Home loan rates show signs of leveling at 7.1 percent
AP reports housing experts see possible improvement for buyers later this year as NAHB notes a leveling off of the 7.1 percent June average. Government June figures will take weeks. In other notes, the Pentagon denies orders against loading rifles during April riots. Interior says no free buffalo or booklet giveaways from the Yippies.
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National Association of Home Builders
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Interior Department
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New York
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Yippies
Youth International Party
Surplus Buffalo Donations to Tax Agencies Contested
A man states surplus buffalo may be donated only to tax supported agencies, not to private entities. The Justice Department proposes a one year maximum prison term and a $1000 fine for synthetic marijuana THC production or sale, with 30 days of public comment and effect 30 days after. Army review board reduces Pvt Ronald Lockman’s sentence from 2.5 years at San Francisco court martial to two years for balking at Vietnam service.
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Army Review Board
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Ronald Lockman
Philadelphia
Vietnam
Resido
San Francisco
Johnson warns of nuclear chaos if nonproliferation treaty fails
President Johnson urges Senate to approve a nuclear nonproliferation treaty. He warns peaceful nuclear development must not trigger spread of weapons and outlines the dangers of nuclear anarchy if the treaty is not ratified.
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President Johnson
Senate
Miami panel rejects plan to register firearms citywide
The Dade County Metropolitan Commission on Tuesday defeated a proposed ordinance requiring registration of all firearms by a 5 to 3 vote. Miami Beach recently enacted stricter gun control, mandating registration of most guns with penalties up to $400 and 30 days in jail.
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Miami, Fla
Dade County
Miami
Miami Beach
Coffee House Run By And For Wells Youth
Wells youths run a new Hang-In coffee house for high school and college age residents. The converted former church parsonage on U S Route 1 north of Wells Corner features a television room, two game rooms, a reading area, and free coffee and snacks. Open 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. entertainment is planned to showcase local talent.
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Wells
Wells Corner
Wells Congregational Church
Unaccounted Guns From Harrington & Richardson Co
Gardner Massachusetts Harrington Richardson Co ships 107 guns this year unaccounted for in the mail according to Postal Inspector John E Hickey office in Boston confirms the figure. The firm averages 750 guns daily including over 500 pistols and a special investigator is on the Harrington Richardson matter. A missing gun in transit does not always indicate theft says Andrew Clougherty assistant to Hickey.
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Associated Press
Gardner, Mass
Harrington & Richardson Co
Gardner and Worcester
John E. Hickey
Boston
Ohn J. Clougherty
Hickey
Harrington & Richardson
Postmaster cites theft risk of guns in postal system
Boston AP report notes Gardner Postmaster Martin Walsh saying guns are expensive and desirable and thefts have long troubled the postal system. Separately, 32-year-old Robert Greene of South Boston died after a stab wound from a broken bottle. He passed away in surgery at Boston City Hospital after being found on Tremont Street in the South End.
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Martin Walsh
Boston
South Boston
Robert Greene
Boston City
Tremont Street
South End
Maine Gov Wins Halt on Prestile Stream Dumping
The Prestile Stream damming action by Canadians prompted Maine Governor Kenneth W. Curtis to announce that a Maine firm has stopped waste dumping into the river. Centreville residents, after rotting fish complaints, mobilized five bulldozers to block the 60-foot-wide channel. The Wahlsing Inc potato plant in Eas- is referenced as part of the context.
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Augusta
Maine
Kenneth W. Curtis
Centreville
N.B
Curtis
Wahlsing, Inc
Eas
Waste diverted to lagoon as border river protest grows
An inspector said waste from a Maine Canada border stream is now diverted into a lagoon that could take up to 60 days to fill. Officials from Maine and New Brunswick cited a 1909 US Canada pact against cross border pollution, while calls grow to treat the issue as a public nuisance. Separately, Boston and New England area headlines note a police salary bill advancing and a long strike nearing settlement, with wage offers and mediation details. In Missouri, a traffic signal box has been padlocked after conflicts over access, with maintenance plans pending to avoid further false starts.
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Presque Isle
Canada
Fort Fairfield
Maine
Nh St. John
Florenceville
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E.S. Fellows
United States
James S. Erwin
Herman G. Lamoreau
Easton
Wahlsing
Kenneth Irvine
Mars Hill
Washington
International Joint Commission
Boston
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
New England Telephone Co
IBTW
International Executive Committee
New England Telephone
John J. Sullivan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
American Arbitration Association
Douglas Botts
Massachusetts
Sumner Gof
Marlborough
State Highway Department
James Roberts
Melvin Cottom
Dogs join patrols as sheriff uses canine units
San Diego County Sheriff Joe O Connor says eleven dogs aid deputies in outlying areas where two man patrols are not economical. He notes criminals fear a single dog more than a lone officer and that gangs and hippies might be less afraid of humans but deterred by a dog’s presence.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego County
Michigan State Names Golf Captain for 1969
Michigan State announces Larry Murphy, a junior from Wheeling West Virginia, as the 1969 golf team captain. Murphy leads the Spartans in the upcoming season and anchors the squad’s leadership.
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Michigan State
Larry Murphy
Wheeling
W. Va
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