Dirksen Carries Fight To Judiciary Committee
Senator Dirksen presses for a constitutional amendment on legislative reapportionment before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid an apparent 8 8 split. He signals determination to seek Senate action regardless of committee setback as Javits counters with a substitute version keeping the Supreme Court one man one vote framework but adding Court oversight.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dirksen
Senate
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Tam
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Illinois
Javits
Supreme Courts
Nasser to Meet Khrushchev in Moscow Visit
Reports from Cairo say President Gamal Abdel Nasser will meet Nikita Khrushchev during his Moscow visit set to begin August 27. Sources note Nasser requested the meeting via the Russian Embassy last week.
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Sociated Press
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Nasser
Maine Residents Die in Viet Nam War Flights
HALLOWELL AP Two Maine servicemen are reported dead in the Viet Nam war. U S Navy Lt Malcolm A Avore of Maine killed when his plane crashed in the South China Sea after catapult launch. Capt Walter L Hall of Old Town killed when mortar fire hit his helicopter while airlifting troops to Dong Qoi in central Viet Nam.
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Hallowell
Maine
H. Malcolm Avore
U.S. Navy
Malcolm A. Avore
South China Sea
Viet Nam
Navy
Old Town
Walter L. H. Hall
Walter L. Hall
Dong Qoi
Negro Cadets Rising at Service Academies
The number of Negro cadets and midshipmen at Annapolis West Point and the Air Force Academy has reached 55, up 12 from 1964 65. West Point leads with 29 then Air Force 17 and Naval 9. Last June 1 909 cadets graduated across the three academies.
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Washington
Annapolis
West Point
Air Force ‘Academy
Pentagon
Air Force Academy
Naval Academy
Air Forces Academy
Benjamin O. Davis Jr
Air Force
Armed Services
Waterspouts Form From Rising Warm Air Over Sea Currents
Waterspouts that rise as high as 2,000 feet occur over warm sea areas where air expands and rises. Cooler air rushes in, creating a whirling column of vapor that condenses and mixes with sea spray as turbulence intensifies.
Little People of America Convene in Gloucester
About 250 members gathered for the seventh annual Little People of America convention in Gloucester New Jersey. The organization includes about 1800 members and discusses unique challenges such as hotel showers and telephone mouthpieces, with employment as a major issue.
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Gloucester
N.J
Little People of America Inc
United States
George Boehm II
New York City
North Carolina
Baehm
Christine
Tina
Baehm Container Co
America
Beet Industry Found Almost Nipped In Bud
Aroostook County's sugar beet industry barely survived a weed killer problem. Fred Vahlsing of Maine Sugar Beet Industries said beets planted in mid May shriveled until experts from West Germany determined in Maine soil cooled conditions that the chemical failed to decompose. The issue was resolved with fresh soil and fertilizer and the outlook improved, with mid-July growth showing potential for 20 tons an acre versus 14 elsewhere. He spoke at Bath Savings Institution coronators meeting.
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Bath
Aroostook County
Fred Vahlsing
Maine Sugar Beet Industries Inc
Easton
Vahlsing
West Germany
Maine
Wahlsing
West
Aroostook
Bath Savings Institution
Employment Claim Figures Released
Maine Employment Security Commission records show 408 claims filed last week in Biddeford compared with 485 a year ago. The prior week logged 402 claims versus 462 at the same time last year, per Manager Francis Coughlin.
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Biddeford
Maine Employment, Security Commission
Francis Coughlin
Yule Stamp Controversy Highlights Gabriel Vessel Myth
The Post Office selected a 1930 Lucille Gloria Chabot watercolor showing the archangel Gabriel as a winged figure for the 5 cent Christmas stamp. Critics argue the design appears more feminine. officials will continue calling it the Gabriel stamp as 1.2 billion stamps are printed. Old Orchard Beach reports three Canadian collisions injuring a Valleylfield woman. Helen Paquette, 31, seriously hurt after stepping into traffic on Saco Avenue.
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Washington
Gabrielle
Gabriel
Post Office Department
Lucille Gloria Chabot
National Gallery of Art
People’s Methodist
Newburyport
Mass
Post Office
Catholic University of America
Louis Hartman
God
Old Orchard Beach
Webber Hospital
Helen Paquette
Valleyfield
Que
Saco Avenue
Paquette
Yvon Bouchard
Trois Rivieres
Robert B. Guay
Granby
Old Orchard Street
Guay
Joseph N. Cyr
Nova Scotia
Knobby-Knee Patrol Keeps Busy at Girl Scout Roundup
At the 1965 Girl Scout Senior Roundup in Farragut Idaho about 400 men form the knobby-kneed patrol handling tasks from moving boulders to baking cakes at the 5000 acre encampment. Military policemen from Chicago and Oakland describe the scene with 9000 girls present and staffers like Reed Wilson from Spokane keeping meals running and the ladies happy.
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Farragut
Idaho
Jerry Neal
Chicago
Ill
Jay Wilson
Oakland
Calif
Ray Thornton
Lewiston
Reed Wilson
Spokane
Maury Hampton
Jasper
Ala
Maury
Biddeford Firemen Contain Double Alarm Calls
Three calls kept Biddeford firefighters busy yesterday. A ballast in a light fixture sparked a blaze at 19 Alfred Street, Biddeford, shortly after noon. Firemen used a booster line to wet down a brush fire.
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Biddeford
Alfred St
Fye Charts To Be Utilized On Gemini Flight
Space veterans Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad outline visibility tests using giant eye charts on the ground near Laredo Texas and Carnarvon Australia for the Gemini 5 mission. The eight day flight targets a rendezvous with a satellite, a two way link with Scott Carpenter in a diving bell, and night passes over the United States.
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Houston, Tex
Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Laredo
Tex
Carnarvon
Australia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Scott Carpenter
Pacific Ocean
California
Spacemen
United States
Chinese Official Goes Over To Communists
Li Tsung-jen former vice president and acting president of Nationalist China joined the Chinese Communists in Peking. He condemned the United States as a foreign enemy and cited U.S. actions in Vietnam and policy toward China. The New China News Agency reported his arrival with his wife greeted by Premier Zhou En-lai.
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Tokyo
Li_ Tsung-jen
China
United States
New China
Peking
Chou En-lai
Chiang Kai-shek
Switzerland
Lyndon B. Johnson
Viet Nam
Miss Lauzon Weds William Lapointe in Biddeford Church
Miss Priscilla Lauzon daughter of Mr and Mrs Henri Paul Lauzon of 424 Elm Street Biddeford married William Lapointe son of Mr and Mrs Hector Roc ray of 38 King Street Saco at 7 30 am Saturday in St Josephs Church Rev Sylvia Levesque officiated. The couple will reside in Quantico Virginia after a reception for 195 guests at St Jean Baptiste Hall.
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Priscilla Lauzon
Henri-Paul Lauzon
Elm St
Biddeford
William Lapointe
Hector Rocray
King St
Saco
St. Joseph’s Church
Sylvia Levesque
Murial Desrosiers
Aurora
Linda Rocray
Irene Grace
Joan Montembeau
Therese Lauzon
McArthur Public Library
Lapointe
Thornton Academy
U. S. Marines
Theer
Quantico
Two Biddeford Residents Have Cases Continued
Two Biddeford men Joseph Saucier and George Camire had cases continued to July 26 in Saco 10th District Court. Both were released on $50 bail. Other locals faced guilty pleas and fines for traffic and related charges, including following too closely, speeding and operating under the influence. Police from Biddeford and state police filed the complaints.
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Biddeford
Saco 10Th District
Joseph Saucier
George Camire
Saucier
Camire
Richard Saucier
Jeffrey P. Gilpatric
Weymouth St
Saco
Sacco
Francis E. Cantara
Guinea Road
Robert Boudreau
Foss St
Boudreau
Kennebunkport
Robert C. Reynolds
Stasys Racys
Jay D. Milan
Milwaukee
Wisc
Mary E. Eckel
Pittsfield
Mass
Noto
Michael Harris Meiselman
Bernard Mason Johnson
Boston
Gerard Lavoie
Quebec
Truman Grant Madsen
Cambridge
Weekend Showers Eases Maine Fire Threat
Augusta Maine weekend showers reduced the forest fire threat says Forest Commissioner Austin H Wilkins. He reports most of the state is now in a Class Two low hazard condition after last week’s high Class Four danger.
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Augusta
Maine
Austin H. Wilkins
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