Beach tourism optimism in Old Orchard Beach survey
A crowdsized snapshot shows 130000 as the beach capacity with strong hotel performance in Ocean Park but weaker conditions for smaller motels. Canadians bargain, wage hikes raise costs, and some lodging offers hit tempos. Local officials flag promotional improvements like a bandstand and boardwalk to sustain tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peg Hendrick
Old Orchard Beach
Chamber of Committecs
Francis Garneau
Brunswick
States
Canada
Hiram Parish
Chamber of Commerce
Soviet Union Concedes Meeting Site as Troop Withdrawal Continues
The Soviet Union agrees to a Czechoslovak venue for talks on reforms and signals the last troop pullout. U S aircraft losses drop after Johnson orders bombing limits. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese intensify shelling and probing in South Vietnam's north. Political chatter centers on Wallace potential to stalemate the Democratic Republican presidential race. Kennedy plans remain a major political focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Alabama
George C. Wallace
White House
Walace
Wallace
John H Chafee
Rhode Island
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Johnson
South Vietnam
Edward M. Kennedy
Soviets concede to Czech leaders amid troop withdrawal
Prague reports the Soviet Union agreed to talks with Czechoslovak leaders over the country’s liberal course and withdrew the last of about eighteen thousand five hundred troops. Washington says Moscow also seeks a stronger frontier with West Germany and possibly stationing non-Czech troops, with Western allies rescheduling September maneuvers away from the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
West Germany
Kremlin
Communist Party
Bratislava
Jasice
Presov
Warsaw
Poland
Thezechoslovak
Germany
Willy Brandt
United States
France
Plant Fire Brigade Ready At West Point-Pepperell Biddeford
A 115 member Plant Fire Brigade at West Point Pepperell in Biddeford remains ready to fight any blaze. The force operates in three shifts with two divisions and strict alarm rules. Chief James Pratt leads the unit with inspector Bill Thompson, while lists of personnel are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Perrin
Henry A. Truslow
Northern Operations
West Point-Pepperell
West Point - Pepperell
Biddeford
Ation
Bill
Fernand Gobeil
Willard Philbrick
Armand Grebin
Ernest Fontaine
Albert Morin
Leo Paul Labarre
Gerard Paquette
Raynald Cadorette
Leslie Norton
Leo Bellefeuille
Robert Milliken
Raoul Dumont
Roland St. Michel
Raymond Lajeunesse
Raymond Gendron
Walter Petrin
Laurien Auger
Leo Nolette
William Murphy
Gerard Boucher
Noel Valliere
Major General Worley Killed in Photo Recon Flight
Major General Robert F. Worley deputy commander of the U S 7th Air Force was killed when his AFAC photo reconnaissance plane was shot down 75 miles northwest of Da Nang. The second pilot survived. Worley’s death follows heavy shelling and fighting across northern provinces near Da Nang with American and South Vietnamese forces sustaining limited casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Robert F. Worley
U.S
7Th Air Force
AFAC
da Nang
Worley
North
Uth Vietnam
Pacific Air Forces
Honolulu
Royal N. Baker
Baker
Vietnam
Bette Lorraine
Fury
Palm Desert
Calif
U.S. Americal Division
Ing
Tam Ky
South Vietnam
Hue
Quang Ngai
North Vietnam
U. S. Special Forces
Marine Air Group
Marble Mountain
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Green Berets
List
Auto Repairs Shop Born Of Dissatisfaction In Worcester
TABCO the Travelers Auto Body Co. garage opened in April in a 28000 square foot Perkins Industrial Park building. operated by Travelers Insurance, the shop focuses on research into repair shop efficiency and cost control to cut auto damage claims and premiums. Norbert Gassman, its general manager, says the project aims to aid the entire repair trade and manufacturers. Critics warned it would unfairly compete with local body shops, prompting protests and a denied permit before the City Council continued the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Linds
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Associated Press
Worcester, Mass
TABCO
Travelers Auto Body Co
Travelers Insurance Companies
Travelers
Perkins
Travelers Research Corp
Norbert J. Gassman
Gassman
Busie
Detroit
Israeli jetliner hijacked to Algeria by Arab group
An El Al Boeing 707 with 48 aboard was hijacked after leaving Rome and diverted to Algiers. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed the seizure, demanding the plane and passengers be held as leverage for Arab prisoners in Israel. The incident marked the first hijack of an Israeli airliner and the first Israeli commercial plane forced to land in an Arab state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Algeria
Israel
U.N
U Thant
el al
Mediterranean
Rome
Rena Tsuriel
Brooklyn
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Beirut
Algiers
Lot Radi
Theediterranean
Commando Group
Maison Blanche
Sroshion
Pa J
Holy Land
Also Mentioned on This Page
York County Savings Bank
Main St
Adams St
Lees
Parish
Jority
House of Representatives
Chafee
Allace
George Romney
Michigan
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Hoff
John J. McKeithen
Louissiana
Albert P. Brewer
Brewer
MecKerthen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bisson’s
Auto Body Shop
Deering Ave
Saco
L’ Association
Cooperative du Constel
Union St. Jean
Baptiste d'Amerique
WEC
Richard C. Charbonneau
WRR
Fea. Corp
Claude Dubois
THE
Associated Press International
Pravda
Perrin
Truslow
James Pratt
Ard Patnaude
Leo Berube
James Bill
Raymond Bilodeau
Robert Robida
Fernand Marchand
Donald Nolette
Eugene Dupuis
Armand Elie
Torand Richard
Rosemond Fortier
John Paul Payeur
Ten Parent
Fred Allen
Karl Stevens
Albert Caron
Ralph Hight
Michael McAuliffe
Robert Beaulieu
Eugene Lemay
Harold O'Brien
George Prejean
Gerard Montembeau
Romeo Nadeau
Ernest Dube
Roger Souliere
Harvey Paul
Andre Exposito
Vincent Bass
Harry Belanger
Robert Guay
Eugene Bourgeault
Leo Laverriere
Raoul Nolette
Byliam Thompson
Leo St. Chel
Bernard Gaines
Paul Gendron
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!