver
Peck
William B. Parry
Framingham News
Los Angeles
Industrial Relations Board
Dayton
Ohio
Ohio University
Veterans Administration, North American Aviation
Rio Motors Inc
Acme Aluminum Alloys Inc
Former Maine Pharmacist Earned Bowl of Hygeia Award
Ralph Lovell, first Maine pharmacist to receive the Bowl of Hygeia for 25 years of civic and charity work, promotes the Medicare Prescription Program for seniors. Open to 62 plus, veterans, widows. registration limited to about 1000 mailed nationwide from 28 Winter St., Sanford, Maine.
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Ralph Lovell
Maine
Maine Pharmacy Convention
S.S
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U.S. Attorney’s Office
NAACP
Denver
James A. Williams
le Roy Head
Weldon Scipeo Boylan
Moore
Pittsburgh
America
Maine Hardware
Pittsburgh Paints
Volkswagen
Elks
Jazz Festival
Timi
F. D. SC
Biddeford Savings Bank
Main Street
Biddeford, Maine
Robert A. Bolduc
Sanford
Robert J. Grosso
Kenneth W. Ball
Portsmouth
John Zapalla
South Portland
Robert C. Maurais
Jogunquit
Edwin S. Hanscom
Cambridge
Winter St
Crystal’s
Biddeford & Saco Gas CO
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