Cement sailboat nears completion at Biddeford yard
A 42 foot ferro cement hull schooner named Dunmow Ackerman is being built at Rumery’s Boat Yard in Biddeford by Seacrete Con struction Co of Portland. The vessel, inspired by Pinkie schooners, weighs about 22 tons and will be “sea buoyant” and immune to corrosion and borers. It will sleep eight, draw six feet, and be christened in a future Caribbean home for a Maryland couple. A second 47 foot Alden model cement boat is planned at the yard.
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Rumery’s
Biddeford
Earl Rumery
Portland
Dunmowgun
Maryland
John Ackerman
Carrbbean
Ackermans
Seacrete
Auilding
Dunmowen
Nixon Embarks On World Tour
President Nixon outlined a Asia focused tour to involve allies more in regional security and reduce U.S. military aid. After greeting Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the Hornet he travels to the Philippines Indonesia Thailand India Pakistan and later Bangkok for talks with Ellsworth Bunker while seeking cautious postwar policy in Asia and winding down Vietnam involvement.
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Agaia
Guam
Nixon
America
United States
Hornet
Hawaii
U.S
Pacific
Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
India
Pakistan
Camea
Asia
Vietnam
Bangkok
Ellsworth
Kennedy Pleads Guilty. Two Month Jail Term Suspended
Senator Edward M. Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal accident in Edgartown Massachusetts and was given a two month jail sentence suspended on probation. The plea followed brief arraignment and testimony about the Chappaquiddick incident. The defense and prosecution agreed on no confinement seen as proper, with a suspension recommended.
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Edgartown
Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
James A. Boyle
Erk Thomas A. Teller
Mary Jo Kopechne
Boyle
Walter D. Steele
Dominick J. Arena
Arena
Chappaquiddick Island
Arnea
McCarron
Kent
Steele
Stolen Safe Is Recovered
Police say a safe taken July 13 from Louie’s Pizza House on Alfred Street Biddeford was found by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday behind the Standard Oil Co building on Cane Road Portland. The safe held about $500 and the cash register $100. Authorities expect an arrest soon.
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John Surran
George Friary
Biddeford
Louie
Alfred Street
Cumberland County Sheriff's Department
Standard Rom Co
Maineover Co
Cane Road
Portland
Pizza House
Jasonides
LL. Friary
Edgar Sevigny
Apollo 11 crew in good condition after moon flight
After 11 hours of medical exams Dr. William Carpentier reported no moon germ contamination aboard the USS Hornet. Armstrong Aldrin and Collins showed less heart and vascular deterioration than earlier astronauts. An ear inflammation was not serious and fluid from ear pressure likely due to re entry.
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Hornet
William Carpentier
Phsician
Neil A. Armstrong
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Apollo
Armstrong
Earth
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Two Mariners Zip Toward Mars in Televised Flight
Pasadena AP reports two Mariner spacecraft bound for Mars as Apollo dazzles. Mariner 6 will send back Mars pictures from about 2,000 miles above the surface next Tuesday with a 52 minute signal travel. Mariner 7 should begin Aug 3. NASA officials say mission progress is on schedule and promise higher quality images than four years ago. The crafts have already completed a direct solar heat measurement and will study Mars atmosphere and chemical components in future experiments.
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Pasadena
Cali
Mariner 6
Mars
Earth
Mariner 7
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner
Mariner 4
NASA
Gerald M. Truzynski
Saloon Stroll on Block Island Ends in Hazy Finish
BLOCK ISLAND R I AP The first annual Saloon Stroll drew eight racers split into men and women. Jim Kelly won the men’s race with Bill Hall and Adrian Mitchell close behind after a five mile route and 20 drinks. Sher Polson led the women’s side and tied for second overall with Michael Copland who organized the event.
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Block Island
R.I
Rhode Island
Bill Hall
Hall
Adrian Mitchell
Jim Kelly
Kelly
Blake Phelan
Jim Clark
Michael Copland
Sher Polson
Copland
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Rumery
England
Australia
Windboats Ltd
Portland Company
Dunpaintin
Dunscrapin
Peg Hendrick
Journal
the Value House
Polaroid
A. E. Ross
Atkinson
Sloanes
Audolions
Saco
Bddeford
Armand Ouellette
Louis
Samuel Phillips
Aldrin
Main St
American Discount
Old Orchard Beach Pier
R.A. Tousignant
P. O
Old Orchard Beach
Feinberg
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