Britain Increases Troop Deployment In Northern Ireland
Britain sent 4,000 more troops to Northern Ireland raising the total to 21,000 as part of a tougher crackdown after a coordinated IRA bombing in Belfast killed nine and wounded 130. The move follows intensified patrols and barracks near Londonderry amid warnings of possible assaults on the Bogside and Free Derry districts.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Irish Republican Army
Germany
IRA
William Whitelaw
Londonderry
Bogside
Ggan
Royal Avenue
County GOP Counts Nixon Drive at Camp Waban Meeting
York County Republicans hosted Maine State Republican Committee leaders at Camp Waban. Charles Moreshead urged local campaign support for Nixon’s re election and described a September Candidate's Seminar. The group announced a New England Bean supper August 12 and a voter registration pilot in Augusta August 5.
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GOP
Camp Waban
Sanford
Maine State Republican Committee
York County
Charles Moreshead
State Committee
Nixon
Alex Ray
Elaine Weeks
Maine Young Republicans
Young Republicans
Thomaston Point Beach
Brunswick
New England
Karen Lewis
Robert Porteous
Portland
Beans
J. Stanley McQuade
Augusta
Evelyn Mullins
Ex-Police Chief Debuts as Night Club Singer in Exeter
Former Coventry Police Chief Harvey Simmons sang at The Covered Wagon in Exeter drawing a standing room only crowd of 180. He had been fired for insubordination and faces a pending grand jury blackmail charge. The cafe owner said Simmons would return next Thursday with interest from other clubs.
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Exeter
R.I
Coventry
Harvey Simmons
Simmons
Chico Gotauco
Exhibition Continues In Sanford
Sanford's Old Timers Shop presents a three week show of Mrs Leslie W MacKay kitchen rug hooking and floral arranging works at 259 Main St with a reception on Aug 8. MacKay has taught rug hooking for 20 years and restored historic rugs.
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Sanford
Oldtimers
York County
Leslie W. MacKay
Main St
Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Meeting Notice
The Old Orchard Beach Historical Society will hold a regular meeting at the Libby Memorial Library on Staples Street Sunday at 7 30 p.m. Bates College graduates in Old Orchard Beach are invited to the Ocean Park Bates Alumni Association annual meeting at Memorial Hall Ocean Park on Monday Aug 7 at 8 p.m. A Bates film will be shown and Milton Lindholm Dean of Admissions will speak.
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Old Orchard Beach
Imbalance Causes Knee Pain in Joggers Says Doctor
Dr. George A. Sheehan told the American Podiatry Association meeting that knee cartilage softening, linked to foot imbalance, triggers chondromalacia in middle aged joggers. Diagnosis and proper shoe inserts can correct the issue.
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Boston
George A. Sheehan
Red Bank
N.J
Sheehan
The
American Podiatry Association
Smoking May Harm One's Feet
Boston AP report cites Dr. Ernest M. Weiner of the American Podiatry Association at the group's annual convention. He warns cigarette smoking worsens poor or borderline circulation in the feet, leading to infection risk and very slow healing of wounds.
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Boston
The
America Podiatry Association
Ernest M. Weiner
Britannica Notes Long-Running Design Consistency in Home Sewing Machines
Encyclopaedia Britannica reports that straight-stitch sewing machines used in households have seen minimal engineering changes since the early 1900s, indicating remarkable stability in the basic design over more than a century.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Recalls Total 14 Million Plus Defective Cars
The NHTSA reports over 14 million vehicles recalled in the past year, the largest 12 month total since 1966. Major campaigns include 6.6 million GM Chevrolet cars, 4 million 1971–72 Ford entries, and 770 thousand Chevrolet Corvair exhaust leaks. Manufacturers also initiated recalls for 526 thousand Chevrolet Vegas and 400 thousand Ford Torinos and Mercury Montegos.
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Washington
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
General Motors
Chevrolet
Ford
Vasodilator Nitropusside Shows Promise For Acute Heart Attacks
A VA Hospital research team led by Dr. Jay N. Cohn reports intravenous sodium nitroprusside rapidly improves circulation in 15 patients with acute coronary thrombosis. Benefits include reduced lung congestion and improved heart function, suggesting vasodilators may aid heart failure and early shock management.
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Washington, D.C. Veterans Administration
Jay N. Cohn
Cohn
Washington, D.C
Georgown University
Stravinsky Ballet At Arts Center in Portland
Portland Rhode Island Arts Center presents Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale on Aug. 4 and 5 at 8 30 PM in Cape Elizabeth High School Theatre. Choreography by Susan Sachs with The Portland Symphony Chamber Players directed by Paul Vermel. Senior Citizens may attend Aug. 4 at half price, seats reserved by Aug. 4.
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Portland
Ram Island
Igo Stravinsky
New Cape Elizabeth High School
Williston Church
Thomas Street
Susan Sachs
Portland Symphony Chamber Players
Paul Vermel
Survivors seek compensation in Tuskegee syphilis study case
Surviving participants in the Tuskegee syphilis study have hired civil rights lawyer Fred D. Gray to seek compensation and to represent families of men who died. Gray notes participants believed they would be treated for their illness and that after 25 years many received only a certificate of appreciation.
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Tuskegee, Ala
Fred D. Gray
Tuskegee
Gray
Martin Luther King
Alabama
U.S. Public Health Service
PHS
Ira L. Myers
Wallace to Shun Trial in Maryland Shooting Case
Governor George C. Wallace will not attend the Maryland trial of Arthur H. Bremer. Wallace’s aide said a subpoena allows but does not require his attendance. Wallace is under doctor ordered therapy and declining invitations including a Louisville convention appearance. Bremer faces four counts of attempted murder and 20 other charges for the May 15 shooting at a Laurel shopping center.
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
Maryland
Arthur H. Bremer
Wallace
Billy Joe Camp
Spain Rehabilitation Center
Louisville
Bremer
Upper Marlboro
Laurel
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