Rare $1000 blue lobster found near Prout's Neck
Pine Point lobsterman Harry Skillings trapped a blue lobster near Prout's Neck now in Bayley's Lobster Pound Pine Point. Edward Bayley says this is the third blue lobster in 32 years at the pound. The eight year old crustacean is valued at a thousand dollars to a buyer and was placed in a wire basket for separation.
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Pine Point
Scarborough
Bayley
Edward Bayley
Harry Skillings
Prout
Sierra de Escambray
Santa Clara
Las Villas
Coast Guard probes Snoopy blast death in torpedo incident
In Norfolk Virginia the Coast Guard opened a formal inquiry into the trawler Snoopy explosion that killed crew members off False Cape near the Outer Banks. Four of 12 survived, including Pete Leavitt Leeman French and Harold Martin from Maine and Richard Lindahl from Rockland. Bodies recovered include Bertram Norton of Portland.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Edwin A. Schmidt
5Th Coast Guard District
U. S. Public Health Service
False Cape
North Carolina
Pete Leavitt
Leeman French
Harold Martin
Portland
Maine
Richard Lindahl
Rockland
U.S. Public Health Service
Bertram Norton
Portland Crewman Identified From Snoopy Tragedy
Rodney Southard, 22, of Portland, was identified as a Snoopy crew member after two survivors confirmed his role aboard the ill fated trawler off North Carolina. Peter Leavitt survived the explosion. the torpedo had become entangled in the nets.
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Portland
Rodney Southard
North Carolina
U.S. Public Health Service
Norfolk
Southard
Portland Police
David R. Marley
Marley
Peter Leavitt
Cape May
N.J
Leavitt
National Crime Panel Formed by Johnson Named 18 Members
President Johnson created the Presidents Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice led by Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach and named 18 members including Yale president Kingman Brewster and New York Mayor Robert Wagner. The panel will study crime nationwide and report in 18 months with interim findings as ready.
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Washington
Johnson
National Crime Commission
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Genevieve Blatt
Pennsylvania
Charles D. Breitel
New York State Supreme Court
Kingman Brewster Jr
Yale University
Garrett Byrne
Suffolk County
Mass
Thomas J. Cahill
San Francisco
Otis Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Leon Jaworski
Houston
Tex
The
American College of iTrial Lawyers
Missile Enters Viet Strategy Talks As Plane Downed
Washington reports a U S jet bomber was likely shot down by a surface to air missile over North Vietnam. Talks at the White House continue as Johnson weighs options with Humphrey hinting decisions by Tuesday night.
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Washington
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
White House
Johnson
Camp David
Maryland
Hubert H. Humphrey
Newsweek Magazine
Today
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Castro Chemises Island Roots Rally As 26 July Observed
An AP analysis notes Fidel Castro remains solidly entrenched on Cuba’s island domain. Posters praise him as commander in chief while city and rural supporters back his reforms though some fear the Communist system could face a crisis if he disappears.
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Daniel Harker
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Moncada
Santiago de Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel
The
Americas
Batista
Cuba
United Party of the
Cuban Socialist Revolution
Guerrillas Step Up Harassment Near Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas increased harassment within 25 miles of Saigon over the weekend, with actions reported in Long An Province and an attempted ambush near Da Nang. U.S. and Vietnamese forces conducted air strikes across the south, claiming several enemy fatalities and several deserters or captures, while a U.S. jet bomber was shot down near Hanoi.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Hapital
Long An
United States
South
Viet Nam
Quang Tin
Bien Hoa
Can Tho
Mekong River
U.S. Air Cas
Hanoi
Soviet Union
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Que
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Cleaves St
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Ivery
Lady Anna
Anthony Ann
Snoopy
Virginia
Edward
Thomas Lynch
California
Ross L. Malone Jr
Roswell
N.M
American Bar Association
U.S. Atty
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James B. Parsons
Chicago
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Richmond, Va
Robert G. Storey
Dallas
Robert J. Stuart
Spokane
Wash
League of Women Voters
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Herbert Wechsler
Columbia University
American Law Institute
Whitney M. Young Jr
New Rochelle
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National Urban League
Luther W. Youngdahl
District of Columbia
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Newsweek
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Hawaii
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U.S. Pacific
Minneapolis
Viet ‘Nam
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Thornton Academy
Elks Lodge
Portland Road
Saco
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Raymond Tounge
Paul Reny
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