New England Vignettes Show Quirks and Quotas Across States
A collection of short notes from New England highlights actions and oddities. Woonsocket council invites citizen speaker Johnson who then urges salaries cuts, while Portsmouth tests taxi meters for public safety. A teen pedals 225 miles to Wareham, and Massachusetts GOP forms DOVES to aid campaigns. New Hampshire finishes road line painting, urging respect for traffic markings.
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James Calogero
Associated Press
Boston (Ap
New England
Charles A. Johnson
Woonsocket
R.I
Johnson
Providence Journal
Army
I Navy
Coast Guard
Massachusetts Republican State Committee
DOVES
William G. Brown
Gloucester
Brown
New Hampshire
L. B. Morrill
Senate OKs fish center funds to run Sandy Hook facility
The Interior Department appropriation bill passed by the Senate includes a $350,000 provision urged by Sen. Clifford P. Case to operate next year’s Atlantic Marine game fish research center at Sandy Hook. The funds will control an ocean-going research vessel and a special salt water tank to study game fish that would have otherwise stayed idle.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Interior Department
Clifford P. Case
Atlantic Marine Game Fish Research Center
Sandy Hook
Congress
Sponges: earliest recognized animals in science history
The text notes that sponges are animals and the simplest form of Metazoa. It states they were first believed nonliving until 1765 when John Ellis showed their animal nature by observing body contractions and water currents produced by sponges.
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John Ellis
Sandy Hook: A Crossroads of the Fish World
The waters off New Jersey and New York teem with marine life making Sandy Hook a busy hub for anglers and ocean exploration. Local fisheries officials highlight the abundance of species and the area’s role as a crossroads for maritime activity and research.
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Sandy Hook
New Jersey
New York
Presidential Campaign Threatens To Be Rough
The 1964 presidential race may be the roughest in years as Sen. Barry Goldwater targets President Johnson with sharp personal attacks while pledging a vigorous but clean campaign on the issues. The clash centers on civil rights records and political history, with parties ready to trade barbs at upcoming conventions.
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Associated Press News
SAN Francisco
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Ruy Goldwater
Goldwater
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Congress
Senate
South
North
White House
Legals Charter No 1089 Bank Report of 1964 Biddeford Maine
Charter No 1089 report of condition of the First National Bank of Biddeford Maine as of June 30 1964. Asset totals include cash 2330300.92 United States Government obligations 1556076.65 loans 6523196.52 etc with total deposits 10384669.39 and capital accounts 350000.00 surplus 400000.00 undivided profits 299282.79 Directors Archie B Maxwell Richard A Moore Harry M Wooster attest the report is true and correct.
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First National Bank
Biddeford
Maine
United States
Larry E. Hanson
Ler
Archie B. Maxwell
Richard A. Moore
Harry M. Wooster
Tambora Eruption of 1815 Shrouded the World in Darkness
The Tambora volcanic eruption on Sumbawa, east of Java, was the largest ever witnessed by humans. It lasted a week, with explosions heard 1,000 miles away and ejecting 24 cubic miles of material into the atmosphere, causing three days of darkness within 300 miles.
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Sumbawa
Java
Tambora
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