Governor Curtis Logs a 16 Hour Day With Maine Duties
Governor Kenneth M. Curtis keeps a 16 hour routine balancing bills, park dedications, agency meetings, and state visits. He notes little time for family but plans educational tours and bistate engagements, with a Maine Day at Fenway Park on the horizon.
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Kenneth M. Curtis
Augusta
New England
Curtis
Anyon
Susan
Angela
Blaine House
Capitol Street
State House
Winthrop
Rangeley State Park
Auput
Mt. Blue State
Merchant Marine
Maine
Boston
Fenway Park
China America War Seen As Even Chance
Harvard historian John K. Fairbank warned there is more than an even chance of armed conflict between Communist China and the United States. Speaking at a National Committee on U S China Relations seminar, he urged ending China discrimination, easing trade, and engaging rather than waiting for China to join the world. He noted possible Chinese intervention in Vietnam Laos and North Vietnam if a power struggle worsens.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard University
John K. Fairbank
China
United States
National Committee
U.s-China
Fairbank
Laos
North Vietnam
East Asian Research Center
Harvard
United Nations
Summer fair at St. John’s Parish Orchard Beach
The annual summer fair of St. John’s Episcopal Parish will take place Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Parish Hall on St. John Street. A lobster salad supper will be served from 5 to 7 p.m.
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St. John's Episcopal Parish
St. John Street
Aged in Lime Eggs a Longstanding Chinese Delicacy
Generations in China have preserved eggs in lime for years to mellow odor and taste. The aging process reduces the usual harsh, rotten aroma and flavor associated with decomposed eggs.
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China
Engineers Study Dickey Area for Hydroelectric Project
Two U S Army Corps of Engineers personnel on a seven day survey in the Dickey region gather wildlife data for a proposed 218 million dollar hydroelectric development in northern Maine. Findings aim to shape a conservation and recreation master plan for the project. Initial Congressional approval noted.
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Dickey
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. John River
Quebec
Remi O. Renier
New England Engineering Division
William F. McCarthy
Richard H. McComber
Hamlin
Renier
Maine
United States Signals Willingness to Aid Britain Over Plane Crisis
The United States stands ready to help Britain recover from the canceled joint French British swing wing project as London faces a parliamentary censure motion. Officials note UK likely seeks a European solution for a high speed strike recon aircraft in the mid 1970s, while preserving its aircraft industry.
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Washington
United States
France
U.S
London
Britain
Ennis Healey
Healey
Queen Mother Elizabeth Visits Campobello
Queen Mother Elizabeth toured Campobello Island and Roosevelt Park on a Maritime Provinces trip. Sen Edmund Muskie delivered a Johnson message praising her World War II service as about 2000 residents welcomed the royal party amid fog and delays for Gov Kenneth Curtis.
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Welshpool
N.B
Elizabeth
Nova Scotia
Roosevelt International Park
Campobello Island
Edmund S. Muskie
Dlaine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Muskie
Johnson
Curtis
Passamaquoddy Bay
Ceylon Known For Tea Gems Art And Dancing
Ceylon is an island about 270 by 140 miles with Colombo as the modern seaside capital. The city has a population near 511 thousand. The island is famed for fine tea, gems, art, and dancing.
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Ceylon
Colombo
West Virginians Cook Bear For Church Anniversary Feast
In Morgantown West Virginia AP reports the Fork of Cheat Baptist Church near Stewartstown plans a 192nd anniversary bear feast. Congregants seek bear recipes with brine spice lemon juice and vinegar soaking times from two weeks to 25 minutes, then baste with buckwheat honey and blackberry wine for five hours.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
Joe Gluck
Cheat Baptist Church
Stewartstown
Here
Gluck
Westmoreland Says US War Effort Advances Slowly Yet Steadily
AP News notes General Westmoreland disputes a stalemate label. He cites a slow but steady victory while McNamara and Johnson hedge on exact troop numbers. The White House press event underscored unity but avoided firm troop projections.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Saigon
McNamara
Westmorelnd
South Carolina
Johnson
White House
Bear Eaters Defy Middle Ground in Hidden Table News
A brief note reports that there are few bear eaters in the middle ground of taste. The reference implies a survey or table showing strong preferences and sparse compromise among participants.
Webster Family Reunion Held at North Salem Home
The Webster family held its annual reunion at the home of William D. Webster in North Salem New Hampshire. The eldest attendee was 84 year old Wilbur C. Webster of Salem Depot New Hampshire and the youngest was 23 month old Denise Howard of Lancaster Massachusetts. Twenty eight members attended from Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Ogunquit native Mrs. John F Harrington attended as Webster’s daughter.
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Webster
Hedare
William D. Webster
North Salem
N.H
Wilbur C. Webster
Salem Depot
Denise Howard
Lancaster
Mass
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Ogunquit
John F. Harrington
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Biddeford, Maine
Enterprise Boy Scout Troop
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Frederick
Okla
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Mrs. Rhine
Oklahoma City
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Daddy-O
Cooper
Ann Pearson
Sheila Ann
Sue Brown
Estelen Cushing
Mrs. Pearson
Queen Mother
Campobello
Saco
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Weoreland
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Haskel St
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