Protestors March On Convention Kickoff Dinner
Yippies occupied Famimago Park with watermelon and Nixon caricatures before the Democratic Convention opening. SDS backers led a protest at Playboy Plaza Hotel while Democratic Sponsors Club guests arrived. Sherriff deputies watched as protesters chanted and Beal urged legalization of marijuana.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Famimago Park
Students For A Democratic Society
Playboy Plaza Hotel
Democratic Party
SDS
Henry Ford III
Democratic Sponsors Club
Zippies
Flamingo Park
Miami Beach Convention Hall
Lummus Park
Biddeford Woman In Good Condition After Saco Crash
Mrs. Jane T. Gilman, 27, of Biddeford, was reported in good condition at Webber Hospital after a one car accident on Ferry Road in Saco last night. A spokesman for the Saco police said Mrs. Gilman had been arrested on
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Jane T. Gilman
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Ferry Road
Saco
Maine Delegation Plans Muskie Strategy at DNC
Maine's full delegation arrives pledged to Sen. Edmund S. Muskie and schedules a morning strategy session at the Americana Hotel. Co chairs Curtis and Hathaway lead the group, with alternates split between McGovern and Chisholm. Beliveau pushes for auto inclusion of state chairmen in the national party structure.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
George McGovern
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Kenneth M. Curtis
U. S
William D. Hathaway
Hathaway
Margaret Chase Smith
Americana
Severin M. Beliveau
McGovern
Beliveau
National Association of State Democratic
Rules Committee
Reform Commission
Local driver released after DUI and hit‑and‑run charges
A motorist faced charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. She was released on personal recognizance, according to a spokesman.
Cement boat sails world cruise from Mass with family crew
Former Marine Jochen Robiller and his wife Louise and their 22 year old adopted son depart from Massachusetts for a three to five year voyage around the world aboard the 46 foot cement ketch Solange. The voyage, named after Mrs Robiller’s mother, begins with stops at Morehead City South Carolina and Daytona Beach Florida following a route roughly traced by Joshua Slocum in 1897.
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Hull
Mass
Jochen Robiller
Christian
Solange
Robiller
Louise
Pawtucket
R.I
Coast Guard
Joshua
Spray
Morehead City Beach
Bronze spar cap reveals Roman warships in Germany
The National Geographic Society reports a bronze spar cap from a Roman galley found in Rhine River mud shows Rome kept warships in Germany at least 1,700 years ago.
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Rhine River
Rome
Germany
National Geographic Society
Newport Jazz Festival Ends New York Run
The Newport Jazz Festival concluded its first New York year with big crowds and wide attendance across venues including Yankee Stadium and Carnegie Hall. Promoter George Wein eyed a future stay in New York, with about 100000 tickets sold and gross near 500000, while expenses neared 600000. The event featured some 600 musicians and a mix of avant garde and mainstream jazz attracting a youthful crowd for the experimental acts and an older audience for the core concerts.
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New York
Yankee Stadium
Newport
R.I
George Wein
F Freddie Hubbard
Monaldo Couple Purchases Biddeford Home at 1 Myrtle Street
Mr and Mrs Bruno Monaldo of 61 Brich Street Biddeford bought the seven room two bath two sun parlor residence with a two car garage at 1 Myrtle Street Biddeford from Blanche Pruneau. The Edgar R Morin Real Estate Office at 62 Adams Street Biddeford negotiated the sale.
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Myrtle St
Biddeford
Blanche Pruneau
Bruno Monaldo
Brich St
Edgar R. Morin
Adams Street
Light Touch Advertisement Sparks Puns and Local Biz Shout
A quirky ad mocks car care and train crossings while noting a helper’s bark and a pricey hamburger joke. It promotes choosing a washer at Vic's Appliance Center 237 Main St Saco with phone 282-1661.
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ABC
Vic's
Main St
Saco
Kennebunkport Vote Schedules Shellfish Licensing Amendment
Kennebunkport townspeople will vote at a special town meeting on an amendment to the shellfish licensing ordinance. The change allows any resident or non resident to obtain a license for 5 with a daily limit of one peck of clams, transactions to fund warden pay and shellfish bed projects. If overdigging occurs the state may restrict digging to protect beds.
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Kennebunkport
Maine
Selectmen
David Walley
Hale Whitehouse
Whitehouse
Shellfish Commission
Dlam
Walley
Saco Police Arrest South Portlanders
Four people including two juveniles were arrested in Saco for theft of lights and equipment from Funtown U.S.A. on June 28. Gordon W. Stewart, 19, and Thomas R. Hansen, 18, of South Portland along with two South Portland juveniles face possession of stolen property charges and appear in Saco District Court July 17.
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Saco
Funtown U.S.A
Police Department
Gordon W., Stewart
Thomas R. Hansen
South Portland
Saco District Court
Rioting in Northern Ireland as UDA confronts marchers
Militants from the Ulster Defence Association and other Protestants blocked a march while Catholics hurled rocks and gasoline bombs. Soldiers used rubber bullets tear gas and water cannons, injuring nine soldiers and several civilians. Snipers fired as troops faced heavier fire, and the truce was declared over amid fears of further sectarian fighting.
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Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Firecrackers Cause Field Blaze At Biddeford Park
Fire officials say children playing with firecrackers started a grass fire on a field owned by Jack DuPont at 560 Elm St Biddeford yesterday. Firefighters used 300 feet of booster hose to bring the blaze under control and a booster line was used to quell another brush fire in Clifford Park reported by a fire spokesman.
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Jack DuPont
Elm St
Biddeford
Clifford Park
Spruce and Fir Thrive on Loams while Pines Favor Sand
The article notes spruce and fir trees grow best on loams whereas pines prefer deep sandy soils. It contrasts soil preferences among tree species and highlights soil type as a key factor for successful growth.
Astronomers Plan Airborne Eclipse Observation Flight
A team from Los Alamos planned to observe the solar corona eight miles up in a converted Air Force jet, taking off from Fairchild AFB Spokane. They aimed to extend totality time to 3 minutes 42 seconds along a 110 mile path over Siberia to the North Atlantic, studying the corona’s magnetic field and temperature and its effects on earth communications and aurora phenomena.
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Spokane
Wash
Canada
Air Force
Los Alamos
N.M
Fairchild Air Force Base
Hudson Bay
North Pole
United States
Siberia
North Atlantic
Earth
Churchill
Man
Halifax
N.S
Canadian Research Council
Poker Flats
Alaska
Secretary Bird Described by Early Naturalists
The article notes the secretary bird of Africa as described by early naturalists in Britannica, citing a distinctive erectile tuft of long black feathers on the back of its head resembling a secretary with quill pens in its hair.
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Africa
Naturalis
Encyclopaeidia Britannica
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