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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1967
Page
1
The 103rd Maine Legislature voted 67.78 million in bond issues and six constitutional amendments and set referendums for Sept 12 and Nov 7. Governor Curtis supports the UM graduate school building in Portland and other capital projects, with further session possible.
A matron at a bridge party proclaims her resolution not to repeat gossip this year and urges guests to listen carefully the first time. The remark frames a light social moment in a small community setting.
Congress resumes work after a 10 day recess facing possible long session into autumn to tackle Johnson program items and a looming tax increase. House and Senate delay major bills while considering truth in lending and social security revisions amid hearings on antipoverty and school aid.
The U N Security Council voted to send military observers to the Suez Canal line where Israeli and Egyptian clashes occurred. Israel signals conditional acceptance while Egypt and Jordan's leaders gather in Cairo for talks with Nasser Boumedienne Atassi and others.
The U N Security Council plans observers for the Suez cease fire line while Arab leaders gather in Cairo. McNamara says Vietnam area conditions improve as red rockets strike near the demilitarized zone during his visit. U A W union begins talks with General Motors as looting and rock throwing erupt in Waterloo Iowa. Governor Wallace tumor operation planned in Alabama. California toll roads feature in travel notes. Billy Graham reports rough reception in Yugoslavia but calls crusade a success. Congress resumes amid tax hike debate as Ford questions Johnson plan. Johnson returns to the White House after a vacation.
reports from Sakania on the Congo Mobutu regime claim mercenaries are routed and pursued while Kisangani and other towns are controlled by the national army. Mobutu says mercenaries still hold Kisangani airport and hostage professors women children and European journalists. A Brussels broadcast cites the hostage crisis and fears of massacres by poisoned arrows.
President Johnson came back to the White House from an 11 day Texas ranch retreat. He kept a light schedule, enjoyed auto tours and boating on Lake Lyndon B Johnson, and relaxed while facing Vietnam era policy decisions and possible public speeches.
A one story cottage in Casco burned today with loss estimated at 20000 dollars. Authorities reported the owner as Benjamin Goldberg of Falmouth and said no one was in the structure at the time of the fire.
St. Jean-Baptiste de Bienfais ance marks 100th year with a Saturday concert at St. Louis Alumni Field West and Hill Streets Biddeford. Pain tchand's Band starts at 8 with a fireworks show to follow lasting about two hours. Over 150 aerial pieces plus ground displays planned for visitors from Biddeford and surrounds.
About 2,500 lawyers and jurists from over 100 countries gathered at the Palace of Nations for the World Peace through Law Conference and the first meeting of the World Assembly of Judges. President Johnson and 46 other heads of state sent messages urging reason and justice over force. Chief Justice Earl Warren urged a new competition based on law rather than military might to channel disputes into peaceful legal channels.
Directors of the Maine Maritime Academy elected an Auburn man to a second term as president of the board of trustees.
Two days of simmering unrest in Waterloo culminated in a Sunday night outbreak. Police with 60 officers and highway patrol halted rock throwing gangs in the North End, injuring several and making three arrests. Looting, overturned cars, smashed windows, and fires followed, with hundreds in the streets before dawn.
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