Great Fire Continues Shocks Old Orchard Beach
Eyewitness accounts describe a devastating blaze at Old Orchard Beach with a brutal explosion at Abbott's Drug Store killing two men, a salvaged piano played by a beachgoer, and a decapitation of H. G. Angell. Rev. Rufus Horton Jones later dies in hospital as 50 cottages and 75,000 homeless mark the catastrophe’s toll.
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Attleboro
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Old Orchard Beach
Earl Weaver Named Orioles Manager to Succeed Bauer
AP reports Earl Weaver 38, appointed to replace Hank Bauer as manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Weaver, a longtime minor league player and manager, was announced after Bauer’s dismissal. Bauer led Orioles to the 1966 pennant and 1966 World Series title over the Dodgers.
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Elaine Lawson
Congress Hurries As Senate Confirms Johnson Nominee Delays
Delay threatens Senate confirmation of President Johnsons Supreme Court pick while gun control backers seek bypass of a hostile committee. House passes a 5.4 billion housing bill over three years, signaling broad Johnson support.
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NBC Official Calls for Television Censorship Standards
NBC vice president Robert D. Kasmire explains the network's Standards and Practices department and its role in censoring programs. He argues television should remain conservative yet mature, balancing creative content with good taste for a nationwide audience amid changing societal mores. Also notes a three-hour 20-minute spring NL game where the Phillies beat the Pirates 3-2 after a late run.
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NBC
Department of Standards and Practices
Peole
Network Censors
Mr. Minsky
Myra Breckenridge
And
Bee
Phillies
Pirates
Antarctic Ice Core Dating Reveals Ancient Year Jesus Born
Ancient Navy task force chief explains ice extraction from a 15 foot segment cut into three parts. Abbot notes dating by seasonal layer counts and radiation methods. Dr T O Jones cites a layer from the year Jesus was born. Ice shipped to Baltimore on West Wind, stored in Washington, then taken to Annapolis to melt.
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Wallace Seeks North West Backing As Reagan Wanes
George C. Wallace tells reporters in Louisville that real inroads come from building base in big northern and western cities while Rockefeller forecasts strong showing. Meanwhile Hubert H. Humphrey defends military aid to Israel and calls for disarmament and a general settlement with Arab neighbors. Eugene J. McCarthy pushes arms control and nonproliferation. third party Wallace fights to file 61 000 signatures in Massachusetts by July 29 for November ballot.
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Milk price cuts trigger distribution rush to stores
The H P Hood Co and Oakhurst Dairy moved to speed deliveries of half gallon and gallon glass containers from Boston to Portland as supermarkets report little rush in milk demand despite price reductions. Managers note milk isn’t a stock-up item. In Billings, Merlin Magers is born as the couple’s seventh child on the seventh day, weighing over seven pounds, making him the 11th grandchild of his 30-year-old parents. Iceland has been a republic since June 1944.
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