Powell Plans Appeal of Court Contempt Order
Deposed Congressman Adam Clayton Powell heads to New York to seek a stay and appeal of a criminal contempt citation. He faces at least 90 days in jail, with ongoing battles over a $174,000 judgment tied to a libel case. Powell, 59, has not sat in Congress since March 1 and is appealing to the Supreme Court.
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Kennedy
Robert L. Carter
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Henry Williams
Harlem
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House of Representatives
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
House
Bimini
Florida
Arabs Resist Soviet Pressure on Middle East War End
United Nations reports indicate the Arabs led by Syria and Algeria resisted Soviet efforts to forge a compromise linking Israeli troop withdrawals with ending the 19 year state of war. Diplomats expected continued debate as the General Assembly ponders a resolution amid stalled votes and ceasefire line along the Suez Canal remained quiet.
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Syria
Algeria
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Jordan
Plans For Tax Raise Are Studied
Washington officials weigh a tax increase as government economists cite strong economic indicators. The Treasury secretary and economists argue the economy is buoyant and expanding toward the boom forecast last January.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Union Again Barred From Saco Tannery
Saco Tanning Corp employees rejected a union drive by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Union of America by a 175 to 86 vote, with company figures noting 192 against if several no votes were counted.
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Arthur Peloquin
Saco Tanning
Allied Forces Claim Big Viet Battle Victories
South Vietnamese and South Korean troops said they killed about 380 Communist soldiers in two battles. In Quang Tri Province 240 enemy were slain and 89 weapons left on the field. In Binh Dinh Province 140 Viet Cong guerrillas were killed and 70 weapons captured. American carrier pilots claimed three MIGs shot down and possibly a fourth in the first North Vietnamese dogfight in six weeks.
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Biddeford Savings Bank 100th Anniversary Celebration Planned
The Biddeford Savings Bank marks a century since its 1867 charter with anniversary events this Saturday. Founding officers included William Pickering Haines and Richard M. Chapman, with the bank expanding from a modest operation to a modern mutual savings institution at 254 Main Street.
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Horace S. Nichols
Noe J. Bibeau
Burland H. Hawkes
Biddeford
Biddeford National Bank
William Pickering Haines
Pepperell Mills
Richard M. Chapman
George A. Adams
Thomas Quimby
Joshua A. Moore
Hugh Wallace
Nathan Kendall
James G. Garland
Ferguson Haines
Samuel Cony
Maine
Ephraim Flint Jr
Biddiford
Rites At Park Set Tuesday
Maine Governor Curtis will attend the dedication of Biddeford Industrial Park on Elm Street Tuesday at 5 p.m. Officials from the Department of Economic Development, Mayor Lemire, city and state leaders, and Biddeford’s Economic Improvement Commission will be present. The ceremony features the Fire Department Drum and Bugle Corps and a ribbon cutting.
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Biddeford
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Leo R. Lemire
Economic Improvement Commission
Biddeford Fire Department
Johnson plans tax increase eyed amid congress anger
Indications grow that the Johnson administration is finishing plans for a tax increase. A House Democrat calls Congress “Angry Congress” as the administration weighs its options. Simon McHugh, who married a presidential secretary, could face long lunches with his wife after landing a $26,000 Subversive Activities Control Board post. The board has little to do. The government is pulling from circulation some 90 percent silver dimes and quarters. A series of federal actions boosts the marketplace outlook for American consumers. The Pentagon pushes fast deployment ships, floating warehouses, for logistics. U S Navy fliers down three MIGs and damage another in three weeks. International Arab hard line blocks compromise amid reports of a Soviet shift toward U S Israeli terms tying withdrawal to war end. U N Western diplomats stunned by Soviet missteps in the Middle East crisis. National Quaker group defies government to ship medical supplies to North Vietnam and plans another voyage. About 600 delegates from black nationalists to NAACP members meet in Newark to pursue Negro unity at a black power conference.
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NAACP
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