Old Orchard Beach fund drive for Pee Wee team to Quebec
Old Orchard Beach Little Town League aims to raise 1800 to send its All-Star squad to the International Pee Wee Baseball Tournament in Quebec City. Co-chairman DeRocher says funds cover transport meals and lodging, with donations from Maine authorities and local groups. The team, 108 players across six squads, will compete as the sole U.S. representative among 31 leagues, with housing and meals arranged by the tourney committee.
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Old Orchard Beach
Little Town League
Quebec City
U.S
Victoria Park
Ebec City
Frederick DeRocher
DeRocher
Yvon Jacques
Beechridge Speedway
Scarborough
Scarborough Downs
Quebec
Nhy
Ers
Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Paul Reay
World events span Hanoi talks Paris push and King slay case
A sweeping week in Honolulu Paris and Memphis tied Cold War diplomacy to domestic justice. Johnson and Thieu discussed direct talks and a North Vietnam bombing halt while Paris negotiators failed to advance, and James Earl Ray was escorted to Memphis to face murder charges in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s shooting.
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Associated Press
Thien
John
Son
Johnson
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Honolulu
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
James Earl Ray
South Vietnam
Joe van
Paris
United States
N Vietnam
U.S
Missouri State Penitentiary
U.S. Air Force
Britain
Ray
Lakenheath Air Base
England
Shelby County
Memphis Naval Air Station
W. Preston Battle
Modern Math Quip on Horn Blasts in Traffic Jam
A humorous line claims the total horn blasts in a traffic jam equal the sum of the squares at the wheels, riffing on a playful math joke about driving and numbers.
Viet Cong Lured Captives Used As Ambush Bait In Mekong Delta
U S B52 raids disrupted a Viet Cong plan that left 39 captives chained to stakes in an open field to lure South Vietnamese troops. Government forces freed the prisoners, killed six guerrillas, and captured 29 fighters in the Mekong Delta operation. Three VN infantrymen were killed and 28 wounded as skirmishes continued nearby.
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Saigon
Mekong
Viet Cong
Can Tho
The
Pollution Running Canadian Waters
Pollution from sewage and industrial waste is killing fish and driving bathers away from recreational waters across Canada. Ontario bears the brunt with beaches closed in Ottawa and foam from detergents in Speed River at Guelph. Lake Erie's water quality also cited as poor. Beach closures also reported in Quebec City and concerns noted in Alberta and British Columbia.
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Toronto
Canada
Ontario
Ottawa
Rideau River
Lake Erie
Ontario Water Resources Commission
Guelph
New Brunswick
Centreville
Easton
Maine
Quebec
Quebec City
Alberta
Victoria
British Columbia
Rockefeller Has Sense Of Humor
New York AP describes John D. Rockefeller extolling his humor on campaign trails with a dime joke about 5 percent interest, illustrating his frugal persona. The anecdote, tied to Rockefeller family lore, is shared by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and recalled in political storytelling.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
West
Midwest
Fargo
Steel Strike Step Closer in Nationwide Labor Tensions
A Pittsburgh union vote shows overwhelming support for a steel strike as 11 days remain before 450000 basic steelworkers could walk out. Local 1104 at US Steel Lorain Ohio approved 85 percent with talks ongoing among bargainers and government mediators seeking a voluntary settlement without a strike.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph P. Molony
United ‘Steelworkers Union
International
Wil
Liam Simkin
Simkin
Washington
I.W. Abel
the Union
Abel
Machiasport Oil Refinery Proposal Filed
A California based corporation applied for an oil import quota for Machiasport Maine where a foreign trade zone is proposed. The plan would enable construction of what would be the state's first oil refinery.
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Machiasport
Washington
Machiaspor
Maine
Czechoslovakia faces pressure as liberal reforms meet resistance
The Czechoslovak central committee backed Dubcek's liberal program amid international tension. Soviet leaders and Warsaw Pact officials demand reversal while Western and allied communists show support. Premier Cernik appeals for calm as troop withdrawals and arms caches surface amid mounting pressure.
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Warsaw
Russia
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
Prague
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Soviet Union
Moscow
Alexander Dubcek
CTK
Waldeck Rochet
France
Communist Parties
Romania
Yugoslavia
Italy
Belgium
Britain
Austria
Central Committee
Oldrich Cernik
Germans honor martyrs of July 20 plot in Berlin observances
Berlin marked the 24th anniversary of the failed 1944 plot to kill Hitler with ceremonies at Ploetzensee Prison and the Reich chancellery site on Stauffenberg Strasse. Speakers warned against Neo Nazi revival while urging Germans to unite behind a young democracy and face what failed in 1944.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Ploetzensee
Hitler
Peoples Court
Reich War Ministry
Stauffenberg Strasse
Klaus Graf Vonetenbers
von Stauffenberg
East Prussia
Fuehrer
War Ministry
Stauffenberg
Wehrmacht
Per Haekkerup
Denmark
Germany
Haekker
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Patricia Hickey
Eugene Tweedie
Art LaChance
Richard Sweeney
Beach
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Hanoi
Claude Dubois
Campaway Sete Soule
Morningstar Corp
Kennebunk
Biddeford
Tom Wildes
Ho Chi Minh
Canadian
Senate
North Dakota
William Langer
Andre H. Marcotte
Neault & Marcotte Inc
Marcotte Oil CO
Corner Elm & Main Sts
Waterboro
Algeria
Mocow
Ivan I. Yak Bovsky
Abo
Czech Slovakia
Czechoslova
Unite States
Bohemia
Pravda
Ultr
National Democrat Party
Fede Republic
Ted
Bisson’s
Auto Body Shop
Deering Ave
Saco
Main St
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