Great Fire Destroys Velvet Hotel at Old Orchard Beach
A massive blaze on August 15, 1907, swept through Old Orchard Beach leveling the Velvet and eight nearby hotels. Mayor John G Fitzgerald coordinated relief as 20 000 beachgoers fled the flames with looting reported and fire units from several cities rushing to the scene.
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Peg Hendrick
Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Street
Old Orchard House
Boston
John G. Fitzgerald
Honeyfitz
United States
John F. Twomey
St. Margaret's Church
East Grand Avenue
Alberta
Irving
Lawrence
Aldine
Fiske
Ted Mingo
Old Orchard
Bideford
Biddeford
Portland
Saco
Fiske House
Fitzgerald
Waterhouse
Maine
Prout
Today’s Chuckle Yarn Gaffe Hints at Marital Mischief
A light joke about a husband attempting to mislead his wife with the wrong yarn, a harmless quip from Chuckle column style and featuring a playful domestic setup.
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WRR Gen
Fea. Corp
Britain to Withdraw Far East Forces and Relief of Singapore Base
The government announced withdrawal of forces from bases east of Suez marking Singapore's transfer of the base for commercial use while Singapore demanded some military presence. The white paper states the withdrawal will free up funding to assign more powerful air assets and strengthen regional defense.
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Britain
Suez
Singapore
Far East
Britain Abandons Singapore Naval Base for Commercial Use
London reports a Labor white paper outlining the handover of Singapore’s major naval base by year’s end to permit conversion to civilian use. The plan aligns with NATO redeployment toward the Med and Europe and details moves of ships, aircraft, and units between 1969 and 1972.
Greece Junta Publishes Draft Constitution With Reduced Monarch Powers
Athens AP dispatch says Greece's army backed government released a draft charter slashing the king's and parliament's powers. A referendum is set for September 29, delayed at the request of groups. Premier Papadopoulos noted timing to be decided after the vote.
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Athens
Greece
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Boone's Restaurant Damaged by Fire Arson Charge Filed
Portland police charged Medford Massachusetts man Joseph Oteri with arson after a fire damaged one side of Boone's Restaurant dining room on Custom House Wharf. The blaze took about three hours to control. the kitchen was saved.
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Portland
Boone's
Medford
Mass
Joseph Oteri
Oteri
Custom House Wharf
Clement Dodd
Sinner L. Tri Portand
Ancient Ice Sent From Antarctica to Vatican
Water from ice dated to Christ’s birth is being sent to the Vatican. McMurdo Sound ice melted at the U S Naval Academy lab yielded 15 gallons from three five foot blocks weighing 130 pounds. Portions go to the Vatican and Academy Chapel with another mixed for a midshipmen ring dipping ceremony.
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Annapolis
Antarctica
Jesus Christ
Vatican
McMurdo Sound
National Science Foundation
U.S. Naval Academy Science Laboratory
Oval Academy Chapel
Seven Seas
The
Academy
James W. Kelly
Naval Chaplains
Byrd Station
Navy
James L. Abbot
Reagan denial counters story of JulyTV announcement
The Reagan camp denies a Boston Herald Traveler report that Ronald Reagan would announce a presidential bid on July 21 on national TV. Reagan spokesman Lyn Nofziger says the air time was reserved to show a speech film in Indianapolis and offers no confirmation of a campaign launch.
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Associated Press
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Boston Herald Traveler
James Mahoney
Lyn Nofziger
Nofziger
Indianapolis
Herald Traveler
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
South
John F. Kennedy
Cumberland Farms Sits Out Maine Milk Price Dispute
Cumberland Farms Northern chooses not to participate further in the Maine Milk Commission price dispute as four supermarket chains challenge a July ruling. The groups cut prices to Cumberland’s level, 48 cents for half gallons and 93 cents for gallons, prompting legal actions and court responses.
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Augusta
Maine Milk Commission
Cumberland Farms Northern, Inc
Sidney W. Wernick
Commission
Cumberland
Maine
Mil
Columbia Markets
Shaws
First National
Albert H. Smaha
Sumner Lipman
Alan Levenson
Lipman
Liphan
State House
John Martin
Martin’s Food Stores
Pagetore
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H. L. Hildreth
Emerson
Velvet
Milliken Street
Harvard
S&h
Neault & Marcotte, Inc
A&p
Biddeford & Saco
Chuck
Queen's Lace
London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization For Defense of
Mediterranean
Malta
Medi
Terranean
Alliance
NATO
Junta
Constantine
Rome
Boone
Beaupre’s
Beaupre Gas & Electric
Alfred St
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Texas
Chicago
Rockefeller
Ohio River
Cumberland Farms
Raymond P. Lariviere
Washington Street
Biddeford & le Corseterie
Main Street
Morningstar Corp
Kennebunk
Rt. 35
Turnpike
General Electric
RCA Whirlpool
RCA Victor
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